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USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2143
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the scope and responsibilities of the United States Preventive Services Task Force to require it to: (1) publish research plans to guide its systematic review of evidence and new science relating to the effectiveness of preventive services; (2) make available reports on such evidence and recommendations for public comment; (3) establish a system for grading preventive care products and services (Grades A, B, C, and D and a Grade I for insufficient information); and (4) convene a preventive services stakeholders board to advise it on developing, updating, publishing, and disseminating evidence-based recommendations on the use of clinical preventive services. Provides for the disclosure and management of conflicts of interest by members of the Task Force and the preventive services stakeholders board. 
 
Directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to submit a report that: (1) lists current recommendations of the Task Force; (2) compares Task Force recommendations and recommendations of other federal health agencies, national medical professional societies, and patient and disease advocacy organizations; and (3) analyzes the impact of Task Force recommendations on public and private insurance coverage, access, and outcomes, including the impact of morbidity and mortality.
 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to deny payment for a Medicare preventive service that has not received an A, B, C, or I grade by the Task Force.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2144
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the tax credit for adoption expenses refundable. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Natural Resources Conservation Service property in Riverside, California, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-2145
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
California
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Land transfers
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey and quitclaim all interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real property, including improvements, located at 4500 Glenwood Drive in Riverside, California, and administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, to the Riverside Corona Resource Conservation District. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2146
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Insurance industry and regulation
Life, casualty, property insurance
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to extend from December 31, 2014, through December 31, 2024, the Terrorism Risk Insurance program.
 
Extends to September 30, 2027, the deadline by which the Secretary of the Treasury is required to collect all mandatory premiums for any act of terrorism occurring on or after January 1, 2012.
 
Requires reports in 2017, 2020, and 2023 on the findings of the President's Working Group on Financial Markets pursuant to an ongoing analysis regarding the long-term availability and affordability of (market conditions for) terrorism risk insurance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Healthy Food for the Hungry Act

Bill: 113-hr-2147
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Agricultural practices and innovations
Fruit and vegetables

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Preserving Healthy Food for the Hungry Act - Amends the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to provide agricultural product market development grants to assist persons in preserving the quality and shelf-life of fruit and vegetable crops produced by such persons on qualified land through the use of mobile and fixed flash freezing and quick freezing units.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Synthetics are Dangerous Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2148
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Health promotion and preventive care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Synthetics are Dangerous Act of 2013 - Amends the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 to: (1) include among the purposes of the national youth anti-drug media campaign to encourage parents and other interested adults to discuss with young people the dangers of synthetic drug use; (2) define "drug" for purposes of such campaign to be a controlled substance, including a synthetic drug; and (3) define a "synthetic drug" as an artificially produced substance that is an analog or derivative of a controlled substance but is not itself a controlled substance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Families for Foster Youth Stamp Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2149
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Judicial procedure and administration
Postal service
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Families for Foster Youth Stamp Act of 2013 - Requires the United States Postal Service, for a period of at least four years, to provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal in order to increase funding for effective programs targeted at improving permanency outcomes for youth in foster care.
 
Divides the amount received from such sales equally between: (1) programs and activities under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 that specifically target improvement in permanency outcomes for youth in foster care through adoption, guardianship, or kinship care; and (2) the program for state courts to assess and improve handling of proceedings relating to foster care and adoption.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Programs Reauthorization Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2150
Sponsor: Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Homelessness and emergency shelter
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Programs Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Extends through FY2018 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) homeless veterans reintegration programs (job training, counseling, and placement services to expedite the reintegration of homeless veterans into the labor force).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize individuals who are pursuing programs of rehabilitation, education, or training under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to receive work-study allowances for certain outreach services provided through congressional offices, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-2151
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Includes within authorized work-study activities, for individuals entitled to work-study allowances through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in connection with VA rehabilitation, education, or training programs, the following activities carried out at offices of Members of Congress: (1) the distribution of information to members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their dependents concerning available benefits and services under governmental and nongovernmental programs; and (2) the preparation and processing of papers and other documents, including those used to assist in the preparation and presentation of veterans' benefits claims. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
National Program for Arts and Technology Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2152
Sponsor: Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Community life and organization
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Humanities programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
 National Program for Arts and Technology Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish and implement a national program for arts and technology that addresses the complex needs of the poor and undereducated by awarding competitive grants to qualified centers (private, nonprofit educational entities) and interested communities to provide: (1) financial support to establish new qualified centers, and (2) management expertise to guide such centers and communities. 
 
Prohibits federal funds received under this Act from being used for capital expenditures or endowment gifts. 
 
Requires a qualified center or an interested community to match federal contributions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Department of Veterans Affairs Disease Reporting and Oversight Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2153
Sponsor: Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Department of Veterans Affairs Disease Reporting and Oversight Act of 2013 - Requires the director of a Veterans Integrated Service Network, within 24 hours after confirming the presence of a notifiable infectious disease (any infectious disease that is either on a specified published list of nationally notifiable diseases or that is covered by a provision of law of a state that requires the reporting of infectious diseases) at a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facility under that director's jurisdiction, to notify: (1) the Central Office of the VA; (2) the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; (3) the state and county in which the facility is located; (4) each individual at the facility who has contracted the disease or is at risk of doing so, as well as the individual's next of kin, the individual's primary health care provider, and the county in which the individual resides; and (5) each VA employee of such facility. Requires such director to comply with any earlier notification required by the state concerned.
 
Requires such director to: (1) confirm receipt of such notification, (2) develop and implement an action plan to manage and control the potential spread of the disease, and (3) keep records of any such notifications for at least 10 years. Requires an annual report from the VA Inspector General to Congress on directors' compliance with the requirements of this Act. Provides for Inspector General enforcement and appropriate director disciplinary action with respect to such requirements.
 
Directs the Under Secretary for Health of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to issue a directive to the VHA's pathology team, infection prevention team, facilities management team, and other appropriate VHA groups on the actions to be taken when a notifiable infectious disease is discovered in a VHA facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
CPI for Seniors Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2154
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Inflation and prices
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
CPI for Seniors Act of 2013 - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish a monthly index, to be known as the Consumer Price Index for Seniors (CPI-S), that indicates monthly changes in expenditures for consumption that are typical for individuals in the United States who are 62 years of age or older. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
American Dream Accounts Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2155
Sponsor: Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Financial literacy
Higher education
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
American Dream Accounts Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to eligible entities so each can establish and administer American Dream Accounts for a group of at least 30 low-income public school students who, at the time the entities apply for a grant, are attending a grade no higher than ninth grade.
 
Lists as eligible entities: (1) state educational agencies, (2) local educational agencies, (3) charter schools, (4) charter management organizations, (5) institutions of higher education (IHEs), (6) nonprofit organizations, (7) entities experienced in educational savings or assisting low-income students attain higher education, and (8) consortia of two or more of these entities.
 
Describes an American Dream Account as a personal online account for low-income students that monitors their progress toward higher education and includes a college savings account that provides some tax-preferred accumulation.
 
Requires American Dream Accounts to provide students with opportunities, either online or in person, to: (1) attain financial literacy; (2) learn about preparing for enrollment in an IHE; and (3) identify their skills or interests, including career interests.
 
Requires grantees, subject to federal privacy laws and regulations, to allow vested stakeholders to have secure Internet access to an American Dream Account, but not the college savings account portion of that Account.
 
Prohibits grantees from using their grant to provide the initial deposit into the college savings account portion of a student's American Dream Account.
 
Prohibits the funds in those college savings accounts from being considered in making federal student financial aid determinations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
CLAIM Act

Bill: 113-hr-2156
Sponsor: Rep. Fincher, Stephen Lee [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Insurance industry and regulation
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Claims Licensing Advancement for Interstate Matters Act or CLAIM Act - Urges the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) to: (1) adopt a model independent claims adjuster licensing Act meeting specified criteria, and (2) adopt and administer a multi-state examination for an independent claims adjuster seeking to adjust claims in a jurisdiction other than his or her home state.
 
Authorizes the NAIC to prescribe examinee eligibility requirements, and requires any multi-state examination to require adjusters to demonstrate essential competence with cross-jurisdictional legal and regulatory concepts.
 
Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) require a state to adopt licensing requirements for independent claims adjusters if it does not have such requirements; (2) limit the right of a state to establish licensing fees or enforce its laws regarding the adjusting of insurance claims, provided that such a fee is uniform regardless of the licensee's state of residence; or (3) affect the jurisdiction and authority of a state insurance regulator to prescribe and enforce its insurance laws, rules, and regulations governing independent claims adjuster activity in its jurisdiction.
 
Sets forth criteria for state compliance with this Act, including reciprocity. 
 
Authorizes an independent claims adjuster meeting the requirements of this Act to ascertain, determine, negotiate, or settle a claim in a state that is not in compliance with this Act, but only if the adjuster: (1) holds a valid license in his or her home state, and (2) has passed any multi-state examination established and administered by the NAIC. 
 
Prohibits a state from imposing additional requirements upon such an adjuster. 
 
Authorizes an independent claims adjuster meeting the licensure and examination requirements of this Act to adjust claims for losses related to any presidentially-designated major disaster, regardless of the licensure requirements of the state where the disaster is located. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E758-759)
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House