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A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to improve the use of certain registered pesticides.

Bill: 113-s-175
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2013-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Licensing and registrations
Pest management

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: 
Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide that no permit shall be required for: (1) the use of a pesticide that is registered or otherwise authorized for use under such Act; (2) the use of a biological control organism for the prevention, control, or eradication of a plant pest or noxious weed that is in accordance with the Plant Protection Act; or (3) the conduct of any other plant pest, noxious weed, or pest control activity conducted in accordance with the Plant Protection Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reject the final 5-year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for fiscal years 2013 through 2018 of the Administration and replace the plan with a 5-year plan that is more in line with the energy and economic needs of the United States.

Bill: 113-s-176
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: 
Deems the Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2010-2015, issued by the Secretary of the Interior, to be the final oil and gas leasing program for the period FY2013-FY2018.
 
Considers the Secretary to have issued a final environmental impact statement to the FY2013-FY2018 oil and gas leasing program in accordance with certain requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. 
 
Excludes Lease Sales 214, 232, and 239, from the FY2013-FY2018 final oil and gas leasing program.
 
Declares that this Act does not affect restrictions on oil and gas leasing under the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
ObamaCare Repeal Act

Bill: 113-s-177
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2013-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: 
ObamaCare Repeal Act - R epeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of their enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Acts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 9.
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Cross-Border Trade Enhancement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-178
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2013-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Customs enforcement
Government buildings, facilities, and property
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: 
Cross-Border Trade Enhancement Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to enter into agreements with persons for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to provide customs and immigration services at a land border port of entry, subject to payment of a fee to reimburse the CBP for providing such services. Declares that nothing in this grant of authority shall be construed to reduce the responsibilities or duties of the CBP to provide services at land border ports of entry that have been authorized by law and federally-funded.
 
Directs the Administrator of General Services to establish procedures for evaluating proposals submitted by persons to: (1) enter into cost-sharing or reimbursement agreements with the General Services Administration (GSA) for the construction or maintenance of infrastructure at a land border port of entry, and (2) provide GSA an unconditional gift of property for use in the construction or maintenance of such infrastructure.
 
Prescribes minimum requirements for such procedures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S401-402)
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-179
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Firearms and explosives
Smuggling and trafficking
U.S. Sentencing Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: 
Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit: (1) transferring two or more firearms to, or receiving two or more firearms from, a person in interstate or foreign commerce knowing or with the reasonable belief that such transfer, possession, or receipt of a firearm would violate a federal, state, or local law punishable by a prison term of more than one year; (2) making false statements regarding an actual buyer to a licensed firearm importer, dealer, or manufacturer relating to the purchase, receipt, or acquisition of two or more firearms that have moved in or affected interstate or foreign commerce; (3) directing, promoting, or facilitating such conduct; or (4) conspiring to commit such conduct. Authorizes an enhanced penalty for someone who organizes or supervises such conduct.
 
Makes exceptions for a firearm that is lawfully acquired: (1) to be given to another person not prohibited from possessing it under federal or state law as a gift; or (2) by a court-appointed trustee, receiver, or conservator on behalf of an estate or creditor, to carry out a bequest, or in an acquisition by intestate succession.
 
Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and, if appropriate, amend the federal sentencing guidelines and policy statements applicable to persons convicted of offenses under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Committee on the Judiciary Senate Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-870.
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S402)
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
NLRB Freeze Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-180
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2013-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Labor-management relations
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: 
NLRB Freeze Act of 2013 - Declares that determinations made by National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) members constituting a quorum shall be void until a final judgment is entered in all cases pending before a federal court challenging the constitutionality of the appointment of Board members during a recess of the Senate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Niblack and Bokan Mountain Mining Area Roads Authorization Act

Bill: 113-s-181
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2013-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Forests, forestry, trees
Licensing and registrations
Mining
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: 
Niblack and Bokan Mountain Mining Area Roads Authorization Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to establish a road corridor: (1) following 1 of the 2 routes identified as &quot;Niblack Route 1&quot; or &quot;Niblack Route 2&quot; on the map entitled &quot;Road to Niblack Mine and Bokan Mountain Route Extension,&quot; numbered 1, and dated June 21, 2012; and (2) to the Bokan Mountain mine that branches off the Niblack Mine road corridor in order to connect the Prince of Wales Island road system in Alaska to the area of the Niblack and Bokan Mountain patented mineral claims on the southeast side of Prince of Wales Island.
 
Sets forth requirements for such road corridor.
 
Authorizes Alaska and the Prince of Wales Community Advisory Council to participate as cooperating agencies during the preparation of any environmental impact statement prepared with respect to the road corridor. 
 
Expresses the intent of Congress that any federal permit required for such road construction be issued or denied within one year after the date of the permit application.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S402-404)
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Anchorage Land Conveyance Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-182
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2013-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Economic development
Land transfers
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: 
Anchorage Land Conveyance Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey, without consideration, to the city of Anchorage, Alaska, the reversionary interests of the United States in specified parcels of non-federal land in order to unencumber the title to such land to enable the economic development of such land. 
 
Requires the city to pay all costs associated with such conveyance. 

action_date: 2014-12-10
text: 
Anchorage Land Conveyance Act of 2014 - Directs the Department of the Interior to convey to the municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, in response to its offer to acquire, the reversionary interests of the United States in
 
 
1.93-acre site known as the Egan Center, Petrovich Park, and Old City Hall;
 
a 0.48 acre-site known as the parking lot at 7th Avenue and I Street; and
 
a 0.24 acre-site of an unimproved vacant lot located at H Street and Christensen Drive. 
 
 
Requires the municipality to pay the appraised value of the federal reversionary interest and all costs associated with the conveyance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 629.
action_date: 2014-12-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Landrieu with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 113-289.
action_date: 2014-12-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Landrieu with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 113-289.
action_date: 2014-11-13
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-342.
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S404-405)
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Hospital Payment Fairness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-183
Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2013-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: 
Hospital Payment Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to sunset on October 1, 2013, the application of budget neutrality on a national basis in the calculation of the Medicare hospital wage index floor. 
 
(PPACA requires application of the budget neutrality requirement associated with the effect of the imputed rural floor on the area wage index under the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 through a uniform national, instead of state-by-state, adjustment to the area hospital wage index floor.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-184
Sponsor: Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH]
Introduced: 2013-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget process
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Economic theory
Government studies and investigations
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: 
Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2013 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to prepare for each major bill or resolution reported by any congressional committee (except the congressional appropriations committees), as a supplement to CBO cost estimates, a macroeconomic impact analysis of the costs of such legislation for: (1) the period for which the cost estimate is prepared, and (2) the 10-fiscal year period beginning with the first fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which such estimate was prepared and each of the next two 10-fiscal year periods.
 
Defines &quot;major bill or resolution&quot; as any bill or resolution whose budgetary effects, for any fiscal year in the period for which a CBO cost estimate is prepared, is estimated to be greater than .25% of the current projected U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) for that fiscal year.
 
Requires the analysis to describe: (1) the potential economic impact of the bill or resolution on major economic variables, including real GDP, business investment, the capital stock, employment, and labor supply; and (2) the potential fiscal effects of the measure, including any estimates of revenue increases or decreases resulting from changes in GDP.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley, in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, where the 4 little Black girls lost their lives, which served as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement.

Bill: 113-s-186
Sponsor: Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL]
Introduced: 2013-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Alabama
Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
Crime victims
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to commemorate the lives of Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley (children who lost their lives in the September 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, an incident recognized as a catalyst for the civil rights movement). 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell bronze duplicates of such medals, with amounts received from the sale to be deposited in the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Deceptive Loan Check Elimination Act

Bill: 113-s-187
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2013-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer credit
Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: 
Deceptive Loan Check Elimination Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) to prohibit a person from extending any consumer credit through the use by the consumer of a check or other negotiable instrument sent by the creditor to solicit an extension of consumer credit, unless the consumer has requested it in writing.
 
States that a nonnegotiable instrument that has the appearance of a negotiable instrument in connection with a solicitation for an extension of credit is not an application or request for purposes of this Act.
 
Shields a consumer from liability for: (1) the principal amount of a negotiable instrument sent in violation of this Act; or (2) any interest, fee, or penalty charged in connection with such negotiable instrument.
 
 Prohibits any information relating to the liability of a consumer alleged by a creditor to have been established through a negotiable instrument sent in violation of this Act from being either reported to or received by any consumer reporting agency, or from being included in any consumer report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Advice and Consent Restoration Act

Bill: 113-s-188
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2013-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor-management relations
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: 
Advice and Consent Restoration Act - Prohibits a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member from receiving a salary unless that member has been appointed: (1) by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or (2) by the President to fill a vacancy during a recess of the Senate.
 
Prohibits an unconstitutional quorum of the NLRB from convening or taking any agency action until a final judgment is entered in all cases pending before a federal court challenging the constitutionality of the purported appointment of NLRB members.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S405)
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
StartUp Visa Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-189
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]
Introduced: 2013-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
U.S. and foreign investments
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: 
StartUp Visa Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish an employment-based, conditional immigrant visa (StartUp visa) for a sponsored alien entrepreneur: (1) with required amounts of financial backing from a qualifying investor, government entity, or venture capitalist; and (2) whose commercial activities will generate required levels of employment, revenue, or capital investment.
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to terminate the status of a sponsored entrepreneur (and the alien spouse and children of such entrepreneur) if not later than three years after the date on which such permanent resident status was conferred: (1) the sponsoring venture capitalist or investor fails to meet investment requirements; or (2) the entrepreneur fails to meet job creation, capital investment, or revenue requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S405-406)
action_date: 2013-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Restoring the Constitutional Balance of Power Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-190
Sponsor: Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE]
Introduced: 2013-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Reserve System
Federal officials
Labor-management relations
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: 
Restoring the Constitutional Balance of Power Act of 2013 - Prohibits the use of federal funds by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to undertake or enforce activities commencing on or after January 4, 2012, that require authorization by a quorum of NLRB members. 
 Prohibits any transfer of funds from the Federal Reserve for use by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to implement activities that are authorized only upon the confirmation of a CFPB Director.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-191
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2013-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Judicial review and appeals
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: 
Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2013 - Sets forth general requirements for the federal regulatory system, including the protection of public health, welfare, safety, and the environment, the promotion of predictability in the regulatory process, and the consideration of benefits and costs of regulations. 
 
Requires federal agencies to: (1) propose or adopt regulations only upon a reasoned determination that the benefits of such regulations justify their costs; (2) tailor regulations to impose the least burden on society and to maximize economic and other benefits; (3) involve the public and parties affected by regulations in the regulatory process; (4) develop regulatory actions that promote innovation, flexibility, and objectivity; and (5) consider methods to promote retrospective analysis of rules that may be outmoded, ineffective, insufficient, or excessively burdensome, and develop plans for reviewing on a periodic basis significant regulation actions (i.e., those having an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or otherwise adversely affecting the economy). 
 
Provides for judicial review of any agency action required under this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate