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Middle Class Dependent Care Fairness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2048
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2013-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adult day care
Child care and development
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: 
Middle Class Dependent Care Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the mandatory reduction in the rate of the tax credit for household and dependent care services for taxpayers whose adjusted gross incomes exceed $15,000. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Shuttle Workforce Revitalization Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2049
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2013-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Economic development
Florida
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: 
Shuttle Workforce Revitalization Act of 2013 - Requires, during the period beginning upon enactment of this Act and ending January 1, 2020, that any portion of Brevard County, Florida, not otherwise a HUBZone (heavily underutilized business zone), as such term is defined under the Small Business Act, be treated as a HUBZone for purposes of that Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Introduced in House
No Regulations, No Pay Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2050
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2013-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: 
No Regulations, No Pay Act of 2013 - Requires the basic pay of any federal agency official who is responsible for the issuance of regulations to be held in escrow and not paid to such official if such official fails to issue such regulations by the date specified by law. Allows the basic pay of such official to be released when such official issues the required regulations or ceases to serve in the office that issues such regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Grandparents Tax Credit Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2051
Sponsor: Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
Introduced: 2013-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child care and development
Family relationships
Income tax credits
Poverty and welfare assistance
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: 
Grandparents Tax Credit Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow grandparents of a minor child whose family adjusted gross income does not exceed 300% of the federal poverty level a refundable tax credit for up to $500 of the cost of household items (i.e., food, clothing, and other items typically used by or for the benefit of the child) paid for the benefit of such child in a taxable year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to apply budget neutrality on a State-specific basis in the calculation of the Medicare hospital wage index floor for non-rural areas.

Bill: 113-hr-2053
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2013-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Hospital care
Medicare
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-20
text: 
Revises requirements for the non-rural area wage index floor in the formula for the national adjusted diagnosis-related group (DRG) prospective payment rate used in calculating payments under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for each inpatient hospital discharge in a fiscal year involving inpatient hospital services of a subsection (d) hospital.
 
(Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system [IPPS] when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in the case of discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2013, to apply budget neutrality, under the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and related regulations, on a state-specific rather than national basis in the calculation of the Medicare hospital wage index floor, including a minimum wage index, for each non-rural area, using a specified methodology as if it had been fully implemented for FY2011 using a 100% state-specific adjustment to the area wage index.
 
Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed as preventing the Secretary, for discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2014, from modifying related regulations in carrying out budget neutrality requirements.
 
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to end the application of budget neutrality on a national basis in the calculation of the Medicare hospital wage index floor as of October 1, 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent the avoidance of tax by insurance companies through reinsurance with non-taxed affiliates.

Bill: 113-hr-2054
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2013-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Insurance industry and regulation
Life, casualty, property insurance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-20
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the taxable income of a life insurance company or other insurance company: (1) any non-taxed reinsurance premium; (2) any additional amount paid by an insurance company with respect to the reinsurance for which such non-taxed reinsurance premium is paid; and (3) any return premium, ceding commission, reinsurance recovered, or other amount received by an insurance company with respect to the reinsurance for which such non-taxed reinsurance premium is paid. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-05-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E702-703)
action_date: 2013-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Integrated Electronic Health Records (iEHR) for Military and Veterans Act

Bill: 113-hr-2055
Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2013-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computers and information technology
Department of Defense
Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Intellectual property
Military medicine
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-20
text: 
Integrated Electronic Health Records (iEHR) for Military and Veterans Act - Directs the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) to jointly carry out a program to award a cash prize ($50 million) and contract to an entity that develops a fully-integrated electronic health records program for national use by DOD and VA. Directs the Secretaries to: (1) widely advertise the prize competitions and announce each one in the Federal Register, and (2) create a joint panel to establish criteria for the program's development. Requires the prize recipient to be awarded a contract with DOD and VA to provide the program, including maintenance and support, and to be compensated at $25 million per year for five years. Reverts to the federal government, after such period, any intellectual property developed under the contract.
 
Authorizes the Secretaries to require competition participants to waive claims against the federal government (except for willful conduct) arising from such participation, and requires participants to obtain liability insurance therefor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-05-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2013-05-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2013-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-20
text: Introduced in House
To remove from the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System the areas comprising Bay County Unit P-31P in Florida.

Bill: 113-hr-2057
Sponsor: Rep. Southerland, Steve II [R-FL-2]
Introduced: 2013-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Florida
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-20
text: 
Amends the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to remove from the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System and related maps the areas comprising Bay County Unit P-31P in Florida.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2058
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2013-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Child health
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Medical research
Mental health
Minority health
Research administration and funding
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-20
text: 
Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to eligible entities to establish pilot programs to develop, study, or evaluate model systems for monitoring and caring for childhood cancer survivors. 
 
Requires the Secretary to convene a Workforce Development Collaborative on Medical and Psychosocial Care for Pediatric Cancer to establish a plan to meet specified objectives relating to medical and psychosocial care workforce development, including: (1) disseminating to health care educators information relevant to providing medical and psychosocial services to persons with pediatric cancers, (2) adapting curricula for continuing education of the existing workforce, and (3) strengthening the emphasis on psychosocial health care in educational accreditation standards and professional licensing and certification. 
 
Reauthorizes and expands the National Cancer Institute's pediatric cancer research and awareness program to include research on: (1) pediatric cancer survivors within minority or other medically underserved populations, (2) health disparities in pediatric cancer survivorship outcomes, and (3) follow-up care for pediatric cancer survivors.
 
Requires the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to establish and operate a clinic for comprehensive long-term follow-up services for pediatric cancer survivors. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Coast Guard STRONG Act

Bill: 113-hr-2059
Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2013-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Assault and harassment offenses
Coast guard
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Department of Homeland Security
Military personnel and dependents
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-20
text: 
Coast Guard STRONG Act - Directs the Secretary concerned (under current law, the Secretaries of the military departments) to issue regulations to ensure the timely determination of a request for a permanent change of station or unit transfer by a member of the Armed Forces who is the victim of a sexual assault or related offense (thereby including the Coast Guard within such requirement).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-20
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 275 Front Street in Marietta, Ohio, as the "Lance Corporal Joshua C. Taylor Memorial Post Office Building".

Bill: 113-hr-2062
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2013-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Ohio
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 275 Front Street in Marietta, Ohio, as the "Lance Corporal Joshua C. Taylor Memorial Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-12
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-03-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2811)
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the health care provided to veterans of World War II at facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 113-hr-2063
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2013-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Hospital care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: 
Authorizes enrollment in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) patient enrollment system (and thereby, eligibility for VA hospital care and medical services) for veterans who served during World War II who are not otherwise eligible for such care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: Introduced in House
RUSH Act

Bill: 113-hr-2064
Sponsor: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2013-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Family services
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social security and elderly assistance
State and local government operations
Transportation costs
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: 
Responding to Urgent Needs of Survivors of the Holocaust Act or RUSH Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include specifically within its purview older Americans who are Holocaust survivors.
 
Authorizes the Administrator for Community Living to designate, within the Administration for Community Living of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a person with specialized training, background, or experience with issues of Holocaust survivors to implement services for them.
 
Requires a state nutrition project to: (1) ensure that project meals meet the dietary needs of program participants based on religious, cultural, or ethnic requirements; and (2) encourage individuals who distribute nutrition services to engage in conversation with homebound older individuals and to be aware of the warning signs of medical emergencies, injury, or abuse in order to reduce isolation and promote wellbeing. 
 
Amends the Older Americans Act Amendments of 2006 to require the study of nutrition projects to analyze the abilities of service providers to obtain viable contracts for special foods necessary to meet a religious requirement, required dietary need, or ethnic consideration. 
 
Authorizes the HHS Assistant Secretary for Aging to make grants to or contract with states, public agencies, private nonprofit agencies, institutions of higher education, and organizations, including tribal organizations, to support programs that provide transportation services and resources to older individuals with the greatest economic or social need.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Safe Housing for Homeless Veterans Act

Bill: 113-hr-2065
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2013-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Housing industry and standards
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: 
 Safe Housing for Homeless Veterans Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) from making a grant or providing other assistance to any entity for the provision of housing or housing services to homeless veterans unless such entity submits to the Secretary a certification that the building proposed for such housing or services is in compliance with all local codes relevant to operations and level of care provided, as well as any other local requirements regarding the condition of the structure and the operation of the supportive housing or service center. Directs the Secretary to include, in a currently-required annual report on assistance to homeless veterans, an evaluation of the safety and accessibility of such facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-07-09
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Pets on Trains Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2066
Sponsor: Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10]
Introduced: 2013-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Mammals
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
Railroads
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: 
Pets on Trains Act of 2013 - Directs the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to propose a pet policy that allows passengers to transport domesticated cats or dogs on certain Amtrak trains.
 
Requires Amtrak to collect a fee for each cat or dog transported by a ticketed passenger to cover administrative costs.
 
Declares that the proposed policy shall be separate from and in addition to the policy governing Amtrak passengers traveling with service animals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2068
Sponsor: Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Government information and archives
Hunting and fishing
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: 
 Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013 - Amends the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA) to reauthorize, until July 25, 2020, the program for the completion of appraisals and satisfaction of other legal requirements for the sale or exchange of public land identified for disposal under approved land use plans under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) establish and maintain a database containing a comprehensive list of all of the public land identified for disposal under such plans, and (2) make such database available to the public on the website of the Department of the Interior. 
 
Allows a state to use any funds made available from the Federal Land Disposal Account for same-state purchases that are not obligated or expended by the end of the fourth fiscal year after the sale or exchange of the land that generated such funds. 
 
Instructs the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), in prioritizing the acquisition of inholdings and non-federal lands with exceptional resources, to consider the extent to which the acquisition of the land or interest therein will increase public availability of resources for, and facilitate public access to, hunting, fishing, and other recreational activities. 
 
Requires any remaining balance in the Federal Land Disposal Account to be deposited into the Treasury and used for deficit reduction, except that in the case of a fiscal year for which there is no federal budget deficit, such amounts shall be used to reduce the federal debt. 
 
Makes the FLTFA inapplicable to land eligible for sale under specified public land laws. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: Introduced in House