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Terminating the Expansion of Too-Big-To-Fail Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-100
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Bankruptcy
Commodities markets
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Congressional oversight
Federal Reserve System
Financial services and investments
Government studies and investigations
Insurance industry and regulation
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Terminating the Expansion of Too-Big-To-Fail Act of 2013 - Amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010, title I of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank), the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, and the Federal Reserve Act to eliminate all supervision by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) of domestic and foreign nonbank financial companies, including new or heightened standards and safeguards and minimum leverage capital requirements.
 
Eliminates the duty of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to identify systemically important financial market utilities and payment, clearing, and settlement activities.
 
Repeals the authority of the Council, acting through the Office of Financial Research, to: (1) require the submission of periodic and other reports from any domestic or foreign nonbank financial company, or (2) request the Board to examine a U.S. nonbank financial company for the sole purpose of determining whether it should be Board-supervised.
 
Repeals specified additional Board authority to supervise certain nonbank financial companies, including the prohibition against management interlocks between such companies and certain other financial companies.
 
Repeals the requirement that the Board study and report to Congress on: (1) specified issues with respect to the resolution of financial companies under chapter 7 (Liquidation) or 11 (Reorganization) of the Bankruptcy Code, and (2) international coordination relating to the resolution of systemic financial companies under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and applicable foreign law.
 
Repeals the authority of the Council to recommend to the Board: (1) prudential standards and reporting and disclosure requirements for Board-supervised nonbank financial companies, and (2) any requirement that each nonbank financial company report periodically the company's credit exposure as well as its plan for rapid and orderly resolution in the event of material financial distress or failure.
 
Repeals the requirement that the Council study the feasibility, benefits, costs, and structure of a contingent capital requirement for Board-supervised nonbank financial companies.
 
Eliminates reporting requirements for such companies.
 
Repeals the Payment, Clearing, and Settlement Supervision Act of 2010 (title VIII of Dodd-Frank).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit the provision of Federal funds to State and local governments for payment of obligations, to prohibit the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from financially assisting State and local governments, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-101
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Federal Reserve System
Government lending and loan guarantees
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Prohibits the use of federal funds to purchase or guarantee obligations of, issue lines of credit to, or provide direct or indirect grants-and-aid to any state, municipal, local, or county government which, on or after January 26, 2011, has defaulted on its obligations, is at risk of defaulting, or is likely to default, without such federal assistance.
 
Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from using, directly or indirectly, general fund revenues or borrowed funds to purchase or guarantee any asset or obligation of any such state, municipal, local, or county government.
 
Prohibits the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from: (1) providing or extending to, or authorizing with respect to, such a state, municipal, local, or county government, or other entity with taxing authority or bonding authority, any funds, loan guarantees, credits, or any other financial instrument or other authority, including bond purchases; or (2) otherwise assisting such a government entity under any Board authority.
 
Waives the application of this Act for federal assistance provided in response to a natural disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR 8/1/2013 S6153)
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reduce the amount of financial assistance provided to the Government of Mexico in response to the illegal border crossings from Mexico into the United States, which serve to dissipate the political discontent with the higher unemployment rate within Mexico.

Bill: 113-s-102
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Foreign aid and international relief
Latin America
Mexico
Military education and training

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
 Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) annually estimate the number of illegal border crossings along the southern U.S. land border, and (2) reduce financial assistance to the government of Mexico by a total of $1,000 for each illegal border crossing from Mexico to the United States during the previous fiscal year.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to not reduce appropriations for the government of Mexico from the International Military Education and Training Fund, the International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement Fund, and the fund to carry out nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining, and related programs and activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Thurgood Marshall's Elementary School Study Act

Bill: 113-s-103
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Judges
Maryland
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Thurgood Marshall's Elementary School Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of P.S. 103, the public school located in West Baltimore, Maryland, which former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall attended as a youth.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S219-220)
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S219)
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
National Monuments Act of 2011

Bill: 113-s-104
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
National Monuments Act of 2011- Requires the President to obtain congressional approval of proposed national monuments situated upon land owned or controlled by the federal government and certify compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 prior to declaring national monuments. 
 
Bars the Secretary of the Interior from implementing any restrictions on the public use of a national monument until the expiration of an appropriate review period providing for public input and congressional approval. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to direct the General Accountability Office to conduct a full audit of hurricane protection funding and cost estimates associated with post-Katrina hurricane protection.

Bill: 113-s-105
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Alabama
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Louisiana
Mississippi
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO), in coordination with the National Academy of Engineering, to conduct and submit to Congress a full audit of hurricane protection funding and cost estimates associated with post-Katrina hurricane protection. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Public Access to Historical Records Act

Bill: 113-s-106
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather
Census and government statistics
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Public Access to Historical Records Act - Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to establish an official dataset on the historical temperature record. 
 
Requires NASA to use the raw data related to temperature that is collected by applicable stations and vessels and to quantify the statistical uncertainty of each temperature observation and any subsequent products based on that observation. 
 
Requires the gaps that exist in temperature station and temperature reading data to be clearly and fully identified. 
 
Creates a panel to assist the Administrator in the establishment of the dataset. 
 
Requires the Administrator, at least once every three years, to contract with an appropriate independent entity to perform a verification and validation of the dataset and requires the publication of any algorithms utilized, and any determinations made, in verifying and validating the dataset. 
 
Requires persons and entities engaged in global climate research funded by the federal government to use the dataset as a source of data on the historical temperature record. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to provide for the immediate release of: (1) all raw temperature station data from cooperative observers and automated stations collected by the National Climatic Data Center, and (2) an analysis of the differences between raw and final temperature datasets collected by the Center. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit the regulation of carbon dioxide emissions in the United States until China, India, and Russia implement similar reductions.

Bill: 113-s-107
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Asia
China
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
India
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the head of any other federal agency from regulating carbon dioxide emissions until the Secretary of Commerce certifies that China, India, and Russia have initiated measures that require carbon dioxide emission reductions that are substantially similar to those proposed for the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
IDEA Full Funding Act

Bill: 113-s-108
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Appropriations
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Special education

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
IDEA Full Funding Act - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to reauthorize and make appropriations for the grant program to assist states and outlying areas to provide special education and related services to children with disabilities. Authorizes and makes specified appropriations for FY2013-FY2020, and sets forth a formula for determining the authorization of, and makes, appropriations for FY2021 and thereafter.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Government Neutrality in Contracting Act

Bill: 113-s-109
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Labor-management relations
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Government Neutrality in Contracting Act - Directs the head of any federal agency that awards or obligates funds for any construction contract, or that awards grants, provides financial assistance, or enters into cooperative agreements for construction projects, to ensure that bid specifications, project agreements, or other controlling documents do not: (1) require or forbid a bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor to enter into or adhere to agreements with a labor organization with respect to that construction project or another related construction project; or (2) otherwise discriminate against such a party because it did or did not become a signatory or otherwise adhere to such an agreement. 
 
Allows exemptions to avert an imminent threat to public health or safety or to serve national security. Allows additional exemptions for certain projects. 
Directs the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement this Act with respect to the applicable federal contracts.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Social Security Lock-Box Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-110
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Budget process
Government trust funds
Legislative rules and procedure
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Social Security Lock-Box Act of 2013 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide a point of order against consideration of any: (1) budget resolution that sets forth totals for any fiscal year with respect to the Social Security Trust Funds that are less than the totals of the Social Security Trust Funds for that fiscal year as calculated in accordance with a current services baseline, or (2) spending or tax legislation that would cause any totals to be less than the Funds totals for the covered fiscal year.
 
Makes the point of order described in (2) above inapplicable to Social Security reform legislation. 
 
Requires any federal budget submitted by the President that recommends totals for any fiscal year with respect to the Funds that are less than the totals of the Funds for that fiscal year to include a detailed proposal for Social Security reform legislation. Makes this Act inapplicable upon the enactment of such legislation. Defines &quot;Social Security reform legislation&quot; as a bill or joint resolution to save Social Security that specifies that it constitutes reform legislation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Safety for Our Schoolchildren Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-111
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
School administration
Sex offenses
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Safety for Our Schoolchildren Act of 2013 - Requires states and local educational agencies (LEAs): (1) to obtain an FBI background check on individuals prior to offering them employment as school employees; and (2) if the check identifies them as sexual predators, to report their application to local law enforcement.
 
Prohibits states or LEAs from hiring individuals as: (1) school employees if they have been convicted of a crime of violence or other felony; or (2) school bus drivers if they have been convicted of, or pled guilty to, drunk driving or a serious moving violation.
 
Withholds funds available to states for planning and administration and to LEAs as subgrants under part A of title II (Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, if they violate such prohibitions or fail to take such actions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-113
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Credit and credit markets
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require a lender, before issuing a private education loan for a student attending an institution of higher education (IHE), to obtain the IHE's certification of: (1) the student's enrollment status, (2) the student's cost of attendance, and (3) the difference between that cost and the student's estimated financial assistance. Eliminates the requirement that such lenders obtain a self-certification form from the private education loan applicant. 
 
Allows a lender to issue such loan without a certification if there is no response from the relevant IHE within 15 business days of the lender's request for the certification. 
 
Requires private educational lenders to: (1) send loan statements to borrowers at least once every three months a student is enrolled at an IHE; (2) notify the relevant IHE, in writing, of the loan amount and the student to whom it applies no later than the date funds are issued; and (3) submit an annual report to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) containing information the CFPB requires concerning private student loans.
 
Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require IHEs, before providing lenders with certifications, to determine whether students have exhausted their options for title IV assistance and notify borrowers of: (1) the availability of such assistance, (2) their ability to choose their own private educational lender, (3) the impact of the proposed private education loan on their eligibility for other financial assistance, and (4) their right to accept or reject a private education loan within 30 days of the lender's approval of their application and to cancel the loan within 3 business days of its consummation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S221-222)
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S220-221)
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-114
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 

Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2013

 
Amends federal bankruptcy law to make privately issued student loans dischargeable in bankruptcy. Under current law, student loans (whether issued privately or by a governmental unit) are dischargeable only if excepting the loans from dischargeability would impose undue hardship on the debtor and the debtor's dependents. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S222)
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S220-221)
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Job Creation Act

Bill: 113-s-115
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employment taxes
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Income tax credits
Small business
Social security and elderly assistance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Small Business Job Creation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an employer a credit against payroll tax liability equal to 10% of the increase of such employer's payroll in a calendar quarter over a corresponding quarter in the previous calendar year. Limits the total credit amount available for all quarters to $500,000. Denies such credit to any employer with 100 or more employees unless such employer shows an increase in payroll exceeding 3% in a calendar quarter. 
 
Directs the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to: (1) notify all employers required to withhold employment taxes of the enactment and applicability of this Act, and (2) report to Congress on enforcement measures taken to prevent and penalize fraud related to the payroll tax credit allowed by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate