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State Mineral Revenue Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-1972
Sponsor: Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alaska
Energy revenues and royalties
Intergovernmental relations
Mining
Oil and gas
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: 
State Mineral Revenue Protection Act - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior, on the request of a state (other than Alaska) and in lieu of any payments to the state under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982, to convey to the state all right, title, and interest in and to 50% of all amounts otherwise required to be paid into the Treasury from sales, bonuses, royalties (including interest charges), and rentals for all public land or deposits located in the state. (Current law requires payment to a state of 50% of all money derived from such sales, bonuses, royalties, and rentals.)
 
Requires the Secretary to convey to Alaska, upon its request, all right, title, and interest in and to 90% of all such amounts otherwise required to be paid into the Treasury from sales, bonuses, royalties (including interest charges), and rentals for all public land or deposits located in Alaska.
 
Requires any person, after a conveyance under this Act, to pay directly to the state any amount the person owes for which the right, title, and interest has been conveyed to the state.
 
Requires the Secretary to provide prompt notice of any such conveyance, and the duty to make direct payments to the state involved, to each holder of a lease of public land to which this Act applies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Business Development Company Modernization Act

Bill: 113-hr-1973
Sponsor: Rep. Mulvaney, Mick [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2013-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business investment and capital
Financial services and investments
Securities
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: 
Business Development Company Modernization Act - Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to allow business development companies to invest in: (1) a registered investment adviser or investment adviser to an investment company, or (2) an eligible portfolio company (generally, a small- or middle-market financial service company).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Disaster Reform Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1974
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18]
Introduced: 2013-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: 
Small Business Disaster Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act with respect to obtaining the best available collateral for a disaster loan of not more than $200,000 relating to damage to or destruction of the property of, or economic injury to, a small business concern. Prohibits the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), in obtaining such collateral, from requiring the small business owner to use the owner's primary residence as collateral if the owner has other assets with a value equal to or greater than the loan amount that could be used as collateral for the loan.
 
Allows the Administrator to authorize a Small Business Development Center (SBDC) to provide assistance to small businesses outside the state of that SBDC, without regard to geographical proximity, if the small business is in an area for which the President has declared a major disaster.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Administrator shall ensure that a SBDC is appropriately reimbursed for any legitimate expenses in carrying out such assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Access to Certified Professional Midwives Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1976
Sponsor: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2013-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Medicaid
Sex and reproductive health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: 
Access to Certified Professional Midwives Act of 2013 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to extend Medicaid coverage to certified professional midwife services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Support Working Parents Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1978
Sponsor: Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2013-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adult day care
Child care and development
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: 
Support Working Parents Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the phaseout of the tax credit for dependent care services for taxpayers whose adjusted gross incomes exceed $15,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act

Bill: 113-hr-1979
Sponsor: Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2013-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: 
Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to provide the Secretary of Education, from the combined earnings of the Federal Reserve System, with the amount the Secretary determines to be reasonably necessary to award Direct Stafford Loans during the award year beginning July 1, 2013, to all eligible students attending participating institutions of higher education selected by the Secretary.
 
Prohibits appropriated funds from being used for Direct Stafford Loans made during that period.
 
Sets the interest rate on Direct Stafford Loans first disbursed on or after July 1, 2013, and before July 1, 2014, at the primary credit rate charged by the Federal Reserve banks on July 1, 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act

Bill: 113-hr-1980
Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]
Introduced: 2013-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Health information and medical records
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: 
Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), during the six-year period after the enactment of this Act, from requesting a medical examination in connection with a claim for veterans' disability compensation when the claimant submits medical evidence provided by a non-VA medical professional that is competent, credible, probative, and otherwise adequate for making a claim decision.
 
Requires the Secretary, during the same period: (1) to assign a prestabilization disability rating of total, 50%, or 30%, as appropriate; (2) to provide temporary minimum disability ratings for veterans not assigned a permanent rating; and (3) to not count any veteran assigned a prestabilization or temporary minimum rating under any backlog of unassigned ratings.
 
Authorizes the Secretary, during the same period, to certify benefit payments by mail or account deposit before the first day of the month for which such payments are due.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers' Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1982
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2013-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Disability assistance
Employee benefits and pensions
Judicial review and appeals
Medicare
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: 
Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers' Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) create an exception to Medicare secondary payer requirements for certain workers' compensation settlement agreements, and (2) provide for the satisfaction of such requirements through use of qualified Medicare set-asides under such agreements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Food Aid Reform Act

Bill: 113-hr-1983
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39]
Introduced: 2013-05-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Agricultural trade
Buy American requirements
Food assistance and relief
Foreign aid and international relief
Marine and inland water transportation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: 
Food Aid Reform Act - Amends the Food for Peace Act to treat provision of agricultural commodities as one form only of emergency assistance. Repeals the authorization for nonemergency assistance and support for eligible organizations as well as requirements for generation and use of currencies by private voluntary organizations and cooperatives.
 
Extends the Food Aid Consultative Group through FY2018.
 
Repeals the duty of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to evaluate monetization programs.
 
Repeals the requirement that agricultural commodities under the Act be produced in the United States.
 
Extends through FY2018 the authorizastion for agreements to finance sales to provide emergency assistance.
 
Exempts emergency and private assistance activities under title II of such Act from requirements for: (1) exports financed by the U.S. government; and (2) cargoes procured, furnished, or financed by the U.S. government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Armed Services, 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: 2013-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Armed Services, 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: 2013-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Armed Services, 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: 2013-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Armed Services, 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: 2013-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1984
Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2013-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Minority health
Rural conditions and development
Surgery and anesthesia
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: 
Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide for the planning and implementation of an education campaign to inform breast cancer patients anticipating surgery regarding the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options, with a focus on informing patients who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups.
 
Requires such campaign to include dissemination of the following information: (1) breast reconstruction is possible at the time of breast cancer surgery or at a later time; (2) prostheses or breast forms may be available; (3) federal law mandates that both public and private health plans include coverage of breast reconstruction and prostheses; (4) the patient has a right to choose the provider of reconstructive care, including the potential transfer of care to a surgeon that provides breast reconstructive care; and (5) the patient may opt to undergo breast reconstruction at a time after surgery for personal or medical reasons during treatment or after completion of all other breast cancer treatments.
 
Requires the information required to be disseminated by this Act to be be posted on the Internet websites of relevant federal agencies, including the Office of Women's Health, the Office of Minority Health, and the Office of Rural Health Policy.
 
Prohibits such campaign from specifying, or being designed to serve as a tool to limit, the health care providers available to patients.
 
Requires biennial reports to Congress describing and evaluating the activities carried out under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Introduced in House
SANE Deployment Act

Bill: 113-hr-1986
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2013-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Congressional oversight
Crimes against women
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Medical education
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Military command and structure
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Nursing
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: 
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Deployment Act or SANE Deployment Act - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 to direct the Secretary of each military department to assign at least one Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner-Adult/Adolescent (Examiner) to each brigade or equivalent unit level under that Secretary's jurisdiction, unless assignment to other units is determined to be more practicable and effective by the Secretary of Defense (DOD). Allows the assignment of more than one Examiner as necessary based on the demographics or needs of a unit. Allows for the waiver of such assignment for a specific unit level if a department Secretary determines that compliance will impose an undue burden, but requires congressional notification and justification therefor.
 
Requires that, on and after October 1, 2015, only members of the Armed Forces and civilian DOD employees may be assigned as Examiners.
 
 Requires appropriate Examiner training and certification.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Dignity and Honor Act

Bill: 113-hr-1987
Sponsor: Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2013-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Disability assistance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: 
Veterans' Dignity and Honor Act - Increases the amounts payable through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for: (1) burial and funeral expenses of certain veterans, and (2) such expenses in connection with a veteran's death due to a service-connected disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Education Assistance to Realign New Eligibilities for Dependents (EARNED) Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1988
Sponsor: Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5]
Introduced: 2013-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Family relationships
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: 
Education Assistance to Realign New Eligibilities for Dependents (EARNED) Act of 2013 - Allows former members of the Armed Forces who have any period of service between September 11, 2001, and September 30, 2011, including at least 90 days of such service after September 10, 2001, to transfer to their dependents any remaining entitlement to educational assistance under the post-9/11 veterans' educational assistance program.
 
Allows such a transfer, during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2015, in the case of an individual entitled to post-9/11 veterans' educational assistance who completed any period of service and was discharged or released under honorable conditions before September 30, 2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Introduced in House
To require the Forest Service to accommodate, to the extent consistent with the management objectives and limitations applicable to the National Forest System lands at issue, individuals with mobility disabilities who need to use a power-driven mobility device for reasonable access to such lands.

Bill: 113-hr-1989
Sponsor: Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5]
Introduced: 2013-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Forests, forestry, trees
Government information and archives
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), through the Chief of the Forest Service, to require Forest Service personnel, in the implementation of off-road vehicle management under the Forest Service Travel Management Rule, to endeavor to accommodate individuals with mobility disabilities who would need to use a power-driven mobility device for access to such lands. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2013-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2013-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1990
Sponsor: Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6]
Introduced: 2013-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Department of the Treasury
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: 
 Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury, or any delegate of the Secretary, from implementing or enforcing any provisions of or amendments made by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Introduced in House