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Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1481
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Health care costs and insurance
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act of 2013 - Requires an insurance issuer that offers a long-term care insurance plan to implement claims dispute resolution procedures that: (1) are designed to expeditiously resolve disputes; (2) provide for alternative means of dispute resolution involving independent third-party review by entities that are mutually acceptable to the issuer and the enrollee, with the reviewer's decision being binding on the issuer; and (3) ensure that an enrollee is eligible to obtain claims review only to the extent and in the manner provided for in the applicable insurance contract. Allows an enrollee to appeal the decision of an independent reviewer to an appropriate state court as provided for under state law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Empower States Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1482
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Civil actions and liability
Economic performance and conditions
Education programs funding
Energy prices
Energy revenues and royalties
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Indian lands and resources rights
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial review and appeals
Land use and conservation
Mining
Oil and gas
State and local government operations
Unemployment
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Empower States Act of 2013 - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing or promulgating any guideline or regulation relating to oil or gas exploration or production on federal land in a state if the state has otherwise met the requirements under applicable federal law, unless the Secretary determines that as a result of the exploration or production there is an imminent and substantial danger to the public health or the environment.
 
Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the head of a federal department or agency, before issuing or promulgating any guideline or regulation relating to oil and gas exploration and production on federal, state, tribal, or fee land pursuant to federal law or executive order, to seek comments from and consult with the head of each affected state, state agency, and Indian tribe at a location within their jurisdiction. 
Requires federal departments and agencies to develop Statements of Energy and Economic Impact that detail and analyze: (1) adverse effects of an action on energy supply, distribution, or use; and (2) impact on the domestic economy if the action is taken. 
Prohibits imposition of any new or modified oil and gas regulation unless the head of the applicable department or agency determines: (1) that the rule is necessary to prevent immediate harm to human health or the environment, and (2) by clear and convincing evidence that the state or tribe does not have an existing reasonable alternative to the proposed regulation. 
Requires any regulation promulgated after enactment of this Act that requires disclosure of hydraulic fracturing chemicals to refer to the database managed by the Ground Water Protection Council and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. 
Sets forth procedures for judicial review of such regulations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Oil Spill Technology and Research Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1483
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Accidents
Atmospheric science and weather
Coast guard
Congressional oversight
Ecology
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Executive agency funding and structure
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Research and development
Technology assessment
Water quality
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Oil Spill Technology and Research Act of 2013 - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to replace provisions establishing the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research with provisions establishing a Federal Oil Spill Research Committee for the same purpose. 
 
Requires the Committee to: (1) submit to Congress within 180 days and update every five years a report on the state of oil discharge prevention and response capabilities; (2) establish an oil pollution research and development program that provides for research, development, and demonstration of technologies and methods that are effective in preventing, detecting, responding to, mitigating, and restoring damage from oil discharges and that protect the environment; and (3) submit a plan for the implementation of such program to Congress within 180 days after submitting such report. 
 
Requires the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to: (1) designate a Chairperson from among committee members, and (2) manage a program of competitive grants to universities or research institutions for conducting such program.
 
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require vessel and facility response plans for responding to a worst case discharge of oil or a hazardous substance to: (1) be updated at least every five years and resubmitted for approval upon each update; (2) require the use of the best available technology and methods to contain and remove a worst-case discharge and to mitigate or prevent a substantial threat of such a discharge; and (3) include investments in research relating to oil discharges, risk assessment, and development of technologies for oil discharge response and prevention.
 
Requires: (1) the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating to establish a program for the formal evaluation and validation of oil pollution containment and removal methods and technologies, and (2) each technology and method validated to be included in the comprehensive list of discharge removal resources maintained through the Coast Guard's National Response Unit.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Sabine National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1484
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Texas
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Sabine National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2013 - Requires a land exchange between the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) and the Sabine River Authority of Texas involving the Sabine National Forest, the Indian Mounds Wilderness Area, and the Toledo Bend Project in Texas. 
 
Requires the costs of the land exchange to be shared equally between the Authority and the Secretary, and the land exchange to be conducted on an equal value basis. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1485
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adult day care
Aging
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow caregivers a tax credit for up to $6,000 of the eldercare expenses incurred for their parents (or ancestors of such parents).
 
Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to: (1) increase and extend funding for the National Family Caregiver Support Program through FY2017, and (2) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award a grant to or enter into a cooperative agreement with a public or private nonprofit entity to establish a National Resource Center on Family Caregiving to provide information on and support for family caregiver support programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Union Bailout Prevention Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1487
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2013-09-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: 
Union Bailout Prevention Act of 2013 - Declares that no refundable premium assistance tax credits (subsidies) for coverage under a qualified health plan under the Internal Revenue Code, or reductions in cost-sharing under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), shall be permitted with respect to an individual for health insurance coverage provided pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement involving one or more employers (Taft-Hartley plan).
 
Amends PPACA to exclude Taft-Hartley plans from the meaning of &quot;qualified health plan.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to delay the application of the individual health insurance mandate, to delay the application of the employer health insurance mandate, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-1488
Sponsor: Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN]
Introduced: 2013-09-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business records
Comprehensive health care
Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Insurance industry and regulation
Sales and excise taxes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: 
Fairness for American Families Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), to delay until 2015 the requirement that individuals maintain minimal essential health care coverage.
 
Authority for Mandate Delay Act - Amends PPACA to delay until 2015 enforcement of requirements that large employers offer their full-time employees the opportunity to enroll in minimum essential coverage. Delays the effective date of related reporting requirements for such employers and for providers of minimum essential coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: Introduced in Senate
IRS Abuse Protection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1489
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2013-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Government studies and investigations
State and local government operations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: 
IRS Abuse Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to provide written notice to a taxpayer any time such taxpayer's account, tax return, or return information is accessed by the Department of the Treasury. Requires such notice to include: (1) who accessed such information, (2) the purpose for which such information was accessed, (3) how much information was accessed, (4) a copy of all information accessed, and (5) a notice of taxpayer rights. Prohibits the Secretary from providing access to or disclosing taxpayer information to a state entity conducting an investigation until such entity agrees to notify the Secretary, within one year after the investigation is closed, of the identity of who accessed such information, what was accessed, and why and how such information was accessed. 
 
Requires the Inspector General for Tax Administration of the Department of the Treasury to notify a taxpayer of an investigation by the Inspector General of any unauthorized use of a taxpayer's account, tax return, or tax information and provide full access to any report with respect to such investigation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to delay the application of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Bill: 113-s-1490
Sponsor: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2013-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: 
Delays for one year the effective date of any provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or of any health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2011 that were scheduled to take effect on or after January 1, 2014.
 
Suspends for one year, beginning January 1, 2014, any tax or tax increase imposed by such provisions if the tax or increase takes effect before that date.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Vichai Sae Tung (also known as Chai Chaowasaree).

Bill: 113-s-1492
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2013-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Provides for the relief of Vichai Sae Tung (also known as Chai Chaowasaree).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Efficient Drug Dispensing Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1493
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2013-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Prescription drugs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: 
Medicare Efficient Drug Dispensing Act of 2013 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require a prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsor to have in place a payment structure for covered part D drugs that encourages the use of dispensing techniques that foster efficiency and reduce wasteful dispensing of outpatient prescription drugs in long-term care facilities.
 
Requires a PDP sponsor also to take into account, in establishing fees for dispensing covered Medicare part D drugs to enrollees in a long-term care facility, the utilization of such dispensing techniques to minimize the dispensing of unused drugs, the incremental costs associated with the type of dispensing methodology, and the requirements applicable to long-term care pharmacies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Care Infant Mortality Prevention Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1494
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2013-09-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health promotion and preventive care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-11
text: 
Child Care Infant Mortality Prevention Act of 2013 - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to revise the requirements for a state plan to administer a child care development block grant.
 
Requires the minimum health and safety training appropriate to a child care provider mandatory under state or local law, and certified by the state plan, to include training on cardiopulmonary resuscitation, first aid, safe sleep practices, and other sudden unexpected infant death prevention strategies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6379-6380)
action_date: 2013-09-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6379)
action_date: 2013-09-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1495
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2013-09-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-11
text: 
Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2013 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue an order to require: (1) the installation of secondary barriers, other than the cockpit door, to prevent access to the flight deck of each commercial aircraft; (2) such barriers on an aircraft with a cockpit door to remain locked while the aircraft is in flight and the cockpit door separating the flight deck and the passenger area is open; and (3) such barriers on an aircraft without a cockpit door to remain locked as determined by the pilot in command.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2013-09-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Public Transportation Accountability Act

Bill: 113-s-1496
Sponsor: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL]
Introduced: 2013-09-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Public transit
State and local government operations
Transportation employees
Transportation programs funding
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-11
text: 
Public Transportation Accountability Act - Prohibits a public transportation agency that receives federal funds from providing annual compensation (i.e., salary and amounts paid under a severance agreement) to the chief executive officer or any other office or employee of such agency in an amount that exceeds the annual compensation of the President of the United States ($400,000 base salary). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2013-09-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6380)
action_date: 2013-09-11
text: Introduced in Senate
No Exemption for Washington from Obamacare Act

Bill: 113-s-1497
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional committees
Congressional leadership
Congressional officers and employees
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-12
text: 
No Exemption for Washington from Obamacare Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to extend the requirement for participation in the American Health Benefit Exchange (a state health insurance exchange created by PPACA) to the President, Vice-President, executive branch political appointees, and employees of congressional committees and leadership offices of Congress (currently, this requirement applies to Members of Congress and their staff). Prohibits any government contribution to or subsidy for the health insurance coverage of such officials and employees.
 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Tax Fairness Act

Bill: 113-s-1498
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2013-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Capital gains tax
Computers and information technology
Food industry and services
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Retail and wholesale trades
Securities
Self-employed
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-12
text: 
Small Business Tax Fairness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2014: (1) the 100% exclusion from gross income of gain from the sale of certain small business stock; (2) the increased amount of the tax deduction for business start-up expenses; (3) the reductions of the recognition period for built-in gains of S corporations; and (4) the increased expensing allowance for tangible business assets, including computer software, and real property. Allows a deduction in 2013 for health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxable income. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Honoring the Fort Hood Heroes Act

Bill: 113-s-1500
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2013-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Crime victims
Department of Defense
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Mental health
Military facilities and property
Military medicine
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Terrorism
Texas
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-12
text: 
Honoring the Fort Hood Heroes Act - Directs: (1) the Secretary of the military department concerned to award the Purple Heart to members of the Armed Forces (members) who were killed or wounded in the attack at Fort Hood, Texas, on November 5, 2009; and (2) the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to award the Secretary of Defense Medal for the Defense of Freedom to civilian employees and contractors of DOD who were killed or wounded in such attack.
 
Deems, for purposes of all applicable federal benefit laws, regulations, and policies: (1) such members to have been killed or wounded in a combat zone as the result of an enemy act; and (2) such employees to have been killed or wounded by hostile action while serving with the Armed Forces in a contingency operation and to have been killed or wounded in a terrorist attack. Excludes any member whose death or wound was the result of willful misconduct. Applies such provisions to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or other psychological injuries that were a result of such attack.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6448)
action_date: 2013-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate