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Restore our Neighborhoods Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-656
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government trust funds
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Securities
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Restore our Neighborhoods Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a new category of tax credit bonds to be known as qualified urban demolition bonds. Allows the issuance of $4 billion of such bonds for the purpose of demolishing vacant, abandoned, and tax delinquent properties in urban areas. Provides for the allocation of $2 billion to all states to fund such demolition projects, and an additional $2 billion for certain other states in which at least 49% of total housing units were built before 1980 and which have greater numbers of vacant or foreclosed properties and higher unemployment rates (qualified states).
 
Authorizes the use of funds from the Hardest Hit Fund program established by title I of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act to be used to demolish blighted structures. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
To authorize and request the President to award the congressional Medal of Honor to Arthur Jibilian for actions behind enemy lines during World War II while a member of the United States Navy and the Office of Strategic Services.

Bill: 113-hr-658
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Authorizes and requests the President to award the Medal of Honor to Arthur Jibilian for his actions, while a member of the Navy and OSS, during the successful 1944 operation by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), code-named &quot;Operation Halyard,&quot; to protect and facilitate in the rescue of over 500 allied airmen behind enemy lines. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
State and Local Law Enforcement Hatch Act Reform Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-659
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Law enforcement officers
Political advertising
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
State and Local Law Enforcement Hatch Act Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the Hatch Act to allow sheriffs to engage in political campaigns or endorse candidates by attending or speaking at political campaign rallies or events, holding or sponsoring political fundraisers, or appearing on political advertisements.

Establishes a limitation period of six months after the later of the date of the alleged violation or the date of enactment of this Act for presenting charges against a law enforcement officer for Hatch Act violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium Act

Bill: 113-hr-660
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Health programs administration and funding
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish, administer, and coordinate a National Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) Consortium to: (1) award grants of not fewer than five years duration to conduct research with respect to the causes of, and the risk factors and biomarkers associated with, NMO (a neurological disease leading to blindness and paralysis); (2) assemble a panel of experts to provide ongoing guidance and the recommendations on research design and protocols, and (3) designate a central laboratory to collect, analyze, and aggregate data with respect to such research and to make such data and analysis available to researchers.
 
Establishes eligibility requirements for a consortium (a partnership of two or more universities, health care organizations, or government agencies, or any combination of such entities), including that: (1) it has the capability to enroll a minimum of 25 individuals with a diagnosis of NMO as research participants from the designated catchment area (geographical area), and (2) that the catchment area does not overlap with any other consortium receiving a grant under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act

Bill: 113-hr-661
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Firearms and explosives
Freedom of information
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act - Amends the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012, to repeal prohibitions on using appropriated funds: (1) to disclose contents of the Firearms Trace System database maintained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) or any information required to be kept by firearms dealers except as specified in such Act; (2) to promulgate or implement any rule requiring a physical inventory of any firearms business; or (3) for any background check system that does not require the destruction of identifying information submitted for a transferee within 24 hours after the system advises a federal firearms licensee that the transferee's receipt of a firearm is not prohibited. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit United States contributions to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Bill: 113-hr-662
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Foreign aid and international relief
International organizations and cooperation
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Prohibits federal department or agency funds from being used to make assessed or voluntary contributions to, or for, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) or the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act

Bill: 113-hr-663
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
New Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act - Adjusts the boundary of the Carson National Forest in New Mexico to incorporate approximately 4,990 acres of land identified as the Miranda Canyon Boundary. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act

Bill: 113-hr-664
Sponsor: Rep. Maffei, Daniel B. [D-NY-24]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Maryland
New York State
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act - Establishes in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, Maryland, the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System.
 
Establishes in Auburn, New York, the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park also as a unit of the National Park System.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with certain entities for the historical preservation and interpretation of such parks. 
 
Requires the Secretary to complete a general management plan for such parks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-02-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Indonesian Family Refugee Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-665
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Asia
Department of Homeland Security
Immigration status and procedures
Indonesia
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Indonesian Family Refugee Protection Act - Authorizes a qualifying Indonesian citizen whose asylum claim was denied solely upon a failure to meet the one-year application filing deadline to file a motion to reopen such claim.
 
Requires that such motion be filed during the two-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E136)
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes.

Bill: 113-hr-666
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Amends the Indian Reorganization Act to apply the Act to all federally recognized Indian tribes, regardless of when any tribe became recognized. (This effectively overrules the Supreme Court's decision in 
Carcieri v. Salazar, 
which held that the Secretary of the Interior could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the Act was enacted.)
 
Ratifies and confirms any action taken by the Secretary pursuant to such Act for any Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date of that action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, to require that annual budget submissions of the President to Congress provide an estimate of the cost per taxpayer of the deficit, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-668
Sponsor: Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Government information and archives
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Requires the President's annual budget submission to Congress to provide an estimate of the pro rata cost to individuals who file an income tax return of any projected deficit for the fiscal year.

action_date: 2013-03-05
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Requires the President's annual buget submission to Congress to provide an estimate of the pro rata cost to individuals who file an income tax return of any projected deficit for the fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 392 - 28, 1 Present (Roll no. 57). (text: CR H958-959)
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 392 - 28, 1 Present (Roll no. 57).(text: CR H958-959)
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H967)
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 668.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H958-965)
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Mr. Messer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-670
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Medicare
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the exclusion of residents of Puerto Rico from deemed enrollment under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits) and thus apply it to them.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide for a special seven-month enrollment period for such residents.
 
Requires recalculation of the late enrollment penalty to 15% of the usual penalty for residents of Puerto Rico who are current enrollees or who enroll during a specified transition period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H461-462)
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-675
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Employee leave
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Temporary and part-time employment

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the large employer health insurance coverage mandate to part-time employees (as well as full-time employees, currently covered).
 
Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to make an employee eligible for coverage under such Act if that employee has been employed for at least 12 months by a covered employer with respect to whom such leave is requested. (Eliminates the requirement, under current law, that the employee have served at least 1,250 hours during the 12-month period before the leave request.)
 
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require that certain employees working at less than full-time under participation, vesting, and accrual rules governing pension plans be treated as meeting full-time year-of-service criteria. Qualifies such workers for group health plans. Extends ERISA coverage to certain individuals whose services are leased or contracted for.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act

Bill: 113-hr-677
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Commodities markets
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, to exempt from certain regulatory requirements any swaps and security-based swaps entered into by parties neither of which is a swap dealer or a major swap participant: (1) that is also an insured depository institution, (2) that reports information or prepares financial statements on a consolidated basis, or (3) for which a company affiliated with both parties reports information or prepares financial statements on a consolidated basis.
 
Requires that such exempted agreements, contracts, or transactions be reported to an appropriate data repository, or, if there is no such repository that would accept them, to: (1) the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in the case of exempted swaps, or (2) the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the case of exempted security-based swaps.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 50 - 10.
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act

Bill: 113-hr-679
Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: National Guard and reserves
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act - Honors as a veteran any person entitled to retired pay for nonregular (reserve) service or, but for age, would be so entitled.
 
Provides that such person shall not be entitled to any benefit by reason of such recognition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-02-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House