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American Unemployed Worker Investment Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3781
Sponsor: Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2013-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Income tax credits
Small business
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-16
text: 
American Unemployed Worker Investment Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a small business employer (i.e., an employer that employs more than 10 but fewer than 25 full-time employees throughout the taxable year) a work opportunity tax credit for hiring a qualified unemployment compensation recipient. Allows the first $10,000 of wages paid to such a recipient to be taken in account for purposes of such credit. 
 
Defines "qualified unemployment compensation recipient" as any individual who is certified as: (1) not being a student for at least six months during the one-year period ending on the hiring date, (2) being in receipt of unemployment compensation on the hiring date, and (3) having a hiring date during the two-year period which begins on the enactment of this Act. 
 
Denies such credit unless: (1) the qualified unemployment compensation recipient is employed for not less than 35 hours per week for not less than 1 year, and (2) the number of full-time employees of the employer receiving such credit is increased by 1 for at least 1 year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Native American Seeds Protection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3782
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2013-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural research
Education programs funding
Horticulture and plants
Indian lands and resources rights
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-16
text: 
Native American Seeds Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to award grants to, and enter into agreements with, Indian tribes and 1994 Institutions to conduct research and education and training programs concerning the purity of Native American seeds. (1994 Institutions are Native American tribally-controlled colleges and universities that were granted land-grant status in 1994.)
 
Requires grant applicants to certify that any research conducted will be performed under a cooperative agreement with at least one other entity that has the capacity and infrastructure necessary to carry out agricultural research projects.
 
Authorizes the use of the grants to fund research to assess the impact of: (1) public law and policies on traditional ways of life and cultural practices relating to the harvesting and cultivating of Native American seeds, and (2) contaminants that compromise the integrity and purity of those seeds.
 
Authorizes the use of the grants to fund education and training programs on: (1) the methods necessary to conduct such research; and (2) the best methods to continuously test, monitor, and otherwise protect the purity of Native American seeds.
 
Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the use of grants under the community facilities grant program to expand, construct, and develop seed storage facilities that are used to protect and preserve Native American seeds.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Rate Protection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3783
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2013-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-16
text: 
Rate Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend, from January 1, 2014, to January 1, 2015, the temporary high risk health insurance pool program providing health insurance coverage to uninsured individuals who have a preexisting condition.
 
Appropriates additional funds to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to pay claims that exceed the amount of premiums collected from the high risk pool's enrollees.
 
Prohibits individuals who were not enrolled in the high risk health insurance pool program at the close of 2013 from enrolling in the program in 2014, but requires the Secretary to enable individuals to enroll in the federal government's high risk pool program if they are enrolled until the day before a high risk pool that was operated by a state or nonprofit private entity as of December 31, 2013, is terminated in 2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-16
text: Introduced in House
GLITCH Act

Bill: 113-hr-3785
Sponsor: Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3]
Introduced: 2013-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-16
text: 
Government Lacks Insight To Choose Health Act or the GLITCH Act - Requires the pay of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to be reduced by 5% for the first month after the first determination by the Comptroller General (GAO) that the healthcare.gov website is not fully functional and by an additional 5% for each subsequent month until such website is determined to be fully functional. Requires the Comptroller General to make such determination on the 15th of each month.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-16
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the annual adjustment of retired pay and retainer pay amounts for retired members of the Armed Forces under age 62, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-3787
Sponsor: Rep. Lankford, James [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2013-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Members of Congress
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: 
Repeals a provision of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 that reduces the cost-of-living adjustment to the retirement pay of members of the Armed Forces under age 62.
 
Prohibits any increase in the pension of a retired Member of Congress who is under age 62. 
 
Requires the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) to jointly ensure that brand-name prescription drugs purchased by DOD and VA are purchased jointly by such Departments at the same level such drugs were purchased jointly by such Departments in FY2005 or in excess of that level. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2014-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2013-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2013-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2013-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2013-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the reductions in military retirement benefits made by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 and to require inclusion of the taxpayer's social security number to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit.

Bill: 113-hr-3788
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2013-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Military personnel and dependents
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: 
Repeals the provision of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 that reduces the cost-of-living adjustment to the retirement pay of members of the Armed Forces under age 62.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the child tax credit, to require taxpayers claiming such credit to provide their social security numbers on their tax returns. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2013-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2013-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to exempt the retired pay of certain disabled veterans from the reduced adjustment of retired pay and retainer pay amounts for retired members of the Armed Forces under age 62, to prevent any adverse impact of the reduced adjustment on annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan based on retired or retainer pay, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-3789
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2013-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance
Inflation and prices
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: 
Exempts from the reduction in the cost-of-living adjustment of retired pay of members of the Armed Forces under the age of 62 enacted by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 the retired pay of any member or former member who is: (1) retired, (2) eligible for combat-related special compensation, or (3) entitled to concurrent payment of retired pay and veterans' disability compensation. Makes such reduction in the cost-of-living adjustment inapplicable to percentage increases allowed for annuities under survivor benefit plans based on retired or retainer pay. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the annual adjustment of retired pay and retainer pay amounts for retired members of the Armed Forces under age 62.

Bill: 113-hr-3790
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2013-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Inflation and prices
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: 
Repeals the provision of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 that reduces the cost-of-living adjustment to the retirement pay of members of the Armed Forces under age 62.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Health Premium Parity Act

Bill: 113-hr-3791
Sponsor: Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2013-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: 
Health Premium Parity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction from gross income for the health insurance premiums of a taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse and dependents, and any child of the taxpayer who has not attained age 27. Makes such deduction available to taxpayers who do not otherwise itemize their tax deductions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the reduction in the annual percentage increases of retired pay and retainer pay amounts for retired members of the Armed Forces under age 62.

Bill: 113-hr-3792
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2013-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Inflation and prices
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: 
Repeals a provision of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 that reduces the cost-of-living adjustment to the retirement pay of members of the Armed Forces under age 62.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Military Retirement Restoration Act

Bill: 113-hr-3793
Sponsor: Rep. Maffei, Daniel B. [D-NY-24]
Introduced: 2013-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Foreign and international corporations
Military personnel and dependents
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. and foreign investments
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: 
Military Retirement Restoration Act - Repeals the provision of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 that reduces the cost-of-living adjustment to the retirement pay of members of the Armed Forces under age 62.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat a foreign corporation managed and controlled, directly or indirectly, primarily in the United States as a domestic corporation for U.S. tax purposes if the stock of such corporation is regularly traded on an established securities market or the aggregate gross assets of such corporation during the taxable year or any preceding taxable year is $50 million or more. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2013-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2013-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the annual adjustment of retired pay and retainer pay amounts for retired members of the Armed Forces under age 62, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-3794
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2013-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Inflation and prices
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: 
Repeals a provision of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 that reduces the cost-of-living adjustment to the retirement pay of members of the Armed Forces under age 62.
 
Requires a reduction in the unobligated balances of the Department of Defense (DOD) to offset the costs incurred by such repeal. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2013-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2013-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Introduced in House
OH No Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3795
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2013-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: 
One Hour Notification Act of 2013 or the OH No Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), following the discovery of a breach of the personally identifiable information of an individual that is maintained, submitted to, or submitted by a system maintained by an American Health Benefit Exchange under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to notify: (1) such individual within one hour after the Secretary is notified of such breach, and (2) specified congressional committees about such breach in a timely manner.
 
Requires the Secretary to report to Congress annually on: (1) all such breaches that occurred within the past year; and (2) the security rules, standards, and risk mitigation strategies implemented by the Secretary to prevent such breaches.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Comprehensive Care Payment Innovation Act

Bill: 113-hr-3796
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2013-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicare
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: 
Comprehensive Care Payment Innovation Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide for bundled payments for integrated care furnished by a qualified entity, during an episode of care for applicable conditions involving a hospitalization, to an individual entitled to, or enrolled for, benefits under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) and enrolled for benefits under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance), but not enrolled under Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice Program) or in a PACE (Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-12-19
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: 2013-12-19
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: 2013-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To repeal an annual adjustment of retired pay and retainer pay amounts for retired members of the Armed Forces under age 62, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-3797
Sponsor: Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4]
Introduced: 2013-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Inflation and prices
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: 
Repeals a provision of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 that reduces the cost-of-living adjustment to the retirement pay of members of the Armed Forces under age 62.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Introduced in House