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To improve the response to and prevention of sexual assaults involving members of the Armed Forces.

Bill: 113-hr-2227
Sponsor: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Assault and harassment offenses
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Defense
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Military education and training
Military law
Military personnel and dependents
Pornography
Sex offenses
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to: (1) review practices of the military criminal investigative organizations regarding the investigation of alleged sex-related offenses involving members of the Armed Forces (members), and (2) develop a uniform policy regarding the use of case determinations to record the results of such investigations.
 
Amends the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 to direct the Secretary to establish minimum standards for: (1) the qualifications necessary for members or civilian employees of the Department of Defense (DOD) to be selected as a sexual assault response and prevention program manager, sexual assault response coordinator, or sexual assault victim advocate; and (2) the training, certification, and status of such members and employees assigned to such positions.
 
Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 to require the Secretary, by June 30, 2014, to develop a uniform curriculum to provide sexual assault prevention and response training for members and civilian DOD employees. Requires such curriculum to include lesson plans to achieve core competencies and learning objectives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Assessment Accuracy and Improvement Act

Bill: 113-hr-2228
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2013-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Elementary and secondary education

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: 
Assessment Accuracy and Improvement Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow states to require the use of adaptive assessments of student progress toward state academic performance standards that accurately assess student achievement above and below grade level while also measuring grade-level performance. 
 
Defines an "adaptive assessment" as one that changes in difficulty in accordance with a student's performance but reports its outcome on a scale common to all students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E774)
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Safeguarding Social Security Numbers Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2229
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2013-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Social Security Administration
Social security and elderly assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: 
Safeguarding Social Security Numbers Act of 2013 - Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to issue uniform standards for the method for: (1) truncation of Social Security account numbers in order to facilitate their protection from use in fraud or identity theft, and (2) encryption (or other method of securing) of those numbers transmitted by means of the Internet.
 
Applies such standards to the federal government whenever it: (1) displays a Social Security account number; and (2) transfers, records, or otherwise utilizes such a number.
 
Prohibits a state, a local government, or any of their officers, employees, or contractors from displaying to the general public on the Internet all or any portion of any Social Security account number, except in compliance with such truncation and encryption standards or if the number belongs to a deceased individual. Prescribes a civil monetary penalty of up to $5,000 per day for violation of this prohibition.
 
Directs the Attorney General to award grants to state and local governments to carry out activities to remove, redact, or truncate, in accordance with the uniform standards, all Social Security account numbers on forms and records of their executive, legislative, and judicial agencies that would be displayed to the general public on the Internet in violation of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Make Every Small Business Count Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2232
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2013-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Public contracts and procurement
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: 
Make Every Small Business Count Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act provisions relating to federal agency contracting and subcontracting goals with respect to small businesses to allow prime contractors under a subcontracting plan pertaining to a single contract to receive credit under such goals for using small businesses as first tier subcontractors or at any tier under such plan.
 
Allows the prime contractor, if the subcontracting goals pertain to more than one contract with one or more federal agencies or to one contract with more than one federal agency, to count only first tier subcontractors that are small businesses.
 
Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to the congressional small business committees a report studying the feasibility of using federal subcontracting reporting systems to attribute subcontractors to particular contracts in the case of contractors that have subcontracting plans that pertain to multiple contracts with federal agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Hurricane and Tornado Mitigation Investment Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2233
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2013-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois
Income tax credits
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Natural disasters
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York State
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: 
Hurricane and Tornado Mitigation Investment Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual and business taxpayers in certain states a tax credit for 25% of their qualified hurricane and tornado mitigation property expenditures up to $5,000 for any taxable year. Defines such expenditures as expenditures in a dwelling unit to improve the strength of a roof deck attachment, create a secondary water barrier, improve the durability of a roof covering, brace gable-end walls, reinforce the connections between a roof and supporting wall, protect against windborne debris, or protect exterior doors and garages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E790-791)
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2235
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2013-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Higher education
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: 
Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend public safety officers' death benefits to campus police officers. 
 
Defines a &quot;campus police officer&quot; as a police officer who is authorized to enforce the criminal laws and is employed by an institution of higher education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Startup Innovation Act

Bill: 113-hr-2236
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2013-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Commerce
Intellectual property
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: 
Promoting Startup Innovation Act - Amends federal patent law to modify the definition of &quot;micro entity&quot; (certain small entities eligible for reduced patent fees) to require applicants to certify that they: (1) have not been named as an inventor on more than seven (currently, four) previously filed patent applications, subject to applicable exceptions for applications filed in another country, provisional applications, or international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty; and (2) did not have gross income exceeding five times (currently, three times) the median household income in the preceding calendar year and have not transferred ownership interest in the application to an entity with gross income exceeding such limit.
 
Requires the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to approve or deny such applications within 45 days after the application is submitted.
 
Applies such amended requirements to applications submitted on or after the enactment of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
DIPLOMA Act

Bill: 113-hr-2237
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2013-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Community life and organization
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Family relationships
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: 
Developing Innovative Partnerships and Learning Opportunities that Motivate Achievement Act or the DIPLOMA Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award renewable five-year grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local consortia that include a local educational agency and other community partners to: (1) ensure the academic, physical, social, emotional, and civic development of disadvantaged youth; and (2) strengthen their families and communities.

Requires each state grantee to develop and implement a state child and youth strategy that assesses children's needs and the assets within the state that can be mobilized, coordinated, and integrated to achieve quantifiable progress toward goals that include ensuring that: (1) children are ready for school; (2) students are engaged and achieving in school; (3) students are physically, mentally, socially, and emotionally healthy; (4) schools and neighborhoods are safe and provide a positive climate for learning; (5) families and communities are supportive and engaged in their children's education as equal partners; (6) students are ready for postsecondary education and 21st Century careers; (7) students are contributing to their communities; and (8) students are not chronically absent.
 
Directs the consortia to develop and implement a local child and youth strategy that integrates multiple private and public services into a comprehensive, coordinated continuum of services directed toward achieving quantifiable progress toward such goals. 
 
Requires the Secretary to award competitive grants directly to local consortia if appropriated funds fall below a specified amount.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt the Crime Victims Fund from sequestration.

Bill: 113-hr-2238
Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2013-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Crime victims
Government trust funds

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: 
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt the Crime Victims Fund from sequestration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Stop Court-Packing Act

Bill: 113-hr-2239
Sponsor: Rep. Cotton, Tom [R-AR-4]
Introduced: 2013-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal appellate courts
Judges

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: 
Stop Court-Packing Act - Reduces from 11 to 8 the number of circuit judges appointed to the District of Columbia circuit court of appeals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2240
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2013-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Business investment and capital
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: 
Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt a trade or business that conducts marijuana sales in compliance with state law from the prohibition against allowing business-related tax credits or deductions for expenditures in connection with trafficking in controlled substances. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3021, E794)
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Savings and Resilient Construction Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2241
Sponsor: Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-25]
Introduced: 2013-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Housing industry and standards
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Industrial facilities
Natural disasters
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: 
Disaster Savings and Resilient Construction Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business-related tax credit for a specified portion of the cost of commercial and residential buildings that comply with resilient construction requirements in a federally-declared major disaster area. Defines "resilient construction requirements" as requirements that such buildings are designed and constructed to: (1) resist hazards brought on by a major disaster; (2) continue to provide their primary functions after a major disaster; (3) reduce the magnitude or duration of a disruptive event; and (4) have the absorptive capacity, adaptive capacity, and recoverability to withstand a potentially disruptive event. 
 
Terminates such credit for any any property for which a certificate of occupancy is issued after December 31, 2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
State and Local Fleet Efficiency Act

Bill: 113-hr-2242
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2013-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Motor carriers
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles
Oil and gas
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: 
State and Local Fleet Efficiency Act - Recognizes state or local government authority to require fleet owners or operators to acquire only new fleet vehicles that: (1) utilize natural gas as a fuel; (2) are flexible fuel vehicles that operate on gasoline, E85, and M85; or (3) meet a technology or performance-based characteristic that is commercially available. 
 
Provides that nothing in this Act or any other provision of law shall limit the purchase requirement authority of a state or local government applicable to fleets operating primarily within the jurisdiction if the requirements further any policy regarding climate change, the control of air pollution, energy independence, or local economic benefits.
 
Defines &quot;fleet&quot; as a group of 20 or more light-duty motor vehicles, medium-duty motor vehicles, or heavy-duty motor vehicles carrying 14 or more passengers operating primarily in a metropolitan area with a population of more than 250,000 that are: (1) centrally dispatched; or (2) centrally fueled, or capable of being centrally fueled, and owned, operated, leased, or otherwise controlled by a governmental entity or other person meeting specified criteria.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to make competitive grants to support research and development, education, and training to produce a bio-based aviation fuel for use by the Air Force.

Bill: 113-hr-2243
Sponsor: Rep. Enyart, William L. [D-IL-12]
Introduced: 2013-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Aviation and airports
Energy research
Government studies and investigations
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Motor fuels
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to make a competitive grant to an existing biofuels research center in the United States to conduct pilot-scale research, development, and testing of bio-based fuels for use by the Air Force as aviation fuel for jet aircraft. Permits a recipient to use grant funds to train military and civilian personnel in the new technologies and to conduct a study regarding the economic feasibility of a full-scale bio-based aviation fuel production facility.
 
Directs the Secretary to give preference to a center that: (1) has the capacity and expertise necessary to quickly and efficiently conduct such research, development, and testing; and (2) is located in close proximity to specified raw materials, a military installation with responsibility for military air transportation, and a private or commercial airport with capacity to host a research and pilot production facility.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
HEAL Act

Bill: 113-hr-2244
Sponsor: Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2013-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Arkansas
Crime victims
Military personnel and dependents
Terrorism
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: 
Honoring Ezeagwula and Long Act or the HEAL Act - Designates the attack that occurred at a recruiting station in Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 1, 2009, in which Private William Long of the U.S. Army was killed and Private Quinton Ezeagwula was wounded, as an international terrorist attack carried out by an enemy of the United States. Entitles Long and Ezeagwula to be awarded the Purple Heart. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation from making grants, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-2245
Sponsor: Rep. Lankford, James [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2013-06-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Cultural exchanges and relations
Foreign aid and international relief
Historical and cultural resources

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: 
Prohibits funds from being used to carry out the Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation or any other program that provides grants for cultural preservation outside the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House