US Congress House Bill 3580 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-1)
Status: Introduced on November 21 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

America's Fund for Future Opportunities and Outcomes in the United States Act of 2013 or the America's FOCUS Act of 2013 - Establishes a separate account in the U.S. Treasury to be known as the America's FOCUS Fund, into which shall be deposited: (1) revenue generated by civil and criminal fines and penalties for violations or alleged violations of federal law; (2) revenue generated by legal settlements reached between corporations and the federal government for violations or alleged violations of federal law; and (3) gifts, bequests, or donations to the Fund from private entities or individuals. Requires that, of the total revenue in the Fund: (1) up to 33% be used to award grants for youth mentoring and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education; (2) up to 33% be used to award grants for justice reinvestment; (3) up to 33% be used to award grants and prizes for innovations in medical research and development; and (4) the remaining revenue be used to reduce the federal budget deficit or, if there is no deficit, to reduce the federal debt. Directs the Secretary of Education to award the grants for youth mentoring programs, and the Associate Administrator for Education for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to award the grants for STEM education programs, to: (1) national non-profit, community-based organizations with at least two years of experience in administering such programs; and (2) state or local governments. Requires that, of the funds available for justice reinvestment, the Department of Justice (DOJ): (1) award 50% to state and local governments for justice reinvestment projects; (2) use up to 25% of the funds to support federal justice reinvestment projects; and (3) allocate up to 25% of the funds to grant programs established under the Second Chance Act within DOJ. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to use the revenue designated for medical innovation to fund entities that conduct innovative medical research and development. Authorizes the Director to use up to 15% of those funds to award monetary prizes to entities that have used their own funding and research facilities to produce innovative results. Requires that the grant funds be used to supplement, not supplant, other federal, state, and local funds designated to carry out those activities.

America's FOCUS Act of 2013

Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-01-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2014-01-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2013-12-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
2013-11-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-11-21	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2013-11-21	House	Referred to House Science, Space, and Technology
2013-11-21	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2013-11-21	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2013-11-21	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, and 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3580/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3580/BILLS-113hr3580ih.pdf