| SB61 | Intro
Sine Die | California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act of 2013 - Expands the boundary of the California Coastal National Monument, established by Presidential Proclamation 7264, to include the Point Arena-Stornetta public lands in Mendocino County, Calif...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB46 | Intro
Sine Die | Ensuring the Full Faith and Credit of the United States and Protecting America's Soldiers and Seniors Act - Requires the following to take equal priority over all other federally incurred obligations in the event that the public debt reaches the stat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB63 | Intro
Sine Die | Made In America Manufacturing Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretaries of Commerce and Labor to establish a program for the joint award of incentive grants to a state or a regional partnership to support the U.S. manufacturing industry. Designates the p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB45 | Intro
Sine Die | West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in any area of the outer Conti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB342 | Intro
Sine Die | Guarantee Paychecks for America's Military Families Act - Prioritizes, in the event that the public debt of the U.S. government reaches the statutory limit, the following obligations over all other obligations: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury to pa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB44 | Intro
Sine Die | Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2013 or MCAP Act - Prescribes requirements for lawsuits for health care liability claims related to the provision of health care services. Sets a statute of limitations of three years after the date of manifestat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HB341 | Intro
Sine Die | Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, through the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), to establish a Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Matching Grant Program (VITA grant program) for the development, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SB43 | Intro
Sine Die | Dollar-for-Dollar Deficit Reduction Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, in the event of a near breach of the current $14.294 trillion public debt limit, to issue a debt limit warning to the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Budget Committee |
| HB153 | Intro
Sine Die | Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish, maintain, and modify as necessary procedures for ensuring the effective coordination of outreach activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity |
| SB41 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the taxpayer election to deduct state and local general sales taxes in lieu of state and local income taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB40 | Intro
Sine Die | American Liberty Restoration Act - Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that require individuals to maintain minimum essential health care coverage. Applies the Internal Revenue Code as if such provisions had never bee...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB39 | Intro
Sine Die | Healthy Lifestyles and Prevention America Act or HeLP America Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, the Public Health Service Act, and other specified health law to esta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB38 | Intro
Sine Die | Jury Access for Capable Citizens and Equality in Service Selection Act of 2013 or the Jury ACCESS Act - Amends the federal judicial code to prohibit the exclusion of citizens from service as a grand or petit juror in U.S. district courts or the Court...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB36 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for the relief of Alemseghed Mussie Tesfamical.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB35 | Intro
Sine Die | Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to require the licensing of ammunition dealers. Prohibits any person except a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer from: (1) selling ammunition, with an exception for a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB332 | Intro
Sine Die | Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act - Prohibits a court from dismissing an action against a manufacturer, seller, or trade association for damages or relief resulting from an alleged defect or negligence with respect to a product,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB34 | Intro
Sine Die | Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to authorize the Attorney General to deny the transfer of a firearm or the issuance of a firearms or explosives license or permit (or revoke such l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB33 | Intro
Sine Die | Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2013 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit: (1) the transfer or possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, except for such a device lawfully possessed within the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB32 | Intro
Sine Die | Child Custody Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly transporting a minor child across a state line to obtain an abortion (deems such transporting to be a de facto abridgment of the right of a parent under any...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB31 | Intro
Sine Die | Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2013 - Amends the Internet Tax Freedom Act to make permanent the ban on state and local taxation of Internet access and on multiple or discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB30 | Intro
Sine Die | Congressional Pay Freeze Act of 2013 - Amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 to prohibit the statutory pay adjustment made by the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 from taking effect on March 27, 2013, through December 31, 2013, for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB327 | Intro
Sine Die | Accountability of Taxpayer Funding for Afghanistan Fuels Act of 2013 - Prohibits a covered product from being provided directly or indirectly to the government of Afghanistan unless the Secretary of Defense (DOD) determines and reports to Congress th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| SB29 | Intro
Sine Die | End Government Shutdowns Act - Makes specified provisional (automatic) continuing appropriations in the event that any regular appropriation bill for a fiscal year is not enacted before the beginning of such fiscal year, or a joint resolution making ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Appropriations Committee |
| HB326 | Intro
Sine Die | Budget Before Borrowing Act of 2013 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in both chambers to consider any bill or joint resolution, amendment, or conference report to extend the public debt limit unless a concurrent r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Budget Committee |
| HB257 | Intro
Sine Die | Veterans Health Equity Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, with respect to each of the 48 contiguous states, to ensure that veterans eligible for hospital care and medical services through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| SB24 | Intro
Sine Die | Small Business Health Relief Act of 2013 - Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), as added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), that: (1) impose fines on large employers (those with more than 50 full-time employe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB22 | Intro
Sine Die | Gun Show Background Check Act of 2013 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to require registration of gun show promoters and to set forth the responsibilities of promoters, licensees, and other transferors. Provides that if any part of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB21 | Intro
Sine Die | Cybersecurity and American Cyber Competitiveness Act of 2013 - Calls for the enactment of bipartisan legislation to improve communication and collaboration between the private sector and the federal government to secure the United States against cybe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB10 | Intro
Sine Die | Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 - Repeals, but continues for crop year 2013: (1) direct payments, (2) countercyclical payments, and (3) the average crop revenue election program (ACRE). Establishes the agriculture risk coverage program...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee |
| SB9 | Intro
Sine Die | Clean and Fair Elections Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate with respect to congressional attention to elections and voting, including concerning: structuring election administration and campaign finance systems so that the interests of the Ame...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| SB8 | Intro
Sine Die | End Wasteful Tax Loopholes Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should enact legislation to: (1) eliminate wasteful tax loopholes; (2) eliminate corporate tax loopholes and wasteful tax breaks for special interests; (3) enhance tax f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB7 | Intro
Sine Die | Extreme Weather Prevention and Resilience Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: (1) promote investment to ensure resilience to extreme weather and disasters; (2) promote investment in clean energy infrastructure; (3) promote t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB5 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: (1) reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA); (2) renew the commitment of the United States to providing the resources necessary to combat all forms of domestic violence, sexual...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB4 | Intro
Sine Die | Rebuild America Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: create jobs and support businesses while improving the nation's global competitiveness by modernizing and strengthening our national infrastructure; invest resources i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| HB314 | Intro
Sine Die | Inspector General Improvement Act of 2013 - Requires the inspectors general of the following federal agencies, in addition to the other duties and responsibilities specified in the Inspector General Act of 1978, to supervise, direct, and control audi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-18
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB310 | Intro
Sine Die | No Budget, No Pay Act - Prohibits the payment of any pay to any Member of Congress (excluding the Vice President): (1) if both houses of Congress have not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year before October 1 of that fisca...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-18
To House Administration Committee |
| HB221 | Intro
Sine Die | Stop Mergers, Acquisitions, and Risky Takeovers Supplied by American Labor and Entrepreneurship Act of 2013 or the SMART SALE Act of 2013 - Requires any person, company, institution, or other entity engaged in interstate commerce that owns, licenses,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-18
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Power |
| HB294 | Intro
Sine Die | Revokes a provision of Executive Order 13618 (entitled "Assignment of National Security and Emergency Preparedness Communications Functions") to the extent that it requires the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to satisfy priority commun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-18
To House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology |
| HB287 | Intro
Sine Die | Video Games Ratings Enforcement Act - Prohibits shipping or distributing in interstate commerce, selling, or renting a video game the outside packaging of which does not display a label containing an age-based content rating determined by the Enterta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-18
To House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade |
| HB322 | Intro
Sine Die | Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to exclude from the definition of "chemical substance" for purposes of such Act: (1) any component of any pistol, revolver, firearm, shell, or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-18
To House Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy |
| HB308 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional Congressional Pay Accountability Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, if all of the regular appropriation bills for a fiscal year do not become law before the beginning of that fiscal year, to: (1) deposit all payments...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-18
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB275 | Intro
Sine Die | End Radon in Schools Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review, update, revise, and publish the Radon Measurements In Schools Guidelines with current information and guidance on radon testing in public ele...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-18
To House Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy |
| HB274 | Intro
Sine Die | Mental Health First Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), to award g...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-18
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB321 | Intro
Sine Die | Firearm Safety and Public Health Research Act of 2013 - Makes prohibitions under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, against the use of funds to advocate or promote gun control inapplicable to amounts made available by the Continuing Appropria...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-18
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB268 | Intro
Sine Die | Grassroots Democracy Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable credit of up to $25 ($50 in the case of a joint return), adjusted for inflation, for qualified grassroots federal congressional campaign contributions paid by t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-18
To House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology |
| HB261 | Intro
Sine Die | Public Option Deficit Reduction Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to offer through Exchanges a health benefits plan (public health insurance option) that ensures ch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-18
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HR25 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes the efforts of linemen in keeping the electrical power on and protecting public safety. Expresses support for the designation of National Linemen Appreciation Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-18
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Power |
| HB319 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to revise the contents of the concurrent resolution on the budget to include a heading entitled "Debt Increase as Measure of Deficit" to set forth the amounts by which the current $14.294 trillion...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-18
To House Budget Committee |
| HB244 | Intro
Sine Die | Physician Availability Act of 2013 - Requires each covered hospital to have a qualified physician available in the hospital 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to attend to the needs of the hospital's inpatients. Defines a "covered hospital"...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-18
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HR37 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes the 200th anniversary of the Battles of River Raisin (fought from January 18-22, 1813, during the War of 1812). Pays tribute to the members of the U.S. Armed Forces who died at River Raisin. Recognizes the work of the River Raisin Battlef...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-18
To House Natural Resources Committee |
