US Legislation | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress

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USHB1158North Cascades National Park Service Complex Fish Stocking Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to authorize the stocking of fish in lakes in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recrea...
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2013-05-17
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 44.
USHB1156Amends the Washington Park Wilderness Act of 1988 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundaries of the North Cascades National Park and the Stephen Mather Wilderness in Washington state in order to provide a 100-foot wide corrid...
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2013-05-17
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 45.
USHB1412Improving Job Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a public relations campaign, advertising in national media outlets, to promote VA on-the-job training and apprenticeship programs avail...
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2013-05-17
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 39.
USHB862Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey all interest of the United States in and to two parcels of land within the boundaries of the Coconino National Forest, Arizona, that contain private improvements that landowners developed based...
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2013-05-17
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 51.
USHB934Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to decrease the length of a segment of the Lower Merced River in California designated as a wild and scenic river. Revises provisions concerning the water surface level of Lake McClure. Sets a new boundary at the...
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2013-05-17
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 47.
USHB570American Heroes COLA Act - Requires that, whenever there is an increase in benefit amounts payable under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) shall increase by the s...
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2013-05-17
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 37.
USHR216Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.B. 1062) to improve the consideration by the Securities and Exchange Commission of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders.
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2013-05-17
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USHB126Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the Corolla Wild Horse Fund, Currituck County, and the state of North Carolina to provide for the management of free-roaming wild horses in and...
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2013-05-17
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 53.
USHB330Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial Act - Designates a memorial located at March Field Air Museum in Riverside, California, as the Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial, in honor of current and former members of the Armed Forces who h...
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2013-05-17
Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 26.
USHB2049To ensure that all of Brevard County, Florida, is treated as a HUBZone, and for other purposes.
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2013-05-17
USHR221Supporting the goals and ideals of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.
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2013-05-17
USHB2041To modify the definition of fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to exclude appraisers of employee stock ownership plans.
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2013-05-17
USHJR46Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and for other purposes.
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2013-05-17
USHB2043To provide for the establishment of a Commission on the Advancement of Social Enterprise.
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2013-05-17
USHB2051To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to assist in the support of children living in poverty by allowing a refundable credit to grandparents of those children for the purchase household items for the benefit of those children, and for other purp...
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2013-05-17
USHB2046To protect the right of individuals to bear arms at water resources development projects administered by the Secretary of the Army, and for other purposes.
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2013-05-17
USHB671Ruth Moore Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), in any case in which a veteran claims that a covered mental health condition was incurred in or aggravated by military sexual trauma during active duty, to accept as sufficient ...
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2013-05-17
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 38.
USHB885San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study land within Bexar and Wilson Counties in Texas, to identify land that would be suitable for inclusion in the San Antonio Mis...
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2013-05-17
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 46.
USHR222Recognizing the long-term partnership and friendship between the United States and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, working together towards peace and security in the Middle East.
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2013-05-17
USHB2045To prohibit officers and employees of the Internal Revenue Service from initiating any new audits for 180 days.
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2013-05-17
USHR223Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the ongoing conflict in Syria and the urgent need for the Syrian Opposition Coalition and local coordinating committees in Syria to assume the responsibilities of governance including th...
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2013-05-17
USHB674Rota Cultural and Natural Resources Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating prehistoric, historic, and limestone forest sites on the island of Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Marian...
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2013-05-17
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 48.
USHR219Supporting the goals and ideals of National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
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2013-05-17
USHB462Utah National Guard Readiness Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to convey to the state of Utah, without consideration, certain lands located within the boundaries of the public lands currently wi...
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2013-05-17
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 55.
USHB2048To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve the dependent care credit by repealing the phasedown of the credit percentage.
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2013-05-17
USHB2050To ensure the timely issuance of regulations by Federal agencies.
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2013-05-17
USHB829Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a specified segment of the Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
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2013-05-17
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 50.
USHR220Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the contributions of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
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2013-05-17
USHB2047To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five-month waiting period in the disability insurance program, and for other purposes.
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2013-05-17
USHB2042To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the rehabilitation credit for commercial buildings and to provide a rehabilitation credit for principal residences.
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2013-05-17
USHR224Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a "Haitian-American Heritage Month" should be established in recognition of the contributions of the Haitian people to the history and culture of the United States.
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2013-05-17
USHB2044To prohibit the use, production, sale, importation, or exportation of any pesticide containing atrazine.
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2013-05-17
USHB993Fruit Heights Land Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey to the city of Fruit Heights, Utah, all interest of the United States in approximately 100 acres of identified National Forest System land. Requires the Secreta...
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2013-05-17
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 41.
USHB251South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, insofar as the Strawberry Water Users Association conveyed its interest in an electric distribution system to the South Utah Valley Electric Service District, to conv...
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2013-05-17
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 54.
USHB723Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Protection Act - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate for study for potential addition to the national wild and scenic rivers system specified segments of the Beaver, Chipuxet, Queen, Wood, and Pawcatuck Rivers ...
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2013-05-17
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 49.
USHB1206Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 - Grants the Secretary of the Interior permanent authority to authorize any state to issue electronic duck stamps. Sets forth state electronic duck stamp application requirements.
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2013-05-17
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 43.
USHB3Northern Route Approval Act - Declares that a Presidential permit shall not be required for the pipeline described in the application filed on May 4, 2012, by TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. to the Department of State for the Keystone XL pipeline...
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2013-05-17
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 40.
USHB520Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study alternatives for the commemoration and interpretation of the role of the Buffalo Soldiers (African-American troops who, in the late 19th century and ear...
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2013-05-17
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 56.
USSCR16A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for the unveiling of a statue of Frederick Douglass.
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2013-05-16
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
USHB2023To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change, and for other purposes.
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2013-05-16
USSB241Rio Grande Del Norte National Conservation Area Establishment Act - Establishes the Rio Grande Del Norte National Conservation Area in New Mexico. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to ensure the protection of religious and cultural sites in the...
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2013-05-16
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
USSB977A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to provide that a downward adjustment of the volume of cellulosic biofuel results in a pro rata reduction of the volume of renewable fuel and advanced biofuels required under the Renewable Fuel Standard.
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2013-05-16
USHB2024To amend title 35, United States Code, to require disclosure of ownership and transfers of ownership of patents, and for other purposes.
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2013-05-16
USSJR12Amends the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 by consenting to certain amendments adopted by the Hawaiian legislature. (These amendments expand housing program eligibility and succession authority to individuals who are at least 25% Native Hawaiian ...
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2013-05-16
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
USHB2016To amend title 10, United States Code, to modify various authorities relating to procedures for courts-martial under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and for other purposes.
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2013-05-16
USHB2015To provide for certain land conveyances in the State of Nevada, and for other purposes.
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2013-05-16
USHB2032To prohibit certain transfers of radioactive metal by the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.
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2013-05-16
USHB2025To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the termination of employment of IRS employees for discrimination against any taxpayer on basis of political affiliation, and for other purposes.
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2013-05-16
USHB2020To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require certain institutions of higher education to provide notice of tuition levels for students.
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2013-05-16
USSB744Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act
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2013-05-16
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
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