Subject Rural conditions and development | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | SB954 | Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-23 S.AMDT.953 Amendment SA 953 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 59 - 33. Record Vote Number: 139. |
| US | SB744 | Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act - States that passage of this Act recognizes that the primary tenets of its success depend on securing U.S. sovereignty and establishing a coherent and just system for integrati... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-22 Hearings Held Prior to Referral. |
| US | SB927 | Veterans' Outreach Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3528) |
| US | HB1947 | Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 36 - 10. |
| US | SB601 | Water Resources Development Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 Held at the desk. |
| US | SB832 | Improving the Lives of Children with Spina Bifida Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a three-year pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of providing contracted case management services (servic... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | SB852 | Veterans' Health Promotion Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to designate and operate at least one center of innovation for complementary and alternative medicine in health research, education, and clinical activities in ea... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | SB860 | Rural Energy Investment Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-06 |
| US | SB864 | Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act - Calls for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prioritize the types of technical assistance to enable small public water systems to comply with national primary drinking wate... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-06 |
| US | HB1567 | New Fair Deal CEO's Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-03 |
| US | HB1639 | Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to provide grants, in addition to loans and loan guarantees, for the costs of construction, improvement, and acquisition of facilities and equipment for broadband service in rural areas. Authorizes the Sec... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-03 |
| US | HB1526 | Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish at least one Forest Reserve Revenue Area within each unit of the National Forest System designated for sustainable forest management for ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-03 |
| US | HB1632 | Building Rural Communities Act - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to make grants to rural area-serving public bodies and private nonprofit corporations for technical assistance an... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-03 |
| US | HB1787 | Rural Hospital Access Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend through FY2014: (1) the Medicare-dependent hospital program, and (2) increased payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-26 |
| US | SB837 | Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SB842 | Rural Hospital Access Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend through FY2014: (1) the Medicare-dependent hospital program, and (2) increased payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | HB1727 | Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SB840 | School Principal Recruitment and Training Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a principal recruitment and training grant program awarding renewable, matching grants to states, LEAs, educational service agencie... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | HB1736 | School Principal Recruitment and Training Act of 2013 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a principal recruitment and training grant program awarding renewable, matching grants to states, local educational agencie... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SB849 | Permanent Stewardship Contracting Authority Act of 2013 - Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to authorize the the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to enter into stewardship contracting projects with private perso... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SB816 | Stewardship End Result Contracting Project Act - Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to enter into stewardship contracting projects with private persons or othe... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SB798 | TBTF Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-24 |
| US | HB1041 | Providing Resources Early for Kids Act of 2013 or the PRE-K Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to states to enhance or improve state-funded preschool programs.... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB1089 | Stepping Up to STEM Act of 2013 - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish the Office of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education within the Department of Education to administer STEM education. Direc... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB1442 | Depleting Risk from Insect Infestation, Soil Erosion, and Catastrophic Fire Act - Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to state findings concerning the threat to forests in the Western region of the United States posed by the mountain p... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB1559 | Rural Preventive Health Care Training Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants and enter into contracts for preventive health care training of rural health care p... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-19 |
| US | SB766 | Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend certain requirements for consideration as a rural area with respect to assistance for farm housing. Declares that any area classified as "rural" or a "rural area" before October 1, 1990, a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-18 |
| US | SB715 | Authorized Rural Water Projects Completion Act - Establishes in the Treasury a Reclamation Rural Water Construction Fund, into which the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit for each of FY2014-FY2030 a specified amount of revenues that would other... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-16 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. |
| US | SB726 | Rural Preventive Health Care Training Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants and enter into contracts for preventive health care training of rural health care p... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-15 |
| US | HB1285 | Amends the Controlled Substances Act to remove dihydrocodeinone (hydrocodone) from classification as a schedule III controlled substance. Directs the Attorney General to immediately allow manufacturers and distributors to store hydrocodone compound p... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-15 |
| US | HB818 | Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act - Declares that the bark beetle epidemic, drought, and deteriorating forest health conditions on National Forest System land and public lands, with the resulting imminent risk of devastating wildf... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-11 Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| US | HB1294 | Self-Sufficient Community Lands Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the community forest demonstration area or areas of a state, consisting of National Forest System (NFS) land, at the request of a Board of Trustees appoint... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-11 Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| US | HB1414 | Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 |
| US | SB679 | Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 |
| US | HB630 | Postal Service Protection Act of 2013 - Sets forth rules for the recalculation of annuities for employees of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and for the redetermination of surplus or supplemental liabilities under the Civil Service Retirement System (... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| US | HB1273 | Rural Energy Improvement Act - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 regarding the Rural Energy for America Program to: (1) extend the Program through FY2018, (2) create a tiered loan and grant application process that reflects pr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-02 |
| US | HB1134 | Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a grant program to provide innovative transportation options to veterans in highly rural areas in order to assist such veterans in traveling to VA medical centers for medical care. Requires ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-02 |
| US | SCR8 | Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2013, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2015-FY2023. Title I: Recommended Levels and Amounts - (Sec. 101) Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts for FY2013-FY... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-23 |
| US | HCR25 | Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2014, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2015-FY2023. Title I: Recommended Levels and Amounts - (Sec. 101) Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts for FY2014-F... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 Received in the Senate. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 33. |
| US | HB1331 | Electronic Health Records Improvement Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exempt certain eligible physicians in solo practice and physicians near early retirement age from the application of the Medicare payment adjustme... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 |
| US | SB642 | Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 |
| US | HB1397 | Project Rebuild Act of 2013 - Appropriates funds for assistance to eligible entities including state and local governments, and qualified nonprofit organizations, businesses or eligible consortia for the redevelopment of abandoned and foreclosed-upon... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 |
| US | SB621 | Safe Prescribing Act of 2013 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to remove dihydrocodeinone (hydrocodone) from classification as a schedule III controlled substance. Directs the Attorney General to immediately allow manufacturers and distributors ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 |
| US | SB616 | Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 to make the J-1 visa waiver (Conrad state 30/medical services in underserved areas) program permanent. Excludes from numerical immigra... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-19 |
| US | HB1146 | Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require personnel (excluding physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants) who furnish t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| US | SB511 | Expanding Access to Capital for Entrepreneurial Leaders Act or EXCEL Act - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to guarantee the payment of up to $4 billion per fis... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. |
| US | SB562 | Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under Medicare part B (Supplementar... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 |
| US | SB570 | Clean Energy Race to the Top Act of 2013 - Establishes in the Department of Energy (DOE) a program to provide grants to eligible entities, on a competitive basis, to develop and carry out clean energy and carbon reduction measures, such as renewable ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 |
| US | SB519 | Providing Resources Early for Kids Act of 2013 or the PRE-K Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to states to enhance or improve state-funded preschool programs.... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-11 |
| US | SB512 | To Aid Gifted and High-Ability Learners by Empowering the Nation's Teachers Act or the TALENT Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require state assessments of student proficiency to measure individual academic achieveme... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-11 |
