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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Training centers; imposes moratorium on closure, requirements of settlement agreement. [SB-972]
Closure of training centers; moratorium. Imposes a moratorium on the closure of training centers for individuals with intellectual disabilities until such time as the General Assembly adopts a plan for the closure of training centers that satisfies the requirements of the settlement agreement between the Commonwealth and the United States Department of Justice, and requires the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to submit a preliminary plan developed in consultation with the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and Senate Committee
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Health insurance; SCC, et al., to perform plan management functions, review of premium rates. [SB-922]
Health insurance; plan management and rate review. Authorizes the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to perform plan management functions for participation in the federal health benefit exchange established by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to § 1321 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This obligation is contingent upon the availability of full funding, technology infrastructure being made available to the SCC, there being no other impediments that effectively prevent the SCC from performing
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Presidential primaries; localities shall be reimbursed by State for all costs incurred. [SB-806]
Presidential primary costs. Provides that localities shall be reimbursed by the state for all costs incurred in conducting the presidential primary.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Presidential elections and primaries; petition requirements. [SB-690]
Presidential elections and primaries; petition requirements. Reduces the number of signatures required for groups other than the major parties to gain access to the presidential election ballot from 10,000 to 5,000 signatures in the Commonwealth and from 400 to 200 signatures in each congressional district. The bill makes similar reductions to 5,000 and 200 in the number of signatures required for a person to qualify for a presidential primary ballot.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Construction projects using public funds; iron, steel, manufactured goods must be produced in USA. [SB-377]
Construction projects using public funds; iron, steel, and manufactured goods must be produced in the United States. Prohibits use of state funds for construction projects, including any construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public building or public works project, unless all of the iron, steel, and manufactured goods, including equipment, used in the project are produced in the United States. Under the bill an exception to the requirement is provided if the administrative head of the contracting state agency determines in writing
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Criminal history record information checks, etc.; dissemination of information. [SB-1299]
Criminal history record information checks; protective order registry; dissemination of information. Provides that certain criminal history record information and protective order registry information shall be made available to the Attorney General of the United States for the purposes of using the National Instant Criminal Background Check System to determine a person's eligibility to possess or receive a firearm under state or federal law.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Registered voters; citizenship, SAVE Program. [SB-1077]
Registered voters; citizenship; SAVE Program. Authorizes the State Board of Elections to apply to participate in the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program (SAVE Program) operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The SAVE Program enables access to immigration status and citizenship status information possessed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. If the application is approved, the State Board will utilize the SAVE Program for the purposes of verifying that voters
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
U.S. Dept. of Justice White Paper; Congress urged to examine basis for Executive Branch's assertion. [HR-167]
Presidential power. Memorializes the Congress of the United States to examine independently the U.S. Justice Department White Paper asserting a constitutional basis for the Executive Branch's assertion of authority to target and kill United States's citizens off the battlefield under certain conditions.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
School prayer and prayer in public meetings, public voluntary; urges Congress to propose amendment. [HJR-94]
Memorializing Congress; voluntary school prayer and prayer in public meetings. Memorializes the United States Congress to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow for voluntary public school prayer and public prayer.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
National Women's History Museum; Congress to support establishing in Washington, D.C. [HJR-91]
Memorializing Congress. Memorializes Congress to support the establishment of a National Women's History Museum in Washington, D.C.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Federal Bureau of Investigation; consideration of site for new headquarters. [HJR-732]
Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters. Memorializes the Congress of the United States to encourage the U.S. General Services Administration to consider Virginia as the site for the new Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Gasoline; Congress of United States urged to repeal federal ethanol mandates. [HJR-690]
Federal ethanol mandates for gasoline. Memorializes the Congress of the United States to repeal federal laws and regulations mandating that gasoline sold in the United States contain ethanol.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
United States Constitution; General Assembly hereby ratifies and affirms Equal Rights Amendment. [HJR-667]
United States Constitution; Equal Rights Amendment. Ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution that was proposed by Congress in 1972. This joint resolution advocates the position that the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment remains viable and may be ratified notwithstanding the expiration of the 10-year ratification period set out in the resolving clause, as amended, in the proposal adopted by Congress.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
United Nations Agenda 21; General Assembly recognizes need to oppose. [HJR-654]
Opposing United Nations Agenda 21. Recognizes the need to oppose United Nations Agenda 21 due to its radical plan of purported "sustainable development." The resolution states that the General Assembly recognizes the policy's infringement on the American way of life and individual freedoms and ability to erode American sovereignty. The resolution would be transmitted to the U.S. Secretary of State, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, and the Virginia Congressional Delegation in order that they may be apprised of the sense of the General
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
U.S. Constitution; reaffirms Virginia's rights & rights of its citizens under 10th amend. [HJR-653]
Tenth amendment of the United States Constitution. Reaffirms Virginia's rights and the rights of its citizens under the 10th amendment of the United States Constitution.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Commercial banking & investment banking; memorializing Congress enact legislation. [HJR-600]
Memorializing Congress to enact legislation reinstating the separation of commercial banking and investment banking. Expresses the sense of the General Assembly in support of federal legislation, such as the Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2011, that would revive the separation between commercial banking and the securities business in the manner that had been required under the Glass-Steagall Act.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Commerce Clause of United States Constitution and Va's ability to regulate commerce; study. [HJR-599]
Study; Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution and Virginia's ability to regulate commerce; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution and Virginia's ability to regulate commerce.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
U.S. Constitution; application to Congress of United States to call an amendment convention. [HJR-565]
United States Constitution; amendment. Makes application to the United States Congress to call an amendment convention for the purpose of proposing a constitutional amendment that requires a balanced federal budget.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
National energy policy; urging President of U.S. and Congress of U.S. to adopt. [HJR-227]
Memorializing the President of the United States and the Congress of the United States to adopt a national energy policy. Expresses the sense of the General Assembly that the President and the Congress adopt a national energy policy that supports the responsible exploration for and development of all of this nation's diverse energy resources in order to secure abundant supplies of affordable, reliable energy for our economic recovery and future prosperity.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Chincoteague, Town of; U.S. Department of Interior urged to oppose federal purchase of land. [HJR-226]
Town of Chincoteague. Memorializes the U.S. Department of the Interior to oppose the federal purchase of land within the Town of Chincoteague.