Veteran Employment Transition Act [HB-2056]
Veteran Employment Transition Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) revise the definition of "qualified veteran" for purposes of the work opportunity tax credit to include recently discharged veterans, and (2) make permanent the work opportunity tax credit for qualified veterans. Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) and the National Guard to inform military personnel who are discharged or released from active duty of the work opportunity tax credit and provide them with documentation relating to eligibility for and use of such credit.
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HB-2056: Veteran Employment Transition Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 07/08/2013
Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Act of 2013 [HB-2058]
Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to eligible entities to establish pilot programs to develop, study, or evaluate model systems for monitoring and caring for childhood cancer survivors. Requires the Secretary to convene a Workforce Development Collaborative on Medical and Psychosocial Care for Pediatric Cancer to establish a plan to meet specified objectives relating to medical and psychosocial care workforce development,
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HB-2058: Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/24/2013
Stop the Sequester Job Loss Now Act Through 2014 [HB-2060]
Stop the Sequester Job Loss Now Act Through 2014 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to repeal the FY2013-FY2014 sequesters. Makes the budgetary resources for FY2013, which were sequestered by the presidential sequestration order, available for obligation for the same purpose, in the same amount as otherwise would have been available on the date of enactment of this Act and before October 1, 2013, and in the same manner as if such order had not been issued. Reduces the defense discretionary
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HB-2060: Stop the Sequester Job Loss Now Act Through 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. David Cicilline
Referred To The Committee On Ways And Means, And In Addition To The Committees On The Budget, And Agriculture, 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. on 05/20/2013
Responding to Urgent needs of Survivors of the Holocaust Act [HB-2064]
Responding to Urgent Needs of Survivors of the Holocaust Act or RUSH Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include specifically within its purview older Americans who are Holocaust survivors. Authorizes the Administrator for Community Living to designate, within the Administration for Community Living of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a person with specialized training, background, or experience with issues of Holocaust survivors to implement services for them. Requires a state nutrition project to: (1) ensure that
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HB-2064: Responding to Urgent needs of Survivors of the Holocaust Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Dina Titus
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 07/08/2013
Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2013 [HB-2070]
Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2013 - Makes it unlawful for any person, during a proclaimed international crisis affecting the oil market, to sell gasoline or any other petroleum distillate at a price that: (1) is unconscionably excessive, and (2) indicates the seller is taking unfair advantage of the circumstances of the crisis to increase prices unreasonably. Authorizes the President to issue such a proclamation citing the geographic area, gasoline or other petroleum distillate, and time period (not to exceed 30 consecutive days) covered.
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HB-2070: Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commerce, Manufacturing, And Trade. on 05/24/2013
Password Protection Act of 2013 [HB-2077]
Password Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to subject to a fine any employer who knowingly and intentionally: (1) compels or coerces any person to provide the employer with a password or similar information to access a protected computer not owned by such employer; or (2) discharges, disciplines, discriminates, or threatens to take such actions, against any person who fails to authorize access to such computer, has filed a complaint or instituted a proceeding regarding such action, or testified or is about to testify in any
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HB-2077: Password Protection Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 06/14/2013
Pay As You Rate Act [HB-2086]
Pay As You Rate Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), prior to adjudicating a claim which requires decisions with respect to two or more disabilities, to make interim payments based on any disability for which the Secretary has already made a decision. Requires the Secretary, upon claim adjudication, to pay the benefits awarded less the amount of the interim payments.
HB-2086: Pay As You Rate Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Subcommittee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 07/17/2013
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to establish claims adjudication centers of excellence. [HB-2088]
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a three-year pilot program to establish 12 VA claims adjudication centers of excellence by selecting the three highest performing regional offices in each of the four areas of the Veterans Benefits Administration. Requires each center to focus on adjudicating claims relating to one medical condition selected by the Secretary. Provides for appropriate employee specialized training with respect to such medical conditions. Prohibits any employee from working concurrently at more than one center,
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HB-2088: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to establish claims adjudication centers of excellence.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 05/31/2013
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Federal Response to Eliminate Eating Disorders Act of 2013 [HB-2101]
Federal Response to Eliminate Eating Disorders Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to take certain actions regarding eating disorder research, including to: (1) implement a scientifically justified budget for research on eating disorders, (2) coordinate and evaluate NIH research activities and programs, (3) expand NIH research on eating disorders, (4) establish a task force on eating disorder research, and (5) provide for centers of excellence for research on
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HB-2101: Federal Response to Eliminate Eating Disorders Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 07/08/2013
No More Ghost Money Act [HB-2107]
No More Ghost Money Act - Prohibits any federal department, agency, or federal government contractor from making a monetary payment to any official of a foreign country for the purposes of bribery, coercion, or any illegal activity that undermines the rule of law or corrupts a public official. Requires the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to report to Congress on all monetary payments made by the CIA to officials of the Government of Afghanistan on or after September 11, 2001. Authorizes the President to waive the requirements of this Act if compliance
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HB-2107: No More Ghost Money Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Committee On Intelligence (permanent Select), And In Addition To The Committee On Oversight And Government Reform, 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. on 05/22/2013