Every Child Deserves a Family Act [S.1069]
Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Prohibits an entity that receives federal assistance and is involved in adoption or foster care placements from discriminating against prospective adoptive or foster parents solely on the basis of their sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status or on the basis of the sexual orientation or gender identity of the child involved. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in order to ensure compliance with, and ensure understanding of the legal, practice, and culture changes required
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S.1069: Every Child Deserves a Family Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/23/2013
Mobile Device Theft Deterrence Act of 2013 [S.1070]
Mobile Device Theft Deterrence Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly: (1) removing, obliterating, tampering with, or altering a mobile device identification number; or (2) using, producing, trafficking in, having control or custody of, or possessing hardware or software, knowing it has been configured to engage in such conduct. Exempts the manufacturer of a mobile device, a person that engineers, tests, repairs, or refurbishes a mobile device, or a person that implements technologies for the purpose of protecting
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S.1070: Mobile Device Theft Deterrence Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 05/23/2013
Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act [S.1080]
Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to direct the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Office of the Management Conference of the Long Island Sound Study to conduct or commission studies to strengthen the implementation of the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for Long Island Sound. Requires the studies to include: (1) environmental impacts on the Sound watershed; and (2) planning initiatives that identify areas most
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S.1080: Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Committee On Environment And Public Works. Reported By Senator Boxer Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 113-190. on 06/05/2014
Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 [S.1088]
Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Prohibits public school students from being excluded from participating in, or subject to discrimination under, any federally-assisted educational program on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity or that of their associates. Considers harassment to be a form of discrimination. Prohibits retaliation against anyone for opposing conduct made unlawful under this Act. Authorizes federal departments and agencies to enforce these prohibitions by cutting off the educational
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S.1088: Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 06/04/2013
Servicemembers and Veterans Prescription Drug Safety Act of 2013 [S.1089]
Servicemembers and Veterans Prescription Drug Safety Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) and the Attorney General (AG) to jointly carry out a program under which a member of the Armed Forces (member), an individual receiving or entitled to military retired or retainer pay, a dependent-beneficiary of a member, or any person lawfully entitled to dispose of the property of any of such individuals may deliver a personal-use controlled substance (the prescription medication of a deceased individual) for disposal at a facility to
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S.1089: Servicemembers and Veterans Prescription Drug Safety Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S3957) on 06/04/2013
Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2013 [S.1116]
Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to equalize and increase to $245, with a cost-of-living adjustment after 2013, the tax exclusion for both transportation and parking fringe benefits. Authorizes agencies to establish a program involving such benefits in lieu of transit passes to encourage commuting by federal employees by means other than single-occupancy motor vehicles.
S.1116: Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/07/2013
Child Sex Trafficking Data and Response Act of 2013 [S.1118]
Child Sex Trafficking Data and Response Act of 2013 - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require state plans for foster care and adoption assistance to provide that for each child over whom the state has responsibility for placement, care, or supervision, the state agency shall: (1) identify and document in agency records each child identified as a victim of sex trafficking, including severe forms of trafficking in certain persons; and (2) report immediately, within 24 hours, any information
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S.1118: Child Sex Trafficking Data and Response Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S4022-4023) on 06/07/2013
BPA in Food Packaging Right to Know Act [S.1124]
BPA in Food Packaging Right to Know Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) issue a revised safety assessment for food containers composed of bisphenol A (BPA), taking into consideration different types of such containers and the use of such containers with respect to different foods; and (2) determine whether there is a reasonable certainty that no harm will result from aggregate exposure to BPA through food containers or other items composed of BPA, taking into consideration potential adverse effects from low-dose
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S.1124: BPA in Food Packaging Right to Know Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 06/10/2013
Prescribe A Book Act [S.1126]
Prescribe A Book Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to nonprofit organizations for the implementation of Pediatric Early Literacy Programs, through which: (1) health care providers encourage parents to read aloud to their children and offer parents developmentally appropriate recommendations and strategies for doing so; (2) health care providers give each visiting child between the ages of six months and five-years a new, developmentally appropriate children's
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S.1126: Prescribe A Book Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S4060-4061) on 06/10/2013
Ending Secret Law Act [S.1130]
Ending Secret Law Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that each decision, order, or opinion ("decision," for purposes of this Act) issued by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review that includes significant construction or interpretation of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) provisions concerning access to business records and the targeting of persons reasonably believed to be located outside the United States to acquire foreign intelligence information should be declassified
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S.1130: Ending Secret Law Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 06/11/2013