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H 1001 - Bonner
Disaster Claims Adjustment and Overtime Pay
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND LABOR: Referred to Subcommittee on WORKFORCE PROTECTIONS.
Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide a specific limited exemption from the overtime pay requirements of such Act for work related to disaster or catastrophe claims adjustment after a major disaster.

H 1005 - Graves T
Defund Obamacare Act
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND LABOR: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH, EMPLOYMENT, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Relates to the Defund Obamacare Act; deauthorizes appropriation of funds, and rescinds unobligated appropriations, to carry out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

H 1007 - Grimm
School Asthma Management Plans
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION & WORKFORCE: Referred to Subcommittee on EARLY CHILDHOOD, ELEMEN. & SECOND. EDUCATION.
Amends Part D of Title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants to schools for the development of asthma management plans and the purchase of asthma medications and devices for emergency use.

H 1008 - Hoyer
Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION & WORKFORCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE TRAINING.
Reauthorizes the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004 and provides assistance to Best Buddies to support the expansion and development of mentoring programs.

H 1009 - King P
Volunteer Emergency Service Workers Incentives
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND LABOR: Referred to Subcommittee on WORKFORCE PROTECTIONS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers.

H 1015 - Pascrell
Medicare and Huntington's Disease
03/06/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Requires the Commissioner of Social Security to revise the medical and evaluation criteria for determining disability in a person diagnosed with Huntington's Disease and to waive the 24-month waiting period for Medicare eligibility for individuals disabled by Huntington's Disease.

H 1024 - McMorris Rodger
Medicare and Medication Therapy Management Programs
03/07/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Part D eligible individuals with single chronic diseases access to services under medication therapy management programs under the Medicare Part D prescription drug program.

H 1030 - DeFazio
Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND LABOR: Referred to Subcommittee on WORKFORCE PROTECTIONS.
Requires the establishment of a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits under titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act.

H 1031 - DeFazio
Social Security Receipts and Disbursements
03/07/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on BUDGET.
Amends Title II of the Social Security Act to ensure that the receipts and disbursements of the Social Security trust funds are not included in a unified Federal budget and to provide that Social Security contributions are used to protect Social Security solvency by mandating that Trust Fund monies cannot be diverted to create private accounts.

H 1035 - Moore G
Voluntary Community Based Flood Insurance Study
03/13/2013 - To SENATE Committee on BANKING, HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS.
Requires a study of voluntary community-based flood insurance options and how such options could be incorporated into the national flood insurance program.

H 1070 - Dent
Medicare and Colorectal Cancer Screening
03/12/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive coinsurance under Medicare for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening.

H 1074 - Olson
Clinical Care and Diabetes
03/12/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes.

H 1075 - McKinley
Boy Scout Jamborees
03/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on READINESS.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Defense to provide support for Boy Scout Jamborees.

H 1076 - Hall R
PPACA and Pass Through Funding
03/12/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for savings to the Federal Government by permitting pass-through funding for State authorized public entity health benefits pools.

H 1095 - Miller J
Airport Checkpoints and Unclaimed Money
03/27/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on HOMELAND SECURITY: Referred to Subcommittee on TRANSPORTATION SECURITY.
Amends Title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to transfer unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints to nonprofit organizations that provide places of rest and recuperation at airports for members of the Armed Forces and their families.

H 1098 - Pascrell
Traumatic Brain Injury Research
03/12/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain programs relating to traumatic brain injury and to trauma research.

H 1099 - Pitts
Prevention and Public Health Fund Repeal
03/12/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Repeals the Prevention and Public Health Fund.

H 110 - Hanabusa
Secretary of the Army
01/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Requires the Secretary of the Army to determine the validity of the claims of certain Filipinos that they performed military service on behalf of the United States during World War II.

H 1100 - Schakowsky
College Campus Mental Health Services
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION & WORKFORCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE TRAINING.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to improve mental and behavioral health services on college campuses.

H 1101 - Sires
Catastrophe Losses Pre-Funding
03/13/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE: Referred to Subcmt on ECO DEV, PUBLIC BLDGS, AND EMERGENCY MNGMT.
Requires pre-funding for catastrophe losses using private insurance premium dollars to better prepare and protect homeowners from natural catastrophes and to protect taxpayers from massive bailouts, provides dedicated funding from insurance premiums to improve catastrophe preparedness, loss prevention and mitigation, and improves the availability and affordability of private market homeowners insurance coverage for catastrophic events.

H 1102 - Welch
Medicare and Drug Price Negotiation
03/12/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Part D of Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate covered Part D drug prices on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries.

H 1110 - Pierluisi
Tsunami Warnings and Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands
03/13/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY.
Amends the Tsunami Warning and Education Act to direct the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, through the National Weather Service, to establish, maintain, and operate an additional tsunami forecast and warning center for the improvement of the evaluation of tsunami risk to, and the dissemination of forecasts and tsunami warning bulletins for, the public in Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.

H 1131 - Denham
Military Commissary Privileges and Disabilities
03/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to extend military commissary and exchange store privileges, without time-period limitation, to members of the Armed Forces who are involuntarily separated with a service-connected disability and also to extend such privileges to their dependents.

H 1132 - Denham
Veterans Affairs and Defense Personnel Records
04/02/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense to jointly ensure that the Vet Centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs have access to the Defense Personnel Record Image Retrieval system and the Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense Identity Repository system.

H 1133 - Duncan Jo
Contributors to Presidential Library Organizations
03/20/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM: Ordered to be reported.
Amends Title 44, United States Code, to require information on contributors to Presidential library fundraising organizations.

H 1134 - Gallego
Veterans in Rural Areas Health Care Pilot Program
04/02/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a grant program and pilot program designed to improve the delivery of health care to veterans residing in rural areas.

H 1136 - Johnson E
Hate Crime Statistics and Crimes Against Homeless
04/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on CRIME, TERRORISM, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Amends the Hate Crime Statistics Act to include crimes against the homeless.

H 1140 - Owens
Health Savings Accounts and Dependents Under Age of 27
03/13/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit the medical expenses of dependents who have not attained age 27 to be paid from a heath savings account.

H 1146 - Whitfield
Medical Imaging Examinations
03/13/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Public Health Service Act and Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly.

H 1148 - Reichert
Medicare and Radiologist Assistants
03/14/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for payment for services of qualified radiologist assistants under the Medicare program.

H 1150 - Slaughter
Antimicrobials
03/14/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to preserve the effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials used in the treatment of human and animal diseases.

H 116 - Holt
Use of Medical Checklists
01/03/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Encourages the use of medical checklists through research, and for other purposes.

H 1160 - Lummis
Social Security Retirement Benefits Age
03/14/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Title II of the Social Security Act to set the retirement benefits age for today's six-year-olds at age 70.

H 1171 - Benishek
Veterans Service Organizations and Surplus Property
05/22/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM: Ordered to be reported.
Amends Title 40, United States Code, to improve veterans service organizations access to Federal surplus personal property.

H 1173 - Blumenauer
Medicare and Medicaid and Advance Care Planning
03/14/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation under Medicare and Medicaid.

H 1177 - Capps
Domestic Violence and Firearms
04/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on CRIME, TERRORISM, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Amends Title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms.

H 1178 - Castor
Graduate Medical Education Partnerships
03/14/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for graduate medical education partnerships in States with a low physician-resident-to-general-population ratio.

H 1179 - Courtney
Medicare and Inpatient Hospital Requirement
03/14/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare.

H 1180 - Crowley
Social Security and Residency Positions
03/14/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions.

H 1188 - Marino
Pharmacies and Antitrust Laws
04/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on REGULATORY REFORM, COMMERCIAL AND ANTITRUST LAW.
Ensures and fosters continued safety and quality of care and a competitive marketplace by exempting independent pharmacies from the antitrust laws in their negotiations with health plans and health insurance insurers.

H 1195 - Moran Ja
Nonprofits and Foreign Countries Grants
03/14/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Establishes a program to provide grants to nonprofit organizations to enable such organizations to assign and support volunteers to assist foreign countries in the administration of their natural resources in an environmentally sustainable manner.

H 1200 - McDermott
Health Care
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND LABOR: Referred to Subcommittee on WORKFORCE PROTECTIONS.
Provides for health care for every American and to control the cost and enhance the quality of the health care system.

H 1201 - Schock
Social Security and Additional Residency Positions
03/14/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions.

H 1212 - Petri
Gross Income and Passenger Automobile Use Reimbursement
03/15/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that reimbursements for costs of using passenger automobiles for charitable and other organizations are excluded from gross income.

H 1220 - Burgess
CFC Epinephrine Inhalers
03/15/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to allow for the distribution, sale, and consumption in the United States of remaining inventories of over-the-counter CFC epinephrine inhalers.

H 1229 - Roybal-Allard
Domestic Violence
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND LABOR: Referred to Subcommittee on WORKFORCE PROTECTIONS.
Promotes the economic security and safety of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.

H 1236 - Jones
Physical Evaluation Board and Behavioral Health
04/05/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to require the inclusion of a behavioral health professional on any armed forces-related physical evaluation board that considers issues of post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, or other mental health condition.

H 1239 - Cassidy
Social Security and Compassionate Treatment Programs
03/18/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Part D of Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count the negotiated price of drugs provided free or at nominal charge under compassionate treatment programs towards incurred out-of-pocket costs.

H 1248 - Paulsen
PPACA and Limitations on Certain Health Care Benefits
03/19/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal certain limitations on health care benefits.

H 1250 - Graves S
Medicare Integrity Program and Recovery Auditors
03/19/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve operations of recovery auditors under the Medicare integrity program and increases transparency and accuracy in audits conducted by contractors.

H 1251 - Negrete McLeod
Veterans and Minority Serving Institutions
04/02/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants with minority serving institutions for the purpose of establishing verified delivery systems to address social and academic problems facing veterans enrolled at such institutions.

H 1253 - Poe
Foreign Assistance to Pakistan
03/19/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Prohibits foreign assistance to Pakistan until the tuition assistance program of the Department of Defense is fully funded.

H 1257 - DeGette
Medicare and Diabetes
03/19/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the occurrence of diabetes in Medicare beneficiaries by extending coverage under Medicare for medical nutrition therapy services to such beneficiaries with pre-diabetes or with risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes.

H 1263 - Matsui D
Medicaid and Community Behavioral Health Services
03/19/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Increases access to community behavioral health services for all Americans and improves Medicaid reimbursement for community behavioral health services.

H 1264 - Norton
DC and Medicaid Assistance Percentage
03/19/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends Title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase the Federal medical assistance percentage for the District of Columbia under the Medicaid Program to 75 percent.

H 1274 - Whitfield
Diabetes Self-Management Training
03/19/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to diabetes self-management training by authorizing certified diabetes educators to provide diabetes self-management training services, including as Part of telehealth services, under Part B of the Medicare program.

H 1275 - Jones
Social Security and COLAs
03/20/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Guarantees the right of individuals to receive Social Security benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment.

H 1277 - Pearce
Unemployment Compensation and Drug Testing
03/20/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Title III of the Social Security Act to require States to implement a drug testing program for applicants for and recipients of unemployment compensation.

H 1281 - Roybal-Allard
Public Health Service Act Programs
03/20/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize programs under Part A of Title XI of such Act.

H 1284 - Brownley
Disabled Veterans and Travel
05/21/2013 - Subcommittee on HEALTH hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to provide for coverage under the beneficiary travel program of the Department of Veterans Affairs of certain disabled veterans for travel for certain special disabilities rehabilitation.

H 1285 - Buchanan
Hydrocodone and Schedule II
04/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on CRIME, TERRORISM, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Amends the Controlled Substances Act to make any substance containing hydrocodone a Schedule II drug.

H 1288 - Butterfield
WWII Coastwise Merchant Seamen and Veteran Status
04/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to accept additional documentation when considering the application for veterans status of an individual who performed service as a coastwise merchant seaman during World War II.

H 1293 - King P
Taxes and Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Fund
03/20/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish and provide a checkoff for a Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Fund.

H 1295 - Maffei
Medical Device Excise Tax Repeal
03/20/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical devices.

H 1300 - Runyan
National Wildlife Refuges and Volunteer Programs
04/25/2013 - Subcommittee on FISHERIES, WILDLIFE, OCEANS AND INSULAR AFFAIRS hearings held.
Amends the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize the volunteer programs and community partnerships for the benefit of national wildlife refuges.

H 1301 - Schwartz
Scientific Research and Innovation Appropriations
03/20/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Relates to the Inspiring Scientific Research and Innovation Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2013; makes supplemental appropriations for the National Institutes of Health for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013.

H 1305 - Wenstrup
Homeless Veteran Reintegration Program Eligibility
04/25/2013 - Forwarded by subcommittee to full committee (amended).
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to provide clarification regarding eligibility for services under the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program.

H 1309 - Price T
Pathologists and Electronic Health Record Incentives
03/21/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to exclude pathologists from incentive payments and penalties under Medicare and Medicaid relating to the meaningful use of electronic health records.

H 1310 - Price T
Medicare and Fee-for-Service Items and Services
03/21/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a Medicare payment option for patients and eligible professionals to freely contract, without penalty, for Medicare fee-for-service items and services, while allowing Medicare beneficiaries to use their Medicare benefits.

H 1316 - Flores
Veterans Employment and Training Directors
04/25/2013 - Forwarded by subcommittee to full committee (amended).
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to specify the responsibilities of the Directors and Assistant Directors of Veterans' Employment and Training.

H 1317 - Latham
Hearing Aid Tax Credit
03/21/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for the purchase of hearing aids.

H 132 - King S
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND LABOR: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH, EMPLOYMENT, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

H 1320 - Neal
Medicare and Colorectal Screening Tests
03/21/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve coverage for colorectal screening tests under Medicare.

H 1325 - Burgess
Medicare and Kidney Transplant Recipients
03/21/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare entitlement to immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients.

H 1326 - Burgess
Hospital Charges and Transparency
03/21/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends Title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for increased price transparency of hospital information and to provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs.

H 1331 - Black
Medicare and Medicaid and Electronic Health Records
03/21/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends certain requirements and penalties implemented under the Medicare and Medicaid programs by the HITECH Act of 2009, which would otherwise impede eligible professionals from adopting electronic health records to improve patient care.

H 1339 - Engel
Palliative Care
03/21/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of permanent faculty in palliative care at accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs; promotes education in palliative care and hospice; supports the development of faculty careers in academic palliative medicine.

H 1340 - Fattah
Urban Jobs Program Grants
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION & WORKFORCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE TRAINING.
Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to provide grants for Urban Jobs Programs.

H 1342 - Fleming
PPACA and Health Savings Accounts Repeal
03/21/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act relating to health savings accounts.

H 1344 - Gabbard
Veterans and Expedited Air Passenger Screening
05/22/2013 - To SENATE Committee on COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION.
Amends Title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration to provide expedited air passenger screening to severely injured or disabled members of the Armed Forces and severely injured or disabled veterans.

H 1355 - Huelskamp
Federal Nutrition Program Replacement with Block Grants
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION & WORKFORCE: Referred to Subcommittee on EARLY CHILDHOOD, ELEMEN. & SECOND. EDUCATION.
Replaces certain Federal nutrition programs with a block grant to the States.

H 1357 - Johnson B
Veterans Retraining Assistance Program
04/02/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Amends the Vow to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 to improve the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program by providing assistance under such program for certain training programs that are considered less than full-time.

H 1366 - Lynch
Drug Limit Approval
03/21/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Directs the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to modify the approval of any drug containing controlled-release oxycodone hydrochloride to limit such approval to use for the relief of severe-only instead of moderate-to-severe pain.

H 1367 - Lynch
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program
03/21/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM.
Amends chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code; ensures program integrity, transparency, and cost savings in the pricing and contracting of prescription drug benefits under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.

H 1371 - McCollum
Indian Health Service Funds
03/21/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on BUDGET.
Restores to the Indian Health Service funds sequestered under section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to the extent that the percentage reduction for that program exceeded 2 percent.

H 1372 - Michaud
Veteran Registry
04/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a registry of certain veterans who were stationed at or underwent training at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada.

H 1373 - Miller Ge
Mine Safety and Health Laws
03/21/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE.
Improves compliance with mine safety and health laws; empowers miners to raise safety concerns; prevents future mine tragedies.

H 1374 - Moore G
Social Security Reform
03/21/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Title II of the Social Security Act to make various reforms to Social Security.

H 1379 - Pierluisi
Medicare and Puerto Rico and Electronic Health Records
03/21/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow certain hospitals in Puerto Rico to qualify for incentives for adoption and meaningful use of Certified Electronic Health Record Technology under the Medicare program.

H 1390 - Smith C
Urban Medicare-Dependent Hospitals
03/21/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to Urban Medicare-dependent hospitals.

H 1391 - Stivers
Post Office Designation
03/21/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM.
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 South Oak Street in London, Ohio, as the Lance Corporal Joshua B McDaniels and Veterans Memorial Post Office Building.

H 1392 - Stivers
Post Office Building Designation
03/21/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM.
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2539 Dartmoor Road in Grove City, Ohio, as the Master Sergeant Shawn T Hannon and Veterans Memorial Post Office Building.

H 1393 - Stivers
Post Office Building Designation
03/21/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM.
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3700 Riverside Drive in Columbus, Ohio, as the Master Sergeant Jeffery J Rieck and Veterans Memorial Post Office.

H 1400 - Young C
Veterans Children Scholarship
04/02/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Amends Title 38, United States Code; clarifies that children of certain veterans are eligible for the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship.

H 1402 - Coffman
Disabled Veterans and Paralympic Team
04/25/2013 - Forwarded by subcommittee to full committee (amended).
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a monthly assistance allowance to disabled veterans training or competing for the Paralympic Team and the authorization of appropriations for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide assistance to United States Paralympics, Inc.

H 1404 - Salmon
Medicaid and Federal Assistance to State
03/25/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends Title XIX of the Social Security Act to eliminate the increased Federal medical assistance percentage under the State plan with respect to newly eligible mandatory individuals under Medicaid; provides States with greater flexibility under Medicaid.

H 1405 - Titus
Veterans Affairs Benefits and Appeals
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Ordered to be reported as amended.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include an appeals form in any notice of decision issued for the denial of a benefit sought.

H 1412 - Coffman
Veterans Affairs and Apprenticeship Programs
05/22/2013 - To SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Improves and increases the availability of on-job training and apprenticeship programs carried out by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

H 1416 - Ellmers
Sequestration and Medicare Part B Drugs
04/12/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Terminates application of sequestration to payment for certain physician-administered drugs under part B of the Medicare program.

H 1425 - Bonamici
Severe Marine Debris Events
04/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES: Referred to Subcmt on FISHERIES, WILDLIFE, OCEANS AND INSULAR AFFAIRS.
Amends the Marine Debris Act to better address severe marine debris events.

H 1427 - Bucshon
Health Care Services and Deceptive Advertising
04/12/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on COMMERCE, MANUFACTURING & TRADE.
Ensures that patients receive accurate health care information by prohibiting misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services, and requires the identification of the license of health care professionals.

H 1428 - Burgess
Medicare and Kidney Transplant Immunosuppressive Drugs
04/12/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare entitlement to immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients.

H 1429 - Capps
Scleroderma Research and Awareness
04/12/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Expands the research and awareness activities of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with respect to scleroderma.

H 1435 - Davis S
Armed Forces Denied Appeals Review
04/30/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on COURTS, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND THE INTERNET.
Amends Titles 28 and 10, United States Code, to allow for certiorari review of certain cases denied relief or review by the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.

H 1436 - Enyart
Advanced Manufacturing
04/09/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE.
Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish a pilot program to facilitate education and training programs in the field of advanced manufacturing.

H 1438 - Hastings A
Veterans and Medical Expense Reimbursement Exemptions
04/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to exempt reimbursements of certain medical expenses and other payments related to accident, theft, loss, or casualty loss from determinations of annual income with respect to pensions for veterans and surviving spouses and children of veterans.

H 1443 - Michaud
Veterans Affairs and Tinnitus Research
04/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to recognize tinnitus as a mandatory condition for research and treatment by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

H 1445 - Pallone
NOAA Supplemental Appropriations
04/09/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on BUDGET.
Makes supplemental appropriations for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for fisheries disasters.

H 1452 - Speier
Philippines Military Forces and Veteran Status
04/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for purposes of benefits under programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

H 1453 - Takano
Veterans Affairs and Work-Study Allowance
04/10/2013 - Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority to provide work-study allowance for certain activities by individuals receiving educational assistance by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

H 1454 - Cleaver
Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance
04/10/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on AGRICULTURE.
Makes supplemental agricultural disaster assistance available for fiscal years 2012 and 2013.

H 1456 - Cole
Gasoline Burn Prevention
04/12/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on COMMERCE, MANUFACTURING & TRADE.
Makes improvements to the Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act.

H 146 - Sires
Public Health Service Act
01/03/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for the expansion, intensification, and coordination of the programs and activities of the National Institutes of Health with respect to Tourette's syndrome.

H 1472 - Gingrey
Medicaid Management
04/12/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Restores the longstanding partnership between States and the Federal Government in managing the Medicaid program.

H 1473 - Gingrey
Malpractice and Federal Health Care Laws
04/30/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on CONSTITUTION AND CIVIL JUSTICE.
Prevents certain Federal health care laws from establishing health care provider standards of care in medical malpractice cases.

H 1484 - Huizenga
Medicare Internet Site and Medicare Payment Rates
04/12/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make publicly available on the official Medicare Internet site Medicare payment rates for frequently reimbursed hospital inpatient procedures, hospital outpatient procedures, and physicians' services.

H 1487 - McDermott
Hospitals and Physician Incentive Payment Programs
04/12/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Titles XVIII and XI of the Social Security Act to establish an exception from the physician self-referral prohibition and a safe harbor from Federal antikickback and other sanctions for incentive payments made by hospitals to physicians under certain incentive payment programs.

H 1488 - Thompson G
Recovering Service Members and Disability Benefits
04/11/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the waiting period for disability insurance benefits shall not be applicable in the case of a recovering service member.

H 1490 - Miller J
Veterans Affairs and Recording of Patients
05/06/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the recording of a patient in a facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs without the informed consent of the patient.

H 1491 - Bonamici
Tsunami Marine Debris Impacts
04/18/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES: Referred to Subcmt on FISHERIES, WILDLIFE, OCEANS AND INSULAR AFFAIRS.
Authorizes the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide certain funds to eligible entities for activities undertaken to address the marine debris impacts of the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami.

H 1492 - McDermott
Commission on America and Its Veterans
04/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Establishes the Commission on America and its Veterans.

H 1494 - Gibson
Operation of Certain Ships During Vietnam Era
04/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Directs the Secretary of Defense to review the operation of certain ships during the Vietnam Era.

H 1497 - Hunter
Armed Forces Memorials and Religious Symbols
04/25/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES: Referred to Subcommittee on PUBLIC LANDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION.
Amends Title 36, United States Code, to ensure that memorials commemorating the service of the United States Armed Forces may contain religious symbols.

H 1499 - Jeffries
Homeowners Insured by FHA and Forbearance Relief
04/11/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FINANCIAL SERVICES.
Ensures that homeowners who have mortgages insured by the FHA, or owned or guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, and whose homes are located in major disaster areas are notified of any forbearance relief in connection with such disaster that is offered or recommended by the FHA, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Federal National Mortgage Association, or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.

H 1502 - Johnson S
Concurrent Receipt of Unemployment and Disability
04/11/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Title II of the Social Security Act to prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance.

H 1503 - King S
School Lunch Nutrition Standards
04/11/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE.
Repeals a certain rule relating to nutrition standards in the national school lunch and school breakfast programs.

H 1507 - Markey Ed
Alzheimer's Disease
04/12/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, leading to better care and outcomes for Americans living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

H 1508 - Markey Ed
Alzheimer's Disease Research Semipostal Stamp
04/12/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Provides for the issuance of an Alzheimer's Disease Research Semipostal Stamp.

H 1509 - Moran Ja
Teachers and Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
04/11/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE.
Establishes a 5-year demonstration program to provide skills to classroom teachers and staff who work with children with autism spectrum disorders.

H 1510 - Neugebauer
Nutrition Programs
05/03/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on AGRICULTURE: Referred to Subcommittee on DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS, OVERSIGHT, AND NUTRITION.
Improves and extends certain nutrition programs.

H 1515 - Sires
Health Technologies Program Codification
04/11/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to codify the cooperative agreement, known as the Health Technologies program, under which the United States Agency for International Development supports the development of technologies for global health.

H 1517 - Walberg
Social Security and Medicare Surplus Protection
04/11/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Establishes a Social Security Surplus Protection Account and a Medicare Surplus Protection Account; provides for suspension of investment of amounts held in such Accounts until enactment of legislation providing for investment of the Trust Funds in investment vehicles other than obligations of the United States; and establishes a Social Security and Medicare Part A Investment Commission to make recommendations for alternative forms of investment of the Social Security and Medicare surpluses.

H 152 - Rogers H
Supplemental Appropriations for 2013 Fiscal Year
01/29/2013 - Public Law No. 113-2
Makes supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013 to improve and streamline disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy.

H 1520 - Lynch
Department of Defense Civilian Employees and Furloughs
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on READINESS.
Requires the Secretary of Defense to allow civilian employees of the Department of Defense to delay furloughs until returning from a deployment in support of accounting and recovery efforts by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command.

H 1521 - Maloney S
Veterans Affairs and Medical Disability Examinations
04/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Provides for a five-year extension of the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for the conduct of medical disability examinations by contract physicians.

H 1523 - Rohrabacher
Controlled Substances Act and Marihuana
04/30/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on CRIME, TERRORISM, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Amends Controlled Substances Act to provide for a new rule regarding the application of the Act to marihuana.

H 153 - McIntyre
Veterans Affairs Outreach
01/22/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to improve the outreach activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

H 154 - McIntyre
Veterans Affairs Medal
01/11/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to establish a Department of Veterans Affairs Medal for Distinguished Public Service to honor veterans who make remarkable and distinguished contributions to their communities.

H 1543 - Nadler
Naturalization and Elderly Persons
04/30/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on IMMIGRATION AND BORDER SECURITY.
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt certain elderly persons from demonstrating an understanding of the English language and the history, principles, and form of government of the United States as a requirement for naturalization, and to permit certain other elderly persons to take the history and government examination in a language of their choice.

H 155 - McIntyre
Social Security Benefit Payment Options
01/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Title II of the Social Security Act to allow workers who attain age 65 after 1981 and before 1992 to choose either lump sum payments over four years totalling $5,000 or an improved benefit computation formula under a new 10-year rule governing the transition to the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977.

H 1552 - Huizenga
Health Savings Account Minimum Distributions
04/15/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the transfer of required minimum distributions from a retirement plan to a health savings account.

H 1559 - Gabbard
Rural Health Care and Preventative Care
04/19/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide health care practitioners in rural areas with training in preventive health care, including both physical and mental care.

H 1560 - Garcia
Wage Reporting and Truncated Social Security Numbers
04/15/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to authorize the Internal Revenue Service to permit truncated social security numbers on wage reporting provided to employees.

H 157 - McIntyre
North Carolina Storm Damage Reduction Project
01/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
Authorizes a project for hurricane and storm damage reduction, West Onslow Beach and New River Inlet (Topsail Beach), North Carolina.

H 1573 - Sires
Peace Corps Volunteers and Grave Stones
04/15/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Amends the Peace Corps Act to allow former volunteers to use the seal, emblem, or name of Peace Corps on death announcements and grave stones.

H 1575 - Yoder
Mobile Service and IP Voice Service and Call Locations
04/19/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY.
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require a provider of a commercial mobile service or an IP-enabled voice service to provide call location information concerning the user of such a service to law enforcement agencies in order to respond to a call for emergency services or in an emergency situation that involves risk of death or serious physical harm.

H 1578 - Pallone
PPACA and Preexisiting Condition Insurance Program
04/19/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends section 1101 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide additional funds to permit additional individuals to enroll under the preexisting condition insurance program and expand eligibility, to be funded through a temporary increase in the cigarette tax.

H 158 - McIntyre
North Carolina Storm Damage Reduction Project
01/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
Authorizes a project for hurricane and storm damage reduction, Surf City and North Topsail Beach, North Carolina.

H 1585 - Engel
Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers
04/16/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE.
Requires the establishment of a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act and to provide, in the case of elderly beneficiaries under such title, for an annual cost-of-living increase which is not less than 3 percent.

H 1588 - Waxman
Medicare Prescription Drug Rebates
04/19/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require drug manufacturers to provide drug rebates for drugs dispensed to low-income individuals under the Medicare prescription drug benefit program.

H 1591 - Carter
Undiagnosed Diseases Network
04/19/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of an undiagnosed diseases network.

H 1597 - Deutch
Guardianship of Disabled Individuals
04/17/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit to individuals for legal expenses paid with respect to establishing guardianship of a disabled individual.

H 1598 - Griffin
Veteran Identification Cards
04/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans.

H 1599 - Grijalva
Indian Organizations and Suicide Prevention
04/19/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends section 520E of the Public Health Service Act to require States and their designees receiving grants for development or implementation of statewide suicide early intervention and prevention strategies to consult with each Federally recognized Indian tribe, tribal organization, and urban Indian organization in the State.

H 160 - McIntyre
Disability Benefit Waiting Period Elimination
01/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 5-month waiting period for entitlement to disability benefits and to eliminate reconsideration as an intervening step between initial benefit entitlement decisions and subsequent hearings on the record on such decisions.

H 1601 - Grijalva
Supplement Security Income Program Eligibility
04/17/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Title XVI of the Social Security Act to update eligibility for the supplemental security income program.

H 1608 - Owens
Patient Medication Information Regulations
04/19/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations regarding the authorship, content, format, and dissemination of Patient Medication Information to ensure patients receive consistent and high-quality information about their prescription medications and are aware of the potential risks and benefits of prescription medications.

H 1612 - Rogers Mike
Land Conveyance
05/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to convey a parcel of land in Tuskegee, Alabama, to Tuskegee University.

H 1615 - McKinley
Violent Acts and Gaps in Mental Health Services
04/19/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Provides for a study by the Institute of Medicine on gaps in mental health services and how these gaps can increase the risk of violent acts.

H 1619 - Burgess
Alzheimer's Research Bonds
04/19/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Authorizes the issuance of United States bonds to fund Alzheimer's research.

H 162 - Bachmann
Medicaid Managed Care Independent Audits
01/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends Section 1932 of the Social Security Act to require independent audits and actuarial services under Medicaid managed care programs.

H 1623 - Negrete McLeod
Veterans Affairs Claims Information
04/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make publicly available certain information about pending and completed claims for compensation under the Laws administered by the Secretary.

H 1632 - Southerland
Rural Essential Community Facilities Loans
05/03/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on AGRICULTURE: Referred to Subcommittee on LIVESTOCK, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND CREDIT.
Ensures that the Federal government is able to receive the maximum return on its investment in the rural essential community facilities loan and grant programs and effective services to rural communities.

H 164 - Bilirakis G
Veterans with Disabilities and Military Aircraft Travel
01/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on READINESS.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to permit veterans who have a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total to travel on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired members of the Armed Forces entitled to such travel.

H 1640 - Israel
Cyber Emergencies
05/06/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on INTELLIGENCE, EMERGING THREATS AND CAPABILITIES.
Amends Titles 10 and 32, United States Code, to enhance capabilities to prepare for and respond to cyber emergencies.

H 1646 - Maloney C
Disaster Recovery Loans and Credit Unions
04/18/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FINANCIAL SERVICES.
Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to provide an exception from the member business loan cap for loans made to aid in the recovery from a disaster.

H 1661 - Israel
Medicare and Cancer Patient Treatment Education
04/19/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide comprehensive cancer patient treatment education under the Medicare program and to provide for research to improve cancer symptom management.

H 1666 - Cleaver
Patient Centered Quality of Care Initiative
04/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Creates a patient-centered quality of care initiative for seriously ill patients through the establishment of a stakeholder strategic summit, quality of life education and awareness initiative, health care workforce training, an advisory committee, and palliative care focused research.

H 1668 - Velazquez
Hurricane Sandy Rental Assistance Vouchers
04/23/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on BUDGET.
Increases the number of tenant-based rental assistance vouchers made available for low-income families displaced by Hurricane Sandy.

H 1669 - Velazquez
Public Housing and Disaster Response and Relief
04/23/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FINANCIAL SERVICES.
Requires large public housing agencies to develop disaster response and relief plans to guide and prepare staff and residents of such agencies, the local community, and Federal, State, and local governments for disasters affecting public housing projects.

H 1698 - Green G
Medicaid Continuous Enrollment
04/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for 12-month continuous enrollment of individuals under the Medicaid program and Children's Health Insurance Program.

H 170 - Green G
Occupational Injury Recording Regulation Revision
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND LABOR: Referred to Subcommittee on WORKFORCE PROTECTIONS.
Directs the Secretary of Labor to revise regulations concerning the recording and reporting of occupational injuries and illnesses under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.

H 1700 - Engel
Large Scale Nuclear Disaster Guidance
04/25/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE: Referred to Subcmt on ECO DEV, PUBLIC BLDGS, AND EMERGENCY MNGMT.
Requires the President to issue guidance on Federal response to a large-scale nuclear disaster.

H 1701 - Poe
ICD-10 and HIPAA Standards
04/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services replacing ICD-9 with ICD-10 in implementing the HIPAA code set standards.

H 1702 - Barber
Veterans Affairs and Transportation of Individuals
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transport individuals to and from facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs in connection with rehabilitation, counseling, examination, treatment, and care.

H 1703 - Boustany
Medicaid Long-Term Care Eligibility
04/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to reduce the amount of home equity that is exempted for purposes of determining eligibility for long-term care assistance under Medicaid and to eliminate the State Medicaid maintenance of effort requirement established under Public Law 111-148 with respect to eligibility standards to obtain Medicaid assistance for long-term care services.

H 171 - Green G
Public Health Service and Chiropractic Doctors
01/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appointment of Doctors of Chiropractic to regular and reserve corps of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.

H 1713 - Murphy T
Social Security and Medicare Surplus Safeguarding
04/24/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on BUDGET.
Establishes a procedure to safeguard the surpluses of the Social Security and Medicare hospital insurance trust funds.

H 1714 - Peters S
Elderly Homeless Veterans and Housing Grant Program
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a grant pilot program to provide housing to elderly homeless veterans.

H 1717 - Price T
Durable Medical Equipment Market Pricing Program
04/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a market pricing program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) under Part B of the Medicare program.

H 172 - Green G
State Childrens Health Insurance Continuous Coverage
01/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends Title XXI of the Social Security Act to require 12-month continuous coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

H 1722 - McKinley
Black Lung Benefits Forms Review
04/25/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE.
Directs the Secretary of Labor to conduct a review of the forms related to obtaining workers' compensation benefits under the Federal Black Lung Benefits Program.

H 1724 - Harper
Taxpayer Financing of Presidential Campaigns
04/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Eliminates taxpayer financing of presidential campaigns and party conventions and reprogram savings to provide for a 10-year pediatric research initiative through the Common Fund administered by the National Institutes of Health.

H 1725 - Cartwright
Veteran Health Care Eligibility and Mental Illness
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to provide for unlimited eligibility for health care for mental illnesses for veterans of combat service during certain periods of hostilities and war.

H 1729 - Kirkpatrick
Veterans Affairs and Electronic Records
05/06/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide the service records of veterans to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an efficient, electronic format.

H 173 - Green G
Medicaid and Continuous Coverage for Children
01/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends Title XIX of the Social Security Act to require 12-month continuous coverage for children under Medicaid.

H 1732 - Bass K
Child Welfare Agencies and Human Trafficking
04/25/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE.
Amends Part E of Title IV of the Social Security Act to better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children and serve the needs of children who are victims of human trafficking.

H 1733 - Blackburn
Disaster Response Health Care Services Liability
04/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to limit the liability of health care professionals who volunteer to provide health care services in response to a disaster.

H 1735 - Cassidy
PPACA and Presidential Participation
04/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for participation in the Exchange of the President, Vice President, and Executive cabinet officials in same manner as Members of Congress and Congressional staff.

H 1739 - Enyart
Veterans Affairs and Provisional Benefits
04/25/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay provisional benefits for certain nonadjudicated claims.

H 174 - Green G
Social Security Act Title II and Outside Income
01/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Title II of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving benefits under such Title.

H 1740 - Forbes
Stem Cell Research
04/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Intensifies stem cell research showing evidence of substantial clinical benefit to patients.

H 1742 - Heck J
Veterans Housing and Pension Payments
04/25/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FINANCIAL SERVICES.
Excludes from consideration as income under the United States Housing Act of 1937 payments of pension made under Section 1521 of Title 38, United States Code, to veterans who are in need of regular aid and attendance.

H 1749 - Lee B
Haiti Earthquake Recovery and Development Efforts
06/07/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
Measures the progress of recovery and development efforts in Haiti following the earthquake of January 12, 2010.

H 1753 - Pallone
Sandy Disaster Fisheries Relief Act
04/25/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on BUDGET.
Relates to the Sandy Disaster Fisheries Relief Act; makes supplemental appropriations for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for fisheries disasters.

H 1756 - Posey
Transportation of Supplies Donated to Armed Forces
05/06/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on READINESS.
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transport to any country, without charge, supplies that have been furnished by a nonprofit organization and that are intended for distribution to members of the Armed Forces.

H 1757 - Posey
Total Health Outcomes on Vaccinated Populations
04/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct or support a comprehensive study comparing total health outcomes, including risk of autism, in vaccinated populations in the United States with such outcomes in unvaccinated populations in the United States.

H 1759 - Ruiz
Veterans Affairs and Timeliness of Other Agencies
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress quarterly reports on the timeliness in which the Department of Veterans Affairs receives certain information from other departments or agencies of the United States.

H 1761 - Terry
Medicaid and Podiatric Physicians
04/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title XIX of the Social Security Act to cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by Medicaid beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care, and amends Title XVIII of such Act to modify the requirements for diabetic shoes to be included under Medicare.

H 1767 - Waters
Consumer Credit Reports and Medical Debt
04/26/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FINANCIAL SERVICES.
Excludes from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled.

H 1780 - Camp
PPACA and Federal Employees
05/03/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Provides that the only health plans that the Federal Government may make available to the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, and Federal employees are those created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or offered through a health insurance exchange.

H 1786 - Neugebauer
National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program
04/29/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE: Referred to Subcmt on ECO DEV, PUBLIC BLDGS, AND EMERGENCY MNGMT.
Reauthorizes the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program.

H 1787 - Reed T
Medicare Dependent Hospital Program
04/26/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an extension of the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and the increased payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program.

H 179 - Griffin
Veterans Educational Assistance and Franchise Training
02/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to allow certain veterans to use educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for franchise training.

H 1790 - Bass K
Medicaid and Electronic Health Records
05/03/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend to physician assistants eligibility for Medicaid incentive payments for the adoption and use of certified electronic health records, whether or not such physician assistants practice at a rural health center or Federally qualified health center.

H 1791 - Bilirakis G
Homeland Security and Medical Preparedness
05/06/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on HOMELAND SECURITY: Referred to Subcmt on EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE & COMMUNICATIONS.
Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to codify authority under existing grant guidance authorizing use of Urban Area Security Initiative and State Homeland Security Grant Program funding for enhancing medical preparedness, medical surge capacity, and mass prophylaxis capabilities.

H 1792 - Coffman
Veterans Affairs and Reportable Infectious Diseases
04/26/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report cases of reportable infectious diseases at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs in accordance with State law.

H 1795 - Davis R
Social Security and Government Pension Offset
04/26/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.

H 1796 - Duckworth
Veterans and Civilian Certifications
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Ensures that the education and training provided members of the Armed Forces and veterans better assists members and veterans in obtaining civilian certifications and licenses.

H 1801 - Higgins
Health Insurance and Oral Anticancer Drugs
05/03/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide for coverage of oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the coverage provided for anticancer medications administered by a health care provider.

H 1804 - Huelskamp
Veterans Affairs Foreign Travel Cost Reports
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress semiannual reports on the cost of foreign travel made by employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

H 1805 - Kuster
Veterans Affairs Automatic Processing Report
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress an annual report on the automatic processing of claims for compensation under the Laws administered by the Secretary.

H 1809 - O'Rourke
Veterans Affairs Average Claim Processing Time Notice
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide notice of average times for processing claims and percentage of claims approved.

H 1814 - Schock
Health Coverage Mandates Religious Exemption
04/26/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate.

H 1816 - Veasey
Veterans and STEM Degrees
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to provide additional educational assistance under the Post-9/11 GI Bill for veterans pursuing a degree in science, technology, engineering or math.

H 1821 - Capps
Medicare and Safe Nurse Staffing Levels
05/03/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers.

H 1824 - Meng
Veterans Affairs Regional Office Performance Reports
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress an annual report on the performance of the regional offices of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

H 183 - Grimm
Veterans Dog Training Therapy Pilot Program
01/22/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy.

H 1830 - Capito
Breast Cancer Commission
05/06/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Provides for the establishment of a Commission to Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer.

H 1832 - Bishop T
Fathers of Permanently Disabled Veterans
05/06/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM.
Amends Chapter 21 of Title 5, United States Code, to provide that fathers of certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans shall be included with mothers of such veterans as preference eligibles for treatment in the civil service.

H 1835 - Lowey
Cadet Nurse Corps and Active Military Service
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Provides that service of the members of the organization known as the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II constituted active military service for purposes of Laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

H 1838 - Stivers
Medicaid Primary Care Payment Rate
05/06/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends Title XIX of the Social Security Act to apply the Medicaid primary care payment rate to additional physician providers of primary care services.

H 1840 - Tsongas
Seniors Real Property Tax Abatements and Income Taxes
05/06/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from income and employment taxes real property tax abatements for seniors and disabled individuals in exchange for services.

H 1841 - Welch
PPACA and State Health Care Coverage Innovation Waivers
05/06/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Provides for an earlier start for State health care coverage innovation waivers under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

H 1842 - Cummings
Servicemembers and Mortgage Foreclosures
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to improve the protections for servicemembers, surviving spouses, and disabled veterans against mortgage foreclosures.

H 1845 - Brady K
Medicare IVIG Access and Strengthening Medicare
01/10/2013 - Public Law No. 112-242
Provides for a study on issues relating to access to intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) for Medicare beneficiaries in all care settings and a demonstration project to examine the benefits of providing coverage and payment for items and services necessary to administer IVIG in the home for primary immune deficiency diseases.

H 1853 - Cassidy
Medicaid and Payment to States
05/07/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends Title XIX of the Social Security Act to reform payment to States under the Medicaid program.

H 1855 - Hanabusa
Service in Philippines During World War II
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Requires the Secretary of Defense to establish a process to determine whether individuals claiming certain service in the Philippines during World War II are eligible for certain benefits despite not being on the Missouri List.

H 1857 - McCarthy C
Nurses in Public Schools
05/07/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Makes demonstration grants to eligible local educational agencies for the purpose of reducing the student-to school nurse ratio in public elementary schools and secondary schools.

H 1859 - Schiff
FEMA and Major Disaster Assistance Requests
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE: Referred to Subcmt on ECO DEV, PUBLIC BLDGS, AND EMERGENCY MNGMT.
Revises the process by which the Federal Emergency Management Agency evaluates a request for major disaster assistance.

H 1878 - Diaz-Balart M
State Building Codes
05/09/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE: Referred to Subcmt on ECO DEV, PUBLIC BLDGS, AND EMERGENCY MNGMT.
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to enhance existing programs providing mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes.

H 1885 - Davis S
Veterans Mortgage Bonds and Refinancing
05/08/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow eligible veterans to use qualified veterans mortgage bonds to refinance home loans.

H 1895 - Noem
Forests and Hazardous Fuels Reduction
05/22/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on AGRICULTURE: Referred to Subcommittee on CONSERVATION, ENERGY AND FORESTRY.
Responds to the extreme fire hazard and unsafe conditions resulting from pine beetle infestation, drought, disease, or storm damage by declaring a state of emergency and directing the Secretary of Agriculture to immediately implement hazardous fuels reduction projects in the manner provided in Title I of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003.

H 1902 - Fitzpatrick
Medicare and Post-Mastectomy Items
05/09/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for timely access to post-mastectomy items under Medicare.

H 1903 - McKinley
Black Lung Disease Prevention and Treatment
05/09/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE.
Directs that certain coal mine safety grant funds be directed to study the prevention and treatment of Black Lung Disease.

H 1907 - Schakowsky
Direct Care Nurse to Patient Hospital Staffing Ratios
05/09/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals.

H 1908 - Salmon
PPACA and Premium Tax Credits
05/09/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE.
Repeals certain provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act relating to the premium tax credits and cost-sharing subsidies.

H 1912 - Coffman
PPACA Exchanges and President
05/09/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for participation in the Exchange of the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, political appointees, and Congressional staff.

H 1915 - Engel
Gestational Diabetes Grants
05/09/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Provides grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes.

H 1919 - Latta
Pharmaceutical Distribution Supply Chain
06/04/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the pharmaceutical distribution supply chain.

H 1920 - Lewis Jo
Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments
05/09/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends Titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for a delay in the implementation schedule of the reductions in disproportionate share hospital payments.

H 1936 - Hahn
Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund
05/24/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the United States merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) during World War II.

H 1938 - Jones
Armed Forces Members and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
05/09/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty who are diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury have access to hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

H 1941 - Maloney C
Nursing Mothers Reasonable Break Time
05/09/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE.
Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 regarding reasonable break time for nursing mothers.

H 1953 - Deutch
Fraud Targeting Seniors Advisory Office
05/13/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Establishes an advisory office within the Bureau of Consumer Protection of the Federal Trade Commission to prevent fraud targeting seniors.

H 1957 - Perry
National Cemeteries and Voluntary Veteran Service
05/24/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to accept voluntary services from veterans and veterans service organizations at national cemeteries.

H 1958 - Cummings
Wholesalers and Prescription Drug Purchases
05/14/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Prohibits wholesalers from purchasing prescription drugs from pharmacies, and enhances information and transparency regarding drug wholesalers engaged in interstate commerce.

H 1968 - Engel
Hospital Energy Cost Reduction Pilot Program
05/14/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a pilot program to award grants and loan guarantees to hospitals to carry out projects for the purpose of reducing energy costs and increasing resilience to improve security.

H 1970 - Gohmert
Debt Limit and Prioritization of Payments
05/14/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to ensure that social security benefits are paid, prioritizes payments when the United States is not able to issue new obligations due to the statutory debt limit, and to address a lapse in appropriations to fund the Armed Forces.

H 1975 - Nadler
Pregnancy and Workplace Accomodations
05/14/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Eliminates discrimination and promote women's health and economic security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition.

H 1976 - Pingree
Medicaid and Access to Midwives
05/17/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide access to certified professional midwives for women enrolled in the Medicaid program.

H 1980 - Walz
Veterans Affairs and Medical Examinations
05/24/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from requesting additional medical examinations of veterans who have submitted sufficient medical evidence provided by non-Department medical professionals; improves the efficiency of processing certain claims for disability compensation by veterans.

H 1981 - Miller Ge
Child Abuse and Neglect in Residential Programs
05/15/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE.
Requires certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs.

H 1982 - Reichert
Medicare and Workers Compensation
05/17/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Section 1862 of the Social Security Act with respect to the application of Medicare secondary payer rules to workers' compensation settlement agreements and Medicare set-asides under such agreements.

H 1984 - Lance
Breast Cancer and Reconstruction
05/15/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to raise awareness of, and to educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery, especially patients who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups, regarding the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options.

H 1986 - Lipinski
Armed Forces and Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners
05/15/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Provides for the assignment of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners-Adult/Adolescent to brigades and equivalent units of the Armed Forces.

H 1987 - Sinema
Veterans Burial Benefits
05/24/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of benefits payable for the burial and funeral expenses of certain veterans.

H 1988 - Alexander R
Veterans Education Assistance and Dependents
05/24/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to provide authority for certain members of the Armed Forces to transfer entitlement to Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to their dependents.

H 1989 - Alexander R
Forest System and Mobility Disabilities
05/22/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on AGRICULTURE: Referred to Subcommittee on CONSERVATION, ENERGY AND FORESTRY.
Requires the Forest Service to accommodate, to the extent consistent with the management objectives and limitations applicable to the National Forest System lands at issue, individuals with mobility disabilities who need to use a power-driven mobility device for reasonable access to such lands.

H 1990 - Price T
PPACA Enforcement Prohibition
05/15/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from enforcing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

H 1993 - Forbes
IRS and Employees for Enforcing Health Care
05/15/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Prohibits the Internal Revenue Service from hiring new employees to enforce the Federal Government's invasion into the health care lives of American citizens.

H 2001 - Rangel
Veterans and Telemedicine
05/24/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to improve the ability of health care professionals to treat veterans via telemedicine.

H 2003 - Ryan T
Drug Labeling and Grain or Starch Ingredients
05/17/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the label of drugs intended for human use to contain a parenthetical statement identifying the source of any ingredient constituting or derived from a grain or starch-containing ingredient.

H 2009 - Price T
PPACA Enforcement Prohibition
05/16/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from enforcing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

H 2010 - Barr
PPACA and Congress Members
05/16/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to apply to Delegates and Resident Commissioners to the Congress, and to employees of committees and leadership offices of Congress, the requirement of such Act that the only health plans that the Federal Government may make available to Members of Congress and congressional staff are plans created or offered through an Exchange established under such Act.

H 2011 - Delaney
Veterans Advisory Committee on Education Extension
05/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to provide for a two-year extension of the Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education.

H 2018 - Stivers
Veterans Headstones
05/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to identify the persons who are eligible to request headstones or markers furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

H 2019 - Harper
Taxpayer Financing of Presidential Campaigns
05/17/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Eliminates taxpayer financing of presidential campaigns and party conventions and reprogram savings to provide for a 10-year pediatric research initiative through the Common Fund administered by the National Institutes of Health.

H 2022 - Black
PPACA and IRS
05/17/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Prohibits the implementation or enforcement of any requirement of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act until certifications are made that taxpayer information is not and will not be used for targeting any individual or group that provides information to the Internal Revenue Service for political reasons or on the basis of political views.

H 2023 - Capps
National Action Plan for Responding to Climate Change
05/17/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Directs 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.

H 2027 - Johnson S
Hospitals and Physician Ownership
05/17/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Section 1877 of the Social Security Act to modify the requirements for hospitals to qualify for the rural provider and hospital exception to physician ownership or investment prohibition in order to take into account hospitals that were under construction or development at the time of imposing such requirements, hospital expansions, and hospitals in financial distress.

H 203 - Mulvaney
Accessible Means of Entry to Pools
01/25/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on CONSTITUTION AND CIVIL JUSTICE.
Directs the Attorney General to revise certain rules under Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 relating to accessible means of entry to pools.

H 2030 - Maloney C
Deceptive Advertising of Abortion Services
05/17/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on COMMERCE, MANUFACTURING & TRADE.
Directs the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services.

H 2031 - Markey Ed
Clinical Trial Registry Data Bank
05/16/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends Title IV of the Public Health Service Act to expand the clinical trial registry data bank.

H 2038 - Speier
Food and Nutrition Act and Veterans
06/03/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on AGRICULTURE: Referred to Subcommittee on DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS, OVERSIGHT, AND NUTRITION.
Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand the eligibility of certain veterans while they have disability claims pending under Title 38 of the United States Code.

H 2039 - Titus
Veterans Headstones and Indian Tribe Veteran Cemeteries
05/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones and markers for certain deceased veterans buried in veterans' cemeteries of Indian tribes.

H 2053 - Brady K
Medicare Hospital Wages and Budget Neutrality
05/20/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to apply budget neutrality on a State-specific basis in the calculation of the Medicare hospital wage index floor for non-rural areas.

H 2055 - Roe
Veterans Electronic Health Records Program
05/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Establishes a prize program to award a prize and contract for the development of a fully-integrated electronic health records program for use by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

H 2056 - Schwartz
Veterans and Jobs
05/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the work opportunity credit to certain recently discharged veterans; improves the coordination of veteran job training services between the Department of Labor, the Department of Veteran Affairs, and the Department of Defense; requires transparency for Executive departments in meeting the Government-wide goals for contracting with small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.

H 2058 - Speier
Childhood Cancer Survivorship
05/20/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Improves and enhances research and programs on childhood cancer survivorship.

H 2060 - Van Hollen
Sequester and Budgetary Resource Restoration
05/20/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on AGRICULTURE.
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to restore for the remainder of fiscal year 2013 budgetary resources sequestered on March 1, 2013, for that fiscal year.

H 2063 - Bilirakis G
Veterans Affairs Health Care and World War II Veterans
05/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to improve the health care provided to veterans of World War II at facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

H 2064 - Wasserman
Holocaust Survivors and Social Services
05/21/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE.
Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide social service agencies with the resources to provide services to meet the urgent needs of Holocaust survivors to age in place with dignity, comfort, security, and quality of life.

H 2065 - McKinley
Homeless Veteran Services and Level of Care Codes
05/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to require recipients of per diem payments from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the provision of services for homeless veterans to comply with codes relevant to operations and level of care provided.

H 207 - Schock
Health Care Sharing Ministries Health Savings Accounts
01/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts.

H 2072 - Benishek
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Accountability
05/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to improve the accountability of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

H 2073 - Brady K
Interagency Committee on Pulmonary Hypertension
05/21/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an interagency coordinating committee on pulmonary hypertension to develop recommendations to advance research, increase awareness and education, and improve health and health care.

H 2076 - Kline
Armed Forces Integrated Disability Evaluation System
05/21/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a review of the Integrated Disability Evaluation System of the Armed Forces and to submit to Congress a report on such system.

H 2079 - Radel
Veterans Affairs and Medical Disability Examinations
06/11/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Provides for a three-year extension of the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for the conduct of medical disability examinations by contract physicians.

H 208 - Serrano
Nonprofit Anti-Hunger Group Grants
02/04/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on AGRICULTURE: Referred to Subcommittee on DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS, OVERSIGHT, AND NUTRITION.
Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide greater access to the supplemental nutrition assistance program by reducing duplicative and burdensome administrative requirements, and authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to award grants to certain community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups for the purpose of establishing and implementing a Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot Program for certain socially and economically disadvantaged populations.

H 2084 - Delaney
American Infrastructure Fund
05/22/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Establishes the American Infrastructure Fund, to provide bond guarantees and make loans to States, local governments, and non-profit infrastructure providers for investments in certain infrastructure projects, and to provide equity investments in such projects.

H 2085 - Roskam
Medicare Payment Rates for New Tests
05/24/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Creates incentive for innovative diagnostics by improving the process for determining Medicare payment rates for new tests.

H 2086 - Titus
Disability Compensation Benefits
06/11/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Directs the Secretary to make interim payments of disability compensation benefits for certain claims for such compensation prior to the adjudication of such claims.

H 2087 - Black
PPACA and Patient Navigator Programs
05/22/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Prohibits Federal funds for the establishment or operation of patient navigator programs under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

H 2088 - Michaud
Veterans Affairs and Claims Adjudication
05/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to establish claims adjudication centers of excellence.

H 2090 - Griffith M
Fast Track Products
05/22/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends Chapter V of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to permit provisional approval of fast track products.

H 2091 - Bachmann
POW/MIA Flag
05/22/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Amends Title 36, United States Code, to require that the POW/MIA flag be displayed on all days that the flag of the United States is displayed on certain Federal property.

H 2094 - Roe
Asthma-Related Grants
05/24/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to increase the preference given, in awarding certain asthma-related grants, to certain States those allowing trained school personnel to administer epinephrine and meeting other related requirements.

H 2101 - Deutch
Eating Disorders
05/22/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE.
Amends the Public Health Service Act with respect to eating disorders.

H 2102 - Esty
School Construction Assistance After Crisis
05/22/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE.
Provides financial assistance for school construction after a violent or traumatic crisis.

H 2103 - Frelinghuysen
National Urban Search and Rescue System
05/22/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the National Urban Search and Rescue System.

H 2104 - Frelinghuysen
Misuse of Social Security Numbers
05/22/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Title 18, United States Code, and the Social Security Act; limits the misuse of Social Security numbers; establishes criminal penalties for such misuse.

H 211 - Serrano
Proof of Citizenship and Medicaid Eligible Mothers
01/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends Title XIX of the Social Security Act to waive the requirement for proof of citizenship during the first year of life for children born in the United States to a Medicaid-eligible mother.

H 2118 - Pascrell
Sports-Related Concussions in Youth
05/22/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Reduces sports-related concussions in youth.

H 2119 - Ruiz
Veterans Appeals Hearings and Video Conferencing
05/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to improve the opportunity for veterans to use video conferencing for hearings before the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

H 2123 - Thompson G
Medicaid and Supplemental Need Trusts
05/23/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends Title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend the Medicaid rules regarding supplemental needs trusts for Medicaid beneficiaries to trusts established by those beneficiaries.

H 2125 - Shuster
Obamacare Prevention
06/03/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES: Referred to Subcommittee on INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE AFFAIRS.
Prevents implementation and enforcement of Obamacare.

H 2130 - Cartwright
Drug Abuse Treatment
05/23/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide grants for treatment of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy), and phencyclidine (PCP) abuse.

H 2132 - Wilson F
Natural Hazards Reduction Programs
05/24/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE: Referred to Subcmt on ECO DEV, PUBLIC BLDGS, AND EMERGENCY MNGMT.
Reauthorizes Federal natural hazards reduction programs.

H 2133 - Poe
Veterans and Work Opportunity Tax Credit
05/23/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the work opportunity tax credit for veterans and to allow an exemption from an employer's employment taxes in an amount equivalent to the value of such credit in the case of veterans.

H 2134 - Brooks S
Charity Sponsored Pension Plans
05/23/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Provides an election for funding parity for charity-sponsored pension plans.

H 2135 - Olson
Automated External Defibrillators Liability Protections
05/23/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to clarify liability protections regarding emergency use of automated external defibrillators.

H 2138 - McCarthy K
Veterans Affairs and Disability Claim Backlog
06/11/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to resolve the backlog of disability claims of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

H 2142 - Bishop T
Veterans Service Organizations Facility Rehabilitation
05/23/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FINANCIAL SERVICES.
Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to set-aside community development block grant amounts in each fiscal year for grants to local chapters of veterans service organizations for rehabilitation of their facilities.

H 2143 - Blackburn
Preventive Services Task Force Operations
05/24/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title IX of the Public Health Service Act to revise the operations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force.

H 2148 - Carson A
Synthetic Drug Awareness
05/23/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 to increase public awareness about the dangers of synthetic drugs through the national youth antidrug media campaign.

H 2150 - Cook
Homeless Veterans Reintegration Programs
06/11/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to provide for a five-year extension to the homeless veterans reintegration programs.

H 2151 - DeFazio
Veterans and Work-Study Allowances
06/11/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to authorize individuals who are pursuing programs of rehabilitation, education, or training under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to receive work-study allowances for certain outreach services provided through congressional offices.

H 2153 - Doyle
Veterans Health Facilities and Infectious Diseases
06/11/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to require the reporting of cases of infectious diseases at facilities of the Veterans Health Administration.

H 2154 - Duncan Jo
Social Security COLA and Monthly Consumer Price Index
05/23/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE.
Mandates the monthly formulation and publication of a consumer price index specifically for senior citizens for the purpose of establishing an accurate Social Security COLA for such citizens.

H 2156 - Fincher
Disasters and Insurance Claim Adjustment
05/23/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FINANCIAL SERVICES.
Encourages uniformity and reciprocity among States that license insurance claims adjusters and to facilitate prompt and efficient adjusting of insurance claims in the case of natural and other disasters and losses.

H 2165 - Heck J
PPACA Repeal and Health Insurance Reforms
05/23/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide individual and group market reforms to protect health insurance consumers, to make such reforms and protections contingent on the enactment of legislation repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

H 2166 - Heck J
Good Samaritan Search-and-Recovery Missions
06/06/2013 - Subcommittee on PUBLIC LANDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION hearings held.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture to expedite access to certain Federal lands under the administrative jurisdiction of each Secretary for Good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions.

H 2169 - Higgins
Veterans Affairs and Educational Assistance Time Limit
06/11/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the time limitation for use of eligibility and entitlement to educational assistance under certain programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

H 217 - Black
Abortions and Family Planning Grants
01/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends Title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions.

H 2178 - Kind
Students and Physical Education
05/23/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE.
Authorizes a grant program to promote physical education, activity, and fitness and nutrition, and to ensure healthy students.

H 2179 - Kind
Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
05/23/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Provides for the publication by the Secretary of Human Services of physical activity guidelines for Americans.

H 2181 - Latham
Nursing Facilities and Directors of Food Services
05/23/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends Titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act with respect to the qualification of the director of food services of a Medicare skilled nursing facility or a Medicaid nursing facility.

H 2186 - Markey Ed
Drug Product Compounding
05/24/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the compounding of drug products.

H 2187 - Meehan
Veterans' Treatment Courts
05/23/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize veterans' treatment courts and encourage services for veterans.

H 2189 - Miller J
Veterans Affairs Claims Backlog Task Force
06/11/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Establishes a commission or task force to evaluate the backlog of disability claims of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

H 219 - Denham
Disaster Assistance for Hurricane Sandy
01/14/2013 - In HOUSE. Passed HOUSE. *****To SENATE.
Improves and streamlines disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy.

H 2194 - Paulsen
Health Savings Accounts
05/23/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve access to health care through expanded health savings accounts.

H 2205 - Tsongas
Groundwork USA and Nonprofit Organization Grants
05/23/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on FINANCIAL SERVICES.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Groundwork USA national office, to provide grants to certain nonprofit organizations.

H 2210 - Young C
Veterans Affairs Educational Assistance Program
06/11/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to expand the eligibility of children of certain deceased veterans to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

H 2211 - Miller Ga
Medical Debt Verification Timetable
05/24/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FINANCIAL SERVICES.
Amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to provide for a timetable for verification of medical debt and to increase the efficiency of credit markets with more perfect information.

H 2216 - Culberson
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs
06/06/2013 - To SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
Relates to the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014; makes appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes.

H 222 - Poe
World War I Memorials
01/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES: Referred to Subcommittee on PUBLIC LANDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION.
Amends the World War I Centennial Commission Act to provide for the designation of memorials to the service of members of the United States Armed Forces in World War I.

H 2225 - Hanabusa
Memorial Day Traditional Day of Observance
06/03/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Restores the traditional day of observance of Memorial Day.

H 2229 - Ross D
Social Security Numbers
06/03/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Requires the Commissioner of Social Security to issue uniform standards for the method for truncation of Social Security account numbers in order to protect such numbers from being used in the perpetration of fraud or identity theft and to provide for a prohibition on the display to the general public on the Internet of Social Security account numbers by State and local governments and private entities.

H 2240 - Blumenauer
Marijuana Sales and Tax Deductions and Credits
06/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow deductions and credits relating to expenditures in connection with marijuana sales conducted in compliance with State law.

H 2241 - Diaz-Balart M
Disaster Resilient Property Tax Credit
06/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for owning certain disaster resilient property.

H 2244 - Griffin
Little Rock Recruiting Station Attack
06/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Designates the attack that occurred at a recruiting station in Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 1, 2009, in which Private William Long of the United States Army was killed and Private Quinton Ezeagwula of the United States Army was wounded, as an international terrorist attack for which the two soldiers are to be awarded the Purple Heart.

H 2246 - Lujan
Individuals with Disabilities and State Penalties
06/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE.
Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in order to limit the penalties to a State that does not meet its maintenance of effort level of funding to a one-time penalty.

H 2249 - Moran Ja
Survivor Benefit Plan and Disabled Dependent Children
06/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to provide for the payment of monthly annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to a supplemental or special needs trust established for the sole benefit of a disabled dependent child of a participant in the Survivor Benefit Plan.

H 225 - Capps
National Pediatric Research Network
02/07/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends Title IV of the Public Health Service Act to provide for a National Pediatric Research Network, including with respect to pediatric rare diseases or conditions.

H 2257 - Wilson F
Job Creation Grants
06/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE.
Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to create a pilot program to award grants to units of general local government and community-based organizations to create jobs.

H 2268 - Loebsack
Student Service-Learning Program
06/05/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE.
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize a national elementary and secondary service-learning program that promotes student academic achievement.

H 2275 - Slaughter
Charity Payments for Certain Firefighters
06/06/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Treats payments by charitable organizations with respect to certain firefighters as exempt payments.

H 2284 - Terry
Veterans and Salute During Pledge of Allegiance
06/06/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Amends title 4, United States Code, to authorize members of the Armed Forces not in uniform and veterans to render a military salute during the recitation of the pledge of allegiance.

H 2285 - Matheson
Antimicrobial Resistance
06/06/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to enhance efforts to address antimicrobial resistance.

H 2286 - Roybal-Allard
Evidence Based Maternity Care
06/06/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Promotes optimal maternity outcomes by making evidence-based maternity care a national priority.

H 2298 - Peters G
Petroleum Coke Public Health Study
06/06/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to conduct a study on the public health and environmental impacts of the production, transportation, storage, and use of petroleum coke.

H 2301 - Reed T
Clinical Trial Registry Data Bank Reporting
06/06/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to enhance the clinical trial registry data bank reporting requirements and enforcement measures.

H 2302 - Reed T
Medicare Hospice Programs
06/06/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to strengthen and protect Medicare hospice programs.

H 2305 - Roskam
Medicare and Medicaid Waste and Fraud
06/10/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to curb waste, fraud, and abuse in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

H 2308 - Capps
CPR and Defibrilator Training in Public Schools
06/11/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a program to provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training in public elementary and secondary schools.

H 2310 - Hanna
Memorial Headstones for Veterans
06/11/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make available for purchase Department of Veterans Affairs memorial headstones and markers for members of reserve components who performed certain training.

H 2315 - Gerlach
Orphan Drug Execption on Branded Pharmeceuticals
06/11/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Clarifies the orphan drug exception to the annual fee on branded prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers.

H 2319 - Mullin
Native American Veterans Memorial
06/11/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES.
Clarifies certain provisions of the Native American Veterans' Memorial Establishment Act of 1994.

H 232 - Harper
Implanted Infusion Pumps and Payments to Pharmacies
01/14/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit direct payment to pharmacies for certain compounded drugs that are prepared by the pharmacies for a specific beneficiary for use through an implanted infusion pump.

H 2321 - Norton
Mayoral Authority Over the National Guard of DC
06/11/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Extends to the Mayor of the District of Columbia the same authority over the National Guard of the District of Columbia as the Governors of the several States exercise over the National Guard of those States with respect to administration of the National Guard and its use to respond to natural disasters and other civil disturbances; ensures that the President retains control of the National Guard of the District of Columbia to respond to homeland defense emergencies.

H 2322 - Peters S
Economic and Social Costs of Extreme Weather Events
06/11/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
Minimizes the economic and social costs resulting from losses of life, property, well-being, business activity, and economic growth associated with extreme weather events; ensures that the United States is more resilient to the impacts of extreme weather events in the short- and long-term.

H 2327 - Miller J
Veterans Economic Opportunity Administration
06/12/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a Veterans Economic Opportunity Administration.

H 2329 - Smith Ad
Medicare Claim Submission Periods
06/12/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a maximum period of 2 years for submissions of Medicare part B claims originally submitted by hospitals as Medicare part A claims and of 60 days for certain such submissions for one-day stays.

H 2330 - Bilirakis G
Audiology Services for Medicare Benificiaries
06/12/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide comprehensive audiology services to Medicare beneficiaries.

H 2332 - Kilmer
Adoption of Special Needs Children in Indian Tribes
06/12/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to recognize Indian tribal governments for purposes of determining under the adoption credit whether a child has special needs.

H 2341 - Rooney
Eligibility for Veterans Pensions
06/12/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to consider the resources of individuals applying for pension that were recently disposed of by the individuals for less than fair market value when determining the eligibility of such individuals for such pension.

H 2344 - Sessions P
Treatment of Brain Injuries and PTSD in Armed Forces
06/12/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Directs the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program for investigational treatment of members of the Armed Forces for traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder.

H 235 - Kinzinger
Veterans with Emergency Medical Training
02/13/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to States to streamline State requirements and procedures for veterans with military emergency medical training to become civilian emergency medical technicians.

H 2352 - Schakowsky
Disabled Access for Federally Assisted Houses
06/13/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FINANCIAL SERVICES.
Requires all newly constructed, federally assisted, single-family houses and town houses to meet minimum standards of visitability for persons with disabilities.

H 2358 - Cohen
Veterans Affairs Preference to Local Contractors
06/13/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to give preference to local contractors.

H 2363 - Honda
Health Information Technology Innovation
06/13/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on SMALL BUSINESS.
Fosters further innovation and entrepreneurship in the health information technology sector.

H 240 - Ross D
Reinsurance for State Natural Catastrophe Insurance
01/14/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FINANCIAL SERVICES.
Establishes a program to provide reinsurance for State natural catastrophe insurance programs to help the United States better prepare for and protect its citizens against the ravages of natural catastrophes, to encourage and promote mitigation and prevention for, and recovery and rebuilding from such catastrophes, and to better assist in the financial recovery from such catastrophes.

H 241 - Ross D
Veterans Affairs and Standards of Access to Health Care
05/21/2013 - Subcommittee on HEALTH hearings held.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish standards of access to care for veterans seeking health care from Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities.

H 244 - Schakowsky
Nonemergency Physician Services Availability
01/14/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Assures that the services of a nonemergency department physician are available to hospital patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week in all non-Federal hospitals with at least 100 licensed beds.

H 247 - Schweikert
Debt Limit and Prioritization of Obligations
01/14/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Requires that the United States Government prioritize all obligations on the debt held by the public, Social Security benefits, and military pay in the event that the debt limit is reached.

H 257 - Shea-Porter
Veterans Health Equity Act of 2013
01/22/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Relates to the Veterans Health Equity Act of 2013; amends Title 38, United States Code, to ensure that veterans in each of the 48 contiguous States are able to receive services in at least one full-service hospital of the Veterans Health Administration in the State or receive comparable services provided by contract in the State.

H 261 - Schakowsky
Public Health Insurance Option
01/15/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to establish a public health insurance option.

H 263 - Grimm
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act
01/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES: Referred to Subcmt on FISHERIES, WILDLIFE, OCEANS AND INSULAR AFFAIRS.
Reauthorizes and amends the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act.

H 27 - Velazquez
Social Security Act
01/25/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on REGULATORY REFORM, COMMERCIAL AND ANTITRUST LAW.
Amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS), and for other purposes.

H 272 - Farr
General William H Gourley Federal Outpatient Clinic
01/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense joint outpatient clinic to be constructed in Marina, California, as the General William H. Gourley Federal Outpatient Clinic: A Joint VA-DOD Health Care Facility.

H 274 - Barber
Mental Health First Aid Training Program Grants
01/18/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Section 520J of the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for mental health first aid training programs.

H 28 - Velazquez
Small Business Act
01/03/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on SMALL BUSINESS.
Amends the Small Business Act to provide loan guarantees for the acquisition of health information technology by eligible professionals in solo and small group practices, and for other purposes.

H 286 - Green G
Income Tax Exemption
01/15/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income certain State foster care program payments made to the biological parents of disabled children.

H 288 - Michaud
CHAMPVA Program and Maximum Age of Children
05/21/2013 - Subcommittee on HEALTH hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program.

H 29 - Velazquez
Public Health Service Act
01/04/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to improve the provision of medical services to the homeless.

H 293 - Nugent
Army Combat Action Badge Retroactive Eligibility
01/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Expands retroactive eligibility of the Army Combat Action Badge to include members of the Army who participated in combat during which they personally engaged, or were personally engaged by, the enemy at any time on or after December 7, 1941.

H 297 - Pitts
Childrens Hospitals and Graduate Medical Education
02/07/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals.

H 303 - Bilirakis G
Retired Servicemembers and Service Related Disabilities
02/04/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to permit additional retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation and to eliminate the phase-in period under current law with respect to such concurrent receipt.

H 307 - Rogers M
Public Health Security and All Hazards Preparedness
03/13/2013 - Public Law No. 113-5
Creates the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act 0f 2013; strengthens national preparedness and response for public health emergencies; optimizes state and local all-hazards preparedness and response; enhances medical countermeasure review; accelerates medical countermeasure advanced research and development.

H 318 - Hall R
Wall of Remembrance and Korean War Memorial
01/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES: Referred to Subcommittee on PUBLIC LANDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION.
Authorizes a Wall of Remembrance as part of the Korean War Veterans Memorial and to allow certain private contributions to fund that Wall of Remembrance.

H 32 - Wilson J
Survivor Annuities
01/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan for military surviving spouses to offset the receipt of veterans dependency and indemnity compensation.

H 331 - Calvert
Veteran Enrollment in Education Centralized Reporting
02/04/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit the centralized reporting of veteran enrollment by certain groups, districts, and consortiums of educational institutions.

H 333 - Bishop S
Disabled Service Members Compensation
02/04/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability rated less than 50 percent to receive concurrent payment of both retired pay and veterans' disability compensation, to eliminate the phase-in period for concurrent receipt, and to extend eligibility for concurrent receipt to Chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service.

H 346 - Nunnelee
PPACA and Federal Abortion Funding Ban
01/25/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to ensure that the coverage offered under multi-State qualified health plans offered in Exchanges is consistent with the Federal abortion funding ban.

H 348 - Rangel
Professional Service Business Employment Tax Treatment
01/22/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Social Security Act to provide for employment tax treatment of professional service businesses.

H 351 - Roe
PPACA and Independent Payment Advisory Board
01/25/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Repeals the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board.

H 357 - Miller J
Veterans and In State Tuition Rates
06/03/2013 - In HOUSE. Placed on HOUSE Union Calendar.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to require courses of education provided by public institutions of higher education that are approved for purposes of the educational assistance programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to charge veterans tuition and fees at the in-state tuition rate.

H 359 - Scott R
National Center for Campus Public Safety
02/28/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on CRIME, TERRORISM, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Establishes and operates a National Center for Campus Public Safety.

H 36 - Dent
Emergency Medical Services
01/04/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Improves access to emergency medical services, and for other purposes.

H 365 - Pierluisi
TANF and US Territories
02/04/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS: Referred to Subcommittee on HUMAN RESOURCES.
Amends the Social Security Act to eliminate the cap on certain payments under the TANF program to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa.

H 369 - Benishek
Veterans and Hearing Loss
02/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of service connection for certain veterans with tinnitus or hearing loss.

H 37 - Barrow
Portions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
01/04/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Repeals portions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to reduce Federal Government spending and to reduce the salaries of Members of Congress, and for other purposes.

H 370 - Blackburn
Social Security Surplus Protection Account
02/04/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS: Referred to Subcommittee on SOCIAL SECURITY.
Amends Title II of the Social Security Act to establish a Social Security Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund to hold the Social Security surplus, to provide for suspension of investment of amounts held in the account until enactment of legislation providing for investment of the Trust Fund in investment vehicles other than obligations of the United States, and to establish a Social Security Investment Commission.

H 38 - Fleming
Seniors To File Their Federal Income Tax on a New Form
01/03/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Allows seniors to file their Federal income tax on a new Form 1040SR.

H 384 - Green A
HUD and Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs
05/16/2013 - To SENATE Committee on BANKING, HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS.
Establishes the position of Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs in the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

H 385 - Green A
Disabled Veterans and Grants for Home Rehabilitation
01/23/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FINANCIAL SERVICES.
Establishes a pilot program to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled and low-income veterans.

H 386 - Green A
Housing Assistance for Very Low Income Veterans
01/23/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Provides housing assistance for very low-income veterans.

H 387 - Green G
Social Security and Outside Income
02/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS: Referred to Subcommittee on SOCIAL SECURITY.
Amends Title II of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving benefits under such title.

H 390 - Hastings A
National Emergency Centers on Military Installations
02/21/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on INTELLIGENCE, EMERGING THREATS AND CAPABILITIES.
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish national emergency centers on military installations.

H 393 - Honda
Domestic Violence Programs
02/28/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on CRIME, TERRORISM, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Consolidates, improves, and reauthorizes programs that support families and victims in the justice system affected by domestic violence.

H 4057 - Bilirakis G
Outreach and Transparency to Veterans
01/10/2013 - Public Law No. 112-249
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop a comprehensive policy to improve outreach and transparency to veterans and members of the Armed Forces through the provision of information on institutions of higher learning; requires a system for tracking and publishing feedback from students and state approving agencies regarding the quality of instruction, recruiting practices, and post-graduation employment placement of such institutions that will allow institutions to upgrade their programs.

H 41 - Garrett
National Flood Insurance Program
01/06/2013 - Public Law No. 113-1
Increases temporarily the borrowing authority of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for carrying out the National Flood Insurance Program.

H 411 - Tonko
Fort McClellan Veterans Registry
02/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a registry of certain veterans who were stationed at Fort McClellan, Alabama.

H 413 - Welch
Medicare and Oral Only ESRD Related Drugs
02/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Eliminates the 2-year delay in including oral-only ESRD-related drugs in the Medicare ESRD prospective payment system, as provided under section 632(b)(1) of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.

H 418 - Ros-Lehtinen
Medicare Fraud Penalties
02/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Reduces Medicare waste, fraud, and abuse by providing for enhanced penalties to combat Medicare and Medicaid fraud, creates a Medicare data-mining system, and requires a study on applying biometric technology.

H 422 - Franks
Education Investment Donations Tax Credit
01/25/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a credit which is dependent on enactment of State qualified scholarship tax credits and which is allowed against the Federal income tax for charitable contributions to education investment organizations that provide assistance for elementary and secondary education.

H 449 - Miller J
Firearm Registry Amnesty Period
02/28/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on CRIME, TERRORISM, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Provides an amnesty period during which veterans and their family members can register certain firearms in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record.

H 45 - Bachmann
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
05/22/2013 - In SENATE. Read second time. Placed on Legislative Calendar under General Orders.
Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

H 453 - Cassidy
Hurricane Isaac Disaster Area Tax Relief
02/04/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
Provides tax relief with respect to the Hurricane Isaac disaster area.

H 454 - Fattah
Corporal Michael J Crescenz Medical Center
02/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Designates the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs located at 3900 Woodland Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the "Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".

H 460 - McKinley
Specialty Tier Prescription Drug Co-payment Limits
02/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends Title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to limit co-payment, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a specialty drug tier to the dollar amount (or its equivalent) of such requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tier.

H 466 - Capuano
Deceased Individuals and Social Security Numbers
02/14/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS: Referred to Subcommittee on SOCIAL SECURITY.
Amends Title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Commissioner of Social Security from publishing the Social Security Numbers of deceased individuals in the Death Master File.

H 467 - Connolly
PPACA and Medicaid Expansion Federal Funds
02/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends Title XIX of the Social Security Act to redistribute Federal funds that would otherwise be made available to States that do not provide for the Medicaid expansion in accordance with the Affordable Care Act to those States electing to provide those Medicaid benefits.

H 470 - Connolly
Federal Executive Boards and Areas Outside Washington
02/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM.
Improves the efficiency of Federal Executive Boards to enhance the coordination, economy, and effectiveness of Federal agency activities, including emergency preparedness and continuity of operations, in geographic areas outside the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.

H 473 - Connolly
Medicare Nursing Facilities and Food Services Directors
02/14/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act with respect to the qualification of the director of food services of a Medicare skilled nursing facility or a Medicaid nursing facility.

H 475 - Gerlach
Taxable Vaccines and Influenza Vaccine
02/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include vaccines against seasonal influenza within the definition of taxable vaccines.

H 478 - Gingrey
E-Verify Program
02/28/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on IMMIGRATION AND BORDER SECURITY.
Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) to make the E-Verify Program permanent and mandatory, and provides for certain changes to procedures for participants in the Program.

H 48 - Bishop T
Internal Revenue Code
01/03/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that installment sales treatment shall not fail to apply to property acquired for conservation purposes by a State or local government or certain tax-exempt organizations merely because purchase funds are held in a sinking or similar fund pursuant to State law.

H 481 - Heck J
Filipino Veterans Fund and Proof of Service
02/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to accept certain documents as proof of service in determining the eligibility of an individual to receive amounts from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund.

H 485 - Johnson E
National Nurse for Public Health
02/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Establishes the position of National Nurse for Public Health, to be filled by the same individual serving as the Chief Nurse Officer of the Public Health Service.

H 486 - Keating
Abuse Deterrent Drug Development Incentives
02/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to incentivize the development of abuse-deterrent drugs.

H 487 - McMorris Rodger
Medicare Primary Care Graduate Education Pilot Program
02/14/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Provides for a Medicare primary care graduate medical education pilot project in order to improve access to the primary care workforce.

H 500 - Grayson
Medicare Buy In Option
02/14/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an option for any citizen or permanent resident of the United States to buy into Medicare.

H 509 - Harper
Youths with Disabilities and Transition to Adulthood
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION & WORKFORCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE TRAINING.
Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to authorize grants for the transition of youths with significant disabilities to adulthood.

H 510 - Harper
Youths with Disabilities and Transition to Adulthood
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION & WORKFORCE: Referred to Subcommittee on EARLY CHILDHOOD, ELEMEN. & SECOND. EDUCATION.
Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to make improvements to the individualized education program under that Act and facilitate the transition of children with disabilities to adulthood.

H 514 - Hastings A
Tax Overpayments and Disaster Relief
02/06/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE: Referred to Subcmt on ECO DEV, PUBLIC BLDGS, AND EMERGENCY MNGMT.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals to designate overpayments of income tax for disaster relief.

H 523 - Paulsen
Internal Revenue Code
02/06/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical devices.

H 526 - Yarmuth
Mountaintop Coal Removal
02/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES: Referred to Subcommittee on ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES.
Relates to a moratorium on permitting the removal of Mountaintop coal mining until health studies are conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes.

H 541 - Eshoo
Preterm Labor and Delivery
02/06/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Reduces preterm labor and delivery; relates to the risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, with respect to the reduction of infant mortality caused by prematurity.

H 543 - Gibson
United States Code
02/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends title 38, United States Code; clarifies presumptions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes.

H 546 - Grijalva
Workforce Investment Act
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION & WORKFORCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE TRAINING.
Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998; prepares individuals with multiple barriers to employment to enter the workforce; providing such individuals with support services, job training, and education, and for other purposes.

H 549 - Grimm
Internal Revenue Code of 1986
02/06/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; provides for the creation of policyholder disaster protection funds; relates to Catastrophe Savings Accounts, and tax credits for natural disaster mitigation expenditures.

H 552 - Hinojosa
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
02/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that the South Texas Veterans Affairs Health Care Center in Harlingen, Texas, includes a full-service Department of Veterans Affairs inpatient health care facility.

H 554 - Jeffries
Homeowners Affected
02/06/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FINANCIAL SERVICES.
Provides relief to homeowners affected by Superstorm Sandy who have mortgages insured by the FHA, or owned or guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, and for other purposes.

H 556 - Johnson S
Internal Revenue Code of 1986
02/06/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; requires individuals to include their social security Numbers on the income tax return as a condition of claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit, and for other purposes.

H 558 - King P
Capitol Flown Flags
02/06/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on HOUSE ADMINISTRATION.
Provides Capitol-flown flags to the immediate family of fire fighters, law enforcement officers, emergency medical technicians, and other rescue workers who are killed in the line of duty.

H 562 - Miller J
Veterans Retraining Assistance Program
04/25/2013 - Forwarded by subcommittee to full committee (amended).
Provides for a three-month extension of the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

H 564 - Pallone
Social Security Act
02/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends title V of the Social Security Act to extend funding for family-to-family health information centers to help families of children with disabilities or special health care needs make informed choices about health care for their children.

H 565 - Pallone
Public Health Service Act
02/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends title III of the Public Health Service Act to authorize and support the creation of cardiomyopathy education, awareness, and risk assessment materials and resources by the Secretary of Health and Human Services through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the dissemination of such materials and resources by State educational agencies to identify more at-risk families.

H 567 - Rokita
Social Security Act
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND LABOR: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH, EMPLOYMENT, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Social Security Act to replace the Medicaid program and the Children's Health Insurance program with a block grant to the States, and for other purposes.

H 569 - Runyan
Veteran Compensation
04/25/2013 - Forwarded by subcommittee to full committee.
Increases effective as of December 1, 2013, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes.

H 570 - Runyan
Annual Cost of Living Adjustments
05/22/2013 - To SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments to be made automatically by law each year in the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans.

H 574 - Schwartz
Social Security Act
02/14/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reform Medicare payment for physicians' services by eliminating the sustainable growth rate system and providing incentives for the adoption of innovative payment and delivery models to improve quality and efficiency.

H 577 - Stockman
Mentally Incompetent Persons
02/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes.

H 581 - Turner M
Internal Revenue Code
02/06/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain emergency medical devices from the excise tax on medical devices, and for other purposes.

H 588 - Young D
Donor Contribution
06/03/2013 - In SENATE. Passed SENATE. *****To HOUSE for concurrence.
Provides for donor contribution acknowledgments to be displayed at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center, and for other purposes.

H 589 - Young C
Organ Transplant Act
02/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends the National Organ Transplant Act to prevent the sale of bone marrow and umbilical cord blood, and for other purposes.

H 592 - Smith C
Disaster Relief and Houses of Worship
03/13/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS.
Relates to the Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act of 2013; amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to clarify that houses of worship are eligible for certain disaster relief and emergency assistance on terms equal to other eligible private nonprofit facilities.

H 594 - Burgess
Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance
02/08/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Reauthorizes and extends the Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research, and Education Amendments of 2008.

H 595 - Butterfield
Post 9/11 Educational Assistance Tuition And Fees
02/22/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to provide equity for tuition and fees for individuals entitled to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs who are pursuing programs of education at institutions of higher learning.

H 602 - Miller J
Treatment as Adjudicated Mentally Incompetent
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Discharged from subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes.

H 604 - Pingree
Post 9/11 Educational Assistance Eligibility
02/08/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to provide for the eligibility under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of certain individuals with service-connected disabilities who transfer to reserve components before discharge from the Armed Forces.

H 607 - Thornberry
PPACA and Sequestration Delays
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND LABOR: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH, EMPLOYMENT, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Delays until 2016 provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act scheduled to take effect in 2014 or 2015 and to delay the application of sequestration until 2014.

H 61 - Blackburn
Public Health Service Act
01/03/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Amends title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions, and for other purposes.

H 610 - Smith C
Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee
02/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Provides for the establishment of the Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee.

H 611 - Smith C
Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee
02/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Provides for the expansion of Federal efforts concerning the prevention, education, treatment, and research activities related to Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, including the establishment of a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee.

H 629 - Schakowsky
Violence Against Immigrant Women
04/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on CRIME, TERRORISM, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Provides protections against violence against immigrant women.

H 631 - Flores
Transition Assistance Program Requirements
04/25/2013 - Forwarded by subcommittee to full committee (amended).
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to provide requirements for the contents of the Transition Assistance Program.

H 6328 - Hochul
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security
01/14/2013 - Public Law No. 112-271
Amends title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to transfer unclaimed clothing recovered at airport security checkpoints to local veterans organizations and other local charitable organizations.

H 635 - Pearce
Veterans Affairs and Community Health Care Providers
02/22/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts with community health care providers to improve access to health care for veterans in highly rural areas.

H 643 - Burgess
Energy Efficient Lighting Containing Mercury
02/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on ENERGY AND POWER.
Provides that no Federal or State requirement to increase energy efficient lighting in public buildings shall require a hospital, school, day care center, mental health facility, or nursing home to install or utilize such energy efficient lighting if the lighting contains mercury.

H 647 - Crenshaw
Family Member With Disabilities Care Account and Taxes
02/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of able accounts established under State programs for the care of family members with disabilities.

H 649 - Deutch
Social Security Benefits
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND LABOR: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH, EMPLOYMENT, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends Title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make improvements in the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, provides for cash relief for years for which annual COLAs do not take effect under certain cash benefit programs, and provides for Social Security benefit protection.

H 658 - Latta
Arthur Jibilian Congressional Medal of Honor
02/28/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Authorizes and requests the President to award the Congressional Medal of Honor to Arthur Jibilian for actions behind enemy lines during World War II while a member of the United States Navy and the Office of Strategic Services.

H 660 - Lee B
National Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium
02/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to create a National Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium to provide grants and coordinate research with respect to the causes of, and risk factors associated with, neuromyelitis optica.

H 669 - Pallone
Child Health
02/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life.

H 670 - Pierluisi
Social Security Enrollment and Puerto Rico
02/19/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Part B of the Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to apply deemed enrollment to residents of Puerto Rico and to provide a special enrollment period and a reduction in the late enrollment penalties for certain residents of Puerto Rico.

H 671 - Pingree
Military Sexual Trauma and Disability Compensation
06/06/2013 - To SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to improve the disability compensation evaluation procedure of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for veterans with mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma.

H 672 - Rahall
Opioid Treatment Assistance and Federal Oversight
04/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on CRIME, TERRORISM, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Provides for increased Federal oversight of prescription opioid treatment and assistance to States in reducing opioid abuse, diversion, and deaths.

H 679 - Walz
Reserves Service and Veteran Status
04/17/2013 - Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE & MEMORIAL AFFAIRS hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve components of certain persons by honoring them with status as veterans under law.

H 683 - Smith A
Military Spouses and State Definitions
03/14/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends Titles 10, 32, 37, and 38 of the United States Code, to add a definition of spouse for purposes of military personnel policies and military and veteran benefits that recognizes new State definitions of spouse.

H 689 - Blumenauer
Marijuana Rescheduling and Medical Use
04/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on CRIME, TERRORISM, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Provides for the rescheduling of marijuana and for the medical use of marijuana in accordance with the Laws of the various States.

H 698 - Capps
Organs Infected With HIV Safeguards and Standards
04/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on CRIME, TERRORISM, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish safeguards and standards of quality for research and transplantation of organs infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

H 7 - Boehner
Taxpayer Funded Abortions
05/14/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Prohibits taxpayer funded abortions.

H 705 - Carter
Fort Hood Attack Victims Benefits
03/06/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Ensures that the victims and victims' families of the November 5, 2009, attack at Fort Hood, Texas, receive the same treatment and benefits as those Americans who have been killed or wounded in a combat zone overseas and their families.

H 708 - Doyle
Federal Research Public Access Policies
02/14/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM.
Provides for Federal agencies to develop public access policies relating to research conducted by employees of that agency or from funds administered by that agency.

H 710 - Farr
Medical Use of Marijuana
04/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on CRIME, TERRORISM, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Amends Title 18, United States Code, to provide an affirmative defense for the medical use of marijuana in accordance with the Laws of the various States.

H 713 - Gerlach
Medicare Outpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Cap Repeal
02/19/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.

H 718 - Hultgren
Sexual Risk Avoidance Education
02/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants on a competitive basis to public and private entities to provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents.

H 728 - Maloney C
Pharmacies and FDA Approved Contraception
02/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Establishes certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of Food and Drug Administration-approved contraception.

H 729 - McDermott
NIH and Sequestration
02/14/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on BUDGET.
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt the National Institutes of Health from sequestration under Section 251A for fiscal year 2013 and reduces the sequestration by the amount of the exemption.

H 733 - Runyan
Veterans Case-Tracking Information Access
04/16/2013 - Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE & MEMORIAL AFFAIRS hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to provide certain employees of Members of Congress and certain employees of State or local governmental agencies with access to case-tracking information of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

H 735 - Thompson B
Federal Protective Service
03/12/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on HOMELAND SECURITY: Referred to Subcmt on CYBERSECURITY, INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION & SECURITY TECH.
Enhances homeland security, including domestic preparedness and collective response to terrorism, by improving the Federal Protective Service.

H 738 - Wilson J
Armed Forces Health Care Benefits
03/06/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the requirement that certain former members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces be at least 60 years of age in order to be eligible to receive health care benefits.

H 748 - Rangel
Mandatory National Service
03/06/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Requires all persons in the United States between the ages of 18 and 25 to perform national service, either as a member of the uniformed services or as civilian service in a Federal, State, or local government program or with a community-based agency or community-based entity, authorizes the induction of persons in the uniformed services during wartime to meet end-strength requirements of the uniformed services, and provides for the registration of women under the Military Selective Service Act.

H 752 - McNerney
Drug Free Workplace Information Clearinghouse
02/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a drug-free workplace information clearinghouse, support residential methamphetamine treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women, and improve the prevention and treatment of methamphetamine addiction.

H 757 - McCollum
Violent Crimes Against Indian Women
04/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on CRIME, TERRORISM, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Decreases the incidence of violent crimes against Indian women, strengthens the capacity of Indian tribes to exercise the sovereign authority of Indian tribes to respond to violent crimes committed against Indian women, and ensures that perpetrators of violent crimes committed against Indian women are held accountable for that criminal behavior.

H 762 - Blackburn
PPACA and Cooperative Governing
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND LABOR: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH, EMPLOYMENT, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Repeals Title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce.

H 763 - Boustany
PPACA and Fee on Health Insurance Providers
04/24/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Repeals the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

H 764 - Capps
Coastal Climate Change Adaptation Planning
03/01/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES: Referred to Subcmt on FISHERIES, WILDLIFE, OCEANS AND INSULAR AFFAIRS.
Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program.

H 777 - Hunter
Americans with Disabilities Act Violations
04/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on CONSTITUTION AND CIVIL JUSTICE.
Amends Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to require a plaintiff to provide a defendant with an opportunity to correct a violation of such Title voluntarily before the plaintiff may commence a civil action.

H 779 - Issa
National Health Program
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND LABOR: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH, EMPLOYMENT, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and amends Title 5, United States Code, to establish a national health program administered by the Office of Personnel Management to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees.

H 781 - Johnson S
Medicare Cards and Social Security Numbers
02/15/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit the inclusion of Social Security account numbers on Medicare cards.

H 784 - Lee B
Medical Marijuana and Civil Forfeiture
04/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on CRIME, TERRORISM, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Amends the Controlled Substances Act so as to exempt real property from civil forfeiture due to medical-marijuana-related conduct that is authorized by State law.

H 79 - Christensen
Federal Medical Assistance to Territories
01/04/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase the Federal medical assistance percentage for the territories.

H 794 - Schakowsky
Medicare and Clinical Psychologists
02/19/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services under the Medicare Program.

H 798 - Tierney
Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION & WORKFORCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE TRAINING.
Reauthorizes the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to strengthen the United States workforce investment system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs, and to promote national economic growth.

H 80 - Jackson-Lee
Research and Education
01/04/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Provides for research and education with respect to triple-negative breast cancer, and for other purposes.

H 800 - Whitfield
Medicare and Drug Prices
02/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Part B of Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals under Medicare.

H 805 - Price T
Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Contracts
03/01/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Repeals certain changes to contracts with Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations.

H 806 - Brownley
Veterans Affairs Medical Budget Accuracy Reports
03/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the requirement for annual reports on Comptroller General reviews of the accuracy of Department of Veterans Affairs medical budget submissions.

H 81 - Christensen
High Risk Insurance Pool Program and US Territories
01/04/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Subtitle B of Title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend the temporary high-risk insurance pool program to the territories.

H 811 - King P
PAYGO and 9/11 Health Compensation Programs
02/25/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on BUDGET.
Adds the 9/11 Health and Compensation Programs to the list of exempt programs under PAYGO.

H 813 - Miller J
Veterans Affairs Advance Appropriations
02/25/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to provide for advance appropriations for certain discretionary accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

H 82 - Jackson Lee
Social Security Act
01/25/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on CRIME, TERRORISM, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require hospitals reimbursed under the Medicare system to establish and implement security procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant patient abduction and baby switching, including procedures for identifying all infant patients in the hospital in a manner that ensures that it will be evident if infants are missing from the hospital.

H 820 - Waxman
Food Animals and Antimicrobial Drug Use Reporting
03/01/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to enhance the reporting requirements pertaining to use of antimicrobial drugs in food animals.

H 825 - Heck J
Veterans Pension Payments and Income Consideration
02/26/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FINANCIAL SERVICES.
Excludes from consideration as income under the United States Housing Act of 1937 payments of pension made under Section 1521 of Title 38, United States Code, to veterans who are in need of regular aid and attendance.

H 831 - Harper
Individuals with Disabilities and Subminimum Wage Rates
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND LABOR: Referred to Subcommittee on WORKFORCE PROTECTIONS.
Phases out special wage certificates under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 under which individuals with disabilities may be employed at subminimum wage rates.

H 833 - Hunter
Purple Heart and Distinguished Warfare Medal
03/14/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to require that the Purple Heart occupy a position of precedence above the new Distinguished Warfare Medal.

H 834 - LoBiondo
Veterans Affairs and Cost-Benefit Analyses
03/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct cost-benefit analyses for the provision of medical care by the Department of Veterans Affairs in certain geographic areas served by multiple Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities.

H 840 - Sablan
Victims of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence
04/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on CRIME, TERRORISM, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Improves services for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.

H 842 - Sensenbrenner
NIH and Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorder Research
03/01/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Expands the research activities of the National Institutes of Health with respect to functional gastrointestinal and motility disorders.

H 844 - Takano
Veterans Vocational Rehabilitation Eligibility Period
04/25/2013 - Forwarded by subcommittee to full committee (amended).
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to extend the eligibility period for veterans to enroll in certain vocational rehabilitation programs.

H 846 - Olson
Medicare and Diagnostic Imaging Services
03/04/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the continued access of Medicare beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services.

H 855 - Hall R
Medicaid Coverage of Optometrists
03/01/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title XIX of the Social Security Act to require Medicaid coverage of optometrists.

H 856 - Black
Education Tax Credit and Student Social Security Number
02/27/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the social security number of the student and the employer identification number of the educational institution for purposes of education tax credits.

H 861 - King P
Elder Abuse
04/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on CRIME, TERRORISM, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Better protects, serves, and advances the rights of victims of elder abuse and exploitation by establishing a program to encourage States and other qualified entities to create jobs designed to hold offenders accountable, enhances the capacity of the justice system to investigate, pursue, and prosecute elder abuse cases, and assures data collection and research to promote the efficacy and efficiency of these activities.

H 864 - McIntyre
American World War II City
03/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to designate at least one city in the United States each year as an "American World War II City".

H 873 - Rangel
Cuba Travel and Exports
04/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on IMMIGRATION AND BORDER SECURITY.
Facilitates the export of United States agricultural products to Cuba as authorized by the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000, removes impediments to the export to Cuba of medical devices and medicines, allows travel to Cuba by United States legal residents, and establishes an agricultural export promotion program with respect to Cuba.

H 883 - Chaffetz
Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program Benefits
03/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to permit certain veterans who were discharged or released from the Armed Forces by reason of service-connected disability to transfer benefits under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program.

H 894 - Johnson B
Fiduciaries of Veterans Supervision
04/25/2013 - Forwarded by subcommittee to full committee.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to improve the supervision of fiduciaries of veterans under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

H 896 - Engel
Medicaid and CHIP and Maternity Care
03/01/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title XI of the Social Security Act to improve the quality, health outcomes, and value of maternity care under the Medicaid and CHIP programs by developing maternity care quality measures and supporting maternity care quality collaboratives.

H 897 - Hahn
Homeless Veterans
03/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

H 902 - Boustany
Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Leases
03/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Authorizes certain Department of Veterans Affairs major medical facility leases.

H 912 - Hanabusa
Medicaid and the Freely Associated States
03/01/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to restore Medicaid coverage for citizens of the Freely Associated States lawfully residing in the United States under the Compacts of Free Association between the Government of the United States and the Governments of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.

H 915 - Kennedy J
Peace Corps Commemorative Work in DC
03/04/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES: Referred to Subcommittee on PUBLIC LANDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION.
Authorizes the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs.

H 918 - Lee B
Peace Corps Semipostal
02/28/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Provides for the issuance of a semipostal to benefit the Peace Corps.

H 92 - Christensen
Energy Crisis Relief and the Virgin Islands
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION & WORKFORCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE TRAINING.
Provides energy crisis relief to residents of the Virgin Islands.

H 921 - Michaud
Veterans and Chiropractic Care
03/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 and Title 38, United States Code, to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and to expand access to such care and services.

H 923 - Nadler
Prescription Drug Advertisements and Tax Deductions
02/28/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny any deduction for direct-to-consumer advertisements of prescription drugs.

H 928 - Schakowsky
Medicare and Prescription Drug Prices
03/07/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices under the Medicare Program.

H 933 - Rogers H
Department of Defense Continuing Appropriations Act
03/26/2013 - Public Law No. 113-6
Relates to the Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013; makes appropriations for the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other departments and agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013.

H 940 - Black
PPACA and Abortion
03/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to protect rights of conscience with regard to requirements for coverage of specific items and services, and amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in governmental activities.

H 942 - Crowley
Medicare and Complex Rehabilitation Technology
03/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Relates to the Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2013; amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items under the Medicare program, including wheelchairs, highly configurable manual wheelchairs, adaptive seating and positioning systems, and other specialized equipment.

H 948 - Reed T
Electronic Data and Human Services Programs
03/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Establishes consistent requirements for the electronic content and format of data used in the administration of certain human services programs under the Social Security Act.

H 956 - Kind
Taxes and Physical Activity
03/05/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care.

H 958 - Larsen
Wounded Veterans and Reproductive Assistance
03/14/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to improve the reproductive assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to severely wounded, ill, or injured veterans and their spouses.

H 960 - Grimm
Homes in Disaster Areas and Flood Insurance Premiums
03/05/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FINANCIAL SERVICES.
Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to provide relief from increased flood insurance premium rates for homes in disaster areas.

H 962 - Davis S
Medicare and Diabetes
03/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the incidence of diabetes among Medicare beneficiaries.

H 963 - DeGette
Low Income Individuals and Dental Care
03/05/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
Assists low-income individuals in obtaining medically recommended dental care.

H 966 - Hanabusa
Filipino World War II Veterans and Immigrant Visas
04/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on IMMIGRATION AND BORDER SECURITY.
Exempts children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from the numerical limitations on immigrant visas.

H 968 - Matsui D
Flood Hazard Zones and Rebuilding Structures
03/05/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FINANCIAL SERVICES.
Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to allow the rebuilding, without elevation, of certain structures located in special flood hazard zones that are damaged by fire.

H 970 - Michaud
Child Support and States Charging for Collection
03/07/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS: Referred to Subcommittee on HUMAN RESOURCES.
Amends Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act to prohibit States from charging child support recipients for the collection of child support.

H 975 - Walz
Armed Forces and Mental Conditions
03/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to extend the duration of the Physical Disability Board of Review and to the expand the authority of such Board to review of the separation of members of the Armed Forces on the basis of a mental condition not amounting to disability, including separation on the basis of a personality or adjustment disorder.

H 978 - Coffman
National Emergency Selective Service Act
03/14/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Relates to the National Emergency Selective Service Act; deauthorizes the Military Selective Service Act, including the registration requirement and the activities of civilian local boards, civilian appeal boards, and similar local agencies of the Selective Service System, except during a national emergency declared by the President.

H 984 - Guthrie
Urotrauma Task Force
05/21/2013 - Subcommittee on HEALTH hearings held.
Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a task force on urotrauma.

H 986 - Schock
Rural Health Clinic Fairness Act of 2013
03/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Relates to the Rural Health Clinic Fairness Act of 2013; amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the eligibility of eligible professionals practicing in rural health clinics for electronic health records and quality improvement incentives under Medicare.

H 991 - Hall R
Medicare and Colorectal Cancer Screening
03/06/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to cover screening computed tomography colonography as a colorectal cancer screening test under the Medicare program.

H 994 - Calvert
Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance Opportunity
04/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on CONSTITUTION AND CIVIL JUSTICE.
Amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to impose notice and a compliance opportunity to be provided before commencement of a private civil action.

HCR 26 - Hunter
Rafael Peralta Medal of Honor
04/05/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Recommends the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Rafael Peralta.

HCR 31 - Runyan
Rare Pituitary Disease Awareness
04/19/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Supports Rare Pituitary Disease Awareness.

HRES 13 - Gingrey
Rules of the House of Representatives
01/03/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on RULES.
Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that general appropriations for military construction and veterans' affairs be considered as stand-alone measures.

HRES 204 - Brady R
Commending Korean American Veterans of Vietnam War
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Commends Korean American veterans of the Vietnam War for their service to the United States.

HRES 215 - Burgess
Consideration of HR 45
05/16/2013 - In HOUSE. Passed HOUSE.
Provides for consideration of the bill (H.R. 45) to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

HRES 231 - Bachmann
Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs
05/22/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on RULES.
Establishes a Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs.

HRES 243 - Webster
Consideration of HR 2216 and HR 2217
06/04/2013 - In HOUSE. Passed HOUSE.
Provides for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2216) making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes; provides for consideration of the bill (H.R; 2217) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes.

HRES 69 - Payne
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
02/14/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM.
Supports the designation of March 2013, as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

HRES 99 - Cole
Consideration of HR 933
03/06/2013 - In HOUSE. Passed HOUSE.
Provides for consideration of the bill (H.R. 933) making appropriations for the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other departments and agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013.

S 1012 - Blunt
Medicare Integrity Program Auditors
05/22/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act; improves operations of recovery auditors under the Medicare integrity program; increases transparency and accuracy in audits conducted by contractors.

S 1014 - Udall T
Sports Related Concussions in Youth
05/22/2013 - To SENATE Committee on COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION.
Reduces sports-related concussions in youth.

S 1015 - Casey
Veteran Franchise Purchases Tax Credit
05/22/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow credits for the purchase of franchises by veterans.

S 1019 - Blumenthal
Adult Protective Services Programs
05/22/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize Federal assistance to State adult protective services programs.

S 1025 - Murphy C
School Construction Assistance After Crisis
05/22/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Provides financial assistance for school construction after a violent or traumatic crisis.

S 1026 - Kirk
Stroke Survivors and Work
05/22/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Assists survivors of stroke in returning to work.

S 1027 - Kirk
National Institutes of Health Rehabilitation Research
05/22/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Improves, coordinates, and enhances rehabilitation research at the National Institutes of Health.

S 1028 - Sanders
Older Americans Act
05/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Reauthorizes and improves the Older Americans Act of 1965.

S 1031 - Hatch
Health Care Access
05/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; improves access to health care through expanded health savings accounts.

S 1042 - Shaheen
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide support to university law school programs that are designed to provide legal assistance to veterans.

S 1046 - Schatz
Native American Veterans Memorial Establishment Act
05/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on INDIAN AFFAIRS.
Clarifies certain provisions of the Native American Veterans' Memorial Establishment Act of 1994.

S 1049 - Heller
Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Missions
05/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture to expedite access to certain Federal lands under the administrative jurisdiction of each Secretary for good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions.

S 105 - Vitter
Hurricane Protection Funding Audit
01/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS.
Directs the General Accountability Office to conduct a full audit of hurricane protection funding and cost estimates associated with post-Katrina hurricane protection.

S 1053 - Wyden
Social Security Act
05/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act to strengthen and protect Medicare hospice programs.

S 1058 - Heller
Homeless Veteran Per Diem Payments
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to authorize per diem payments under comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans to furnish care to dependents of homeless veterans.

S 1060 - Klobuchar
Public Health Service Act
05/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to facilitate emergency medical services personnel training and certification curriculum for military veterans.

S 1061 - Klobuchar
Public Health Service Act
05/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to designate certain medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs as health professional shortage areas.

S 1064 - Brown S
Medicare Psychologist Services
05/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services under the Medicare program.

S 108 - Vitter
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Funding
01/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part.

S 1089 - Collins
Veterans and Prescription Drug Take-Back
06/04/2013 - To SENATE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Provides for a prescription drug take-back program for members of the Armed Forces and veterans.

S 1091 - Mikulski
Alzheimer's Disease Research Semipostal Stamp
06/04/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS.
Provides for the issuance of an Alzheimer's Disease Research Semipostal Stamp.

S 1095 - Udall T
Individuals with Disabilities and State Penalties
06/04/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in order to limit the penalties to a State that does not meet its maintenance of effort level of funding to a one-time penalty.

S 110 - Vitter
Social Security Trust Fund Safeguard Procedures
01/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on BUDGET.
Establishes a procedure to safeguard the Social Security Trust Funds.

S 1104 - Nelson Bi
Haiti Earthquake Recovery Progress
06/06/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FOREIGN RELATIONS.
Measures the progress of recovery and development efforts in Haiti following the earthquake of January 12, 2010.

S 1115 - Schumer
Donation to Certain Firefighters
06/07/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Treats payments by charitable organizations with respect to certain firefighters as exempt payments.

S 1119 - Collins
Mental Health Services
06/07/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for integration of mental health services and mental health treatment outreach teams.

S 1123 - Carper
Medicare and Medicaid Waste and Fraud
06/10/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to curb waste, fraud, and abuse in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

S 1128 - Toomey
Orphan Drug Exception on Branded Pharmaceuticals
06/11/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Clarifies the orphan drug exception to the annual fee on branded prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers.

S 1137 - Wyden
Medicare Payments for Ambulatory Surgical Centers
06/11/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers under the Medicare program.

S 1143 - Moran Je
Physician Supervision of Therapeutic Outpatient Service
06/12/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to physician supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services.

S 1148 - Heinrich
Notice of Average Processing Time for Veterans Claims
06/12/2013 - To SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide notice of average times for processing claims.

S 1154 - Roberts
American Health Benefit Exchanges
06/12/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Provides that certain requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act do not apply if the American Health Benefit Exchanges are not operating on October 1, 2013.

S 1155 - Tester
IT Appropriations for Veterans Mental Health
06/12/2013 - To SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Provides for advance appropriations for certain information technology accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to include mental health professionals in training programs of the Department.

S 116 - Reed
Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Revision
01/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Revises and extends provisions under the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act.

S 1164 - Pryor
Church Health Care Plans
06/13/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to clarify provisions with respect to church plans.

S 1165 - Tester
Immunization of Veterans
06/13/2013 - To SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to provide for certain requirements relating to the immunization of veterans.

S 117 - Klobuchar
Medicare and Prescription Drug Price Negotiation
01/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Part D of Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate covered Part D drug prices on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries.

S 123 - Gillibrand
Voting Access
01/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on RULES AND ADMINISTRATION.
Modernizes voter registration, promotes access to voting for individuals with disabilities, and protects the ability of individuals to exercise the right to vote in elections for Federal office.

S 13 - Graham
Sexual Risk Avoidance Education
02/26/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants on a competitive basis to public and private entities to provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents.

S 131 - Murray
Injured Veterans and Reproductive Assistance
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to improve the reproductive assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to severely wounded, ill, or injured veterans and their spouses.

S 133 - Roberts
Health Care and Comparative Effectiveness Research
01/24/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Protects all patients by prohibiting the use of data obtained from comparative effectiveness research to deny or delay coverage of items or services under Federal health care programs and to ensure that comparative effectiveness research accounts for advancements in personalized medicine and differences in patient treatment response.

S 135 - Vitter
Family Planning Grants and Abortions
01/24/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends Title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions.

S 136 - Vitter
Stem Cell Research Tax Credit
01/24/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a Federal income tax credit for certain stem cell research expenditures.

S 137 - Vitter
Abortion Related Discrimination
01/24/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in governmental activities.

S 139 - Vitter
Abortions and Admitting Privilege Requirements
01/24/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Imposes admitting privilege requirements with respect to physicians who perform abortions.

S 140 - Baucus
Veterans and Jobs
01/24/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the work opportunity credit to certain recently discharged veterans, to improve the coordination of veteran job training services between the Department of Labor, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Defense, and to require transparency for Executive departments in meeting the Government-wide goals for contracting with small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.

S 141 - Baucus
Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance
01/24/2013 - To SENATE Committee on AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION AND FORESTRY.
Makes supplemental agricultural disaster assistance available for fiscal years 2012 and 2013.

S 142 - Casey
Abortions and Federal Funds
01/24/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Prohibits the expenditure of Federal funds for abortions.

S 143 - Casey
Abortion Participation Refusal and Discrimination
01/24/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Prohibits discrimination and retaliation against individuals and health care entities that refuse to recommend, refer for, provide coverage for, pay for, provide, perform, assist, or participate in abortions.

S 144 - Casey
PPACA and Pregnancy Assistance Fund
01/24/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to authorize additional funding for the pregnancy assistance fund.

S 153 - Begich
Mental Health First Aid Training Programs
01/24/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends section 520J of the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for mental health first aid training programs.

S 154 - Coburn
PPACA and Federal Abortion Funding Ban
01/24/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends Title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to ensure that the coverage offered under multi-State qualified health plans offered in Exchanges is consistent with the Federal abortion funding ban.

S 160 - Merkley
Consumer Credit Reports and Medical Debt
01/28/2013 - To SENATE Committee on BANKING, HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS.
Excludes from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled.

S 177 - Cruz
PPACA Repeal
01/30/2013 - In SENATE. Read second time. Placed on Legislative Calendar under General Orders.
Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 entirely.

S 183 - McCaskill
Medicare and Fairness in Hospital Payments
01/30/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for fairness in hospital payments under the Medicare program.

S 185 - Ayotte
Discretionary Programs Automatic Inflation Increases
01/30/2013 - To SENATE Committee on BUDGET.
Eliminates the automatic inflation increases for discretionary programs built into the baseline projections and requires budget estimates to be compared with the prior year's level.

S 195 - Franken
School-based Comprehensive Mental Health Programs
02/12/2013 - Subcommittee on CONSTITUTION, CIVIL RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS hearings held.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs.

S 200 - Murkowski
National Cemeteries and Service in Laos Combat Support
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to authorize the interment in national cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration of individuals who served in combat support of the Armed Forces in the Kingdom of Laos between February 28, 1961, and May 15, 1975.

S 202 - Grassley
E Verify Expansion
01/31/2013 - To SENATE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Expands the use of E-Verify and holds employers accountable.

S 214 - Klobuchar
Generic Drugs and Compensation for Delay of Entry
02/04/2013 - To SENATE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Prohibits brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market.

S 229 - Toomey
Medical Center of the Department of Veterans Affairs
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Designates the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs located at 3900 Woodland Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the "Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".

S 230 - Portman
Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation
04/22/2013 - In SENATE. Placed on SENATE Legislative Calendar under General Orders.
Authorizes the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.

S 232 - Hatch
Internal Revenue Code
02/07/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical devices.

S 234 - Reid
Department of Veterans Affairs
02/07/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends title 10, United States Code, to permit certain retired members of the uniformed services who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation, and for other purposes.

S 236 - Murkowski
Social Security Act
02/07/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a Medicare payment option for patients and physicians or practitioners to freely contract, without penalty, for Medicare fee-for-service items and services, while allowing Medicare beneficiaries to use their Medicare benefits.

S 237 - Murkowski
Public Health Service Act
02/07/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention and services program, and for other purposes.

S 239 - Murkowski
Frontier Extended Stay Clinic Demonstration
02/07/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Extends the frontier extended stay clinic demonstration.

S 240 - Tester
Active Service
02/07/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends title 10, United States Code, to modify the per-fiscal year calculation of days of certain active duty or active service used to reduce the minimum age at which a member of a reserve component of the uniformed services may retire for non-regular service.

S 242 - Burr
Public Health Service Act
02/07/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Reauthorizes certain programs under the Public Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to public health security and all-hazards preparedness and response, and for other purposes.

S 243 - Bennet
Qualifying Natural Disasters
02/07/2013 - To SENATE Committee on AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION AND FORESTRY.
Provides assistance for watersheds adversely affected by qualifying natural disasters.

S 252 - Alexander L
Preterm Labor and Delivery
02/14/2013 - In SENATE. Placed on SENATE Legislative Calendar under General Orders.
Reduces preterm labor and delivery and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and to reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity.

S 254 - Menendez
Public Health Service Act
02/07/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends title III of the Public Health Service Act to authorize and support the creation of cardiomyopathy education, awareness, and risk assessment materials and resources by the Secretary of Health and Human Services through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the dissemination of such materials and resources by State educational agencies to identify more at-risk families.

S 257 - Boozman
Higher Education
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to require courses of education provided by public institutions of higher education that are approved for purposes of the educational assistance programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to charge veterans tuition and fees at the in-State tuition rate, and for other purposes.

S 262 - Durbin
Educational Assistance Program
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to provide equity for tuition and fees for individuals entitled to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs who are pursuing programs of education at institutions of higher learning, and for other purposes.

S 264 - Stabenow
Community Mental Health Centers
02/07/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Expands access to community mental health centers and improve the quality of mental health care for all Americans.

S 265 - Reed
Public Health Service Act
02/07/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide grants for community-based mental health infrastructure improvement.

S 274 - Gillibrand
Students and Nutrition Education
02/11/2013 - To SENATE Committee on AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION AND FORESTRY.
Strengthens nutrition education for elementary school and secondary school students to promote healthy eating choices through developmentally appropriate lessons and activities integrated into the school day.

S 287 - Begich
Homeless Veteran Definition Expansion
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits under the Laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

S 294 - Tester
Military Sexual Trauma and Disability Compensation
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to improve the disability compensation evaluation procedure of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for veterans with mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma.

S 308 - Begich
Social Security Benefits
02/13/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make improvements in the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, to provide for cash relief for years for which annual COLAs do not take effect under certain cash benefit programs, and to provide for Social Security benefit protection.

S 313 - Casey
Family Member With Disabilities Care Account and Taxes
02/13/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of able accounts established under State programs for the care of family members with disabilities.

S 314 - Lautenberg
Child Health
02/13/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life.

S 315 - Klobuchar
Paul Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Assistance
02/13/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Reauthorizes and extends the Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research, and Education Amendments of 2008.

S 32 - Portman
Minors and Parent Involvement in Abortion Decisions
01/22/2013 - To SENATE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Amends Title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.

S 3202 - Murray
Dignified Burial and Other Veterans Benefits
01/10/2013 - Public Law No. 112-260
Creates the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2012; ensures that deceased veterans with no known next of kin receive a dignified burial; extends the reduced pension for certain veterans covered by Medicaid plans for services furnished by nursing facilities; relates to off-base transition training for veterans and their families.

S 323 - Durbin
Medicare and Immunosuppressive Drugs
02/13/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for extended months of Medicare coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and other renal dialysis provisions.

S 324 - Schumer
Puerto Ricans Social Security Enrollment
02/14/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Part B of the Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to apply deemed enrollment to residents of Puerto Rico and to provide a special enrollment period and a reduction in the late enrollment penalties for certain residents of Puerto Rico.

S 325 - Tester
Childrens Medical Care Maximum Age
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program.

S 328 - Thune
Physician Availability Via Telecommunications Systems
02/14/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow certain critical access hospitals and sole community hospitals to use interactive telecommunications systems to satisfy requirements with respect to having a physician available to stabilize an individual with an emergency medical condition under the Medicare program.

S 330 - Boxer
Organs Infected with HIV
05/21/2013 - In SENATE. Placed on SENATE Legislative Calendar under General Orders.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish safeguards and standards of quality for research and transplantation of organs infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

S 333 - Lautenberg
Pharmacies Provision of Contraceptives
02/14/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Establishes certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of Food and Drug Administration-approved contraception.

S 346 - Tester
Disabled Veterans and Travel on Military Aircraft
02/14/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to permit veterans who have a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total to travel on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired members of the Armed Forces entitled to such travel.

S 348 - Rockefeller
Federal Oversight of Opioid Treatment
02/14/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Provides for increased Federal oversight of prescription opioid treatment and assistance to States in reducing opioid abuse, diversion, and deaths.

S 350 - Cornyn
Federal Research and Public Access Policies
02/14/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS.
Provides for Federal agencies to develop public access policies relating to research conducted by employees of that agency or from funds administered by that agency.

S 351 - Cornyn
PPACA and Independent Payment Advisory Board
02/14/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Repeals the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board.

S 356 - Johanns
Women Seeking Abortions and Pain of Unborn Child
02/14/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Ensures that women seeking an abortion are fully informed regarding the pain experienced by their unborn child.

S 360 - Udall T
Public Lands and Service Opportunities
04/25/2013 - Subcommittee on PUBLIC LANDS, FORESTS, AND MINING hearings held.
Amends the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to expand the authorization of the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior to provide service opportunities for young Americans; helps restore the nation's natural, cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational and scenic resources; trains a new generation of public land managers and enthusiasts; promotes the value of public service.

S 367 - Cardin
Medicare Outpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Caps
02/14/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.

S 3677 - Johnson T
Flood Disaster Protection Act Technical Correction
01/14/2013 - Public Law No. 112-281
Makes a technical correction to the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973.

S 369 - Rubio
Minors and Parent Involvement in Abortion Decisions
02/14/2013 - To SENATE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Amends Title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.

S 372 - Lautenberg
Promotion of Healthy Relationships
02/14/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Provides for the reduction of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, and the promotion of healthy relationships.

S 373 - Shaheen
Military Spouses and State Definitions
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Titles 10, 32, 37, and 38 of the United States Code, to add a definition of spouse for purposes of military personnel policies and military and veteran benefits that recognizes new State definitions of spouse.

S 377 - Gillibrand
PAYGO and 9/11 Health and Compensation Programs
02/25/2013 - To SENATE Committee on BUDGET.
Adds the 9/11 Health and Compensation Programs to the list of exempt programs under PAYGO.

S 380 - Murray
National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative Grants
02/26/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and update the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative for grants to address the problems of individuals who experience trauma and violence related stress.

S 382 - Schumer
Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Supervision
02/26/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs.

S 385 - Begich
Indian Health Service Claims and Timeliness
02/26/2013 - To SENATE Committee on INDIAN AFFAIRS.
Deems the submission of certain claims to an Indian Health Service contracting officer as timely.

S 39 - Harkin
Health Care and Prevention
01/22/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Improves the health of Americans and reduce health care costs by reorienting the Nation's health care system toward prevention, wellness, and health promotion.

S 391 - Baucus
Influenza Vaccines and Taxation
02/27/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include vaccines against seasonal influenza within the definition of taxable vaccines.

S 40 - Hatch
Health Insurance Mandate
01/22/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Restores Americans' individual liberty by striking the Federal mandate to purchase insurance.

S 408 - Durbin
Medicare and Prescription Drug Prices
02/28/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices under the Medicare program.

S 409 - Burr
Vietnam Veterans Day
02/28/2013 - To SENATE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Adds Vietnam Veterans Day as a patriotic and national observance.

S 412 - Landrieu
Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Leases
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Authorizes certain major medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

S 422 - Blumenthal
Veterans and Chiropractic Care
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 and title 38, United States Code, to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and to expand access to such care and services.

S 423 - Menendez
Family to Family Health Information Centers
02/28/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title V of the Social Security Act to extend funding for family-to-family health information centers to help families of children with disabilities or special health care needs make informed choices about health care for their children.

S 424 - Brown S
National Pediatric Research Network
02/28/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends Title IV of the Public Health Service Act to provide for a National Pediatric Research Network, including with respect to pediatric rare diseases or conditions.

S 425 - Stabenow
Medicaid and CHIP and Maternity Care
02/28/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title XI of the Social Security Act to improve the quality, health outcomes, and value of maternity care under the Medicaid and CHIP programs by developing maternity care quality measures and supporting maternity care quality collaboratives.

S 426 - Tester
Health Service Corps and Environmental Health Hazards
02/28/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of particular specialists determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to be directly related to the health needs stemming from environmental health hazards that have led to its declaration as a Public Health Emergency to be eligible under the National Health Service Corps in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program.

S 430 - Heller
Veterans Affairs Contracting Goals and Preferences
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to enhance treatment of certain small business concerns for purposes of Department of Veterans Affairs contracting goals and preferences.

S 433 - Warner
National Center for Campus Public Safety
02/28/2013 - To SENATE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Establishes and operates a National Center for Campus Public Safety.

S 44 - Portman
Health Care and Liability
01/22/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Improves patient access to health care services and provides improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system.

S 448 - Rubio
Seniors and Tax Filing
03/05/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Allows seniors to file their Federal income tax on a new Form 1040SR.

S 452 - Franken
Medicare and Diabetes
03/05/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the incidence of diabetes among Medicare beneficiaries.

S 455 - Tester
Veterans Affairs and Transportation of Individuals
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transport individuals to and from facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs in connection with rehabilitation, counseling, examination, treatment, and care.

S 46 - Toomey
Debt Limit and Prioritization of Obligations
01/22/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Protects Social Security benefits and military pay and requires that the United States Government prioritize all obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt limit is reached.

S 461 - Hirono
Filipino World War II Veterans and Immigrant Visas
03/05/2013 - To SENATE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Exempts children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from the numerical limitations on immigrant visas and for other purposes.

S 466 - Menendez
Low Income Individuals and Dental Care
03/05/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Assists low-income individuals in obtaining recommended dental care.

S 47 - Leahy
Violence Against Women Act of 1994 Reauthorization
03/07/2013 - Public Law No. 113-4
Reauthorizes the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.

S 470 - Tester
Distinguished Warfare Medal and Purple Heart
03/06/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to require that the Purple Heart occupy a position of precedence above the new Distinguished Warfare Medal.

S 475 - Harkin
Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act
03/06/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Reauthorizes the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004 and provides assistance to Best Buddies to support the expansion and development of mentoring programs.

S 49 - Shaheen
Veterans and Health Care
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to ensure that veterans in each of the 48 contiguous States are able to receive services in at least one full-service Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in the State or receive comparable services provided by contract in the State.

S 492 - Burr
Veterans Military Experience and Licenses
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to require States to recognize the military experience of veterans when issuing licenses and credentials to veterans, and for other purposes.

S 495 - Burr
Federal Agencies and Hiring Veterans
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to require Federal agencies to hire veterans, and to require States to recognize the military experience of veterans when issuing licenses and credentials to veterans.

S 499 - Vitter
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Repeal
03/07/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

S 50 - Boxer
Cancer and Disease Cluster Investigations
01/22/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS.
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to investigate and address cancer and disease clusters, including in infants and children.

S 506 - Collins
Volunteer Emergency Service Workers
03/07/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers.

S 508 - Menendez
Child Support Payments
03/07/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act to improve the enforcement, collection, and administration of child support payments.

S 51 - Boxer
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Reauthorization
01/22/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS.
Reauthorizes and amends the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act.

S 514 - Brown S
STEM Education and Veterans
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to provide additional educational assistance under Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to veterans pursuing a degree in science, technology, engineering, math, or an area that leads to employment in a high-demand occupation.

S 515 - Brown S
Yellow Ribbon GI Enhancement Program
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to extend the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program to cover recipients of Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship.

S 516 - Tester
Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
03/11/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Reduces disparities and improves access to effective and cost efficient diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer through advances in testing, research, and education, including through telehealth, comparative effectiveness research, and identification of best practices in patient education and outreach particularly with respect to underserved racial, ethnic and rural populations and men with a family history of prostate cancer.

S 521 - Durbin
Wounded Warrior Research Enhancement Act
03/11/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Relates to the Wounded Warrior Research Enhancement Act; requires the Secretary of Defense to award grants to fund research on orthotics and prosthetics.

S 522 - Durbin
Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Relates to the Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act; requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to establish, or expand upon, master's degree or doctoral degree programs in orthotics and prosthetics.

S 529 - Burr
Camp Lejeune and Contaminated Water Medical Care
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to modify the commencement date of the period of service at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, for eligibility for hospital care and medical services in connection with exposure to contaminated water.

S 53 - Boxer
Disease Cluster Grants
01/22/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS.
Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to award grants to individuals that may be affected by a reported disease cluster.

S 531 - Harkin
Physical Activity Guidelines
03/12/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Provides for the publication by the Secretary of Human Services of physical activity guidelines for Americans.

S 539 - Shaheen
Clinical Care and Diabetes
03/12/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes.

S 541 - Landrieu
Equines and Human Consumption
03/12/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Prevents human health threats posed by the consumption of equines raised in the United States.

S 543 - Burr
Veterans Integrated Service Network Reorganization
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reorganize the Veterans Integrated Service Networks of the Veterans Health Administration.

S 555 - Harkin
Captioning and Video Description at Movie Theaters
05/14/2013 - In SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS: Hearings held.
Relates to the Captioning and Image Narration to Enhance Movie Accessibility Act; amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to require captioning and video description at certain movie theaters.

S 557 - Hagan
Medicare and Medication Therapy Management
03/13/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to medication therapy management under Part D of the Medicare program.

S 560 - Lee M
PPACA Individual Mandate and Tax
03/14/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Provides that the individual mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act shall not be construed as a tax.

S 562 - Wyden
Medicare and Family Therapist Services
03/14/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under Part B of the Medicare program.

S 567 - Harkin
Social Security
03/14/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Improves the retirement of American families by strengthening Social Security.

S 569 - Brown S
Medicare and Inpatient Hospital Requirement
03/14/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare.

S 572 - Burr
Treatment as Adjudicated Mentally Incompetent
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes.

S 573 - Collins
Veterans Service Organizations and Surplus Property
03/14/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 40, United States Code, to improve veterans service organizations access to Federal surplus personal property.

S 577 - Nelson Bi
Social Security and Residency Positions
03/14/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions.

S 596 - Thune
Home Health Agencies and Patient Monitoring Services
03/18/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Establishes pilot projects under the Medicare program to provide incentives for home health agencies to furnish remote patient monitoring services that reduce expenditures under such program.

S 6 - Reid
Hire Heroes Act of 2011 Reauthorization
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Reauthorizes the Vow to Hire Heroes Act of 2011, provides assistance to small businesses owned by veterans, and improves enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services.

S 603 - Barrasso
PPACA and Annual Fee on Health Insurance Providers
03/19/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Repeals the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

S 608 - Cardin
Medicare and Colorectal Screening Test
03/19/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act and Title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to improve coverage for colorectal screening tests under Medicare and private health insurance coverage.

S 610 - Johanns
PPACA and Health Care Benefit Limitations
03/19/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal certain limitations on health care benefits.

S 612 - Durbin
Medicare Identification Card and Social Security Number
03/19/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to remove social security account Numbers from Medicare identification cards and communications provided to Medicare beneficiaries in order to protect Medicare beneficiaries from identity theft.

S 62 - Boxer
Tax Overpayments as Contributions to Homeless Veterans
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate overpayments of tax as contributions and to make additional contributions to the Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund.

S 621 - Manchin
Hydrocodone and Schedule II
03/20/2013 - To SENATE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Amends the Controlled Substances Act to make any substance containing hydrocodone a Schedule II drug.

S 623 - Cardin
Medicare and Diagnostic Imaging Services
03/20/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the continued access of Medicare beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services.

S 626 - Sanders
Drug Prices and Research and Development Incentives
03/20/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
De-links research and development incentives from drug prices for new medicines to treat HIV/AIDS and to stimulate greater sharing of scientific knowledge.

S 627 - Sanders
Medicines Research and Investment
03/20/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Provides incentives for investment in research and development for new medicines, to enhance access to new medicines.

S 628 - Tester
Armed Forces Separation and Mental Conditions
03/20/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to extend the duration of the Physical Disability Board of Review and to the expand the authority of such Board to review of the separation of members of the Armed Forces on the basis of mental condition not amounting to disability, including separation on the basis of a personality or adjustment disorder.

S 629 - Pryor
Armed Forces Reserve and Veteran Status
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve components of the Armed Forces of certain persons by honoring them with status as veterans under law.

S 633 - Tester
Disabled Veterans and Travel Program
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code; provides for coverage under the beneficiary travel program of the Department of Veterans Affairs of certain disabled veterans for travel in connection with certain special disabilities rehabilitation.

S 636 - Menendez
Puerto Rico and Electronic Health Records Technology
03/21/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow certain hospitals in Puerto Rico to qualify for incentives for adoption and meaningful use of certified electronic health records technology under the Medicare program.

S 637 - Menendez
Tourette Syndrome Program
03/21/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for the expansion, intensification, and coordination of the programs and activities of the National Institutes of Health with respect to Tourette Syndrome.

S 641 - Wyden
Palliative Medicine
03/21/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of permanent faculty in palliative care at accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, to promote education in palliative care and hospice, and to support the development of faculty careers in academic palliative medicine.

S 642 - Enzi
Medical Imaging Examinations
03/21/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Public Health Service Act and Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly.

S 644 - Casey
Dextromethorphan Abuse
03/21/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent the abuse of dextromethorphan.

S 655 - Gillibrand
Urban Jobs Program Grants
03/22/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to provide grants for Urban Jobs Programs.

S 658 - Gillibrand
Cyber Emergencies
03/22/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Titles 10 and 32, United States Code, to enhance capabilities to prepare for and respond to cyber emergencies.

S 661 - Thune
Federal Forest Land and Catastrophic Events
03/22/2013 - To SENATE Committee on AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION AND FORESTRY.
Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to promote timely emergency rehabilitation and restoration of Federal forest land impacted by catastrophic events; redirects for a 5-year-period funding normally made available for land acquisition to mechanical forest treatment and salvage operations due to catastrophic events.

S 672 - Isakson
Medicare and Sharps Disposal
04/09/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage, as supplies associated with the injection of insulin, of containment, removal, decontamination and disposal of home-generated needles, syringes, and other sharps through a sharps container, decontamination/destruction device, or sharps-by-mail program or similar program under Part D of the Medicare program.

S 674 - Heller
Veterans Affairs Benefits Claims Information Requests
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Requires prompt responses from the heads of covered Federal agencies when the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests information necessary to adjudicate claims for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary.

S 690 - Schatz
Philippines Military and Veteran Status
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for purposes of benefits under programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

S 695 - Boozman
Veterans and Paralympic Team
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a monthly assistance allowance to disabled veterans training or competing for the Paralympic Team and the authorization of appropriations for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide assistance to United States Paralympics, Inc..

S 7 - Reid
Extreme Weather Events
01/22/2013 - To SENATE Committee on COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION.
Improves the resilience of the United States to extreme weather events and prevents the worsening of extreme weather conditions.

S 700 - Kaine
Veterans and Civilian Certifications
04/10/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Ensures that the education and training provided members of the Armed Forces and veterans better assists members and veterans in obtaining civilian certifications and licenses.

S 701 - Collins
PPACA and Full Time Employee Definition
04/10/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the definition of full-time employee for purposes of the individual mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

S 705 - Burr
Armed Forces Memorials and Religious Symbols
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 36, United States Code, to ensure that memorials commemorating the service of the United States Armed Forces may contain religious symbols.

S 709 - Stabenow
Alzheimer's Disease
04/11/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, leading to better care and outcomes for Americans living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

S 717 - Klobuchar
Non-Profit Building Energy Efficiency Grants
04/11/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit organizations for the purpose of retrofitting nonprofit buildings with energy-efficiency improvements.

S 719 - Blumenthal
Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee
04/11/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Provides for the expansion of Federal efforts concerning the prevention, education, treatment, and research activities related to Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, including the establishment of a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee.

S 721 - Roberts
Mobile Service and IP Voice Service and Call Locations
04/15/2013 - To SENATE Committee on COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION.
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require a provider of a commercial mobile service or an IP-enabled voice service to provide call location information concerning the user of such a service to law enforcement agencies in order to respond to a call for emergency services or in an emergency situation that involves risk of death or serious physical harm.

S 723 - Gillibrand
Medicare and Huntington's Disease
04/15/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Requires the Commissioner of Social Security to revise the medical and evaluation criteria for determining disability in a person diagnosed with Huntington's Disease and to waive the 24-month waiting period for Medicare eligibility for individuals disabled by Huntington's Disease.

S 726 - Schatz
Rural Preventive Health Care Training Act of 2013
04/15/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Relates to the Rural Preventive Health Care Training Act of 2013; amends the Public Health Service Act to provide health care practitioners in rural areas with training in preventive health care, including both physical and mental care.

S 734 - Nelson Bi
Veterans and Survivors Annuities
04/16/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation.

S 735 - Sanders
Survivor Benefits Improvement Act of 2013
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Relates to the Survivor Benefits Improvement Act of 2013; amends Title 38, United States Code, to improve benefits and assistance provided to surviving spouses of veterans under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

S 739 - Boxer
Direct Care Registered Nurse to Patient Ratios
04/16/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals.

S 740 - Rockefeller
Medicare Prescription Drug Rebates
04/16/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require drug manufacturers to provide drug rebates for drugs dispensed to low-income individuals under the Medicare prescription drug benefit program.

S 748 - Wyden
Veterans Affairs Eligibility and Pensions
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to consider the resources of individuals applying for pension that were recently disposed of by the individuals for less than fair market value when determining the eligibility of such individuals for such pension.

S 752 - Gillibrand
Patient Medication Information
04/17/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations regarding the authorship, content, format and dissemination of Patient Medication Information to ensure patients receive consistent and high-quality information about their prescription medications and are aware of the potential risks and benefits of prescription medications.

S 755 - Klobuchar
Medicaid Primary Care Payment and Additional Providers
04/17/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title XIX of the Social Security Act to apply the Medicaid primary care payment rate to additional physician providers of primary care services.

S 763 - Roberts
Wellbores and Pipeline Safety Requirements
04/18/2013 - To SENATE Committee on COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION.
Authorizes States to enforce pipeline safety requirements related to wellbores at interstate storage facilities.

S 764 - Cornyn
Patients Right To Know Act of 2013
04/18/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Relates to the Patients' Right to Know Act of 2013; amends Title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require the disclosure of information regarding how certain taxes and fees impact the amount of premiums.

S 767 - Barrasso
Social Security and Totalization Agreement Oversight
04/18/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title II of the Social Security Act to provide for Congressional oversight and approval of totalization agreements.

S 77 - Franken
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation
01/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Part D of Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate for lower prices for Medicare prescription drugs.

S 778 - Burr
Veteran Identification Cards
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to issue cards to veterans that identify them as veterans.

S 784 - Baucus
Agricultural Opportunities for Military Veterans
04/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION AND FORESTRY.
Expands agricultural opportunities for military veterans.

S 800 - Cornyn
Treto Garza Far South Texas Veterans Inpatient Care Act
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Relates to the Treto Garza Far South Texas Veterans Inpatient Care Act of 2013; requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that the South Texas Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Center at Harlingen, located in Harlingen, Texas, includes a full-service inpatient health care facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to redesignate such center.

S 803 - Lautenberg
Hurricane Sandy and Disaster Unemployment Assistance
04/24/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Provides enhanced disaster unemployment assistance to States affected by Hurricane Sandy and Tropical Storm Sandy of 2012.

S 804 - Portman
Workforce Investment System
04/24/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Streamlines and addresses overlap in the Federal workforce investment system, steers Federal training dollars toward skills needed by industry, establishes incentives for accountability through a Pay for Performance pilot program, and provides new access to the National Directory of New Hires, measures performance and better connects the unemployed to jobs.

S 806 - Roberts
Medicare and Average Drug Sales Price
04/24/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Part B of Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals under Medicare.

S 810 - Donnelly
Armed Forces Mental Health Computerized Assessment
04/25/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Requires a pilot program on an online computerized assessment to enhance detection of behaviors indicating a risk of suicide and other mental health conditions in members of the Armed Forces.

S 813 - Lautenberg
Peace Corps Volunteers and Coverage of Abortion
04/25/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FOREIGN RELATIONS.
Requires that Peace Corps volunteers be subject to the same limitations regarding coverage of abortion services as employees of the Peace Corps with respect to coverage of such services.

S 819 - Burr
Veterans and Mental Health Care
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to require a program of mental health care and rehabilitation for veterans for service-related post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety disorder or a related substance use disorder.

S 825 - Sanders
Homeless Veterans Prevention Act of 2013
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Relates to the Homeless Veterans Prevention Act of 2013; amends Title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of services for homeless veterans.

S 832 - Donnelly
Veterans and Children with Birth Defects
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out pilot programs on furnishing case management services and assisted living to children of Vietnam veterans and certain Korea service veterans born with spina bifida and children of women Vietnam veterans born with certain birth defects.

S 833 - Murray
Homeless Children and Education
04/25/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends Subtitle B of Title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to provide education for homeless children and youths.

S 834 - Murray
Homeless Children and Child Care
04/25/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to ensure access to high-quality child care for homeless children and families.

S 842 - Schumer
Medicare Dependent Hospital Program Extension
04/25/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an extension of the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and the increased payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program.

S 845 - Tester
Health Professionals Educational Assistance Program
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to improve the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Professionals Educational Assistance Program.

S 851 - Sanders
Caregivers Expansion and Improvement Act of 2013
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Relates to the Caregivers Expansion and Improvement Act of 2013; amends Title 38, United States Code, to extend to all veterans with a serious service-connected injury eligibility to participate in the family caregiver services program.

S 852 - Sanders
Veterans Health Promotion Act of 2013
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Relates to the Veterans' Health Promotion Act of 2013; improves health care furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs by increasing access to complementary and alternative medicine and other approaches to wellness and preventive care.

S 858 - Sanders
PPACA and State Health Care Coverage Innovation Waivers
05/06/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Provides for an earlier start for State health care coverage innovation waivers under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

S 863 - Blumenthal
Veterans Education Outreach
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to repeal time limitations on the eligibility for use of educational assistance under All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program; improves veterans education outreach.

S 865 - Whitehouse
Breast Cancer Commission
05/06/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Provides for the establishment of a commission to Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer.

S 867 - Pryor
Medicare and Pharmacy Benefits Manager Standards
05/06/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the Medicare prescription drug program, establishes basic audit standards of pharmacies, furthers transparency of payment methodology to pharmacies, and provides for recoupment returns to Medicare.

S 868 - Heller
Service in Philippines During World War II
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Requires the Secretary of Defense to establish a process to determine whether individuals claiming certain service in the Philippines during World War II are eligible for certain benefits despite not being on the Missouri List.

S 873 - Vitter
Drug Testing of TANF Recipients
05/07/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to implement a drug testing program for applicants for and recipients of assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.

S 875 - Casey
Veterans Health Administration and Disease Reporting
05/07/2013 - To SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to require the reporting of cases of infectious diseases at facilities of the Veterans Health Administration.

S 877 - Begich
Veterans Affairs and Public Access to Research
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to allow public access to research of the Department.

S 893 - Sanders
Veterans Compensation Cost of Living Adjustment Act
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Relates to the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2013; provides for an increase, effective December 1, 2013, in the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans.

S 894 - Sanders
Veterans and Work Study Allowances
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to extend expiring authority for work-study allowances for individuals who are pursuing programs of rehabilitation, education, or training under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; expands such authority to certain outreach services provided through congressional offices.

S 895 - Gillibrand
Antimicrobial Drugs in Food Producing Animals
05/08/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Improves the ability of the Food and Drug Administration to study the use of antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals.

S 896 - Begich
Government Pension Offset Repeal
05/08/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.

S 90 - Vitter
Social Security Benefits
01/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title II of the Social Security Act to allow workers who attained age 65 after 1981 and before 1992 to choose either lump sum payments over four years totaling $5,000 or an improved benefit computation formula under a new 10-year rule governing the transition to the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977.

S 902 - Vitter
PPACA and Congressional Staff and Executive Branch
05/08/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS.
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to apply the provisions of the Act to certain Congressional staff and members of the executive branch.

S 904 - Gillibrand
Extreme Weather Events
05/08/2013 - To SENATE Committee on COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION.
Minimizes the economic and social costs resulting from losses of life, property, well-being, business activity, and economic growth associated with extreme weather events by ensuring that the United States is more resilient to the impacts of extreme weather events in the short- and long-term.

S 905 - Menendez
State Building Codes
05/08/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS.
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to enhance existing programs providing mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes.

S 907 - Shaheen
Gestational Diabetes
05/08/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Provides grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes.

S 908 - Johnson T
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
05/08/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to improve the diagnosis and treatment of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.

S 911 - Paul Ra
Emergency Transportation Safety Fund
05/09/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Establishes an emergency transportation safety fund.

S 914 - Cochran
Implanted Infusion Pump Drug Payments
05/09/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit direct payment to pharmacies for certain compounded drugs that are prepared by the pharmacies for a specific beneficiary for use through an implanted infusion pump.

S 92 - Vitter
Debt Limit and Prioritization of Social Security
01/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Requires that the Government give priority to payment of all obligations on the debt held by the public and payment of Social Security benefits in the event that the debt limit is reached.

S 922 - Sanders
Veterans Equipped for Success Act of 2013
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Relates to the Veterans Equipped for Success Act of 2013; requires the Secretary of Labor to carry out a pilot program on providing wage subsidies to employers who employ certain veterans and members of the Armed Forces and requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on providing career transition services to young veterans.

S 924 - Menendez
State Building Codes
05/09/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS.
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to enhance existing programs providing mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes.

S 926 - Begich
National Guard Educational Foundation
05/09/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Title 32, United States Code, to include the National Guard Educational Foundation among the youth and charitable organizations eligible for National Guard assistance.

S 927 - Sanders
Veterans Affairs and Benefits Awwareness
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a demonstration project to assess the feasibility and advisability of using State and local government agencies and nonprofit organizations to increase awareness of benefits and services for veterans and to improve coordination of outreach activities relating to such benefits and services.

S 928 - Sanders
Claims Processing Improvement Act of 2013
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Relates to the Claims Processing Improvement Act of 2013; amends Title 38, United States Code, to improve the processing of claims for compensation under Laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

S 93 - Vitter
Hurricane Isaac Tax Relief
01/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Provides tax relief with respect to the Hurricane Isaac disaster area.

S 930 - Bennet
Veteran Education Assistance Overpayments
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in cases of overpayments of educational assistance under Post-9/11 Educational Assistance, to deduct amounts for repayment from the last months of educational assistance entitlement.

S 931 - Blunt
Breast Cancer Patients and Reconstruction
05/13/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to raise awareness of, and to educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery, especially patients who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups, regarding the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options.

S 932 - Begich
Veterans Affairs Advance Appropriations
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to provide for advance appropriations for certain discretionary accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

S 935 - Franken
Veterans Affairs and Medical Examinations
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from requesting additional medical examinations of veterans who have submitted sufficient medical evidence provided by non-Department medical professionals; improves the efficiency of processing certain claims for disability compensation by veterans.

S 938 - Moran Je
Veterans and Education Assistance
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to allow certain veterans to use educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for franchise training.

S 939 - Blumenthal
Veterans Appeals and Misfiled Documents
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to treat certain misfiled documents as motions for reconsideration of decisions by the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

S 944 - Sanders
Veterans Tuition and In-State Rates
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to require courses of education provided by public institutions of higher education that are approved for purposes of the All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program and Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to charge veterans tuition and fees at the in-State tuition rate.

S 945 - Shaheen
Medicare and Diabetes Self Management Training
05/14/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to diabetes self-management training by authorizing certified diabetes educators to provide diabetes self-management training services, including as Part of telehealth services, under Part B of the Medicare program.

S 946 - Wicker
Taxpayer Funded Abortions
05/14/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Prohibits taxpayer funded abortions.

S 948 - Schumer
Medicare and Complex Rehabilitation Technology
05/14/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items under the Medicare program.

S 955 - Thune
Volunteer Health Practitioner Liability Protections
05/15/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers under section 330 of such Act.

S 957 - Bennet
Pharmaceutical Distribution Supply Chain
05/15/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the pharmaceutical distribution supply chain.

S 959 - Harkin
Compounding Drugs
05/22/2013 - In SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS: Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a sub.
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to compounding drugs.

S 961 - Blunt
Access to Emergency Medical Services
05/15/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Improves access to emergency medical services.

S 962 - Heller
PPACA and IRS Implementation
05/15/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Prohibits amounts made available by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 from being transferred to the Internal Revenue Service for implementation of such Acts.

S 963 - Coburn
Unrealistic Future Medicaid Augmentation Prevention
05/15/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Prevents an unrealistic future Medicaid augmentation plan.

S 966 - Cardin
Medical Flexible Spending Arrangements
05/15/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase participation in medical flexible spending arrangements.

S 972 - Coburn
HIPAA Standards and ICD-10
05/16/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services replacing ICD-9 with ICD-10 in implementing the HIPAA code set standards.

S 975 - Klobuchar
Court-Appointed Guardianship and Elder Justice
05/16/2013 - To SENATE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Provides for the inclusion of court-appointed guardianship improvement and oversight activities under the Elder Justice Act of 2009.

S 976 - Udall M
Potential Military Recruits and Exercise
05/16/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Provides for education of potential military recruits on healthy body weight and facilitates and encourages exercise in potential military recruits.

S 98 - Vitter
Natural Disaster Reconstruction and Federal Contracts
01/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS.
Ensures efficiency and fairness in the awarding of Federal contracts in connection with natural disaster reconstruction efforts.

S 983 - Cornyn
PPACA Enforcement Prohibition
05/16/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from enforcing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

S 989 - Schatz
Health Data and Direct Appropriations Prerequisite
05/20/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Eliminates the prerequisite of direct appropriations relating to collection of health data and modifies standards for measuring sexual orientation and gender identity.

S 99 - Vitter
Natural Disaster Reconstruction and Federal Contracts
01/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS.
Provides for full and open competition for Federal contracts related to natural disaster reconstruction efforts.

S 995 - Boozman
Desert Storm Memorial
05/21/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
Authorizes the National Desert Storm Memorial Association to establish the National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial as a commemorative work in the District of Columbia.

S 997 - Mikulski
Social Work Reinvestment Commission
05/21/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Establishes the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on policy issues associated with recruitment, retention, research, and reinvestment in the profession of social work.

S 998 - Franken
Home Care Consumer Bill of Rights
05/21/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish a Home Care Consumer Bill of Rights and establishes State Home Care Ombudsman Programs.

S 999 - Cardin
Holocaust Survivors and Social Services
05/21/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide social service agencies with the resources to provide services to meet the urgent needs of Holocaust survivors to age in place with dignity, comfort, security, and quality of life.

SCR 9 - Feinstein
Rafael Peralta Medal of Honor
03/19/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Recommends the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Rafael Peralta.

SJR 44 - Kohl
Consent of Congress
01/14/2013 - Public Law No. 112-282
Grants the consent of Congress to the State and Province Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding that provides for the possibility of mutual assistance among participating jurisdictions in managing any emergency or disaster when such jurisdictions ask for assistance.

SJR 8 - Paul Ra
Taxable Medical Devices Rule Congressional Disapproval
02/27/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Provides for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service of the Department of the Treasury relating to taxable medical devices.

SJR 9 - Hatch
TANF Regulation Congressional Disapproval
03/04/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Provides for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Family Assistance of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to waiver and expenditure authority under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315) with respect to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.

SRES 108 - Klobuchar
National 9-1-1 Education Month
04/23/2013 - In SENATE. Passed SENATE.
Designates April 2013 as "National 9-1-1 Education Month".

SRES 116 - Fischer
National Pediatric Brain Cancer Awareness Day
04/25/2013 - In SENATE. Passed SENATE.
Designates September 26, 2013, as "National Pediatric Brain Cancer Awareness Day".

SRES 118 - Stabenow
Parkinson's Awareness Month
04/25/2013 - In SENATE. Passed SENATE.
Supports the designation of April as Parkinson's Awareness Month.

SRES 135 - Mikulski
Naturopathic Medicine Week
05/09/2013 - To SENATE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Designates the week of October 7 through October 13, 2013, as "Naturopathic Medicine Week" to recognize the value of naturopathic medicine in providing safe, effective, and affordable health care.

SRES 137 - Nelson Bi
Older Americans Month
05/09/2013 - In SENATE. Passed SENATE.
Designates May 2013 as "Older Americans Month".

SRES 142 - Graham
National MPS Awareness Day
05/15/2013 - In SENATE. Passed SENATE.
Designates May 15, 2013, as "National MPS Awareness Day".

SRES 152 - Cowan
National Holoprosencephaly Awareness Day
05/22/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Designates November 28, 2013, as "National Holoprosencephaly Awareness Day" to increase awareness and education of the disorder.

SRES 168 - Johnson T
National Aphasia Awareness Month
06/12/2013 - In SENATE. Passed SENATE.
Designates June 2013 as National Aphasia Awareness Month; supports efforts to increase awareness of aphasia.

SRES 169 - Heitkamp
National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month
06/12/2013 - In SENATE. Passed SENATE.
Designates the month of June 2013 as National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month.

SRES 171 - Blumenthal
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
06/13/2013 - In SENATE. Passed SENATE.
Designates June 15, 2013, as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.

SRES 21 - Lautenberg
National Solidarity Day for Compassionate Patient Care
02/14/2013 - In SENATE. Passed SENATE.
Designates February 14, 2013, as "National Solidarity Day for Compassionate Patient Care".

SRES 36 - Johanns
Recognizing Centennial of Mosaic
02/14/2013 - In SENATE. Passed SENATE.
Recognizes February 19, 2013 as the centennial of Mosaic, a faith-based organization that was founded in Nebraska and now serves more than 3,600 individuals with intellectual disabilities in 10 States.

SRES 41 - Enzi
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
02/25/2013 - In SENATE. Passed SENATE.
Supports the designation of March 2013, as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

SRES 48 - Sanders
Committee on Veterans Affairs Expenditures
02/26/2013 - To SENATE Committee on RULES AND ADMINISTRATION.
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

SRES 49 - Nelson Bi
Committee on Aging Expenditures
02/26/2013 - To SENATE Committee on RULES AND ADMINISTRATION.
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Special Committee on Aging.

SRES 57 - Brown S
Rare Disease Day
02/26/2013 - In SENATE. Passed SENATE.
Designates February 28, 2013, as "Rare Disease Day".

SRES 67 - Burr
Gold Star Wives Day
03/20/2013 - In SENATE. Passed SENATE.
Designates April 5, 2013, as "Gold Star Wives Day".

SRES 71 - Burr
Military and Veterans Caregiver Week
03/07/2013 - In SENATE. Passed SENATE.
Designates the week of March 4 through March 8, 2013, as "Military and Veterans Caregiver Week".

SRES 85 - Sessions J
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month
03/20/2013 - In SENATE. Passed SENATE.
Designates April 2013 as "National Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month".

SRES 89 - Isakson
National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day
03/21/2013 - In SENATE. Passed SENATE.
Designates March 25, 2013, as "National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day".

SRES 93 - Wicker
National Association of Junior Auxiliaries Day
04/08/2013 - In SENATE. Passed SENATE.
Designates April 4, 2013, as "National Association of Junior Auxiliaries Day".

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