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Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 - Repeals, but continues for crop year 2013: (1) direct payments, (2) countercyclical payments, and (3) the average crop revenue election program (ACRE). Establishes the agriculture risk coverage program through crop year 2018 for covered crops to make payments to producer...	To reauthorize agricultural programs through 2018. 1. Short title; table of contents (a) In general This Act may be cited as the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary....	Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013
Terminating the Expansion of Too-Big-To-Fail Act of 2013 - Amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010, title I of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank), the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, and the Federal Reserve Act to eliminate all supervision by the Board of Governors of the Feder...	To amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to repeal certain designation authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, to repeal the Payment, Clearing, and Settlement Supervision Act of 2010, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Terminating the Expansion of Too-Big-To-Fail Act...	Terminating the Expansion of Too-Big-To-Fail Act of 2013
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on December 2, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2014 - (Sec. 3) Requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to submit to Congress a financial report on restoration activities...		Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2014
Iran Export Embargo Act - Amends the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 to direct the President to prohibit all transactions in property and property interests of a person (as defined in this Act) if such property and property interests are in the United States or within the possession or control of a U...	To impose sanctions with respect to the Government of Iran. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Iran Export Embargo Act 2. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the Government of Iran The Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 ( 22 U.S.C. 8801 et seq. 1245A. Imposition of sanctions with respect to...	Iran Export Embargo Act
Home Building Lending Improvement Act of 2013 - Directs each of the appropriate federal banking agencies to initiate guidance or rulemaking with respect to financial institutions under their respective jurisdictions that make real estate loans to home builders. Requires such rulemaking to provide for: (1) adjustment fr...	To enable Federal and State chartered banks and thrifts to meet the credit needs of home builders in the United States, and to provide liquidity and ensure stable credit in order to meet the need for new homes in the United States. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Home Building Lending Improvement Act of 201...	Home Building Lending Improvement Act of 2013
Anti-Trust Freedom Act of 2013 - Provides that the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act prohibiting unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce shall not be construed to prohibit, ban, or otherwise extend to any voluntary e...	To permit voluntary economic activity. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Anti-Trust Freedom Act of 2013 2. Voluntary economic coordination by individuals The Sherman Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1 et seq. 15 U.S.C. 12 et seq. 15 U.S.C. 45 May 22, 2013 Read the second time and placed on the calendar	Anti-Trust Freedom Act of 2013
Conservation Reform Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of State to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of, and report to Congress on, U.S. international conservation programs to determine the extent to which such programs are: (1) advancing conservation in the world's mos...	To establish more efficient and effective policies and processes for departments and agencies engaged in or providing support to, international conservation. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Conservation Reform Act of 2013 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropri...	Conservation Reform Act of 2013
Preserve the Waters of the United States Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Army and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from: (1) finalizing the proposed guidance described in the notice of availability and request for comments entitled "EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Guidance Regarding I...	To preserve existing rights and responsibilities with respect to waters of the United States. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preserve the Waters of the United States Act 2. Identification of waters protected by the Clean Water Act (a) In general Neither the Secretary of the Army nor the Administrator of th...	Preserve the Waters of the United States Act
Keep Knives Out of Our Skies Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from implementing any change to the prohibited items list of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) that would permit passengers to carry small, non-locking knives through passenger screening checkpoints at airports, into st...	To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from implementing proposed policy changes that would permit passengers to carry small, non-locking knives on aircraft. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keep Knives Out of Our Skies Act 2. Prohibition on implementation of policy change to permit small, non-lockin...	Keep Knives Out of Our Skies Act
Chemical Safety Improvement Act - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to establish an evaluative framework for chemical risk assessment and management. Declares that it is the policy of the United States that: (1) this Act should protect the health of people and the environment from the unmanaged risks of ch...	To reauthorize and modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act, and for other purposes. 1. Short title; table of contents; references (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Chemical Safety Improvement Act (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents...	Chemical Safety Improvement Act
Commission on Effective Regulation and Assessment Systems for Public Schools Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to establish the Commission on Effective Regulation and Assessment Systems for Public Schools, composed of certain government officials, educa...	To establish the Commission on Effective Regulation and Assessment Systems for Public Schools. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Commission on Effective Regulation and Assessment Systems for Public Schools Act 2. Commission on Effective Regulation and Assessment Systems for Public Schools (a) In general The E...	Commission on Effective Regulation and Assessment Systems for Public Schools Act
Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue up to 50,000 $5 gold coins, 350,000 $1 silver coins, and 300,000 half-dollar clad coins to commemorate the centennial of the founding of Father Flanagan's Boys Town. Requires the design of the coins to be emblematic of...	To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of Boys Town, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act 2. Findings Congress finds that— (1) Boys Town is a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving children ...	Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a process which subjects to a single, combined maximum annual limit, applied incrementally, the number of additional documentation requests made to a hospital by Medicare administrative contractors, recovery a...	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve operations of recovery auditors under the Medicare integrity program, to increase transparency and accuracy in audits conducted by contractors, and for other purposes. 1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicare Audit...	Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2013
Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013 - Directs a party alleging infringement in a civil action arising under any Act of Congress relating to patents to include in the court pleadings: an identification of each patent and claim allegedly infringed as well as the accused apparatus, product, feature, device, method, system,...	To amend title 35, United States Code, to add procedural requirements for patent infringement suits. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013 2. Pleading requirements (a) In general Chapter 29 281A. Pleading requirements for patent infringement actions In a civil action arising und...	Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013
Youth Sports Concussion Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) should review the National Academies' report on sports-related concussions in youth, and future research in this area, for any matter that may impact products under the...	To reduce sports-related concussions in youth, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Youth Sports Concussion Act 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) scientific advancements and a greater understanding of the issues that affect the health and safety of young athletes ...	Youth Sports Concussion Act
Help Veterans Own Franchises Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business-related tax credit of up to $100,000 for 25% of the franchise fees paid or incurred by a veteran for the purchase of a franchise. Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Secretary ...	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow credits for the purchase of franchises by veterans. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Help Veterans Own Franchises Act 2. Veterans franchise fee credit (a) In general Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 45S. Veterans franchise fee credit (a) Ve...	Help Veterans Own Franchises Act
Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act of 2013 - Prohibits a person or entity acting under the authority of (or funded in whole or in part by) the federal government from using a drone to gather evidence or other information pertaining to criminal conduct or conduct in violation of a statute or regulation...	To protect individual privacy against unwarranted governmental intrusion through the use of the unmanned aerial vehicles commonly called drones, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act of 2013 2. Definitions In this Act— (1) the term drone...	Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act of 2013
Federal Reserve Independence Act - Amends the Federal Reserve Act regarding class A membership on the board of directors of a Federal Reserve Bank to require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve Board) to designate members from among persons who are not employed in any capacity by a sto...	To restrict conflicts of interest on the boards of directors of Federal reserve banks, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Reserve Independence Act 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) In October 2011, the Government Accountability Office found that— (A) allowing members...	Federal Reserve Independence Act
Elder Protection and Abuse Prevention Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to direct the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Aging to: (1) ensure that all programs funded under such Act include appropriate training in elder abuse prevention and the provision of services that address elder justi...	To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize Federal assistance to State adult protective services programs, and for other purposes. 1. Short title; findings (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Elder Protection and Abuse Prevention Act (b) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) In 2009, the Depart...	Elder Protection and Abuse Prevention Act
All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013 - Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to extend energy performance requirements for federal buildings for each of FY2016-FY2020 (from a 33% reduction from 2003 energy consumption level for FY2015 to a 45% reduction for FY2020). Requires ag...	To improve energy performance in Federal buildings, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013 2. Energy performance requirement for Federal buildings Section 543 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act ( 42 U.S.C. 8253(a)...	All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013
Next Generation Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 2013 - Directs the President to establish a multi-year comprehensive regional assistance strategy to coordinate and advance the Cooperative Threat Reduction program (CTR) and related nonproliferation efforts in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA CTR and Nonprolife...	To provide for a Next Generation Cooperative Threat Reduction Strategy, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Next Generation Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 2013 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) The United States nonproliferation and threat reduction assistance p...	Next Generation Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 2013
Global Investment in American Jobs Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) U.S. ability to attract foreign direct investment is directly linked to U.S. long-term economic prosperity, global competitiveness, and security; (2) it should be mindful of the potential impact upon the U.S. ability to attract f...	To direct the Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, to conduct an interagency review of and report on ways to increase the competitiveness of the United States in attracting foreign direct investment. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Global ...	Global Investment in American Jobs Act of 2013
Virginia Outer Continental Shelf Energy Production Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to include within the schedule of proposed federal lease sales in the outer Continental Shelf leasing program for FY2012-FY2017 Lease Sale 220 (covering wind or alternative and renewable energy as well as ...	To provide for the inclusion of Lease Sale 220 in the outer Continental Shelf leasing program for fiscal years 2012–2017, to revise the map for the Mid-Atlantic planning area, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Virginia Outer Continental Shelf Energy Production Act of 2013 2. Definition...	Virginia Outer Continental Shelf Energy Production Act of 2013
Helping Communities Rebuild After Deadly School Shootings and Other Traumatic Events Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to fund certain actions they deem necessary to improve the learning environmen...	To provide financial assistance for school construction after a violent or traumatic crisis. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Helping Communities Rebuild After Deadly School Shootings and Other Traumatic Events Act 2. Grant Authority for school construction Section 4121 of the Elementary and Secondary Educat...	Helping Communities Rebuild After Deadly School Shootings and Other Traumatic Events Act
Return to Work Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Job Accommodation Network, to promote awareness and assistance among employers to enable survivors of stroke to return to work.	To assist survivors of stroke in returning to work. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Return to Work Act of 2013 2. Assisting stroke survivors in returning to work The Secretary of Labor, acting through the Job Accommodation Network, may promote awareness and assistance among employers to enable survivors of ...	Return to Work Act of 2013
Older Americans Act Amendments of 2013 - Reauthorizes the Older Americans Act of 1965 (OAA) and funding for its programs for FY2014-FY2018. Revises OAA to include lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) individuals, HIV-positive individuals, individuals with Alzheimer's disease, veterans, and Holocaust survivo...	To reauthorize and improve the Older Americans Act of 1965, and for other purposes. 1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Older Americans Act Amendments of 2013 (b) Table of contents Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. TITLE I—Declaration of objectives; def...	Older Americans Act Amendments of 2013
Regulatory Accountability Act of 2013 - Amends the Administrative Procedure Act to revise requirements for federal agency rulemaking by requiring agencies, in making a rule, to consider: (1) the legal authority under which a rule may be proposed, including whether rulemaking is required by statute or is within the disc...	To reform the process by which Federal agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Regulatory Accountability Act of 2013 2. Definitions Section 551 (1) in paragraph (13), by striking and (2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at the end and i...	Regulatory Accountability Act of 2013
Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to allow: spouses who have both attained age 55 to make increased catch-up contributions to the same HSA; Medicare Part A (hospital insurance benefits) beneficiaries to participate in ...	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve access to health care through expanded health savings accounts, and for other purposes. 1. Short title, etc (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2013 (b) Amendment of 1986 Code Except as otherwise expressly prov...	Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2013
Better Enforcement for Sexual Assault Free Environments Act of 2013 - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to repeal the authority of a convening authority (the person taking action on the findings of a court-martial) to use discretion to either set aside a finding of guilty or change such finding to a fi...	To amend title 10, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the Uniform Code of Military Justice related to sex-related offenses committed by members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. 1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Better Enforcement for Sexual Assau...	Better Enforcement for Sexual Assault Free Environments Act of 2013
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY2014. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for: (1) procurement, including aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, other procurement, and pu...	To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014...	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014
Targeted Strike Oversight Reform Act of 2013 - Requires the head of an element of the intelligence community to notify the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) upon determining that a U.S. person is engaged in acts of international terrorism against the United States such that the government is considering the legal...	To require an independent alternative analysis of the consideration of the use of targeted lethal force against a particular, known United States person knowingly engaged in acts of international terrorism against the United States and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Targeted Strike Over...	Targeted Strike Oversight Reform Act of 2013
Foreign Language Education Partnership Program Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to replace the program providing incentive payments to public elementary schools for foreign language instruction with a partnership program in foreign languages that provides matching grants to partnerships c...	To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a partnership program in foreign languages. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Foreign Language Education Partnership Program Act 2. Partnership program in foreign languages (a) In general Section 5494 of the Elementary and Secondary Educ...	Foreign Language Education Partnership Program Act
Fourth Amendment Preservation and Protection Act of 2013 - Prohibits the federal government or a state or local government from obtaining or seeking to obtain information relating to an individual or group of individuals held by a third party in a system of records, except as authorized by this Act. Deems information o...	To ensure adequate protection of the rights under the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fourth Amendment Preservation and Protection Act of 2013 2. Findings Congress finds that the right under the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United Sta...	Fourth Amendment Preservation and Protection Act of 2013
End Racial Profiling Act of 2013 - Prohibits any law enforcement agent or agency from engaging in racial profiling. Grants the United States or an individual injured by racial profiling the right to obtain declaratory or injunctive relief. Requires federal law enforcement agencies to maintain adequate policies and proc...	To eliminate racial profiling by law enforcement, and for other purposes. 1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the End Racial Profiling Act of 2013 (b) Table of contents The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Ti...	End Racial Profiling Act of 2013
Spouses of Heroes Education Act - Entitles to post-9/11 veterans' educational assistance the spouse (under current law, only the child) of a person who, on or after September 11, 2001, dies in the line of duty while serving on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces. Terminates such spouse's entitlement on the earl...	To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship to include spouses of members of the Armed Forces who die in the line of duty, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Spouses of Heroes Education Act 2. Expansion of Marine Gunnery Sergea...	Spouses of Heroes Education Act
National Monuments Act of 2011- Requires the President to obtain congressional approval of proposed national monuments situated upon land owned or controlled by the federal government and certify compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 prior to declaring national monuments. Bars the Secretary of t...	To provide for congressional approval of national monuments and restrictions on the use of national monuments. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Monuments Act of 2011 2. Designation of national monuments The Act of June 8, 1906 ( 16 U.S.C. 431 et seq. (1) in section 2 ( 16 U.S.C. 431 Sec. 2. 2. Desig...	National Monuments Act of 2011
Military Crime Victims' Rights Act of 2013 - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to provide specific rights for victims of offenses under the UCMJ, including the right to: (1) be protected from the accused; (2) reasonable, accurate, and timely notice of any public proceeding involving the offense; (3) no...	To amend title 10, United States Code, to afford crime victims' rights to victims of offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Military Crime Victims' Rights Act of 2013 2. Extension of crime victims' rights to victims of offenses under the ...	Military Crime Victims' Rights Act of 2013
Veterans Legal Support Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide support to at least one university law school program that is designed to provide legal assistance to veterans. Allows programs of university law schools which may receive support under this Act to include those that assis...	To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide support to university law school programs that are designed to provide legal assistance to veterans, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Legal Support Act of 2013 2. Department of Veterans Affairs support for university l...	Veterans Legal Support Act of 2013
English Learning and Innovation Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award renewable, competitive grants to states, local educational agencies (LEAs), and public charter schools or charter school management organizations to carry out activities that ...	To promote innovative practices for the education of English learners and to help States and local educational agencies with English learner populations build capacity to ensure that English learners receive high-quality instruction that enables them to become proficient in English, access the academic content knowledg...	English Learning and Innovation Act
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.) World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to install at the World War II memorial in the District of Columbia a suitable plaque or an inscription with...	To direct the Secretary of the Interior to install in the area of the World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia a suitable plaque or an inscription with the words that President Franklin D. Roosevelt prayed with the United States on D-Day, June 6, 1944. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the World War II M...	World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2013