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| 113-hr-5847 | 113 | hr | 5847 | Fifth Amendment Restoration Act of 2014 | Law | 2014-12-10 | 2014-12-10 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36] | TX | R | S000937 | 0 | Fifth Amendment Restoration Act of 2014 - Prohibits government seizures of private property under any federal law providing for civil asset forfeiture. Defines "property" to include real property, financial assets, and commonly held property owned by more than one person. Bars federal agencies from: (1) participating in or benefiting from any multiple-jurisdiction, equitable sharing, or shared civil asset forfeiture program with any state or local government; or (2) accepting or adopting property seized by a state or local government. Excludes from such prohibitions: (1) contraband, including illegal imports or exports, and anything the possession of which is a crime; or (2) property subject to forfeiture or seizure because the owner has first been convicted of a criminal offense. | 2023-01-11T13:25:10Z | |
| 113-hr-5683 | 113 | hr | 5683 | Ensuring Access to Justice for Claims Against the United States Act | Law | 2014-11-12 | 2014-12-08 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 488. | House | Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6] | FL | R | D000621 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Ensuring Access to Justice for Claims Against the United States Act - Amends the federal judicial code with respect to the jurisdiction of federal courts over civil actions pending in, or on appeal from, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (USCFC) when the plaintiff also has pending in another federal court a civil action that includes a claim against the United States (or an agency or officer of the United States) arising from the same set of operative facts. Requires the court presiding over the action that was filed later to stay the later action until the action that was filed first is no longer pending. (Currently, the USCFC is prohibited from having jurisdiction of any claim in which the plaintiff has pending in any other court any suit or process against the United States or any person who was acting or professing to act under the authority of the United States.) Provides an exception to the requirement to stay the later action if: (1) the parties in each of the actions agree, or (2) the required stay is not in the interests of justice. | 2023-01-11T13:25:15Z | |
| 113-hr-5367 | 113 | hr | 5367 | BASTA Act | Law | 2014-07-31 | 2014-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. | House | Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8] | FL | R | P000599 | 4 | Bank Account Seizure of Terrorist Assets Act or BASTA Act - Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to subject the blocked assets of a terrorist party to execution or attachment in aid of execution in order to satisfy a judgment based upon an act of terrorism, regardless of whether the terrorist party ceases to be a terrorist party after judgment is entered. Redefines a blocked asset to include any asset seized or frozen by the United States under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. | 2023-01-11T13:25:51Z | |
| 113-s-2769 | 113 | s | 2769 | A bill to ensure appropriate judicial review of Federal Government actions by amending the prohibition on the exercise of jurisdiction by the United States Court of Federal Claims of certain claims pending in other courts. | Law | 2014-07-31 | 2014-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] | MS | R | W000437 | 2 | Amends the federal judicial code with respect to the jurisdiction of federal courts over civil actions pending in, or on appeal from, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (USCFC) when the plaintiff also has pending in another federal court a civil action that includes a claim against the United States (or an agency or officer of the United States) arising from the same set of operative facts. Requires the court presiding over the action that was filed later to stay the later action until the action that was filed first is no longer pending. (Currently, the USCFC is prohibited from having jurisdiction of any claim in which the plaintiff has pending in any other court any suit or process against the United States or any person who was acting or professing to act under the authority of the United States.) Provides an exception to the requirement to stay the later action if: (1) the parties in each of the actions agree, or (2) the required stay is not in the interests of justice. | 2023-01-11T13:25:42Z | |
| 113-s-2770 | 113 | s | 2770 | Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act | Law | 2014-07-31 | 2014-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT] | MT | D | W000818 | 0 | Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act - Amends the Equal Access to Justice Act and the federal judicial code to require the Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States to submit to Congress and make publicly available on an Internet website an annual report on the amount of fees and other expenses awarded to prevailing parties other than the United States in certain administrative proceedings and civil action court cases (excluding tort cases) to which the United States is a party, including settlement agreements. Requires such reports to describe the number, nature, and amount of the awards, the claims involved in the controversy, and any other relevant information that may aid Congress in evaluating the scope and impact of such awards. Directs the Chairman to create and maintain a searchable database on an Internet website containing specified information with respect to each award, including: if available, the case name and number of, as well as a hyperlink to, any case in which the party other than the agency is not an individual; the name of the agency involved; for an award to an individual, a statement that excludes any personally identifiable information but indicates that the award was made to an individual; for an award made to a party other than an individual, the name of the party; the amount of the award; and the basis for finding that the position of the agency concerned was not substantially justified. Directs the head of each agency (including, with respect to court cases, the Attorney General [DOJ] and the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts) to provide the Chairman all information requested to produce such reports. | 2023-01-11T13:25:42Z | |
| 113-hr-5187 | 113 | hr | 5187 | Catalyst Theory Restoration Act of 2014 | Law | 2014-07-24 | 2014-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] | PA | D | C001090 | 0 | Catalyst Theory Restoration Act of 2014 - Defines "prevailing party" for any Act of Congress, any agency ruling, regulation, or interpretation, or any judicial or administrative rule that provides for the recovery of attorney's fees, to include a party whose pursuit of a non-frivolous claim or defense was a catalyst for a voluntary or unilateral change in position by the opposing party that provides any significant part of the relief sought. Prohibits this Act from altering any: (1) special eligibility criteria established for prevailing defendants, or (2) specific eligibility criteria contained in any statute that expressly limits or qualifies who may be considered a prevailing party for purposes of that statute. | 2023-01-11T13:25:57Z | |
| 113-hr-5108 | 113 | hr | 5108 | To establish the Law School Clinic Certification Program of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes. | Law | 2014-07-15 | 2014-12-16 | Became Public Law No: 113-227. | House | Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8] | NY | D | J000294 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 15, 2014. The summary of the House passed version is repeated here.) Establishes the Law School Clinic Certification Program of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to allow students enrolled in a participating law school's clinic to practice patent and trademark law before the USPTO on a pro-bono basis for clients that qualify for assistance from the law school's clinic. Requires the USPTO Director to establish regulations and procedures for application to and participation in such program. Makes all law schools accredited by the American Bar Association eligible to participate in the program after being examined for acceptance using identical criteria. Provides for the program to be in effect for the 10-year period after enactment of this Act. Requires the Director, within two years after enactment of this Act, to report to Congress regarding the work done through the program and the number of participating law schools and students. | 2023-03-22T18:49:20Z | |
| 113-hr-4990 | 113 | hr | 4990 | Justice for Children Now Act of 2014 | Law | 2014-06-26 | 2014-07-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. | House | Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] | TX | D | J000032 | 11 | Justice for Children Now Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Attorney General (DOJ) to appoint 70 immigration judges in addition to the those serving as of the date of enactment of this Act. | 2023-01-11T13:26:12Z | |
| 113-hr-4772 | 113 | hr | 4772 | RESPECT Act | Law | 2014-05-29 | 2014-07-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. | House | Rep. Holding, George [R-NC-13] | NC | R | H001065 | 17 | Respecting Senior Performers as Essential Cultural Treasures Act or the RESPECT Act - Requires digital music services (certain services providing digital transmissions of music by Internet radio, cable, or satellite) that transmit sound recordings under the statutory license provided under federal copyright law to pay royalties for sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972, in the same manner as they pay royalties for sound recordings protected by federal copyright that are fixed after such date. (Currently, sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972, are governed by state laws and are not subject to federal copyright laws that require music services to pay a performance royalty for transmitting such recordings.) Provides a remedy under which performance royalties for the transmission of such recordings may be recovered in a civil action in federal court if a digital music service fails to make such payments. Prohibits an infringement action against a transmitting entity from being brought under a state law if the appropriate royalty is paid under this Act. Declares that this Act does not confer federal copyright protection upon such recordings fixed before February 15, 1972 (sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972, remain under applicable state laws notwithstanding the payment of royalties under federal statutory licensing requirements). Terminates this Act on February 15, 2067. | 2023-01-11T13:26:25Z | |
| 113-hr-4698 | 113 | hr | 4698 | Every Child is a Blessing Act of 2014 | Law | 2014-05-21 | 2014-07-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4] | MS | R | P000601 | 53 | Every Child is a Blessing Act of 2014 - Prohibits recovery of damages in certain civil actions based on a claim that, but for the conduct of the defendant, a child, once conceived, would not or should not have been born. Makes such prohibition applicable to claims based on a child's disability, defect, abnormality, race, sex, or other inborn characteristic. Bars such prohibition from being construed to: (1) provide a defense against charges of intentional misrepresentation in state proceedings regulating the professional practices of health care providers and practitioners; (2) provide a defense in any criminal action, including cases of rape or incest; or (3) limit damages in cases where the conduct of the defendant caused personal injury or death to the child or gestational mother. | 2023-01-11T13:26:27Z | |
| 113-s-2364 | 113 | s | 2364 | Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2014 | Law | 2014-05-20 | 2014-05-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] | CT | D | B001277 | 4 | Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2014 - Amends the federal judicial code to prohibit a court, in any civil action in which the pleadings state facts relevant to protecting public health or safety, from entering an order restricting the disclosure of information obtained through discovery, approving a settlement agreement that would restrict such disclosure, or restricting access to court records, subject to exceptions, unless the court has first made independent findings of fact that: (1) the order would not restrict the disclosure of information relevant to the protection of public health or safety or (2) the public interest in the disclosure of past, present, or potential health or safety hazards is outweighed by a specific and substantial interest in maintaining the confidentiality of the information and the requested protective order is no broader than necessary to protect the confidentiality interest asserted. Prohibits a court from approving any party's stipulation or request to stipulate to an order that would violate this Act. Prohibits such a court from: (1) approving or enforcing any provision of an agreement between or among parties, or an order entered under this Act, to the extent that it restricts a party from disclosing information to any federal or state agency with authority to enforce laws regulating an activity relating to such information (requires such information disclosed to a federal or state agency to be confidential to the extent provided by law); or (2) enforcing any provision of a settlement agreement described under this Act between or among parties to such civil action that prohibits a party from disclosing that a settlement was reached or the terms of the settlement, other than the amount paid, or from discussing the civil action, or evidence produced in it, that involves matters relevant to the protection of public health or safety. Excepts from this enforcement prohibition (thus allowing enforcement of) a settlement agreement provision about which the court finds that the public int… | 2023-01-11T13:26:20Z | |
| 113-s-2317 | 113 | s | 2317 | Safety Over Secrecy Act of 2014 | Law | 2014-05-12 | 2014-05-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] | RI | D | W000802 | 0 | Safety Over Secrecy Act of 2014 - Amends the federal judicial code to prohibit courts, except when balancing confidentiality interests against public awareness interests in response to a party's motion, from approving or ordering the enforcement of any provision of a settlement agreement in a civil suit if: (1) a pleading in the suit alleges facts relevant to protecting the public from a hazard to public safety or health; and (2) the provision prohibits a party from disclosing settlement terms (other than the amount of any money paid under the settlement) or from discussing the suit, evidence produced in the suit, or the hazard to public safety or health. Defines "hazard to public safety or health" as an activity, substance, or condition that has a potential to cause harm to the health or safety of the public. Authorizes a court, upon a motion by a party to the settlement agreement, to approve or order enforcement of such a provision if: (1) the public interest in disclosure of facts relevant to protecting the public is outweighed by a specific and substantial interest in maintaining the confidentiality of the information or records, and (2) the requested order is no broader than necessary to protect such confidentiality. Establishes a rebuttable presumption that the interest in protecting financial, medical, or other similar personal information relating to an identifiable individual outweighs the public interest in disclosure. Permits courts to redact language to accommodate personal privacy and public awareness. Prohibits courts from approving or ordering the enforcement of a settlement agreement provision in a civil suit that includes allegations concerning public safety and health hazards if the provision restricts a party from disclosing such information to a federal or state agency with law enforcement or regulatory authority over related activity. Requires facts disclosed to a federal or state agency to be protected as confidential under any other laws, regulations, or agreements. | 2023-01-11T13:26:22Z | |
| 113-hr-4603 | 113 | hr | 4603 | Independent Counsel Reauthorization Act of 2014 | Law | 2014-05-07 | 2014-07-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. | House | Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10] | OH | R | T000463 | 0 | Independent Counsel Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends the federal judicial code to reauthorize the independent counsel law (currently, the law is expired) for a five-year period. | 2023-01-11T13:26:30Z | |
| 113-hres-561 | 113 | hres | 561 | Marking the 60th anniversary of the United States Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education. | Law | 2014-04-30 | 2014-07-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] | FL | D | H000324 | 61 | Marks the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, which signaled the end of state-sanctioned segregation of schools in the United States, so that it is unlawful to deny access to public facilities on the basis of race. | 2023-01-11T13:26:36Z | |
| 113-hr-4361 | 113 | hr | 4361 | Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2014 | Law | 2014-04-01 | 2014-04-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10] | NY | D | N000002 | 8 | Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2014 - Amends the federal judicial code to prohibit a court, in any civil action in which the pleadings state facts relevant to the protection of public health or safety, from entering an order restricting the disclosure of information obtained through discovery, approving a settlement agreement that would restrict such disclosure, or restricting access to court records, unless in connection with such order the court has first made independent findings of fact that: (1) the order would not restrict the disclosure of information relevant to the protection of public health or safety; or (2) the public interest in the disclosure of past, present, or potential health or safety hazards is outweighed by a specific and substantial interest in maintaining the confidentiality of the information, and the requested protective order is no broader than necessary to protect the confidentiality interest asserted. Prohibits a court from: (1) enforcing any provision of an agreement between or among parties to the civil action, or an order entered under this Act, that restricts a party from disclosing information to any federal or state agency with authority to enforce laws regulating an activity relating to such information; or (2) enforcing any provision of a settlement agreement between or among parties to such civil action that prohibits a party from disclosing that a settlement was reached or the terms of the settlement (excluding any money paid) that involve matters relevant to the protection of public health or safety, or from discussing matters relevant to the protection of public health or safety involved in such civil action. Excepts from this enforcement prohibition (thus allowing enforcement of) a settlement agreement provision about which the court finds that the public interest in the disclosure of past, present, or potential public health or safety hazards is outweighed by a specific and substantial interest in maintaining the confidentiality of the information in question, and the requ… | 2023-01-11T13:26:41Z | |
| 113-hr-4292 | 113 | hr | 4292 | Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act | Law | 2014-03-25 | 2014-05-07 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] | OH | R | C000266 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act - Amends the federal judicial code with respect to denial of a foreign state's immunity from the jurisdiction of U.S. or state courts (under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act) in cases where rights in property taken in violation of international law are in issue and that property (or any property exchanged for it) is: (1) present in the United States in connection with a commercial activity carried on by the foreign state in the United States; or (2) owned by an agency or instrumentality of the foreign state, and that agency or instrumentality is engaged in a commercial activity in the United States. Prohibits consideration as a commercial activity (excluded from jurisdictional immunity) any activity in the United States of a foreign state, or of any carrier, associated with a temporary exhibition or display if: (1) the work of art (or other object of cultural significance) is imported into the United States from any foreign country pursuant to an agreement for its temporary exhibition or display between a foreign state that is its owner or custodian and the United States or cultural or educational institutions within it; and (2) the President has determined, with notice in the Federal Register, that such work is culturally significant and its temporary exhibition or display is in the national interest. (Thus, grants jurisdictional immunity to the foreign state and associated carrier for such works.) Denies application of this prohibition to cases concerning rights in property taken in violation of international law in which: (1) the action is based upon a claim that the work was taken between January 30, 1933, and May 8, 1945, by the government of Germany or any government in Europe occupied, assisted, or allied by the German government; (2) the court determines that the activity associated with the exhibition or display is commercial; … | 2023-01-11T13:26:32Z | |
| 113-hr-4246 | 113 | hr | 4246 | Good Samaritan Protection for Construction, Architectural, and Engineering Volunteers Act | Law | 2014-03-13 | 2014-04-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8] | WA | R | R000578 | 2 | Good Samaritan Protection for Construction, Architectural, and Engineering Volunteers Act - Grants construction companies and architectural and engineering firms and their employees immunity from liability for negligence, except for gross negligence or willful misconduct, when providing emergency assistance on a voluntary basis in response to a declared emergency or disaster, in good faith, and without expectation of compensation. | 2023-01-11T13:26:50Z | |
| 113-s-2027 | 113 | s | 2027 | A bill to authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho. | Law | 2014-02-12 | 2014-02-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] | ID | R | C000880 | 1 | Requires the President to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the district of Idaho. | 2023-01-11T13:26:55Z | |
| 113-hr-4047 | 113 | hr | 4047 | Restoring the 10th Amendment Act | Law | 2014-02-11 | 2014-03-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7] | TX | R | C001048 | 5 | Restoring the 10th Amendment Act - Authorizes a designated state official to submit to the head of a federal agency proposing a rule, during the period when the proposed rule is open for public comment, a legal brief challenging the constitutionality of the rule under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution. Directs the agency head: (1) to notify the designated official of each state within 15 days after such a brief was submitted; (2) to post prominently on the front page of the agency's website a link to the brief; and (3) within 15 days after posting such link, to certify in writing that such rulemaking does not violate the Tenth Amendment and post the certification prominently on the agency's website next to the briefs pertaining to the rule, unless the agency determines not to finalize such proposed rule. Authorizes a designated state official, at any time after an agency head posts such a certification, to commence a civil action against the agency on the grounds that the rule violates the Tenth Amendment. Permits such state official, in addition to any other venue or jurisdiction provided by law, to bring such action in the U.S. district court for the district in which the official's place of business is located. Directs the appropriate U.S. court of appeals, upon the filing of a notice by a designated state official, to grant expedited review of a decision by the district court in such an action. | 2023-01-11T13:26:59Z | |
| 113-hr-3857 | 113 | hr | 3857 | Enforce the Take Care Clause Act of 2014 | Law | 2014-01-13 | 2014-03-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6] | PA | R | G000549 | 20 | Enforce the Take Care Clause Act of 2014 - Authorizes the House of Representatives or the Senate to bring an action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to compel the President to execute a law faithfully upon the adoption of a resolution declaring that, on the basis of any of certain actions, the President has failed to meet the requirement of the Constitution to take care that such law be faithfully executed. Requires approval by at least 60% of the members in either chamber for adoption of the resolution. Describes the presidential actions involved as: the promulgation of a regulation or agency administrative guidance; the issuance of an executive order, including an order to not defend a challenge to the constitutionality of a law and an order to not enforce a law; and the issuance of a signing statement with respect to enactment of a law. Prescribes special rules with respect to any such action brought by the House or the Senate. | 2023-01-11T13:27:10Z | |
| 113-s-1868 | 113 | s | 1868 | A bill to provide for the conversion of temporary judgeships for the districts of Hawaii and Kansas to permanent judgeships. | Law | 2013-12-19 | 2013-12-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] | HI | D | H001042 | 3 | Converts to permanent judgeships an existing temporary judgeship for the district of Hawaii and an existing temporary judgeship for the district of Kansas. | 2023-01-11T13:23:32Z | |
| 113-hr-3756 | 113 | hr | 3756 | To provide for the public disclosure of information regarding surveillance activities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. | Law | 2013-12-12 | 2014-01-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. | House | Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4] | PA | R | P000605 | 0 | Requires the Attorney General to publicly disclose, in a manner consistent with national security, any decision of a court established by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) that surveillance activities conducted by the U.S. government have violated a particular U.S. law or constitutional provision. Requires the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to provide information on surveillance activities to Congress, including information regarding: (1) whether the National Security Agency (NSA) or any other element of the intelligence community has ever collected, or made plans to collect, the cell-site location information of a large number of U.S. persons with no known connection to suspicious activity; (2) the type and amount of evidence the DNI believes is required to permit the collection of cell-site information for intelligence purposes; (3) whether NSA or any other element of the intelligence community has ever conducted a warrantless search of a collection of communications in an effort to find the communications of a particular U.S. person (other than a corporation) and, if so, the number of such searches or an estimate of such number; (4) when the U.S. government first began relying on authorities under FISA to justify the collection of records with no known connection to suspicious activity; (5) whether representations made to the U.S. Supreme Court by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in the case of Clapper v. Amnesty International USA accurately described the use of authorities under FISA by the government, which of such representations, if any, were inaccurate, and how such representations have been corrected; and (6) FISA court opinions that identified violations of the law, the Constitution, or FISA court orders relating to the collection of information under FISA. Directs the Comptroller General (GAO), in consultation with the U.S. International Trade Commission, to conduct an assessment of the economic impact, including the impact on the ability of U.S. communicat… | 2023-01-11T13:23:36Z | |
| 113-hr-3699 | 113 | hr | 3699 | Structured Settlement Claimants Rights Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-12-11 | 2014-01-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. | House | Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26] | NY | D | H001038 | 3 | Structured Settlement Claimants Rights Act of 2013 - Amends the federal judicial code to declare that a claimant in any civil action before a federal court shall have the right to retain a structured settlement broker to act on behalf of that claimant for purposes of negotiating a schedule of payments or other terms of payment previously agreed to be paid by or on behalf of the defendant in satisfaction of a judgment against that defendant or in accordance with the terms of a settlement. Requires that a party to an administrative proceeding have the same right to retain such a structured settlement broker for negotiations with other parties. Directs: (1) the court or the agency in an administrative proceeding to inform the claimant of this right at the appropriate time, and (2) the defendant to provide timely notice of any current or previous professional relationship between the defendant and the broker. | 2023-01-11T13:23:37Z | |
| 113-hr-3632 | 113 | hr | 3632 | Court Efficiency Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-12-02 | 2014-01-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. | House | Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4] | IA | R | K000362 | 1 | Court Efficiency Act of 2013 - Directs the President to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional circuit judge for the second circuit court of appeals and one additional circuit judge for the eleventh circuit court of appeals. Reduces from 11 to 8 the number of circuit judges appointed to the District of Columbia circuit court of appeals. | 2023-01-11T13:23:39Z | |
| 113-hr-3457 | 113 | hr | 3457 | To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho. | Law | 2013-11-12 | 2014-01-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. | House | Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] | ID | R | S001148 | 0 | Requires the President to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the district of Idaho. | 2023-01-11T13:23:27Z | |
| 113-s-1632 | 113 | s | 1632 | Restoring the 10th Amendment Act | Law | 2013-10-31 | 2013-10-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] | MS | R | W000437 | 11 | Restoring the 10th Amendment Act - Authorizes a designated state official to submit to the head of a federal agency proposing a rule, during the period when the proposed rule is open for public comment, a legal brief challenging the constitutionality of the rule under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution. Directs the agency head: (1) to notify the designated official of each state within 15 days after such a brief was submitted; (2) to post prominently on the front page of the agency's website a link to the brief; and (3) within 15 days after posting such link, to certify in writing that such rulemaking does not violate the Tenth Amendment and post the certification prominently on the agency's website next to the briefs pertaining to the rule, unless the agency determines not to finalize such proposed rule. Authorizes a designated state official, at any time after an agency head posts such a certification, to commence a civil action against the agency on the grounds that the rule violates the Tenth Amendment. Permits such state official, in addition to any other venue or jurisdiction provided by law, to bring such action in the U.S. district court for the district in which the official's place of business is located. Directs the appropriate U.S. court of appeals, upon the filing of a notice by a designated state official, to grant expedited review of a decision by the district court in such an action. | 2023-01-11T13:23:52Z | |
| 113-hjres-98 | 113 | hjres | 98 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to applying laws equally to the citizens of the United States and the Federal Government. | Law | 2013-10-23 | 2014-01-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3] | SC | R | D000615 | 8 | Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits Congress from making any law that is applicable to a U.S. citizen but not equally applicable to: (1) Congress; (2) the executive branch, including the President, Vice President, ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and all other officers of the United States, including those provided for under the Constitution and by law; and (3) Justices of the Supreme Court and judges of inferior courts. | 2023-01-11T13:24:01Z | |
| 113-hr-3332 | 113 | hr | 3332 | State Secrets Protection Act | Law | 2013-10-23 | 2014-01-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. | House | Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10] | NY | D | N000002 | 8 | State Secrets Protection Act - Declares that in any civil action brought in federal or state court, the government has a privilege to refuse to give information and to prevent any person from giving information only if the government shows that public disclosure of the information that the government seeks to protect would be reasonably likely to cause significant harm to the national defense or the diplomatic relations of the United States. Requires the court to take steps, which may include in camera and ex parte hearings and other security procedures, to protect sensitive information that comes before it. Sets forth the court's authority regarding the participation of counsel, appointment of a guardian ad litem to represent an absent litigant's interests, and the disclosure of information when it presents a risk of harm. Provides for court-ordered presentation of adequate or nonprivileged substitutes (redacted copies, summary of information, stipulation of facts) for privileged information. Allows the government to: (1) assert the privilege in connection with any claim in a civil action to which it is a party, or (2) intervene in a civil action to which it is not a party in order to do so. Provides that once the government has asserted the privilege, and before the court makes any determinations, the court shall: (1) undertake a preliminary review of the information in question, and (2) provide the government an opportunity to seek protective measures under this Act. Establishes procedures and a standard for assessing the privilege claim. Requires the court, if it determines that the privilege is not validly asserted, to issue appropriate orders regarding the disclosure of the information to a nongovernmental party and its admission at trial, with the right to an interlocutory appeal for any such orders. Prohibits such disclosure or admission if the privilege is determined valid. Grants the courts of appeal jurisdiction of an appeal from a decision or order of a district court determining that the state secre… | 2023-01-11T13:23:57Z | |
| 113-hjres-97 | 113 | hjres | 97 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to applying laws equally to the citizens of the United States and the Federal Government. | Law | 2013-10-22 | 2014-01-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2] | KS | R | J000290 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits Congress from making any law that is applicable to a U.S. citizen but not equally applicable to: (1) Congress; (2) the executive branch, including the President, Vice President, ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and all other officers of the United States, including those provided for under the Constitution and by law; and (3) Justices of the Supreme Court and judges of inferior courts. | 2023-01-11T13:24:01Z | |
| 113-sjres-25 | 113 | sjres | 25 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to applying laws equally to the citizens of the United States and the Federal Government. | Law | 2013-10-11 | 2013-10-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] | KY | R | P000603 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits Congress from making any law that is applicable to a U.S. citizen but not equally applicable to: (1) Congress; (2) the executive branch, including the President, Vice President, ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and all other officers of the United States, including those provided for under the Constitution and by law; and (3) Justices of the Supreme Court and judges of inferior courts. | 2023-01-11T13:23:51Z | |
| 113-hres-377 | 113 | hres | 377 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Justices of the United States Supreme Court should make themselves subject to the existing and operative ethics guidelines set out in the Code of Conduct for United States Judges, most of which are already legally binding on them. | Law | 2013-10-10 | 2014-01-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. | House | Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] | DC | D | N000147 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Justices of the Supreme Court should make themselves subject to the existing and operative ethics guidelines set out in the Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges, most of which are already legally binding on them. | 2023-01-11T13:23:54Z | |
| 113-hr-3195 | 113 | hr | 3195 | FISA COURT Act | Law | 2013-09-26 | 2014-01-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. | House | Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3] | NY | D | I000057 | 0 | FISA Court Oversight Underscoring Responsibility and Transparency Act or the FISA COURT Act - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to require the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to consist of 11 publicly designated district court judges, of whom: 2 judges are designated by the President; 1 judge is designated by a majority of the Supreme Court; and 2 judges each are designated, respectively, by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the minority leader of the House of Representatives, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate. (Currently, the Chief Justice designates all 11 judges.) Requires a majority of the Supreme Court (currently, the Chief Justice alone) to designate three judges from the U.S. district courts or courts of appeals who shall comprise the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review. Requires the Attorney General (DOJ) to make publicly available: (1) copies of FISA court decisions, orders, pleadings, applications, and memoranda currently submitted to Congress, subject to the authority of the Attorney General to waive such public availability requirements for national security purposes; and (2) a quarterly estimate of the number of waivers along with the reasons for such waivers. | 2023-01-11T13:24:08Z | |
| 113-hr-3037 | 113 | hr | 3037 | Government Litigation Savings Act | Law | 2013-08-02 | 2013-10-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large] | WY | R | L000571 | 17 | Government Litigation Savings Act - Revises provisions of the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) and the federal judicial code relating to the fees and other expenses of parties in agency proceedings and court cases against the federal government. Restricts awards of fees and other expenses under EAJA to prevailing parties with a direct and personal interest in an adjudication, including because of medical costs, property damage, determination of benefits, an unpaid disbursement, and other expenses of adjudication, or because of a policy interest. Requires (currently, authorizes) the reduction or denial of an award if the party during the course of the proceedings engaged in conduct which unduly or unreasonably (currently, unduly and unreasonably) protracted the final resolution of the matter in controversy. Increases to $200 per hour the cap on attorney fees awarded under EAJA and eliminates the cost-of-living and special factor considerations for allowing an increase in the hourly rate for such fees. Eliminates the net worth exemption for determining eligibility for fees and expenses under EAJA for tax-exempt organizations and cooperative associations under the Agricultural Marketing Act. | 2023-01-11T13:24:16Z | |
| 113-hr-3058 | 113 | hr | 3058 | Central Valley Judicial Relief Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-08-02 | 2013-09-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. | House | Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-21] | CA | R | V000129 | 3 | Central Valley Judicial Relief Act of 2013 - Directs the President to appoint, with advice and consent of the Senate, six additional district judges for the eastern district of California and one temporary judgeship for such district. Makes Bakersfield an additional place of holding court for the eastern district. | 2023-01-11T13:24:15Z | |
| 113-hr-2902 | 113 | hr | 2902 | Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-08-01 | 2013-09-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. | House | Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25] | NY | D | S000480 | 105 | Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2013 - Requires the Supreme Court to promulgate a code of ethics for the Justices of the Supreme Court that shall include the five canons of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States, with any amendments or modifications that the Supreme Court determines appropriate. | 2023-01-11T13:24:20Z | |
| 113-hr-2919 | 113 | hr | 2919 | Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act | Law | 2013-08-01 | 2014-05-07 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large] | WY | R | L000571 | 7 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act - Amends the Equal Access to Justice Act and the federal judicial code to require the Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States to report to Congress annually on the amount of fees and other expenses awarded to prevailing parties other than the United States in certain administrative proceedings and civil action court cases (excluding tort cases) to which the United States is a party, including settlement agreements. Requires that such reports: (1) describe the number, nature, and amount of the awards, the claims involved in the controversy, and any other relevant information that may aid Congress in evaluating the scope and impact of such awards; and (2) be made available to the public online. Directs the Chairman to create and maintain online a searchable database containing specified information with respect to each award including the name of the agency involved, the name of each party to whom the award was made, the amount of the award, and the basis for finding that the position of the agency concerned was not substantially justified. Directs the head of each agency (including, with respect to court cases, the Attorney General [DOJ] and the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts) to provide the Chairman all information requested to produce such reports. | 2023-01-11T13:24:20Z | |
| 113-hr-2922 | 113 | hr | 2922 | To extend the authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect court officials away from the Supreme Court grounds. | Law | 2013-08-01 | 2013-12-20 | Became Public Law No: 113-62. | House | Rep. Holding, George [R-NC-13] | NC | R | H001065 | 4 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Extends through December 29, 2019, the authority of the Marshal of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Police to protect, in any state, the Justices of the Supreme Court, any official guest of the Supreme Court, and any officer or employee of the Supreme Court performing official duties. | 2023-03-22T18:49:17Z | |
| 113-s-1424 | 113 | s | 1424 | Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-08-01 | 2013-08-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] | CT | D | M001169 | 6 | Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2013 - Requires the Supreme Court to promulgate a code of ethics for the Justices of the Supreme Court that shall include the five canons of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States, with any amendments or modifications that the Supreme Court determines appropriate. | 2023-01-11T13:24:14Z | |
| 113-hr-2871 | 113 | hr | 2871 | To amend title 28, United States Code, to modify the composition of the southern judicial district of Mississippi to improve judicial efficiency, and for other purposes. | Law | 2013-07-31 | 2013-12-20 | Became Public Law No: 113-61. | House | Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] | NC | R | C000556 | 5 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the federal judicial code to realign the southern judicial district of Mississippi into four (currently, five) divisions with court to be held for: the Northern Division at Jackson, the Southern Division at Gulfport, the Eastern Division at Hattiesburg, and the Western Division at Natchez. Sets forth the Mississippi counties comprising each realigned division. | 2023-03-22T18:49:17Z | |
| 113-hr-2898 | 113 | hr | 2898 | Division Realignment Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-07-31 | 2013-09-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. | House | Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] | MS | D | T000193 | 2 | Division Realignment Act of 2013 - Amends the federal judicial code to realign the southern judicial district of Mississippi into four (currently, five) divisions with court to be held for: the Northern Division at Jackson, the Southern Division at Gulfport, the Eastern Division at Hattiesburg, and the Western Division at Natchez. Sets forth the Mississippi counties comprising each realigned division. | 2023-01-11T13:24:27Z | |
| 113-s-1385 | 113 | s | 1385 | Federal Judgeship Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-07-30 | 2013-09-10 | Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Bankruptcy and the Courts. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-348. | Senate | Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] | DE | D | C001088 | 2 | Federal Judgeship Act of 2013 - Directs the President, with advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint specified additional: (1) permanent circuit judges for the sixth and ninth circuit courts of appeals and a temporary judge for the ninth circuit; and (2) permanent district judges for various judicial districts of Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin and temporary district judges for Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. | 2023-01-11T13:24:22Z | |
| 113-s-1393 | 113 | s | 1393 | Holocaust Rail Justice Act | Law | 2013-07-30 | 2013-07-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 13 | Holocaust Rail Justice Act - Grants U.S. district courts original jurisdiction over any civil action for damages for personal injury or death that: (1) arose from the deportation of persons to Nazi concentration camps between January 1, 1942, and December 31, 1944, and (2) is brought by or on behalf of such person against a railroad that owned or operated the trains on which the persons were deported and that was organized as a separate legal entity. Declares that: (1) no law limiting the jurisdiction of the U.S. courts shall preclude any such action, and (2) no such action shall be barred because a statute of limitations has expired. Makes this Act applicable to any action pending on or commenced after January 1, 2002. Directs the Secretary of State to report to Congress on the status of access to wartime records and archives concerning the wartime activities of any such railroad that engaged in the deportation of such persons to Nazi concentration camps. | 2023-01-11T13:24:22Z | |
| 113-hjres-52 | 113 | hjres | 52 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States allowing the States to call a limited convention solely for the purposes of considering whether to propose a specific amendment to the Constitution. | Law | 2013-07-24 | 2013-09-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7] | TX | R | C001048 | 3 | Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress, on application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states, each of which contains an identical amendment to the Constitution, to call a convention solely to decide whether to propose that specific amendment to the states. | 2023-01-11T13:23:22Z | |
| 113-hjres-53 | 113 | hjres | 53 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the effect of treaties, Executive orders, and agreements with other nations or groups of nations. | Law | 2013-07-24 | 2013-09-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7] | TX | R | C001048 | 5 | Constitutional Amendment - States that no treaty, executive order, or any agreement with any nation or group of nations or any of the provisions of such agreements, shall be construed to diminish any of the rights or privileges guaranteed to U.S. citizens under the Constitution and federal law. | 2023-01-11T13:23:22Z | |
| 113-hjres-54 | 113 | hjres | 54 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the use of foreign law as authority in Federal courts. | Law | 2013-07-24 | 2013-09-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7] | TX | R | C001048 | 4 | Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits U.S. courts, including the Supreme Court, from basing opinions or rulings on international laws, treaties, or religious laws. Makes any action of a court in violation of such prohibition null and void. | 2023-01-11T13:23:22Z | |
| 113-hr-2746 | 113 | hr | 2746 | Innocent Sellers Fairness Act | Law | 2013-07-19 | 2013-09-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27] | TX | R | F000460 | 12 | Innocent Sellers Fairness Act - Exempts a lawful seller from liability for personal injury, monetary loss, or damage to property arising out of an accident or transaction involving a seller's products, unless the claimant proves one or more of the following activities by the seller: the seller was the manufacturer or participated in the design or installation of the product; the seller altered, modified, or expressly warranted the product in a manner not authorized by the manufacturer; the seller had actual knowledge of the defect in the product as a result of a recall from the manufacturer or governmental entity authorized to make such recall or actual inspection at the time the seller sold the product to the claimant; the seller had actual knowledge of the defect in the product at the time the seller supplied the product; the seller intentionally altered or modified a product warranty, warning, or instruction from the manufacturer in a way not authorized by the manufacturer; or the seller knowingly made a false representation about an aspect of the product not authorized by the manufacturer. Limits the seller's liability to the personal injury, monetary loss, or damage to property directly caused by such activity where a claimant proves one or more of such activities was negligent. | 2023-01-11T13:24:31Z | |
| 113-hr-2655 | 113 | hr | 2655 | Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-07-11 | 2013-11-18 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] | TX | R | S000583 | 7 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2013 - Amends the sanctions provisions in Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to require the court to impose an appropriate sanction on any attorney, law firm, or party that has violated, or is responsible for the violation of, the rule with regard to representations to the court. Requires any sanction to compensate parties injured by the conduct in question. Removes a provision that prohibits filing a motion for sanctions if the challenged paper, claim, defense, contention, or denial is withdrawn or appropriately corrected within 21 days after service or within another time the court sets. Authorizes the court to impose additional sanctions, including striking the pleadings, dismissing the suit, nonmonetary directives, or penalty payments if warranted for effective deterrence. | 2023-01-11T13:23:50Z | |
| 113-s-1288 | 113 | s | 1288 | Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-07-11 | 2013-07-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 2 | Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2013 - Amends the sanctions provisions in Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to require the court to impose an appropriate sanction on any attorney, law firm, or party that has violated, or is responsible for the violation of, the rule with regard to representations to the court. Requires any sanction to compensate parties injured by the conduct in question. Removes a provision that prohibits filing a motion for sanctions if the challenged paper, claim, defense, contention, or denial is withdrawn or appropriately corrected within 21 days after service or within another time the court sets. Authorizes the court to impose additional sanctions, including striking the pleadings, dismissing the suit, nonmonetary directives, or penalty payments if warranted for effective deterrence. | 2023-01-11T13:24:25Z | |
| 113-hr-2586 | 113 | hr | 2586 | FISA Court Accountability Act | Law | 2013-06-28 | 2013-07-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. | House | Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] | TN | D | C001068 | 11 | FISA Court Accountability Act - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to require the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to consist of 11 publicly designated district court judges, of whom 3 judges are designated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and 2 judges each are designated, respectively, by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the minority leader of the House of Representatives, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate. (Currently, the Chief Justice designates all 11 judges.) Requires any authority exercised by the court en banc (consisting of all judges who constitute the court when an en banc proceeding is ordered by a majority of the judges in certain circumstances) to be exercised only when agreed to by at least 60% of the judges sitting en banc. Directs the Chief Justice, the Speaker, and the majority leader of the Senate (or, if the majority leader is a member of the same political party as the Speaker, the minority leader of the Senate) to each publicly designate one judge from the U.S. district courts or courts of appeals who together shall comprise the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review. (Currently, the Chief Justice designates all three of such judges.) Allows such court to decide in favor of the government only if the decision of the reviewing judges is unanimous. Directs the Attorney General (DOJ) to submit to Congress a copy of any decision, order, or opinion issued by each court (currently, only those issuances with a significant construction or interpretation of FISA) along with an unclassified summary of each such decision, order, or opinion. | 2023-01-11T13:24:44Z | |
| 113-hr-2523 | 113 | hr | 2523 | Respect for Marriage Act | Law | 2013-06-26 | 2013-07-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10] | NY | D | N000002 | 183 | Respect for Marriage Act - Amends the Defense of Marriage Act to repeal a provision that prohibited a state, territory, possession, or Indian tribe from being required to recognize any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other state, territory, possession, or tribe respecting a same sex marriage. Amends the federal rules of construction added by such Act concerning the definitions of "marriage" and "spouse" to provide that, for purposes of any federal law in which marital status is a factor, an individual shall be considered married if that individual's marriage is valid in the state where the marriage was entered into or, in the case of a marriage entered into outside any state, if the marriage is valid in the place where entered into and the marriage could have been entered into in a state. Removes the definition of "spouse" (currently, a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife). | 2023-01-11T13:24:46Z | |
| 113-s-1236 | 113 | s | 1236 | Respect for Marriage Act | Law | 2013-06-26 | 2013-06-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 45 | Respect for Marriage Act - Amends the Defense of Marriage Act to repeal a provision that prohibited a state, territory, possession, or Indian tribe from being required to recognize any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other state, territory, possession, or tribe respecting a same sex marriage. Amends the federal rules of construction added by such Act concerning the definitions of "marriage" and "spouse" to provide that, for purposes of any federal law in which marital status is a factor, an individual shall be considered married if that individual's marriage is valid in the state where the marriage was entered into or, in the case of a marriage entered into outside any state, if the marriage is valid in the place where entered into and the marriage could have been entered into in a state. Removes the definition of "spouse" (currently, a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife). | 2023-01-11T13:24:38Z | |
| 113-s-1207 | 113 | s | 1207 | Cameras in the Courtroom Act | Law | 2013-06-20 | 2013-06-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4795) | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 4 | Cameras in the Courtroom Act - Requires the Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless it decides by majority vote that allowing such coverage in a particular case would violate the due process rights of any of the parties involved. | 2023-01-11T13:24:39Z | |
| 113-hr-2267 | 113 | hr | 2267 | American Fuel Protection Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-06-05 | 2013-07-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] | TX | D | G000410 | 3 | American Fuel Protection Act of 2013 - Deems a claim for liability against a qualified entity as a claim against the United States for damages resulting from, or aggravated by, the use of transportation fuel containing ethanol in concentrations greater than 10% to operate an internal combustion engine. Abrogates U.S. sovereign immunity and makes the United States exclusively liable for such claims. Limits awards to actual damages sustained by a claimant. Defines "qualified entity" to mean an entity engaged in the manufacture, use, sale, or distribution of: (1) transportation fuel or renewable fuel, or (2) products which use transportation fuel. Grants U.S. district courts exclusive jurisdiction of any civil actions on such claims. | 2023-01-11T13:24:53Z | |
| 113-hr-2239 | 113 | hr | 2239 | Stop Court-Packing Act | Law | 2013-06-04 | 2013-07-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. | House | Rep. Cotton, Tom [R-AR-4] | AR | R | C001095 | 16 | Stop Court-Packing Act - Reduces from 11 to 8 the number of circuit judges appointed to the District of Columbia circuit court of appeals. | 2023-01-11T13:24:54Z | |
| 113-s-975 | 113 | s | 975 | Court-Appointed Guardian Accountability and Senior Protection Act | Law | 2013-05-16 | 2013-12-19 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 277. | Senate | Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] | MN | D | K000367 | 5 | Court-Appointed Guardian Accountability and Senior Protection Act - Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services and Elder Justice) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to the highest courts of states to conduct demonstration programs that: (1) assess adult guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, including the appointment and the monitoring of the performance of court-appointed guardians and conservators; and (2) implement changes deemed necessary as a result of the assessments, such as requiring background checks for all potential guardians and conservators, and establishing systems that enable electronic filing and review of the annual accountings and other required conservatorship and guardianship filings. Requires any grants the Secretary awards to the highest state courts for such programs to be based on recommendations of the Attorney General and the State Justice Institute. Requires the highest court of a state awarded such a grant to collaborate with the state's own Unit on Aging and its Adult Protective Services agency in conducting the demonstration program. | 2023-01-11T13:23:30Z | |
| 113-s-987 | 113 | s | 987 | Free Flow of Information Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-05-16 | 2013-11-06 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 238. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 28 | Free Flow of Information Act of 2013 - (Sec. 2) Prohibits a federal entity (an entity or employee of the judicial or executive branch or an administrative agency of the federal government with the power to issue a subpoena or other compulsory process), in any proceeding or in connection with any issue arising under federal law, from compelling a covered journalist to disclose protected information, unless a U.S. judge in the jurisdiction where the compulsory process has been or would be issued determines, after providing notice and an opportunity for the journalist to be heard, that all reasonable alternative sources have been exhausted and that separate specified conditions have been met depending on whether the matter is a criminal investigation or prosecution. (Thus, establishes a qualified privilege for journalists to withhold confidential information unless a judge makes a determination to compel disclosure under conditions that apply differently in criminal and civil matters.) Defines a "covered journalist" as a person who: is, or on the date on which the protected information sought was obtained or created by the person asserting protection, was an employee, independent contractor, or agent of an entity or service that disseminates news or information by various means (newspaper; nonfiction book; wire service; news agency; news website, mobile application or other news or information service; news program; magazine or other periodical; or through television or radio broadcast, multichannel video programming distributor, or motion picture for public showing) and who, with the primary intent to investigate events and procure material to disseminate news to the public, engages, or as of the relevant date, engaged in the regular gathering, preparation, collection, photographing, recording, writing, editing, reporting, or publishing on such matters through specified methods; or at the inception of the process of gathering the news or information sought, had the primary intent to investigate issues o… | 2023-01-11T13:23:41Z | |
| 113-hr-1962 | 113 | hr | 1962 | Free Flow of Information Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-05-14 | 2013-06-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. | House | Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] | TX | R | P000592 | 56 | Free Flow of Information Act of 2013 - Prohibits a federal entity (an entity or employee of the judicial or executive branch or an administrative agency of the federal government), in any matter arising under federal law, from compelling a covered person to testify or produce any document related to information obtained or created as part of engaging in journalism unless a court makes specified determinations by a preponderance of the evidence, including determinations that: (1) alternative sources have been exhausted; (2) the testimony or document sought is critical to the investigation, prosecution, or defense of a crime or the successful completion of a noncriminal matter; (3) disclosure of an information source's identity is necessary to prevent an act of terrorism, harm to national security, imminent death, significant bodily harm or to identify a person who has disclosed a trade secret, individually identifiable health information, or certain nonpublic personal information; and (4) the public interest in compelling disclosure of the information or document involved outweighs the public interest in gathering or disseminating news or information. Defines "covered person" as a person who, for financial gain or livelihood, is engaged in journalism, including a supervisor, employer, parent, subsidiary, or affiliate of such a person. Excludes from that definition foreign powers and their agents and certain designated foreign terrorist organizations. Defines "journalism" as the gathering, preparing, collecting, photographing, recording, writing, editing, reporting, or publishing of news or information that concerns local, national, or international events or other matters of public interest for dissemination to the public. Requires the content of compelled testimony or documents to be limited and narrowly tailored. Prohibits this Act from being construed as applying to civil defamation, slander, or libel claims or defenses under state law. Applies this Act to communications service providers w… | 2023-01-11T13:23:19Z | |
| 113-hr-1910 | 113 | hr | 1910 | Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-05-09 | 2013-06-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] | PA | D | C001090 | 54 | Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to jurisdiction of courts in the United States over foreign manufacturers that import products into the United States. Directs the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (with respect to drugs, devices, cosmetics, and biological products), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) (with respect to consumer products), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (with respect to chemical substances, new chemical substances, and pesticides) to require foreign manufacturers and producers of such products (or components used to manufacture them), in excess of a minimum value or quantity, to establish a registered agent in the United States authorized to accept service of process on their behalf for the purpose of any state or federal regulatory proceeding or civil action in state or federal court. Deems a foreign manufacturer or producer of products covered under this Act that registers an agent to consent to the personal jurisdiction of the state or federal courts of the state in which the agent is located for the purpose of any civil or regulatory proceeding. Requires any person who imports into the United States a covered product manufactured or produced outside the United States to provide to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) a declaration that to the best of the person's knowledge, with respect to the importation of each covered product, the foreign manufacturer or producer of the product has registered an agent in the United States. Directs the CBP Commissioner to prescribe related regulations. Subjects an importer who fails to provide or files a false declaration to certain penalties. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs jointly to study the feasibility and advisability of requiring foreign producers of food distributed in commerce to establish a registered agent in the United States who is authorized to accept service of process on behalf of such producers f… | 2022-11-15T16:34:39Z | |
| 113-hr-1844 | 113 | hr | 1844 | Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-05-07 | 2013-06-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. | House | Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] | GA | D | J000288 | 81 | Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013 - Declares that no predispute arbitration agreement shall be valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute. Declares, further, that the validity and enforceability of an agreement to arbitrate shall be determined by a court, under federal law, rather than an arbitrator, irrespective of whether the party resisting arbitration challenges the arbitration agreement specifically or in conjunction with other terms of the contract containing such agreement. Exempts from this Act arbitration provisions in a contract between an employer and a labor organization or between labor organizations. Denies to any such arbitration provision, however, the effect of waiving the right of an employee to seek judicial enforcement of a right arising under the U.S. Constitution, a state constitution, a federal or state statute, or related public policy. | 2022-11-15T16:34:52Z | |
| 113-s-878 | 113 | s | 878 | Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-05-07 | 2013-12-17 | Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-373. | Senate | Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] | MN | D | F000457 | 25 | Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013 - Declares that no predispute arbitration agreement shall be valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute. Declares, further, that the validity and enforceability of an agreement to arbitrate shall be determined by a court, under federal law, rather than an arbitrator, irrespective of whether the party resisting arbitration challenges the arbitration agreement specifically or in conjunction with other terms of the contract containing such agreement. Exempts from this Act arbitration provisions in a contract between an employer and a labor organization or between labor organizations. Denies to any such arbitration provision, however, the effect of waiving the right of an employee to seek judicial enforcement of a right arising under the U.S. Constitution, a state constitution, a federal or state statute, or related public policy. | 2023-01-11T13:24:59Z | |
| 113-hres-196 | 113 | hres | 196 | Supporting the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the right to counsel. | Law | 2013-05-03 | 2013-11-13 | On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 11/12/2013 H6975) | House | Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21] | FL | D | D000610 | 12 | Expresses support for: (1) the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution, the right to counsel; and (2) strategies to improve the criminal justice system to ensure that indigent defendants in all felony cases are adequately represented by counsel. Urges states to work to ensure that indigent defendants in all felony cases are adequately represented by counsel. | 2023-01-11T13:23:46Z | |
| 113-hr-1505 | 113 | hr | 1505 | Holocaust Rail Justice Act | Law | 2013-04-11 | 2013-04-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] | NY | D | M000087 | 27 | Holocaust Rail Justice Act - Grants U.S. district courts original jurisdiction over any civil action for damages for personal injury or death that: (1) arose from the deportation of persons to Nazi concentration camps between January 1, 1942, and December 31, 1944; and (2) is brought by or on behalf of such person against a railroad that owned or operated the trains on which the persons were deported and that was organized as a separate legal entity. Declares that: (1) no law limiting the jurisdiction of the U.S. courts shall preclude any such action, and (2) no such action shall be barred because a statute of limitations has expired. Makes this Act applicable to any action pending on or commenced after January 1, 2002. Directs the Secretary of State to report to Congress on the extent to which the public has access to records, including archived information, with respect to the deportation of such persons to Nazi concentration camps on such trains. | 2022-11-15T16:32:21Z | |
| 113-s-699 | 113 | s | 699 | Court Efficiency Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-04-10 | 2013-04-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2566-2567) | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 20 | Court Efficiency Act of 2013 - Directs the President to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional circuit judge for the second circuit court of appeals and one additional circuit judge for the eleventh circuit court of appeals. Reduces from 11 to 8 the number of circuit judges appointed to the District of Columbia circuit court of appeals. | 2022-11-15T16:33:46Z | |
| 113-hr-1435 | 113 | hr | 1435 | Equal Justice for Our Military Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-04-09 | 2013-04-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. | House | Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53] | CA | D | D000598 | 1 | Equal Justice for Our Military Act of 2013 - Amends the federal judicial code to allow for review by writ of certiorari of certain cases denied relief or review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. Declares that the time for application for such a writ shall be as prescribed by rules of the Supreme Court. | 2021-09-27T21:23:57Z | |
| 113-s-647 | 113 | s | 647 | No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act | Law | 2013-03-21 | 2013-03-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] | FL | D | N000032 | 7 | No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act - Amends the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 to prohibit U.S. courts from recognizing, enforcing, or otherwise validating any assertion of rights by an individual (under current law, by a designated Cuban national) of a mark, trade name, or commercial name that was used in connection with a business or assets that were confiscated by the Cuban government unless the original owner of such mark or name, or such owner's bona fide successor, has expressly consented. Applies such prohibition only if the individual asserting the rights knew or had reason to know at the time of acquiring the rights asserted that the mark or name was the same or substantially similar to the mark or name used in connection with the business or assets that were confiscated. | 2022-03-03T21:28:16Z | |
| 113-hr-1203 | 113 | hr | 1203 | Judicial Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-03-14 | 2013-04-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. | House | Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] | WI | R | S000244 | 0 | Judicial Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act of 2013 - Amends the federal judicial code to establish the Office of Inspector General for the Judicial Branch of the U.S. government, to be headed by an Inspector General appointed by the Chief Justice. Sets a term of four years, which may be extended by additional reappointments. Authorizes the Chief Justice to remove an Inspector General from office. Requires the Office, except with respect to the Supreme Court, to: (1) conduct investigations of alleged misconduct in the Judicial Branch; (2) conduct and supervise audits and investigations; and (3) prevent and detect waste, fraud, and abuse. Provides for whistleblower protection. | 2022-11-15T16:34:49Z | |
| 113-s-575 | 113 | s | 575 | Judicial Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-03-14 | 2013-03-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1862-1863) | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 0 | Judicial Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act of 2013 - Amends the federal judicial code to establish the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Judicial Branch of the U.S. government, to be headed by an Inspector General appointed by the Chief Justice. Sets a term of four years, which may be extended by additional reappointments. Authorizes the Chief Justice to remove an Inspector General from office. Requires the OIG to: (1) conduct investigations of alleged misconduct in the judicial branch, including the Supreme Court; (2) conduct and supervise audits and investigations; and (3) prevent and detect waste, fraud, and abuse. Provides for whistleblower protection. | 2022-11-15T16:34:03Z | |
| 113-hres-108 | 113 | hres | 108 | Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the landmark case Gideon v. Wainwright, in which the Supreme Court held that counsel must be provided to indigent defendants in all felony cases. | Law | 2013-03-12 | 2013-04-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21] | FL | D | D000610 | 19 | Recognizes and honors the 50th anniversary of the decision in Gideon v. Wainwright (the Supreme Court held that indigent defendants have a right to be provided counsel in all felony cases). Expresses support for strategies to improve the criminal justice system to ensure that indigent defendants in all felony cases are adequately represented by counsel. | 2021-09-27T20:27:01Z | |
| 113-hr-994 | 113 | hr | 994 | ACCESS (ADA Compliance for Customer Entry to Stores and Services) Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-03-06 | 2013-04-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42] | CA | R | C000059 | 13 | ACCESS (ADA Compliance for Customer Entry to Stores and Services) Act of 2013 - Amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to prohibit an aggrieved person from commencing a civil action for discrimination based on the failure to remove a structural barrier to entry into an existing public accommodation unless the owner or operator of such accommodation: (1) is provided a written notice specific enough to identify such barrier; and (2) has, within specified time periods, either failed to provide the aggrieved person with a written description outlining improvements that will be made to remove such barrier or provided such description and failed to remove such barrier. | 2022-11-15T16:34:41Z | |
| 113-hr-953 | 113 | hr | 953 | Local Courthouse Safety Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-03-05 | 2013-04-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. | House | Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] | FL | D | G000556 | 1 | Local Courthouse Safety Act of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to permit the Director of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance to carry out a training and technical assistance program to teach employees of state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies how to anticipate, survive, and respond to violent encounters during the course of their duties, including duties relating to security at state, county, and tribal courthouses. Amends the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 to require the State Justice Institute (a private nonprofit organization established to improve judicial administration in state courts) to include the improvement of the safety and security of state and local courts as a factor in the national assistance program under which it provides funding to state courts and related national and nonprofit organizations. Requires state or local courts that do not have magnetometers available for use to use grant matching funds to acquire magnetometers. Directs the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to ensure that state or local courthouses having less security equipment than such courthouses require have an opportunity to request surplus security equipment (metal detectors, wands, baggage screening devices) before such equipment is made available to any other individual or entity. Requires that priority be given to courthouses that have no security equipment. | 2022-11-15T16:34:33Z | |
| 113-s-445 | 113 | s | 445 | Courthouse Safety Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-03-04 | 2013-03-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] | MN | D | F000457 | 14 | Courthouse Safety Act of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to permit the Director of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance to carry out a training and technical assistance program to teach employees of state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies how to anticipate, survive, and respond to violent encounters during the course of their duties, including duties relating to security at state, county, and tribal courthouses. Requires the Director to give preference for any courthouse security training program to employees of jurisdictions that have magnetometers available at their courthouses. Amends the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 to require the State Justice Institute (a private nonprofit organization established to improve judicial administration in state courts) to include courthouse safety as a factor in the national assistance program under which it provides funding to state courts and related national and nonprofit organizations. Permits state and local courts and other organizations awarded funds pursuant to Institute grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts to use such funds to improve safety and security in state and local courts. Requires, if such a grant is awarded to state or local courts without magnetometers, that specified matching funds be used acquire a magnetometer. Directs the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to ensure that state or local courthouses having less security equipment than such courthouses require have an opportunity to request surplus security equipment (metal detectors, wands, baggage screening devices) before such equipment is made available to any other individual or entity. Requires that priority be given to courthouses that have no security equipment. | 2022-11-15T16:34:29Z | |
| 113-hr-917 | 113 | hr | 917 | Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-02-28 | 2014-12-03 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4] | IA | R | K000362 | 5 | Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2013 - Authorizes the presiding judge of a U.S. appellate court (including the Supreme Court) or U.S. district court to permit the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising to the public of court proceedings over which that judge presides, except when such action would constitute a violation of the due process rights of any party. Directs: (1) a district court, upon the request of any witness in a trial proceeding other than a party, to order the face and voice of the witness to be disguised or otherwise obscured to render the witness unrecognizable for purposes of photographing, recording, broadcasting, or televising the witness; and (2) the presiding judge in a trial proceeding to inform each witness who is not a party of the right to make such request. Authorizes the Judicial Conference to promulgate mandatory guidelines with respect to the management and administration of photographing, recording, broadcasting, or televising described in this Act. Terminates a district court's authority under this Act three years after enactment of this Act. | 2022-11-15T16:33:02Z | |
| 113-s-405 | 113 | s | 405 | Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-02-28 | 2013-02-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1014-1015) | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 7 | Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2013 - Authorizes the presiding judge of a U.S. appellate court or U.S. district court to permit the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising to the public of court proceedings over which that judge presides, except when such action would constitute a violation of the due process rights of any party. Directs: (1) a district court, upon the request of any witness in a trial proceeding other than a party, to order the face and voice of the witness to be disguised or otherwise obscured to render the witness unrecognizable to the broadcast audience of the trial proceeding; and (2) the presiding judge in a trial proceeding to inform each witness who is not a party of the right to make such request. Allows a presiding judge to obscure the face and voice of an individual if good cause is shown that photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising such features would threaten the individual's safety, the court's security, the integrity of future or ongoing law enforcement operations, or the interest of justice. Prohibits a presiding judge from permitting the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising of any juror in a trial proceeding, or of the jury selection process. Terminates a district court's authority under this Act three years after enactment of this Act. Requires the Judicial Conference of the United States to promulgate mandatory guidelines which a presiding judge must follow for obscuring certain vulnerable witnesses. Prohibits any audio pickup or broadcast of conferences which occur in a court proceeding between attorneys and their clients, co-counsel of a client, adverse counsel, or counsel and the presiding judge, if the conferences are not part of the official record of the proceedings. | 2019-11-15T21:55:32Z | |
| 113-hr-775 | 113 | hr | 775 | Uninterrupted Elections Act | Law | 2013-02-15 | 2013-04-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. | House | Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] | VA | R | G000568 | 8 | Uninterrupted Elections Act - Amends the federal judicial code to exempt an election and registration official, if named as a prospective juror under a random jury selection plan, from starting service as a juror during any election period (the period beginning 60 days before and ending 30 days after an election with respect to which the official has specified election duties). Defines "election or registration official" as an appointed or elected local election administrator, or a permanent full-time employee of such an administrator, whose duties include the registration of voters or the administration of elections. | 2022-11-15T16:34:56Z | |
| 113-hr-777 | 113 | hr | 777 | ADA Notification Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-02-15 | 2013-04-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50] | CA | R | H001048 | 12 | ADA Notification Act of 2013 - Amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to deny jurisdiction to a state or federal court in a civil action a plaintiff commences for remedies for disability discrimination in public accommodations and certain services provided by private entities unless: (1) the plaintiff notified the defendant in writing of the alleged violations prior to filing the complaint, (2) the notice identified the specific facts that constitute the alleged violation, (3) a remedial period of 90 days elapses after the notice, (4) the notice informed the defendant that the civil action could not be commenced for 90 days, and (5) the complaint states that the defendant has not corrected the alleged violation. | 2022-11-15T16:32:54Z | |
| 113-hr-778 | 113 | hr | 778 | No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act | Law | 2013-02-15 | 2013-04-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. | House | Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49] | CA | R | I000056 | 19 | No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act - Amends the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 to prohibit U.S. courts from recognizing, enforcing, or otherwise validating any assertion of rights by an individual (under current law, by a designated Cuban national) of a mark, trade name, or commercial name that was used in connection with a business or assets that were confiscated by the Cuban government unless the original owner of such mark or name, or such owner's bona fide successor, has expressly consented. Applies such prohibition only if the individual asserting the rights knew or had reason to know at the time of acquiring the rights asserted that the mark or name was the same or substantially similar to the mark or name used in connection with the business or assets that were confiscated. | 2022-11-15T16:34:30Z | |
| 113-hr-424 | 113 | hr | 424 | Mohave County Radiation Compensation Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-01-25 | 2013-02-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] | AZ | R | G000565 | 1 | Mohave County Radiation Compensation Act of 2013 - Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to include the county of Mohave, Arizona, among affected areas for purposes of payments to individuals with certain medical conditions who were exposed to fallout emitted during the U.S. government's atmospheric nuclear tests. | 2022-11-15T16:33:10Z | |
| 113-hr-332 | 113 | hr | 332 | Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act | Law | 2013-01-22 | 2013-01-22 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28] | CA | D | S001150 | 24 | Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act - Prohibits a court from dismissing an action against a manufacturer, seller, or trade association for damages or relief resulting from an alleged defect or negligence with respect to a product, or conduct that would be actionable under state common or statutory law in the absence of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, on the basis that the action is for damages or relief from the criminal, unlawful, or volitional use of a qualified product. Makes the contents of the Firearms Trace System database maintained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) subject to subpoena or other discovery and admissible as evidence. Permits such contents to be used, relied on, or disclosed, and permits testimony or other evidence to be based on the data, on the same basis as other information in a civil action in any state or federal court or in an administrative proceeding. | 2021-09-27T20:52:00Z | |
| 113-hr-350 | 113 | hr | 350 | To repeal the Legal Services Corporation Act. | Law | 2013-01-22 | 2013-02-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. | House | Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8] | GA | R | S001189 | 7 | Repeals the Legal Services Corporation Act (established a federally funded nonprofit corporation to provide financial support for legal assistance in noncriminal matters to persons financially unable to afford such assistance). | 2023-01-11T13:23:12Z | |
| 113-s-38 | 113 | s | 38 | Jury ACCESS Act | Law | 2013-01-22 | 2013-01-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] | NH | D | S001181 | 3 | Jury Access for Capable Citizens and Equality in Service Selection Act of 2013 or the Jury ACCESS Act - Amends the federal judicial code to prohibit the exclusion of citizens from service as a grand or petit juror in U.S. district courts or the Court of International Trade on account of sexual orientation or gender identity (thereby expanding the current prohibition on exclusion on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or economic status). | 2022-11-15T16:32:28Z | |
| 113-s-44 | 113 | s | 44 | MCAP Act | Law | 2013-01-22 | 2013-01-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] | OH | R | P000449 | 2 | Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2013 or MCAP Act - Prescribes requirements for lawsuits for health care liability claims related to the provision of health care services. Sets a statute of limitations of three years after the date of manifestation of injury or one year after the claimant discovers the injury, with certain exceptions. Requires a court to impose sanctions for the filing of frivolous lawsuits. Limits noneconomic damages to $250,000 from the provider or health care institution, but no more than $500,000 from multiple health care institutions. Makes each party liable only for the amount of damages directly proportional to its percentage of responsibility. Allows the court to restrict the payment of attorney contingency fees. Limits the fees to a decreasing percentage based on the increasing value of the amount awarded. Prescribes qualifications for expert witnesses. Requires the court to reduce damages received by the amount of collateral source benefits to which a claimant is entitled, unless the payor of such benefits has the right to reimbursement or subrogation under federal or state law. Authorizes the award of punitive damages only where: (1) it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that a person acted with malicious intent to injure the claimant or deliberately failed to avoid unnecessary injury the claimant was substantially certain to suffer, and (2) compensatory damages are awarded. Limits punitive damages to the greater of two times the amount of economic damages or $250,000. Prohibits a health care provider from being named as a party in a product liability or class action lawsuit for prescribing or dispensing a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved prescription drug, biological product, or medical device for an approved indication. Provides for periodic payments of future damage awards. | 2020-02-10T17:00:05Z | |
| 113-hr-312 | 113 | hr | 312 | Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-01-18 | 2013-02-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53] | CA | D | D000598 | 31 | Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Amends the federal judicial code to prohibit the exclusion of citizens from service as a grand or petit juror in U.S. district courts or the Court of International Trade on account of sexual orientation or gender identity (thereby expanding the current prohibition on exclusion on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or economic status). | 2022-11-15T16:33:54Z | |
| 113-hr-266 | 113 | hr | 266 | Justice for Victims of Confidential Informant Crime Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-01-15 | 2013-01-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. | House | Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] | MA | D | L000562 | 0 | Justice for Victims of Confidential Informant Crime Act of 2013 - Amends the federal judicial code to extend to three years and six months the period within which a tort claim against the United States must be presented in writing to a federal agency when the claim arises out of a government employee's conduct with respect to the criminal misconduct of a government informant. (Current law bars all tort claims against the United States that are not presented within two years after the claim accrues.) Applies the amendment retroactively to any such claim that: (1) accrued on or after May 1, 1981; and (2) in the case of a claim accrued before the date of enactment of this Act, is presented within one year after such date. Prohibits the government from asserting a defense or a bar, based on the doctrine of res judicata or collateral estoppel, to a claim that accrued before enactment of this Act and to which this Act applies. | 2022-11-15T16:32:56Z | |
| 113-hr-144 | 113 | hr | 144 | Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-01-03 | 2013-01-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. | House | Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] | ID | R | S001148 | 0 | Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2013 - Divides the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit into: (1) the Ninth Circuit, composed of California, Guam, Hawaii, and Northern Mariana Islands; and (2) the Twelfth Circuit, composed of Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. Directs the President to appoint two additional judges for the former Ninth Circuit, three judges for the new Ninth Circuit, and two additional temporary judges for the former Ninth Circuit. Specifies the locations where new circuits are to hold regular sessions. Distributes active circuit judges of the former Ninth Circuit to the new circuits. Allows senior circuit judges of the former Ninth Circuit to elect assignment. Provides for the disposition of cases pending in the former Ninth Circuit before the effective date of this Act as follows: (1) proceedings in matters that have been submitted for decision shall continue without regard to this Act, (2) matters not yet submitted for decision must be transferred to the court to which they would have been submitted under this Act, and (3) proceedings on petitions for rehearing or rehearing en banc in matters submitted or decided shall continue without regard to this Act. Authorizes the temporary assignment of circuit and district judges of the former Ninth Circuit between the new circuits. Authorizes administrative coordination between any two contiguous new circuits. Directs that the former Ninth Circuit shall cease to exist for administrative purposes two years after enactment of this Act. | 2022-11-15T16:32:30Z | |
| 113-hr-44 | 113 | hr | 44 | Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act | Law | 2013-01-03 | 2013-01-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs. | House | Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large] | GU | D | B001245 | 20 | Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act - Recognizes the suffering and the loyalty of the residents of Guam during the Japanese occupation of Guam in World War II. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a Fund for the payment of claims submitted by compensable Guam victims and survivors of compensable Guam decedents. Directs the Secretary to make specified payments to: (1) living Guam residents who were raped, injured, interned, or subjected to forced labor or marches, or internment resulting from, or incident to, such occupation and subsequent liberation; and (2) survivors of compensable residents who died in war (such payments to be made after payments have been made to surviving Guam residents). Directs the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission to specify injuries that would constitute a severe personal injury or a personal injury and adjudicate claims and determine payment eligibility. Requires claims to be filed within one year after the Commission publishes notice of the filing period in the Federal Register and in the Guam media. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a grant program for research, educational, and media activities that memorialize the events surrounding the occupation of Guam during World War II or honor the loyalty of the people of Guam during such occupation. | 2022-03-03T21:28:58Z | |
| 113-hr-96 | 113 | hr | 96 | Cameras in the Courtroom Act | Law | 2013-01-03 | 2013-01-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. | House | Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] | VA | D | C001078 | 8 | Cameras in the Courtroom Act - Requires the Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless it decides by majority vote that allowing such coverage in a particular case would violate the due process rights of any of the parties involved. | 2022-11-15T16:33:34Z | |
| 113-hr-98 | 113 | hr | 98 | John Hope Franklin Tulsa-Greenwood Race Riot Claims Accountability Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-01-03 | 2013-01-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] | MI | D | C000714 | 0 | John Hope Franklin Tulsa-Greenwood Race Riot Claims Accountability Act of 2013 - Declares that any person (including the state of Oklahoma) who, in connection with the Greenwood community of Tulsa, Oklahoma, race riot of 1921 and its aftermath, acted under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage of the state of Oklahoma to subject, or cause to be subjected, any person to the deprivation, on account of race, of any right secured at the time of the deprivation by Oklahoma law, shall be liable to the party injured in a civil action for redress (thereby allowing claims for damages notwithstanding the federal court decision in Alexander v. State of Oklahoma, which found that such claims were time-barred and not to be determined on the merits). Prohibits the commencement of such a civil action more than five years after enactment of this Act. | 2019-11-15T21:33:28Z |
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