Establishes the Transformation Village Task Force to study the feasibility of repurposing and/or reopening the closed amusement park in New Orleans and the development of employment opportunities for Louisiana citizens.
Requests the joint committee to study the issues related to authorizing homeowners, aged sixty-five years or older with financial hardship, to postpone payment of ad valorem taxes on their homestead until death.
Memorializes Congress to urge the U.S. Department of State to approve the presidential permit application allowing the construction and operation of the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline between the United States and Canada.
Commends Colonel Winton Vidrine on his retirement from the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries after a distinguished forty-three year career, including twenty-four years as chief of the enforcement divison.
Requests that the medical advisory council within the office of workers' compensation administration meet and reformulate the medical treatment schedule to address the need for injured workers to have access to routine physician office visits as well as uninterrupted prescribed active therapy treatment.
To commend Louisiana Teen Challenge for its successful ministry to youth, adults and families with its effective and comprehensive Christian, Bible based solution to life-controlling drug and alcohol addictions in order that participants may become productive members of society.
Recognizes May 2013 as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month and memorialize Congress to enact legislation to provide additional funding for research in order to find a treatment and cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.