| HB6718 | Intro
Sine Die | Early Intervention for Toddlers and Infants with Disabilities Act - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to reauthorize appropriations, for FY2014-FY2019, for the program providing early intervention services for disabled infants an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-30
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HR843 | Intro
Sine Die | Waives a specified requirement of Rule XIII (Calendar and Committee Reports) to allow consideration of any resolution reported on December 31, 2012, on the same day it is presented to the House.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-30
Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 175. |
| HB6716 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to eliminate automatic sequestrations for FY2013. (The Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act was amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011 to revise the discretionar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-30
To House Budget Committee |
| SB3667 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to rename the section heading of Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the individual retirement accounts (IRAs) of married individuals as the Kay Bailey Hutchison Spousal IRA.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-30
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB5949 | Pass | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on August 2, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.) FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act of 2012 - Amends the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend until December ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-30
Became Public Law No: 112-238. |
| HB1 | Engross
Sine Die | Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes supplemental disaster assistance appropriations to certain federal departments and agencies for expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane Sandy. Title I - Makes supplemental disaster assistanc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-30
Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| HJR122 | Pass | Requires the meeting of the Senate and House of Representatives to be held in January 2013 to count the electoral votes for President and Vice President cast by the electors in December 2012 to be held on January 4, 2013.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-28
Became Public Law No: 112-228. |
| SB3687 | Pass | Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to revise the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program to: (1) limit grants by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to no more than 7...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-28
Became Public Law No: 112-237. |
| SB3642 | Pass | Theft of Trade Secrets Clarification Act of 2012 - Amends the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 to apply the prohibition against the theft of trade secrets to a trade secret that is related to a product or service used in or intended for use in intersta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-28
Became Public Law No: 112-236. |
| SB3564 | Pass | Public Interest Declassification Board Reauthorization Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Interest Declassification Act of 2000 to: (1) require any appointment to the Public Interest Declassification Board to be for three years from the date of the appo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-28
Became Public Law No: 112-235. |
| HB6223 | Pass | Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 to consider the period of time that a person was employed by the Chief of Mission or the U.S. Armed Forces, under contract with the Chief of Mission or the U.S. Armed Forces, or was e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-28
Became Public Law No: 112-227. |
| HB6116 | Pass | Amends the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, with respect to the judicial procedure for appealing from the decisions of courts of the Virgin Islands to courts of the United States, to remove the temporary jurisdiction of the U.S. Court of Ap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-28
Became Public Law No: 112-226. |
| SB3315 | Pass | GAO Mandates Revision Act of 2012 - Amends the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of 1988 to require audits of the transactions of the U.S. Capitol Preservation Commission at least once every three years, rather than annually, unless the Chairman or Rank...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-28
Became Public Law No: 112-234. |
| SB3311 | Pass | Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 2601 2nd Avenue North, Billings, Montana, as the "James F. Battin United States Courthouse." Declares that the "James F. Battin United States Courthouse" located at 315 North 26th Street, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-28
Became Public Law No: 112-233. |
| HB5954 | Pass | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 320 7th Street in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, as the "Sergeant Leslie H. Sabo, Jr. Post Office Building."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-28
Became Public Law No: 112-225. |
| HB5837 | Pass | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 26 East Genesee Street in Baldwinsville, New York, as the "Corporal Kyle Schneider Post Office Building."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-28
Became Public Law No: 112-224. |
| SB3193 | Pass | Barona Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Clarification Act of 2012 - Amends the Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2004 to revise the description of the land to be held in trust for the Barona Band of Mission Indians of California. Stat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-28
Became Public Law No: 112-232. |
| HB5738 | Pass | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15285 Samohin Drive in Macomb, Michigan, as the "Lance Cpl. Anthony A. DiLisio Clinton-Macomb Carrier Annex."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-28
Became Public Law No: 112-223. |
| SB2367 | Pass | 21st Century Language Act of 2012 - Removes references to the word "lunatic" from rules of construction of the U.S. Code and banking law provisions concerning: (1) trust powers of banks, and (2) bank consolidations and mergers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-28
Became Public Law No: 112-231. |
| SB2170 | Pass | Hatch Act Modernization Act of 2012 - (Sec. 2) Allows a state or local officer or employee to be a candidate for partisan elective office unless the salary of such officer or employee is paid completely, directly or indirectly, by loans or grants mad...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-28
Became Public Law No: 112-230. |
| HB3912 | Pass | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 110 Mastic Road in Mastic Beach, New York, as the "Brigadier General Nathaniel Woodhull Post Office Building."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-28
Became Public Law No: 112-222. |
| HB3870 | Pass | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6083 Highway 36 West in Rose Bud, Arkansas, as the "Nicky 'Nick' Daniel Bacon Post Office."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-28
Became Public Law No: 112-221. |
| HB3783 | Pass | Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act of 2012 - States that it is U.S. policy to use a comprehensive strategy to counter Iran's growing hostile presence in the Western Hemisphere by working together with U.S. allies and partners in the region...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-28
Became Public Law No: 112-220. |
| HB3477 | Pass | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 133 Hare Road in Crosby, Texas, as the Army First Sergeant David McNerney Post Office Building.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-28
Became Public Law No: 112-219. |
| SB1379 | Pass | D.C. Courts and Public Defender Service Act of 2011 - Amends the District of Columbia Official Code to require the chief judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals to: (1) call biennial or, as under current law, annual judicial conferences; a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-28
Became Public Law No: 112-229. |
| SB285 | Enroll
Sine Die | Provides for the relief of Sopuruchi Chukwueke.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-28
Became Private Law No: 112-1. |
| HB6708 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for FY2012-FY2015 for: (1) programs promoting economic and social self-sufficiency for Native Americans, (2) a program awarding grants to Indian tribes to improve their regul...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-27
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB6715 | Intro
Sine Die | Protecting Our Protectors Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to make grants to state and local governments to assist in preparing for and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-27
To House Homeland Security Committee |
| HB6714 | Intro
Sine Die | Cainaan Putuga Wendt Shock of Life Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to: (1) purchase automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for use in public or private secondary schools within ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-27
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB6713 | Intro
Sine Die | Ensuring Scanned Containers Arrive in Ports Efficiently Act of 2012 - Amends the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), on order to extend the date after which all containers loaded...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-27
To House Homeland Security Committee |
| HB6712 | Intro
Sine Die | Elgin Stafford Mental Illness Information Disclosure Act of 2012 or Elgin's Law - Requires a health care professional to disclose to a parent of a covered individual being treated for a mental illness any information regarding the mental illness and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-27
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB6711 | Intro
Sine Die | Keeping our Communities Safe by Strengthening Safety Standards for Chemical Facilities Act - Amends the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), in assigning a chemical facility to a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-27
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB6710 | Intro
Sine Die | Caring for an Aging America Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include geriatrics and gerontology within the definition of "primary health services" for purposes of the National Health Service Corps.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-27
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB6709 | Intro
Sine Die | Course Material Pilot Grant Program Act - Amends the Higher Education Opportunity Act to reauthorize appropriations for a pilot program awarding competitive grants to institutions of higher education to enable them to rent course materials to student...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-27
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB6707 | Intro
Sine Die | Child Care and Resources Education Act of 2012 - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reserve at least $1 million of annual child care and development block grant ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-27
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB6706 | Intro
Sine Die | Fair Debt Collection Practices Technical Correction Act of 2012 - Amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to exclude from the definition of "debt collector" any law firm or licensed attorney: (1) serving, filing, or conveying formal l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-27
To House Financial Services Committee |
| SB3709 | Engross
Sine Die | (Sec. 1) Directs the Comptroller General to study any bank holding company having more than $500 billion in consolidated assets (covered institution) with respect to: favorable pricing of its debt relative to its risk profile resulting from the perc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-27
To House Financial Services Committee |
| SB2326 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 2 Niagara Square, Buffalo, New York, as the "Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 577. |
| SB2251 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 709 West 9th Street, Juneau, Alaska, as the "Robert Boochever United States Courthouse."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 576. |
| HB4203 | Intro
Sine Die | Women's Procurement Program Improvement Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act with respect to the procurement program for women-owned small businesses (providing a federal procurement contracting preference to such businesses) to remove current...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-27
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 535. |
| HB3893 | Intro
Sine Die | Subcontracting Transparency and Reliability Act of 2012 - Title I: Limitations on Subcontracting - (Sec. 101) Amends the Small Business Act to prohibit a small business receiving a guaranteed loan through the Small Business Administration (SBA) from ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-27
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 534. |
| SB1763 | Intro
Sine Die | Stand Against Violence and Empower Native Women Act or the SAVE Native Women Act - Title I: Grant Programs - (Sec. 101) Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include sex trafficking as a target of the grants to Indian triba...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 579. |
| HB6656 | Intro
Sine Die | Customs Enhanced Trade Facilitation and Enforcement Act of 2012 - Establishes U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBPA), headed by the Commissioner ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-26
To House Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security |
| SJR51 | Intro
Sine Die | Disapproves and nullifies a rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that provides guidance on the excise tax imposed on the sale of certain medical devices.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB6705 | Intro
Sine Die | Building Efficiently Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish, for depreciation purposes: (1) a 25-year recovery period for qualified energy efficient nonresidential real property, and (2) a 20-year recovery period for qualified en...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-21
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB6704 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 to: (1) extend the Act for 10 years; and (2) expand such Act to prohibit the manufacture, import, sale, shipment, delivery, possession, transfer, or receipt of any receiver or barrel that is a major compon...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-21
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB6703 | Intro
Sine Die | Measuring and Evaluating Trends for Reliability, Integrity, and Continued Success (METRICS) Act or METRICS Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states, high-need local educational agencies (LEAs), or consortia of hi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-21
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB6694 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act, title XIV of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, to reverse the exclusion from treatment as a mortgage originator, and recognize as a mortgage originator, an employ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-21
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1987-1988) |
| HCR146 | Intro
Sine Die | Declares that when the House adjourns on the legislative day of Friday, December 21, 2012, it stand adjourned until 2 p.m. on Thursday, December 27, 2012. Declares that when the Senate recesses or adjourns on the legislative day of Friday, December ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-21
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB6664 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey to the state of California a parcel of approximately 12.55 acres of National Forest System land in the Pacific Southwest Region to permit the state to use such land to relocate the South Operation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-21
To House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands |
