US Legislation | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress | House | Bills | Introduced

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
HB3980	Intro Sine Die	Small Business Opportunity Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act to replace the position of breakout procurement representative within the Small Business Administration (SBA) with the position of procurement center representative. Requires such... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-21 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 525.
HB3985	Intro Sine Die	Building Better Business Partnerships Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a mentor-protege program for all small businesses. (Under current law, the SBA me... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-21 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 526.
HB3987	Intro Sine Die	Small Business Protection Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), when establishing small business size standards, to establish or approve a single standard for a grouping... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-21 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 527.
HB3850	Intro Sine Die	Government Efficiency through Small Business Contracting Act of 2012 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Small Business Act to raise from 23% to 25% the governmentwide prime contract award goal for participation by small business concerns and to make the governmen... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-21 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 523.
HB3851	Intro Sine Die	Small Business Advocate Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act (the Act) to require the Director of the Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (established in each federal agency having procurement powers) to be compensated at least at the... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-21 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 524.
HB3116	Intro Sine Die	Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 -Title I: Policy, Management, and Efficiency - (Sec. 101) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (HSA) to establish in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) the position of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-21 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 520.
HB6702	Intro Sine Die	Amends the National Organ Transplant Act to prohibit acquiring, receiving, or otherwise transferring a cord blood unit (the neonatal blood collected from the placenta and umbilical cord of a single newborn baby) for valuable consideration for use in ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-20 To House Energy And Commerce Committee
HB6700	Intro Sine Die	Stop Deducting Damages Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) deny a tax deduction for any amount paid or incurred for punitive damages in connection with any judgment in, or settlement of, any legal action; and (2) include any amount... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-20 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB6699	Intro Sine Die	Liquefied Natural Gas for NATO Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to treat each North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member nation as a nation with which there is in effect a free trade agreement and thus eligible for expedited appl... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-20 To House Foreign Affairs Committee
HB6698	Intro Sine Die	Walter Patterson Justice and Extradition Act - Directs the President to report to Congress regarding: (1) the number of fugitives currently residing in other countries whose extradition is sought by the United States and a list of such countries; (2)... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-20 To House Foreign Affairs Committee
HB6695	Intro Sine Die	Equitable Treatment of Investors Act - Amends the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970 to revise the definition of "net equity." Bases the determination of net equity, the positions, options, and contracts of a customer reported to the custome... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-20 To House Financial Services Committee
HB6693	Intro Sine Die	Includes within the definition of an "animal" for purposes of the Animal Welfare Act a bird, rat of the genus Rattus, or mouse of the genus Mus that is being used, or is intended for use, as a pet or for research, testing, experimentation, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-20 To House Agriculture Committee
HB6692	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration from being subject to automatic reductions to eliminate the excess budget deficit... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-20 To House Budget Committee
HB6691	Intro Sine Die	Center to Advance, Monitor, and Preserve University Security Safety Act of 2012 or the CAMPUS Safety Act of 2012 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to establish and operate, within the Of... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-20 To House Judiciary Committee
HB6690	Intro Sine Die	Bars the Secretary of the Air Force from divesting, retiring, or transferring to any Air Force aircraft assigned to units of the Air National Guard or Air Force Reserve as of December 31, 2012, until Congress receives: (1) the reports required by the... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-20 To House Armed Services Committee
HB6637	Intro Sine Die	Money Remittances Improvement Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, with respect to compliance with reporting requirements for monetary instrument transactions of certain financial institutions, to rely upon examinations conducted b... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-20 To House Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
HB6631	Intro Sine Die	Virgin Islands Energy Crisis Relief Act - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), through the Rural Utilities Service, to make a grant to the Water and Power Authority of the U.S. Virgin Islands for... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-20 To House Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity
HB6614	Intro Sine Die	Fire-Damaged Home Rebuilding Act of 2012 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to prohibit certain mandatory land use and control measures in an area from being considered to be in compliance with land management criteria for participatio... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-20 To House Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity
HB6613	Intro Sine Die	Markets and Trading Reorganization Act - Establishes the Securities and Derivatives Commission as an independent regulatory commission. Directs such Commission to establish three principal divisions: (1) a Markets and Trading Division with oversight ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-20 To House Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises
HB6588	Intro Sine Die	Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Malala Yousufzai in recognition of her devoted service to education, justice, and equalit... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-20 To House Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology
HB2919	Intro Sine Die	Community Shelter Protection Act of 2011 - Prohibits the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from requiring an educational institution (elementary or secondary school that is provided FEMA assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relie... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-20 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 517.
HB1073	Intro Sine Die	Designates the U.S. courthouse to be constructed at a specified site in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse." [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-20 Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 173.
HB1063	Intro Sine Die	Strengthening Medicare And Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012 - (Sec. 2) Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to reimbursement to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) by a health plan for any conditional Medic... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-20 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 112-715, Part I.
HB6688	Intro Sine Die	Averting the Fiscal Cliff Act - Title I: Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act - Subtitle A: Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act - Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act of 2012 - Makes permanent: (1) the Economic Growth and Tax Re... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-19 To House Rules Committee
HB6687	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Internal Revenue Code to add vaccines against seasonal influenza to the list of those vaccines subject to the excise tax on taxable vaccines. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-19 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB6686	Intro Sine Die	Mercury Use Reduction Act of 2012 [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-19 To House Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy
HB6685	Intro Sine Die	Protect Law Enforcement Armor Act or the PLEA Act - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) expand the definition of "armor piercing ammunition" to include a projectile that may be used in a handgun and that is determined by the Attorney G... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-19 To House Judiciary Committee
HB6683	Intro Sine Die	Hurricane Sandy Tax Relief Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide tax benefits for individuals and businesses affected by Hurricane Sandy, including: an exemption from the gross income limitation for deducting casualty losses att... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-19 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB6682	Intro Sine Die	Standard Data and Technology Advancement Act of 2012 or Standard DATA Act of 2012 - Amends part A of title XI of the Social Security Act to direct the head of the department or agency responsible for administering certain human services programs to d... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-19 To House Subcommittee on Health
HB6679	Intro Sine Die	Tim Fagan's Law or Counterfeit Drug Enforcement Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a criminal fine and/or imprisonment for a person who: (1) knowingly causes a prescription drug to be adulterated, misbranded, o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-19 To House Subcommittee on Health
HB6676	Intro Sine Die	Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act of 2012 - Amends the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to direct the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to study and identify any potential threats to privacy protections posed by the integration of u... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-19 To House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
HB6662	Intro Sine Die	Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) establish a pilot program to be known as the Road User Fee Pilot Project to study alternatives to the system of taxing motor vehicle fuels, including alternatives based upon the mileage of vehicles subjec... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-19 To House Subcommittee on Energy and Power
HB6645	Intro Sine Die	Save and Strengthen Medicare Act of 2012 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new Medicare part E (Unified Medicare with Choice and Competition) which prohibits benefit coverage for an individual under either Medi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-19 To House Subcommittee on Health
HB6681	Intro Sine Die	Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 815 County Road 23 in Tyrone, New York, as the "Specialist Christopher Scott Post Office Building." [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-18 To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
HB6680	Intro Sine Die	Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2012 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit a person from possessing a firearm unless that person has been issued a firearm license under this Act or a state system cert... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-18 To House Judiciary Committee
HB6677	Intro Sine Die	Common Sense Housing Investment Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax deduction for mortgage interest, to: (1) allow, in lieu of such deduction, a tax credit for 20% of mortgage interest paid in a taxable year for th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-18 To House Financial Services Committee
HB6678	Intro Sine Die	College Research Education and Teacher Excellence (CREATE) Opportunity Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the research tax credit permanent. Makes 100% of a taxpayer's expenditures for qualified research at an institution of highe... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-18 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB6675	Intro Sine Die	Economic Stimulus, Tax Credit Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a debit card stimulus program for issuing pre-loaded six-month debit cards to eligible taxpayers. Prescribes the amount on the debit card to be the sum of: (1)... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-18 To House Armed Services Committee
HB6674	Intro Sine Die	Earnings Contingent Education Loans Act of 2012 or the ExCEL Act of 2012 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make students ineligible to receive Direct Loans (DLs) on or after July 1, 2014. Makes certain exc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-17 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB6673	Intro Sine Die	Parental Bereavement Act of 2012 or Sarah Grace Act of 2012 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to entitle an eligible employee to up to 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period because of the death of a son or daughter. Allows ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-17 To House Administration Committee
HB6651	Intro Sine Die	Securing Our Borders and Our Data Act of 2011 [sic] - Sets forth rules for the search or seizure at a U.S. border of digital electronic devices or digital storage media. Prohibits a search of the digital contents of such devices or media unless such ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-17 To House Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security
HB6642	Intro Sine Die	Customs 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 of U.S. C... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-17 To House Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security
HB3548	Intro Sine Die	North American Energy Access Act - (Sec. 2) Prohibits construction, operation, or maintenance of the oil pipeline and related facilities described in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Keystone XL Pipeline Project issued by the De... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-17 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 515.
HB4297	Intro Sine Die	Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for: (1) WIA title I, workforce investment systems for job training and employment services; and (2... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-14 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 513.
HB3283	Intro Sine Die	Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Commodity Exchange Act regarding extra-territorial swap transactions between: (1) a registered swap dealer who is either a U.S. person or a person whose parent company is a U.S. person; and (2) a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-14 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 512.
HB6658	Intro Sine Die	Urban Competitiveness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any capital gain from the sale or exchange of a stock, partnership, or business property interest invested in an enterprise zone area which had an average unemp... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-13 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB6659	Intro Sine Die	Urban Recovery and Growth Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the issuance of economic development extension bonds for the purpose of economic development or refinancing the indebtedness of a city that has an average unemployment rate... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-13 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB6660	Intro Sine Die	Personal Holding Company Tax Parity and Reinvestment Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude dividends received by a U.S. shareholder from a controlled foreign corporation from the definition of "personal holding company income" for purpose... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-13 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB6661	Intro Sine Die	Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14 Red River Avenue North in Cold Spring, Minnesota, as the "Officer Tommy Decker Memorial Post Office." [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-13 To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
HB6667	Intro Sine Die	Financial Consumers Association Act of 2012 - Authorizes the establishment of, and sets forth operational requirements for, a nonprofit corporation to be known as the Financial Consumers Association whose mission shall be to advance the rights and re... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-13 To House Financial Services Committee