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

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
HB6388	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Horse Protection Act (HPA) to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe regulatory requirements for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to license, train, assign, and oversee persons who are to be hired by the management of horse s... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-14 To House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
HB6390	Intro Sine Die	Constitution and Citizenship Day Act of 2012 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to establish a Constitution Day Grant Program awarding competitive grants to local educational agencies and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-14 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6004)
HR775	Intro Sine Die	Condemns the attack at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, on August 5, 2012. Offers condolences to the families, friends, and loved ones of those who were killed and expresses hope for the full recovery of those injured. Honors the... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-13 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HB6253	Intro Sine Die	Ports-to-Forts Act of 2012 - Directs the Administrator of the Maritime Administration to make grants to states or port authorities to cover the direct or indirect costs for repair or construction of: (1) commercial strategic seaports; or (2) bridges,... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-13 To House Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
HB6398	Intro Sine Die	Home Energy Savings Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for nonbusiness energy property expenditures, to: (1) make such tax credit permanent; (2) increase from $500 to $1,000 the dollar limitation on such cr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-13 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB6399	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize appropriations, for FY2013-FY2017, for a grant program to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-13 To House Education And The Workforce Committee
HB6261	Intro Sine Die	Armed Services Always Paid Act of 2012 or ASAP Act of 2012 - Provides for funding the pay and allowances, without interruption, of members of the Armed Forces, including reserve personnel, during any period of lapsed appropriations. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-13 To House Subcommittee on Military Personnel
HB6404	Intro Sine Die	Delphi Pensions Restoration Act of 2012 - Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to require transfer to the Delphi Retired Employees Fund of all proceeds from the sale or transfer, after enactment of this Act, of any stock, warrant, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-13 To House Education And The Workforce Committee
HB6266	Intro Sine Die	Military Health Care Protection Act of 2012 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) career military personnel and their families endure unique and extraordinary demands and make extraordinary sacrifices over the course of a 20-30 year career, and... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-13 To House Subcommittee on Military Personnel
HB6406	Intro Sine Die	Non-Federal Employee Whistleblower Protection Act of 2012 - Repeals and replaces provisions prohibiting reprisals against employees of civilian and defense contractors for disclosing to a federal official information relating to a substantial violati... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-13 To House Education And The Workforce Committee
HB6407	Intro Sine Die	College Student Rebate Act of 2012 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require proprietary institutions of higher education that participate in title IV (Student Assistance) programs to: (1) spend at least 80% of their revenue each fiscal ye... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-13 To House Education And The Workforce Committee
HB6408	Intro Sine Die	Federal Election Integrity Act of 2012 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit the appropriate state or local election official from providing a federal election ballot to an individual who desires to vote in person unless: (1) the ind... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-13 To House Administration Committee
HR739	Intro Sine Die	Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.B. 6083) to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2017. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-13 Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Braley (IA). Petition No: 112-5.
HB6285	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to Derry Township, Pennsylvania, all interest of the United States in a parcel of real property, including improvements, that contains the Mifflin County Army Reserve Center located at 73 Reserve Lane, L... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-13 To House Subcommittee on Readiness
HB6294	Intro Sine Die	Amends federal armed forces provisions, National Guard provisions, and military pay provisions to include American Samoa as a territory, thereby authorizing the establishment of National Guard units in American Samoa, as well as related authority wit... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-13 To House Subcommittee on Military Personnel
HB2086	Intro Sine Die	Medical Debt Responsibility Act of 2011 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit a consumer reporting agency from making any report containing information related to a single fully paid or settled medical debt of $2,500 or less that had bee... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-13 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
HB6083	Intro Sine Die	Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2012 - Repeals, but continues for crop year 2012: (1) direct payments, (2) countercyclical payments, and (3) the average crop revenue election program (ACRE). Provides for crop years 2013-2017 ei... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-13 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 481.
HB6380	Intro Sine Die	Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee Community Recovery Assistance Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of the Army, upon the request of a state or local government, to allow a non-federal interest to make payment of any non-federal contribution ass... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-13 To House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
HB6386	Intro Sine Die	Voter Registration Integrity Act - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require a state motor vehicle authority to require each individual applying for a motor vehicle driver's license in the state to: (1) indicate whether the indivi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-13 To House Subcommittee on Elections
HB6387	Intro Sine Die	Remove Unnecessary Roadblocks to Local Transportation Safety Projects Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to issue categorical exclusions (that do not involve significant environmental impact) from the environmental assessment... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-13 To House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
HR778	Intro Sine Die	Sets forth the rule for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 117) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 6365) to amend the Balanced Budget and Emer... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-13 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HR779	Intro Sine Die	Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.B. 6213) to limit further taxpayer exposure from the loan guarantee program established under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-13 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HJR119	Intro Sine Die	Supports the designation of Gospel Music Heritage Month (September 2012), which would recognize the contributions to U.S. culture derived from the rich heritage of gospel music and gospel music artists. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-13 To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
HJR120	Intro Sine Die	Appoints Barbara Barrett as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-13 To House Administration Committee
HR781	Intro Sine Die	Recognizes school principals' and assistant principals' contribution to the success of elementary and secondary school students. Encourages the observation of National Principals Month in a manner that promotes awareness of the importance of school l... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-13 To House Education And The Workforce Committee
HR783	Intro Sine Die	Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that until the governments of Libya and Egypt formally apologize to the United States and condemn in the strongest possible terms the savage attacks on U.S. diplomats in Benghazi, Libya, and Cairo, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-13 To House Foreign Affairs Committee
HR784	Intro Sine Die	Celebrates the life and achievements of Neil A. Armstrong, who humbly and selflessly served his country, state, and community as a naval aviator, test pilot, astronaut, aeronautical engineer, university professor, and businessman. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-13 To House Science, Space, And Technology Committee
HB6248	Intro Sine Die	Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) 14 C-27J aircraft that are excess to DOD needs and that acceptable for use by the Forest Service for wildfi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-13 To House Subcommittee on Readiness
HB6313	Intro Sine Die	Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State should: (1) reaffirm U.S. support for the peaceful resolution of maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea, the East China Sea, the Taiwan Strait, and the Yellow Sea; (2) condemn ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-12 Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
HB6382	Intro Sine Die	War Crimes Accountability Act of 2012 - Directs the President to submit a report to Congress for each of FY2013-FY2017 that identifies each country that is failing to: (1) cooperate with relevant jurisdictions in extraditing or deporting war crimes s... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-12 To House Foreign Affairs Committee
HB6383	Intro Sine Die	Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2825 Oak Lawn Avenue in Dallas, Texas, as the "William H. 'Bill' Nelson Post Office Building." [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-12 To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
HB6384	Intro Sine Die	Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Infrastructure for America Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property expenditures, to: (1) increase the rate of such credit from 30% to 50% fo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-12 To House Ways And Means Committee
HCR137	Intro Sine Die	Expresses the sense of Congress that the Azeri people, currently divided between Azerbaijan and Iran, have the right to self-determination and they should be afforded the opportunity to choose their own status among the community of nations. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-12 To House Foreign Affairs Committee
HB3479	Intro Sine Die	Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2011 - Title I: Earthquakes - National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2011 - (Sec. 103) Amends the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to revise the National Earthquake Hazards R... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-12 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 480.
HB6269	Intro Sine Die	Disabled Veterans Nutrition Fairness Act of 2012 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance (SNAP, formerly food stamp) benefits to include certain veterans with pending service-connected d... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-11 To House Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture
HR773	Intro Sine Die	Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.B. 5544) to authorize and expedite a land exchange involving National Forest System land in the Laurentian District of the Superior National Forest and certain other National Forest System land in ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-11 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HB6270	Intro Sine Die	Crop Insurance Subsidy Transparency Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require annual disclosure of specified crop insurance premium subsidy information in the public interest. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-11 To House Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
HB6362	Intro Sine Die	Revitalizing the Economy of Fisheries in the Pacific Act of 2012 or REFI Pacific Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce (upon receipt of such assurances as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States) to... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-11 To House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs
HB4255	Intro Sine Die	Accountability in Grants Act of 2012 - Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from awarding grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, or other financial assistance under the national resea... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-11 Committee Hearings Held.
HR484	Intro Sine Die	Condemns the crackdown in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam against community organizers, bloggers, and democracy activists. Calls on the government of Vietnam to: (1) repeal articles 79 and 88 of the Vietnamese penal code and similar vague national... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-11 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HB6308	Intro Sine Die	Transparency for Lethal Control Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), through the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, to submit an annual report to Congress (and make such report publicly available on the Internet) on the animals... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-11 To House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
HB6369	Intro Sine Die	Revises membership requirements for and reduces to nine the number of members on the board of directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. Makes corresponding reductions in the number of members appointed by the governor of Virginia, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-11 To House Subcommittee on Aviation
HB6376	Intro Sine Die	Instructional Leadership Act of 2012 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states, local educational agencies (LEAs), nonprofit organizations, institutions of h... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-11 To House Education And The Workforce Committee
HB4969	Intro Sine Die	California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act of 2012 - Expands the boundary of the California Coastal National Monument, established by Presidential Proclamation 7264, to include the Point Arena-Stornetta public lands in Mendocino County, Calif... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-11 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
HB6040	Intro Sine Die	Continued Free Association with Palau Act of 2012 - Approves, with specified exceptions, the agreement and appendices signed by the United States and the Republic of Palau on September 3, 2010, in connection with the Compact of Free Association betwe... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-10 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
HB6147	Intro Sine Die	Designates the U.S. exclusive economic zone (as established by Presidential Proclamation Numbered 5030, dated March 10, 1983) as the "Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States." [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-10 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
HB5319	Intro Sine Die	Nashua River Wild and Scenic River Study Act - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments concerning the Nashua River and its tributaries in Massachusetts for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic River... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-10 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 476.
HB6339	Intro Sine Die	Electronic Communications Privacy Act Modernization Act of 2012 - Amends the federal criminal code to revise rules for requiring disclosure by a governmental entity of wire or electronic communications and for delaying notification of the issuance of... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-07 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
HB6333	Intro Sine Die	Sunset Act of 2012 - Revises provisions relating to congressional review of agency rulemaking to require federal agencies to submit to Congress and the Comptroller General (GAO) a report every three months containing a copy of any rule made during th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-07 To House Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law
HB6357	Intro Sine Die	Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to the use of extrajudicial force against a citizen of the United States. Prohibits anyone, including the President, from instructing an employee or an agent of the United States from engaging in, or cons... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-07 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security