| HB6502 | Intro
Sine Die | Life-Threatening Diseases Compassion through Combination Therapy Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to designate a combination of drugs as a significant drug com...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB6173 | Intro
Sine Die | Protecting Life in Funding Education Act or PRO-LIFE Act - Amends the General Education Provisions Act to prohibit the provision of federal education funding to state or local educational agencies that make health services available to students throu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB6281 | Intro
Sine Die | Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act of 2012 - Amends the Higher Educaton Act of 1965 to eliminate the expected family contribution used in determining Pell Grant eligibility in the case of a student applicant whose parent or guardian died as a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB6507 | Intro
Sine Die | Promoting Nuanced Taconite Regulations Act of 2012 - Amends the Clean Air Act (CAA) to consider as approved with respect to a taconite ore processing facility, under ambient air quality standard implementation plans for a state, any implementation pl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Power |
| HB6283 | Intro
Sine Die | Guaranteed Access to Health Insurance Act of 2012 - Repeals the health insurance and health coverage expansion provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and related provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions |
| HB6508 | Intro
Sine Die | Ensuring Shoppers Transparency in Online Pricing Act of 2012 or the E-STOP Act - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate rules requiring an Internet merchant with annual gross revenue of more than $1 million to disclose to each consu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade |
| HB6284 | Intro
Sine Die | Breath of Fresh Air Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to: (1) purchase nebulizers for use in their schools, and/or (2) tr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB6509 | Intro
Sine Die | Reducing food-based Inorganic and Organic Compounds Exposure Act of 2012 or the RICE Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to promulgate a final regulation under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act establishing the minim...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB6526 | Intro
Sine Die | Restore Effective Statistics to the Calculation of USF Expenditures Act of 2012 or the RESCUE Act of 2012 - Prohibits the Order of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the Matter of Connect America Fund and High-Cost Universal Service Suppo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology |
| HB6531 | Intro
Sine Die | Bottle Recycling Climate Protection Act of 2012 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit retailers and distributors from selling beverages in containers that do not display a statement of a refund value of five cents. Defines "beverage&...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy |
| HB5647 | Intro
Sine Die | Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Declares it an unlawful employment practice for employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, and other specified entities to: (1) not make reasonable accommodations to known limitations related to the pregnancy...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions |
| HB6135 | Intro
Sine Die | Transferring Credits for College Completion Act of 2012 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to include on the College Navigator website the percentage of undergraduates at an institution of higher education...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5654 | Intro
Sine Die | S.O.S. (Save Our Schools) Act of 2012 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to eliminate the requirement that states conduct the yearly student academic assessments in mathematics, reading or language arts, and science that are ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5805 | Intro
Sine Die | Entrepreneurial Training Improvement Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) establish alternate guidelines for measuring the progress of state and local performance of entrepreneurial training services to adults and dislocated workers u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB6230 | Intro
Sine Die | Grow Your Own Teacher Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to establish a Grow Your Own Teacher program making competitive grants to eligible entities to train and employ certain individ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB4207 | Intro
Sine Die | American Dream Accounts Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to eligible entities so each can establish and administer American Dream Accounts for a group of at least 30 low-income public school students who...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5844 | Intro
Sine Die | Protecting Victims on Campus Act of 2012 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise provisions that require each institution of higher education (IHE) participating in a title IV (Student Assistance) program to comply with certain crime repo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB6053 | Intro
Sine Die | NObamacare Act of 2012 - Repeals the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010, that were not declared unconstitutional by the Supreme ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions |
| HB5895 | Intro
Sine Die | Graduate Success Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to pay the interest that accrues on unsubsidized Federal Family Education Loans (FFELs) and Direct Loans (DLs) that a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB6054 | Intro
Sine Die | NObamacare Funds Act of 2012 - Prohibits funds from being obligated or expended to carry out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions |
| HB5996 | Intro
Sine Die | Mental Health First Aid Higher Education Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to carry out a demonstration progra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5897 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to make intermediate nonprofit organizations in Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands eligible to participate in the Nonprofit Capacity Build...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5715 | Intro
Sine Die | Airline Pension Fairness Act of 2012 - Amends the Pension Protection Act of 2006 to extend special alternative funding rules for single-employer defined benefit retirement plans for commercial airlines for plan years 2012 and 2013.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions |
| HB5901 | Intro
Sine Die | Catching Up To 1968 Act of 2012 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase to $10.00 an hour (adjusted annually based on increases in the Consumer Price Index) the federal minimum wage for employees. Increases to $5.50 an hour (adjust...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections |
| HB6321 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Act. (The Act established the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation, an independent establishment of the executive branch authorized to award fellowships to outstanding individuals to encourage new dis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB4379 | Intro
Sine Die | Women's Option to Raise Kids Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to increase from 12 to 36 months the child's age limit for exemption by a state of single parents with children f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5732 | Intro
Sine Die | Schools of the Future Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive three- to five-year grants to eligible partnerships to implement and evaluate the results of technology-based learning practices, strategies, tools, or courses at ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB6076 | Intro
Sine Die | Original Living American Wage (LAW) Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the federal minimum wage should, as a minimum, be adjusted every four years so that a person working for it may earn an annual income at least 15% higher than the fed...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections |
| HB4298 | Intro
Sine Die | Burdensome Paperwork Reduction for Our Miners Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Director of the Division of Coal Mine Workers' Compensation and the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Labor, to review forms for obtai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections |
| HB6446 | Intro
Sine Die | Improving Diagnostic Innovations Act of 2012 - Sets forth additional factors for the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to consider in determining the payment amount for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests under gap filling procedures ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB6461 | Intro
Sine Die | Measures to Prevent Childhood Obesity Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require: (1) each health care provider that administers a vaccine set forth in the Vaccine Injury Table to record in the vaccinated person's medical record th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5915 | Intro
Sine Die | Research Fairness Act of 2012 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to extend certain employee exemptions from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements to marketing research participants and mystery shoppers. Defines "mystery shopper&q...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections |
| HB5799 | Intro
Sine Die | Voter Empowerment Act of 2012 - Voter Registration Modernization Act of 2012 - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) to require each state to make available official public websites for online voter registration. Authorizes automa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB4818 | Intro
Sine Die | Dental Insurance Fairness Act of 2012 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to prescribe certain health care coverage value requirements for dental benefits under group health plans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions |
| HB4816 | Intro
Sine Die | Stop the Rate Hike Act of 2012 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make the 3.4% interest rate on Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2012, applic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB6240 | Intro
Sine Die | Manufacturing Comeback Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2016 the tax credit for research expenditures; (2) increase to 25% the rate for the alternative simplified research tax credit; (3) extend through 2013 the 1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB4286 | Intro
Sine Die | Student Loan Grace Period Extension Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the grace period before payment must begin on Direct Stafford Loans from 6 months to 12 months after borrowers cease to carry...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB4271 | Intro
Sine Die | Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012 - Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) to add or expand definitions of several terms for purposes of such Act, including : (1) "culturally specific services" to mean community-based s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB6198 | Intro
Sine Die | Give Workplace Gender Violence Victims Their Day in Court Act of 2012 - Makes an employer liable to a party injured in a crime of violence motivated by gender if: (1) the employer's business is in or affects interstate or foreign commerce, and (2) th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections |
| HB4470 | Intro
Sine Die | Routine HIV Screening Coverage Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions |
| HB4277 | Intro
Sine Die | Humphrey-Hawkins 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a Full Employment National Trust Fund with two separate accounts for: (1) Employment Opportunity Grants to states, local governments,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5966 | Intro
Sine Die | Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2012 - Amends the Professional Boxing Safety Act to: (1) authorize a tribal organization to establish a boxing commission; (2) prohibit arranging, promoting, or fighting in a match unless the match is approved by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections |
| HB4275 | Intro
Sine Die | Justice for Wards Cove Workers Act - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1991 to remove a provision excluding from application of the Act any disparate impact case filed before March 1, 1975, and decided after October 30, 1983. (Wards Cove Packing Co. v. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions |
| HB5969 | Intro
Sine Die | Ensuring Access to Affordable and Quality Companion Care Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, with respect to the exemption from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements of domestic service employment to provide companionship services...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections |
| HB5970 | Intro
Sine Die | Protecting In-Home Care from Government Intrusion Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from finalizing or enforcing proposed Department of Labor rule "Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service" (relating to companion...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections |
| HB4283 | Intro
Sine Die | Anthony DeJuan Boatwright Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require a state to include, as part of its regulatory process for issuance and renewal of licenses to providers of child care services, a recommendation ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5933 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the school improvement program under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to modify the requirement that state and local funds be used to provide services to schools receiving school improvement funds that ar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5050 | Intro
Sine Die | Social Networking Online Protection Act - Prohibits employers from: (1) requiring or requesting that an employee or applicant for employment provide a user name, password, or any other means for accessing a private email account or personal account o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions |
| HB5789 | Intro
Sine Die | School Lunch Improvements for Children's Education Act or SLICE Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to implement an interim or final rule regarding the school lunch and child nutrition programs that: (1) requires the crediting of tomato pas...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5891 | Intro
Sine Die | Defense Base Act Insurance Improvement Act of 2012 - Amends the Defense Base Act (the Act) to require satisfaction through the Government Defense Base Act self-insurance program of insurance and benefits requirements imposed on defense contractors wi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-26
To House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions |
