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

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
HB6441	Intro Sine Die	National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2012 - Reauthorizes and revises the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to appoint 28 directors (currently, 23) that are knowledg... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-24 To House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs
HB6440	Intro Sine Die	Renames the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor in Connecticut and Massachusetts as the Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-24 To House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
HB6492	Intro Sine Die	Sustainable, Livable And Green (S.L.A.G.) Highway Construction Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish in the Office of Pavement Technology of the Federal Highway Administration the position of Recovered Mineral Compo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-24 To House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
HB6542	Intro Sine Die	FEMA Reform Act of 2012 - Requires: (1) 50% of the amount estimated for a preliminary damage assessment by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for any state or local government to be released to such government not later than three days af... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-24 To House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management
HB6541	Intro Sine Die	Maximize Our Highways Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to study the economically beneficial uses of rights-of-way associated with federal-aid highways, including: (1) the identification of economically beneficial activities... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-24 To House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
HB6515	Intro Sine Die	Stop Excessive Toll Hikes Act - Revises urbanized area formula grant eligibility requirements to allow a recipient (person, entity, or state or regional authority) to receive such a grant only if it certifies that it has not raised the maximum tolls ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-24 To House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
HB6344	Intro Sine Die	Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey at current state of agricultural use market prices specified lands formerly part of the Fort Bayard Military Reservation, Grant County, New Mexico, to the Village of Santa Clara, the City of Bayar... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-24 To House Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry
HB6499	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), with respect to budget enforcement through sequestration, to redefine "account" to include any item for the pay of Members of Congress. (Thus ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Budget Committee
HB3674	Intro Sine Die	Promoting and Enhancing Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Effectiveness Act of 2012 or the PRECISE Act of 2012 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to perform necessary activities ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 501.
HB6401	Intro Sine Die	Directs the Secretary of Labor to commence a one-year pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of providing veterans seeking employment with access to computing facilities in order to facilitate their access to websites that: (1) matc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
HB6489	Intro Sine Die	National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2012 - Amends the National Integrated Drought Information System Act of 2006 to specify that the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) Program shall better inform ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Science, Space, And Technology Committee
HB6487	Intro Sine Die	Manufacturing Economic Recovery Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a manufacturing recovery tax credit for investment in manufacturing real and tangible personal property used in the United States, including an increased cre... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB6485	Intro Sine Die	Accountability of Taxpayer Funding for Afghanistan Fuels Act of 2012 - Prohibits a covered product from being provided directly or indirectly to the government of Afghanistan unless the Secretary of Defense (DOD) determines and reports to Congress th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Foreign Affairs Committee
HB6482	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), upon a request by the chairman or ranking minority member of either congressional budget committee, to determine if ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Budget Committee
HB6478	Intro Sine Die	Denali Commission Reauthorization Act of 2012 - Amends the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (the Act) to revise requirements concerning the composition of the membership of the Denali Commission. Appoints Commission members to four-year terms. Directs ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management
HB6421	Intro Sine Die	Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Women's History Museum Act of 2012 - Establishes the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Women's History Museum to submit to the President and Congress a report containing ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
HB6500	Intro Sine Die	Detroit Economic Competitiveness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish the Detroit Jobs Trust Fund to finance economic development in Detroit, Michigan. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make annual distributions from such Fund ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
HB4369	Intro Sine Die	Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2012 - Amends federal bankruptcy law concerning a trust formed under a plan of reorganization following the discharge in bankruptcy of a debtor corporation in order to assume the debtor's liability... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 498.
HB6510	Intro Sine Die	Student Loan Prepayment Standardization Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require that when the holder of a borrower's private education loans or loans made under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Education And The Workforce Committee
HB6511	Intro Sine Die	States that: (1) Congress condemns the attacks on the U.S. diplomatic missions in Libya, Egypt, and Yemen; and (2) the American people mourn the loss of our public servants and offer our condolences to the families of those killed in Benghazi, Libya.... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Intelligence Committee
HB6293	Intro Sine Die	Servicemembers Rights Enforcement Improvement Act of 2012 - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (the Act) concerning the protection of servicemembers against default judgments to require a plaintiff, before filing an affidavit, to conduct a di... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
HB6528	Intro Sine Die	Audit the Pentagon Act of 2012 - Requires, on March 2 of FY2013 and each subsequent fiscal year, a 5% reduction in the discretionary budget authority of a federal agency that is identified by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Armed Services Committee
HB6451	Intro Sine Die	Preserving Jobs in the Oilfield Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to ensure that, with respect to maximum hours of service for drivers, on-duty time does not include waiting time at a natural gas or oil well site for operators of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
HB6297	Intro Sine Die	Reducing Barriers to Veterans' Benefits Act - Presumes a service connection, for veterans' benefits purposes, for diagnosed hearing loss, tinnitus, or both, for veterans who, during active military service: (1) were assigned to a military occupationa... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
HB2572	Intro Sine Die	Clean Up Government Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to revise and expand prohibitions against bribery, theft of public money, and other public corruption offenses. (Sec. 2) Modifies general venue rules for criminal prosecutions to all... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 499.
HB6425	Intro Sine Die	Replaces the map included in the set of maps entitled "Coastal Barrier Resources System" (referred to in specified provisions of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act and relating to Saddlebunch Keys Unit FL-57 in the state of Florida) with another map r... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs
HB6558	Intro Sine Die	Student Financial Aid Simplification Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to determine students' need and eligibility for title IV assistance, unless they qualify for the simplified needs test or expect... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB6557	Intro Sine Die	College Cost Reduction Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish the Higher Education Regulatory Reform Task Force to prepare a report, that is to be submitted to Congress and made available on a publicly accessible website, on fe... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Rules Committee
HB6556	Intro Sine Die	Campus Safety for Children Act of 2012 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in title IV (Student Assistance) programs to include in their annual campus security reports, provide... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Education And The Workforce Committee
HB6553	Intro Sine Die	Expands the purposes of the Communications Act of 1934 to include a requirement that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) execute and enforce such Act to make communications networks more secure, resilient, and defendable against Internet-base... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Energy And Commerce Committee
HB6552	Intro Sine Die	Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to continue the advisory committee known as the FCC's Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council. Requires the Council to submit to the FCC and Congress recommendations on ho... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Energy And Commerce Committee
HB6551	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to expand the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) coordination of interconnectivity among telecommunications networks to include: (1) assistance in the development of essential information security technolo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Energy And Commerce Committee
HB6550	Intro Sine Die	Directs the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish the National Telecommunications and Information Security Advisory Committee. Requires the Committee to report periodically to the Assistant Secretary with inf... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Energy And Commerce Committee
HB6549	Intro Sine Die	Computers in Our Communities Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2013 the tax deduction allowed to corporate taxpayers for charitable contributions of computer inventory for educational purposes. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB6548	Intro Sine Die	Diabetes Prevention Act of 2012 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make payments from the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to qualified third-part... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB6547	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to increase from 5 to 10 the minimum number of years of practical mining experience a person selected by the Secretary of Labor for appointment as a mine inspector must have. Requires mine inspect... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Education And The Workforce Committee
HB6546	Intro Sine Die	Athlete Due Process Protection Act of 2012 - Amends the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 to direct the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to provide a document to each athlete that it investigates that includes the specific dop... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Energy And Commerce Committee
HB6545	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Clean Air Act, with respect to reductions in requirements to use cellulosic biofuel under the renewable fuel program, to remove the requirement that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determine volumes of transp... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Energy And Commerce Committee
HB6544	Intro Sine Die	Manufacturing Innovation in America Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer to elect a tax deduction for an amount equal to 71% of the lesser of: (1) the taxpayer's patent box profit, or (2 the taxpayer's taxable income for... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB6543	Intro Sine Die	Care Coordination for Older Americans Act of 2012 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to make it a duty and function of the Administration on Aging (AOA) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide technical assistance to, an... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Education And The Workforce Committee
HB6539	Intro Sine Die	United States-Brazil Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade Act - Establishes the United States-Brazil Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade to address bilateral trade matters, seek removal of trade barriers, and promote commercial opportunities bet... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB6538	Intro Sine Die	Agricultural Trade Facilitation Act - States that the overall trade negotiating objective of the United States with respect to the application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures to agricultural products for trade agreements between the United Sta... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB6537	Intro Sine Die	Generalized System of Preferences Improvement Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise the prohibition against the President's designation of a beneficiary developing country for purposes of duty-free treatment of its products under the generaliz... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB6372	Intro Sine Die	Veterans Employment Act of 2012 - Instructs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to consider all qualified veterans before any non-veterans for employment in the competitive service at the VA. Requires the VA to consider, among qualified veterans... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
HB6536	Intro Sine Die	Grants the President authority to seek negotiations with the European Union (EU) for a trade agreement to reduce existing EU or U.S. duties or other import restrictions unduly burdening and restricting U.S. foreign trade. Subjects such authority to a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB6535	Intro Sine Die	Save America's National Economy Act - Repeals provisions of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as added by the Budget Control Act of 2011, that require automatic reductions in discretionary spending (sequestration) between... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB6533	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), from any appropriations for a fiscal year containing a qualifying winter season, to allot to each qualifying state, at least 25% of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Education And The Workforce Committee
HB6524	Intro Sine Die	U.S. Financial Services Global Viability Act - Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to delay the effective date for prohibitions or the mandate for related rulemaking against proprietary trading by a banking entity and any equity, partnership,... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Financial Services Committee
HB6523	Intro Sine Die	ITIN Reform Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to issue an individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN) to an individual only if such individual: (1) submits an application for an ITIN in perso... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB6522	Intro Sine Die	Middle Class College Tuition Tax Credit Expansion Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax credits with a new American Opportunity Tax Credit that: (1) allows an increased income tax cre... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-09-21 To House Ways And Means Committee