| 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 |
| HB6521 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require a state Medicaid plan to provide for state reimbursement of an eligible entity for any patient navigator service provided to a Medicaid-eligible individual. Includes within the definit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-21
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB6520 | Intro
Sine Die | No Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Act - Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for publicity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, electronic communication, radio, television, or vide...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-21
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB6188 | Intro
Sine Die | Military Family Leave Act of 2012 - Entitles an employed family member of a member of the Armed Forces who receives notification of a call or order to active duty in support of a contingency operation, or who is deployed in connection with a continge...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-21
To House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity |
| HB6517 | Intro
Sine Die | STEM Network Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to state-based STEM networks or similar organizations to increase elementary and secondary school students' achievement in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-21
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HR780 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses support for the goals and ideals of the Olympic movement. Congratulates the U.S. Olympic Committee and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams for their accomplishments during the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London, England.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-21
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1632) |
| HB6514 | Intro
Sine Die | Cody Miller Initiative for Safer Prescriptions Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to promulgate regulations regarding the authorship, content, format, and dissemina...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-21
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB6506 | Intro
Sine Die | Understanding the True Cost of College Act of 2012 - Amends the Higher Education Opportunity Act to refer to the Secretary of Education's model institution of higher eduction (IHE) financial aid offer form as the standard form. Requires the standard...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-21
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB6505 | Intro
Sine Die | Social Enterprise Ecosystem and Economic Development Commission Act of 2012 or the SEEED Commission Act of 2012 - Establishes the Commission on the Advancement of Social Enterprise to examine and make recommendations on ways the federal government ca...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-21
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB6525 | Intro
Sine Die | Truth in Spending Act of 2012 - Requires the President's annual budget request to Congress to include the most recent reports of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regarding the difference between the actual costs and the estim...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-21
To House Rules Committee |
| HB6450 | Intro
Sine Die | Local Modifications to Federal Flood Control Projects Act of 2012 - Amends the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899 to direct the Secretary of the Army, upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, to grant permission to a local sponsor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-21
To House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment |
| HB6490 | Intro
Sine Die | Medicare DMEPOS Market Pricing Program Act of 2012 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a market pricing program...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-21
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB6554 | Intro
Sine Die | Nuclear Reactor Safety First Act - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) from approving the renewal of a nuclear reactor license if the renewal application was submitted more than 10 years before the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-21
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB6456 | Intro
Sine Die | Military CDL Act of 2012 - Revises certain commercial driver's license (CDL) requirements with which a state must comply in order to avoid the administrative penalty of a withholding by the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) of a percentage of the sta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-21
For Further Action See S.3624. |
| HR801 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes: (1) America's hunters, anglers, trappers, recreational boaters, recreational shooters, industry, state fish and wildlife agencies, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for their leading role in restoring healthy populations of fish, wil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-20
To House Natural Resources Committee |
| HR798 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National School Bus Safety Week and National School Bus Drivers Appreciation Day. Celebrates the dedication and contributions that school bus drivers, managers, trainers, monitors, mechanics, and dispatch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-20
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HR793 | Intro
Sine Die | Supports the designation of a Small Business Saturday. Supports efforts to: (1) encourage consumers to shop locally, and (2) increase awareness of the value of locally owned small businesses and their impact on the U.S. economy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-20
To House Small Business Committee |
| HB6474 | Intro
Sine Die | Implementation of Simpson-Bowles Spending Reductions Act of 2012 - Prohibits the total amount of appropriations to the White House for the Executive Office of the President, to the President, and to Congress for FY2012-FY2016 from exceeding 85% of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-20
To House Budget Committee |
| HB6422 | Intro
Sine Die | International Conservation Corps Act of 2012 - Directs: (1) the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to provide grants to qualifying nonprofit organizations to assign and support volunteers to assist foreign countries in the administratio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-20
To House Subcommittee on Water and Power |
| HB6472 | Intro
Sine Die | Savings for American Families' Future Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the rate of the tax credit for retirement savings contributions, (2) make such credit refundable, and (3) direct the Secretary of the Treasury to pa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-20
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB5987 | Intro
Sine Die | Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act - (Sec. 5) Establishes the Manhattan Project National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System, which may be composed of specified facilities, lands, or interests in land in one or more elig...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-20
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 237 - 180 (Roll no. 591). |
| HB6463 | Intro
Sine Die | Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Act or GAAP Act - Requires the President's budget submission to include an estimate of the deficit or surplus for the fiscal year concerned, prepared using generally accepted accounting principles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-20
To House Budget Committee |
| HB6275 | Intro
Sine Die | Clean Energy Victory Bond Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2022 the tax credit for investment in solar energy property, geothermal heat pumps, fuel cell property, microturbine property, combined heat and power sys...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-20
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment |
| HB6462 | Intro
Sine Die | Water and Agriculture Technology Economic Revitalization Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit tax-exempt mutual ditch or irrigation companies to earn income from dispositions of certain real property and stock interests without af...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-20
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB6172 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from finalizing any rule imposing a standard of performance for carbon dioxide emissions from any existing or new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-20
Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| HB2541 | Intro
Sine Die | Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from requiring a permit under national polluta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-20
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 495. |
| HB3563 | Intro
Sine Die | Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2012 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (HSA) to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to modernize and implement the national integrated public alert and warning system, inc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-20
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 496. |
| HB6303 | Intro
Sine Die | Global Science Program for Security, Competitiveness, and Diplomacy Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of State to establish the Global Science Program for Security, Competitiveness, and Diplomacy, which shall provide for: (1) global, regional, o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-20
To House Subcommittee on Research and Science Education |
| HR788 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets forth the rule for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 118) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Family Assistance of the Administration for C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-20
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB6430 | Intro
Sine Die | Public Buildings Reform Act of 2012 - Sets forth new requirements for the purchase or lease of federal office space, for limiting rental costs for such space, and for suspending the construction of new courthouses after November 1, 2012. Requires tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-20
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote . |
| HB6447 | Intro
Sine Die | Educator Preparation Reform Act - Amends title II (Teacher Quality Enhancement) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise the Teacher Quality Partnership grant program. (The grant program provides funds to partnerships of high-need local ed...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-20
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB6458 | Intro
Sine Die | Higher Education and Employment Transparency Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make publicly available on the College Navigator website the job placement information that schools who are participati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-20
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB6459 | Intro
Sine Die | Investment Savings Access After Catastrophes Act of 2012 - Defines "Hurricane Isaac disaster area" for purposes of this Act as any parish or county of Louisiana or Mississippi in an area in which a major disaster has been declared before Se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-20
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB6466 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exempt from the cap on payments for hospice care any care furnished on or after November 1, 2004, under the Medicare program by a qualified hospice program. Qualifies a hospice program under...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-20
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB6468 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include tar sands in the definition of "crude oil" for purposes of the excise tax on petroleum.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-20
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB4965 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the Secretary of the Army and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from: (1) finalizing, adopting, implementing, administering, or enforcing the proposed guidance described in the notice of availability and request...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-20
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 492. |
