| HB6602 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends title 36 of the United States Code (Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations) to revise and expand the tables of contents for such title and its subtitles, revise the formatting of the chapter headings, and make techni...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB5788 | Engross
Sine Die | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 Center Street West in Eatonville, Washington, as the "National Park Ranger Margaret Anderson Post Office."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-06
To Senate Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security |
| SB3661 | Intro
Sine Die | Space Exploration Sustainability Act - Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 to make it: (1) a long-term goal for the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) to sustainably expand permanent human ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-05
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB3660 | Intro
Sine Die | Middle Class & Small Business Tax Cut Act of 2012 - Amends the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 to extend through 2013 the reductions in employment and self-employment tax rates. Amends the Internal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-05
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB3658 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 300 Fayetteville Street in Raleigh, North Carolina, as the "Jesse Helms Federal Building and United States Courthouse."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-05
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB3659 | Intro
Sine Die | Quality Improvement Organization Program Restoration Act - Amends the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 to repeal its revisions to requirements for contracts with Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs). Amends title XI of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-05
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB6639 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Wildfire Suppressing Aircraft Transfer Act of 1996 to provide that provisions permitting an agency to order goods or services from that or another agency only if such goods or services cannot be provided as conveniently or cheaply by a com...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-05
To House Armed Services Committee |
| SB3657 | Intro
Sine Die | Lines Interfere with National Elections Act of 2012 or LINE Act of 2012 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require each state to provide for the minimum required number of voting systems, poll workers, and other election resources (includi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-05
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| HB6636 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3031 Veterans Road West in Staten Island, New York, as the "Leonard Montalto Post Office Building."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-05
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB6635 | Intro
Sine Die | TRICARE Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the congressional defense committees setting forth Department of Defense (DOD) policy on the future availability of TRICARE Prime (a DOD managed health care program) for eligible ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-05
To House Armed Services Committee |
| SB3410 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends, until September 30, 2020, the repeal date of the Undertaking Spam, Spyware, And Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers beyond Borders Act of 2006 (U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-05
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 112-248. |
| SB2279 | Intro
Sine Die | R.M.S. Titanic Maritime Memorial Preservation Act of 2012 - Amends the R.M.S. Titanic Maritime Memorial Act of 1986 (the Act) to provide for the scope and applicability of the Act, including persons and vessels subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Makes it ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-05
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 112-247. |
| SB1759 | Engross
Sine Die | America's Cup Act of 2011 - Authorizes vessels operating in preparation for, or in connection with, the 34th America's Cup competition, that have been certified by the Administrator of the Maritime Administration to be eligible vessels, to position c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-05
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 112-246. |
| HB1857 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides for the relief of Bartosz Kumor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB794 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides for the relief of Allan Bolor Kelley.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB823 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides for the relief of Maria Carmen Castro Ramirez and J. Refugio Carreno Rojas.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB824 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides for the relief of Daniel Wachira.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB183 | Intro
Sine Die | Deepwater Horizon Survivors' Fairness Act - (Sec. 2) Amends federal maritime law formerly known as the Shipowners' Liability Act of 1851 to exclude a claim for personal injury or wrongful death arising from the blowout and explosion of the mobile off...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-05
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 112-245. |
| HB511 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the federal criminal code to expand the prohibition against the importation or shipment into the United States, or its territories and possessions, of any injurious animals to include the Indian python of the species Python molurus bivittatus,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-05
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 511. |
| HB357 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides for the relief of Corina de Chalup Turcinovic.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB316 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides for the relief of Esther Karinge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB3656 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the requirement that the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) prescribe regulations to require passenger motor vehicle dealers to distribute to prospective buyers information comparing insurance costs for different makes and models of passenger ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-04
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB3655 | Intro
Sine Die | Superstorm Sandy Unemployment Relief Act of 2012 - Directs the President, in the case of an individual eligible to receive unemployment assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act as a result of the disaster d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-04
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB3654 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to repeal the prohibition on the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribe conducting on its reservation or lands gaming activities that are prohibited by Texas.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-04
To Senate Indian Affairs Committee |
| SB3653 | Intro
Sine Die | National Child Protection Training Act - Directs the Attorney General, through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, to establish a program to sustain at least four university, college, or community college affiliated regional tr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-04
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB3652 | Intro
Sine Die | Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act of 2012 - Allows the holder or successor of an acceleration certificate issued pursuant to the Patents for Humanity Program (a pilot awards program established by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office [USPT...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-04
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB3651 | Intro
Sine Die | Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish for each calendar month a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPIEC) that indicates changes over ti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-04
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB6632 | Intro
Sine Die | Voting Line Reduction and Online Registration Act - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) to require each state to make available official public websites for online voter registration. Authorizes automated voter registration of c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-04
To House Administration Committee |
| HB6630 | Intro
Sine Die | Fort Hood Casualties Benefits Clarification Act - Requires that members of the Armed Forces or civilian employees of the Department of Defense (DOD) who were killed or wounded in the attack that occurred at Fort Hood, Texas, on November 5, 2009, and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-04
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB6570 | Pass | Amends the Jobs Accountability Act, in title XV of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to revise the deadline for comments by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on inform...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-04
Became Public Law No: 112-204. |
| HB6429 | Engross
Sine Die | STEM Jobs Act of 2012 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make up to 55,000 visas available in FY2014 and subsequent fiscal years to qualified immigrants who: (1) have a doctorate degree in a field of science, technology, enginee...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-04
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 559. |
| HB15 | Intro
Sine Die | Middle Class Tax Cut Act - Extends through 2013 for a taxpayer whose income is $200,000 or less ($250,000 for married couples filing a joint return): (1) the tax rate reductions and other tax benefits of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-04
Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Walz (MN). Petition No: 112-6. ( ">Discharge petition text with signatures.) |
| HB6131 | Pass | Extends, until September 30, 2020, the repeal date of the Undertaking Spam, Spyware, And Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers beyond Borders Act of 2006 (U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-04
Became Public Law No: 112-203. |
| HB6118 | Pass | Taking Essential Steps for Testing Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise sanctions for laboratories that intentionally refer proficiency testing samples required for certification to another laboratory for analysis by: (1) givi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-04
Became Public Law No: 112-202. |
| HB2453 | Pass | Mark Twain Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $5 gold coins and $1 silver coins emblematic of the life and legacy of Mark Twain. Limits issuance of such coins to calendar year 2016. Requires specified s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-04
Became Public Law No: 112-201. |
| HB6627 | Intro
Sine Die | Veterans Homebuyer Accessibility Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for first-time homebuyers, to allow veterans of the Armed Forces a tax credit for 10% of the purchase price of a principal residence purch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-03
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB6601 | Intro
Sine Die | Carcinogen-Free Label Act of 2012 - Directs the head of each federal agency that regulates a covered product to establish a program to permit the labeling of such a product that does not contain any carcinogens as "Carcinogen-Free." Defines a "covere...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-03
To House Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture |
| HB6600 | Intro
Sine Die | Kosher and Halal Food Act of 2012 - Amends the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to provide for the increased purchase of Kosher and Halal food and to modify the labeling of the commodities list under the emergency food assistance program to enab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-03
To House Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture |
| HB6567 | Intro
Sine Die | State Nutrition Assistance Flexibility Act of 2012 - States that the purpose of this Act is to provide federal financial assistance to the states in the form of a single grant to allow the states flexibility in providing, and financing the provision ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-03
To House Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture |
| SB2038 | Pass | Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012 or STOCK Act - (Sec. 3) Requires the congressional ethics committees to issue interpretive guidance of the rules of each chamber, including rules on conflicts of interest and gifts, with respect to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-03
By Senator Lieberman from Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs filed written report. Report No. 112-244. |
| HB6624 | Intro
Sine Die | Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2012 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to consider the following types of regulation of inmate telephone service: (1) prescribing a maximum unif...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-30
To House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology |
| HB6611 | Intro
Sine Die | Patient Access to Drugs in Shortage Act of 2012 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), with respect to use of average sales price payment methodology for drugs and biologicals, to prescribe a formula for determining the pay...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-30
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB6609 | Intro
Sine Die | Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness Act - Amends the Arizona Wilderness Act of 1984 to include certain land in Pajarita Wilderness in Coronado National Forest. Designates certain lands, in Arizona, in the Coronado National Forest as wilderness and as a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-30
To House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands |
| HB6610 | Intro
Sine Die | National Park Service Critical Authorities Act of 2012 - Revises provisions regarding the removal of snow and ice around federal buildings in the District of Columbia. Permits the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) and the National Park Service (N...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-30
To House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands |
| HB6608 | Intro
Sine Die | Family Asthma Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to collaborate with state and local health depa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-30
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB6596 | Intro
Sine Die | Naval Air Station Fallon Housing and Safety Development Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the Secretary of the Navy, without consideration, approximately 400 acres of federal land that is adjacent to Naval Air Station Fallon ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-30
To House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands |
| SB1735 | Intro
Sine Die | Approves the conveyance by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to the state of Mississippi of the federally-owned Yellow Creek Port properties in the custody of the TVA at Iuka, Mississippi.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-30
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 558. |
| HB2356 | Intro
Sine Die | WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2012 - Title I: A National Biodefense Enterprise - (Sec. 101) Requires the President to assign a member of the National Security Council as Special Assistant to the President for Biodefense to: (1) serve as the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-30
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 510. |
| SB810 | Intro
Sine Die | Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act of 2012 - (Sec. 4) Prohibits: (1) conducting invasive research on great apes; (2) possessing, maintaining, or housing a great ape for the purpose of conducting invasive research; (3) using federal funds to co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-30
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 557. |
| SB3647 | Intro
Sine Die | Military Sexual Assault Prevention Act of 2012 - Prohibits any person convicted under federal or state law of rape, sexual assault, forcible sodomy, or incest from being commissioned or enlisting in the Armed Forces. Requires administrative separatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
To Senate Armed Services Committee |
