| HB3693 | Intro
Sine Die | Cents and Sensibility Act - Revises the discretionary authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe the weight and the composition of the alloy of the one-cent coin. Requires that the one-cent coin be: (1) produced primarily of steel, and (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| SB3650 | Intro
Sine Die | Ditch and Irrigation Company Tax Reform Act - 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 affecting their tax exempt ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB3649 | Intro
Sine Die | Superfund Emergency Response Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to carry out any assessment, monitoring, remediation, repair, or construction activity determined to be necessary at a site that: (1)...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| 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 |
| SB3442 | Intro
Sine Die | Success Ultimately Comes from Capital, Contracting, Education, Strategic Partnerships, and Smart Regulations Act of 2012 or SUCCESS Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to temporarily extend: (1) the 100% exclusion from gross income of gain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. |
| SB3638 | Intro
Sine Die | Today's Entrepreneurs are Advancing Mentorship Act of 2012 or TEAM Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act to establish within the Small Business Administration (SBA) an Office of Entrepreneurial Support, headed by a Director, to develop and prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. |
| HB6604 | Engross
Sine Die | Designates the federal building currently known as Federal Office Building 8, located at 200 C Street SW in the District of Columbia, as the "Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Federal Building."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
Received in the Senate. |
| HB1798 | Intro
Sine Die | Judgment Evading Foreign States Accountability Act of 2011 - States the policy of the United States regarding: (1) advocacy within the governing bodies of international organizations and other foreign policy settings for the full compensation and fai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote . |
| HB6374 | Engross
Sine Die | Designates the facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) at 180 Martin Drive in Carrollton, Georgia as the "Trinka Davis Veterans Village."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| HB6615 | Intro
Sine Die | Excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, any amount received from the Aurora Victim Relief Fund established by the tax-exempt Community First Foundation, if such amount is paid on account of the mass shooting at the Century 16 Cinema in A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB6616 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from assisting any foreign government with respect to the collection of any excise tax, related penalty, or related foreign judgment on securities transactions occurring on a U.S. exchange or over the counter w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| SB3648 | Intro
Sine Die | Excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, any amount received from the Aurora Victim Relief Fund established by the tax-exempt Community First Foundation, if such amount is paid on account of the mass shooting at the Century 16 Cinema in A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB5913 | Engross
Sine Die | DHS Accountability Act of 2012 - Establishes in the legislative branch an independent advisory panel to: (1) comprehensively assess the management structure and capabilities related to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and (2) make recommend...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-28
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB6607 | 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] | 2012-11-28
To House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management |
| HB5997 | Engross
Sine Die | Medical Preparedness Allowable Use Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the use of Urban Area Security Initiative and State Homeland Security Grant Program funding for enhancing medical preparedness, medical surge capacity, and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-28
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB3643 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 to consider a period of time working abroad for the Chief of Mission or U.S. Armed Forces as a translator, interpreter, or in a security-related position in an executive or managerial...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB3644 | Intro
Sine Die | Base Redevelopment and Indemnification Correction Act of 2012 - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to expand the indemnification responsibilities of the Department of Defense (DOD) with respect to transferred property ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-28
To Senate Armed Services Committee |
| HB6025 | Engross
Sine Die | Mandatory Operational Control Reporting and Performance Measures Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), as part of DHS's annual performance report, to submit annual reports to Congress on: (1) the number of miles of the inter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-28
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB3645 | Intro
Sine Die | Strategic Response to Asian Carp Invasion Act - Requires the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), in coordination with the Chief of Engineers, the National Park Service (NPS), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), to lead a multia...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-28
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB3646 | Intro
Sine Die | Afghan Women and Girls Security Promotion Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to submit to the congressional defense and foreign relations committees a Department of Defense (DOD) strategy to promote the security of Afghan women during the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-28
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| HB4114 | Pass | Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase, as of December 1, 2012, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing al...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-27
Became Public Law No: 112-198. |
| SB743 | Pass | Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 - Title I: Protection of Certain Disclosures of Information by Federal Employees - (Sec. 101) Amends federal personnel law relating to whistleblower protections to provide that such protections shall a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-27
Became Public Law No: 112-199. |
| SB2178 | Intro
Sine Die | Federal Real Property Asset Management Reform Act of 2012 - Sets forth requirements for the expedited disposal of underutilized federal real property (defined as real property that is excess, surplus, underperforming, or otherwise not meeting the nee...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 555. |
| SB1956 | Pass | European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to prohibit an operator of a U.S. civil aircraft from participating in any emissions trading scheme unilaterally established by the Europe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-27
Became Public Law No: 112-200. |
| HB6603 | Intro
Sine Die | Tapping America's Energy Potential through Research and Development Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (Secretary), acting through the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Fossil Energy, to implement research, development, and demonstration (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-27
To House Science, Space, And Technology Committee |
| SB3639 | Intro
Sine Die | Assisting Children and Helping them Improve their Educational Value for Employment Act or the ACHIEVE Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a nonimmigrant W-1 visa for an alien whose status in the United States is on a conditi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB3640 | Intro
Sine Die | Clothe a Homeless Hero Act - Directs the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration [TSA] ) to transfer unclaimed clothing recovered at airport security checkpoints to local veterans organizations or other local ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-27
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB3641 | 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] | 2012-11-27
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HB2606 | Pass | New York City Natural Gas Supply Enhancement Act - (Sec. 3) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue permits for rights-of way or other necessary authorizations to allow the Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Company, LLC (Transco) to construct, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-27
Became Public Law No: 112-197. |
| SB3636 | Intro
Sine Die | Gift Card Consumer Protection Act of 2012 - Amends the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to repeal the exclusion from, and so include within, the definitions of "general-use prepaid card," "gift certificate," and "store gift card&...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-26
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| SB1673 | Intro
Sine Die | Safeguarding American Agriculture Act of 2012 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary), through the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), to: (1) identify career pat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-26
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 553. |
| SB3525 | Intro
Sine Die | Sportsmen's Act of 2012 - Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to ensure that not less than 1.5% of the amounts made available for the Land and Water C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-26
Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 504. |
| HB6593 | Intro
Sine Die | Voter Fraud Prevention Act of 2012 - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to: (1) increase from 5 to 10 years the length of imprisonment for criminal activities involving intimidation or fraud in connection with voter registration and v...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-16
To House Administration Committee |
| HB6594 | Intro
Sine Die | Military Ballot Integrity Act of 2012 - Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to require states which do not transmit to an absent uniformed services voter a validly requested absentee ballot for a federal election by the dea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-16
To House Administration Committee |
| HB6595 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Military Heritage Preservation Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to submit to the congressional defense committees an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of establishing a joint Army-Navy storage and preservation f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-16
To House Armed Services Committee |
| HB6597 | Intro
Sine Die | Equitable Access to Care and Health Act or the EACH Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to minimum essential health care coverage requirements added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to allow an additional religious ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-16
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB6598 | Intro
Sine Die | Electronic Health Records Improvement Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exempt certain eligible physicians in solo practice and physicians near early retirement age from the application of the Medicare payment adjustme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-16
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB6599 | Intro
Sine Die | Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for expenses related to advertising and marketing primarily directed at children to promote the consumption by children of: (1) food from any fast food ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-16
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB1838 | Intro
Sine Die | Swaps Bailout Prevention Act - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to revise the prohibition against federal government assistance to (bailouts of) registered swap dealers, security-based swap dealers, major swap part...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-16
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 508. |
| HB6592 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) to comply with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (which governs the government's purchase of goods and services).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-16
To House Subcommittee on Aviation |
| SB3631 | Intro
Sine Die | Metal Theft Prevention Act of 2012 - Prohibits stealing specified metal being used in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, the theft of which harms critical infrastructure, including metal used as part of an electrical substation, power line,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB3632 | 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] | 2012-11-15
To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee |
| SB3633 | Intro
Sine Die | Anchorage Land Conveyance Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey, without consideration, to the city of Anchorage, Alaska, the reversionary interests of the United States in specified parcels of non-federal land in order to une...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-15
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB3634 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Military Heritage Preservation Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to submit to the congressional defense committees an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of establishing a joint Army-Navy storage and preservation f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-15
To Senate Armed Services Committee |
| SB3635 | Intro
Sine Die | Louis L. Redding Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely Voting Act of 2012 or FAST Voting Act of 2012 - Directs the Attorney General to award grants, on a competitive basis, to enable states to: (1) invest in practices and technology designed to expedite...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-15
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| HB5934 | Engross
Sine Die | Stop Tobacco Smuggling in the Territories Act of 2012 - Amends the federal criminal code to include American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam in the definition of "state" for purposes of provisions prohibiti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB1206 | Intro
Sine Die | Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to exclude remuneration paid for licensed independent insurance producers from administrative cost calculations for purposes of calculating the medica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-15
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 507. |
| HB6591 | Intro
Sine Die | Streamlined and Improved Methods at Polling Locations and Early Voting Act or SIMPLE Voting Act - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require each state to allow individuals to vote in a federal election on each day during the 15-day period e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-15
To House Administration Committee |
| SB3414 | Intro
Sine Die | Cybersecurity Act of 2012 or the CSA2012 - Establishes a National Cybersecurity Council, to be chaired by the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (the Secretary), to: (1) conduct sector-by-sector risk assessments; (2) identify categories of critical...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-14
Upon reconsideration, cloture on the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 202. (consideration: CR S6784; text: CR S6784) |
| HB6481 | Intro
Sine Die | School Food Modernization Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to issue loan guarantees to local educational agencies, tribal organizations, or consortia of such entities to finance the construction, remodeling, or expansion of infrastructure o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-14
To House Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management |
