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To exempt decorative hearth products from energy efficiency regulation under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.

Bill: 112-hr-6578
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2012-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Energy
Energy efficiency and conservation
Lighting, heating, cooling

Summary:
action_date: 2012-10-23
text: 
Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to exempt decorative hearth products from consideration as direct heating equipment subject to the Act's energy efficiency standards.
 
Defines a &quot;decorative hearth product&quot; as a vented gas fireplace, stove, gas fireplace insert, or gas log set that is: (1) not certified to the ANSI Z21.88 standard and, in the case of vented gas fireplaces, stoves, and gas fireplace inserts, is certified to the ANSI Z21.50 standard; and (2) sold without a thermostat and with a warranty provision expressly voiding manufacturer warranties in the event the product is used with a thermostat.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-10-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2012-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-10-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny any deduction for compensatory payments made to any person or governmental entity on account of the April 20, 2010, explosion on and sinking of the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon.

Bill: 112-hr-6579
Sponsor: Rep. Bonner, Jo [R-AL-1]
Introduced: 2012-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2012-10-26
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a business expense tax deduction for any compensatory payments made to any person or governmental entity on account of the explosion on and sinking of the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon on April 20, 2010. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-10-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-10-26
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Dental and Vision Benefits Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6580
Sponsor: Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2012-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2012-10-26
text: 
Veterans Dental and Vision Benefits Act of 2012 - Provides that, if the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines that a veteran who is enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system and obtaining supplemental dental or vision coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) is unable to pay the FEHBP premiums for such coverage because of financial hardship, such veteran shall not be responsible for such premiums.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide outreach to inform eligible veterans of the availability of such coverage, and (2) report every three years over a nine-year period to Congress on the implementation of providing such coverage to such veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2012-10-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-10-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-10-26
text: Introduced in House
Hurricane Sandy Recovery and Rebuilding Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2013

Bill: 112-hr-6581
Sponsor: Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2012-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief and insurance
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Floods and storm protection
Government lending and loan guarantees
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Natural disasters
New Jersey
New York State
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2012-11-02
text: 
Hurricane Sandy Recovery and Rebuilding Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY2013 for: (1) the Department of Defense (DOD) for the Corps of Engineers for flood control and coastal emergencies for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy; (2) the Small Business Administration (SBA) for the Disaster Loans Program Account for the cost of direct loans to repair, rehabilitate, or replace property damaged or destroyed by a natural disaster; and (3) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the Disaster Relief Fund for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, and for the Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program Account for the cost of direct loans authorized under the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act) to assist state and local governments affected by Hurricane Sandy.
 
 Applies Stafford Act provisions regarding community disaster loans to: (1) authorize the President to make loans to state or local governments (currently, limited to local governments) which suffer a substantial loss of tax and other revenues as a result of a major disaster that have demonstrated a need for financial assistance to perform governmental functions; and (2) permit any such loan to exceed $5 million and to be equal to not more than 50% of the annual operating budget of the state or local government in any case in which such government has suffered a loss of 25% or more in tax revenues due to Hurricane Sandy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-11-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-11-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-11-02
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to implement a program to prevent the fraudulent use of taxpayer identification numbers of residents of United States territories and possessions to be used to obtain a credit or refund on tax returns filed with the United States.

Bill: 112-hr-6583
Sponsor: Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2012-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: American Samoa
Caribbean area
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Guam
Income tax credits
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2012-11-02
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to implement a program to prevent the fraudulent use of taxpayer identification numbers of residents of U.S. territories and possessions to obtain federal tax refunds or credits. Requires the program to include a comparison of all income tax returns filed with the United States and any U.S. territory or possession under the same taxpayer identification number. 
 
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Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-11-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend subtitle B of title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend the temporary high-risk insurance pool program to the territories.

Bill: 112-hr-6585
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2012-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: American Samoa
Caribbean area
Comprehensive health care
District of Columbia
Guam
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2012-11-06
text: 
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend to U.S. territories a program requiring the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a temporary high risk health insurance pool program to provide health insurance coverage to eligible individuals with a preexisting condition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-11-06
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 225 Simi Village Drive in Simi Valley, California, as the "Postal Inspector Terry Asbury Post Office Building".

Bill: 112-hr-6587
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2012-11-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: California
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2012-11-13
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 225 Simi Village Drive in Simi Valley, California, as the "Postal Inspector Terry Asbury Post Office Building."
action_date: 2013-01-10
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 225 Simi Village Drive in Simi Valley, California, as the "Postal Inspector Terry Asbury Post Office Building."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-10
text: Became Public Law No: 112-256.
action_date: 2013-01-10
text: Became Public Law No: 112-256.
action_date: 2013-01-10
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2013-01-10
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2012-12-31
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2012-12-31
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2012-12-28
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8454)
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8454)
action_date: 2012-12-21
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2012-12-20
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2012-12-20
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 12/19/2012 H7327)
action_date: 2012-12-20
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR 12/19/2012 H7327)
action_date: 2012-12-20
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H7416)
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Farenthold objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6587.
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7327)
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: Mr. Farenthold moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2012-11-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2012-11-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-11-13
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 112-256
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Malala Yousufzai, in recognition of her devoted service to education, justice, and equality in Pakistan.

Bill: 112-hr-6588
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2012-11-13 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Congressional tributes
Human rights
Pakistan
Women's education
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2012-11-13
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Malala Yousufzai in recognition of her devoted service to education, justice, and equality in Pakistan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
action_date: 2012-11-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-11-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-11-13
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 321 East California Street in Gainesville, Texas, as the "Brig. Gen. Robert E. Galer Post Office Building".

Bill: 112-hr-6589
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2012-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2012-11-14
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 321 East California Street in Gainesville, Texas, as the "Brig. Gen. Robert E. Galer Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2012-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-11-14
text: Introduced in House
FAST Voting Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6590
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2012-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Emergency planning and evacuation
Military personnel and dependents
Natural disasters
Performance measurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-11-15
text: 
 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 voting at the polls, and (2) simplify voter registration. 
 
Requires the grant application to include a comprehensive and coherent plan for using funds to improve the applicant's performance on specified measures with respect to: (1) flexible registration opportunities, (2) early voting, (3) assistance to non-English speaking voters, and (4) other related matters. 
Requires each grantee to establish performance measures and targets, approved by the Attorney General, that track its progress in implementing its plan and expediting voting at the polls or simplifying voter registration, as applicable.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2012-11-15
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-11-15
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-11-15
text: Introduced in House
SIMPLE Voting Act

Bill: 112-hr-6591
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2012-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Public transit
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-11-15
text: 
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 ending two days before the election date in the same manner as voting is allowed on election day.
 
Requires a state to ensure that each polling place which allows early voting in a federal election is located within reasonable walking distance of a stop on a public transportation route.
 
Requires the Election Assistance Commission to issue standards for the administration of early voting in a federal election.
 
Requires each state to provide a sufficient number of voting systems, poll workers, and other election resources (including physical resources) at a polling place used in a federal election to ensure: (1) a fair and equitable waiting time for all voters in the state, and (2) that no individual will be required to wait longer than one hour to cast a ballot at the polling place.
 
Requires each state to develop, and implement to the greatest extent practicable, a contingency plan under which it shall provide any polling place on a federal election day whose waiting times exceed one hour with additional poll workers, machines, ballots, and other equipment and supplies, including a polling place at which individuals may cast ballots before the election date.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2012-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-11-15
text: Introduced in House
To ensure that the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority complies with the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

Bill: 112-hr-6592
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2012-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
District of Columbia
Maryland
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2012-11-15
text: 
Requires the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) to comply with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (which governs the government's purchase of goods and services).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2012-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2012-11-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1771)
action_date: 2012-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-11-15
text: Introduced in House
Voter Fraud Prevention Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6593
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2012-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: 
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 voting, and (2) prohibit an individual involved in such activities from voting in subsequent federal elections.
 
Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to require the appropriate state election official, in transmitting balloting materials to absent uniformed services voters, to: (1) ensure that any tray or sack containing such materials is tagged with Tag 191 or some other similar tagging device to provide greater visibility to such containers, and (2) use IMb Tracing or other similar tracking methods to provide real-time tracking information for such materials.
 
Directs the Postmaster General to report to Congress on the efforts undertaken to deter and prevent the loss and theft of balloting materials transmitted to or by absent uniformed services voters in elections for federal office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Military Ballot Integrity Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6594
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2012-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional elections
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: 
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 deadline required to delay the certification of the election results by the number of days by which the state missed such deadline with respect to the voter, except in elections subject to a state undue hardship waiver.
 
Allows any person aggrieved by a violation of the Act to bring a civil action in an appropriate district court for necessary declaratory or injunctive relief. (Under current law, only the Attorney General may bring such an action.) Allows for the award of reasonable attorney's fees for the prevailing party.
 
Requires a report from the Attorney General in each year in which a general election for federal office is scheduled on the number of attorneys and other staff within the Department of Justice (DOJ) assigned to enforce the Act, as well as a plan to detect noncompliance by state and local election officials with requirements of the Act.
 
Requires the presidential designee responsible for federal functions under the Act to establish and operate a centralized mail forwarding database through which balloting materials for a member of a reserve component called or ordered to active duty are forwarded to the member's correct mailing address after the member is released from active duty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: Introduced in House