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Collaborative Academic Research Efforts for Tourette Syndrome Act of 2012

Bill: 112-s-2321
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2012-04-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: 
Collaborative Academic Research Efforts for Tourette Syndrome Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate NIH programs and activities regarding Tourette syndrome. 
 
Requires the Director to develop a system to collect data on Tourette syndrome, including epidemiological information regarding its incidence and prevalence in the United States, primary data, and data on the availability of medical and social services for individuals with Tourette syndrome and their families.
 
 Requires the Director to award grants and contracts to public or nonprofit private entities to pay costs of planning, establishing, improving, and providing basic operating support for between four and six centers of excellence in different regions of the United States to conduct basic and clinical research on Tourette syndrome. 
 
Requires the Secretary to designate a portion of the amounts made available to carry out NIH programs and activities for a fiscal year to carry out programs and activities with respect to Tourette syndrome.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Upper Neches River Wild and Scenic Study Act

Bill: 112-s-2324
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2012-04-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Texas
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: 
Upper Neches River Wild and Scenic Study Act - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a specified segment of the Neches River in Texas (the study area) for potential addition to the Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to complete a study of the part of the Neches River described in this Act as the study area and to report to Congress on the results of such study. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-578.
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Iron Dome Support Act

Bill: 112-s-2325
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2012-04-19 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Israel
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: 
Iron Dome Support Act - Authorizes the President to provide assistance to the government of Israel for the procurement, maintenance, and sustainment of the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system for purposes of intercepting short-range missiles launched against Israel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the new United States courthouse in Buffalo, New York, as the "Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse".

Bill: 112-s-2326
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2012-04-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Judges
New York State
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: 
Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 2 Niagara Square, Buffalo, New York, as the &quot;Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse.&quot; 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 577.
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit direct foreign assistance to the Government of Egypt until the President makes certain certifications related to treatment of nongovernmental organization workers, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-s-2327
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2012-04-19 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Egypt
Foreign aid and international relief
Middle East
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: 
Prohibits direct U.S. assistance to Egypt unless the President certifies to Congress that the government of Egypt: (1) is not detaining, prosecuting, or preventing the exit from Egypt of any person working for a nongovernmental organization supported by the U.S. government on the basis of the person's association with such organization; (2) is not holding the property of such a nongovernmental organization or of a person associated with such organization; and (3) has dropped all charges against such persons and is no longer seeking their arrest or extradition to Egypt for trial.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 362.
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend and modify the temporary reduction of duty on 4-methoxy-2-methyldiphenylamine.

Bill: 112-s-2328
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2012-04-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant temporarily duty-free treatment of 4-methoxy-2-methyldiphenylamine. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on certain direct injection fuel injectors.

Bill: 112-s-2329
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2012-04-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce temporarily the duty on certain direct injection fuel injectors.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on certain hybrid electric vehicle inverters.

Bill: 112-s-2330
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2012-04-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce temporarily the duty on certain hybrid electric vehicle inverters.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on stator/rotor parts.

Bill: 112-s-2331
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2012-04-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on stator/rotor parts.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain power electronic boxes and static converter composite units.

Bill: 112-s-2332
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2012-04-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain power electronic boxes and static converter composite units.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain motor generator units.

Bill: 112-s-2333
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2012-04-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain motor generator units.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on lithium ion electrical storage batteries.

Bill: 112-s-2334
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2012-04-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce temporarily the duty on lithium ion electrical storage batteries.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on certain high pressure fuel pumps.

Bill: 112-s-2335
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2012-04-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce temporarily the duty on certain high pressure fuel pumps.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on 4'-methoxy-2,2',4-trimethyl diphenylamine.

Bill: 112-s-2336
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2012-04-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on 4'-methoxy-2,2',4-trimethyl diphenylamine.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Plain Writing Act for Regulations of 2012

Bill: 112-s-2337
Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2012-04-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: 
Plain Writing Act for Regulations of 2012 - Requires the head of each executive agency to: (1) implement a program for using plain writing in drafting agency regulations, (2) designate a senior official to oversee the implementation of plain writing requirements, (3) certify to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that each agency rule has been reviewed for compliance with such requirements, and (4) publish annual reports on agency compliance with such requirements on the agency's website.
 
Requires: (1) the Director of OMB to develop and issue guidance to agencies for implementing plain writing requirements and publish certifications of agency compliance with such requirements on the OMB's website, and (2) the Comptroller General (GAO) to report to Congress on the extent to which regulations are using plain writing and the impact of plain writing requirements on the rulemaking process. 
 
Prohibits judicial review of compliance or noncompliance with any provision of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain clock movements.

Bill: 112-s-2339
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2012-04-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain clock movements.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on chime melody rod assemblies.

Bill: 112-s-2340
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2012-04-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on chime melody rod assemblies.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to accept the quitclaim, disclaimer, and relinquishment of a railroad right-of-way within and adjacent to Pike National Forest in El Paso County, Colorado.

Bill: 112-s-2341
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2012-04-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Railroads

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to accept the quitclaim, disclaimer, and relinquishment by the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway Company of a specified right-of-way adjacent to Pike National Forest that was originally granted to the Mt. Manitou Park and Incline Railway Company for the construction of a railroad and station in El Paso County, Colorado.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in Senate
National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2012

Bill: 112-s-2342
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2012-04-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Criminal justice information and records
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Insurance industry and regulation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: 
National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2012 - Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to repeal the contingent conditions under which the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers (NARAB) shall not be established. Reestablishes the NARAB without contingent conditions as a nonprofit corporation to prescribe, on a multi-state basis, licensing and insurance producer qualification requirements and conditions. 
 
Retains states' regulatory authority over: (1) licensing, continuing education, and other qualification requirements of non-NARAB producers; (2) resident or nonresident producer appointment requirements; (3) supervision and disciplining of such producers; and (4) setting of licensing fees for insurance producers. 
 
Authorizes NARAB to: (1) establish membership criteria, including a mandatory criminal background check of the producer's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) identification record for state-licensed insurance producers, and (2) deny membership to a state-licensed insurance producer on the basis of the criminal history information obtained, or where the producer has been subject to certain disciplinary action.
 
Prohibits NARAB from establishing criteria that unfairly limit the ability of a small insurance producer to become a member of NARAB.
 
Authorizes the NARAB to establish separate classes of membership and membership criteria, and requires it to do so for business entities.
 
Authorizes the NARAB to deny membership to any state-licensed insurance producer for failure to meet membership criteria.
 
States that NARAB membership authorizes an insurance producer to engage in the business of insurance in any state for any lines of insurance specified in the producer's home state license, including claims adjustments and settlement, risk management, and specified insurance-related consulting activities.
 
Retains state regulatory jurisdiction regarding: (1) consumer protection and market conduct, and (2) state disciplinary authority. 
 
Requires NARAB to: (1) receive and investigate consumer complaints, maintaining a toll-free telephone number; and (2) refer any such complaint to the state insurance regulator.
 
Authorizes the NARAB to coordinate with state insurance regulators to establish: (1) a central clearinghouse, and (2) a national database for the collection of regulatory information concerning the activities of insurance producers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the National Flood Insurance Program until December 31, 2012.

Bill: 112-s-2344
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2012-04-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: 
Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the National Flood Insurance Program from September 30, 2011, through December 31, 2012.
 
Continues through December 31, 2012, the authority of the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), with the President's approval, to issue up to $20.725 billion in notes and obligations to finance the Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-698.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read twice. Ordered Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 366.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in Senate
District of Columbia Local Budget Autonomy Act of 2012

Bill: 112-s-2345
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT]
Introduced: 2012-04-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Budget process
Congressional oversight
District of Columbia
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: 
District of Columbia Local Budget Autonomy Act of 2012 - Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to: (1) repeal the current fiscal years for the Armory Board and the District of Columbia Public Schools, and (2) authorize a change of D.C. fiscal year by an act of the D.C. Council.
 
Repeals the requirement that the D.C. Council submit to the President for transmission to Congress the annual budget for the D.C. Government, except during a control year as defined by the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995.
 
Repeals the requirement that the D.C. Council Chairman transmit to the President any item or provision of an adopted budget which the Council has reenacted after a line-item veto by the Mayor.
 
Repeals the requirement that hiring, assignment, and transfer by the Mayor of full-time or part-time employees be authorized by act of Congress, except in a control year. Requires hiring, assignment, and transfer of employees to be authorized by acts of the D.C. Council.
 
Revises requirements for the effective dates of acts of the D.C. Council which take effect immediately because of emergency circumstances or which propose amendments to the District Charter.
 
Revises the D.C. Council authority to increase spending in the case of a General Fund surplus or of increased revenue collections to replace congressional appropriations as the source of funds for such increases with local funds under the D.C. budget.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Forest Products Fairness Act of 2012

Bill: 112-s-2346
Sponsor: Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2012-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural practices and innovations
Alternative and renewable resources
Energy research
Forests, forestry, trees
Research and development
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: 
Forest Products Fairness Act of 2012 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to redefine "biobased product" as a commercial or industrial product (other than food or feed) that is composed, in whole or in significant part, of biological products, including renewable domestic agricultural materials and forestry materials, or an intermediate ingredient or feedstock.
 
Includes within such definition forest products that meet biobased content requirements, notwithstanding market maturity.
 
Defines "forest product" as a product made from materials derived from the practice of forestry or the management of growing timber, and includes: (1) pulp, paper, paperboard, pellets, and wood products; and (2) any recycled products derived from forest materials.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2012

Bill: 112-s-2347
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2012-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: 
Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2012 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to requirements for the fee schedule for diagnostic imaging services provided by a physician.
 
Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from applying a multiple procedure payment reduction policy to the professional component of imaging services: (1) furnished between 60 days after enactment of this Act and January 1, 2013; or (2) furnished in 2013 or subsequently unless the reduction is based on the analysis of an expert panel on diagnostic imaging services convened by the Institute of Medicine. 
 
Directs the Secretary to request the Institute of Medicine to convene such an expert panel to analyze the appropriateness of applying a multiple procedure payment reduction policy to the professional component of imaging services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate