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Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act

Bill: 112-hr-6032
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2012-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Military history
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Tennessee

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: 
Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act - Modifies the boundary of Shiloh National Military Park to include the following areas identified on the map entitled &quot;Shiloh National Military Park, Proposed Boundary Adjustment&quot; and dated April 2012: (1) Fallen Timbers Battlefield, (2) Russell House Battlefield, and (3) Davis Bridge Battlefield. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire lands by donation, purchase from willing sellers, or exchange.
 
Establishes Parker's Crossroads Battlefield in Tennessee, consisting of the area identified on the map entitled &quot;Parker's Crossroads Battlefield, Proposed Boundary&quot; and dated April 2012, as an affiliated area of the National Park System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Prostate Cancer Detection Research and Education Act

Bill: 112-hr-6033
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2012-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cancer
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Minority health
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: 
Prostate Cancer Detection Research and Education Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to establish an advisory council on prostate cancer to draft a plan for the development and validation of an accurate test or tests to detect and diagnose prostate cancer. Terminates the advisory council on December 31, 2016.
 
Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to coordinate and intensify research in accordance with the plan developed under this Act, with particular attention provided to leveraging existing research to develop and validate a test or tests, such as biomarkers or imaging, to detect and accurately diagnose prostate cancer.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) carry out a national campaign to increase the awareness and knowledge of prostate cancer, and (2) award grants to nonprofit private entities to test alternative outreach and education strategies to increase the awareness and knowledge of Americans with respect to prostate cancer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Advancing Agricultural Floodplain Management Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6034
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2012-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Agricultural insurance
Building construction
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Government studies and investigations
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: 
Advancing Agricultural Floodplain Management Act of 2012 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to jointly establish a task force to analyze the challenges faced by agricultural areas and rural communities designated as having special flood hazards for purposes of the national flood insurance program. 
 
Terminates the task force 120 days after it submits its report to Congress as required by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Adoption and Promoting Responsible Fatherhood Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6035
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2012-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Family relationships
Government information and archives
Marriage and family status
Separation, divorce, custody, support
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: 
Protecting Adoption and Promoting Responsible Fatherhood Act of 2012 - Amends part B (Child and Family Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and maintain an automated National Responsible Father Registry.
 
Requires the Registry to: (1) contain specified kinds of information sufficient to identify a possible father, and (2) provide a mechanism for men to register such identifying information directly with the Registry.
 
Limits access to Registry information to eligible parties, including: (1) public and licensed private adoption or child placement agencies, (2) licensed attorneys representing a party in a planned or pending adoption or in the termination of rights of one or more possible fathers, (3) state agencies or entities responsible for the placement of children, and (4) state courts.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a nationwide campaign designed to inform possible fathers, unwed mothers, possible adoptive parents, and eligible parties of the National Registry, the advantages of possible fathers registering either in the National Registry or State Responsible Father Registries, or both, the rights and responsibilities of such parties with regard to a proceeding, and the role of such Registries in a proceeding.
 
Directs the Secretary to use all reasonable efforts to encourage states to enter into agreements to establish automated State Responsible Father Registries and centers that make registration forms easily accessible to possible fathers.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make a grant to a state to establish a State Registry or modify an existing one to meet the requirements of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Haqqani Network Terrorist Designation Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6036
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8]
Introduced: 2012-06-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Pakistan
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: 
Haqqani Network Terrorist Designation Act of 2012 - Requires the Secretary of State to report to Congress on whether the Haqqani Network (an insurgent network operating in Pakistan and Afghanistan) meets the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization.
 
States that nothing in this Act may be construed to infringe upon the sovereignty of Pakistan to combat militant or terrorist groups operating inside its boundaries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Lending for Jobs Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6037
Sponsor: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2012-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Credit and credit markets
Department of the Treasury
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
Government studies and investigations
National Credit Union Administration
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: 
Small Business Lending for Jobs Act of 2012 - Directs federal banking agencies to focus upon: (1) facilitating credit availability to customers of insured depository institutions, and (2) using regulatory policies and procedures that promote credit availability in a safe and sound manner in order to assist insured depository institutions to provide such credit and thus encourage business development and employment.
 
Prohibits federal banking agencies from requiring or pressuring insured depository institutions to provide particular kinds of credit or on particular terms.
 
Directs each federal banking agency to report to Congress an implementation plan addressing such foci.
 
Establishes the Credit Availability Council to coordinate federal banking agency efforts in facilitating credit availability to insured depository institution customers.
 
Authorizes an insured depository institution with assets of less than $10 billion, for purposes of capital calculation under the Financial Institutions Examination Council's Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income, to choose to amortize any loss or write-down, on a quarterly straight-line basis over a seven-year period, which it has incurred with respect to: (1) a loan secured by commercial real estate, or (2) other real estate owned.
 
Directs the federal banking agencies to promulgate regulations permitting an insured depository institution to include all of its allowance for loan and lease losses when computing capital for purposes of satisfying risk-based capital requirements.

 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4076)
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-6039
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2012-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land use and conservation
Washington State
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: 
Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act - Amends the Washington State Wilderness Act of 1984, with respect to certain lands in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie and Wenatchee National Forests in the state of Washington designated as part of the Glacier Peak Wilderness, to specifically allow the operation and maintenance of Green Mountain Lookout.
 
Prohibits the Chief of the Forest Service from moving the Lookout from its current location on Green Mountain in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest unless the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) determines that its move is necessary to preserve the Lookout or to ensure the safety of individuals on or around Green Mountain. Requires the Secretary, if such a determination is made, to move the Lookout to a location outside of the lands described in this Act, above.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Continued Free Association with Palau Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6040
Sponsor: Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2012-06-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Argentina
Asia
China
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Health programs administration and funding
Infrastructure development
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Oceania
Palau
Postal service
U.S. Institute of Peace
U.S. territories and protectorates
United Nations
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: 
Continued Free Association with Palau Act of 2012 - Approves, with specified exceptions, the agreement and appendices signed by the United States and the Republic of Palau on September 3, 2010, in connection with the Compact of Free Association between the United States and Palau.
 
Extends funding for: (1) infrastructure maintenance and projects, (2) the Fiscal Consolidation Fund (at a reduced level for FY2012), and (3) specified federal entities.
 
Assents to specified amendments to the Compact subsidiary agreements.
 
Authorizes appropriations to the Department of the Interior for postal services related to Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands.
 
States that Congress finds that Palau is eligible for certain U.S. domestic programs.
 
Prohibits specified funds from being used for: (1) assistance to China or Argentina, (2) the development innovation ventures program, and (3) contributions to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2012-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
action_date: 2012-07-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2012-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2012-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Introduced in House
OIL Money Disclosure Act

Bill: 112-hr-6041
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2012-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
Oil and gas
Political advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: 
Obtaining Information Through Leasing on Money and Disclosure Act or OIL Money Disclosure Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue new oil and gas leases on federal lands under the Mineral Leasing Act and submerged lands under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act only to a bidder that has submitted a list containing the date, amount, and recipient during the previous five years of: (1) any payments consisting of a contribution, expenditure, independent expenditure, or disbursement for an electioneering communication made by the bidder in connection with any election for federal office; and (2) any disbursement of other funds made by the bidder with the reasonable expectation that the individual or entity will use them to make such a payment.
 
Requires the Secretary to publish each such list within 10 days after its receipt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Volunteer Veterans for Cemetery Service Act

Bill: 112-hr-6044
Sponsor: Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]
Introduced: 2012-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: 
Volunteer Veterans for Cemetery Service Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) or the Secretary of the military department concerned to accept voluntary services performed by a veteran or veterans organization at a national cemetery, including the veteran's sharing with visitors of the story of the veteran's military service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2012-07-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2012-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2012-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Juvenile Accountability Block Grants Program Reauthorization Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6045
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2012-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Department of Justice
Executive agency funding and structure
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: 
Juvenile Accountability Block Grants Program Reauthorization Act of 2012 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend through FY2015 the authorization of appropriations for the juvenile accountability block grant program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6046
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2012-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Marriage and family status
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: 
Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act of 2012 - Considers a person a spouse, for purposes of military personnel policies and military and veterans' benefits, if the marriage of the individual is valid in the state in which the marriage was entered into or, in the case of a marriage entered into outside any state, if the marriage is valid in the place in which the marriage was entered into and the marriage could have been entered into in a state. Includes as a state the District of Columbia, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, and U.S. territories and possessions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2012-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2012-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Phantom Fuel Reform Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6047
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2012-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-28
text: 
Phantom Fuel Reform Act of 2012 - Amends the Clean Air Act to revise the renewable fuel program by requiring the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, in estimating the projected volume of cellulosic biofuel to be sold or introduced into commerce in the next year, to determine for each facility producing such biofuel during the current year: (1) the average monthly volume of biofuel produced by such facility based on the actual volume produced through October 31, and (2) the estimated annualized volume of biofuel production for such facility for the current year based on such average monthly production. Requires the estimate of cellulosic biofuel projected to be sold or introduced into commerce in the following year to equal the total of the estimated annual volumes of cellulosic biofuel production for all such facilities.
 
Requires (currently, authorizes) the Administrator, in any year in which the Administrator reduces the applicable volume of cellulosic biofuel required in gasoline, to also reduce the applicable volume of renewable fuel and advanced biofuels required by the same (currently, by the same or a lesser) volume.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2012-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Healthcare Tax Relief and Mandate Repeal Act

Bill: 112-hr-6048
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-3]
Introduced: 2012-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-28
text: 
Healthcare Tax Relief and Mandate Repeal Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) terminate the requirement, added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), that individuals maintain minimum essential health insurance coverage for themselves and dependents; and (2) repeal provisions added by PPACA requiring certain employers who have a workforce of 50 or more full-time employees to provide health insurance coverage for their employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-28
text: Introduced in House