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Northern Cheyenne Land Consolidation Act

Bill: 112-s-2110
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2012-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Coal
Government information and archives
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Mining
Montana

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: 
Northern Cheyenne Land Consolidation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, if Great Northern Properties conveys to the Northern Cheyenne Indian Tribe all its mineral interests underlying specified tracts of land in Montana within the Tribe's reservation (the Cheyenne tracts), to convey to Great Northern Properties all interest of the United States to the coal underlying specified federal tracts in Montana outside the Tribe's reservation.
 
Requires the Secretary to terminate any existing federal lease to Signal Peak Energy for the coal underlying the Bull Mountains portion of those federal tracts.
 
Conditions these conveyances on: (1) Great Northern Properties and the Tribe agreeing on a revenue sharing formula for all coal produced from the federal tracts, and (2) Great Northern Properties and Signal Peak Energy agreeing on a lease for the coal underlying the Bull Mountains portion of the federal tracts.
 
Requires the Northern Cheyenne Tribe to waive each legal claim relating to the failure of the United States to acquire in trust for the Tribe the private mineral interests underlying the Cheyenne tracts as part of the Tribe's reservation. 
 
Prohibits the strip mining of the coal under the Bull Mountains portion of the federal tracts on the completion of this Act's mineral conveyances.
 
Require Signal Peak Energy, as a condition of the conveyances, to report on the effects of subsidence in the Bull Mountains portion of the federal tracts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Cyber Crime Protection Security Act

Bill: 112-s-2111
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2012-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Infrastructure development
Organized crime

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: 
Cyber Crime Protection Security Act - Amends the federal criminal code to make fraud in connection with the unauthorized access of personally identifiable information (in electronic or digital form) a predicate for instituting a prosecution for racketeering.
 
Increases penalties for fraud and related activity in connection with computers.
 
Expands the prohibition against trafficking in passwords to include trafficking through any means by which a protected computer may be accessed without authorization.
 
Imposes criminal penalties for attempts and conspiracies to commit fraud and related activity in connection with computers.
 
Modifies criminal and civil forfeiture provisions, including requiring certain civil forfeiture seizures and forfeitures to be performed by persons designated for that purpose by the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) or the Attorney General (DOJ).
 
 Prohibits, during and in relation to a felony violation of provisions regarding fraud and related activity in connection with computers, intentionally causing or attempting to cause damage to a critical infrastructure computer if such damage results in (or, in the case of an attempt, would, if completed have resulted in) the substantial impairment of the operation of that computer or of the critical infrastructure associated with the computer. Imposes a prison term of between 3 and 20 years, a fine, or both. Prohibits probation for any person convicted of such a violation. Provides for concurrent sentences under specified circumstances.
 
Excludes from the definition of "exceeds authorized access" for purposes of the prohibition against fraudulent use of computers, access in violation of a contractual obligation or agreement, such as an acceptable use policy or terms of service agreement, with an Internet service provider, Internet website, or nongovernment employer, if such violation constitutes the sole basis for determining that access to a protected computer is unauthorized.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 324.
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S701-702)
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S700-701)
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Space-Available Act of 2012

Bill: 112-s-2112
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2012-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: 
Space-Available Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish a program to provide transportation on Department of Defense (DOD) aircraft on a space-available basis for: (1) active duty and reserve members holding a valid Uniformed Services Identification and Privilege Card; (2) retired members who, but for not attaining age 60, would be eligible for military retired pay; (3) an unremarried widow or widower of an active or reserve member; and (3) certain dependents of members described above. Allows the Secretary to establish an order of priority based on considerations of military needs and readiness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Berry Amendment Extension Act

Bill: 112-s-2114
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2012-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Congressional oversight
Homeland security
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: 
Berry Amendment Extension Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to prohibit the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from procuring specified covered items directly related to national security interests (including such items as clothing, footwear, tents, protective equipment, sleep systems, or natural fiber products) that are not grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States, except to the extent satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of any such product cannot be procured as and when needed or in a time period that meets U.S. national security needs. Makes this provision inapplicable to covered items that are or that include non-available articles. Allows the Secretary to accept delivery of covered items that contain non-compliant fibers if the total value of non-compliant fibers contained in the end item does not exceed 10% of its total purchase price.
 
Makes additional exceptions for: (1) procurements by vessels in foreign waters, (2) emergency procurements, and (3) purchases for amounts not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold. Requires the Secretary to post a notification on the Internet website maintained by the General Services Administration (GSA) known as FedBizOpps and to notify specified congressional committees that an exception has been applied not later than seven days after the award of the contract. 
Directs the Secretary to ensure that: (1) each member of DHS's acquisition workforce who regularly participates in textile acquisition receives training on this Act's requirements, and (2) any such training includes comprehensive information on such requirements. 
Requires this Act to be applied in a manner consistent with U.S. obligations under international agreements.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
State Waters Partnership Act of 2012

Bill: 112-s-2115
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2012-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Dams and canals
Economic performance and conditions
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Florida
Intergovernmental relations
Lakes and rivers
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
State and local government operations
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: 
State Waters Partnership Act of 2012 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): (1) should take into account the effect of numeric nutrient criteria for nitrogen or phosphorus developed to meet the water quality requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) on the economy, job creation, consumers, municipalities, agriculture, small business, and other affected sectors; and (2) should not promulgate or enforce nutrient criteria that would result in a negative economic impact of at least 15% on any such sector.
 
Prohibits the Administrator from proposing, promulgating, or enforcing numeric nutrient criteria for any stream, lake, spring, canal, estuary, or marine water of Florida until the Administrator makes a final determination in accordance with such Act regarding the Florida amended rule approved for adoption by the Environmental Regulation Commission on December 8, 2011. Provides that if the Administrator determines that such rule meets the requirements of such Act: (1) the Adminstrator shall withdraw specified regulations concerning site-specific alternative criteria, and (2) the Administrator shall be prohibited from proposing or promulgating numeric nutrient criteria for streams, lakes, springs, canals, estuaries, or marine waters of Florida based on EPA's January 14, 2009, determination regarding numeric nutrient criteria.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Military and Veterans Education Protection Act

Bill: 112-s-2116
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2012-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Higher education
Medical education
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: 
Military and Veterans Education Protection Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require proprietary institutions of higher education to derive at least 10% of their revenue from sources other than title IV or federal educational assistance programs for military personnel and veterans, or become ineligible for title IV funding and participation in those programs. (Currently, this 90/10 rule requires these schools to derive at least 10% of their revenue from sources other than title IV or become ineligible for title IV funding.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act

Bill: 112-s-2118
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2012-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: 
Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to eliminate the Independent Payment Advisory Board charged with developing and submitting to the President, for Congress to consider, detailed proposals to reduce the per capita rate of growth in Medicare spending.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the limitation on recapture of excess advance payments of the tax credit for health insurance premiums.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-17
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 326.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Healthy Kids from Day One Act

Bill: 112-s-2119
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]
Introduced: 2012-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Computers and information technology
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: 
Healthy Kids from Day One Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award three-year competitive grants to five eligible entities to help reduce and prevent obesity among children from birth to age five in a state and to encourage parental engagement in child care settings outside a child's place of residence. Identifies as eligible entities: (1) a state health department or other appropriate child care licensing entities within the state, or (2) a nonprofit organization or a partnership of nonprofit organizations with expertise in the healthy development of children. 
 
Requires grant funds to be used to: (1) establish child care collaboratives; (2) provide funding to entities that routinely train child care providers to establish collaboratives; and (3) provide technical assistance to participating providers, a compilation of best practices, strategies, and lessons learned from the collaborative, and a plan to ensure that the collaborative will be sustainable, without additional federal funding, upon the conclusion of the grants. 
 
Requires each collaborative to: (1) share best practices, strategies, and techniques for successfully implementing policies and practices relating to healthy eating, physical activity, parental engagement, and other topics relating to the healthy development of children; and (2) incorporate between 5 and 10 day-long, interactive training sessions each year and ongoing technical assistance to participating child care providers.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) award grants to Prevention Research Centers, universities, or other appropriate entities to evaluate programs carried out under such grants; (2) coordinate activities conducted under this Act with activities undertaken by the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council; and (3) disseminate to all appropriate HHS agencies evidence, strategies, best practices, and lessons learned from grantees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S852-853)
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Prompt Notification of Short Sales Act

Bill: 112-s-2120
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2012-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: 
Prompt Notification of Short Sales Act - Requires each servicer of a home mortgage to respond in writing within 75 days to a mortgagor of a residential mortgage loan who has requested in writing a short sale of the dwelling or residential real property that is subject to the mortgage, deed of trust, or other security interest securing the mortgage loan.
 
Authorizes an aggrieved individual to bring a civil action for damages and equitable relief for any violation of this Act.
 
Declares this Act inapplicable to certain residential mortgages entered into before its enactment whose mortgage agreements explicitly provide a procedure or terms for a short sale approval.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to modify the Department of Defense Program Guidance relating to the award of Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence administrative absence days to members of the reserve components to exempt any member whose qualified mobilization commenced before October 1, 2011, and continued on or after that date, from the changes to the program guidance that took effect on that date.

Bill: 112-s-2121
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2012-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employee leave
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: 
Provides that, as of October 1, 2011, changes made to the program guidance relating to the award of Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence administrative absence days to members of the reserves under a specified Department of Defense (DOD) instruction shall not apply to reservists whose qualified mobilization commenced before October 1, 2011, and continued until the termination of the mobilization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title V of the Social Security Act to extend funding for family-to-family health information centers to help families of children with disabilities or special health care needs make informed choices about health care for their children.

Bill: 112-s-2123
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2012-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Disability and paralysis
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-17
text: 
Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Centers) of the Social Security Act to extend through FY2015 funding for family-to-family health information centers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Cardiomyopathy Health Education, Awareness, Risk Assessment, and Training in the Schools (HEARTS) Act of 2012

Bill: 112-s-2124
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2012-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Preschool education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-17
text: 
Cardiomyopathy Health Education, Awareness, Risk Assessment, and Training in the Schools (HEARTS) Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in conjunction with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop and provide for dissemination to school administrators, educators, school health professionals, coaches, and families, as well as to state and local health departments, pediatricians, hospitals, and other health professionals, of public education and awareness materials and resources that include: (1) background information to increase education and awareness of cardiomyopathy and other related causes of sudden cardiac death; (2) a cardiomyopathy risk assessment worksheet for use by parents, guardians, or other caregivers; (3) guidelines regarding the placement of automated external defibrillators in schools and child care centers; (4) training information on defibrillators and cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and (5) recommendations for how schools and child care centers can develop and implement a cardiac emergency response plan.
 
Encourages the Secretary, in support of such effort, to: (1) establish an advisory panel, and (2) engage in a memorandum of understanding or cooperative agreement with a national nonprofit advocacy organization expert in all forms of cardiomyopathy.
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2012-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Improvement Act of 2012

Bill: 112-s-2125
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2012-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allied health services
Congressional oversight
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health care costs and insurance
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Licensing and registrations
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-17
text: 
Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Improvement Act of 2012 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, for application of quality standards for certain accredited suppliers of prosthetic devices, orthotics, and certain prosthetics, to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to designate and approve an independent accreditation organization with respect to such suppliers only if that organization is the American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics, Inc. or the Board for Orthotist/ Prosthetist Certification (or a program with essentially equivalent accreditation and approval standards). Exempts from such standards any suppliers who: (1) are physicians, occupational therapists, or physical therapists licensed or otherwise regulated by the state in which they practice; and (2) receive Medicare payments.
 
 Applies to custom-fitted orthotics the special payment rules for certain prosthetics and custom-fabricated orthotics. Exempts from such rules off-the-shelf orthotics included in a competitive acquisition program.
 
Modifies the Medicare payment rules for orthotics and prosthetics to account for practitioner qualifications and complexity of care.
 
Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on: (1) HHS steps taken to ensure that the state licensure and accreditation requirements are enforced, and (2) the effects of requirements of this Act on the occurrence of Medicare fraud and abuse with respect to orthotics and prosthetics.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Chief Actuary of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to submit to Congress a projection on the effect on cumulative federal spending under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) for 2013-2017 that will result from implementation of this Act. Requires the Secretary, if the Chief Actuary projects that implementation of this Act will not result in a cumulative spending reduction of at least $250 million for 2013-2017, to issue an interim final regulation to strengthen the licensure, accreditation, and quality standards applicable to orthotics and prosthetics suppliers in order to produce such a cumulative reduction by the end of 2017. Exempts from such regulation any qualified physical therapist or qualified occupational therapist.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S910-912)
action_date: 2012-02-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S910)
action_date: 2012-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate