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Military Health Care Protection Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6266
Sponsor: Rep. Runyan, Jon [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2012-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: 
Military Health Care Protection Act of 2012 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) career military personnel and their families endure unique and extraordinary demands and make extraordinary sacrifices over the course of a 20-30 year career, and (2) those decades of sacrifice constitute a significant pre-paid premium for health care during a career member's retirement that is over and above what the member pays with money.
 
Prohibits any cost-sharing requirement under the Department of Defense (DOD) pharmacy benefits program, as well as deductibles under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS), from being increased by a percentage greater than that year's percentage increase in retired pay. Prohibits CHAMPUS inpatient charges from exceeding 25% of their total cost or $708 per day. Prohibits, beginning with FY2013, the maximum annual limit on charges under CHAMPUS from being increased by a percentage greater than that year's percentage increase in retired pay.
 
Prohibits former members of the Armed Forces who are entitled to retired pay, as well as dependents of members who died while on active duty or from an injury, illness, or disease incurred while on active duty, from being charged an enrollment fee for CHAMPUS coverage or from being subject to denial of claims for coverage based on failure to enroll.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the tax on Olympic medals won by United States athletes.

Bill: 112-hr-6267
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2012-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Athletes
Income tax exclusion
Olympic games

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, the value of any prize or award won in athletic competition in the Olympic Games.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Support Working Parents Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6268
Sponsor: Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2012-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adult day care
Child care and development
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: 
Support Working Parents Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the phaseout of the tax credit for dependent care services for taxpayers whose adjusted gross incomes exceed $15,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Disabled Veterans Nutrition Fairness Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6269
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2012-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Disability assistance
Food assistance and relief
Poverty and welfare assistance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: 
Disabled Veterans Nutrition Fairness Act of 2012 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance (SNAP, formerly food stamp) benefits to include certain veterans with pending service-connected disability claims.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Crop Insurance Subsidy Transparency Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6270
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2012-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: 
Crop Insurance Subsidy Transparency Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require annual disclosure of specified crop insurance premium subsidy information in the public interest.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Family Farm and Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6271
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2012-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Farmland
Tax treatment of families
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: 
Family Farm and Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from a decedent's gross estate, for estate tax purposes, the adjusted value of qualified farmland and qualified family-owned business interests. 
 
Imposes an additional estate tax if, within 10 years after the decedent's death and before the date of the qualified heir's death: (1) qualified farmland ceases to be used for farming purposes or is sold outside of the qualified heir's family; or (2) material participation requirements for a qualified family-owned business interest are not met, the business ceases to be located in the United States, or the business is sold outside the qualified heir's family.
 
Makes permanent estate tax provisions of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Introduced in House
TEST Act

Bill: 112-hr-6272
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical research

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
 Trial and Experimental Studies Transparency Act of 2012 or TEST Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the clinical trials that must be reported to the clinical trial registry data bank to include: (1) any interventional study of a drug, device, or biological product conducted outside of the United States the results of which are submitted to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) as support for approval of an application; and (2) postmarket surveillance of a class II or class III device that involves data collection from human subjects. Defines &quot;interventional study&quot; to mean a study in human beings in which individuals are assigned by an investigator, based on a protocol, to receive specific interventions to evaluate their effects on biomedical health-related outcomes.
 
Requires submission to the data bank of supporting documents, including protocol documents and consent documents used to enroll subjects into the trial. Requires the responsible party for a clinical trial to submit clinical trial information to the data bank before the first patient is enrolled in the trial.
 
Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to post the information submitted to the data bank within 30 days after the submission is determined to meet the quality criteria established by the Director.
 
Revises time frames for the reporting of results data to the clinical trial registry.
 
Requires the Director and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA) to report on the number of clinical trials with information submitted to the registry and steps taken to enforce compliance with such reporting requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Indian Arts and Crafts Act to clarify the definition of Indian and Indian organization for the purposes of that Act.

Bill: 112-hr-6274
Sponsor: Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Indian social and development programs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
Amends the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990, for the purposes of a civil action brought against a person for the misrepresentation of an Indian produced good or an Indian product to revise the definition of "Indian" to include: (1) a member of an Indian organization who resides in the state in which the Indian organization is chartered and headquartered and is a direct lineal descendant of a person listed on the base roll of an Indian tribe, whether or not such individual qualifies for membership in the Indian tribe; or (2) is a member of an Indian organization and who resides in the state in which the Indian organization is chartered and headquartered and is a direct lineal descendant of a person listed on a judgment fund distribution list, roll, or census of Indians or other document prepared and approved by the Secretary of the Interior whether or not such list, roll, or census or document is used by an Indian tribe to determine membership. 
 
Defines "Indian organization" to mean: (1) a nonprofit organization that is chartered as a charitable organization with the state in which the organization is headquartered; (2) is recognized by a state legislative body as an Indian organization or group, in which a majority of its members are recognized as Indians, whether or not such organization is recognized as a state or federally recognized tribe; (3) is dedicated to preserving Native American principles, traditions, culture, history, language, and arts; (4) performs free genealogical information on its members to verify that an individual meets the definition of "Indian" as defined in this Act; and (5) retains genealogical information collected on its members for verification. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-08-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Commercial Fishing, Farm, and Ranch Risk Management Act

Bill: 112-hr-6276
Sponsor: Rep. Landry, Jeffrey M. [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
General agriculture matters
Income tax deductions
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
Commercial Fishing, Farm, and Ranch Risk Management Act

 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a Commercial Fishing, Farm, and Ranch Risk Management Account (CFFR Account) to provide farmers and commercial fisherman with additional capital for investment and to protect against operating losses. Allows a tax deduction for cash contributions to a CFFR Account, limited to 20% of the taxpayer's taxable income attributable to an active farm or commercial fishing business. Imposes a 10% additional tax on amounts in a CFFR Account which are not distributed within 10 years after the establishment of such Account.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Keep America Secure Act

Bill: 112-hr-6277
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Buy American requirements
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Product safety and quality
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
Keep America Secure Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from purchasing equipment or military aircraft containing non-U.S. manufactured electronic components. 
 
Allows the Secretaries to waive the application of such prohibition respecting such a purchase if it is determined that such application would be inconsistent with the public interest or would result in unreasonable costs to DOD or DHS.
 
Directs the Secretaries to jointly establish a classification system for electronic components be based on how sensitive the components, and the final products containing such components, are to national security. 
 
Requires the Secretaries to jointly study the prevalence of counterfeit electronic components in the supply chains of DOD and DHS and options for addressing such issue.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies.
action_date: 2012-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2012-08-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1396)
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Homeland Security, 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: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Homeland Security, 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: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Homeland Security, 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: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Data Center Optimization Act

Bill: 112-hr-6278
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government information and archives
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
Data Center Optimization Act - Directs the chief information officer of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) (Federal CIO) to: (1) develop and implement an initiative to optimize the usage and efficiency of federal data centers, (2) submit to Congress a consolidated plan for implementation of the initiative by each agency, and (3) submit a consolidated report each year that assesses agency progress in carrying out the initiative and that updates such plan. 
 
Requires agency implementation plans to: (1) include descriptions of how agencies will use reductions in floor space, energy use, infrastructure, equipment, applications, personnel, increases in multi-organizational use, and other appropriate methods to meet initiative requirements; and (2) be included in, and consistent with, the President's annual budget submission materials.
 
Requires each agency included in the initiative to: (1) meet or exceed 75% average server utilization in agency data centers by 2015; (2) achieve an average power utilization effectiveness for its data centers of 1.2 or less by 2015; (3) establish methods to obtain accurate data to measure power utilization effectiveness; (4) use desktop virtualization with existing workstations to the extent practicable; and (5) give high priority to replacement of data center servers and other information technology equipment with more efficient equipment, using a baseline including the physical to virtual consolidation ratio and other criteria developed by the Federal CIO. Authorizes the establishment at the Department of Defense (DOD) of a pilot program aimed at researching innovation ways to achieve full metering.
 
Requires such agencies to: (1) track costs and savings resulting from implementation of the initiative and report on those costs and savings annually to the Federal CIO, (2) determine net costs and net savings from data consolidation on an annual basis, (3) use the most cost effective measures to implement the initiative, (4) use resulting savings to offset implementation costs and to further enhance information technology capabilities and services, and (5) report to the Federal CIO annually on the initiative's implementation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Death Tax Repeal Act

Bill: 112-hr-6279
Sponsor: Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
Death Tax Repeal Act - Repeals the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
United States-Mexico Cross-Border Security Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6280
Sponsor: Rep. Mack, Connie [R-FL-14]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Congressional oversight
Customs enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Economic development
Executive agency funding and structure
Firearms and explosives
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Guatemala
Human rights
Human trafficking
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mexico
New Mexico
Organized crime
Rule of law and government transparency
Smuggling and trafficking
Texas
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
United States-Mexico Cross-Border Security Act of 2012 - Directs the President, through the National Security Council Interagency Group, to develop a Whole-of-Government Plan in coordination with the government of Mexico to combat Mexican-based transnational criminal organizations.
 
Establishes the National Security Council Interagency Group composed of representatives at the Deputy Secretary level from the Department of State, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Defense (DOD), and the National Security Council (NSC).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2012-08-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and 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: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and 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: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and 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: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6281
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Family relationships
First responders and emergency personnel
Higher education
Law enforcement officers
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act of 2012 - Amends the Higher Educaton Act of 1965 to eliminate the expected family contribution used in determining Pell Grant eligibility in the case of a student applicant whose parent or guardian died as a result of performing service as a police officer, firefighter, or other public safety officer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House