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Collectible Coin Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-5977
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2012-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Currency
Games and hobbies
Intellectual property

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: 
Collectible Coin Protection Act - Amends the Hobby Protection Act to make it a violation of such Act for a person to provide substantial assistance or support to any manufacturer, importer, or seller if that person knows or consciously avoids knowing that such manufacturer, importer, or seller has engaged in any act or practice that violates requirements for plainly identifying imitation political items or imitation coins and other numismatic items. Provides that if such a violation also involves the unauthorized use of registered trademarks belonging to a collectibles certification service, the owner of such trademarks shall also have all rights provided under appropriate provisions of the Trademark Act of 1946.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Accountability and Care Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5979
Sponsor: Rep. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2012-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care quality
Intergovernmental relations
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: 
Medicaid Accountability and Care Act of 2012 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise payments to states under the Medicaid program, including granting an option to receive Medicare payments for full-benefit dual eligible individuals (who are eligible for Medicare benefits under SSA title XVIII as well as Medicaid).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the National Trails System Act to revise the route of the North Country National Scenic Trail in northeastern Minnesota to include existing hiking trails along Lake Superior's north shore and in Superior National Forest and Chippewa National Forest, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-5980
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2012-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Lakes and rivers
Minnesota
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: 
Amends the National Trails System Act to revise the route of the North Country National Scenic Trail to be the one contained in the Department of the Interior description &quot;North Country National Scenic Trail, Authorized Route,&quot; dated February 16, 2005, and numbered 649/80,002.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for a guarantee by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation for qualified preretirement survivor annuities under insolvent or terminated multiemployer pension plans.

Bill: 112-hr-5981
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2012-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: 
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to declare that a qualified preretirement survivor annuity with respect to a participant under a multiemployer plan which becomes insolvent or is terminated shall not be treated as forfeitable solely because the participant has not died as of the date on which the plan became so insolvent or the termination date. (Thus guarantees, in the absence of other disqualifying factors, the payment by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation [PBGC] of a qualified preretirement survivor annuity to a participant of a multiemployer pension plan which becomes insolvent or is terminated.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1093)
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the value of certain historic property shall be determined using an income approach in determining the taxable estate of a decedent.

Bill: 112-hr-5982
Sponsor: Rep. Shuler, Heath [D-NC-11]
Introduced: 2012-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow decedent estates to base the value of qualified historic property on the net earnings of such property for estate and gift tax purposes. Defines "qualified historic property" as any building designated as a national historic landmark for at least 25 years prior to the death of a decedent and originally used for residential or farming purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2539 Dartmoor Road in Grove City, Ohio, as the "Master Sergeant Shawn T. Hannon and Veterans Memorial Post Office Building".

Bill: 112-hr-5983
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2012-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Ohio
Postal service
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2539 Dartmoor Road in Grove City, Ohio, as the "Master Sergeant Shawn T. Hannon and Veterans Memorial Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 South Oak Street in London, Ohio, as the "Lance Corporal Joshua B. McDaniels and Veterans Memorial Post Office Building".

Bill: 112-hr-5984
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2012-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Ohio
Postal service
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 South Oak Street in London, Ohio, as the "Lance Corporal Joshua B. McDaniels and Veterans Memorial Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3700 Riverside Drive in Columbus, Ohio, as the "Master Sergeant Jeffery J. Rieck and Veterans Memorial Post Office".

Bill: 112-hr-5985
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2012-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Ohio
Postal service
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3700 Riverside Drive in Columbus, Ohio, as the "Master Sergeant Jeffery J. Rieck and Veterans Memorial Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Introduced in House
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5988
Sponsor: Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2012-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: 
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study land within Bexar and Wilson Counties in Texas, to identify land that would be suitable for inclusion in the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. Requires the study to examine the natural, cultural, recreational, and scenic values and characteristics of the land within such counties. 
 
Permits the assignment of Park employees to provide interpretive services, including visitor information and education, at facilities outside the Park boundary. 
 
Modifies the boundary of the Park to include approximately 151 acres of additional identified land. 
 
Permits the Secretary to acquire such land or any interest in such land by purchase from willing sellers, donation, or exchange. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Excellence in Mental Health Act

Bill: 112-hr-5989
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2012-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Indian social and development programs
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Minority health
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: 
Excellence in Mental Health Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to set forth criteria for the certification of federally-qualified community behavioral health centers.
 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to make such centers eligible for payments for services under Medicaid. 
 
Amends the PHSA to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award matching grants to states or Indian tribes to expend funds for the construction or modernization of facilities used to provide mental health and substance abuse services to individuals.
 
Expands the 340B drug discount program (a program limiting the cost of covered outpatient drugs to certain federal grantees) to allow participation by entities providing community mental health services or providing treatment services for substance abuse.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Farm Tax Parity Act

Bill: 112-hr-5990
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2012-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Contracts and agency
Employment taxes
Farmland
Income tax exclusion
Self-employed
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: 
Farm Tax Parity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax treatment of earnings from self-employment, to allow an exclusion from such earnings for farm rental income for which the taxpayer has entered into a lease agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Samish Indian Nation Homelands Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5992
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2012-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: 
Samish Indian Nation Homelands Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust for the benefit of the Samish Indian Nation specified parcels of land owned by the Tribe in Skagit County and San Juan County, Washington, once the Tribe conveys that land to the Secretary and requests that it be taken into trust for the Tribe.
 
Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming on such land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Syria Non-Intervention Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5993
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2012-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military operations and strategy
Syria
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: 
Syria Non-Intervention Act of 2012 - Prohibits any funds available to the Department of Defense (DOD) or an element of the intelligence community from being obligated or expended for supporting, directly or indirectly, military or paramilitary operations in Syria by any nation, group, organization, movement, or individual. Provides an exception in the case of a declaration of war against Syria by the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4071)
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2012-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2012-06-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1106-1107)
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Choice in Healthcare Act

Bill: 112-hr-5994
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21]
Introduced: 2012-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: California
Disability and health-based discrimination
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health programs administration and funding
Inflation and prices
Medicaid
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: 
Choice in Healthcare Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a demonstration program under which Medicare and Medicaid eligible beneficiaries are given: (1) the option of purchasing qualifying health benefits coverage, and (2) access to a debit style card (Medi-Choice card) for purchasing such coverage under the program and for paying certain other out-of-pocket health care expenditures.
 
Directs the Secretary to contract with a major credit card provider or financial institution for issuing Medi-Choice cards under the program.
 
Limits the demonstration program to specified counties in California and to a period of ten years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2012-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2012-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5995
Sponsor: Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2012-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Washington State
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: 
Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2012 - Designates certain federal land in the Olympic National Forest in the state of Washington as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Designates certain other land, identified on the same map as such proposed areas, as potential wilderness.
 
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate as wild, scenic, or recreational rivers specified segments of the following rivers in the state of Washington:
 
 
Elwha River;
 
Dungeness River;
 
Big Quilcene River;
 
Dosewallips River;
 
Duckabush River;
 
Hamma Hamma River;
 
South Fork Skokomish River;
 
Middle Fork Satsop River;
 
West Fork Satsop River;
 
Wynoochee River;
 
East Fork Humptulips River;
 
West Fork Humptulips River;
 
Quinault River;
 
Queets River;
 
Hoh River;
 
Bogachiel River;
 
South Fork Calawah River;
 
Sol Duc River; and
 
Lyre River.
 
 
Withdraws the federal land within the boundaries of the designated river segments from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1113-1114)
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Mental Health First Aid Higher Education Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5996
Sponsor: Rep. Altmire, Jason [D-PA-4]
Introduced: 2012-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Mental health
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: 
Mental Health First Aid Higher Education Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to carry out a demonstration program awarding grants to 10 institutions of higher education (IHEs) to implement a mental health first aid training program.
 
Directs that training toward: (1) on-campus counseling center personnel; (2) dormitory resident advisers; (3) members of threat assessment and disciplinary committees; (4) faculty members; (5) coaches and other athletic department employees; (6) members of threat assessment teams; and (7) other administrators and personnel of the IHE, as determined appropriate by the Secretary. 
 
Requires that the program be designed to train those individuals to: (1) safely ameliorate crisis situations, (2) recognize the signs and symptoms of mental illness, and (3) refer students to mental health services in the early stages of developing mental disorders so they can avoid more costly behavioral health care down the road and stay enrolled in school. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2012-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2012-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2012-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Introduced in House