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METRICS Act

Bill: 112-hr-6703
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2012-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Right of privacy
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-21
text: 
Measuring and Evaluating Trends for Reliability, Integrity, and Continued Success (METRICS) Act or METRICS Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states, high-need local educational agencies (LEAs), or consortia of high-need LEAs that partner with external entities to improve access to, and the sharing and use of, education data to improve student outcomes.
 
Requires states to use such grants to: (1) implement aligned statewide education longitudinal data systems; (2) define policies and procedures for the collection of, access to, and use of education data; (3) protect the privacy, security, and confidentiality of student and educator data; (4) link education data with workforce data; (5) match teachers with teacher preparation and certification information; (6) standardize education data through the use of openly developed common education data standards; and (7) meet federal reporting requirements.
 
Requires high-need LEAs to use such grants to develop and implement a comprehensive plan to: (1) provide interested parties and the public with access to student education data in a manner that ensures its integrity and respects student and educator privacy; (2) improve the ability of school leaders to use student data to improve schools and classroom instruction; and (3) improve the ability of teachers effectively to use student data through on-going, sustainable, and high-quality training.
 
Defines &quot;aligned statewide education longitudinal data systems&quot; as statewide data systems that house and link the longitudinal data of individual students, including their early childhood, elementary and secondary school, postsecondary education, and workforce data.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to carry out specified national activities to improve the collection, quality, and use of education data.
 
Directs the Secretary to make publicly available, within one year of this Act's enactment, a comprehensive and searchable description of all Department of Education reporting requirements that apply to states, LEAs, or schools. 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-21
text: Introduced in House
To reauthorize the ban on undetectable firearms.

Bill: 112-hr-6704
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2012-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-21
text: 
Amends the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 to: (1) extend the Act for 10 years; and (2) expand such Act to prohibit the manufacture, import, sale, shipment, delivery, possession, transfer, or receipt of any receiver or barrel that is a major component of a firearm and that, when subjected to inspection by the types of x-ray machines commonly used at airports, does not generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the component. Includes such a receiver or barrel within specified exceptions to such prohibition otherwise applicable to undetectable firearms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-21
text: Introduced in House
Building Efficiently Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6705
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2012-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Building construction
Business investment and capital
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Housing industry and standards
Income tax deductions
Industrial facilities
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-21
text: 
Building Efficiently Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish, for depreciation purposes: (1) a 25-year recovery period for qualified energy efficient nonresidential real property, and (2) a 20-year recovery period for qualified energy efficient residential rental property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-21
text: Introduced in House
Fair Debt Collection Practices Technical Correction Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6706
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2012-12-27 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer credit
Financial services and investments
Judicial procedure and administration
Lawyers and legal services

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: 
Fair Debt Collection Practices Technical Correction Act of 2012 - Amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to exclude from the definition of &quot;debt collector&quot; any law firm or licensed attorney: (1) serving, filing, or conveying formal legal pleadings, discovery requests, or other documents pursuant to the applicable rules of civil procedure; or (2) communicating in, or at the direction of, a court of law or in depositions or settlement conferences, in connection with a pending legal action to collect a debt on behalf of a client. 

 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Introduced in House
Child Care and Resources Education Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6707
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2012-12-27 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child care and development
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: 
Child Care and Resources Education Act of 2012 - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reserve at least $1 million of annual child care and development block grant appropriations for operation of a national toll-free hotline and website to develop and disseminate child care consumer education information for parents and help them access safe, affordable, and quality child care in their community. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Introduced in House
To authorize certain appropriations under the Native American Programs Act of 1974.

Bill: 112-hr-6708
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2012-12-27 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Federal-Indian relations
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government lending and loan guarantees
Hawaii
Indian social and development programs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: 
Amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for FY2012-FY2015 for: (1) programs promoting economic and social self-sufficiency for Native Americans, (2) a program awarding grants to Indian tribes to improve their regulation of environmental quality, (3) a program awarding grants to public and nonprofit entities to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages, and (4) a demonstration project enabling Hawaii to establish a revolving fund providing loans or loan guarantees to Native Hawaiians organizations and individuals to promote economic development in Hawaii.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Introduced in House
Course Material Pilot Grant Program Act

Bill: 112-hr-6709
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2012-12-27 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Books and print media
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Employee hiring
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Special education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: 
Course Material Pilot Grant Program Act - Amends the Higher Education Opportunity Act to reauthorize appropriations for a pilot program awarding competitive grants to institutions of higher education to enable them to rent course materials to students from school bookstores.
 
Amends the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 to reauthorize appropriations for a national study on the education of the deaf. (The study is tasked with identifying education-related factors that impede, and education-related factors that contribute to, successful postsecondary education experiences and employment for the deaf.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Introduced in House
Caring for an Aging America Act

Bill: 112-hr-6710
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2012-12-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Department of Health and Human Services
Health personnel
Medical education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: 
Caring for an Aging America Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include geriatrics and gerontology within the definition of "primary health services" for purposes of the National Health Service Corps.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Introduced in House
Keeping our Communities Safe by Strengthening Safety Standards for Chemical Facilities Act

Bill: 112-hr-6711
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2012-12-27 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Homeland Security
Educational facilities and institutions
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Homeland security
Industrial facilities
Terrorism
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: 
Keeping our Communities Safe by Strengthening Safety Standards for Chemical Facilities Act - Amends the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), in assigning a chemical facility to a risk tier under performance standards for the security of chemical facilities, to consider the proximity of the facility to population centers, schools, and other facilities at risk of creating a secondary explosion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Introduced in House
Elgin's Law

Bill: 112-hr-6712
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2012-12-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Family relationships
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: 
Elgin Stafford Mental Illness Information Disclosure Act of 2012 or Elgin's Law - Requires a health care professional to disclose to a parent of a covered individual being treated for a mental illness any information regarding the mental illness and treatment which may be useful for the parent's appropriate involvement with the treatment. Excludes exceptional circumstances where parental involvement would be counter-productive to treatment. Makes such a disclosure permissible under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as not requiring consent of the covered individual.
 
Applies this Act to a minor child, an uninsured adult under age 26, or an adult under age 26 who is included as a dependent under the parent's health benefits coverage. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Scanned Containers Arrive in Ports Efficiently Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6713
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2012-12-27 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Homeland security
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: 
Ensuring Scanned Containers Arrive in Ports Efficiently Act of 2012 - Amends the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), on order to extend the date after which all containers loaded on a vessel destined for the United States must be scanned in a foreign port, to submit a feasibility study, including a cost-benefit analysis and an available systems assessment, on meeting such requirement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Introduced in House
Cainaan Putuga Wendt Shock of Life Act

Bill: 112-hr-6714
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2012-12-27 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: 
Cainaan Putuga Wendt Shock of Life Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to: (1) purchase automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for use in public or private secondary schools within their district, and (2) provide training to meet the grant requirement that at least five adult employees or volunteers at each school where a purchased AED is to be used are or will be certified in its use and in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
 
Requires LEA grant applicants also to demonstrate that: (1) the AEDs are integrated into the schools' emergency response procedures, and (2) emergency services personnel are notified of their locations.
 
Gives grant priority to LEAs that have secondary schools that: (1) lack an AED; (2) typically have a significant number of students, staff, and visitors present during the day; and (3) generally have a longer wait for emergency medical services than other public facilities in the community.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2012-12-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2012-12-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Our Protectors Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6715
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2012-12-27 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Drug therapy
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
First responders and emergency personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Homeland security
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Natural disasters
Prescription drugs
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: 
Protecting Our Protectors Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to make grants to state and local governments to assist in preparing for and responding to mass casualty incidents resulting from natural disasters and acts of terrorism and other man-made disasters. Requires the grants to be used to: (1) strengthen medical surge capacity; (2) strengthen mass prophylaxis capabilities, including the development and maintenance of an initial pharmaceutical stockpile sufficient to protect first responders, their families, and immediate victims from a chemical or biological event; and (3) procure home medical kits that are approved pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug, Cosmetic Act or the Public Health Service Act.
 
Requires: (1) the Administrator to issue guidance on anthrax exposure and proper administration of the anthrax vaccine, and (2) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to issue an annual report on the vaccination levels of emergency service providers.
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2012-12-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2012-12-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate the sequestrations for fiscal year 2013.

Bill: 112-hr-6716
Sponsor: Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2012-12-30 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-30
text: 
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to eliminate automatic sequestrations for FY2013.
 
(The Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act was amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011 to revise the discretionary spending limits and reduce the discretionary appropriations and direct spending specified in the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act unless a joint committee bill achieving an amount greater than $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction is enacted by January 15, 2012.)
 
Prohibits the President from issuing a sequestration order to carry out any sequestration that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) estimates is required for FY2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2012-12-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-30
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act

Bill: 112-hr-6717
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2012-12-30 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Education programs funding
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Marketing and advertising
Student aid and college costs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-30
text: 
Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act - Makes any institution of higher education (IHE) postsecondary program designed to prepare students for a recognized occupation or profession requiring licensing or other entry pre-conditions ineligible to participate in a federal financial assistance program, unless it meets specified student consumer protection requirements. 
 
Requires each program to: (1) fully prepare students to satisfy those entry pre-conditions in the state in which the program is operated and in any state the program claims a successful program graduate will be prepared to work in the particular occupation or profession involved; (2) provide timely placement of students in required pre-licensure positions, such as internships or apprenticeships; and (3) meet specialized state accreditation requirements, or notify students if the program has not yet been fully accredited.
 
Requires an IHE to notify out-of-state applicants as to whether or not its program satisfies the requirements of the applicant's state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2012-12-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2012-12-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2012-12-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2012-12-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-30
text: Introduced in House
Early Intervention for Toddlers and Infants with Disabilities Act

Bill: 112-hr-6718
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2012-12-30 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Preschool education
Special education

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-30
text: 
Early Intervention for Toddlers and Infants with Disabilities Act - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to reauthorize appropriations, for FY2014-FY2019, for the program providing early intervention services for disabled infants and toddlers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-12-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-30
text: Introduced in House
To provide that no pay adjustment for Members of Congress shall be made in fiscal year 2013 or 2014.

Bill: 112-hr-6720
Sponsor: Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17]
Introduced: 2012-12-31 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-31
text: 
Eliminates automatic cost of living adjustments to the rate of pay for Members of Congress during FY2013 or FY2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-31
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2012-12-31
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2012-12-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-31
text: Introduced in House