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Refinery Streamlined Permitting Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3879
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2012-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Building construction
Department of Energy
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial procedure and administration
Judicial review and appeals
Legal fees and court costs
Licensing and registrations
Military facilities and property
Military readiness
Oil and gas
Pipelines
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-01
text: 
Refinery Streamlined Permitting Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to offer assistance to states to enable them to assign responsibilities delegated to them under federal law regarding coordinated and expeditious construction or expansion of a petroleum refining facility.
 
Requires all federal agencies and state agencies responsible for approving federal authorization for the construction or expansion of such a facility to: (1) enter into a memorandum of understanding that clearly defines all actions required to be taken for federal permit review and approval; (2) take final action to approve or disapprove the application within one year after receipt of a completed application; (3) give high priority to expediting an application for a refining facility that would allow for production of cleaner burning fuel or result in increased refining capacity; and (4) submit a Statement of Energy Effects to the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), for each proposed significant energy action.
 
Requires the President to designate at least three closed military installations (or portions of them) appropriate for siting a refinery for gasoline or other fuel.
 
Designates DOE as the lead agency for coordinating applicable federal refinery authorizations and related environmental reviews with respect to a designated refinery.
 
Gives the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia exclusive jurisdiction over civil actions relating to federal refinery authorizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2012-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-01
text: Introduced in House
To require the imposition of sanctions on foreign financial institutions that are members of an entity that provides services relating to secure communications, electronic funds transfers, or cable transfers to the Central Bank of Iran or sanctioned financial institutions.

Bill: 112-hr-3880
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2012-02-02 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Department of the Treasury
Financial services and investments
Foreign and international banking
Iran
Middle East
Oil and gas
Sanctions
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: 
Amends the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 to impose sanctions on a foreign financial institution that employs a member of the board of directors of an entity that provides, or facilitates access to, services relating to secure communications, electronic funds transfers, or cable transfers to the Central Bank of Iran or a sanctioned financial institution.
 
 Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from prohibiting or conditioning the opening or maintaining in the United States of a correspondent account or a payable-through account by a foreign financial institution for employing a member of the board of directors of such an entity if the services relate to petroleum-related transactions from Iran that occur before the date on which specified sanctions apply.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade.
action_date: 2012-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Mental Competence in Immigration Proceedings Act

Bill: 112-hr-3881
Sponsor: Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2012-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Homeland Security
Immigration status and procedures
Lawyers and legal services
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: 
Ensuring Mental Competence in Immigration Proceedings Act- Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize immigration judges to order a competency evaluation, terminate a proceeding, or appoint counsel when necessary for aliens with mental disabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E118)
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Budget or Bust Act

Bill: 112-hr-3883
Sponsor: Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2012-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget process
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: 
Budget or Bust Act - Repeals requirements that the President submits annual budgets, including supplemental budget estimates and changes to Congress.
 
Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to revise accordingly congressional procedures for considering budget resolutions. 
 
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit all payments otherwise required to be made for Members of Congress' compensation in an escrow account to be released to the Members only upon the adoption of a budget resolution, if on or before April 1 of any year Congress does not adopt a budget resolution for the fiscal year that begins on October 1 of that year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H590)
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, and Rules, 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: 2012-02-02
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, and Rules, 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: 2012-02-02
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, and Rules, 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: 2012-02-02
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, and Rules, 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: 2012-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Introduced in House
EMT Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3884
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
Introduced: 2012-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
First responders and emergency personnel
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding
Licensing and registrations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: 
Emergency Medic Transition Act of 2012 or the EMT Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program of awarding grants to states to assist veterans who received and completed military emergency medical training while serving in the United States Armed Forces to become, upon their discharge or release from active duty service, state-licensed or certified emergency medical technicians. Allows such funds to be used to: (1) provide such veterans required course work and training (that takes into account, and is not duplicative of, medical course work and training already received) to satisfy emergency medical services personnel certification requirements in the civilian sector; (2) provide reimbursement for costs associated with such course work and training and with applying for licensure or certification; (3) expedite the licensing or certification process; and (4) enter into an agreement with an educational institution to provide course work and training under this Act. Requires a state, to be eligible for a grant under this Act, to demonstrate that it has a shortage of emergency medical technicians.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to: (1) study the barriers experienced by such veterans seeking to become licensed or certified in a state as civilian health professionals; and (2) report on the results of such study, including recommendations on whether the program under this Act should be expanded to assist veterans seeking to become licensed or certified in a state as health providers other than emergency medical technicians.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Introduced in House
FRAME Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3885
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2012-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural insurance
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: 
Farm Risk Abatement and Mitigation Election Act of 2012 or the FRAME Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish tax-exempt farm risk management accounts (FRAME Accounts) and allow taxpayers actively engaged in the business of farming or ranching to use distributions from such accounts to protect the solvency of the farm to which the FRAME Account relates and to procure revenue or crop insurance; (2) allow a deduction from gross income for cash contributions to such accounts; (3) specify minimum levels of contributions to, and maximum levels of distributions from, such accounts; (4) set forth tax rules relating to account distributions, excess contributions, and prohibited transactions; and (5) allow a variable business-related tax credit for contributions made to a FRAME Account in the first nine years after such Account is established.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Retiree Health Coverage Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-3887
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2012-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: 
Retiree Health Coverage Protection Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to increase from $5 billion to $10 billion the amount appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the temporary reinsurance program to reimburse participating employment-based group health benefits plans for a portion of the cost of providing health insurance coverage to early retirees (and their eligible spouses and dependents) between establishment of the program and January 1, 2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2012-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-02-02
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: 2012-02-02
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: 2012-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Solar Villages Initiative Act

Bill: 112-hr-3888
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2012-02-02 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Foreign aid and international relief
Small business
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: 
Solar Villages Initiative Act - Authorizes the President, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide assistance for renewable energy projects in developing countries to increase the availability of credit, savings, and other services to microfinance and microenterprise clients lacking full access to capital, training, technical assistance, and business development services. 
 
 Gives priority to female-owned businesses.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Introduced in House
PARTS Act

Bill: 112-hr-3889
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2012-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Intellectual property
Manufacturing
Marketing and advertising
Motor vehicles
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: 
 Promoting Automotive Repair, Trade, and Sales Act or the PARTS Act - Makes it not an act of infringement, with respect to a design patent that claims a component part of a motor vehicle as originally manufactured, to: (1) make, test, or offer to sell within the United States, or import into the United States, any article of manufacture that is similar or the same in appearance to the component part claimed in such design patent if the purpose of such article is for the repair of a motor vehicle to restore its appearance to as originally manufactured; and (2) use or sell within the United States any such same or similar articles for such restorations more than 30 months after the claimed component part is first offered for public sale as part of a motor vehicle in any country.
 
Specifies that an offer to sell includes any marketing of an article of manufacture to prospective purchasers or users and any pre-sale distribution.
 
Applies this Act to any patent issued, or application filed, before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet.
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Judicial Relief Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3890
Sponsor: Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3]
Introduced: 2012-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Arizona
California
Civil actions and liability
Federal district courts
Judges
Legal fees and court costs
Minnesota
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: 
Emergency Judicial Relief Act of 2012 - Directs the President to appoint, by and with the Senate's advice and consent, specified additional permanent district judges for various federal judicial districts in Arizona, California, Minnesota, and Texas.
 
Converts certain existing temporary judgeships for the district of Arizona and the central district of California to permanent judgeships.
 
Increases the filing fee for most civil actions to $360 (currently, $350).
 
Adds Bakersfield, California, to the places where the eastern district of California is required to hold court.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Introduced in House
SPRINT Act

Bill: 112-hr-3891
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2012-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medical research
Medicare
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: 
Spending Reductions through Innovations in Therapies Agenda Act of 2012 or the SPRINT Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the Spending Reductions through Innovations in Therapies Program (SPRINT Program) to support development of therapies to reduce spending by federal health care programs for high-cost chronic conditions. Requires the Program to: (1) accelerate advanced research and development of such therapies, and (2) encourage innovation in technologies that may assist such research to reduce the time and cost of therapy development. 
 
Requires the Secretary to select the high-cost chronic conditions that shall be the focus of the Program from conditions among the top 10 leading causes of death designated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that have: (1) the highest current and projected cost to federal health care programs and high long-term care costs; (2) a likelihood of impairing the ability of an individual to carry out activities of daily living, which can result in the individual becoming dependent on caregivers; (3) a death rate that has increased and is projected to increase significantly in future years; and (4) a lack of existing therapies to prevent, control, or cure the condition or delay cognitive decline. 
 
Sets forth the duties of the Secretary, including to: (1) partner with certain nonprofit strategic investment entities, (2) reduce the time and cost barriers between laboratory discoveries and clinical trials for therapies used to treat high-cost chronic conditions, and (3) facilitate innovative and expedited review by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the therapies developed.
 
Establishes a SPRINT Award Program, under which the Secretary may award contracts or grants to public, nonprofit, early stage companies or growth companies to support advanced research and the development of therapies. Sets forth matching fund requirements. Requires the Secretary to evaluate projects funded.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Pullman Historic Site National Park Service Study Act

Bill: 112-hr-3894
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2012-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Illinois
Industrial facilities
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Railroads
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-03
text: 
Pullman Historic Site National Park Service Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the historic Pullman site in Chicago, Illinois, which was the site of an industrial town built between 1880-1884 to provide Pullman Palace Car Company employees and their families with a model community and suitable living conditions, as well as the site of the Pullman Strike of 1894. 
 
Requires the Secretary to evaluate the national significance of such site and to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2012-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Protect VA Healthcare Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3895
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2012-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-03
text: 
Protect VA Healthcare Act of 2012 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exclude veterans' medical care accounts from the maximum 2% permissible reduction in budget authority pursuant to a sequestration order.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2012-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-03
text: Introduced in House