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Reinvesting and Ensuring America's Ability to Lead Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4320
Sponsor: Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Employee hiring
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Reinvesting and Ensuring America's Ability to Lead Act of 2012 - Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to: (1) prepare a 10-year long-term cost benefit analysis for each public introduced bill or resolution that determines its impact on American global competitiveness; and (2) devise criteria to evaluate such competitiveness, including the measure's impact on job creation, economic growth, consumption, investments, and savings.
 
Requires the analysis to evaluate whether the legislation will positively or negatively impact America's economic ability to compete globally compared to member nations of the Group of Twenty, or G-20, which comprise 19 country members and the European Union (EU), accounting for 90% of global gross domestic product (GDP) and 80% of global trade.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Heavy Truck Tax Fairness Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4321
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Motor carriers
Motor fuels
Retail and wholesale trades
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Heavy Truck Tax Fairness Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the excise tax on heavy trucks and trailers sold at retail, (2) increase the rate of tax on diesel fuel or kerosene to 30.7 cents per gallon, and (3) impose a floor stocks tax with respect to certain taxable fuels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Employee Health Insurance Credit Expansion Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4324
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Small Business Employee Health Insurance Credit Expansion Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for the health insurance expenses of small employers, to: (1) expand the eligibility of such employers for the credit by allowing them to have up to 50 full-time employees (currently, limited to no more than 25 full-time employees); (2) modify the phaseout of such credit based upon increases in the number of eligible employees and the employer's average annual wages as specified in a formula provided by this Act; (3) repeal the requirement that employers make uniform contributions of at least 50% of each employee's premium to qualify for the tax credit; (4) repeal the limitation on such credit based on the average premium in the small group market in the rating area in which an employee enrolls for coverage; and (5) repeal the 2-year limitation on such credit.. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Keep America's Oil Here Act

Bill: 112-hr-4325
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy storage, supplies, demand
General public lands matters
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Keep America's Oil Here Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to accept bids on any new oil and gas leases of federal lands (including submerged lands) only from bidders certifying that all crude oil produced under such leases, and all refined petroleum products made from such crude oil, shall be offered for sale only in the United States.
 
Authorizes the President to waive such limited leasing authorization upon specified determinations, including that waiver is in the national interest because it will not lead to: (1) an increase in domestic consumption of crude oil obtained from countries hostile to U.S. interests or that have political and economic instability compromising energy supply security, (2) higher costs to oil refiners purchasing the crude oil than the refiners would have to pay in the absence of such a waiver; and (3) higher gasoline costs paid by consumers than they would have to pay in the absence of such a waiver.
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Residential Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act

Bill: 112-hr-4326
Sponsor: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Child safety and welfare
Congressional agencies
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Educational facilities and institutions
Emergency communications systems
Government Publishing Office (GPO)
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Housing industry and standards
Low- and moderate-income housing
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Residential Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to publish the American National Standard for Single and Multiple Station Carbon Monoxide Alarms and the American National Standard for Gas and Vapor Detectors and Sensors as mandatory consumer product safety standards. Authorizes the CPSC to initiate a rulemaking to amend either standard to include any provision reasonably necessary to ensure the safe and effective operation of carbon monoxide alarms. 
 
Requires the CPSC to establish a grant program to provide assistance to states and local governments that require approved carbon monoxide alarms to be installed in dwelling units to carry out specified carbon monoxide poisoning prevention activities.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Tinnitus Research and Treatment Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4327
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medical research
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Tinnitus Research and Treatment Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) recognize tinnitus as a mandatory condition for research and treatment by Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Auditory Centers of Excellence, (2) ensure that research is conducted at VA facilities on the prevention and treatment of tinnitus, and (3) ensure VA cooperation with the Hearing Center of Excellence established by the Department of Defense (DOD) to further research on tinnitus.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Great Lakes Assurance Program Verification Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4328
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Great Lakes
Illinois
Indiana
Lakes and rivers
Michigan
Minnesota
New York State
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Water quality
Watersheds
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Great Lakes Assurance Program Verification Act of 2012 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), in consultation with the Great Lakes States, to establish a Great Lakes basin initiative for agricultural non-point source pollution prevention.
 
Defines &quot;Great Lakes State&quot; as Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, or Wisconsin.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Disabled Military Child Protection Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4329
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
 Disabled Military Child Protection Act of 2012 - Authorizes monthly annuity payments under the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) to a supplemental or special needs trust established for the sole benefit of a disabled dependent child who is incapable of self-support because of mental or physical incapacity. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E506-507)
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to clarify the maximum distance between Farm Service Agency county offices for purposes of the closure or relocation of a county office for the Farm Service Agency.

Bill: 112-hr-4330
Sponsor: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Department of Agriculture
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to prohibit the closing of a Farm Service Agency county or field office unless there is another Agency office not more than 20 driving miles away.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Credit.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Generic Drug Application Review Fairness Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4332
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Intellectual property
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Generic Drug Application Review Fairness Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to extend from 30 to 60 months after application the period for a first applicant of a generic drug to obtain tentative approval without forfeiting the 180-day exclusivity period with respect to such drug, unless the failure in meeting the extended period is caused by a change in or review of approval requirements. Limits extension coverage to applications filed within 30 months preceding the enactment of this Act.
 
Reduces such extended period by six months per year over a five-year period, beginning on October 1, 2013.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to maintain the Office of Generic Drugs as a separate office within the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Enhancing Nutrition Services to the Elderly and Disabled Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4333
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aging
Consumer affairs
Department of Agriculture
Disability assistance
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Poverty and welfare assistance
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Enhancing Nutrition Services to the Elderly and Disabled Act of 2012 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (formerly known as the Food Stamp Act of 1977) to include as a "retail food store" under the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) a public or private nonprofit food purchasing and delivery service that: (1) serves individuals who are unable to shop for food and who are at least 60 years old or physically or mentally handicapped or otherwise disabled, and (2) notifies the participating household at the time of order that any delivery fee cannot be paid with SNAP benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Organ Mountains National Monument Establishment Act

Bill: 112-hr-4334
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
New Mexico
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Organ Mountains National Monument Establishment Act - Establishes the Organ Mountains monument in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, to comprise approximately 58,512 acres of public land in the county. 
 
States that, the purposes of the monument are the conservation, protection, and enhancement of its cultural, traditional, archaeological, natural, ecological, geological, historical, wildlife, livestock, watershed, educational, recreational, and scenic resources for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to manage the monument in a manner to conserve, protect, and enhance those resources.
 
Requires the Secretary to develop a management plan for the Organ Mountains monument.
 
Releases the Organ Mountains, Organ Needles, and Pena Blanca Wilderness Study Areas from further study for designation as wilderness and prohibits such Areas from any longer being subject to requirements under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 regarding the status of their lands during the period of review and determination of such areas for preservation as wilderness. 
 
Requires such monument to be administered as a component of the National Landscape Conservation System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-28
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Postal Service Accountability Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4335
Sponsor: Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Economic performance and conditions
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Postal service
Rural conditions and development
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Postal Service Accountability Act of 2012 - Directs the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), in making a determination whether to close or consolidate a post office, to consider the economic effects on the community served by such post office. 
 
Increases from 60 to 120 days the waiting period during which the USPS is prohibited from taking action to close or consolidate a post office after its written determination is made available to persons served by such post office.
 
Establishes a waiting period and appeal procedures for USPS determinations to close or consolidate mail processing facilities. (Current law addresses such procedures only with respect to post offices.)
 
Permits facility employees or members of the community in which such a facility is located to appeal to the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) any USPS determination to close or consolidate a mail processing facility. 
 
Requires the USPS to consider, among other factors, whether a closing or consolidation is consistent with the policy to provide a maximum degree of effective and regular postal services to rural areas, communities, and small towns where post offices are not self-sustaining.
 
Specifies, upon an appeal of a USPS determination to close or consolidate a post office or mail processing facility, that the PRC's authority to set aside the USPS determination includes a determination by the PRC that USPS conclusions with respect to specific factors are unsupported by substantial evidence on the record. 
 
Prohibits the USPS, if an appeal is filed, from closing or consolidating a post office or mail processing facility without the written concurrence of at least three PRC Commissioners. 
 
Requires the USPS, within one year after a post office or mail processing facility is closed or consolidated, to review and make public its findings in regard to the accuracy of its earlier findings and whether substitute services are meeting community needs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness.

Bill: 112-hr-4336
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-29]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2013 the exclusion from gross income of income attributable to the discharge of indebtedness on a principal residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand certain restrictions relating to the overhaul and repair of vessels in foreign shipyards to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Bill: 112-hr-4338
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Marine and inland water transportation
Military facilities and property
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Northern Mariana Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Prohibits a naval vessel (or any other vessel under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy) that has its home port in the United States, Guam, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands from being overhauled, repaired, or maintained in a shipyard outside the United States, Guam, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, except for voyage repairs. (Under current law, the prohibition does not cover a naval vessel with a home port in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the employment services provided under that Act.

Bill: 112-hr-4339
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Northern Mariana Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Department of Labor's program of providing public employment services through a one-stop services delivery system.
 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to allot to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands an amount equal to the allotment percentage Guam received for employment services under the Act in FY1983.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E491)
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
To restrict assistance to Egypt unless the Government of Egypt holds free and fair elections.

Bill: 112-hr-4340
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Egypt
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign aid and international relief
Human rights
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Sanctions

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Prohibits Economic Support Fund and foreign military financing assistance from being provided to Egypt unless the President certifies to Congress that Egypt has held free and fair elections.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House