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Joint Military Heritage Preservation Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6595
Sponsor: Rep. Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11]
Introduced: 2012-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Historical and cultural resources
Military facilities and property
Military history
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Pennsylvania

Summary:
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: 
Joint Military Heritage Preservation Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to submit to the congressional defense committees an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of establishing a joint Army-Navy storage and preservation facility at the United States Army Heritage and Education Center, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, including for purposes of the storage and preservation of materials under the responsibility of the Naval History and Heritage Command.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Naval Air Station Fallon Housing and Safety Development Act

Bill: 112-hr-6596
Sponsor: Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2012-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Military facilities and property
Nevada

Summary:
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: 
Naval Air Station Fallon Housing and Safety Development Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the Secretary of the Navy, without consideration, approximately 400 acres of federal land that is adjacent to Naval Air Station Fallon in Churchill County, Nevada, and that was withdrawn under a specified public land order. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-11-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: Introduced in House
EACH Act

Bill: 112-hr-6597
Sponsor: Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2012-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Religion
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: 
Equitable Access to Care and Health Act or the EACH Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to minimum essential health care coverage requirements added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to allow an additional religious exemption from such requirements for individuals whose sincerely held religious beliefs would cause them to object to medical health care provided under such coverage. 
 
Defines &quot;medical health care&quot; to mean voluntary health treatment by or supervised by a medical doctor that would be covered under minimum essential coverage that: (1) includes voluntary acute care treatment at hospital emergency rooms, walk-in clinics, or similar facilities; and (2) excludes treatment not administered or supervised by a medical doctor, physical examinations or treatment required by law or third parties, and vaccinations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act

Bill: 112-hr-6599
Sponsor: Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]
Introduced: 2012-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Child health
Food industry and services
Income tax deductions
Marketing and advertising
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: 
Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for expenses related to advertising and marketing primarily directed at children to promote the consumption by children of: (1) food from any fast food restaurant, (2) food of poor nutritional quality, and (3) any brand under which the majority of products are food of poor nutritional quality. Defines &quot;food of poor nutritional quality&quot; as food and beverages that are determined by the Secretary of the Treasury (in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services [HHS] and the Federal Trade Commission [FTC]) to be inconsistent with the most recent dietary guidelines published under the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Kosher and Halal Food Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6600
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2012-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Public contracts and procurement
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: 
Kosher and Halal Food Act of 2012 - Amends the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to provide for the increased purchase of Kosher and Halal food and to modify the labeling of the commodities list under the emergency food assistance program to enable Kosher and Halal food bank operators to identify which commodities to obtain from local food banks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To make revisions in title 36, United States Code, as necessary to keep the title current and make technical corrections and improvements.

Bill: 112-hr-6602
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2012-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Federally chartered organizations
National symbols
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: 
Amends title 36 of the United States Code (Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations) to revise and expand the tables of contents for such title and its subtitles, revise the formatting of the chapter headings, and make technical corrections to subtitle and chapter headings.

action_date: 2012-12-05
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Amends title 36 of the United States Code (Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations) to revise and expand the tables of contents for such title and its subtitles, revise the formatting of the chapter headings, and make technical corrections to subtitle and chapter headings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-06
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 392 - 0 (Roll no. 618). (text: CR H6647-6649)
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 392 - 0 (Roll no. 618).(text: CR H6647-6649)
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6657-6658)
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6602.
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6647-6650)
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Mr. Smith (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Tapping America's Energy Potential through Research and Development Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6603
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2012-11-27 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Oil and gas
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Technology assessment
Technology transfer and commercialization
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2012-11-27
text: 
Tapping America's Energy Potential through Research and Development Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (Secretary), acting through the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Fossil Energy, to implement research, development, and demonstration (R&D) activities of technologies to: (1) enable safe and responsible production of domestic unconventional oil and gas resources; (2) facilitate commercial application of energy technologies for the exploration, development, and production of oil shale resources including oil, natural gas, and other liquid resources from shale formations; and (3) use produced water, in an environmentally sustainable manner, for agricultural, irrigational, recreational, power generation, municipal, and industrial purposes.
 
Requires oil shale R&D activities to include: (1) oil shale resource characterization, (2) modeling and simulation of oil shale exploration and production technologies, and (3) minimization and re-use of water.
 
Requires shale extraction R&D activities to include: (1) water use and demand, (2) water sourcing, (3) materials used in shale oil and natural gas operations, and (4) diagnostic imaging and monitoring.
 
Includes among produced water utilization R&D activities: (1) produced water recovery, (2) use of produced water for specified environmentally sustainable purposes, and (3) re-injection of produced water into subsurface geological formations to increase energy production.
 
Limits such activities to technology areas that industry by itself is not likely to undertake because of technical and financial uncertainty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-11-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2012-11-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-11-27
text: Introduced in House
To designate the federal building currently known as Federal Office Building 8, located at 200 C Street Southwest in the District of Columbia, as the "Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Federal Building".

Bill: 112-hr-6604
Sponsor: Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-8]
Introduced: 2012-11-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
District of Columbia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
House of Representatives
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2012-11-27
text: 
Designates the federal building currently known as Federal Office Building 8, located at 200 C Street SW in the District of Columbia, as the &quot;Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Federal Building.&quot; 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-11-29
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2012-11-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2012-11-28
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2012-11-28
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6474)
action_date: 2012-11-28
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6474)
action_date: 2012-11-28
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6604.
action_date: 2012-11-28
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6474-6477)
action_date: 2012-11-28
text: Mr. Denham moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2012-11-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2012-11-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-11-27
text: Introduced in House
To eliminate an unnecessary reporting requirement for an unfunded DNA Identification grant program.

Bill: 112-hr-6605
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2012-11-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2012-11-27
text: 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to repeal a reporting requirement under the DNA identification grant program that requires each state or local government that receives a grant to submit to the Attorney General, for each year in which funds are expended, a report on the activities carried out and an assessment of whether such activities are meeting the needs identified in the grant application.

action_date: 2012-12-05
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to repeal a reporting requirement under the DNA identification grant program that requires each state or local government that receives a grant to submit to the Attorney General, for each year in which funds are expended, a report on the activities carried out and an assessment of whether such activities are meeting the needs identified in the grant application.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-12-06
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6650)
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6650)
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6605.
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6650)
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Mr. Smith (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2012-11-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-11-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-11-27
text: Introduced in House
Respect States' and Citizens' Rights Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6606
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2012-11-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Federal preemption
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-11-27
text: 
Respect States' and Citizens' Rights Act of 2012 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to provide that, in the case of any state law that pertains to marihuana, no provision of such Act shall be construed as indicating congressional intent to: (1) occupy the field in which that provision operates, including criminal penalties, to the exclusion of state law on the same subject matter; or (2) preempt any such state law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-11-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-11-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2012-11-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2012-11-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-11-27
text: Introduced in House
To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 300 Fayetteville Street in Raleigh, North Carolina, as the "Jesse Helms Federal Building and United States Courthouse".

Bill: 112-hr-6607
Sponsor: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2012-11-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Members of Congress
North Carolina
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2012-11-27
text: 
Designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 300 Fayetteville Street in Raleigh, North Carolina, as the &quot;Jesse Helms Federal Building and United States Courthouse.&quot; 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-11-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2012-11-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2012-11-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-11-27
text: Introduced in House
Family Asthma Act

Bill: 112-hr-6608
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2012-11-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Intergovernmental relations
Medical research
Research administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-11-27
text: 
 Family Asthma Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to collaborate with state and local health departments to: (1) conduct activities regarding asthma, including deterring the harmful consequences of uncontrolled asthma, and disseminating health education and information regarding prevention of asthma episodes and strategies for managing asthma; and (2) develop state plans incorporating public health responses to reduce the burden of asthma, particularly regarding disproportionately affected populations.
 
 Revises and expands requirements for asthma surveillance activities.
 
 Requires the Director to coordinate data collection activities to maximize the comparability of results.
 
Requires the Secretary to submit an assessment of current activities related to asthma prevention, management and surveillance along with recommendations for the future direction of asthma activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-11-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-11-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-11-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-11-27
text: Introduced in House
Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness Act

Bill: 112-hr-6609
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2012-11-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Forests, forestry, trees
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2012-11-28
text: 
Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness Act - Amends the Arizona Wilderness Act of 1984 to include certain land in Pajarita Wilderness in Coronado National Forest. 
 
Designates certain lands, in Arizona, in the Coronado National Forest as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to be known as the "Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness." 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-11-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-11-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-11-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-11-28
text: Introduced in House
National Park Service Critical Authorities Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6610
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2012-11-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Transportation
Department of the Interior
District of Columbia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pedestrians and bicycling
Roads and highways
Transportation safety and security
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2012-11-28
text: 
National Park Service Critical Authorities Act of 2012 - Revises provisions regarding the removal of snow and ice around federal buildings in the District of Columbia. 
 
Permits the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) and the National Park Service (NPS) to exchange lands in Virginia along the George Washington Memorial Parkway affecting access to the Claude Moore Historical Farm and security at the FHA's Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) complex adjacent to the farm.
 
Revises specified current penalty provisions applicable to the National Park System to provide for the uniform application throughout the System of specified penalty provisions of the National Park Service Organic Act and the federal criminal code.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-11-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2012-11-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2012-11-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2012-11-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2012-11-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1823)
action_date: 2012-11-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-11-28
text: Introduced in House