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Cure for AIDS Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6187
Sponsor: Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
Introduced: 2012-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
HIV/AIDS
Health programs administration and funding
Immunology and vaccination
Medical research
Military medicine
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: 
Cure for AIDS Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD), through the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, to establish and support an accelerated research program dedicated to discovering a cure for HIV/AIDS. 
 
Instructs the Secretary to collaborate with the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and other appropriate federal agencies. 
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) ensure that such research is highly targeted, (2) coordinate with at least one eligible nonprofit entity, and (3) ensure that the responsibilities of the non-profit entity include partnering with the Secretary in establishing research priorities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2012-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2012-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2012-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Military Family Leave Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6188
Sponsor: Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3]
Introduced: 2012-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: 
Military Family Leave Act of 2012 - Entitles an employed family member of a member of the Armed Forces who receives notification of a call or order to active duty in support of a contingency operation, or who is deployed in connection with a contingency operation, to two workweeks of leave per year for each family member who is so called or deployed. Allows such leave to: (1) be taken intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule; and (2) consist of paid or unpaid leave, as the employer considers appropriate.
 
Allows an employer to require certification of entitlement to such leave within a leave request.
 
Provides employment and benefits protection for employees upon their return from such leave. Prohibits an employer from interfering with or otherwise denying the exercise of such leave rights.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6192
Sponsor: Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2012-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance
Appropriations
Disaster relief and insurance
Government trust funds
Livestock

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: 
Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012 - Extends through FY2012: (1) the livestock indemnity program; (2) the livestock forage disaster program; (3) emergency assistance for livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish; and (4) the Agricultural Disaster Relief Trust Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Religious Workers Visa Act

Bill: 112-hr-6193
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2012-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Religion
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: 
Religious Workers Visa Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend, through September 30, 2017, the special immigrant religious professionals program for certain immigrants seeking to enter the United States to work for a bona fide nonprofit, religious organization in the United States (at the request of the organization) in a professional capacity in a religious vocation or occupation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Detectives Nemorin and Andrews Anti-Gun Trafficking Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6195
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2012-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Congressional oversight
Crimes against property
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: 
Detectives Nemorin and Andrews Anti-Gun Trafficking Act of 2012 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 20 years for the sale, transfer, or barter of a stolen firearm or a firearm with an altered serial number or for the sale of such firearms to persons prohibited from possessing them; (2) impose an additional five-year prison term for possession of a stolen or altered firearm during the commission of a felony; (3) require licensed firearms importers, manufacturers, or dealers to contact the national instant stolen gun check system before receiving firearms from any unlicensed person; and (4) increase criminal penalties for the use of a stolen or altered firearm during the commission of a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime.
 
Amends the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act to: (1) include illegal gun trafficking in Department of Justice (DOJ) programs to combat violations of federal firearms laws, and (2) authorize appropriations for FY2012 to hire additional assistant U.S. attorneys.
 
Directs the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to make the National Crime Information Center Gun File available to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to complete crime gun traces. Requires the ATF to: (1) notify law enforcement agencies of information relating to stolen firearms, and (2) return stolen firearms to persons who reported them as stolen. 

Requires the Attorney General to establish a national instant stolen gun check system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Convicted Child Sex Offender DNA Index System Support Act

Bill: 112-hr-6196
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2012-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Evidence and witnesses
Genetics
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Convicted Child Sex Offender DNA Index System Support Act - Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to develop a plan to assist states in performing DNA analyses of samples collected from convicted child sex offenders, with the objective of eliminating the backlog of samples awaiting analysis in state or local forensic laboratory storage and providing for entry of those analyses into the combined DNA Indexing System (CODIS). 
Provides that the plan shall require that: (1) the Director establish requirements for the performance of DNA analyses by private forensic laboratories; (2) only laboratories determined to satisfy such requirements perform DNA analyses; (3) the Director provide assistance only pursuant to arrangements with those laboratories; and (4) each DNA sample collected and analyzed be accessible only under specified circumstances for criminal justice agencies, in judicial proceedings, for a criminal defendant, or for validation studies and protocol development purposes. 
Directs the Administrator of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to implement all of the recommendations made by the Office of Inspector General in its September 14, 2011, report regarding stopping improper payments from the Federal Government's Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund to deceased annuitants and survivors. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2012-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2012-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Candidate Accountability Act

Bill: 112-hr-6197
Sponsor: Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3]
Introduced: 2012-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Political advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: 
Candidate Accountability Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to limit to $50,000 in a federal election the aggregate contributions any person may make to any candidate and the candidate's authorized committees during the 5-day period ending on the election date.
 
Sunsets all other current federal election contributions limits as of December 31, 2012.
 
Repeals current restrictions and requirements on independent and coordinated election expenditures by political party committees after the party nominates a candidate. Replaces them with a special rule for direct costs of communications. Subjects to specified limitations the direct costs incurred by a political committee of a political party for a communication made in connection with the campaign of a candidate for federal office only if the communication is controlled by, or made at the direction of, the candidate or an authorized committee of the candidate.
 
Requires each political committee to post mandatory contribution information on its public website: (1) within 7 days after receiving the contribution, or (2) within 2 days if the aggregate contributions of the contributor exceed $10,000.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Give Workplace Gender Violence Victims Their Day in Court Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6198
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2012-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Jurisdiction and venue
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Violent crime
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: 
Give Workplace Gender Violence Victims Their Day in Court Act of 2012 - Makes an employer liable to a party injured in a crime of violence motivated by gender if: (1) the employer's business is in or affects interstate or foreign commerce, and (2) the employer's negligent conduct results in the perpetration of a gender-motivated crime of violence against an individual on premises under the employer's control.
 
Prohibits anything in this Act from being construed as: (1) entitling a person to a cause of action for random acts of violence unrelated to gender or for acts that cannot be demonstrated to be motivated by gender; or (2) requiring a prior criminal complaint, prosecution, or conviction to establish the elements of a cause of action.
 
Gives federal and state courts concurrent jurisdiction over actions brought pursuant to this Act.
 
Directs the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to create and provide to employers materials regarding personnel policies and safety standards to assist them in avoiding liability under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2012-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2012-07-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1332-1333)
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Preserving American Privacy Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6199
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2012-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Evidence and witnesses
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: 
Preserving American Privacy Act of 2012 - Prohibits a federal agency from authorizing the domestic use of an unmanned aircraft for law enforcement purposes or for surveillance of a U.S. national or real property owned by that national, including by any state or local government, except pursuant to warrant and in the investigation of a felony. 
 
Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit a federal agency other than a federal law enforcement agency from using in the United States, or authorizing any federal officer or employee to use in the United States, an unmanned aircraft for such purposes, with the same exceptions. Prohibits the use of any information obtained in violation of such prohibition in a criminal proceeding before a federal court.
 
Subjects the domestic use of an unmanned aircraft to the same limitations and exceptions as apply in the case of any other search. Prohibits evidence obtained by an agency using an unmanned aircraft from being introduced in an administrative hearing.
 
Prohibits a federal agency from authorizing the domestic use of an unmanned aircraft to permit any private person to conduct surveillance on any other private person without the consent of that other person or the owner of any real property on which that other person is present.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2012-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2012-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Long Island Aviation History Act

Bill: 112-hr-6201
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2012-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
New York State
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: 
Long Island Aviation History Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of Long Island, with a particular focus on the Hempstead Plains, the areas surrounding Suffolk County Air Force Base, the hamlet of Bethpage, the hamlet of Port Washington, and the village of Farmingdale.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Introduced in House
True Cost of Coal Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6202
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2012-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Business investment and capital
Coal
Environmental technology
Government trust funds
Income tax deductions
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Noise pollution
Railroads
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: 
True Cost of Coal Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose a $10 per ton excise tax on the extraction of coal; (2) establish in the Treasury the Coal Mitigation Trust Fund to hold revenues from such tax; and (3) extend to 50 years the recovery period, for depreciation purposes, for specified coal port property used for the export of coal. 
 
Allows expenditures from the Coal Mitigation Trust Fund to assist states in mitigating noise, vibration, traffic delays, pollution and other threats to public health, and emergencies in connection with the transportation of coal by rail, and to provide worker adjustment assistance. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to issue regulations to require all rail cars transporting coal to be covered or to incorporate a suitable alternative technology to ensure that coal and coal dust do not escape during transportation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2012-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2012-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2012-07-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1328)
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Protect Our Schools from Tax Delinquents Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6203
Sponsor: Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7]
Introduced: 2012-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Property tax
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: 
Protect Our Schools from Tax Delinquents Act of 2012 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require that each housing assistance payments contract entered into under the Section 8 rental assistance voucher program by a public housing agency (PHA) and the owner of a dwelling unit provide that such owner pay, on a timely basis, all covered taxes validly assessed against the property in which the unit is located. Defines &quot;covered taxes&quot; as any tax under state or local law assessed upon real property or the revenue of which is dedicated for use only for schools or for costs of education.
 
Allows a contract to provide that, upon notification and identification of a tax delinquency by a taxing authority, the PHA shall abate all of the rental assistance amounts for the property, transferring them monthly to the taxing authority, until the delinquency is eliminated.
 
Declares that nothing in this Act may be construed to authorize, or establish any cause or grounds for, the termination of the tenancy of any tenant from any dwelling unit assisted under the rental assistance voucher program.
 
Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to maintain a database of information regarding owners of dwelling units: (1) assisted under the program whose housing assistance payments contracts have been terminated for noncompliance with the requirements of this Act, and (2) with respect to whom assistance amounts have been abated and transferred to a taxing authority.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Introduced in House