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Small Business Clean Energy Financing Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4185
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2012-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental technology
Government lending and loan guarantees
Manufacturing
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: 
Small Business Clean Energy Financing Act of 2012 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a program to guarantee loans of small businesses that manufacture a clean energy technology in the United States.
 
Requires the Administrator, to the extent practicable, to carry out the program in a manner similar to the SBA 7(a) general business loan program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Allowing Qualified Local Employees to Serve Act

Bill: 112-hr-4186
Sponsor: Rep. Nugent, Richard B. [R-FL-5]
Introduced: 2012-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: 
Allowing Qualified Local Employees to Serve Act - Amends the Hatch Act to eliminate the prohibition against state and local employees seeking partisan elective office. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Return of Certain Lands At Fort Wingate to The Original Inhabitants Act

Bill: 112-hr-4187
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2012-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Military facilities and property
New Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: 
Return of Certain Lands At Fort Wingate to The Original Inhabitants Act - Declares a parcel of remediated land of the Fort Wingate Depot Activity (FWDA) in New Mexico to be held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior for the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation and part of the Zuni Reservation.
 
Declares two parcels of remediated land of the FWDA to be held in trust by the Secretary for the Navajo Nation and part of the Navajo Reservation.
 
Reserves to the United States such easements to those lands that are required for access to the Fort Wingate Launch Complex and for administrative and environmental remediation purposes.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
NO FIELD Act

Bill: 112-hr-4188
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2012-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Caribbean area
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Cuba
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Detention of persons
Executive agency funding and structure
Latin America
Military facilities and property
Sports and recreation facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: 
None of Our Funds in the Interest or for the Exercise or Leisure of Detainees Act or NO FIELD Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Department of Defense (DOD) should not use taxpayer funds to provide recreational facilities for individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
 
Reduces the discretionary spending limit by $750,000 for the security category for FY2013 under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Requires any savings resulting from such reduction to be retained in the Treasury for deficit reduction purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Defense to provide an annual certification that all programming on the American Forces Radio and Television Service represents the best-faith efforts by the Department of Defense to provide programming for members of the Armed Forces and their families that communicates the policies, priorities, programs, goals, and initiatives of the Department while avoiding airing programming that exhibits values contrary to the values of the Armed Forces and the United States.

Bill: 112-hr-4189
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-17]
Introduced: 2012-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Congressional oversight
Military personnel and dependents
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that programs broadcast by the American Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) should reflect the values, including equality, freedom, and service, to which members of the Armed Forces and Americans aspire, and that the AFRTS should avoid airing programming that has a history of being contrary to such values.
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to certify annually to Congress that such AFRTS-broadcast programming represents best-faith efforts to communicate the DOD's policies, priorities, programs, goals, and initiatives while avoiding airing programming with values contrary to Armed Forces and U.S. values.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Straw Purchaser Penalty Enhancement Act

Bill: 112-hr-4190
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2012-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: 
Straw Purchaser Penalty Enhancement Act - Amends the federal criminal code to provide for an additional sentence of two years' imprisonment for violating the prohibitions against making false statements or misrepresenting identification regarding the acquisition of a firearm or ammunition: (1) knowing that the violation will further the transfer of two or more firearms to a person prohibited by law from shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving a firearm; and (2) with the intent to conceal such person's identity from the transferor.
 
Prohibits the court from: (1) placing any person convicted of such violation on probation; and (2) reducing a term of imprisonment for such a violation so as to compensate for, or otherwise take into account, a term of imprisonment imposed or to be imposed for a separate such violation. Prohibits a term of imprisonment imposed under this Act from running concurrently with a term imposed on the person under any other legal provision, except that a term imposed may, in the court's discretion, run concurrently with another term imposed by the court at the same time for a separate such violation, subject to applicable guidelines and policy statements issued by the United States Sentencing Commission.
 
Directs the Attorney General to issue regulations requiring any form required to be completed by the purchaser of a firearm from a licensed person to include a notice of the provisions of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Credit Union Small Business Lending Act

Bill: 112-hr-4191
Sponsor: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2012-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Credit and credit markets
Government lending and loan guarantees
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: 
Credit Union Small Business Lending Act - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a dedicated process by which credit unions participating in a certain small business loan program may receive approvals and repurchases concerning program loan guarantees. 
 
Requires such process to: (1) be distinct from that used by participating non-credit unions, and (2) make use of existing agency resources. 
Amends the Small Business Act to direct the SBA Administrator to implement a program to: (1) provide outreach and assistance to credit unions to increase their participation in the SBA small business loan program, (2) simplify the application process for such participation, and (3) provide a guaranty of up to 85% for loans made by credit unions to their members in underserved areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Due Process and Military Detention Amendments Act

Bill: 112-hr-4192
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2012-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Due process and equal protection
Military law
Military operations and strategy
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: 
Due Process and Military Detention Amendments Act - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 to provide that, in the case of a person detained in the United States pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force, disposition under the law of war shall only mean transfer for trial and proceedings by a court established under article III of the Constitution. Requires such trial and proceedings to have all due process provided under the Constitution.
 
Repeals the requirement of detention in military custody pending disposition under the law of war for individuals determined to be a member or part of al Qaeda or an associated force who has participated in planning or carrying out an attack or attempted attack against the United States or its coalition partners.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
LAND Act

Bill: 112-hr-4193
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2012-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Forests, forestry, trees
General public lands matters
Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: 
Land Acquisition to cut National Debt Act or LAND Act - Bars the Secretary of the Interior from using federal funding to purchase land resulting in a net increase of land acreage being under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service (NPS), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), or the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) unless the federal budget is balanced for the year in which such land would be purchased. 
 
Makes such prohibition inapplicable to lands purchased with funding made available through the sale of Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps. 
 
Bars the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from using federal funding to purchase land resulting in a net increase of land acreage included in the National Forest System unless the federal budget is balanced for the year in which that land would be purchased. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-17
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2012-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2012-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2012-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
To improve services for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.

Bill: 112-hr-4195
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2012-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: American Samoa
Appropriations
Crime victims
Crimes against women
District of Columbia
Guam
Law enforcement administration and funding
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
Sex offenses
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-09
text: 
Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 to increase from 0.125% to 1.5% the allocation of appropriations to each of the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for grants to support the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of rape crisis centers and other programs and projects to assist those victimized by sexual assault.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the allowance for bonus depreciation for certain business assets.

Bill: 112-hr-4196
Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2012-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-13
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend for one year the 100% bonus depreciation allowance for business assets, and (2) increase the amount of alternative minimum tax (AMT) credits that corporate taxpayers may elect to accelerate in a taxable year in lieu of claiming bonus depreciation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-13
text: Introduced in House
To extend the authority to provide loan guarantees to Israel.

Bill: 112-hr-4197
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2012-03-16 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign loans and debt
Government lending and loan guarantees
Israel
Middle East

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-16
text: 
Amends the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, as amended, to extend authority for loan guarantees to Israel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2012-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Grand Canyon Tourism Jobs Protection Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4198
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2012-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Aviation and airports
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Noise pollution
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-16
text: 
Grand Canyon Tourism Jobs Protection Act of 2012 - Declares that the substantial restoration of the natural quiet and experience of the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona shall be considered to be achieved in the Park if, for at least 75% of every day, half of the Park is free of sound produced by commercial air tour operations that have an allocation to conduct such tours in the Park. 
 
Prohibits the Secretary from considering sound produced by sources other than commercial air tour operations when: (1) making recommendations, developing a final plan, or issuing regulations related to commercial air tour operations in the Park; or (2) determining whether substantial restoration of the natural quiet and experience of the Park has been achieved. 
 
Requires the Secretary to continuously monitor noise from aircraft operating over the Park below 17,999 feet MSL to ensure compliance with such substantial restoration in the Park. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Jets for Vets Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4199
Sponsor: Rep. Rigell, E. Scott [R-VA-2]
Introduced: 2012-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Business investment and capital
Employee hiring
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Motor vehicles
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-16
text: 
Closing Corporate Jet Tax Loopholes to Employ Veterans Act of 2012 or the Jets for Vets Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to classify general aviation aircraft as seven-year property for purposes of the depreciation tax deduction (currently, expenses for aircraft can be deducted or expensed in the current taxable year). Defines "general aviation aircraft" as any airplane or helicopter not used in commercial or contract carrying of passengers or freight, but which primarily engages in the carrying of passengers.
 
Increases the work opportunity tax credit for the hiring of veterans by increasing the dollar limitation on veteran wages eligible for such credit with revenue saved from the depreciation reclassification of general aviation aircraft by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to prohibit the Attorney General from administering or enforcing certain accessibility regulations relating to pools at public accommodations or provided by public entities.

Bill: 112-hr-4200
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2012-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Justice
Disability and health-based discrimination
Sports and recreation facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-16
text: 
Amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to prohibit the Attorney General (AG) or any federal official from administering or enforcing certain accessibility regulations relating to pools provided by public entities or at public accommodations.
 
Prohibits regulations added under final rules issued by the AG entitled: (1) &quot;Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in State and Local Government Services&quot; from being administered or enforced with respect to a pool provided by a public entity, and (2) &quot;Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations and in Commercial Facilities&quot; from being administered or enforced with respect to a pool at a public accommodation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-16
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-4202
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2012-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-19
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2014 the exclusion from gross income of income attributable to the discharge of indebtedness on a principal residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-19
text: Introduced in House