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HAVEN Act

Bill: 112-hr-6381
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2012-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Energy efficiency and conservation
Housing and community development funding
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Low- and moderate-income housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: 
Housing Assistance for Veterans Act of 2012 or HAVEN Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit organizations that primarily serve veterans or low-income individuals. Requires such grants to be used to rehabilitate and modify the primary residence of disabled or low-income veterans (at a specified limited or no cost to such veterans). Limits grant amounts to $1 million per organization. Requires the Secretary to direct the oversight of grant fund use. Requires a minimum of 50% matching funds by participating organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2012-09-14
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: Introduced in House
War Crimes Accountability Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6382
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2012-09-12 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Congressional tributes
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Europe
Germany
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Sanctions
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: 
War Crimes Accountability Act of 2012 - Directs the President to submit a report to Congress for each of FY2013-FY2017 that identifies each country that is failing to: (1) cooperate with relevant jurisdictions in extraditing or deporting war crimes suspects or Nazi war criminals to the appropriate jurisdiction; (2) enforce arrest warrants issued by an international tribunal against war crimes suspects; (3) accept Nazi war criminals deported from the United States; or (4) effectively prosecute war crimes suspects or Nazi war criminals within such country's jurisdiction, including Nazi war criminals who resided in the United States and were deported from or extradited by the United States or left the United States voluntarily. 
 
Prohibits the President from issuing a letter of offer to sell defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act for $7 million or more to a country so identified.
 
Authorizes the President to waive such prohibition if in the U.S. national security interest.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2825 Oak Lawn Avenue in Dallas, Texas, as the "William H. 'Bill' Nelson Post Office Building".

Bill: 112-hr-6383
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2012-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2825 Oak Lawn Avenue in Dallas, Texas, as the "William H. 'Bill' Nelson Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: Introduced in House
Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Infrastructure for America Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6384
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2012-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: 
Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Infrastructure for America Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property expenditures, to: (1) increase the rate of such credit from 30% to 50% for hydrogen-related alternative fuel vehicles, (2) eliminate the dollar limitation on such credit for hydrogen-related vehicles, (3) allow such credit for off-highway motor vehicles designed for carrying or towing loads, and (4) extend such credit through 2016 for property related to hydrogen.
 
Increases the 30% energy tax credit for investment in fuel cell property to: (1) 50% for fuel cell property used in a combined heat and power system having an energy efficiency percentage of 70% or more, and (2) 40% for fuel cell property having an energy efficiency percentage of at least 60% but less than 70%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: Introduced in House
Strategic Response to Asian Carp Invasion Act

Bill: 112-hr-6385
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2012-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Congressional oversight
Fishes
Lakes and rivers
Mississippi River
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: 
Strategic Response to Asian Carp Invasion Act - Requires the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), in coordination with the Army Corps of Engineers, the National Park Service (NPS), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), to lead a multiagency effort to slow the spread of Asian Carp in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River basins and tributaries by providing high-level technical assistance, coordination, best practices, and support to state and local government strategies, to slow, and eventually eliminate, the threat posed by such carp. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: Introduced in House
Voter Registration Integrity Act

Bill: 112-hr-6386
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2012-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Licensing and registrations
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: 
Voter Registration Integrity Act - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require a state motor vehicle authority to require each individual applying for a motor vehicle driver's license in the state to: (1) indicate whether the individual resides in another state or resided in another state before applying for the license, and, if so, to identify the state involved; and (2) indicate whether the individual intends for the new state to serve as the individual's residence for federal voter registration purposes.
 
Requires the motor vehicle authority, if an individual indicates an intention for the new state to serve as the individual's residence for federal voter registration purposes, to notify the motor vehicle authority of the former state of residence, which shall notify the chief state election official of that state that the individual no longer intends for it to serve as the individual's residence for federal voter registration purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Elections.
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: Introduced in House
Remove Unnecessary Roadblocks to Local Transportation Safety Projects Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6387
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-29]
Introduced: 2012-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Roads and highways
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: 
Remove Unnecessary Roadblocks to Local Transportation Safety Projects Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to issue categorical exclusions (that do not involve significant environmental impact) from the environmental assessment or environmental impact statement requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for highway safety improvement projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: Introduced in House
Constitution and Citizenship Day Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6390
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2012-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Education programs funding
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Elementary and secondary education
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: 
Constitution and Citizenship Day Act of 2012 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to establish a Constitution Day Grant Program awarding competitive grants to local educational agencies and charter schools to commemorate, and enhance educational programs that teach students about, the U.S. Constitution and their state constitution.
 
Requires such program to occur annually on Constitution Day, September 17, or the following Monday if that day falls on a weekend, and give students the ability to register to vote.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6004)
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Introduced in House
To terminate the designation of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan as a major non-NATO ally, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-6391
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2012-09-13 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Asia
Congressional oversight
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Pakistan

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: 
Terminates the Islamic Republic of Pakistan's designation as a major non-NATO ally.
 
Prohibits the President from issuing a separate designation of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan as a major non-NATO ally.
 
Directs the President to submit an annual report to Congress containing a list of each country designated as a major non-NATO ally and a justification as to why each such country should continue to be so designated.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6074)
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Introduced in House
Negotiating for Seniors Act

Bill: 112-hr-6392
Sponsor: Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2012-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: 
Negotiating for Seniors Act - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the prohibition against: (1) interference by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) with the negotiations between drug manufacturers and pharmacies and prescription drug plan sponsors, and (2) the Secretary's requiring a particular formulary or instituting a price structure for the reimbursement of covered Medicare part D drugs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2012-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2012-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Health Access Act

Bill: 112-hr-6393
Sponsor: Rep. Barber, Ron [D-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2012-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Veterans Affairs
Health care coverage and access
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: 
Veterans Health Access Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, when it is determined that Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities are not capable of furnishing economic hospital care or medical services because of geographical inaccessibility or the care or services required, to determine whether or not to furnish such care or services to a veteran in a non-VA facility. Requires such determination to be made within 30 days following the request for such care or services.
 
Amends the Wounded Warrior Act to authorize the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to allow any former member of the Armed Forces with a severe injury or illness to receive necessary medical and dental care in a non-VA facility when such care is determined by the member's physician to be in their best interest. Extends such authority through 2016.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2012-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2012-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Introduced in House
Foreclosure Accountability and Transparency Act

Bill: 112-hr-6395
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2012-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Consumer affairs
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: 
Foreclosure Accountability and Transparency Act - Prohibits commencement of a foreclosure action with respect to a federally related residential mortgage loan secured by a first or subordinate lien unless the person commencing the foreclosure complies with specified requirements pertaining to borrower: (1) notification, (2) assistance obtained from a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-approved housing counseling agency, and (3) application for loan modification or commencement of an alternative to foreclosure.
 
Makes a violation of this Act a bar to a foreclosure action.
 
Requires the person who commenced a foreclosure action, at the completion of such action, to certify that all federal, state, and local laws and regulations were followed and submit all applicable documentation in connection with such action to: (1) the borrower who was a party to the foreclosure action, (2) the recorder's office in the muncipality where the property securing the loan in connection with the covered residential mortgage is located, and (3) the Secretary of HUD.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2012-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Introduced in House
End Radon in Schools Act

Bill: 112-hr-6396
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2012-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Air quality
Child health
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Radiation

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: 
End Radon in Schools Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review, update, revise, and publish the Radon Measurements In Schools Guidelines with current information and guidance on radon testing in public elementary and secondary schools.
 
Directs the Administrator, subject to the availability of appropriations, to award grants to states to: (1) follow the updated Guidelines, (2) conduct short-term tests of radon levels in their public elementary and secondary schools, and (3) provide funds to their local educational agencies (LEAs) to mitigate and reevaluate radon levels in schools found to have unsafe quantities of radon.
 
Requires the Administrator to conduct such mitigation directly or by contract if an LEA does not certify to its state that it will use grant funds to mitigate unsafe radon levels at its schools.
 
Considers radon levels of at least four picocuries per liter to be unsafe.
 
Gives grant priority to states whose total landmass lies in Radon Zone 1.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Introduced in House
Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6397
Sponsor: Rep. Campbell, John [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2012-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
Property rights
State and local government operations
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: 
Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to prohibit the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) from purchasing any mortgage secured by a structure or dwelling unit located within a county that contains any structure or dwelling unit that secures or secured a residential mortgage loan that the state or any territory, including any agency or political subdivision, obtained during the preceding 120 months by eminent domain. 
 
Amends the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to prohibit the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) from doing the same.
 
Amends the National Housing Act to prohibit the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from newly insuring any mortgage secured by a structure or dwelling unit located in such a county.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from guaranteeing, making, or insuring a housing or small business loan for a residence located in such a county.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2012-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2012-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Introduced in House
Home Energy Savings Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6398
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2012-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Income tax credits
Lighting, heating, cooling
Materials
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: 
Home Energy Savings Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for nonbusiness energy property expenditures, to: (1) make such tax credit permanent; (2) increase from $500 to $1,000 the dollar limitation on such credit; (3) allow the inclusion of labor costs in amounts eligible for such credit; (4) revise definitions and requirements relating to roofing products and for natural gas, propane, oil furnaces, or hot water boilers and heaters; and (5) set forth documentation requirements for claiming such credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize a provision to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages.

Bill: 112-hr-6399
Sponsor: Rep. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2012-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Indian social and development programs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: 
Amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize appropriations, for FY2013-FY2017, for a grant program to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Introduced in House