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Qualifying Renewable Chemical Production Tax Credit Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4953
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2012-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Income tax credits
Manufacturing
Materials

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: 
Qualifying Renewable Chemical Production Tax Credit Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business-related tax credit for the production of renewable chemicals. 
 
Defines "renewable chemical" as any chemical that is: (1) produced in the United States from renewable biomass; (2) sold or used by the taxpayer as polymers, plastics, or formulated products or for the production of polymers, plastics, or formulated products; and (3) not sold or used for the production of any food, feed, or fuel. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a five-year program to allocate credit amounts. Limits the total amount of allocable credits under such program to $500 million, with a limit of $25 million to any taxpayer in any taxable year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines.

Bill: 112-hr-4954
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2012-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain programmable controllers.

Bill: 112-hr-4955
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2012-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain programmable controllers.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the rate of duty on Oleo Turmeric.

Bill: 112-hr-4956
Sponsor: Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Introduced: 2012-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to temporarily suspend the duty on Oleo Turmeric. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the rate of duty on Oleo Black Pepper.

Bill: 112-hr-4957
Sponsor: Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Introduced: 2012-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to temporarily suspend the duty on Oleo Black Pepper. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the rate of duty on Oleo White Pepper.

Bill: 112-hr-4958
Sponsor: Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Introduced: 2012-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to temporarily suspend the duty on Oleo White Pepper. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the rate of duty on Oleo Cassia.

Bill: 112-hr-4959
Sponsor: Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Introduced: 2012-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to temporarily suspend the duty on Oleo Cassia. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the rate of duty on Oleo Capsicum.

Bill: 112-hr-4960
Sponsor: Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Introduced: 2012-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to temporarily suspend the duty on Oleo Capsicum. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the rate of duty on Oleo Ginger.

Bill: 112-hr-4961
Sponsor: Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Introduced: 2012-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to temporarily suspend the duty on Oleo Ginger. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the rate of duty on Oleo Celery.

Bill: 112-hr-4962
Sponsor: Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Introduced: 2012-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to temporarily suspend the duty on Oleo Celery. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Exist Act

Bill: 112-hr-4963
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2012-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Financial crises and stabilization
Financial services and investments
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: 
Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Exist Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) submit to Congress, within 90 days after enactment of this Act, a list of all commercial banks, investment banks, hedge funds, and insurance companies that the Secretary believes are too big to fail (&quot;Too Big To Fail List&quot;); and (2) break up entities on the list so that their failure would no longer cause a catastrophic effect on the U.S. or global economy without a taxpayer bailout.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on benzenesulfonyl chloride.

Bill: 112-hr-4964
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2012-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on benzenesulfonyl chloride.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To preserve existing rights and responsibilities with respect to waters of the United States, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-4965
Sponsor: Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Army Corps of Engineers
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of the Army and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from: (1) finalizing, adopting, implementing, administering, or enforcing the proposed guidance described in the notice of availability and request for comments entitled &quot;EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Guidance Regarding Identification of Waters Protected by the Clean Water Act&quot;; or (2) using such guidance, or any substantially similar guidance, as the basis for any decision regarding the scope of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) or any rulemaking. Provides that the use of such guidance as the basis for any rule shall be grounds for vacating such rule. 

action_date: 2012-09-20
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of the Army and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from: (1) finalizing, adopting, implementing, administering, or enforcing the proposed guidance described in the notice of availability and request for comments entitled &quot;EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Guidance Regarding Identification of Waters Protected by the Clean Water Act&quot;; or (2) using such guidance, any successor document, or any substantially similar guidance made publicly available on or after December 3, 2008, as the basis for any decision regarding the scope of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) or any rulemaking. Provides that use of such guidance or document as the basis for any rule shall be grounds for vacating such rule. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 492.
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 112-681.
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 112-681.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 33 - 18.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2012-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on bitolylene diisocyanate.

Bill: 112-hr-4968
Sponsor: Rep. Guinta, Frank C. [R-NH-1]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on bitolylene diisocyanate.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4969
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Monuments and memorials

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: 
California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act of 2012 - Expands the boundary of the California Coastal National Monument, established by Presidential Proclamation 7264, to include the Point Arena-Stornetta public lands in Mendocino County, California. 
 
Requires management of such lands: (1) under the provisions of such Proclamation, and (2) as part of the Monument. 
 
Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to finalize an amendment to the management of the Monument for the long-term protection and management of the lands added to the Monument under this Act. 
 
Permits the use of motorized and mechanized vehicles in the Monument only on roads and trails designated for their use. 
 
Specifies this Act's effect on: (1) aviation overflights, special use airspace, or military flight training routes; (2) low-level overflights above the adjacent Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary; (3) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) law enforcement authorities; (4) the rights of Indian tribes and Indian religious communities; and (5) protective perimeters and buffer zones. 
 
Requires management of the Monument as part of the National Landscape Conservation System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
SAFE Act

Bill: 112-hr-4971
Sponsor: Rep. Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Comprehensive health care
Federal preemption
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: 
Stop Abortion Funding in Multi-state Exchange Plans Act or SAFE Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in entering into contracts with health insurance issuers, to ensure that no multi-state qualified health plan offered in a health benefit exchange provides coverage of abortion. Excepts from such limitation: (1) a pregnancy that results from rape or incest; or (2) a case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, injury, or illness that would place the her in danger of death unless an abortion is performed, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself.
 
Prohibits any state law from preempting the coverage limitations of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Gluten in Medicine Identification Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4972
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-17]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Grain
Nutrition and diet
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: 
Gluten in Medicine Identification Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem to be misbranded any drug intended for human use that contains an ingredient (other than a polyol) that constitutes or is derived from a grain or starch-containing ingredient and whose label fails to include a parenthetical statement identifying the source of the ingredient so constituted or derived.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the rate of duty on certain sleeping bag carry cases.

Bill: 112-hr-4973
Sponsor: Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to temporarily suspend the duty on certain sleeping bag carry cases. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain nonwoven polypropylene zippered sleeping bag carry cases, not under 77.5 cm in circumference and not exceeding 127.7 cm in circumference.

Bill: 112-hr-4974
Sponsor: Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain nonwoven polypropylene zippered sleeping bag carry cases, not under 77.5 cm in circumference and not exceeding 127.7 cm in circumference.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on man-made shells used in the manufacture of sleeping bags.

Bill: 112-hr-4975
Sponsor: Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on man-made shells used in the manufacture of sleeping bags.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Small Lands Tracts Conveyance Act

Bill: 112-hr-4976
Sponsor: Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Department of the Interior
Forests, forestry, trees
General public lands matters
Intergovernmental relations
Land transfers
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: 
Small Lands Tracts Conveyance Act - Requires the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for a state (respecting certain public lands) or the Regional Forester (respecting certain National Forest System lands) to select an eligible federal lands parcel for conveyance: (1) in response to a request by an owner of non-federal land that shares one or more boundaries with such parcel, or (2) upon the recommendation of the BLM District Office or System unit that exercises administration over such parcel. 
 
Bars a conveyed eligible parcel from exceeding 160 acres unless the Director or Regional Forester concerned approves a request for additional acreage. Permits acquisition by a person of only one eligible parcel a year, subject to an exception. 
 
Instructs the Director or Regional Forester concerned, as consideration for the sale of an eligible parcel, to require a cash payment in an amount equal to not less than the fair market value of such parcel, including the mineral estate, being conveyed. 
 
Requires the Director or the Regional Forester concerned to: (1) pay 50% of the consideration received for the sale of an eligible parcel to the county government in which such parcel is located, and (2) deposit the remaining amount in the general Treasury fund. 
 
Requires the purchaser of an eligible federal lands parcel under this Act to cover the costs to be incurred, or to reimburse the Director or Regional Forester concerned for the costs incurred, in carrying out the conveyance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2012-05-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-04-27
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: 2012-04-27
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: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 1-Propene, 1,1,2,3,3,3-hexafluoro-, oxidized, polymerized.

Bill: 112-hr-4977
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on 1-Propene, 1,1,2,3,3,3-hexafluoro-, oxidized, polymerized.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to remove the maximum payment amount for certain qualified losses under the Traumatic Injury Protection under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program.

Bill: 112-hr-4978
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance
Life, casualty, property insurance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: 
Makes the $100,000 payment limit for qualified losses under the traumatic injury protection coverage of Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance inapplicable to any loss directly caused by: (1) armed conflict, (2) training under conditions simulating armed conflict, (3) hazardous service, or (4) a traumatic event caused through an instrumentality of war.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House