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To extend the suspension of duty on esters and sodium esters of parahydroxybenzoic acid.

Bill: 112-hr-4599
Sponsor: Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2012-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension of duty on esters and sodium esters of parahydroxybenzoic acid.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Ammonium polyacryloyldimethyl taurate.

Bill: 112-hr-4600
Sponsor: Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2012-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Ammonium polyacryloyldimethyl taurate.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
To extend the suspension of duty on Isobutyl 4-hydroxybenzoate and its sodium salt.

Bill: 112-hr-4601
Sponsor: Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2012-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension of duty on Isobutyl 4-hydroxybenzoate and its sodium salt.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
To extend the suspension of duty on filament tow of rayon.

Bill: 112-hr-4602
Sponsor: Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2012-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension of duty on filament tow of rayon.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
To extend the suspension of duty on staple fibers of viscose rayon, not carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning.

Bill: 112-hr-4603
Sponsor: Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2012-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension of duty on staple fibers of viscose rayon, not carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
LIFE Act

Bill: 112-hr-4604
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2012-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health promotion and preventive care
Medical education
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: 
Lifelong Improvements in Food and Exercise Act or the LIFE Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to carry out a national program to conduct and support activities regarding individuals who are overweight or obese in order to make progress toward the goal of significantly reducing obesity in the United States. Requires such activities to include: (1) training health professionals, (2) educating the public, and (3) developing and demonstrating intervention strategies for use at worksites and in community settings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E635)
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the eligibility of activities in Puerto Rico for the deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities.

Bill: 112-hr-4605
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2012-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Oil and gas
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2013 the eligibility of taxpayers in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for the tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities in such jurisdiction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Military Housing Oversight and Accountability Act

Bill: 112-hr-4608
Sponsor: Rep. Rigell, E. Scott [R-VA-2]
Introduced: 2012-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Defense
Housing finance and home ownership
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: 
Military Housing Oversight and Accountability Act - Amends federal provisions concerning Department of Defense (DOD) alternative authority for the acquisition and improvement of military housing to direct each military department Secretary to prescribe regulations to oversee and manage a military housing privatization project during its sustainment phase following completion of construction or renovation of the housing units.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Equality Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4609
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39]
Introduced: 2012-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Marriage and family status
Social Security Administration
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: 
Social Security Equality Act of 2012 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to authorize the treatment of permanent partnerships between individuals of the same gender as marriage for purposes of determining entitlement to OASDI benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 2-methyl-4-methoxy-6-methylamino-1,3,5-triazine.

Bill: 112-hr-4610
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2012-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on 2-methyl-4-methoxy-6-methylamino-1,3,5-triazine.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 2-amino-4-methoxy-6-methyl-1,3,5-triazine.

Bill: 112-hr-4611
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2012-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on 2-amino-4-methoxy-6-methyl-1,3,5-triazine.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 3-(ethylsulfonyl)-2-pyridinesulfonamide.

Bill: 112-hr-4612
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2012-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on 3-(ethylsulfonyl)-2-pyridinesulfonamide.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Fluthiacet-methyl technical.

Bill: 112-hr-4613
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2012-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Fluthiacet-methyl technical.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
To extend the suspension of duty on Carfentrazone-ethyl and formulations thereof.

Bill: 112-hr-4614
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2012-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension of duty on Carfentrazone-ethyl and formulations thereof.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
To extend and modify the reduction of the duty on Sulfentrazone.

Bill: 112-hr-4615
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2012-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to temporarily increase the duty on sulfentrazone.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
To reduce temporarily the duty on Pyroxasulfone.

Bill: 112-hr-4616
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2012-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce temporarily the duty on Pyroxasulfone.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain used fuel, lubricating, or cooling medium pumps.

Bill: 112-hr-4617
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2012-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain used fuel, lubricating, or cooling medium pumps.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain used compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines.

Bill: 112-hr-4618
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2012-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain used compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain used gear boxes.

Bill: 112-hr-4619
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2012-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain used gear boxes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 40, United States Code, to add certain counties in the State of Mississippi to the region represented by the Appalachian Regional Commission.

Bill: 112-hr-4620
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
Introduced: 2012-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Mississippi
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Includes the counties of Grenada and Tallahatchie, Mississippi, in the region represented by the Appalachian Regional Commission.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Introduced in House
United States-Brazil Ethanol Open Market Agreements Act

Bill: 112-hr-4621
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2012-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Brazil
Congressional oversight
Free trade and trade barriers
Latin America
Legislative rules and procedure
Motor fuels
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Tariffs
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: 
United States-Brazil Ethanol Open Market Agreements Act - Authorizes the President to enter into negotiations with Brazil to conclude an agreement that achieves the following trade negotiating objectives: (1) open and reciprocal market access for trade in ethanol products between the United States and Brazil; (2) elimination of barriers and distortions imposed by the Government of Brazil or its state governments on trade in ethanol and that decrease market opportunities for U.S. ethanol exports to Brazil; (3) a stable market for U.S. ethanol exports to Brazil by obtaining a binding, enforceable agreement with appropriate dispute settlement procedures; and (4) energy independence and regional stability by preserving existing Caribbean trade preference programs that strengthen the integrated hemispheric ethanol supply chain among Brazil, the Caribbean nations, and the United States.
 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the additional duty on ethanol through January 1, 2015. 
 
Authorizes the President to proclaim the suspension of the extension of this additional duty on ethanol beginning on the date the President certifies to Congress that the United States has obtained an enforceable agreement with Brazil that eliminates all tariffs and nontariff barriers on imported U.S. ethanol, including binding Brazil's tariff rate on U.S. ethanol imports at an effective rate of zero.
 
Prescribes a procedure for congressional disapproval by joint resolution of such a certification.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2012-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Solar Energy Deployment Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4622
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2012-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Government buildings, facilities, and property
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: 
Solar Energy Deployment Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to award competitive grants to state and local governments for the design, purchase, and installation of qualifying solar equipment on rooftops or parking structures owned by the state or local government.
 
Directs the Secretary, in determining grant recipients, to consider: (1) the speed with which solar energy systems can be deployed, (2) the total amount of solar energy to be deployed, (3) financial need, (4) the use of best practices to ensure maximum efficiency of deployed systems, and (5) the use of materials and components that are manufactured in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand and make permanent rules related to investment by nonresident aliens in domestic mutual funds.

Bill: 112-hr-4623
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2012-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Financial services and investments
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax on nonresident alien individuals, to: (1) make permanent the tax exemption for interest-related dividends and short-term capital gain dividends received from a regulated investment company, and (2) expand the categories of interest-related dividends for which a tax exemption is allowed. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Investment Adviser Oversight Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4624
Sponsor: Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6]
Introduced: 2012-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business ethics
Business records
Computer security and identity theft
Financial services and investments
Licensing and registrations
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: 
Investment Adviser Oversight Act of 2012 - Amends the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to require investment advisers to register with a registered national investment adviser association, unless exempted according to specified criteria. 
 
Prescribes registration requirements and procedures.
 
Requires each national investment adviser association to conduct an annual conference to which representatives from the state securities administrators association and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shall be invited to participate in order to foster cooperation between such entities.
 
Sets forth procedures for: (1) approval of registration; and (2) discipline of members by a national investment adviser association, including membership denial and summary suspension.
 
Grants the SEC enforcement authority including suspension and expulsion of members and removal or censure of officers and directors. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-06
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in House