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Federal Buildings Designation Act of 2012

Bill: 112-s-3304
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2012-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Department of Justice
District of Columbia
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: 
Federal Buildings Designation Act of 2012 - Redesignates: (1) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters located at 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., Washington, DC, known as the Ariel Rios Building, as the "William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building"; and (2) the federal building and U.S.courthouse located at 200 East Wall Street in Midland, Texas, known as the George Mahon Federal Building, as the "George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush United States Courthouse and George Mahon Federal Building."
 
Designates: (1) the federal building housing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) headquarters located at 99 New York Avenue N.E., Washington, DC, as the "Eliot Ness ATF Building&quot;; and (2) the reflecting pool located on the grounds of such building as the &quot;Ariel Rios Reflecting Pool.&quot;

action_date: 2012-07-10
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Federal Buildings Designation Act of 2012 - Redesignates: (1) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters located at 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., Washington, DC, known as the Ariel Rios Building, as the "William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building"; and (2) the federal building and U.S.courthouse located at 200 East Wall Street in Midland, Texas, known as the George Mahon Federal Building, as the "George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush United States Courthouse and George Mahon Federal Building."
 
Designates: (1) the federal building housing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) headquarters located at 99 New York Avenue N.E., Washington, DC, as the "Eliot Ness ATF Building&quot;; and (2) the reflecting pool located on the grounds of such building as the &quot;Ariel Rios Reflecting Pool.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 443.
action_date: 2012-07-10
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2012-07-10
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to clarify authority granted under the Act entitled "An Act to define the exterior boundary of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in the State of Utah, and for other purposes".

Bill: 112-s-3305
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2012-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: 
Authorizes Utah to relinquish for the benefit of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation certain of its school trust or subsurface mineral lands south of the border between Grand County and Uintah County, Utah, in exchange for certain federal subsurface mineral lands north of that border.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to reserve an overriding interest in that portion of the mineral estate composed of minerals subject to leasing under the Mineral Leasing Act in the mineral lands conveyed to Utah. Delineates the extent of that interest.
 
Requires Utah to reserve, for the benefit of its school trust, an overriding interest in that portion of the mineral estate composed of minerals subject to leasing under the Mineral Leasing Act in the mineral lands it relinquished to the federal government. Delineates the extent of that interest.
 
Terminates the overriding interests reserved by the Secretary and Utah 30 years after this Act's enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2012

Bill: 112-s-3306
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2012-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes
Contracts and agency
Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health information and medical records
Indian lands and resources rights
Licensing and registrations
Professional sports
State and local government operations
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: 
Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2012 - Amends the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to: (1) authorize a tribal organization to establish a boxing commission; (2) prohibit arranging, promoting, or fighting in a match unless the match is approved by the United States Boxing Commission (USBC) and held in a state or on tribal land that regulates matches in accordance with USBC standards; (3) require specified pre-fight boxer physical examinations and to require the continuous presence during any match of an ambulance and emergency medical personnel; (4) provide for boxing registration with the appropriate boxing commission of an Indian tribe; (5) require a health and safety disclosure to a boxer when issuing an identification card and to establish procedures for review of a summary suspension; (6) require the USBC to develop guidelines for boxing contracting requirements and for rating professional boxers; (7) require the sanctioning organization for a match and its promoter to provide specified disclosures; (8) prohibit a promoter from arranging a championship match or a match scheduled unless all participating judges and referees are by the USBC; (9) require the USBC to establish and maintain a registry of comprehensive medical records and medical denials or suspensions for every licensed boxer; and (10) apply conflict-of-interest provisions to USBC officers and employees.
 
Establishes the USBC within the Department of Commerce to: (1) protect the health, safety, and general interests of boxers and to ensure integrity in professional boxing; (2) establish standards for, and issue, suspend, and revoke, boxing licenses; and (3) establish a national computerized registry of boxing personnel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4240-4241)
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
21st Century Investment Act of 2012

Bill: 112-s-3307
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2012-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Manufacturing
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: 
21st Century Investment Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the tax credit for increasing research activities, (2) increase such credit for amounts paid or incurred for research substantially all of which occurs in the United States, (3) increase the rate of the simplified research tax credit, and (4) increase through December 31, 2020, the domestic production activities tax deduction for income attributable to the manufacture or production of property with respect to which substantially all of the research and development occurred in the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the furnishing of benefits for homeless veterans who are women or who have dependents, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-s-3308
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2012-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aging
Child care and development
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: 
Allows services for which a homeless veteran receives a grant under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) comprehensive service programs to include furnishing care for a dependent.
 
Requires at least 15% of the total amount of grants awarded under the programs to be expended for a grant program for homeless veterans with special needs. Extends the special needs program permanently (under current law, terminates at the end of FY2013).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-668.
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Homeless Veterans Assistance Improvement Act of 2012

Bill: 112-s-3309
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2012-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aging
Child care and development
Dental care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Lawyers and legal services
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Mental health
Poverty and welfare assistance
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: 
Homeless Veterans Assistance Improvement Act of 2012 - Requires public or private nonprofit entities that receive grants under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans to agree to meet the physical, privacy, safety, and security needs of such veterans.
 
Requires at least 1% of VA financial assistance provided for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing to be used for legal services to assist such families with issues that interfere with their ability to obtain or retain housing or supportive services.
 
Allows services for which a homeless veteran receives a grant under the comprehensive service programs to include furnishing care for a dependent. Directs (under current law, authorizes) the VA Secretary to make per diem homeless veterans assistance payments to certain entities that meet the supportive services criteria, but also furnish assistance to individuals who are not veterans.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants for the operational expenses of a service center established for homeless veterans.
 
Revises VA authority to provide dental care to veterans receiving certain other assistance through the VA to include those veterans receiving assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937.
 
Extends permanently the VA comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans. Extends temporarily various VA authorities and programs affecting homeless veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-668.
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4242-4243)
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4241-4242)
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012

Bill: 112-s-3310
Sponsor: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]
Introduced: 2012-06-19 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Executive Office of the President
Foreign aid and international relief
Government information and archives
Multilateral development programs
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: 
Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 - Directs the President to establish: (1) goals, performance, and evaluation guidelines for U.S. foreign assistance programs, country assistance plans, and international and multilateral assistance programs; and (2) a website to make publicly available information on U.S. foreign assistance programs.

action_date: 2012-11-13
text: 
 Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 - Directs the President to establish guidelines regarding the establishment of measurable goals, performance metrics, and monitoring and evaluation plans for U.S. foreign assistance.
 
Requires such guidelines to provide direction to federal departments and agencies that administer U.S. foreign assistance on developing the range of activities relating to: (1) resource monitoring, (2) project and program evaluation, and (3) analysis of findings and generalizations and their applicability to proposed project and program design. 
 
Requires within one year: (1) each appropriate federal department or agency to begin using such guidelines, and (2) the President to submit a related report to Congress.
 
Directs the President to require the Secretary of State to establish and maintain an Internet website to make publicly available comprehensive and accessible information on U.S. foreign assistance programs.
 
Requires any cost of implementing this Act to be offset through the elimination of initiatives, positions, and programs within a federal department or agency administering foreign assistance, as determined by the Secretary of State and the head of each federal department or agency in consultation with Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-11-13
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 538.
action_date: 2012-11-13
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Kerry with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 112-233.
action_date: 2012-11-13
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Kerry with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 112-233.
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4301-4302)
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4301)
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to specifically authorize certain funds for an intelligence or intelligence-related activity and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-s-3314
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2012-06-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: 
Requires funds appropriated for an intelligence or intelligence-related activity that are in excess of the amount specified for such activity in the funding tables accompanying the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 to be specifically authorized by Congress, as required under the National Security Act of 1947.

action_date: 2012-06-19
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Requires funds appropriated for an intelligence or intelligence-related activity that are in excess of the amount specified for such activity in the funding tables accompanying the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 to be specifically authorized by Congress, as required under the National Security Act of 1947.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S4307-4308; text as passed Senate: CR S4308)
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S4307-4308; text as passed Senate: CR S4308)
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Secretary of Labor to carry out a pilot program on providing veterans with access at One-Stop Centers to Internet websites to facilitate online job searches, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-s-3316
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2012-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability and paralysis
Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Nursing
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to commence a one-year pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of providing veterans seeking employment with access to computing facilities in order to facilitate their access to websites that: (1) match such veterans with available jobs based on skills acquired as members of the Armed Forces, and (2) allow employers to post information about available jobs. Requires the Secretary to provide such veterans with assistance in using such facilities.
 
Repeals a required annual report from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) on the use of authorities for retaining experienced nurses in the Veterans Health Administration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-668.
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act of 2012

Bill: 112-s-3317
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2012-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Disability and health-based discrimination
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Genetics
Judicial procedure and administration
Judicial review and appeals

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: 
 
Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act of 2012 - Amends the federal judicial code to permit one or more members of a group seeking relief for discriminatory employment practices under specified provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, equal rights laws under the Revised Statutes, or the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 to sue on behalf of all members of the group if the representative party shows, by a reasonable inference, that: (1) members of the group are so numerous that their joinder is impracticable; (2) claims of the representative party are typical of the claims of the group the representative party seeks to represent and the representative party and the representative party's counsel will fairly and adequately protect the interests of the group; and (3) members of the group are, or have been, subject to an employment practice that has adversely affected or is adversely affecting a significant portion of the group's members. (Thus establishing a new standard for employees bringing group actions for certain employment discrimination, notwithstanding the Supreme Court decision in 
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes
, which required "convincing proof of a companywide discriminatory pay and promotion policy" as a prerequisite to class certification.)
 
Permits a representative party to challenge a subjective employment practice covered by any of the above-referenced employment statutes in a group action filed under this Act to the same extent as the party may challenge any other employment practice covered by such a statute in such an action.
 
Defines a "subjective employment practice" as: (1) an employer's policy of leaving personnel decisions to the unguided discretion of supervisors, managers, and other employees with authority to make such personnel decisions; or (2) an employment practice combining such a subjective employment practice with other types of personnel decisions.
 
Prohibits the fact that individual supervisors, managers, or other employees with authority to make personnel decisions may exercise discretion in different ways in applying a subjective employment practice under such a statute from precluding a representative party from filing a corresponding group action.
 
Allows a representative party to elect to proceed in a group action under this Act or in a class action under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4370-4372)
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
GI Bill Protection Act of 2012

Bill: 112-s-3318
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2012-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Marketing and advertising
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: 
GI Bill Protection Act of 2012 - Prohibits any person, except with written permission from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), from using the phrases &quot;GI Bill&quot; and &quot;Post-9/11 GI Bill&quot; in connection with any promotion, goods, services, or commercial activity in a manner reasonably tending to suggest that such use is approved, endorsed, or authorized by the VA or any component thereof. Provides that any violation determination shall be made without regard to any inclusion of a disclaimer of affiliation.
 
Provides for violation enforcement through the Attorney General.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to revise the route of the North Country National Scenic Trail in northeastern Minnesota to include existing hiking trails along the north shore of Lake Superior, in the Superior National Forest, and in the Chippewa National Forest, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-s-3319
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2012-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Lakes and rivers
Minnesota
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: 
Amends the National Trails System Act to revise the route of the North Country National Scenic Trail to be the one contained in the Department of the Interior description &quot;North Country National Scenic Trail, Authorized Route,&quot; dated February 16, 2005, and numbered 649/80,002.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate