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International Science and Technology Cooperation Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5916
Sponsor: Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3]
Introduced: 2012-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
International scientific cooperation
Office of Science and Technology Policy

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: 
International Science and Technology Cooperation Act of 2012 - Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to establish a body under the National Science and Technology Council that has the responsibility of identifying and coordinating international science and technology cooperation that can strengthen U.S. science and technology enterprise, improve economic and national security, and support U.S. foreign policy goals. 
 
Requires the body to be co-chaired by senior level officials from OSTP and the Department of State. 
 
Requires the body to: (1) plan and coordinate interagency international science and technology cooperative research and training activities and partnerships supported or managed by federal agencies, (2) establish federal priorities and policies for aligning such international science and technology cooperative research and training activities and partnerships with the foreign policy goals of the United States, (3) identify opportunities for new international science and technology cooperative research and training partnerships that advance science and technology and U.S. foreign policy priorities, (4) solicit recommendations from non-federal science and technology stakeholders, and (5) identify broad issues that influence the ability of U.S. scientists and engineers to collaborate with foreign counterparts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 4,4'-Diamino-2,2'-stilbenedisulfonic acid.

Bill: 112-hr-5917
Sponsor: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6]
Introduced: 2012-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on 4,4'-Diamino-2,2'-stilbenedisulfonic acid.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Grilamid TR 90.

Bill: 112-hr-5918
Sponsor: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6]
Introduced: 2012-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Grilamid TR 90.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Grilbond IL 6-50%F.

Bill: 112-hr-5919
Sponsor: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6]
Introduced: 2012-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Grilbond IL 6-50%F.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Introduced in House
Creating Manufacturing Jobs and Promoting Fair Trade Act

Bill: 112-hr-5920
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Hansen [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2012-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: 
Creating Manufacturing Jobs and Promoting Fair Trade Act - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to increase the duty on polyurethane sponges.
 
Prescribes requirements for the duty treatment of steel wool cleaning pads.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Primid QM-1260.

Bill: 112-hr-5921
Sponsor: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6]
Introduced: 2012-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Primid QM-1260.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Primid XL-552.

Bill: 112-hr-5922
Sponsor: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6]
Introduced: 2012-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Primid XL-552.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Introduced in House
Stopping Non-Native Animals from Killing Endangered Species Act

Bill: 112-hr-5923
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2012-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
Reptiles
Service animals
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: 
Stopping Non-Native Animals from Killing Endangered Species Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to award grants to organizations that operate or will operate programs using dogs trained to detect non-native constrictor snakes in order to: (1) eradicate such snakes from ecosystems in which they exist in sustainable populations, and (2) prevent such snakes from establishing or expanding sustainable populations in ecosystems that can support such populations. 
 
Limits the federal share of the costs of any program operated by an organization that receives a grant to 50% of total program costs. 
 
Prohibits any such organization from reserving more than 5% of the grant funds for administrative expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1008-1009)
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Introduced in House
To provide that no United States assistance may be provided to Pakistan until Dr. Shakil Afridi is freed.

Bill: 112-hr-5924
Sponsor: Rep. Mack, Connie [R-FL-14]
Introduced: 2012-06-07 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Foreign aid and international relief
Health personnel
Human rights
Pakistan
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Sanctions
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: 
 Prohibits any direct U.S. assistance to the government of Pakistan unless the President certifies to Congress that: (1) Dr. Shakil Afridi has been released from prison in Pakistan and any criminal charges brought against Dr. Afridi, including treason, have been dropped; and (2) if necessary to ensure his freedom, Dr. Afridi has been allowed to leave Pakistan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5925
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
Introduced: 2012-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Evidence and witnesses
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: 
Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act of 2012 - Prohibits a person or entity acting under the authority of the United States from using a drone to gather evidence or other information pertaining to criminal conduct or regulatory violations except to the extent authorized in a warrant issued under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
 
Defines a &quot;drone&quot; as any powered, aerial vehicle that does not carry a human operator, uses aerodynamic forces to provide vehicle lift, and can fly autonomously or be piloted remotely, be expendable or recoverable, and carry a lethal or nonlethal payload.
 
Exempts from such prohibition the use of drones to: (1) patrol national borders to prevent or deter illegal entry of any immigrants or illegal substances, (2) prevent imminent danger to life or serious damage to property or to forestall the imminent escape of a suspect or destruction of evidence when drones are used by a law enforcement party under exigent circumstances, or (3) counter a high risk of a terrorist attack by a specific individual or organization based on credible intelligence determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS).
 
Authorizes civil actions by aggrieved parties. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Introduced in House
To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Major Dominic S. Gentile of the United States Army Air Forces for acts of valor during World War II.

Bill: 112-hr-5926
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2012-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Europe
Germany
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: 
Authorizes and requests the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to former Major Dominic S. Gentile, U.S. Army Air Forces, for acts of valor as a pilot during World War II.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Introduced in House
Mount Chosin Few Act

Bill: 112-hr-5928
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2012-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Asia
Conflicts and wars
Forests, forestry, trees
Military history
Monuments and memorials
North Korea
South Korea
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: 
Mount Chosin Few Act - Designates a specified unnamed peak located within the Chugach National Forest in Alaska as Mount Chosin Few in honor of the Allied soldiers (known as the "Chosin Few") who fought courageously at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Introduced in House
Next Steps for Credit Availability Act

Bill: 112-hr-5929
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2012-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business investment and capital
Business records
Financial services and investments
Licensing and registrations
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: 
Next Steps for Credit Availability Act - Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to allow a business development company (BDC) to own or acquire securities or other interests in the business of a registered investment adviser or adviser to an investment company.
 
Reduces from 200% to 150% the asset coverage requirements applicable to BDCs. Allows a BDC to issue stock.
 
Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise various rules under the Securities Act of 1933 and to revise forms as necessary to allow a BDC to use security offering rules available to other issuers that are required to file security issuance reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: Introduced in House
Preserving America's Downtowns and Heritage Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5930
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2012-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Historical and cultural resources
Income tax credits
Industrial facilities
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: 
Preserving America's Downtowns and Heritage Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the rate of the rehabilitation tax credit for commercial buildings and for certified historic structures, and (2) allow a new 20% rehabilitation tax credit for certified historic buildings used by a taxpayer as a principal residence. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: Introduced in House
Expand Opportunity for Education Savings Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5932
Sponsor: Rep. Buerkle, Ann Marie [R-NY-25]
Introduced: 2012-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: 
Expand Opportunity for Education Savings Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) expand the definition of "eligible educational institution" for purposes of tax-exempt qualified tuition programs (529 tuition programs) to include elementary and secondary schools, and (2) make the limitation on room and board expenses inapplicable to elementary and secondary schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 1120A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to modify the comparability of services requirements.

Bill: 112-hr-5933
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2012-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: 
Amends the school improvement program under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to modify the requirement that state and local funds be used to provide services to schools receiving school improvement funds that are comparable to services received by schools not receiving such funds.
 
Conditions a local educational agency's (LEA's) receipt of school improvement funds, beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, on the LEA showing its state that combined state and local per-pupil expenditures in each of its schools served under the school improvement program are not less than the average combined state and local per-pupil expenditures for each of its schools not served under that program.
 
Requires an LEA that serves all of its schools under the school improvement program to show its state that the average combined state and local per-pupil expenditures for its high-poverty schools were not less than those expenditures for its low-poverty schools.
 
Allows LEAs to meet these requirements on a grade-span by grade-span or school-by-school basis.
 
Requires LEAs to exclude from these calculations state and local funds expended in any school for capital expenditures or the excess costs of providing services to English learners or disabled children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: Introduced in House
Stop Tobacco Smuggling in the Territories Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5934
Sponsor: Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2012-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: American Samoa
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Smuggling and trafficking
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: 
Stop Tobacco Smuggling in the Territories Act of 2012 - Amends the federal criminal code to include American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam in the definition of &quot;state&quot; for purposes of provisions prohibiting trafficking in contraband cigarettes and smokeless tobacco.

action_date: 2012-11-14
text: 

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

 
Stop Tobacco Smuggling in the Territories Act of 2012 - Amends the federal criminal code to include American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam in the definition of &quot;state&quot; for purposes of provisions prohibiting trafficking in contraband cigarettes and smokeless tobacco.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-11-15
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-11-14
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2012-11-14
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6355)
action_date: 2012-11-14
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6355)
action_date: 2012-11-14
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5934.
action_date: 2012-11-14
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6355-6357)
action_date: 2012-11-14
text: Mr. Coble moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from enforcing regulations pertaining to certain battery chargers.

Bill: 112-hr-5935
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2012-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Energy
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of Energy from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed rule entitled &quot;Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Battery Chargers and External Power Supplies,&quot; or any substantially similar regulation, regarding product class 7 (certain high-energy battery chargers described in such proposed rule).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: Introduced in House
Civil Liberties Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5936
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2012-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Due process and equal protection
Military law
Military operations and strategy
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: 
Civil Liberties Act of 2012 - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (such Act) to provide that, in the case of a person detained in the United States pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force or such Act, disposition under the law of war shall occur immediately upon custody and shall only mean transfer for trial and proceedings by a court established under article III of the Constitution or an appropriate state court. Requires such trial and proceedings to have all due process provided under the Constitution.
 
Prohibits any person detained, captured, or arrested in the United States or a U.S. territory or possession from being transferred to the custody of the Armed Forces for detention under the Authorization for Use of Military Force or such Act.
 
Repeals the requirement of detention in military custody pending disposition under the law of war for individuals determined to be a member or part of al Qaeda or an associated force who has participated in planning or carrying out an attack or attempted attack against the United States or its coalition partners.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-08
text: Introduced in House