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Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4302
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Africa
Alternative and renewable resources
Buy American requirements
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Energy efficiency and conservation
Executive agency funding and structure
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Iran
Manufacturing
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Oil and gas
Sanctions
Technology transfer and commercialization
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012 - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to extend the termination of functions date for the Export-Import Bank of the United States to September 30, 2015.
 
Eliminates the provision directing the Bank to urge the Foreign Credit Insurance Association to provide 100% coverage against any export loss valued at less than $100,000.
 
Revises the list of Marxist-Leninist countries ineligible for Bank assistance.
 
Extends through September 30, 2015: (1) the termination date of the Sub-Saharan Africa advisory committee, and (2) Bank authority to provide financing for the export of nonlethal defense articles and defense services whose primary end use is for civilian purposes.
 
Extends and specifies aggregate outstanding loan, guarantee, and insurance authority through FY2015.
 
Provides for textile industry representation on the Bank Advisory Committee.
 
Requires the Bank to: (1) review its domestic content policy for medium- and long-term transactions; (2) include in its annual report to Congress, at least every every four years beginning in 2012, a five-year strategic plan; and (3) review and report to Congress regarding the Bank's information technology infrastructure.
 
Urges the Bank to increase the export of renewable energy technologies and end-use energy efficiency technologies.
 
Provides for increased Bank transparency and accountability. 
 
Prohibits Bank financing for persons that engage in certain sanctionable activities with respect to Iran.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of State to designate as foreign terrorist organizations certain Mexican drug cartels and submit a report on the activities the Department of State is taking to assist Mexico with drug cartel violence, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-4303
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Latin America
Mexico
Terrorism
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Directs the Secretary of State to designate as a foreign terrorist organization each of the following: (1) the Arellano Felix Organization, (2) the Los Zetas Cartel, (3) the Juarez Cartel, (4) the Beltran Leyva Organization, (5) la Familia Michoacana, (6) the Sinaloa Cartel, and (7) the Gulf Cartel/New Federation. 
 
Directs the Secretary to report on Department of State activities to assist Mexico with drug cartel violence, including programs under the Merida Initiative, training programs, and equipment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
action_date: 2012-05-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Captive Primate Safety Act

Bill: 112-hr-4306
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Department of the Interior
Mammals
Smuggling and trafficking
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Captive Primate Safety Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to add nonhuman primates to the definition of "prohibited wildlife species" for purposes of the prohibition against the sale or purchase of such species in interstate or foreign commerce.
 
Makes it unlawful for a person to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase a live animal of any prohibited wildlife species in interstate or foreign commerce (i.e., for pet trade purposes). Sets forth exceptions to such prohibition, including, under certain conditions, for: (1) transporting a nonhuman primate to or from a veterinarian, (2) transporting a nonhuman primate to a legally designated caregiver as a result of the death of the preceding owner, and (3) transporting a single primate of the genus Cebus that was obtained from and trained by a charitable organization to assist a permanently disabled individual with a severe mobility impairment. 
 
Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of the requirements of this Act. Extends the authorization of appropriations to carry out such prohibition for FY2012-FY2016.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation from making grants, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-4307
Sponsor: Rep. Lankford, James [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Cultural exchanges and relations
Foreign aid and international relief
Historical and cultural resources

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Prohibits funds from being used to carry out the Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation or any other program that provides grants for cultural preservation outside the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Detroit Growth and Stability Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4308
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Hansen [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Michigan
State and local finance
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Detroit Growth and Stability Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) make loans to a financing agent authorized by the state of Michigan to act on behalf of the city of Detroit, Michigan, for which the financing agent and the city shall be jointly and severally liable; and (2) require the city and the financing agent to provide security for such loans. Limits the aggregate amount of loans outstanding to $500 million. Terminates the authority of the Secretary to make such loans on January 1, 2016.
 
Establishes in the Treasury the City of Detroit Growth and Stability Fund for purposes of making such loans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1796)
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Officer Safety Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4309
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Federal district courts
Jurisdiction and venue
Law enforcement officers
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Officer Safety Act of 2012 - Amends the federal judicial code to deem a law enforcement officer who is the defendant in a criminal prosecution to have been acting under the color of his office (thus authorizing removal of the case to U.S. district court) if the officer: (1) protected an individual in the officer's presence from a crime of violence; (2) provided immediate assistance to an individual who suffered, or who was threatened with, bodily harm; or (3) prevented the escape of any individual whom the officer reasonably believed to have committed, or was about to commit, in the officer's presence, a crime of violence that resulted in, or that was likely to result in, death or serious bodily injury.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
To correct the boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit L06, Topsail, North Carolina.

Bill: 112-hr-4311
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
North Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Replaces the map included in the set of maps entitled &quot;Coastal Barrier Resources System&quot; (referred to in specified provisions of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act and relating to Unit L06 in the state of North Carolina) with another map relating to the same unit entitled &quot;John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Corrected Unit L06.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Gold Star Fathers Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4312
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Disability and paralysis
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Marriage and family status
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Gold Star Fathers Act of 2012 - Includes as a preference eligible for federal employment purposes a parent (currently, the mother only) of either an individual who lost his or her life under honorable conditions while serving in the Armed Forces during a war, in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized, or during the period beginning April 28, 1952, and ending July 1, 1955, or a service-connected permanently and totally disabled veteran, if: (1) the spouse of such parent is totally and permanently disabled; or (2) such parent, when preference is claimed, is unmarried or legally separated from his or her spouse.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Farm Service Accountability Act

Bill: 112-hr-4313
Sponsor: Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Department of Agriculture
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Farm Service Accountability Act - Amends the the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from closing or relocating a Farm Service Agency county or field office in a state if the Secretary determines that the office has a high workload volume compared with other county offices in the state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Credit.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act

Bill: 112-hr-4314
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Emergency planning and evacuation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Great Lakes
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Natural disasters
Seashores and lakeshores
Travel and tourism
Water quality
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program to: (1) provide assistance to coastal states to voluntarily develop coastal climate change adaptation plans to minimize contributions to climate change and to prepare for and reduce the negative consequences that may result from climate change in the coastal zone, and (2) provide financial and technical assistance and training to enable coastal states to implement such plans through coastal states' enforceable policies. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to coastal states to develop such plans and to support projects that implement strategies contained in such plans. Requires the Secretary to promote and encourage the use of National Estuarine Research Reserves as sites for pilot or demonstration projects carried out with such grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act

Bill: 112-hr-4315
Sponsor: Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Health care coverage and access
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act - Makes any veteran who served on active duty in a theater of combat operations during World War II, the Korean conflict, the Vietnam era, the Persian Gulf War, Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom, or any other period of war after the Persian Gulf War, or in combat against a hostile force during a period of hostilities, eligible for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for any mental illness through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), notwithstanding insufficient medical evidence to conclude that the mental illness is attributable to such service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 to include Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the definition of State for the purposes of the trade adjustment assistance for workers program.

Bill: 112-hr-4316
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: American Samoa
Caribbean area
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Trade adjustment assistance
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend the trade adjustment assistance for workers program to the U.S. territories of Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Iranian Energy Sector and Proliferation Sanctions Act

Bill: 112-hr-4317
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-19]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Congressional oversight
Iran
Middle East
Nuclear weapons
Oil and gas
Sanctions
Trade restrictions
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Iranian Energy Sector and Proliferation Sanctions Act - Directs the President to impose specified sanctions against a person that conducts any transaction with, or invests in, any entity that: (1) is organized under Iranian law or otherwise subject to Iranian jurisdiction and is involved in the production, extraction, or transportation of petroleum, refined petroleum products, natural gas, or petrochemical products, or provides financing or other services with respect to such activities; and (2) provides to such entity technology, goods, or services (including transportation, insurance, computer, financial, consulting, and engineering services).
 
Exempts from such sanctions certain crude oil purchases from Iran if a specified exemption under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 applies to the country with primary jurisdiction over the purchaser.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use, production, sale, importation, or exportation of any pesticide containing atrazine.

Bill: 112-hr-4318
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Pest management
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Prohibits the use, production, sale, importation, or exportation of atrazine (pesticide) or an atrazine product.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and 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: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and 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: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and 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: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and 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: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Calling Card Consumer Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-4319
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal preemption
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Judicial procedure and administration
Marketing and advertising
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Calling Card Consumer Protection Act - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promulgate regulations requiring providers and distributors of prepaid calling cards, including cards using interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) or a successor protocol, to accurately disclose applicable terms and conditions. Requires such disclosures to include: (1) the provider's name, customer service telephone number, and hours of service; (2) the card's number of minutes or dollar value; (3) per minute rates or a toll-free number to obtain rates; (4) fees and charges; (5) time period limits, any predetermined decrease in value over a period of time, and expiration dates; and (6) refund and recharge policies.
 
Requires the accuracy of any information provided by a voice prompt relating to remaining card value and minutes. 
 
Prohibits the FCC from specifying the rates, fees, additional charges, or terms and conditions of prepaid calling cards. 
 
Directs the FCC to implement and enforce this Act under the Communications Act of 1934. 
 
Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to consult with the FCC with respect to any FTC rulemakings, regulations, or enforcement concerning prepaid calling cards. 
 
Authorizes states or state-authorized consumer protection agencies to bring civil actions to enjoin or obtain damages or other relief for practices prohibited by this Act. Requires, with respect to any such state action, that the FCC be notified and permitted to intervene. 
 
Prohibits states, during the pendency of any FCC-instituted action for an alleged violation of a regulation promulgated under this Act, from instituting an action under this Act for such alleged violations against any defendant named in the FCC complaint. 
 
Preempts state and political subdivision prepaid calling card disclosure laws, unless such requirements are identical to the regulations promulgated under this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House