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To extend the suspension of duty on certain fluoropolymers.

Bill: 112-hr-5694
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2012-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension of duty on certain fluoropolymers.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Introduced in House
To extend the suspension of duty on certain cathode-ray tubes.

Bill: 112-hr-5695
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2012-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension of duty on certain cathode-ray tubes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Introduced in House
To extend the suspension of duty on certain cathode-ray tubes.

Bill: 112-hr-5696
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2012-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension of duty on certain cathode-ray tubes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Introduced in House
To extend the suspension of duty on 9-Anthracenecarboxylic acid, (triethoxysilyl)methyl ester.

Bill: 112-hr-5697
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2012-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension of duty on 9-Anthracenecarboxylic acid, (triethoxysilyl)methyl ester.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on S-(2-benzothiazolyl)-2-(2-amino-thiazol-4-yl)-2-acetoxyimino thioacetate (Thioester).

Bill: 112-hr-5698
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2012-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on S-(2-benzothiazolyl)-2-(2-amino-thiazol-4-yl)-2-acetoxyimino thioacetate (Thioester).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain yarn of carded wool.

Bill: 112-hr-5699
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2012-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain yarn of carded wool.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain cotton yarn of combed fibers.

Bill: 112-hr-5700
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2012-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain cotton yarn of combed fibers.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain cotton yarn of combed fibers.

Bill: 112-hr-5701
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2012-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain cotton yarn of combed fibers.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Diiodomethyl-p-tolylsulfone.

Bill: 112-hr-5702
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2012-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Diiodomethyl-p-tolylsulfone.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 2-Propenoic acid, polymer with diethenylbenzene.

Bill: 112-hr-5703
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2012-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on 2-Propenoic acid, polymer with diethenylbenzene.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Introduced in House
To renew the temporary suspension of duty on Methyl Hydroxyethyl Cellulose.

Bill: 112-hr-5704
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2012-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the suspension of duty on Methyl Hydroxyethyl Cellulose. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Municipal Bond Market Support Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5705
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-29]
Introduced: 2012-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Securities
State and local finance
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: 
Municipal Bond Market Support Act of 2012 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the small issuer exemption from interest expense allocation rules for financial institutions to: (1) permanently increase from $10 million to $30 million the annual limit on the amount of tax-exempt obligations that a small issuer may issue, and (2) allow an inflation adjustment to such increased limit amount after 2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Army Arsenal Strategic Workload Enhancement Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5706
Sponsor: Rep. Schilling, Robert T. [R-IL-17]
Introduced: 2012-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Manufacturing
Military facilities and property
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: 
Army Arsenal Strategic Workload Enhancement Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to develop and promulgate guidelines for the Department of Defense (DOD), defense agencies, and military services to have supplies, components, end items, parts, assemblies, and sub-assemblies (supplies and parts) made in factories or arsenals owned by the United States, to the extent that such factories or arsenals can make such supplies and parts on an economical basis while preserving the ability to provide an effective and timely response to mobilizations, national defense contingency situations, and other emergency requirements.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Army to: (1) assign government-owned and operated Army factories and arsenals sufficient workload to ensure cost efficiency and technical competence in peacetime, while preserving the response ability described above; and (2) make Army arsenals available to DOD, the defense agencies, and military services for the procurement of supplies, components, parts, systems, and subsystems.
 
Directs: (1) the Secretary to report annually to Congress on Army arsenal capabilities, workload, performance, and required capital investments; and (2) the Comptroller General to review each report for completeness and compliance and provide findings to the congressional defense committees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Hospital Price Transparency and Disclosure Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-5709
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2012-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: 
 Hospital Price Transparency and Disclosure Act of 2011 [sic] - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require a hospital or ambulatory surgical center to report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding: (1) the frequency of occurrence of certain treatment episodes for the most frequently treated conditions or diseases in each setting, (2) the total number of treatment episodes for which care was furnished by the hospital or center, and (3) the insured and uninsured average charge by the hospital or center for such treatment episode. 
 
Requires the Secretary to promptly post such information on the HHS website in a manner that promotes charge comparisons among hospitals and among ambulatory surgical centers. Requires a hospital and an ambulatory surgical center to prominently post at each admission site a notice of the availability of such data.
 
 Authorizes civil penalties for violations of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
Better Use of Refrigerator Regulations Act

Bill: 112-hr-5710
Sponsor: Rep. Westmoreland, Lynn A. [R-GA-3]
Introduced: 2012-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Food industry and services
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: 
Better Use of Refrigerator Regulations Act - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to establish a total daily energy consumption standard for medium temperature commercial refrigerators manufactured six months after this Act's enactment that: (1) have a self-contained condensing unit, sliding or hinged doors in the back intended for use by sales personnel, and other transparent material in the front for displaying merchandise; and (2) are no greater than 66 inches high and are intended to serve as a counter for transactions between sales personnel and customers.
 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Jobs Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5712
Sponsor: Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2012-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: 
Veterans Jobs Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, in carrying out the Transition Assistance Program, to establish a two-year pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of using community business leaders as mentors to facilitate the transition of members of the Armed Forces being separated from active duty and their spouses.
 
Requires the Secretary, if carrying out such program, to report findings to the congressional defense and veterans committees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
Talk Before You Toll Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5713
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2012-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Economic performance and conditions
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Public participation and lobbying
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: 
Talk Before You Toll Act of 2012 - Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) to revise the Interstate System (IS) reconstruction and rehabilitation pilot program. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to permit states to collect tolls on highways, bridges, or tunnels for reconstructing and rehabilitating IS highway corridors only if the state has solicited, received, and published on its website public comments approving or disapproving the toll facility, including comments on its economic and environmental impact.
 
Directs the Secretary, upon a state's application for a facility, to meet monthly with local transportation representatives and consumer advocacy groups to discuss their views and recommendations for any modifications to a state's plan for a proposed toll facility.
 
Requires a state to hold at least one public meeting to review the specifics of its final facility management plan and solicit public comment.
 
Requires the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to: (1) publish on its website all comments and suggestions received by the state regarding the proposed toll facility, and (2) consider them before making a final determination on a state's application.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
Airline Pension Fairness Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5715
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2012-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Employee benefits and pensions
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: 
Airline Pension Fairness Act of 2012 - Amends the Pension Protection Act of 2006 to extend special alternative funding rules for single-employer defined benefit retirement plans for commercial airlines for plan years 2012 and 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
Melanoma Research Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5716
Sponsor: Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2012-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Government trust funds
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
Research administration and funding
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: 
Melanoma Research Act of 2012 - Establishes the Skin Cancer Research Fund, into which amounts received from taxes on indoor tanning services shall be deposited and from which amounts shall be available exclusively for National Institutes of Health (NIH) research relating to skin cancer. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
Army Corps of Engineers Communications Accountability Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5717
Sponsor: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2012-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Emergency planning and evacuation
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives
Lakes and rivers
Missouri River

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: 
Army Corps of Engineers Communications Accountability Act of 2012 - Requires the Chief of Engineers: (1) to notify the public within seven days after determining that runoff conditions in the Missouri River System are likely to reach the upper quartile or upper decile scenarios specified for a year in an annual operating plan for such System; and (2) to meet with a state, local, or tribal government with jurisdiction over an area that will be affected by a flood occurring in the System within seven days after such government requests such a consultation regarding such an upper decile determination. Authorizes the Chief to provide in such consultation information regarding expected water levels, advice regarding preparedness actions, and technical assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to revise the new market tax credit rules for population census tracts with low populations.

Bill: 112-hr-5718
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2012-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Economic development
Financial services and investments
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the new markets tax credit, to expand criteria for the designation of a census track with a population of less than 2,000 as a low-income community for purposes of such credit to include consideration of the poverty rate, median family income, or unemployment rate in such community. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Interest Deduction Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5719
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2012-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: 
Student Loan Interest Deduction Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the maximum tax deduction for interest paid on any qualified education loan to $5,000 ($10,000 for married couples filing a joint tax return), and (2) repeal the limitation on such deduction based upon modified adjusted gross income. Makes permanent the elimination of the five-year limitation on such tax deduction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House