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National Park Service 100th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 112-hr-5840
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2012-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Currency
Department of the Interior
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: 
National Park Service 100th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue gold, silver, and half-dollar clad coins in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the National Park Service (NPS). 
 
Authorizes the issuance of coins under this Act only for a one-year period, beginning on January 1, 2016.
 
Requires all sales of coins minted under this Act to include a surcharge of $35 per gold coin, $10 per silver coin, and $5 per half-dollar clad coin. 
 
Requires all of the surcharges received from the sale of such coins to be paid to the National Park Foundation for projects and programs to help preserve and protect resources under the stewardship of the NPS and to promote public enjoyment and appreciation of those resources. 
 
Prohibits the surcharges paid to the Foundation from being used for land acquisition. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5841
Sponsor: Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2012-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Domestic violence and child abuse
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: 
Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act of 2012 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award grants to eligible federally qualified health centers to fund a minimum of 10 demonstration projects to promote: (1) universal access to family centered, evidence-based interventions that prevent child maltreatment by addressing parenting practices and skills; and (2) behavioral health and family well-being for families from diverse socioeconomic, cultural, racial, and ethnic backgrounds, including by addressing issues related to sexual orientation and individuals with disabilities.
 
 Sets forth permitted uses of grant funds, including to: (1) adapt and implement evidence-based parenting skills training programs for caregivers from all backgrounds who use the health center for health care and child well-visits; (2) adapt instruments and screen caregivers for child maltreatment risk factors such as depression, substance abuse, and intimate partner violence; and (3) provide access to mental health services to caregivers screened positive for child maltreatment risk factors.
 
 Requires the Secretary to award a contract for the provision of technical assistance, project coordination, and training for health care professionals for grantees under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5842
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2012-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: 
Restoring Access to Medication Act - Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, as added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, that limit payments for medications from health savings accounts, medical savings accounts, and health flexible spending arrangements to only prescription drugs or insulin (thus allowing distributions from such accounts for over-the-counter drugs).

action_date: 2012-06-05
text: 
Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2012 - Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, as added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, that limit payments for medications from health savings accounts, Archer medical savings accounts, and health flexible spending arrangements and reimbursement arrangements to only prescription drugs or insulin (thus allowing distributions from such accounts for over-the-counter drugs).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-05
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 364.
action_date: 2012-06-05
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 112-516.
action_date: 2012-06-05
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 112-516.
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 9.
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to permit use of certain grant funds for training conducted in conjunction with a national laboratory or research facility.

Bill: 112-hr-5843
Sponsor: Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3]
Introduced: 2012-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Emergency planning and evacuation
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Homeland security
Law enforcement administration and funding
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: 
Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to permit the use of grant funds under the Urban Area Security Initiative or under the State Homeland Security Grant Program for training conducted in conjunction with a national laboratory or research facility.

action_date: 2012-06-28
text: 

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

 
Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to permit the use of grant funds under the Urban Area Security Initiative or under the State Homeland Security Grant Program for training conducted in conjunction with a national laboratory or research facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-29
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2012-06-28
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2012-06-28
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 6/26/2012 H4014)
action_date: 2012-06-28
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR 6/26/2012 H4014)
action_date: 2012-06-28
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4421-4422)
action_date: 2012-06-26
text: At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Thompson (MS) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
action_date: 2012-06-26
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5843.
action_date: 2012-06-26
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4014-4015)
action_date: 2012-06-26
text: Mr. King (NY) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2012-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies.
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Victims on Campus Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5844
Sponsor: Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7]
Introduced: 2012-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Right of privacy
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: 
Protecting Victims on Campus Act of 2012 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise provisions that require each institution of higher education (IHE) participating in a title IV (Student Assistance) program to comply with certain crime reporting requirements.
 
Requires IHEs to provide students and employees with a list of the titles, in each department of the IHE, of each individual who is a campus security authority to whom they should report specified criminal offenses.
 
Includes criminal offenses involving minors that are reported to campus security authorities or the local police among the criminal offenses that are to be included in: (1) the annual campus security report provided to current and prospective students and employees, and (2) the timely reports to the campus community on crimes considered to be a threat to the community.
 
Requires the personally identifiable information of victims to be kept confidential when IHEs are making timely reports to the campus community on crimes considered to be a threat to the community.
 
Requires IHEs, in carrying out their obligation to make such timely reports, to: (1) designate an individual to serve as campus security authority coordinator, and (2) provide for the training of that coordinator and the campus security authorities.
 
Directs the Secretary of Education, when imposing civil penalties on IHEs for substantial violations of the crime reporting requirements, to distinguish between IHEs that intentionally violated those requirements and those whose violations are attributable to institutional neglect. 
 
Requires the Secretary to provide each IHE that is to be investigated for violating such reporting requirements with a timeline of the investigation and a preliminary report that includes the reasons for the investigation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Back to Work Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5845
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2012-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Disability and paralysis
Employee hiring
Employment taxes
Government trust funds
Income tax credits
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: 
Veterans Back to Work Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2013 the work opportunity tax credit for hiring qualified veterans (veterans receiving compensation for a service-connected disability and other federal assistance), and (2) allow employers who hire qualified veterans an exemption through 2013 from employment and railroad retirement taxes. Appropriates amounts to the Social Security Old-Age and Survivors Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund to cover any revenue loss to such Funds resulting from this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Second Amendment Sovereignty Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5846
Sponsor: Rep. Quayle, Benjamin [R-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2012-05-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Firearms and explosives
International law and treaties
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: 
Second Amendment Sovereignty Act of 2012 - Expresses the sense of Congress that U.S. sovereignty and the constitutionally protected freedoms of American gun owners must be upheld and not be undermined by a United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.
 
Prohibits funds from being obligated or expended to use U.S. influence, in connection with negotiations for a United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, to restrict the rights of U.S. citizens under the Second Amendment to the Constitution, or to otherwise regulate domestic manufacture, assembly, possession, use, transfer, or purchase of firearms, ammunition, or related items.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Fostering Coordination in Federal Preparedness Grants Act

Bill: 112-hr-5847
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2012-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Emergency planning and evacuation
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Homeland security
Law enforcement administration and funding
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: 
Fostering Coordination in Federal Preparedness Grants Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with relevant Department of Homeland Security (DHS) components and other appropriate federal departments and agencies, to establish an interagency working group to better coordinate grants authorized under the Urban Area Security Initiative, the State Homeland Security Grant Program, and other federal preparedness grants.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.
action_date: 2012-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2012-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2012-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5848
Sponsor: Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2012-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal district courts
Judicial procedure and administration
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Specialized courts

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: 
Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2012 - Amends the federal judicial code to prohibit the exclusion of citizens from service as a grand or petit juror in U.S. district courts or the Court of International Trade on account of sexual orientation or gender identity (thereby expanding the current prohibition on exclusion on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or economic status).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Charity Care Tax Deduction for Physicians Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5849
Sponsor: Rep. Schilling, Robert T. [R-IL-17]
Introduced: 2012-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health personnel
Income tax deductions
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: 
Charity Care Tax Deduction for Physicians Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a physician a tax deduction equal to the amount such physician would have otherwise charged for charity medical care provided on a volunteer or pro bono basis. Limits the allowable amount of such deduction to 10% of such physician's gross income for the taxable year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Visa Waiver for Israel Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5850
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2012-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Homeland security
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Israel
Middle East
Terrorism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: 
Visa Waiver for Israel Act of 2012 - Includes Israel in the visa waiver program upon the Secretary of Homeland Security's (DHS) determination that Israel: (1) has entered into an agreement with the United States to report, or make available through Interpol or other means, information about passport theft or loss; (2) has entered into an information sharing agreement with the United States regarding whether Israeli citizens and nationals traveling to the United States represent a U.S. security threat; (3) cooperates with the U.S. government on counterterrorism initiatives, information sharing, and preventing terrorist travel; (4) issues all new and reissued passports with biometric identifiers; and (5) has made every reasonable effort, without jeopardizing Israeli security, to ensure that reciprocal privileges are extended to all U.S. citizens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Increasing Small Business Lending Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5851
Sponsor: Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2012-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Government lending and loan guarantees
Small business
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: 
Increasing Small Business Lending Act of 2012 - Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to extend small business loan fee reductions and eliminations and small business loan guarantees under such Act to one year after the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that spouses and widows or widowers of certain veterans and members of the armed forces receive preference with respect to employment in the competitive service, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-5852
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2012-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Marriage and family status
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: 
Entitles the spouse or unremarried widow or widower of either a veteran who performed certain active duty or a current member of the Armed Forces to receive an additional five points preference for entrance into the competitive service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Gray Market Drug Reform and Transparency Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5853
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2012-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government information and archives
Prescription drugs
Retail and wholesale trades
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-22
text: 
Gray Market Drug Reform and Transparency Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to: (1) make it a prohibited act and a misbranding for a wholesale distributor of prescription drugs to purchase or receive a prescription drug from a pharmacy or a pharmacist, (2) require annual reporting by wholesale distributors of prescription drugs, (3) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and maintain a national database of information reported by wholesale distributors of prescription drugs and to require such database to include information on actions taken by states against wholesale distributors (e.g., disciplinary actions and license revocations), (4) require the Secretary to assess and collect fees from wholesale distributors of prescription drugs, and (5) require wholesale distributors of prescription drugs to provide to recipients of a prescription drug in shortage the sales price for such drug at the time of its sale and at the time of any prior sale of such drug when it was in shortage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-22
text: Introduced in House