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Detroit Economic Competitiveness Act

Bill: 112-hr-6500
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Hansen [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2012-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Capital gains tax
Congressional oversight
Economic development
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment taxes
Government trust funds
Income tax exclusion
Infrastructure development
Michigan
Sales and excise taxes
Securities
State and local finance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: 
Detroit Economic Competitiveness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish the Detroit Jobs Trust Fund to finance economic development in Detroit, Michigan. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make annual distributions from such Fund to the city of Detroit for payment of debt obligations and for job development, public safety, education, and business and public infrastructure. Prohibits any distributions unless the city of Detroit: (1) does not impose an income tax during a period of distribution, (2) has made specified reductions in aggregate property taxes, (3) has used prior distributions as required under this Act, (4) has provided required information to the Comptroller General (GAO), and (5) has implemented a five-year plan describing development goals for Detroit and detailing how distributions from the Trust Fund will be spent. Terminates such Fund five years after enactment of this Act.
 
Requires GAO to submit annual reports to Congress describing the use of distributions from the Trust Fund, the extent to which progress has been made in meeting the plan's development goals, and Comptroller General recommendations for improving the program established under this Act.
 
Excludes from gross income capital gain from the sale or exchange of investment property used in trade or business in Detroit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2012-09-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2012-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Introduced in House
Energy Consumer Protection Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6501
Sponsor: Rep. Berg, Rick [R-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2012-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Energy prices
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Oil and gas
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: 
Energy Consumer Protection Act of 2012 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from finalizing a proposed rule under the Clean Air Act that imposes any performance standard for emissions of any greenhouse gas from any existing or new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit if a state regulatory authority informs the Administrator that the rule is likely to lead to a 3% or greater increase in the price of electricity for end-use consumers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Introduced in House
Life-Threatening Diseases Compassion through Combination Therapy Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6502
Sponsor: Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2012-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Intellectual property
Medical research
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: 
Life-Threatening Diseases Compassion through Combination Therapy Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to designate a combination of drugs as a significant drug combination if such combination: (1) includes two or more drugs or biological products that, when used in combination, offer the potential to significantly advance treatment for a serious or life-threatening disease and, in combination, meet the criteria for co-development of drug combinations in Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidance; and (2) includes at least two drugs that are not approved.
 
Requires the Secretary to develop, publish, and revise annually a list of combinations of two or more drugs designated as significant drug combinations.
 
Extends the market exclusivity for a drug by six months if it is designated as a significant drug combination before it is approved as a new drug.
 
Requires the Secretary to review and take action on a drug in a significant drug combination designated under this Act within six months after receiving an application for approval of a new drug application or licensure of a biosimilar biological product.
 
Requires the Secretary, at the request of the sponsor of a drug, to expedite development and review for designated drug combinations.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish an interagency task force to encourage the co-development of drugs in significant drug combinations. Requires the task force to develop, revise in response to public comments, and update annually a list of types of drug combinations it recommends that the Secretary designate as significant drug combinations.
 
Directs the Secretary to study the impact of the extension of market exclusivity under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Investment Company Modernization Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6504
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2012-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Government lending and loan guarantees
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: 
Small Business Investment Company Modernization Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to increase from $225 million to $350 million the maximum amount of outstanding leverage to be made available by the Small Business Administration (SBA) to two or more commonly controlled small business investment companies not under capital impairment.

action_date: 2012-12-18
text: 

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

 
Small Business Investment Company Modernization Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to increase from $225 million to $350 million the maximum amount of outstanding leverage to be made available by the Small Business Administration (SBA) to two or more commonly controlled small business investment companies not under capital impairment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2012-12-18
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2012-12-18
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 359 - 36, 1 Present (Roll no. 629). (text: CR H6838)
action_date: 2012-12-18
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 359 - 36, 1 Present (Roll no. 629).(text: CR H6838)
action_date: 2012-12-18
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6852-6853)
action_date: 2012-12-18
text: At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Chabot 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: 2012-12-18
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6504.
action_date: 2012-12-18
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6838-6840)
action_date: 2012-12-18
text: Mr. Chabot moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Introduced in House
SEEED Commission Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6505
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2012-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Economic development
Government studies and investigations
Policy sciences
Public-private cooperation
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: 
Social Enterprise Ecosystem and Economic Development Commission Act of 2012 or the SEEED Commission Act of 2012 - Establishes the Commission on the Advancement of Social Enterprise to examine and make recommendations on ways the federal government can support and utilize social enterprises. Requires the Commission to: (1) establish criteria for identifying social enterprises for purposes of federal programs, and (2) identify opportunities for the federal government to engage social enterprises in creating jobs and strengthening local economies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Introduced in House
Understanding the True Cost of College Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6506
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2012-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
School administration
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: 
Understanding the True Cost of College Act of 2012 - Amends the Higher Education Opportunity Act to refer to the Secretary of Education's model institution of higher eduction (IHE) financial aid offer form as the standard form. 
 
Requires the standard form to include certain additional items, such as: (1) information concerning work study assistance, including its dependence on the availability of employment opportunities; (2) the disclosure that federal student loans offer generally more favorable terms and repayment options than private education loans; (3) the deadline for and a summary of the financial aid acceptance process; (4) the academic period covered by the offer and whether the aid is based on full-time or part-time enrollment; and (5) the IHE's most recent cohort default rate compared to the national average cohort default rate, if more than 30% of the school's students take out student loans.
 
Requires more detailed information to be included on the form. 
 
Includes among those details, with respect to federal education loans, information: (1) identifying the type and amount of loan recommended for the applicable student; (2) clearly indicating that such loans need to be repaid; (3) disclosing the student's right to borrow less than the recommended amount; and (4) detailing the interest rates, fees, expected monthly repayment amounts, and sums to be paid over the life of such loans.
 
Requires that certain steps be taken to improve the clarity of the form and provide recipients with access to additional information.
 
Directs the Secretary, before finalizing the standard form, to submit it to consumer testing among students, their families, IHEs, secondary school and postsecondary counselors, and nonprofit consumer groups.
 
Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each IHE receiving federal financial assistance under the Act to use the standard form in providing written or electronic financial aid offers to students enrolled in, or accepted for enrollment in, the IHE.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Nuanced Taconite Regulations Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6507
Sponsor: Rep. Cravaack, Chip [R-MN-8]
Introduced: 2012-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Environmental technology
Industrial facilities
Metals
Mining
Minnesota
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: 
Promoting Nuanced Taconite Regulations Act of 2012 - Amends the Clean Air Act (CAA) to consider as approved with respect to a taconite ore processing facility, under ambient air quality standard implementation plans for a state, any implementation plan submitted by the state (including any such plan submitted prior to enactment of this Act) that specifies the best available retrofit technology for any such facility for the purpose of eliminating or reducing any impairment of visibility.
 
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), if a state has submitted such a plan, from promulgating, implementing, or enforcing any requirement pursuant to a federal implementation plan under the CAA with respect to such facility for such purpose.
 
Makes this Act applicable until January 1, 2022.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Introduced in House
E-STOP Act

Bill: 112-hr-6508
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2012-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: 
Ensuring Shoppers Transparency in Online Pricing Act of 2012 or the E-STOP Act - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate rules requiring an Internet merchant with annual gross revenue of more than $1 million to disclose to each consumer, prior to the final purchase of any good or service, the use of a price-altering computer program. Defines &quot;price-altering computer program&quot; as one that: (1) accesses a consumer's personal information, including information about the consumer's computer and browsing history; and (2) uses such information to alter the merchant's selling price of a good or service. Allows exemptions to accommodate the reasonable expectations of consumers concerning price changes.
 
Deems a violation of a rule promulgated under this Act to be an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Introduced in House
RICE Act

Bill: 112-hr-6509
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2012-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cancer
Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: 
Reducing food-based Inorganic and Organic Compounds Exposure Act of 2012 or the RICE Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to promulgate a final regulation under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act establishing the minimum quantity of total arsenic contained in rice or a rice product that will cause the rice or rice product to be deemed to be adulterated under the Act.
 
Requires the regulation to: (1) apply the minimum quantity to rice and rice products regardless of the origin of the arsenic, (2) include the establishment of tolerances, and (3) establish a standard for total arsenic based on the maximum achievable reduction in cancer risk and be at least as protective as the allowable level set for total arsenic in bottled water under the Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1619)
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Prepayment Standardization Act

Bill: 112-hr-6510
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-19]
Introduced: 2012-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: 
Student Loan Prepayment Standardization Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require that when the holder of a borrower's private education loans or loans made under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) or Direct Loan (DL) programs receives a prepayment for such loans, it is to be applied first toward any fees due on such loans and then, unless the borrower requests otherwise, toward the interest and principal due on the loan with the highest interest rate.
 
Makes that requirement inapplicable to income-based repayment plans for FFELs or DLs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Introduced in House
To require investigations into and a report on the September 11-13, 2012, attacks on the United States missions in Libya, Egypt, and Yemen, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-6511
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2012-09-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Congressional oversight
Congressional tributes
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Egypt
Government studies and investigations
Libya
Middle East
Terrorism
Yemen

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: 
States that: (1) Congress condemns the attacks on the U.S. diplomatic missions in Libya, Egypt, and Yemen; and (2) the American people mourn the loss of our public servants and offer our condolences to the families of those killed in Benghazi, Libya. 
 
Directs the President to report to Congress on: (1) the September 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya; (2) the attacks on the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, that began on September 11, 2012; (3) the September 13, 2012, attack on the U.S. Embassy in Sana'a, Yemen; and (4) the state of security at U.S. diplomatic missions globally.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2012-09-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2012-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Introduced in House
Credible Ratings Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6512
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2012-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Credit and credit markets
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: 
Credible Ratings Act of 2012 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require the annual internal controls report of each nationally recognized statistical rating organization (NRSRO) to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to contain a certification that the NRSRO monitors the credit ratings it issues, at least quarterly, in order to ensure that they are as accurate as possible based upon the NRSRO's procedures and methodologies as furnished to the SEC.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Introduced in House
To extend the authorization of the Highlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2024.

Bill: 112-hr-6513
Sponsor: Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2012-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Connecticut
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
New Jersey
New York State
Pennsylvania
Water quality
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: 
Amends the Highlands Conservation Act to extend, through FY2024, funding for: (1) land conservation partnership projects in the highlands regions of Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; and (2) Forest Service and Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs to assist such states, units of local government, and private forest and farm landowners in the conservation of land and natural resources in that region. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-10-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2012-10-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2012-09-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2012-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Introduced in House