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A bill 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-s-3551
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2012-09-13 in the Senate
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: 2012-09-13
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: 2012-09-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Simulated Tactical Flight Training Study Act of 2012

Bill: 112-s-3554
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2012-09-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Military education and training
Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: 
Simulated Tactical Flight Training Study Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to provide for an appropriate federally funded research and development center to study the effectiveness of simulated tactical flight training in a sustained gravity environment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Telemarketing Fraud Modernization Act of 2012

Bill: 112-s-3556
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2012-09-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Computers and information technology
Consumer credit
Financial services and investments
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health care costs and insurance
Health facilities and institutions
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: 
Telemarketing Fraud Modernization Act of 2012 - Amends the federal criminal code to modify telemarketing fraud prohibitions by including: (1) measures to induce investment for financial profit, participation in a business opportunity, or commitment to a loan; and (2) marketing by use of emails, text messages, or electronic instant messages.
 
Imposes enhanced criminal penalties for health care fraud offenses in connection with the conduct of telemarketing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6458)
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Arbitration Fairness for Students Act

Bill: 112-s-3557
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2012-09-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Contracts and agency
Education programs funding
Higher education
School administration
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: 
Arbitration Fairness for Students Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit institutions of higher education that participate in title IV (Student Assistance) programs from including predispute arbitration agreements in student enrollment contracts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6458-6460)
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Introduced in Senate
FUELS Act

Bill: 112-s-3559
Sponsor: Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2012-09-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Oil and gas
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: 
Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act or the FUELS Act - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in implementing the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to any farm, to require certification of compliance with such rule by: (1) a professional engineer for a farm with an individual tank with an aboveground storage capacity greater than 10,000 gallons, an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of at least 42,000 gallons, or a history that includes a spill, as determined by the Administrator; or (2) the owner or operator of the farm (via self-certification) for a farm with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity greater than 10,000 gallons but less than 42,000 gallons and no history of spills. Directs the Administrator to exempt from all requirements of such rule any farm with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of 10,000 gallons or less and no history of spills.
 
Excludes from the aggregate storage capacity of a farm all containers on separate parcels that have a capacity of less than 1,320 gallons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act of 2012

Bill: 112-s-3560
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2012-09-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: 
Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to develop a scientific framework for research on recalcitrant cancers (cancer with a 5-year relative survival rate below 50%), which includes: (1) a review of the status of research, such as a summary of findings, identification of promising scientific advances, a description of the availability of qualified scientific researchers, and the identification of resources available to facilitate research; (2) identification of research questions that have not been adequately addressed; and (3) recommendations for actions to advance research and for appropriate benchmarks to measure progress on achieving such actions. Requires the Director to develop the framework within 18 months and review and update it every 5 years.
 
Requires the Director to identify within 6 months 2 or more recalcitrant cancers that have a 5-year relative survival rate of less than 20%, and are estimated to cause the death of at least 30,000 individuals in the United States per year. Authorizes the Director to identify additional such cancers and to consider additional metrics of progress (such as incidence and mortality rates) against such cancer.
 
Requires the Director to convene a working group for each identified cancer to provide expertise on, and assist in developing, a scientific framework under this Act.
 
Requires the Director to consider each relevant scientific framework developed under this Act when making recommendations for exception funding for grant applications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to correct the boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit L06, Topsail, North Carolina.

Bill: 112-s-3561
Sponsor: Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC]
Introduced: 2012-09-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
North Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-19
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 Topsail, North Carolina) with the map entitled &quot;John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Corrected Unit L06.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to modify the Pilot Project offices of the Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project.

Bill: 112-s-3563
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2012-09-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Department of the Interior
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Montana
New Mexico
Oil and gas
Utah
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to revise the Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project offices to: (1) specify Field Office for each of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Offices designated; and (2) replace the Miles City, Montana, field office with the Montana/Dakotas State Office, Montana (Billings).

action_date: 2012-12-30
text: 

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

 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to revise the Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project offices to: (1) specify Field Office for each of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Offices designated; and (2) replace the Miles City, Montana, field office with the Montana/Dakotas State Office, Montana (Billings).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-31
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2012-12-31
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2012-12-31
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2012-12-30
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8552)
action_date: 2012-12-30
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S8552)
action_date: 2012-12-30
text: Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8552, S8552-8556)
action_date: 2012-12-30
text: Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8552, S8552-8556)
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Bill: 112-s-3565
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2012-09-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child care and development
Civil actions and liability
Employee hiring
Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Sex and reproductive health
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Women's employment
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: 
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Declares it an unlawful employment practice for employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, and other specified entities to: (1) not make reasonable accommodations to known limitations related to the pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions of job applicants or employees, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on such an entity's business operation; (2) deny employment opportunities based on the need of the entity to make such reasonable accommodations; (3) require such job applicants or employees to accept an accommodation that they choose not to accept; or (4) require such employees to take leave if another reasonable accommodation can be provided to their known limitations. 
 
Sets forth enforcement procedures and remedies under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, Government Employee Rights Act of 1991, and the rights and protections extended to presidential offices.
 
Directs the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to issue regulations to carry out this Act, including the identification of reasonable accommodations addressing known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Introduced in Senate
National Women's History Museum Commission Act of 2012

Bill: 112-s-3567
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2012-09-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Advisory bodies
District of Columbia
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
U.S. history
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: 
National Women's History Museum Commission Act of 2012 - Establishes the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Women's History Museum to submit to the President and Congress a report containing recommendations with respect to a plan of action for the establishment and maintenance of a National Women's History Museum in Washington, D.C.
 
Requires the Commission to be composed of eight members. Directs the Senate Majority Leader, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Senate Minority Leader, and House Minority Leader to each appoint two Commission members.
 
Directs the Commission to: (1) report on issues including potential locations for the Museum and whether it should be part of the Smithsonian Institution, and (2) develop a fundraising plan to support the establishment and maintenance of the Museum through contributions from the public.
 
Authorizes the Commission to employ and compensate an executive director and other necessary personnel.
 
Terminates the Commission within a specified period after it has submitted its final reports pursuant to this Act.
 
Prohibits federal funds from being obligated to carry out this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6461)
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Cloud Computing Act of 2012

Bill: 112-s-3569
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2012-09-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Europe
European Union
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
International organizations and cooperation
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: 
Cloud Computing Act of 2012 - Amends the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to provide that each instance of unauthorized access of a cloud computing account, access of such an account in excess of authorization, or an attempt or conspiracy to access such an account without or in excess of authorization in violation of such Act shall constitute a separate offense.
 
Defines: (1) "cloud computing account" as information stored on a cloud computing service that requires a password or similar information to access and is attributable to an individual; and (2) "cloud computing service" as a service that enables convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or interaction by the service provider.
 
Establishes the value of the loss of the use of a computer, the value of the information obtained, and the value of the aggregated loss, for an offense involving unauthorized access to a protected computer that is part of a cloud computing service, as the greater of: (1) the value of the loss of use, information, or aggregated loss to one or more persons; or (2) the product obtained by multiplying $500 by the number of cloud computing accounts accessed.
 
Directs the Secretary of State to work with international fora, such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), to advance the aims of ensuring interoperability between the provisions of this Act and other laws and policies of the United States and foreign countries. 
 
Requires, within 180 days after enactment of this Act and at least once each year for four years thereafter: (1) the Secretary to conduct a study on international cooperation regarding data privacy, retention, and security; and (2) the heads of specified federal agencies to submit to the Administrator of the Office of Electronic Government and Information Technology of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a three-year forecast of the agency's plans relating to the procurement of cloud computing services and support. Directs the Administrator to make each such forecast available to the public via an Internet website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to conduct a small business review panel on the qualified mortgage rule before the Bureau can go forward with a final rule.

Bill: 112-s-3571
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2012-09-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Economic performance and conditions
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: 
Amends the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act, title XIV of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, to declare that nothing in such Act, including its effective dates, shall apply with respect to regulations required to be issued pursuant to certain safe harbor and rebuttable presumption requirements that authorize: (1) any creditor or assignee subject to liability with respect to any residential mortgage loan to presume that it has met the minimum standards for such a loan if it is a qualified mortgage meeting specified criteria that does not result in a balloon payment; and (2) the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve by regulation to include as a qualified mortgage any balloon loan meeting the same specified criteria if it meets certain other criteria as well, including that it is extended by a creditor operating predominantly in rural or underserved areas.
 
Treats any such regulations as having a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities (small businesses). 
Prohibits any such regulation from taking effect unless and until the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has convened a small business review panel to participate in the rulemaking through the reasonable use of specified comment-gathering techniques.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Empower States Act of 2012

Bill: 112-s-3573
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2012-09-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Economic performance and conditions
Education programs funding
Energy prices
Energy revenues and royalties
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Indian lands and resources rights
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial review and appeals
Land use and conservation
Oil and gas
State and local government operations
Unemployment
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: 
Empower States Act of 2012 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act, with respect to enforcement of drinking water regulations, to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from taking any enforcement action against a state with primary enforcement responsibility for public water systems or a company or individual within the state, unless: (1) the Administrator determines that there is an imminent and substantial danger to the public health or environment, and (2) the state failed to take corrective action.
 
Prohibits the Administrator from amending or revoking any program of a state with partial or total primary enforcement responsibility unless the Administrator determines, by clear and convincing evidence, that the program fails to effectively protect drinking water in the state.
 
Requires the head of a federal department or agency, before issuing or promulgating any guideline or regulation relating to oil and gas exploration and production on federal, state, tribal, or fee land pursuant to federal law or executive order, to seek comments from and consult with the head of each affected state, state agency, and Indian tribe at a location within their jurisdiction.
 
Requires federal departments and agencies to develop Statements of Energy and Economic Impact that detail and analyze: (1) adverse effects of an action on energy supply, distribution, or use; and (2) impact on the domestic economy if the action is taken. 
Prohibits imposition of any new or modified oil and gas regulation unless the head of the applicable department or agency determines: (1) that the rule is necessary to prevent immediate harm to human health or the environment, and (2) by clear and convincing evidence that the state or tribe does not have an existing reasonable alternative to the proposed regulation. 
Requires any regulation promulgated after enactment of this Act that requires disclosure of hydraulic fracturing chemicals to refer to the database managed by the Ground Water Protection Council and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. 
Sets forth procedures for judicial review of such regulations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Introduced in Senate