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Health Savings Accounts Improvements Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5858
Sponsor: Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2]
Introduced: 2012-05-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-29
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax treatment of health savings accounts (HSAs), to: (1) expand the tax credit for retirement savings contributions to include contributions to an HSA, (2) provide a special rule to allow a tax deduction for medical expenses incurred before the establishment of an HSA, (3) allow a husband and wife to make catch-up contributions to the same HSA, (4) allow veterans who receive medical benefits for a service-connected disability to participate in an HSA, and (5) allow HSA participants enrolled in a group health plan who have attained age 55 to pay expenses for coverage under such plan from an HSA. 

action_date: 2012-06-05
text: 
Health Savings Accounts Improvements Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to: (1) allow a tax credit for retirement savings contributions for deductible contributions made to an HSA and salary reduction contributions under a cafeteria plan made by an employer to an HSA; (2) provide a special rule to allow a tax deduction for medical expenses incurred before the establishment of an HSA; (3) allow a husband and wife to make catch-up contributions to the same HSA; (4) allow veterans who receive medical benefits for a service-connected disability to participate in an HSA; and (5) allow HSA participants who are enrolled in a group health plan as a former employee or spouse of a former employee and who have attained age 55, but not age 65, to pay expenses for coverage under such plan from an HSA. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-05
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 365.
action_date: 2012-06-05
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 112-517.
action_date: 2012-06-05
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 112-517.
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 7.
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2012-05-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-05-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-29
text: Introduced in House
Executive Compensation Clawback Full Enforcement Act

Bill: 112-hr-5860
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2012-05-30 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Civil actions and liability
Corporate finance and management
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-30
text: 
Executive Compensation Clawback Full Enforcement Act - Prohibits personnel or affiliated parties of depository institutions, depository institution holding companies, or nonbank financial companies who are required by federal financial regulatory law that imposes personal liability from insuring or hedging against, or otherwise transferring the risks associated with, personal liability for amounts owed as repayment of previously earned compensation or civil penalties.
 
States that such persons are not precluded from being provided funds from: (1) specified entities to defend against previously earned compensation recovery or civil money penalty, or (2) certain insurance that protects against personal liability.
 
Applies this Act to the personnel or affiliated party of a foreign nonbank financial company only to the extent such party is based in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2012-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2012-05-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2012-05-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2012-05-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-30
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a grant pilot program to provide housing to elderly homeless veterans.

Bill: 112-hr-5861
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2012-05-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-30
text: 
Directs the Secretaries of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to jointly establish a two-year pilot program of grants to nonprofit organizations to provide homeless veterans with non-transitional housing. Authorizes the Secretaries to award two grants of up to $25 million each under the program. Allows recipients to use such grant to: (1) purchase real property to provide up to 200 homeless veterans with non-transitional housing, and (2) refurbish or renovate such property.
 
Makes eligible for such housing veterans of at least 55 years of age who: (1) have been continuously homeless for a year or more or, during the last three years, had at least four separate periods of living on the streets, in an emergency shelter, or a combination thereof; and (2) have a condition that limits their ability to work or perform activities of daily living. Directs the VA Secretary to provide case management for veterans receiving such assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2012-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-05-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-05-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-05-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-30
text: Introduced in House
Relating to members of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma (O-Gah-Pah).

Bill: 112-hr-5862
Sponsor: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2012-05-30 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian claims
Oklahoma

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-30
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay, out of money not otherwise appropriated, unspecified sums to the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma (O-Gah-Pah) and to its tribal members pursuant to a judgment rendered by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2012-05-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-05-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-30
text: Introduced in House
To clarify section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to include penalties for violations of title XVII of that Act.

Bill: 112-hr-5863
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2012-05-30 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Civil actions and liability
Energy efficiency and conservation
Federal officials
General energy matters
Government lending and loan guarantees
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-30
text: 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to make any federal government official who is responsible for the issuance of an innovative technology loan guarantee that violates the requirements of such Act personally liable for a civil penalty in an amount of at least $10,000 but no more than $50,000 for each violation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2012-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2012-05-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2012-05-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2012-05-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-30
text: Introduced in House
Medical Device Patient Safety Act

Bill: 112-hr-5866
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2012-05-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business records
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Health technology, devices, supplies

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-30
text: 
Medical Device Patient Safety Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to establish a program to enhance the oversight by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of medical device recalls.
 
Requires the program to routinely and systematically assess: (1) information submitted to the Secretary pursuant to a device recall order issued under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA); and (2) information required to be reported by a device manufacturer to the Secretary regarding the manufacturer's correction or removal of a device. Requires the Secretary to use such information to proactively identify strategies for mitigating health risks presented by defective or unsafe devices. Requires such program to be designed to identify such things as recall trends, the causes of recalls, and the time to complete a recall.
 
Requires the Secretary to develop explicit criteria for assessing whether a person subject to a recall order or the manufacturer's reporting requirement has performed an effective correction or removal action.
 
Requires the Secretary to document and publish specified information concerning termination of a recall.
 
Permits the Secretary to conditionally clear for introduction into interstate commerce for commercial distribution a medical device intended for human use if such medical device is cleared pursuant to specified FDCA reporting requirements concerning the introduction of devices into interstate commerce. Permits the Secretary, as part of such conditional clearance, to: (1) impose specified restrictions on the sale, distribution, or use of the device; (2) require specified labeling for the device; and (3) require the maintenance of specified records that enable the FDA to track the device and determine the safety and effectiveness of the device.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-05-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-05-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-30
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4605 Tutu Park Mall in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, as the "Kenneth Leslie Hermon Post Office".

Bill: 112-hr-5867
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2012-05-30 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Caribbean area
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-30
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4605 Tutu Park Mall in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, as the "Kenneth Leslie Hermon Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2012-05-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-30
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Declaration Improvement Act

Bill: 112-hr-5870
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2012-05-30 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief and insurance
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-30
text: 
Disaster Declaration Improvement Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to issue a revised rule governing factors to consider in evaluating a governor's request for a major disaster declaration to require: (1) the &quot;estimated cost of assistance&quot; to be considered equally with the other five factors described in the rule; and (2) the &quot;evaluation of localized impacts&quot; to include consideration of the budgetary resources available to local and state governments to respond to and recover from such disaster and the impact of the disaster on a small city or a census-designated place with a population of less than 25,000 or a medium city with a population of less than 250,000 if either is located within a large county with a population of more than 1 million and in a large state with a population of more than 5 million if the level of financial damage in such city exceeds 10% of the city's general fund or $100 per capita of the census-designated place or city.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2012-05-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2012-05-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-30
text: Introduced in House
A Plus Act

Bill: 112-hr-5871
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2012-05-31 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Judicial procedure and administration
Right of privacy
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: 
Access to Papers Leads to Uninterrupted Scholars Act or the A Plus Act - Amends provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 that prohibit the Department of Education from funding educational agencies or institutions that release student educational records (or personally identifiable information other than certain directory information) to any individual, agency, or organization without written parental consent.
 
 Expands the list of organizations exempt from such prohibitions (thereby permitting the educational agencies or institutions participating in a Department of Education program to release records or identifiable information to such organizations without parental consent) to include: (1) organizations conducting studies for, or on behalf of, child welfare agencies to improve educational outcomes for students in foster care; and (2) state or local child welfare agencies or tribal organizations responsible for a student's placement and care.
 
Permits the release of such records and information without additional notice to parents and students when a parent is a party to a child welfare court proceeding and a court order has already been issued in the context of that proceeding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: Introduced in House
Forest Products Fairness Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5873
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5]
Introduced: 2012-05-31 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural practices and innovations
Alternative and renewable resources
Energy research
Forests, forestry, trees
Research and development
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: 
Forest Products Fairness Act of 2012 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include in the definition of "biobased product" forest products that meet biobased content requirements, notwithstanding the market share the product holds, the product's age, or whether the market for the product is new or emerging.
 
Defines "forest product" as a product made from materials derived from the practice of forestry or the management of growing timber, including: (1) pulp, paper, paperboard, pellets, and wood products; and (2) any recycled products derived from forest materials.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2012-06-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3365-3366)
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: Introduced in House
American Entrepreneurship and Investment Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5874
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2012-05-31 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Employment and training programs
Government studies and investigations
Immigration status and procedures
U.S. and foreign investments
User charges and fees
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: 
American Entrepreneurship and Investment Act of 2012 - Amends the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 to: (1) make the alien investor visa (EB-5) regional center program permanent, (2) establish a $2,500 regional center designation fee, and (3) increase visa set-asides for such program.
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding EB-5 provisions to: (1) establish a $2,500 premium processing fee, (2) establish in the Treasury the Immigrant Entrepreneur Regional Account Center, (3) permit concurrent filing for EB-5 petitions and status adjustment applications, (4) expand the definition of &quot;targeted employment area&quot; for purposes of visa set-asides, and (5) expand EB-5 eligibility to include investors who have completed investment agreements with a qualified venture capital operating company or with an &quot;angel investor&quot; (U.S. citizen- or permanent resident-owned entity or an entity that has made specified commercial enterprise investments).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: Introduced in House
Virgin Islands Visa Waiver Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5875
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2012-05-31 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Caribbean area
Cayman Islands
Department of Homeland Security
Dominica
Grenada
Guyana
Haiti
Immigration status and procedures
Jamaica
Latin America
Montserrat
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: 
Virgin Islands Visa Waiver Act of 2012 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a visa waiver program for the United States Virgin Islands for a national of a country that is a member or an associate member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) listed in regulations under this Act and who is applying for admission as a nonimmigrant business or pleasure visitor solely for entry into and stay in the United States Virgin Islands for not more than 30 days, if the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) determines that such waiver does not represent a threat to the welfare or security of the United States or its territories and commonwealths.
 
Directs the Secretary to suspend the admission of nationals of a country if such admissions have resulted in an unacceptable number of visitors remaining unlawfully in the United States Virgin Islands, unlawfully obtaining entry to other parts of the United States, or seeking withholding of removal or asylum, or that visitors from such country pose a risk to law enforcement or security interests of the United States Virgin Islands or of the United States. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to suspend the program at any time, on a country-by-country basis, for other good cause.
 
Provides for the addition of program countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: Introduced in House
Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5877
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2012-05-31 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Child care and development
Employee benefits and pensions
Licensing and registrations
Public-private cooperation
Small business
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: 
Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a business-incentive public-private partnership program of grants to businesses and consortia to: (1) pay start-up costs to provide child care services, or (2) provide additional child care services needed by the employees of such businesses. Requires nonprofit business organizations receiving such grants to provide technical information and assistance to enable businesses to provide such services. 
 
Gives priority in grant selection to businesses with fewer than 100 full-time employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: Introduced in House