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REDUCE Government Act

Bill: 112-hr-6315
Sponsor: Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Legislative rules and procedure
Performance measurement
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
Realign and Eliminate Duplicative Unnecessary Costly Excess in Government Act of 2012 or the REDUCE Government Act - Establishes the Federal Realignment and Closure Commission to assess the effectiveness and accountability of federal agency programs. Requires the Commission, during 2013, 2014, and 2015, to: (1) evaluate all agencies and programs to eliminate duplicative functions and wasteful or inefficient spending or mismanagement; and (2) recommend the realignment or elimination of agencies or programs that have completed their intended purpose, have become irrelevant, or have failed to meet their objectives. 
 
Requires the President to: (1) transmit to the Commission and to Congress a report containing the President's approval or disapproval of the Commission's plan and recommendations, and (2) eliminate or realign all agencies and programs pursuant to the Commission's recommendations approved by the President unless Congress enacts a resolution disapproving such recommendations. 
 
Makes rescissions from specified federal programs to offset the cost of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Appropriations, 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: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Appropriations, 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: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Appropriations, 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: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from income and employment taxes real property tax abatements for seniors and disabled individuals in exchange for services.

Bill: 112-hr-6316
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aging
Disability and paralysis
Employment taxes
Income tax exclusion
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals who have attained age 60 or are disabled an exemption from income and employment taxes for real property tax abatements received under a state or local program in which such individuals have provided services in exchange for such abatements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Terminating the Expansion of Too-Big-To-Fail Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6317
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Commodities markets
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Federal Reserve System
Financial services and investments
Insurance industry and regulation
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
Terminating the Expansion of Too-Big-To-Fail Act of 2012 - Amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010, title I of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank), the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, and the Federal Reserve Act to eliminate all supervision by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) of domestic and foreign nonbank financial companies, including new or heightened standards and safeguards and minimum leverage capital requirements.
 
Eliminates the duty of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to identify systemically important financial market utilities and payment, clearing, and settlement activities.
 
Repeals the authority of the Council, acting through the Office of Financial Research, to: (1) require the submission of periodic and other reports from any domestic or foreign nonbank financial company, or (2) request the Board to examine a U.S. nonbank financial company for the sole purpose of determining whether it should be Board-supervised.
 
Repeals specified additional Board authority to supervise certain nonbank financial companies, including the prohibition against management interlocks between such companies and certain other financial companies.
 
Repeals the requirement that the Board study and report to Congress on: (1) specified issues with respect to the resolution of financial companies under chapter 7 (Liquidation) or 11 (Reorganization) of the Bankruptcy Code, and (2) international coordination relating to the resolution of systemic financial companies under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and applicable foreign law.
 
Repeals the authority of the Council to recommend to the Board: (1) prudential standards and reporting and disclosure requirements for Board-supervised nonbank financial companies, and (2) any requirement that each nonbank financial company report periodically the company's credit exposure as well as its plan for rapid and orderly resolution in the event of material financial distress or failure.
 
Repeals the requirement that the Council study the feasibility, benefits, costs, and structure of a contingent capital requirement for Board-supervised nonbank financial companies.
 
Eliminates reporting requirements for such companies.
 
Repeals the Payment, Clearing, and Settlement Supervision Act of 2010 (title VIII of Dodd-Frank).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 Walter Hammond Place in Waldwick, New Jersey, as the "Staff Sergeant Joseph D'Augustine Post Office Building".

Bill: 112-hr-6318
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
New Jersey
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 Walter Hammond Place in Waldwick, New Jersey, as the "Staff Sergeant Joseph D'Augustine Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Startup Innovation Credit Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6319
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Government trust funds
Income tax credits
Research and development
Small business
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
Startup Innovation Credit Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a qualified small business, other than a tax-exempt organization, to use a portion of its tax credit for increasing research expenditures as an offset against its payroll tax liability under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA). Defines "qualified small business" as a corporation, partnership, or S corporation if the gross receipts of such entity for the taxable year are less than $5 million and such entity did not have gross receipts for any period preceding the 5-year period ending with such taxable year. Limits the amount of the payroll tax credit portion to $250,000 in any taxable year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
SCOPE Act

Bill: 112-hr-6320
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Contracts and agency
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care costs and insurance
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
Safeguarding Care Of Patients Everywhere Act or SCOPE Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal the requirement that qualified health plans contract only with health care providers, including hospitals with more than 50 beds, that implement a specified patient safety evaluation system and health care quality mechanisms required by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
To terminate the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-6321
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Executive agency funding and structure
Higher education
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
Repeals the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Act. (The Act established the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation, an independent establishment of the executive branch authorized to award fellowships to outstanding individuals to encourage new discoveries in all fields of endeavor for the benefit of mankind.)
 
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit all funds in the Christopher Columbus Scholarship Fund into the general fund of the Treasury.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Employee Paycheck Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-6322
Sponsor: Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor-management relations
User charges and fees
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
Employee Paycheck Protection Act - Requires a labor organization, before imposing, collecting, or increasing member or other covered employee dues or fees, to provide all employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement with written notice explaining how it calculated the share of such dues or fees related to non-political costs of collective bargaining.
 
Prohibits a labor organization from collecting dues or fees from non-union employees without their consent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Electric Vehicle Purchasing Credit Expansion Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6323
Sponsor: Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
Electric Vehicle Purchasing Credit Expansion Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for the purchase of new plug-in electric drive motor vehicles, to increase: (1) the per vehicle dollar limitation from $2,500 to $3,750, and (2) the limitation based on battery capacity from $5,000 to $6,250.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1427)
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
STEM Education Opportunity Act

Bill: 112-hr-6325
Sponsor: Rep. Hanna, Richard L. [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Behavioral sciences
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Science and engineering education
Social Sciences and History
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
STEM Education Opportunity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) individual taxpayers a deduction from gross income for STEM (i.e., science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) higher education expenses; and (2) a business-related tax credit for contributions of STEM property (e.g., computer equipment and software, microscopes, and lab equipment), services, and training made to an elementary or secondary school to promote education in the biological sciences, mathematics, earth and physical sciences, computer and information science, engineering, geosciences, and social and behavioral sciences. Defines "STEM higher education expenses" to include any expenses incurred by an individual attending an institution of higher education who is majoring in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics.
 
Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to submit to Congress a report detailing: (1) the efficacy of this Act in increasing higher education enrollment in the fields of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology; and (2) any effect this Act has had on the price of higher education tuition in such fields. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit direct payment to pharmacies for certain compounded drugs that are prepared by the pharmacies for a specific beneficiary for use through an implanted infusion pump.

Bill: 112-hr-6326
Sponsor: Rep. Harper, Gregg [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize direct payment under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) to a pharmacy for certain covered compound drugs prepared by the pharmacy for a specific beneficiary for the effective use of an implanted infusion pump.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
PCIP Improvement Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6327
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
PCIP Improvement Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act with respect to immediate access to insurance under the Preexisting Condition Insurance Program (PCIP) for uninsured individuals with a preexisting condition.
 
 Revises the eligibility requirement for the temporary high risk health insurance pool under the PCIP that individuals be without creditable coverage for six months before applying for coverage through the high risk pool. Adds the condition that an individual has not had creditable coverage terminated in order to become eligible through such pool.
 
Defines &ldquo;creditable coverage&rdquo; to exclude any coverage (commonly referred to as mini-med coverage) that limits the annual benefits payable to an amount less than $250,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-08-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1399-1400)
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Build It in America Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6329
Sponsor: Rep. Hochul, Kathleen C. [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Manufacturing
Research and development
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
Build It in America Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make the tax credit for increasing research activities permanent, (2) increase the rate of such tax credit for manufacturers whose adjusted gross receipts attributable to domestic production exceed 50%, and (3) make such credit refundable for certain small businesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Protect Seniors Against Identity Theft and Fraud Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6330
Sponsor: Rep. Hochul, Kathleen C. [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aging
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Computer security and identity theft
Consumer affairs
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
Protect Seniors Against Identity Theft and Fraud Act of 2012 - Amends the federal criminal code to authorize an additional term of imprisonment of not more than 10 years for perpetrators of the following offenses, if they result in harm to a person who is 65 years old or older: (1) fraud and related activity in connection with access devices, computers, electronic mail, or identification documents, authentication features, and information; (2) frauds and swindles; (3) mail fraud-related activity involving the use of a fictitious name or address; (4) fraud by wire, radio, or television; (5) bank fraud; and (6) health care fraud.
 
Amends the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to limit the liability of a consumer who is 65 years old or older for losses that the financial institution establishes would not have occurred but for the consumer's failure to report any loss or theft of a card or other means of access, to: (1) $50 if the consumer notifies the institution within 7 business days, or (2) no more than $250 if the consumer notifies the institution within 8 to 60 days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2012-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Panama-Pacific International Exposition and Panama Canal Commemorative Coins Act

Bill: 112-hr-6331
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: California
Commemorative events and holidays
Currency
Historic sites and heritage areas
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
New York State
Panama Canal
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
Panama-Pacific International Exposition and Panama Canal Commemorative Coins Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue, in commemoration of the centennial of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition and the Panama Canal: (1) $5 octagonal gold coins, (2) $5 round gold coins, (3) $1 silver coins, and (4) half-dollar clad coins. 
 
Requires the design of such coins to be a close likeness of the two gold and one half-dollar coins issued by the San Francisco Mint at the opening of the Pan-Pacific Exposition and the medal awarded to every U.S. citizen who worked for a continuous two-year period on the construction of the Panama Canal.
 
 Restricts the issuance of such coins to the one-year period beginning on January 1, 2015.
 
Prescribes the sale price of the coins and coin surcharges. Requires such surcharges to be distributed to: (1) the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society for the design and construction of appropriate exhibitions in the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society; and (2) the National Park Foundation to be used for programs, construction, or preservation work at President Theodore Roosevelt's home in Oyster Bay, New York.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House