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Law Enforcement Torture Prevention Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3781
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2012-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Law enforcement officers
Sex offenses
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: 
Law Enforcement Torture Prevention Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a prison term of up to 10 years on any person who, acting under color of law, commits, or attempts or conspires to commit, torture. Increases such prison term to any term of years or life if death results from such torture. Defines &quot;torture&quot; to mean intentionally inflicting severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, on a person for such purposes as obtaining from that person or another person information or a confession, punishing that person, or intimidating or coercing that person or another person, or for any reason based on discrimination, but does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in, or incidental to lawful sanctions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Introduced in House
Gas Price Spike Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3784
Sponsor: Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]
Introduced: 2012-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy prices
Energy revenues and royalties
Government information and archives
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Oil and gas
Public transit
Sales and excise taxes
Transportation costs
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: 
Gas Price Spike Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose an excise tax on the windfall profit from the sale of any crude oil, natural gas, or fuel which is the product of crude oil or natural gas; and (2) allow a tax credit for the purchase of certain fuel-efficient automobiles assembled in the United States by individuals employed under a collective bargaining agreement. Defines "windfall profit" as so much of the profit from sales of oil and natural gas as exceeds a reasonable profit. Establishes a Reasonable Profits Board to make reasonable profit determinations for purposes of applying the windfall profit tax.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to mass transit systems, including bus and commuter rail systems, for reducing passenger fares.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2012-01-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2012-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Introduced in House
To repeal section 1021 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012.

Bill: 112-hr-3785
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2012-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Detention of persons
Due process and equal protection
Military law
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: 
Repeals the affirmation in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 that the President's authority under the Authorization for Use of Military Force (P.L. 107-40) includes the authority for the U.S. Armed Forces, pending disposition under the law of war, to detain persons who: (1) planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored those responsible for those attacks; or (2) were a part of or substantially supported al-Qaeda, the Taliban, or associated forces engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners, including any person who has committed a belligerent act or has directly supported such hostilities in aid of such enemy forces. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2012-01-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2012-01-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H39)
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Introduced in House
Plain Regulations Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3786
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2012-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: 
Plain Regulations Act of 2012 - Requires the head of each executive agency to: (1) implement a program for using plain language in writing new and revised regulations, and (2) certify to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that each proposed or final rule is in plain language.
 
Requires the Director to: (1) develop and issue guidance to agencies for implementing plain language requirements, (2) publish reports on agency compliance with such requirements on the OMB's website, and (3) return proposed agency regulations that fail to meet such requirements to be redrafted and resubmitted for approval. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2012-01-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2012-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Introduced in House
Jobs Score Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3787
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2012-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Economic performance and conditions
Legislative rules and procedure
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: 
Jobs Score Act of 2012 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis of any public bill or resolution reported from a congressional committee (except on Appropriations of each chamber) to estimate the number of jobs which would be created, sustained, or lost in carrying out such measure in the fiscal year in which it is to become effective and in each of the four ensuing fiscal years, together with the basis for each such estimate.
 
Requires such analysis, to the extent practicable, to include regional and state-level estimates of such jobs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2012-01-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2012-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Introduced in House
E911 Surcharge Fairness Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3788
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2012-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Emergency communications systems
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation
Telephone and wireless communication
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: 
E911 Surcharge Fairness Act of 2011 - Prohibits any state or local government from: (1) imposing a new unfair or inequitable E911 fee, tax, or surcharge with respect to any prepaid mobile service, provider, or customer; or (2) enforcing a new or existing E911 fee in an unfair or inequitable manner. 
 
Defines &quot;E911 fee&quot; as any 911 or E911 fee, tax, or surcharge specifically imposed or designated by a state or local government for the support of 911 or E911 communications systems and related public safety purposes.
 
 Defines as &quot;unfair or inequitable&quot; any E911 fee that: (1) cannot be collected from end-users who are the intended payors of the fees under the existing wireless business model of the prepaid mobile service provider, or (2) is enforced in a manner that imposes strict liability on a prepaid mobile service provider for its inability to collect such fee as so prescribed.
 
Defines an &quot;unfair or inequitable manner&quot; as: (1) the imposition against a prepaid mobile service provider or seller of any E911 fee that the provider cannot collect from its end-user customers who are the intended payors of the fees under its existing wireless business model, (2) the enforcement of an E911 fee against a prepaid mobile service provider in a manner that creates strict liability for the provider or seller for its inability to collect as so prescribed, or (3) the imposition of a E911 fee in a manner that results in the fee being subject to other state or local taxes when such taxes are not equally imposed on the E911 fees paid by postpaid mobile service customers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2012-01-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2012-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Introduced in House
Regulation of Mortgage Servicing Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3789
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2012-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: 
Regulation of Mortgage Servicing Act of 2012 - Requires a mortgage servicer to assign one case manager to each borrower that seeks a mortgage loan modification or an alternative to foreclosure.
 
Requires the case manager to: (1) manage the communication between the servicer and the borrower, and (2) make decisions about the borrower's eligibility for a loan modification or an alternative to foreclosure.
 
Prohibits a servicer from initiating a covered foreclosure action against a borrower unless the servicer has performed specified tasks related to offering the borrower, if eligible, a loan modification or an alternative to foreclosure.
 
Requires a servicer to suspend a covered foreclosure action initiated before the enactment of this Act until such tasks have been performed.
 
Prohibits a servicer, during the suspension period, from: (1) sending the borrower a notice of foreclosure, (2) conducting or scheduling a sale of the real property securing the mortgage, or (3) causing final judgment to be entered against the borrower. 
 
Prescribes requirements a servicer must meet in order to be deemed to have made a reasonable effort to obtain necessary information to determine a borrower's eligibility for a loan modification or an alternative to foreclosure. 
 
Requires a servicer, before notifying a borrower of his or her ineligibility for a loan modification or an alternative to foreclosure, to obtain the services of an independent reviewer to review the borrower's file and determine whether or not the borrower is eligible.
 
Makes a violation of this Act a bar to a covered foreclosure action. Allows a servicer in compliance with this Act, however, to bring or proceed with a foreclosure action, regardless of any prior violation. 
 
Makes any servicer that fails to comply with any requirement of this Act liable to a borrower in the same manner that a creditor who fails to comply with any requirement is liable to a person. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Introduced in House
Improving Cancer Treatment Education Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3790
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2012-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Drug therapy
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical research
Medicare
Nursing
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: 
Improving Cancer Treatment Education Act of 2012 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, to provide for Medicare coverage of comprehensive cancer patient treatment education services.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress wih respect to continued support by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the area of symptom management and the role of nurses in providing those interventions.
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the NIH Director to expand, intensify, and coordinate programs for the conduct and support of research with respect to: (1) improving the treatment and management of symptoms and side effects associated with cancer and cancer treatment, and (2) evaluating the role of nursing interventions in the amelioration of such symptoms and side effects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-01-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-01-18
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: 2012-01-18
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: 2012-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require annual disclosures relating to the compensation brackets in which an issuer's minority and women employees reside.

Bill: 112-hr-3791
Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2012-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments
Minority employment
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Wages and earnings
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: 
Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to promulgate final rules requiring each securities issuer required to file annual reports to: (1) determine the 5 compensation brackets in which its employees reside (where such brackets contain an equal number of employees and range from the 20% of employees with the lowest compensation to the 20% with the highest compensation), and (2) include in the issuer's annual reports the number of minorities and women employed that fall into each of the compensation brackets.
 
Requires such issuers, for purposes of identifying an employee as a minority or woman under this Act, to rely on self-reporting by the employee.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the Mill Springs Battlefield located in Pulaski and Wayne Counties, Kentucky, and the feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-3792
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5]
Introduced: 2012-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Kentucky
Military history
Parks, recreation areas, trails
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the Mill Springs Battlefield in Kentucky (relating to the Battle of Mill Springs fought on January 19, 1862, in Pulaski and Wayne Counties during the Civil War) and the feasibility of the inclusion of such battlefield in the National Park System. 
 
Requires owners of private property connected to the Battlefield to be notified of the commencement and scope of such study. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Introduced in House
Investing for Tomorrow's Schools Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3793
Sponsor: Rep. Shuler, Heath [D-NC-11]
Introduced: 2012-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Building construction
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
Labor standards
Libraries and archives
Public contracts and procurement
State and local finance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: 
Investing for Tomorrow's Schools Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into cooperative agreements with states to establish state and multistate infrastructure banks that make loans to local educational agencies, public libraries, and charter schools or their developers to construct or renovate public elementary or secondary schools and public libraries. 
 
Grants congressional consent to states for interstate compacts to establish multistate infrastructure banks.
 
Directs the Secretary to make grants to such banks to provide initial capital for such loans.
 
Requires states to contribute from nonfederal sources at least 25% of the amount of each federal capitalization grant made to the state and contributed to the bank.
 
Lists types of projects eligible for such bank loans.
 
Requires borrowers to use, to the maximum extent practicable, green construction or renovation practices that are consistent with: (1) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating standards, (2) Energy Star standards, (3) Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) criteria, (4) Green Building Initiative environmental design and rating standards (Green Globes), or (5) equivalent standards adopted by the entities that have jurisdiction over them.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Introduced in House
Volunteer Freedom Act

Bill: 112-hr-3794
Sponsor: Rep. Stutzman, Marlin A. [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2012-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Higher education
National and community service
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: 
Volunteer Freedom Act - Repeals the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (NCSA) and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (DVSA) one year after this Act's enactment. (The NCSA authorizes the Learn and Serve America, AmeriCorps, and National Civilian Community Corps [NCCC] programs. The DVSA authorizes the Volunteers in Service to America [VISTA] and National Senior Service Corps programs.)
 
Preserves the educational awards volunteers earn before the NCSA and DVSA are repealed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Introduced in House
Muhammad Ali Legacy Act

Bill: 112-hr-3795
Sponsor: Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3]
Introduced: 2012-01-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Area studies and international education
Athletes
Congressional tributes
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Education programs funding
International organizations and cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: 
Muhammad Ali Legacy Act - Directs the Secretary of State to award grants to one or more eligible organizations that: (1) are established to promote global respect, understanding, and communication and to encourage character and leadership development world-wide; and (2) demonstrate a commitment to preserving the legacy of Muhammad Ali.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H45-46)
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Introduced in House