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Violence Against Indian Women Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6625
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2012-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Domestic violence and child abuse
Evidence and witnesses
Federal-Indian relations
Jurisdiction and venue
Law enforcement administration and funding
Sex offenses
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-03
text: 
Violence Against Indian Women Act of 2012 - Amends the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 to give Indian tribes criminal jurisdiction over domestic violence, dating violence, and violations of protective orders that occur on their lands. Makes that jurisdiction concurrent with federal and state jurisdiction. 
 
Prohibits a tribe from exercising such jurisdiction if neither the defendant or alleged victim is an Indian, or the defendant lacks certain ties to the tribe.
 
Requires Indian tribes prosecuting those crimes to: (1) provide defendants the right to a trial by an impartial jury; and (2) notify detainees of their rights, including the right to file a writ of habeas corpus in federal court. 
 
Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to assist Indian tribes in exercising such jurisdiction, providing indigent defendants with free legal counsel, and securing the rights of victims of such crimes.
 
Authorizes appropriations for such grant program and to provide participating Indian tribes with training, technical assistance, data collection, and an evaluation of their criminal justice systems.
 
Authorizes defendants charged with domestic violence, dating violence, and violations of protective orders to petition the appropriate federal district court for the removal of their case from tribal court. Prohibits a case from being removed from tribal court unless a defendant proves by a preponderance of evidence that a constitutional right guaranteed under the Act has been violated, the tribal court has not adequately remedied the violation, and the violation is prejudicial to the defendant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2012-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-12-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2012-12-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2012-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Homebuyer Accessibility Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6627
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2012-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-03
text: 
Veterans Homebuyer Accessibility Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for first-time homebuyers, to allow veterans of the Armed Forces a tax credit for 10% of the purchase price of a principal residence purchased prior to January 1, 2017. Allows an additional credit for the cost of installing special fixtures or movable facilities in a residence to accommodate a disability of the veteran. Requires a recapture of credit amounts if the veterans sells such residence within 36 months after purchasing it.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-03
text: Introduced in House
National Child Protection Training Act

Bill: 112-hr-6629
Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]
Introduced: 2012-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Domestic violence and child abuse
Education programs funding
Higher education
Medical education
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-04
text: 
National Child Protection Training Act - Directs the Attorney General, through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, to establish a program to sustain at least four university, college, or community college affiliated regional training centers in coordination with the National Child Protection Training Center.
 
Requires the regional training centers to: (1) develop model inter-disciplinary undergraduate curricula on recognizing and responding to cases of child maltreatment that consists of at least a three-course certificate program or minor degree; (2) develop related model graduate curricula for medical schools, law schools, seminaries, and other institutions of higher education that instruct students likely to become child protection professionals or other professionals required by law to report cases of child maltreatment; (3) disseminate such curricula, upon the Attorney General's approval, to community colleges, colleges, university, law schools, medical schools, and other institutions of higher education; (4) develop &quot;laboratory&quot; training facilities that allow for simulated, interactive, and intensive training of students preparing for child protection careers as well as child protection professionals currently in the field; (5) assist communities in developing evidence-based prevention programs; and (6) assist states in developing and maintaining forensic interview training programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-12-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2012-12-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2012-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Fort Hood Casualties Benefits Clarification Act

Bill: 112-hr-6630
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]
Introduced: 2012-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Crime victims
Department of Defense
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
Terrorism
Texas
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-04
text: 
Fort Hood Casualties Benefits Clarification Act - Requires that members of the Armed Forces or civilian employees of the Department of Defense (DOD) who were killed or wounded in the attack that occurred at Fort Hood, Texas, on November 5, 2009, and their family members be accorded the same treatment, benefits, and honors as were accorded the victims and the families of victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2012-12-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2012-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Voting Line Reduction and Online Registration Act

Bill: 112-hr-6632
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2012-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional elections
Election Assistance Commission
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Right of privacy
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-04
text: 
Voting Line Reduction and Online Registration Act - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) to require each state to make available official public websites for online voter registration.
 
Authorizes automated voter registration of certain individuals and establishes other initiatives to promote voter registration, such as same day registration and voter registration of individuals under 18 years of age.
 
Sets forth requirements for maintenance, privacy, and security of voter registration lists, including establishing deadlines for transmittal of change of address or other identifying information.
 
Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) to direct each state to provide, according to standards issued by the Election Assistance Commission, for the minimum required number of voting systems, poll workers, and other election resources (including all other physical resources) for each voting site on the day of any federal election and on any days during which such state allows early voting for a federal election. 
 
Require each state to submit a written plan to the Commission describing the measures it is implementing to ensure, to the greatest extent possible, an equitable waiting time for all voters in the state, and a waiting time of less than one hour at any polling place in the election. 
 
Requires each jurisdiction for which the Commission determines that a substantial number of voters waited more than 90 minutes to cast a vote in a federal election, or in which there were substantial violations of certain established standards, to comply with a state remedial plan established by the Commission to provide for the effective allocation of resources to administer elections in the state and to reduce voter waiting times.
 
Requires provision of an emergency paper ballot to any requesting voter in the event of a failure of voting equipment or other circumstances at a polling place that causes an unreasonable delay.
 
Requires each state to allow individuals to vote during the seven day period (or, at state option, a longer period) before a federal election in the same manner as voting is allowed on election day.
 
Establishes minimum early voting requirements.
 
Directs the Commission to issue standards for the administration of early voting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2012-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-04
text: Introduced in House
To designate the United States courthouse located at 101 East Pecan Street in Sherman, Texas, as the "Paul Brown United States Courthouse".

Bill: 112-hr-6633
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2012-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Judges
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: 
Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 101 East Pecan Street in Sherman, Texas, as the &quot;Paul Brown United States Courthouse.&quot;

action_date: 2012-12-19
text: 

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

 
Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 101 East Pecan Street in Sherman, Texas, as the &quot;Paul Brown United States Courthouse.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-20
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H7318)
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H7318)
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H7318)
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: Committee on Transportation discharged.
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: Committee on Transportation discharged.
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: Mr. Denham asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider. (consideration: CR H7318)
action_date: 2012-12-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Introduced in House
TRICARE Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-6635
Sponsor: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]
Introduced: 2012-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Military medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: 
TRICARE Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the congressional defense committees setting forth Department of Defense (DOD) policy on the future availability of TRICARE Prime (a DOD managed health care program) for eligible beneficiaries in all TRICARE regions.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) identify beneficiaries whom the Secretary determines will not retain primary care provider access under newly awarded TRICARE contracts, and (2) implement a plan to ensure that such beneficiaries will retain access that meets TRICARE access standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3031 Veterans Road West in Staten Island, New York, as the "Leonard Montalto Post Office Building".

Bill: 112-hr-6636
Sponsor: Rep. Grimm, Michael G. [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2012-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
New York City
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3031 Veterans Road West in Staten Island, New York, as the "Leonard Montalto Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Money Remittances Improvement Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6637
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2012-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Department of the Treasury
Federal officials
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: 
Money Remittances Improvement Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, with respect to compliance with reporting requirements for monetary instrument transactions of certain financial institutions, to rely upon examinations conducted by the relevant state supervisory agency if: (1) the category of financial institution is required by state law to comply with federal requirements, or (2) the state supervisory agency is authorized to ensure that the financial institution complies with such federal requirements.
 
Empowers the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen) to furnish research, analytical, and informational services to foreign regulatory agencies in the interest of detection, prevention, and prosecution of terrorism, organized crime, money laundering, and other financial crimes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Introduced in House
S.A.F.E. Compounded Drugs Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6638
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2012-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Licensing and registrations
Medicaid
Medicare
Prescription drugs
State and local government operations
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: 
Supporting Access to Formulated and Effective Compounded Drugs Act of 2012 or S.A.F.E. Compounded Drugs Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) with respect to the regulation of compounded drugs.
 
Eliminates authority for compounding pharmacies to compound any drug product that is a copy of a commercially available drug. 
 
Establishes notification requirements before a patient is prescribed, dispensed, or administered a compounded drug, which must include providing the patient a document concerning the availability, safety, and production of such drugs. 
 
 Requires a drug product compounded under the FFDCA to be clearly labeled as a &ldquo;non-FDA approved compounded drug product.&rdquo; Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish different labeling requirements for compounded drugs.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish a process for pharmacies to register as compounding pharmacies. Exempts pharmacies that employ fewer than 20 full-time employees and perform traditional compounding of drug products for use in a single state.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a database of information on compounding pharmacies licensed in more than one state for oversight purposes, (2) establish minimum standards for the safe production of compounded drugs as well as for which drugs must meet those standards, and (3) conduct regional training for state agencies that regulate compounding pharmacies.
 
 Directs the Secretary to establish advisory committees on labeling of compounded drugs and on the database under this Act. Requires the Secretary to convene an Advisory Committee on Pharmacy Compounding as appropriate to consider issues related to the safety and availability of compounded drugs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Wildfire Suppressing Aircraft Transfer Act of 1996 to facilitate inter-agency agreements with the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve to secure Defense Support to Civil Authority (DSCA) missions in the initial airborne response to fighting wildfires.

Bill: 112-hr-6639
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2012-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Fires
General public lands matters
Military civil functions
National Guard and reserves
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: 
Amends the Wildfire Suppressing Aircraft Transfer Act of 1996 to provide that provisions permitting an agency to order goods or services from that or another agency only if such goods or services cannot be provided as conveniently or cheaply by a commercial enterprise shall not limit the use of interagency agreements with the Air National Guard or Air Force Reserve to procure the services of a unit of the Guard or Reserve to conduct Defense Support to Civil Authority missions utilizing military fixed wing aerial firefighting aircraft, including Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) units, in the initial airborne response to fighting wildfires.
 
Makes such limitation inapplicable only when the Incident Commander determines: (1) that privately contracted fixed-wing aerial firefighting aircraft are unavailable, (2) it is necessary for military fixed-wing aerial firefighting aircraft including MAFFS units to perform an initial airborne response, or (3) that military fixed-wing aerial firefighting aircraft including MAFFS units are needed to supplement privately contracted fixed-wing aerial firefighting aircraft.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2012-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2012-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Introduced in House
To authorize a land exchange involving the acquisition of private land adjacent to the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona for inclusion in the refuge in exchange for certain Bureau of Land Management lands in Riverside County, California, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-6640
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2012-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
California
Land transfers
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to River Bottom Farms of La Paz County, Arizona, specified Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land in Riverside County, California, in exchange for two specified parcels of non-federal land in the county from River Bottoms Farms that are contiguous to the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge. 
 
Subjects the conveyed federal land to valid existing rights, including easements, rights-of-way, utility lines, and any other valid encumbrances on the such land as of the date of conveyance. 
 
Requires the values of the federal and non-federal lands to be exchanged to be equal, or equalized, by a cash payment to the Secretary or River Bottom Farms, as appropriate. 
 
Requires the acquired non-federal land to become a part of the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Introduced in House