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Giving Local Communities a Voice in Tribal Gaming Act

Bill: 112-hr-4033
Sponsor: Rep. Sullivan, John [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2012-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Gambling
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: 
Giving Local Communities a Voice in Tribal Gaming Act - Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to prohibit Class III gaming from occurring under a Tribal-State Compact unless the elected governing body and elected executive officials of each political subdivision in which such gaming is to occur have approved the gaming facility.
 
Gives each political subdivision 120 days after the Tribal-State Compact is approved by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the National Indian Gaming Commission or the site of the gaming facility is identified, whichever comes later, to object to the facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Mentor-Mentee Teen Pregnancy Reduction Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4034
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2012-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Family planning and birth control
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Sex and reproductive health
Student aid and college costs
Teenage pregnancy

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: 
Mentor-Mentee Teen Pregnancy Reduction Act of 2012 - Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award competitive grants to local educational agencies or community-based organizations for the creation of school-based programs that provide mentoring to at-risk teenage girls to prevent and reduce teen pregnancy. 
 
Requires program mentors to be individuals who: (1) have received at least a baccalaureate degree from an institution of higher education; (2) are mentoring no more than two program mentees; and (3) are trained and screened to encourage mentees to engage in responsible, goal-orientated behavior, delay their sexual activity, and increase their participation in school.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to provide student loan forgiveness, under the Federal Family Education Loan, Direct Loan, or Perkins Loan programs of the Higher Education Act of 1965, to program mentors who serve for at least 200 hours in an academic year.


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: 2012-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2012-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2012-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Philanthropic Enterprise Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4035
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2012-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Sales and excise taxes
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: 
Philanthropic Enterprise Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt the holdings of a private foundation in any business enterprise that meet specified requirements relating to exclusive ownership, minimum distribution of net operating income, and independent operation (i.e., not controlled by a substantial contributor) from the excise tax on excess business holdings and unrelated business income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Pass a Budget Now Act

Bill: 112-hr-4036
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2012-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: 
Pass a Budget Now Act - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to reduce the rate of pay for a Member of Congress for failure to agree to a concurrent resolution on the budget.
 
Reduces the rate of pay during each pay period of any year, if there is no agreement by April 15 on a budget resolution for the following fiscal year, by an amount equal to the product of the average daily rate of pay involved and the number of days during the pay period which occur after April 15 and before Congress does reach agreement on a budget resolution.
 
Requires all unpaid compensation to be used for deficit reduction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2012-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2012-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Introduced in House
To provide that no Federal funds may be used for any construction project in the Northern Mariana Islands the cost of which exceeds $100,000, unless the workforce carrying out the project is composed of at least 60 percent United States workers.

Bill: 112-hr-4037
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2012-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Labor standards
Northern Mariana Islands
Public contracts and procurement
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: 
Prohibits federal funding for any construction project in the Northern Mariana Islands which has a cost in excess of $100,000, unless the workforce for such project is composed of at least 60% U.S. workers (defined as nationals of the United States, aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or nationals of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau who are eligible for nonimmigrant admission and are employment-authorized under the Compacts of Free Association between the United States and those nations).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E204)
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Introduced in House
American College Tuition Tax Relief Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4038
Sponsor: Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2012-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Income tax deductions
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: 
American College Tuition Tax Relief Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2015 the tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Yerington Land Conveyance and Sustainable Development Act

Bill: 112-hr-4039
Sponsor: Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2012-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government liability
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Land transfers
Nevada

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: 
Yerington Land Conveyance and Sustainable Development Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city of Yerington, Nevada, all interest of the United States in the federal lands located in Lyon and Mineral Counties, Nevada, identified as Sustainable Development Conveyance Lands in exchange for consideration in an amount that is equal to their fair market value. 
 
Makes the city of Yerington responsible for all survey, appraisal, and other administrative costs associated with the conveyance of such lands. 

action_date: 2012-06-15
text: 
Yerington Land Conveyance and Sustainable Development Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city of Yerington, Nevada, all interest of the United States in the federal lands located in Lyon and Mineral Counties, Nevada, identified as &quot;City of Yerington Sustainable Development Conveyance Lands&quot; in exchange for consideration in an amount that is equal to their fair market value. 
 
Makes the city of Yerington responsible for all survey, appraisal, and other administrative costs associated with the conveyance of such lands.
 
Releases the United States, upon such conveyance, from liabilities or claims of any kind or nature arising from the presence, release, or threat of release of any hazardous substance, pollutant, contaminant, petroleum product (or derivative thereof), solid waste, mine materials, or mining- related features on the federal land in existence on or before the date of the conveyance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-15
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 373.
action_date: 2012-06-15
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-525.
action_date: 2012-06-15
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-525.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 15.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2012-04-17
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2012-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Jack Nicklaus in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship in golf.

Bill: 112-hr-4040
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2012-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes
Congressional tributes
Professional sports

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Jack Nicklaus in recognition of his service to the nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike such gold medal and to strike and sell duplicate bronze medals at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the gold and bronze medals. 

action_date: 2012-04-16
text: 

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

 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Jack Nicklaus in recognition of his service to the nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike such gold medal and to strike and sell duplicate bronze medals at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the gold and bronze medals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-17
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 373 - 4, 1 Present (Roll no. 153). (text: CR H1820-1821)
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 373 - 4, 1 Present (Roll no. 153).(text: CR H1820-1821)
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1827-1828)
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4040.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1820-1823)
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Mr. Luetkemeyer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2012-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Access to Care Act

Bill: 112-hr-4042
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2012-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Medical education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: 
Veterans Access to Care Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to designate medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as health professional shortage areas.
 
Requires, for eligibility to participate in the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program and the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program, that an individual not be participating in the VA's Health Professionals Educational Assistance Program.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in carrying out the National Health Service Corps Program, to consult with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs regarding health professional shortage areas that are VA medical facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Schoolchildren's Health Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-4046
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2012-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Family planning and birth control
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: 
Schoolchildren's Health Protection Act - Amends the General Education Provisions Act to prohibit the provision of federal education funding to state or local educational agencies that: (1) provide, or permit the provision of, postcoital emergency contraception or prescriptions for such contraception on the premises of elementary or secondary schools; or (2) contract with a school-based health center to provide students with health services, unless the center agrees to deny students postcoital emergency contraception or prescriptions for such contraception pursuant to the contract.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Full Disclosure in Federal Contracting Act

Bill: 112-hr-4047
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2012-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: 
Full Disclosure in Federal Contracting Act - Requires federal agencies to include in a solicitation for a federal contract for the procurement of goods a statement of whether Buy American requirements apply, the reasons why such requirements do not apply, a statement of whether goods from foreign countries would be acceptable as end products to fulfill contract requirements, and a list of all the foreign countries whose goods would be acceptable as end products. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Improving Contracting Opportunities for Veteran-Owned Small Businesses Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4048
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2012-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: 
Improving Contracting Opportunities for Veteran-Owned Small Businesses Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, for purposes of meeting Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) contracting goals with respect to small businesses owned and controlled by veterans, to include the acquisition of goods and services through the use of a federal supply schedule of the General Services Administration (GSA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-28
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2012-03-28
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2012-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Automatic IRA Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4049
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2012-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Department of Labor
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Federal preemption
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Income tax credits
Securities
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: 
Automatic IRA Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require certain employers who do not maintain qualifying retirement plans or arrangements to make available to their eligible employees a payroll deposit individual retirement account (IRA) arrangement (automatic IRA arrangement) which grants such employees the right to opt-out of participation; (2) require the Secretary of the Treasury to provide employers with a model notice for notifying employees of their opportunity to participate in such an arrangement and to provide participants with an annual statement setting forth arrangement payments, earnings, value, and other specified information; (3) impose a penalty on employers who fail to provide eligible employees access to such an arrangement; (4) establish an Automatic IRA Advisory Group to make recommendations regarding investment options; and (5) allow employers who do not have more than 100 employees a tax credit for costs associated with establishing an automatic IRA arrangement. 
 
Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of Labor to jointly conduct feasibility studies on: (1) extending spousal consent requirements to automatic IRA arrangements; (2) promoting the use of low-cost lifetime income arrangements, (3) automatically transferring amounts saved by employees in retirement bonds into alternative, private sector, diversified investments when employees' automatic IRA balances reach a certain dollar level; (4) using investment data to notify individuals with multiple small balance retirement accounts of consolidation options; and (5) using investment arrangements associated with automatic IRAs to assist in addressing the problem of abandoned accounts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
TAP Modernization Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4051
Sponsor: Rep. Stutzman, Marlin A. [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2012-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: 
TAP Modernization Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Labor, during the three-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, to provide the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) to veterans and their spouses at locations other than military installations in at least three and up to five states selected by the Secretary based on the highest rates of veteran unemployment.
 
Requires reports from both the Secretary and the Comptroller General to Congress on such TAP training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-28
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2012-03-28
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2012-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2012-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House