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Regulatory Reform Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5720
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2012-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: 
Regulatory Reform Act of 2012 - Directs the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), not later than October 1 every four years, to post online and submit to Congress a report to be known as the Federal Regulatory Reform Report. Requires such Report to contain: (1) a list of rules that are determined to be outmoded, duplicative, ineffective, or excessively burdensome; (2) a list of recommendations to consolidate, modify, simplify, or repeal such rules and a description of the justification for and impact of such recommendations; and (3) an analysis of how the costs of such rules outweigh their benefits.
 
Directs the Administrator to: (1) use certain resources such as agency action plans, agency reports, and executive orders in preparing the Report; (2) publish the Report in the Federal Register for public notice and comment at least 60 days before its submission to Congress; and (3) consult with the President, relevant committees of Congress, and other federal officials before submitting the Report.
 
Requires the President to submit to Congress a legislative proposal for carrying out all or some of the recommendations contained in the Report. Sets forth congressional procedures for consideration of the President's proposal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain electric cooktops.

Bill: 112-hr-5721
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2012-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain electric cooktops.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on strontium europium halophosphate for use in the production of fluorescent lamps.

Bill: 112-hr-5722
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Geoff [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2012-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on strontium europium halophosphate for use in the production of fluorescent lamps.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Yttrium europium oxide for use in the production of fluorescent lamps.

Bill: 112-hr-5723
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Geoff [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2012-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Yttrium europium oxide for use in the production of fluorescent lamps.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on on Barium magnesium aluminum oxide for use in the production of fluorescent lamps.

Bill: 112-hr-5724
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Geoff [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2012-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on on Barium magnesium aluminum oxide for use in the production of fluorescent lamps.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Calcium chloride phosphate activated by manganese and/or antimony for use in the production of fluorescent lamps.

Bill: 112-hr-5725
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Geoff [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2012-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Calcium chloride phosphate activated by manganese and/or antimony for use in the production of fluorescent lamps.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Lanthanum phosphate for use in the production of fluorescent lamps.

Bill: 112-hr-5726
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Geoff [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2012-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Lanthanum phosphate for use in the production of fluorescent lamps.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary reduction of duty on Acephate.

Bill: 112-hr-5728
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2012-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the reduction of duty on Acephate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
Native Hawaiian HUBZone Opportunity Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5729
Sponsor: Rep. Hanabusa, Colleen W. [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2012-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Business investment and capital
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: 
Native Hawaiian HUBZone Opportunity Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act to designate Native Hawaiian organizations as HUBZone (historically underutilized business zone) small businesses for purposes of small business assistance provided through Small Business Administration (SBA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Payment Rate Disclosure Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5730
Sponsor: Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2012-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: 
Medicare Payment Rate Disclosure Act of 2012 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make publicly available on the official Medicare Internet site during a specified initial period: (1) Medicare payment rates for frequently reimbursed hospital inpatient and outpatient procedures and services, as well as for physicians' services; and (2) the period for which payment rates are applicable. Requires posting also after the initial period of an expanded selection of such items.
 
Directs the Secretary to select at least 30 procedures and services for the basic posting and at least 100 procedures and services for the expanded posting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
Telemedicine Safety Act

Bill: 112-hr-5731
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-5]
Introduced: 2012-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: 
Telemedicine Safety Act - Prohibits: (1) knowingly providing a telemedicine abortion across state lines; (2) the use of any funds made available under a telemedicine law for telemedicine abortions or for assistance to facilities that offer telemedicine abortions; or (3) the use of any equipment, infrastructure, or other items purchased using funds made available under a telemedicine law for telemedicine abortions.
 
Defines a &quot;telemedicine abortion&quot; as the use by a health professional of telemedicine services to provide any instrument, medicine, drug, or method to terminate the life of an unborn child or to terminate a pregnancy, without conducting an in-person medical examination of the woman during her pregnancy, with an intention other than: (1) to produce a live birth and preserve the life and health of the child after live birth; or (2) to remove an ectopic pregnancy or to remove an unborn child who died as the result of a spontaneous abortion, accidental trauma, or a criminal assault on the pregnant female or such child.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2012-05-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2012-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
Schools of the Future Act

Bill: 112-hr-5732
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2012-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Rural conditions and development
Special education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: 
Schools of the Future Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive three- to five-year grants to eligible partnerships to implement and evaluate the results of technology-based learning practices, strategies, tools, or courses at rural schools.
 
Defines &quot;eligible partnerships&quot; as those composed of a school partner, a digital learning partner, and an evaluation partner.
 
Describes a &quot;school partner&quot; as a local educational agency, charter school network, consortium of elementary or secondary schools, regional educational service provider, or consortium of such entities.
 
Includes among the grant-funded technology-based learning practices, strategies, tools, or courses, those that: (1) personalize the learning experience, (2) aid and inform instruction, (3) meet the needs of students with specific educational needs, (4) help students develop 21st century skills, and (5) give students access to courses that would otherwise be unavailable to them.
 
Requires each partnership's evaluation partner, after the third year of the grant, to evaluate the effect of the technology-based learning practices, strategies, tools, or courses on student achievement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on instant print film for analog photography.

Bill: 112-hr-5733
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2012-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on instant print film for analog photography.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
Pakistan Terrorism Accountability Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5734
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2012-05-10 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Pakistan
Sanctions
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: 
Pakistan Terrorism Accountability Act of 2012 - States that it shall be U.S. policy to limit U.S. foreign assistance to Pakistan if Pakistan's military or intelligence services continue to support or provide assistance to organizations that target U.S. citizens. 
 
Directs the President to withhold $50 million from amounts made available for Pakistan for FY2013 or any subsequent fiscal year for each U.S. citizen who is killed as a result of actions of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) or support provided by ISI to other organizations or individuals, including the Haqqani Network (an insurgent network operating in Pakistan and Afghanistan).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-10
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: 2012-05-10
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: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the establishment of a Tomb of Remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery for interment of cremated fragments of the remains of members of the Armed Forces killed in Afghanistan, Iraq, or a subsequent conflict when the fragments are unidentifiable by use of DNA testing or other means because of the condition of the fragments, are unclaimed, or are identified and authorized by the person designated to direct disposition of the remains for internment in such memorial.

Bill: 112-hr-5735
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2012-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Cemeteries and funerals
Conflicts and wars
Iraq
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to establish within Arlington National Cemetery a Tomb of Remembrance for the interment of cremated fragments of the remains of members of the Armed Forces killed in Afghanistan, Iraq, or any subsequent war or contingency operation if such fragments are: (1) unidentifiable by use of DNA testing or other means, (2) unclaimed after a reasonable period, (3) identified and authorized for such interment by the person designated to direct disposition, or (4) designated as "No Further Pursuit" remains.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2012-06-06
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2012-05-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5736
Sponsor: Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2012-05-10 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Broadcasting Board of Governors
Department of State
Government information and archives
International exchange and broadcasting
Public participation and lobbying
Sound recording
Television and film
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: 
Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 - Amends the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 to authorize the Secretary of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors to provide for the preparation and dissemination of information intended for foreign audiences abroad about the United States, including about its people, its history, and the federal government's policies, through press, publications, radio, motion pictures, the Internet, and other information media, including social media, and through information centers and instructors. (Under current law such authority is restricted to information disseminated abroad, with a limited domestic exception.)
 
Authorizes the Secretary and the Board to make available in the United States motion pictures, films, video, audio, and other materials prepared for dissemination abroad or disseminated abroad pursuant to such Act, the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994, the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, or the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act. 
 
Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 to prohibit funds for the Department of State or the Board from being used to influence public opinion or propagandizing in the United States. (Under current law such provision applies to the United States Information Agency [USIA].)
 
Applies such prohibition only to programs carried out pursuant to the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994, the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, and the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act. 
 
States that such provision shall: (1) not prohibit the Department or the Board from providing information about its operations, policies, programs, or program material, or making such information available to members of the media, public, or Congress; (2) not be construed to prohibit the Department from engaging in any medium of information on a presumption that a U.S. domestic audience may be exposed to program material; and (3) apply only to the Department and the Board and to no other federal department or agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Introduced in House