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Cell Phone Theft Prevention Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4247
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2012-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Crimes against property
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: 
Cell Phone Theft Prevention Act of 2012 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit a provider of commercial mobile or commercial mobile data service from providing service on a mobile electronic device reported to such provider as stolen by: (1) the person who holds the service account, if such person submits a copy of a report made to a law enforcement agency regarding the theft; or (2) another provider of commercial mobile or commercial mobile data service required by this Act to inform all other providers of a device reported stolen and of any information necessary for identification of the device. 
 
Defines &quot;mobile electronic device&quot; as a personal electronic device on which commercial mobile or commercial mobile data service is provided, excluding devices: (1) for which the consumer purchases service by paying in advance for a specified amount of calling or data usage, or (2) with respect to which the consumer does not have a direct relationship with the provider. 
 
Directs providers to make available to account holders the capability of deleting, from a remote location, all information that was placed on such a device after its manufacture. 
 
Prohibits a person from manufacturing in or importing into the United States for sale or resale to the public a mobile electronic device unless it is: (1) equipped with a unique identifier that allows a provider to identify such device, and (2) configured to enable a provider to make available the remote deletion capability required by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the burial at Arlington National Cemetery of members of the Army who served honorably in the Tomb Guard Platoon of the 3d United States Infantry Regiment, which provides the sentinels at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery.

Bill: 112-hr-4248
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2012-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Military personnel and dependents
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: 
Makes eligible for interment or inurnment at Arlington National Cemetery members of the Army who served honorably for at least nine months in the Tomb Guard Platoon of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment which provides sentinels at the Tomb of the Unknowns at such Cemetery.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2012-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2012-03-22
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: 2012-03-22
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: 2012-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: Introduced in House
Workforce-Ready Educate America Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4249
Sponsor: Rep. Hochul, Kathleen C. [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2012-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Income tax credits
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: 
Workforce-Ready Educate America Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a $1,000-per-student tax credit to employers who partner with educational institutions to provide skills training. Limits the amount of such credit to $3,000 in a taxable year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 3-year extension of the exclusion of income from the discharge of indebtedness on qualified principal residences.

Bill: 112-hr-4250
Sponsor: Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3]
Introduced: 2012-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2015 the exclusion from gross income of income attributable to the discharge of indebtedness on a principal residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Health Care Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4252
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2012-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: 
Small Business Health Care Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for the health insurance expenses of small employers, to: (1) expand the eligibility of such employers for the credit by allowing them to have up to 50 full-time employees (currently, limited to no more than 25 full-time employees); (2) modify the phaseout of such credit based upon increases in the number of eligible employees and the employer's average annual wages; (3) increase the average annual wage limitation for 2012, 2013, and subsequent years; (4) repeal the requirement that employers make uniform contributions of at least 50% of each employee's premium to qualify for the tax credit; and (5) repeal the limitation on such credit based on the average premium in the small group market in the rating area in which an employee enrolls for coverage. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: Introduced in House
Preservation Enhancement and Savings Opportunity Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4253
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2012-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: 
Preservation Enhancement and Savings Opportunity Act of 2012 - Amends the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (LIHPRHA) to entitle the owner of a property subject to a plan of action or use agreement to distribute: (1) annually, all surplus cash generated by the property; and (2) upon request made to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), any funds accumulated in a residual receipts account. Entitles the owner to such distribution, however, only if the individual is in material compliance with the use agreement.
 
Declares that neither LIHPRHA, nor any plan of action or use agreement implementing it, shall restrict an owner from obtaining a new loan or refinancing a loan secured by a low-income housing project, or from distributing the proceeds of such a loan, except that the treatment of the loan for purposes of budget-based project rents shall be within the Secretary's discretion.
 
Grants an owner who received a direct capital loan under the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, upon 30 days written notice to the Secretary, including payment of the present value of the loan as determined under a discount rate equal to the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) nominal Treasury rate of appropriate duration based upon the loan's maturity, the right to defease the loan or to obtain the release of the instrument securing it.
 
Amends the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 with respect to the requirement that the Secretary, upon expiration of a project-based contract for low-income housing assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 for a project subject to an approved plan of action under either LIHPRHA or the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987, provide the owner with benefits comparable to those provided under the plan of action, including distributions, rent increase procedures, and duration of low-income affordability restrictions. Revises the requirement to require that the benefits provided to the owner be at least comparable to those provided under the plan of action. Authorizes the owner to request a rent increase.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Advantage Program Integrity Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4254
Sponsor: Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2012-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: 
Medicare Advantage Program Integrity Act of 2012 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the coding intensity adjustment factor in the formula for the demographic adjustment used in calculating payments to Medicare+Choice organizations for 2015 and subsequent years.
 
Sets the timing of prepayments to Medicare+Choice organizations and to Medicare Advantage organizations for months beginning with January 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-03-22
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: 2012-03-22
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: 2012-03-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E430)
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: Introduced in House
Accountability in Grants Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4255
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2012-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Public contracts and procurement
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: 
Accountability in Grants Act of 2012 - Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from awarding grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, or other financial assistance under the national research and development program for the prevention and control of air pollution for any program, project, or activity to occur outside the United States and its territories and possessions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2012-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2012-03-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2012-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: Introduced in House
Pool Safety and Accessibility for Everyone (Pool SAFE) Act

Bill: 112-hr-4256
Sponsor: Rep. Mulvaney, Mick [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2012-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Disability and health-based discrimination
Sports and recreation facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-26
text: 
Pool Safety and Accessibility for Everyone (Pool SAFE) Act - Prohibits any suit brought for violations of the revised regulations of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 concerning the requirements to provide an accessible means of entry to pools for places of public accommodation and commercial facilities that occurred on or after March 15, 2012, and before the date that is one year after enactment of this Act. Bars the Attorney General (AG) from investigating or initiating a compliance review of an alleged violation occurring during such period. 
Requires dismissal of any suit brought against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility for such a violation brought on or after March 15, 2012, and before the date of enactment of this Act. 
Directs the AG to revise accessibility regulations to provide that a place of public accommodation or a commercial facility is in compliance with the requirement to have an accessible means of entry to a pool when such a place or facility uses a portable pool lift on request, even if: (1) installation of a permanent lift is readily achievable, and (2) a single portable pool lift is used for multiple pools.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2012-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Republic of Georgia Democracy Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4258
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2012-03-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Europe
Foreign aid and international relief
Georgia (Republic)
Human rights

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-26
text: 
Republic of Georgia Democracy Act of 2012 - Prohibits FY2013 funds for any U.S. department or agency from being used to provide assistance to the Republic of Georgia until the Secretary of State reports to Congress that the parliamentary elections (held in October 2012 or such other date if rescheduled) were carried out in a free and competitive manner consistent with international standards. 
 
Requires such report to include information on: (1) the presence and findings of election observers; (2) the ability of opposition parties to campaign effectively; and (3) whether Bidzina Ivanishvili and the Georgian Dream Party participated in the election, and, if not, the reason for their absence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2012-03-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E440)
action_date: 2012-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Adjusting for Income Disparity Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4260
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-11]
Introduced: 2012-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Tax treatment of families
Transfer and inheritance taxes
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-26
text: 
Adjusting for Income Disparity Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer a new tax credit to compensate for income disparity. Sets the amount of such credit at the applicable credit amount ($2,500 to $5,000) reduced by a specified percentage (3 1/3% to 6 2/3%) of the excess of the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income over a specified threshold ($15,000 to $30,000), based on the number of the taxpayer's dependents.
 
Accelerates to December 31, 2011 (currently, December 31, 2012), the termination date for the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (EGTRRA) and the provisions of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 (JGTRRA) providing for a reduction in capital gain and dividend tax rates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-26
text: Introduced in House
REVAMP with Community Colleges Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4261
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2012-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-26
text: 
Revamping the Education of our Veterans to Align Manufacturing through Partnerships with Community Colleges Act of 2012 or REVAMP with Community Colleges Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to award grants to community colleges to: (1) analyze the demand for trained employees in their locality and the skills possessed by veterans who receive federal educational assistance and seek local employment, (2) provide those veterans with training that addresses local demand for trained employees, and (3) facilitate the establishment of an advisory board to provide guidance to the training program and assist trained veterans in their pursuit of local employment.
 
Requires the advisory board to be composed of local business representatives and an employee from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2012-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2012-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Cosmetics Safety Enhancement Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4262
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2012-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Business records
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Product safety and quality
Retail and wholesale trades
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-26
text: 
Cosmetics Safety Enhancement Act of 2012 - Amends the the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the registration of cosmetic products and cosmetic manufacturing facilities, including, for each product: (1) a unique facility identifier, (2) every product's brand name, and (3) product ingredients. Sets registration fees.
 
Requires a cosmetic manufacturer: (1) before the introduction into interstate commerce of a cosmetic product, to establish a file containing scientific evidence substantiating the product's safety; (2) to report any serious adverse event information received that is associated with the use of a cosmetic product; and (3) maintain records concerning any cosmetic product that may be adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise in violation of the Act, including all records relating to cosmetic product safety substantiation or relating to serious adverse event reports.
 
Deems a cosmetic product adulterated if its manufacture, packing, or holding do not conform to current good manufacturing practice regulations.
 
Provides each manufacturer with an opportunity to cease distribution and recall of a cosmetic product if it is determined that there is a reasonable probability that the product is adulterated and the use of, or exposure to, such product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death to humans. Permits the issuance of an order requiring a recall if there is not a voluntary recall of an adulterated product.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Shared Responsibility in Preserving America's Future Act

Bill: 112-hr-4265
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2012-03-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Income tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-27
text: 
Shared Responsibility in Preserving America's Future Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose, in taxable years beginning after 2012 and before 2023, an additional 5% tax on individual taxpayers whose modified adjusted gross income exceeds $1 million (adjusted for inflation after 2013). Defines "modified adjusted gross income" as adjusted gross income reduced by the excess of: (1) gross income from a trade or business which is not a passive activity and with respect to which wages are paid to at least one full-time equivalent employee, over (2) the tax deductions properly allocable to such income. 
 
Makes this additional tax contingent upon the submission and ratification of a proposed amendment to the Constitution requiring a balanced budget or limiting spending.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-03-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-27
text: Introduced in House