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Domestic Violence Judicial Support Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3977
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2012-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Domestic violence and child abuse
Family services
Law enforcement administration and funding
Lawyers and legal services
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Sex offenses
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: 
Domestic Violence Judicial Support Act of 2012 - Amends the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, as amended by the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005, to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to state and local governments, Indian tribal governments, courts and other specified providers for: (1) supervised visitation and safe visitation exchange of children and youth by and between parents in situations involving domestic violence, dating violence, child sexual abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; and (2) court-related and child protective services workers education on the dynamics of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault (including child sexual abuse), and stalking. 
 
Amends the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 to: (1) ensure that by January 1, 2015, a court-appointed special advocate shall be available to every victim of child abuse or neglect in the United States that needs one; and (2) reauthorize through FY2017 the court-appointed special advocate program and the child abuse training programs for judicial personnel and practitioners. 
 

 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Introduced in House
EASY Voting Act

Bill: 112-hr-3978
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2012-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Higher education
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: 
Equal Access to Support Youth Voting Act or EASY Voting Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the dissemination of false information with the intent of discouraging students who attend an institution of higher education (IHE) from voting or registering to vote in a federal election.
 
Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require state and local election officials to accept a current and valid student photo identification issued by the IHE the student attends as a current and valid photo identification when such identification is required to obtain a ballot or vote in a federal election.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2012-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2012-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States  to extend to 2025 the production certificate program that allows refunds of duties on certain articles produced in United States insular possessions.

Bill: 112-hr-3979
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2012-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend through 2025 the production certificate program requiring the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior to jointly issue to producers of watches and watch movements in the U.S. insular possessions production certificates entitling the certificate holders to a refund of duties paid on such articles imported into the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Opportunity Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3980
Sponsor: Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3]
Introduced: 2012-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Public contracts and procurement
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: 
Small Business Opportunity Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act to replace the position of breakout procurement representative within the Small Business Administration (SBA) with the position of procurement center representative. Requires such representatives to, among other things, review any acquisition plan with respect to a procurement requirement, and make recommendations regarding procurement method determinations and acquisition plans. Removes the requirement that such representatives review restrictions on competition, instead requiring them to review barriers to small business participation in federal contracting, as well as any bundled or consolidated solicitation or contract. Requires such representatives to: (1) have electronic access to any acquisition plan developed or in development with respect to a procurement activity, (2) be an advocate for the maximum practicable utilization of small businesses in federal contracting, and (3) be notified of and included in all applicable acquisition planning processes.
 
Directs the Defense Acquisition University and the Federal Acquisition Institute to each provide a course on contracting requirements under the Small Business Act.
 
Requires each federal department or agency having contracting authority to: (1) enumerate opportunities for participation by small businesses during all acquisition planning processes and in all acquisition plans, and (2) invite the participation of the appropriate Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and procurement representative in such planning processes and provide Director and representative access to all acquisition plans in development.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-21
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 525.
action_date: 2012-12-21
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 112-722.
action_date: 2012-12-21
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 112-722.
action_date: 2012-03-07
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2012-03-07
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Introduced in House
HONOR Act

Bill: 112-hr-3981
Sponsor: Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2]
Introduced: 2012-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Firearms and explosives
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: 
Honoring Our Nation's Outstanding Rifle Squads Act or HONOR Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, if determined appropriate to meet the needs of an eligible organization with respect to performing funeral and other ceremonies, to: (1) loan or donate excess small arms; (2) authorize the organization to retain small arms other than M-1 rifles; or (3) if excess small arms stock is insufficient to meet organizational requirements, prescribe policies and procedures to establish a rotational loan program based on the organization's needs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Religious Liberty Protection Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3982
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2012-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Comprehensive health care
Department of Health and Human Services
Family planning and birth control
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: 
 Religious Liberty Protection Act of 2012 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from implementing or enforcing any provision of the interim final rule published on July 19, 2010, related to the coverage of preventive health services under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) or any amendment to such rule insofar as such provision or amendment require any individual or entity to provide coverage of sterilization or contraceptive services to which the individual or entity is opposed on the basis of religious belief.
 
Amends PPACA to declare that a health plan shall not be considered to have failed to provide essential health benefits, to fail to be a qualified health plan, or to fail to fulfill any other requirements on the basis that the plan does not provide or pay for coverage of sterilization or contraceptive services because: (1) providing or paying for such coverage is contrary to the religious or moral beliefs of the sponsor, issuer, or other entity offering the plan; or (2) such coverage, in the case of individual coverage, is contrary to the religious or moral beliefs of the purchaser or beneficiary of the coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening America's Public Schools Through Promoting Foreign Investment Act

Bill: 112-hr-3983
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-23]
Introduced: 2012-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: 
Strengthening America's Public Schools Through Promoting Foreign Investment Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit a lawful alien who enters the United States on a nonimmigrant student visa (including Mexican and Canadian commuter students) to attend a U.S. public secondary school for longer than one year if such alien reimburses the local educational agency for the full, unsubsidized per capita cost of providing education at such school for the period of the alien's attendance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Introduced in House
APPLE Juice Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3984
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2012-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fruit and vegetables
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: 
Arsenic Prevention and Protection from Lead Exposure in Juice Act of 2012 or the APPLE Juice Act of 2012 - Directs the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA) to promulgate final regulations establishing tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to limit the quantity of total arsenic and lead in beverages containing fruit juice. Requires the limitations on total arsenic and lead in such beverages to be no less stringent than the allowable level for total arsenic and lead in bottled water under the FFDCA. Provides that if there are no such tolerances in effect within two years, a beverage containing fruit juice shall be deemed to be adulterated if the quantity of total arsenic or lead in the beverage exceeds the limits of the allowable level for total arsenic or lead, respectively, in bottled water.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Building Better Business Partnerships Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3985
Sponsor: Rep. Schilling, Robert T. [R-IL-17]
Introduced: 2012-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Small Business Administration
Small business
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: 
Building Better Business Partnerships Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a mentor-protege program for all small businesses. (Under current law, the SBA mentor-protege program is limited to small businesses participating in the section 8(a) guaranteed loan program.) 
 
Prohibits a federal department or agency from carrying out a mentor-protege program for small businesses unless the head of such department or agency submits a program plan to the Administrator and the Administrator approves it. Requires the Administrator to approve or disapprove a plan based on whether the proposed program: (1) will assist proteges to compete for federal prime contracts and subcontracts, and (2) complies with program regulations as issued by the Administrator under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-21
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 526.
action_date: 2012-12-21
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 112-723.
action_date: 2012-12-21
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 112-723.
action_date: 2012-03-21
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2012-03-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H816)
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Irene and Lee Emergency Assistance Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3986
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2012-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Natural disasters
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: 
Irene and Lee Emergency Assistance Act of 2012 - Directs the President, in the case of an individual eligible to receive unemployment assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act as a result of the disaster declaration made for Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee on or after August 22, 2011, to make such assistance available for 39 weeks after the date of the declaration (currently limited to 26 weeks).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Protection Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3987
Sponsor: Rep. Walsh, Joe [R-IL-8]
Introduced: 2012-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: 
Small Business Protection Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), when establishing small business size standards, to establish or approve a single standard for a grouping of four-digit North American Industrial Classification codes only if the Administrator makes publicly available, no later than the date on which it is established or approved, a justification that such standard is appropriate for each individual industry classification in the grouping.
 
Requires the Administrator, in conducting rulemaking to revise, modify, or establish size standards, to consider and address: (1) the industry for which the new standard is proposed, (2) the competitive environment for that industry, (3) the approach used to develop the proposed standard, and (4) the anticipated effect of the proposed rulemaking on the industry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-21
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 527.
action_date: 2012-12-21
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 112-724.
action_date: 2012-12-21
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 112-724.
action_date: 2012-03-21
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2012-03-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Generic Drug and Biosimilar User Fee Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3988
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18]
Introduced: 2012-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Prescription drugs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: 
Generic Drug and Biosimilar User Fee Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), beginning FY2013, to assess and collect the following fees related to generic drugs: (1) a one-time backlog fee for abbreviated new drug applications pending on October 1, 2012; (2) a drug master file fee; (3) an abbreviated new drug application and prior approval supplement filing fee, as well as an additional fee for active pharmaceutical ingredient information not included by reference to Type II active pharmaceutical ingredient drug master file; and (4) a generic drug facility fee and active pharmaceutical ingredient facility fee. Provides that submission of an application for a positron emission tomography drug or active pharmaceutical ingredient for a positron emission tomography drug shall not require the payment of any fee. Sets forth provisions relating to fee amounts and due dates. Terminates the above provisions on October 1, 2017.
 
Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the progress of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in achieving specified safety, access, and transparency goals with respect to generic drugs.
 
Biosimilar User Fee Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary, beginning FY2013, to assess and collect the following fees related to biosimilar biological products: (1) biosimilar program development fees, encompassing an initial biosimilar biological development fee, an annual biosimilar biological product development fee, and a reactivation fee; (2) a biosimilar biological product application and supplement fee; (3) a biosimilar biological product establishment fee; and (4) a biosimilar biological product fee. Waives the above fees for the first biosimilar biological product application of a small business. Terminates the above provisions on October 1, 2017.
 
Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the progress of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in achieving specified goals with respect to biosimilar biological products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-08
text: Introduced in House
KEEP Secure Act

Bill: 112-hr-3991
Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Sandy [R-FL-24]
Introduced: 2012-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Government information and archives
Labor-management relations
Personnel records

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: 
Keep Employees' Emails and Phones Secure Act or KEEP Secure Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to prohibit the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from requiring an employer to provide the NLRB or a labor organization with employee telephone numbers or email addresses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act

Bill: 112-hr-3993
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2012-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
National Credit Union Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: 
Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act - Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to empower federal credit unions to receive payments, representing equity, on certain uninsured non-share capital accounts, subject to such terms, rates, and conditions as may be established by the board of directors, within limitations prescribed by the National Credit Union Administration Board (Board).
 
Requires any Board-prescribed system of prompt corrective action to take into account that credit unions rely predominantly (under current law, must rely) upon retained earnings to build net worth.
 
Redefines &quot;net worth&quot; with respect to any insured credit union (other than a low-income credit union) to include non-share capital accounts, as authorized by the Board, that: (1) do not alter the cooperative nature of the credit union; (2) are uninsured; (3) are subordinate to all other claims against the credit union, including the claims of creditors, shareholders, and the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund; (4) are available to be applied to cover operating losses of the credit union in excess of its retained earnings and, to the extent so applied, will not be replenished; (5) are subject to maturity limits as determined by the Board; and (6) are offered by a credit union that is sufficiently capitalized and well-managed.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House