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Asian Carp Prevention Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6348
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Dams and canals
Fishes
Great Lakes
Illinois
Lakes and rivers
Pest management
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
Asian Carp Prevention Act of 2012 - Requires the Secretary of the Army to coordinate and lead federal actions with respect to preventing the spread of Asian carp in the Great Lakes and its tributaries.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to carry out projects to prevent the spread of Asian carp in the Great Lakes and its tributaries, including: (1) installing electric, acoustic, air bubble, and other barriers; (2) applying pesticides; (3) improving locks; and (4) taking actions at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam, Illinois, to prevent the spread of Asian carp.
 
Requires the Secretary to implement measures recommended in the dispersal barrier efficacy study, or provided in interim reports, authorized under the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 to prevent aquatic nuisance species from bypassing the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Dispersal Barrier Project and dispersing into the Great Lakes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6349
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Employee benefits and pensions
User charges and fees
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2012 - Amends federal bankruptcy law to: (1) round to the nearest $5 any Consumer Price Index (CPI) increase in the trustee fee for services rendered in a case under chapter 7 (Liquidation); (2) increase that fee from $15 to $75; and (3) authorize the court, in determining the amount of reasonable compensation to be awarded to a trustee under chapter 7, to treat such compensation as a commission.
 
Prohibits the waiver of the trustee fee if an individual debtor is able to pay in installments in chapter 7 cases.
 
Repeals the requirement that, when a trustee is not serving a chapter 7 case involving an employee benefit plan, the debtor continue to perform the obligations required of the plan administrator if at the time of the commencement of the case the debtor (or a designee entity) served as the administrator. Repeals the duty of a trustee, in such a circumstance, to continue to perform such administrative obligations.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6351
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Aging
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Contracts and agency
Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2012 - Provides that a pre-dispute arbitration agreement between a long-term care facility and a resident (or anyone acting on the resident's behalf) shall not be valid or specifically enforceable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act

Bill: 112-hr-6352
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Medical education
Medicare
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to distribution of additional resident positions as they affect calculation of payments for direct graduate medical education (DME) costs.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), for each of FY2013-FY2017 (and each succeeding fiscal year if additional residency positions are available to distribute), to increase the otherwise applicable resident limit for each qualifying hospital.
 
Directs the Secretary to determine the total number of additional residency positions available for distribution, in accordance with guidelines for allocating 33% to hospitals already operating over the resident limit, and generally setting the aggregate number of increases in the resident limit to 3,000 in each year.
 
Specifies the process for distributing positions.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish and implement procedures under which the amount of payments that a hospital would otherwise receive for indirect medical education (IME) costs for discharges occurring during a fiscal year is adjusted based on the reporting of measures and the performance of the hospital on measures of patient care priorities specified by the Secretary.
 
Directs the Secretary to report to Congress and the National Health Care Workforce Commission on the graduate medical education (GME) payments, including both direct GME payments and IME payments, that hospitals receive under the Medicare program.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to study: (1) the physician workforce, and (2) strategies for increasing the diversity of the health profession workforce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-08-02
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: 2012-08-02
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: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Manufacturing American Innovation Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6353
Sponsor: Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Income tax deductions
Intellectual property
Manufacturing
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
Manufacturing American Innovation Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer to elect a tax deduction for an amount equal to 71% of the lesser of: (1) the taxpayer's patent box profit, or (2 the taxpayer's taxable income for the taxable year. Defines &quot;patent box profit&quot; to include gross receipts derived from the sale, lease, license, or or other disposition of qualified patent property in the course of a U.S. trade or business over the sum of the taxpayer's cost of goods sold allocable to patent gross receipts, other expenses, losses, or deductions, including research and development expenditures, allocable to such receipts, plus routine profit. Defines &quot;qualified patent&quot; to include a patent issued or extended by, or for which an application is pending before, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
 
Sets forth rules for the application of the patent box profit deduction to pass-thru entities, including partnerships and S corporations, trusts and estates, and agricultural and horticultural cooperatives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
To correct the boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit P-31P.

Bill: 112-hr-6354
Sponsor: Rep. Southerland, Steve II [R-FL-2]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Florida
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
Replaces the map included in the set of maps entitled "Coastal Barrier Resources System" (referred to in specified provisions of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act and relating to Unit P-31P in the state of Florida) with another map relating to the same unit entitled "John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Corrected Unit P-31P."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to include the desecration of cemeteries among the many forms of violations of the right to religious freedom.

Bill: 112-hr-6355
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Robert L. [R-NY-9]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Crimes against property
Human rights
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
Amends the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to include the desecration of cemeteries among the forms of violations of the right to religious freedom in many countries around the world.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 49, United States Code, to change the membership of the Metropolitan Airports Authority Board of Directors, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-6356
Sponsor: Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10]
Introduced: 2012-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
District of Columbia
Intergovernmental relations
Maryland
State and local government operations
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 
Revises membership requirements for and reduces to nine the number of members on the board of directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. Makes corresponding reductions in the number of members appointed by the governor of Virginia, the mayor of the District of Columbia, the governor of Maryland, and the President.
 
Reduces from 10 to 5 the number of votes required to approve bond issues and the annual budget.
 
Makes conforming amendments to the District of Columbia Regional Airports Authority Act of 1985.
 
Limits members to one term.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2012-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the extrajudicial killing of United States citizens, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-6357
Sponsor: Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]
Introduced: 2012-08-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Military operations and strategy
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-03
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to the use of extrajudicial force against a citizen of the United States. 
 
Prohibits anyone, including the President, from instructing an employee or an agent of the United States from engaging in, or conspiring to engage in, the extrajudicial killing of a U.S. citizen. 
 
Requires the President to submit to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate: (1) a report on the identity of each U.S. citizen that is on the list of the Joint Special Operations Command or the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as a high value individual or a high value target, and (2) a written assurance that no U.S. citizens are being added to such list. 
 
Defines "extrajudicial killing" to mean a premeditated and intentional use of lethal force against a U.S. citizen, but excludes from such definition the use of force in certain circumstances, including against a U.S. citizen whose guilt has been adjudicated consistent with due process of law, who is directly participating in hostilities in a zone of active armed conflict and the United States is a party to such conflict, or against whom force is required by law enforcement personnel for purposes of self defense, defense of others, or enabling the release of hostages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-08-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2012-08-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2012-08-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2012-08-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income any prizes or awards won in competition in the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.

Bill: 112-hr-6359
Sponsor: Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2012-08-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Athletes
Disability and paralysis
Income tax exclusion
Olympic games

Summary:
action_date: 2012-08-07
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, the value of any medal awarded in, or any prize money received from the U.S. Olympic Committee on account of, competition in the Olympic Games or Paralympic Games.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-08-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-08-07
text: Introduced in House
REFI Pacific Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6362
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2012-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Pacific Ocean
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: 
Revitalizing the Economy of Fisheries in the Pacific Act of 2012 or REFI Pacific Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce (upon receipt of such assurances as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States) to issue a loan to refinance the existing debt obligation funding the fishing capacity reduction program for the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery implemented under the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003.
 
Requires such loan to have a maturity that expires 45 years after the date of issuance.
 
Prohibits the fee with respect to such loan from exceeding 3% of the ex-vessel value of all fish harvested from each fishery for which the loan is issued.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: Introduced in House
Credit Access and Inclusion Act

Bill: 112-hr-6363
Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2012-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business records
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Housing finance and home ownership
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: 
Credit Access and Inclusion Act - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act, with respect to the responsibilities of furnishers of information to consumer reporting agencies, to declare that nothing in the Act or related regulations shall be construed as to prohibit a person from furnishing to a consumer reporting agency certain consumer identifying information, including: (1) consumer's full name, telephone number, mother's maiden name, address, zip code, date of birth, any generational designation, or Social Security number; (2) transactions or experiences between the consumer and the person furnishing the information; and (3) the performance of the consumer's obligations under a real property lease, a subscription agreement, or an account of a public utility service (subject to certain limitations).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: Introduced in House
Flexible Refinancing for American Families Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6366
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2012-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Housing finance and home ownership
Interest, dividends, interest rates
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: 
Flexible Refinancing for American Families Act of 2012 - Directs the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (government-sponsored enterprises or GSEs) each to carry out a one-year program providing for the refinancing of qualified single-family housing mortgages it owns through a refinancing mortgage having a 50-year term (and for the purchase of and securitization of such refinancing mortgages) in accordance with this Act and the policies and procedures that the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency shall establish.
 
Permits the mortgagee, however, upon written 90-day advance notice to the mortgagor, to require payment in full of a 50-year mortgage only 30 years after the beginning of its amortization.
 
Defines a qualified mortgage as one, regardless of whether the mortgagor is current on payments due or in default, that: (1) is an existing first mortgage for purchase of, or refinancing another first mortgage on, a one- to four-family dwelling, including a condominium or a share in a cooperative ownership housing association, that is occupied by the mortgagor as principal residence; (2) is owned or guaranteed by the particular GSE; and (3) was originated on or before enactment of this Act.
 
Specifies the terms and conditions of a refinancing mortgage, including a 50-year term to maturity and a prohibition on borrower fees. Requires waiver or forgiveness of all fees and penalties related to any default or delinquency on the original mortgage.
 
Requires a GSE to pay a fee of up to $1,000 to the servicer of a qualified mortgage refinance.
 
Prohibits any requirement of a property appraisal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: Introduced in House
Man in the Sea Memorial Act

Bill: 112-hr-6367
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2012-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: District of Columbia
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
Monuments and memorials
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: 
Man in the Sea Memorial Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to permit a third party to establish and maintain, at a suitable location at the former Navy Dive School at the Washington Navy Yard (District of Columbia) a memorial to honor members of the Armed Forces who have served as divers and whose service in defense of the United States has been carried out beneath the waters of the world.
 
Prohibits the use of federal funds for designing, procuring, preparing, installing, or maintaining the memorial.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: Introduced in House