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To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to adjust the date on which consolidated assets are determined for purposes of exempting certain instruments of smaller institutions from capital deductions.

Bill: 112-hr-3128
Sponsor: Rep. Grimm, Michael G. [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2011-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: 
Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to add March 31, 2010, as a date for calculation of total consolidated assets, for purposes of exempting certain debt or equity instruments of smaller financial institutions from capital deductions requirements.

action_date: 2012-06-29
text: 

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

 
Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to add March 31, 2010, as a date for calculation of total consolidated assets, for purposes of exempting certain debt or equity instruments of smaller financial institutions from capital deductions requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-29
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 406.
action_date: 2012-06-29
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 112-566.
action_date: 2012-06-29
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 112-566.
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 35 - 15.
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-10-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Family Foreclosure Rescue Corporation Act

Bill: 112-hr-3129
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2011-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Housing finance and home ownership
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: 
Family Foreclosure Rescue Corporation Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish the Family Foreclosure Rescue Corporation to acquire, via the sale of bonds, home mortgages, and other obligations and liens secured by real estate which are currently in default or at foreseeable risk of default.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2012-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2011-10-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2011-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Heartbeat Informed Consent Act

Bill: 112-hr-3130
Sponsor: Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2011-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Health information and medical records
Medical ethics
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: 
Heartbeat Informed Consent Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require abortion providers to perform an obstetric ultrasound on the pregnant woman, display the ultrasound images so that the she may view them, and provide a medical description of the ultrasound images of the unborn child's cardiac activity, if present and viewable. Requires the ultrasound to be performed before the woman gives informed consent for an abortion.
 
Requires an abortion provider to make the embryonic or fetal heartbeat audible for the pregnant woman to hear prior to the woman giving informed consent to an abortion if the pregnancy is at least eight weeks after fertilization.
 
Exempts an abortion provider if the abortion is necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself. Requires a certification in such cases.
 
Subjects an abortion provider who knowingly or recklessly fails to comply with this Act to civil penalties and notification of the appropriate state medical licensing authority. Gives standing to file a civil action for violations of this Act to the Attorney General or a woman upon whom an abortion has been performed in violation of this Act or the parent or legal guardian of such a woman if she is an unemancipated minor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of State to submit a report on whether any support organization that participated in the planning or execution of the recent Gaza flotilla attempt should be designated as a foreign terrorist organization and any actions taken by the Department of State to express gratitude to the government of Greece for preventing the Gaza flotilla from setting sail in contravention of Israel's legal blockade of Gaza, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-3131
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2011-10-06 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Arms control and nonproliferation
Congressional oversight
Congressional tributes
Europe
Gaza Strip
Greece
Israel
Middle East
Palestinians
Terrorism
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should take diplomatic steps to express gratitude to Greece for upholding the rule of law in preventing hostile forces from violating a legal naval blockade of Gaza by Israel and thereby advancing the security of its ally Israel.
 
Directs the Secretary of State to report to Congress on whether any support organization that participated in the planning or execution of the recent Gaza flotilla attempt should be designated as a foreign terrorist organization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia .
action_date: 2011-10-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia.
action_date: 2011-10-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2011-10-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2011-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Introduced in House
To extend the authorization period for certain uses of funds from the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund.

Bill: 112-hr-3132
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2011-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
California
Government trust funds
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: 
Amends the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001 to extend the period during which the Secretary of the Army may use amounts in the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund to operate and maintain a water quality project administered by the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority, in California, or the Central Basin Water Quality Project administered by the Central Basin Municipal Water District from 10 to 15 years after the initial date of operation of the project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Equal Justice for Our Military Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3133
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2011-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal appellate courts
Judicial review and appeals
Military law
Military personnel and dependents
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: 
Equal Justice for Our Military Act of 2011 - Amends the federal judicial code to allow for review by writ of certiorari of certain cases denied relief or review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
 
Declares that the time for application for such a writ shall be as prescribed by rules of the Supreme Court.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1794-1795)
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Introduced in House
DIAPER Act

Bill: 112-hr-3134
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2011-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: 
Diaper Investment and Aid to Promote Economic Recovery or DIAPER Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to include a state's provision under a child care and development block grant of diapers and diapering supplies to enrolled child care providers as covered child care assistance to parents with children under age three.
 
Treats such a provision as a direct service not counted among administrative costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Adjusting Davis-Bacon for Inflation Act

Bill: 112-hr-3135
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2011-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Inflation and prices
Labor standards
Public contracts and procurement
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: 
Adjusting Davis-Bacon for Inflation Act - Increases from $2,000 to $50,000 the contract threshold requiring the locally prevailing wage rate to be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works (Davis-Bacon Act).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Accountability Pay Act

Bill: 112-hr-3136
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Introduced: 2011-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: 
Congressional Accountability Pay Act - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to revise the method of adjusting the annual rate of pay of Members of Congress.
 
Requires a decrease in the rate of pay for each Member by a specified percentage if outlays for any fiscal year are greater than outlays for the preceding fiscal year.
 
Amends the Federal Salary Act of 1967 to require that recommendations by the Citizens' Commission on Public Service and Compensation conform with this Act, except those for the salaries of the Chief Justice of the United States, judges of U.S. district courts, and judges of the U.S. Court of International Trade.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy     .
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Freedom of Commerce Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3137
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2011-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Marketing and advertising
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: 
Small Business Freedom of Commerce Act of 2011 - Allows a small business operating in the United States to elect to be exempt from any federal rule or regulation issued on or after January 20, 2009. Requires the small business to notify the federal agency that issued the rule or regulation that it has elected such exemption, and makes the exemption effective 30 days after such notification.
 
Requires an exempt small business to: (1) label any product affected by the exemption as no longer subject to such rule or regulation, and (2) include in any communication relating to the affected product or activity a notice that it is no longer so subject.
 
Provides penalties for small business noncompliance with such requirements.
 
Prohibits a small business from electing to be exempt from a rule or regulation issued by the Department of Defense (DOD) or Homeland Security (DHS) if the Secretary of Defense or Homeland Security has determined that the rule or regulation is necessary for U.S. security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Introduced in House
American Innovation in Manufacturing Act

Bill: 112-hr-3138
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2011-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Congressional oversight
Manufacturing
Public-private cooperation
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: 
American Innovation in Manufacturing Act - Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to prohibit the Secretary of Commerce, for each of FY2012-FY2013, from: (1) providing a Hollings Manufacturing Extension Center under the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program with more than 50% of the costs incurred by the Center under the Program, and (2) requiring a Center's cost share to exceed 50%. 
 
Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on such cost share requirements, including: (1) a discussion of various cost share structures, and (2) a recommendation on how best to structure the cost-share requirement after FY2013 to provide for long-term sustainability of the Program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia National Disaster Insurance Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-3139
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
District of Columbia
Income tax exclusion
Insurance industry and regulation
Life, casualty, property insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: 
District of Columbia National Disaster Insurance Protection Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the creation and tax treatment of a tax-exempt natural disaster protection fund held by an insurance company that: (1) is incorporated and domiciled in the District of Columbia; (2) is subject to supervision by the District of Columbia Commissioner of Insurance, Securities, and Banking; (3) maintains an office in the District of Columbia that employs no fewer than 10 full-time employees, at least 5 of whom are District of Columbia residents; (4) is subject to any premium taxes and other taxes and fees imposed by the District of Columbia on all domestic insurance companies; and (5) is subject to an additional tax imposed by the District of Columbia on premiums charged for natural catastrophic risk coverage at a rate that does not exceed the rate of federal excise tax on a premium paid on a contract of reinsurance issued by any foreign insurer or reinsurer. 
 
Allows distributions from such a fund to cover losses attributable to wind (including hurricanes and tornadoes), earthquakes, floods, tsunami or tidal wave, volcanic eruption, fire, hail, snow, ice freezing, or other winter catastrophes, or a pandemic or other public health catastrophe. 
 
Sets forth tax rules for contributions to and distributions from such a fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1803)
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the amount of minimum allotments under the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness program.

Bill: 112-hr-3141
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health programs administration and funding
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend and reauthorize appropriations for Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness, which provide specified services to individuals who: (1) are suffering from serious mental illness, or are suffering from serious mental illness and from substance abuse; and (2) are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless. Revises the minimum state allotment for such program to be the greater of the amount received by the state in FY2010 or $750,000. (Current law sets forth a minimum allotment of $300,000 per state.) Provides that if funds appropriated are insufficient for all states to receive the minimum allotment, then states shall receive no less than the amount they received in FY2010 with additional money spent to give states the minimum of $750,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the donation of wild game meat.

Bill: 112-hr-3142
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Meat
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the tax deduction for charitable contributions of qualified wild game meat by the processing fees paid with respect to such contributions, and (2) exclude from the gross income of meat processors processing fees paid by a charitable organization for the processing of donated wild game meat. 
 
Defines "qualified wild game meat" as the meat of any animal typically used for human consumption but only if: (1) such animal is killed in the wild by the individual making the charitable contribution and is hunted or taken in accordance with all state and local laws, (2) the meat is processed for human consumption by a licensed processor, and (3) the meat is apparently wholesome as determined by regulations under the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-06
text: Introduced in House
To freeze the availability of Federal funding for high-speed rail projects in California, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-3143
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-22]
Introduced: 2011-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: California
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Railroads
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-07
text: 
Prohibits the obligation of federal funds for high-speed rail projects in California until after September 30, 2012.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress with respect to the California High Speed Rail project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2011-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-07
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Lending Extension Act

Bill: 112-hr-3147
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-10-11 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Business investment and capital
Department of Commerce
Government lending and loan guarantees
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: 
Small Business Lending Extension Act - Amends the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 to extend, for an additional year, the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury under the Small Business Lending Fund Program to make capital investments in eligible institutions (eligible insured depository institutions, bank holding companies, and savings and loan companies) in order to increase the availability of credit for small businesses. (Current law terminates such authority one year after enactment of such Act.)
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) supply an institution whose application to receive a capital investment from the Fund is rejected with the reason for such rejection, (2) establish an appeal process, and (3) issue regulations allowing a rejected institution to reapply for such an investment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Introduced in House