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To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from granting deferred action or otherwise suspending the effectiveness or enforcement of the immigration laws.

Bill: 112-hr-5957
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2012-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Department of Homeland Security
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from granting deferred action or otherwise suspending the effectiveness or enforcement of the immigration laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: Introduced in House
To name the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Contact Station of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge unit of Gateway National Recreation Area in honor of James L. Buckley.

Bill: 112-hr-5958
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Robert L. [R-NY-9]
Introduced: 2012-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Judges
Members of Congress
New York City
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Senate
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: 
Designates the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Contact Station of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge unit of Gateway National Recreation Area in the state of New York as the &quot;James L. Buckley Visitor Contact Station.&quot; 

action_date: 2012-07-19
text: 

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

 
Designates the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Contact Station of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge unit of Gateway National Recreation Area in the state of New York as the &quot;James L. Buckley Visitor Contact Station.&quot; 

action_date: 2012-07-23
text: 

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

 
Designates the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Contact Station of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge unit of Gateway National Recreation Area in the state of New York as the &quot;James L. Buckley Visitor Contact Station.&quot; 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-24
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5086)
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5086)
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5958.
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5086-5087)
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Mr. Hastings (WA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 148.
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-608.
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-608.
action_date: 2012-07-11
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2012-07-11
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2012-06-28
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2012-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Organic Standards Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-5962
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
Introduced: 2012-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Agricultural practices and innovations
Business records
Department of Agriculture
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government studies and investigations
Judicial review and appeals
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: 
Amends the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 to require all persons, including producers, handlers, and certifying agents, required to report information to the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) under such Act to maintain all contracts, agreements, receipts, and other records associated with the organic certification program for 5 years (10 years for a certifying agent).
 
Authorizes investigative and enforcement actions for violations of such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Home School Equity Act for Tax Relief of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5963
Sponsor: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2012-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Income tax deductions
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: 
Home School Equity Act for Tax Relief of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2012 the tax deduction for expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers, and (2) expand the definition of &quot;school&quot; for purposes of such tax deduction to include a home school which provides elementary or secondary education if such school is treated as a home school or private school under state law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Cross-Border Trade Enhancement Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5964
Sponsor: Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2012-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Customs enforcement
Government buildings, facilities, and property
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: 
Cross-Border Trade Enhancement Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to enter into agreements with persons for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to provide customs and immigration services at a land border port of entry, subject to payment of a fee to reimburse the CBP for providing such services. 
 
Directs the Administrator of General Services to establish procedures for evaluating proposals submitted by persons to: (1) enter into cost-sharing or reimbursement agreements with the General Services Administration (GSA) for the construction or maintenance of infrastructure at a land border port of entry, and (2) provide GSA an unconditional gift of property for use in the construction or maintenance of such infrastructure.
 
Prescribes minimum requirements for such procedures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2012-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2012-06-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2012-06-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2012-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Introduced in House
To require the Chief of the Forest Service to make the Forest Service First and Second Generation Modular Airborne FireFighting System (MAFFS) units available to units of the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve that have the aircraft capability and pilot and crew member training adequate for utilizing such firefighting systems to help alleviate the shortage of air tankers to fight wildfires.

Bill: 112-hr-5965
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2012-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Aviation and airports
California
Colorado
Congressional oversight
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Government buildings, facilities, and property
National Guard and reserves
North Carolina
Public contracts and procurement
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: 
Requires the Chief of the Forest Service to make the eight Forest Service First Generation Modular Airborne FireFighting System (MAFFS I) units available, without compensation, to units of the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve that have C-130H aircraft configured to contain such an MAFFS I unit and adequate pilot and crew member training in its use to fight wildfires.
 
Directs the Chief to make the nine Forest Service Second Generation Modular Airborne FireFighting System (MAFFS II) units immediately available, without compensation, to specified units of the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve in Wyoming, North Carolina, Colorado, and California.
 
Prohibits the Chief from procuring air tankers to fight wildfires from a foreign government without certifying that MAFFS air tanker support available from units of the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve is being fully utilized or is insufficient to address wildfires on National Forest System land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5966
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2012-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes
Contracts and agency
Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health information and medical records
Indian lands and resources rights
Licensing and registrations
Professional sports
State and local government operations
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: 
Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2012 - Amends the Professional Boxing Safety Act to: (1) authorize a tribal organization to establish a boxing commission; (2) prohibit arranging, promoting, or fighting in a match unless the match is approved by the United States Boxing Commission (USBC) and held in a state or on tribal land that regulates matches in accordance with USBC standards; (3) require specified pre-fight boxer physical examinations and to require the continuous presence during any match of an ambulance and emergency medical personnel; (4) provide for boxing registration with the appropriate boxing commission of an Indian tribe; (5) require a health and safety disclosure to a boxer when issuing an identification card and to establish procedures for review of a summary suspension; (6) require the USBC to develop guidelines for boxing contracting requirements and for rating professional boxers; (7) require the sanctioning organization for a match and its promoter to provide specified disclosures; (8) prohibit a promoter from arranging a championship match or a match scheduled unless all participating judges and referees are by the USBC; (9) require the USBC to establish and maintain a registry of comprehensive medical records and medical denials or suspensions for every licensed boxer; and (10) apply conflict-of-interest provisions to USBC officers and employees.
 
Establishes the USBC within the Department of Commerce to: (1) protect the health, safety, and general interests of boxers and to ensure integrity in professional boxing; (2) establish standards for, and issue, suspend, and revoke, boxing licenses; and (3) establish a national computerized registry of boxing personnel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2012-06-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2012-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Introduced in House
STAND for Tourism Act

Bill: 112-hr-5968
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2012-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Customs enforcement
Travel and tourism
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: 
Services to Allow New Destinations for Tourism Act or STAND for Tourism Act - Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to authorize the Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), upon request, to enter into agreements with persons for the CBP to provide additional customs and immigration services at Customs ports of entry.
 
Requires such persons to pay a fee to reimburse CBP for such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Access to Affordable and Quality Companion Care Act

Bill: 112-hr-5969
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2012-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adult day care
Aging
Disability and paralysis
Labor standards
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: 
Ensuring Access to Affordable and Quality Companion Care Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, with respect to the exemption from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements of domestic service employment to provide companionship services for individuals who because of age or infirmity are unable to care for themselves, to provide detailed definitions of &quot;companionship services&quot; and &quot;domestic service employment.&quot; Excludes from companionship services those relating to the care and protection of the aged or infirm which require and are performed by trained medical personnel.
 
Extends the exemption to third-party employment of an employee to provide companionship services to such individuals, including non-medical in-home personal care or household work related to their care. Defines &quot;third-party employment&quot; to mean employees who provide companionship services while employed by an employer or agency other than the family or household using their services, whether or not such an employee is assigned to more than one household or family in the same workweek when providing such services.
 
Exempts from the Act's maximum hour requirements third-party employment in domestic service of an employee who resides in the household in which the services are provided.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4067)
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Protecting In-Home Care from Government Intrusion Act

Bill: 112-hr-5970
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2012-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adult day care
Department of Labor
Home and outpatient care
Labor standards
Service industries

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: 
Protecting In-Home Care from Government Intrusion Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from finalizing or enforcing proposed Department of Labor rule &quot;Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service&quot; (relating to companion care for the elderly and individuals with disabilities) issued pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and published on December 27, 2011, or any substantially similar rule.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4067)
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Federal Election Integrity Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5971
Sponsor: Rep. Walsh, Joe [R-IL-8]
Introduced: 2012-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Military personnel and dependents
Photography and imaging
Poverty and welfare assistance
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: 
Federal Election Integrity Act of 2012 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit the appropriate state or local election official from providing a federal election ballot to an individual who desires to vote in person unless the individual presents to the official a federal or state government-issued, current, and valid photo identification (ID).
 
Requires an individual who does not present such an ID to be permitted to cast a provisional ballot in such an election. Requires such individual, however, to present the required ID within 48 hours after casting the provisional ballot, or the appropriate state or local election official may not determine the individual's eligibility to vote.
 
Requires individuals who vote other than in person in a federal election (for example, by mail) to submit a copy of such a photo ID with a ballot, or the appropriate official may not accept the ballot. Exempts from this requirement the absentee ballot of any eligible overseas military voter absent from the United States by reason of active duty or service.
 
Requires states to establish a program to provide photo IDs in accordance with this Act to individuals who desire to vote but do not otherwise possess a government-issued photo ID.
 
Prescribes requirements for any state fee for providing such a photo ID.
 
Requires the Election Assistance Commission to make payments to states to cover the costs incurred in providing photo IDs to individuals unable to afford the fee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Elections.
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Invest in America Now Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5974
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2012-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: 
Invest in America Now Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2012 the 100% bonus depreciation allowance for business assets; (2) increase the amount of alternative minimum tax (AMT) credits that corporate taxpayers may elect to accelerate in a taxable year in lieu of claiming bonus depreciation; and (3) deny major integrated oil companies a tax deduction for income attributable to the domestic production, transportation, or distribution of oil, natural gas, and primary products thereof. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Introduced in House
WISE Investment Act

Bill: 112-hr-5975
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2012-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Performance measurement
Small business
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: 
Workforce Infrastructure for Skilled Employees Investment Act or WISE Investment Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to award competitive grants to local boards, community colleges, and postsecondary vocational institutions to promote local economic growth and eliminate gaps between the workforce skills available and the workforce skills needed with respect to small businesses in local areas or regions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Introduced in House
TIGER Grants for Job Creation Act

Bill: 112-hr-5976
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2012-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure
Infrastructure development
Public transit
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: 
TIGER Grants for Job Creation Act - Makes supplemental appropriations of $500 million for each of FY2013 and FY2014 for the Department of Transportation (DOT) for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) competitive grant program for national infrastructure investment projects for states, local governments, and transit agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2012-06-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2012-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-06-20
text: Introduced in House