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Sensible Estate Tax Relief Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-16
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2012-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-30
text: 
Sensible Estate Tax Relief Act of 2012 - Extends through 2013 provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 pertaining to estates, gifts, and generation-skipping transfers. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a basic estate tax exclusion amount of $3.5 million, and (2) establish a maximum 45% estate tax rate.
 
Exempts the budgetary effects of this Act from the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2012-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2012-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act

Bill: 112-hr-21
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal provisions added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requiring individuals to purchase and maintain minimum essential health care coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-23
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Government trust funds
Marine and inland water transportation
Transportation employees
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2011 - Establishes in the Treasury the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund for payments by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) of a monthly benefit of $1,000 to each individual who, between December 7, 1941, and December 31, 1946, was a documented member of the U.S. merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) serving as a crewmember of a vessel that was operated in U.S. waters by the War Shipping Administration or the Office of Defense Transportation and under contract to, or the property of, the United States. Requires such individuals to: (1) apply for such benefit within one year after the enactment of this Act; and (2) not have received benefits under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944.
 
Requires the Secretary to include, in annual budget documents submitted to Congress, detailed information on the Fund's operation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1)
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.

Bill: 112-hr-24
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Military command and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Redesignates: (1) the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps; and (2) the Secretary of the Navy as the Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps. Makes similar redesignations with respect to the Department Under Secretary, the Department Assistant Secretaries, and the General Counsel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Fair Tax Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-25
Sponsor: Rep. Woodall, Rob [R-GA-7]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Department of the Treasury
Employment taxes
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign and international corporations
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Gambling
Games and hobbies
General taxation matters
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Income tax credits
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Intergovernmental relations
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Medicare
Poverty and welfare assistance
Sales and excise taxes
Small business
Social security and elderly assistance
State and local government operations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax reform and tax simplification
Taxation of foreign income
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Fair Tax Act of 2011 - Repeals the income tax, employment tax, and estate and gift tax. Redesignates the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as the Internal Revenue Code of 2011.
 
 
 
 
Imposes a national sales tax on the use or consumption in the United States of taxable property or services. Sets the sales tax rate at 23% in 2013, with adjustments to the rate in subsequent years. Allows exemptions from the tax for property or services purchased for business, export, or investment purposes, and for state government functions. 
Sets forth rules relating to: (1) the collection and remittance of the sales tax, and (2) credits and refunds. Allows a monthly sales tax rebate for families meeting certain size and income requirements. 
Grants states the primary authority for the collection of sales tax revenues and the remittance of such revenues to the Treasury. Sets forth administrative provisions relating to: (1) the filing of monthly reports and payments of tax, (2) accounting methods, (3) registration of sellers of goods and services responsible for reporting sales, (4) penalties for noncompliance, and (5) collections, appeals, and taxpayer rights. 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to allocate sales tax revenues among: (1) the general revenue, (2) the old-age and survivors insurance trust fund, (3) the disability insurance trust fund, (4) the hospital insurance trust fund, and (5) the federal supplementary medical insurance trust fund. 
 Prohibits the funding of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) after FY2015. Establishes in the Department of the Treasury: (1) an Excise Tax Bureau to administer excise taxes not administered by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), and (2) a Sales Tax Bureau to administer the national sales tax. 
Terminates the sales tax imposed by this Act if the Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (authorizing an income tax) is not repealed within seven years after the enactment of this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Mental Health Screening and Assessment Act

Bill: 112-hr-26
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health information and medical records
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Military personnel and dependents
Neurological disorders
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Veterans Mental Health Screening and Assessment Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the increasing rate of suicide among veterans returning from Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom is a serious problem; and (2) the Secretary of Defense should conduct mandatory, face-to-face, and confidential mental health and traumatic brain injury screenings for each member of the Armed Forces (member) during the period beginning 90 days after the member completes a deployment in support of a contingency operation and ending 180 days thereafter.
 
Directs the Secretary to carry out such screenings. Prohibits the Secretary from prohibiting a member from returning to the United States due to any screening result or determination.
 
Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a joint protocol to share existing and future reports from confidential screenings conducted to help aid members in their transition from health care and treatment provided by the Department of Defense (DOD) to health care and treatment provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Lumbee Recognition Act

Bill: 112-hr-27
Sponsor: Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Indian lands and resources rights
North Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Lumbee Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, which makes its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to Indians because of their status as members of a federally recognized tribe. 
 
Deems members of the Tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland Counties in North Carolina to be within the delivery area for such services.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for the Tribe.
 
Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities.
 
Requires North Carolina to exercise jurisdiction over all criminal offenses committed, and all civil actions that arise, on North Carolina lands owned by, or held in trust for, the Lumbee Tribe or any dependent Indian community of the Tribe.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-28
Sponsor: Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish, maintain, and modify as necessary procedures for ensuring the effective coordination of outreach activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) between and among the Office of the Secretary, the Office of Public Affairs, the Veterans Health Administration, the Veterans Benefits Administration, and the National Cemetery Administration.
 
Directs the Secretary to give priority to state and county outreach assistance in locations that: (1) have relatively large concentrations of veterans; or (2) are experiencing growth in veteran populations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to state or county veterans agencies for state and local outreach services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the withdrawal of the United States from the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Bill: 112-hr-29
Sponsor: Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Canada
Congressional oversight
Free trade and trade barriers
Latin America
Mexico
North America
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Withdraws Congress's approval of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
 
Directs the President to provide written notice of the withdrawal to the governments of Canada and Mexico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Taking Responsible Action for Community Safety Act

Bill: 112-hr-30
Sponsor: Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Competition and antitrust
Corporate finance and management
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Noise pollution
Public participation and lobbying
Railroads
Surface Transportation Board
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Taking Responsible Action for Community Safety Act - Revises requirements with respect to the consolidation, merger, or acquisition of control (transaction) involving rail carriers to require public hearings in the affected communities if public hearings on a proposed transaction are held.
 
Requires the Surface Transportation Board, in a proceeding with respect to a transaction that involves at least one Class I railroad (under current law, merger or control of at least two Class I railroads), to consider the effect on the public interest, including the safety and environmental effect of the proposed merger on local communities, intercity rail passenger transportation, commuter rail passenger transportation, and the public interest.
 
Prohibits the Board from approving mergers if their adverse impacts on safety and on affected communities outweigh their transportation benefits. Authorizes the Board to impose conditions to mitigate the effect of mergers on local communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Accountability and Transparency for Taxpayers Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-31
Sponsor: Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Corporate finance and management
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Accountability and Transparency for Taxpayers Act of 2011 - Directs the Inspector General (IG) of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to submit quarterly reports to Congress on the IG's activities with respect to the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) and their activities and condition while they are in conservatorship status.
 
Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to give the Federal Housing Finance Agency IG: (1) direct hire authority; and (2) law enforcement authority exempt from the condition that the Attorney General make an initial determination of the IG's eligibility to exercise such authority.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-32
Sponsor: Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to redefine &quot;homeless,&quot; &quot;homeless individual,&quot; or &quot;homeless person&quot; to include: (1) a child or youth who has been verified as homeless by a local educational agency (LEA) homeless liaison, and the family of such child or youth; (2) a youth verified as homeless by the director (or a designee) of a program funded under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; (3) a child verified as homeless by the program director (or designee) under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and the child's family; and (4) a child verified as homeless by the Head Start program director (or designee) under the Head Start Act, and the child's family.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-07
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2012-02-07
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Family Self-Sufficiency Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-34
Sponsor: Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing and community development funding
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Family Self-Sufficiency Act of 2011 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to revise requirements for the administrative fee payable to public housing agencies to cover the costs of administering family self-sufficiency programs in connection with the housing choice voucher program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
 
Prescribes: (1) a base fee for a public housing agency serving 25 or more program participants equal to the costs of employing one full-time family self-sufficiency coordinator (prorated for an agency serving fewer than 25 such participants); and (2) an additional fee for an agency meeting minimum performance standards to cover the costs of employing a second coordinator if the agency has 75 or more participating families, and a third coordinator if it has 125 or more participating families.
 
 Permits the Secretary to reserve certain amounts to provide support to or reward family self-sufficiency programs that are particularly innovative or highly successful in achieving program goals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Teacher Tax Reduction Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-35
Sponsor: Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Income tax deductions
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Teacher Tax Reduction Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $250 to $500 the dollar limit on the tax deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers and to extend such deduction through 2013. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House