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Preserving Jobs in the Oilfield Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6451
Sponsor: Rep. Landry, Jeffrey M. [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2012-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Labor standards
Motor carriers
Oil and gas
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: 
Preserving Jobs in the Oilfield Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to ensure that, with respect to maximum hours of service for drivers, on-duty time does not include waiting time at a natural gas or oil well site for operators of commercial motor vehicles transporting supplies, equipment, or materials, including sand or water, to or from a natural gas or oil well site.
 
Applies this exclusion without regard to whether operators have received special training or operate vehicles specially constructed to service wells.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Introduced in House
To provide limitations on United States assistance, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-6452
Sponsor: Rep. Landry, Jeffrey M. [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2012-09-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Asia
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Egypt
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign loans and debt
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Legislative rules and procedure
Libya
Middle East
Military facilities and property
Pakistan
Sanctions
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: 
Prohibits amounts from being obligated or expended for any direct U.S. assistance, loan guarantee, or debt relief to Libya, Egypt, Pakistan, or a host country of a U.S. diplomatic facility that was attacked, trespassed upon, breached, or attempted to be attacked, trespassed upon, or breached, on or after September 1, 2012. 
Authorizes the President to request that the prohibition be suspended with respect to a country if the President certifies to Congress that: (1) such country is cooperating with investigations into an attack, has arrested or extradited persons associated with the attack, and is improving local security; and (2) all persons associated with the attack have been identified by U.S. law enforcement and are in U.S. custody.
 
Prohibits any request with respect to Pakistan until: (1) Dr. Shakil Afridi has been released alive from prison; (2) all charges brought against Dr. Afridi have been dropped; and (3) if necessary to ensure his freedom, Dr. Afridi has been allowed to leave Pakistan alive.
 
Requires the President to report to Congress regarding the extent to which advanced weaponry remaining unsecured after the fall of Moammar Qaddafi was used by the individuals responsible for the September 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
 
Prohibits anything in this Act from being construed as an authorization for the use of military force.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2012-09-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2012-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Introduced in House
To facilitate planning, permitting, administration, implementation, and monitoring of pinyon-juniper dominated landscape restoration projects within Lincoln County, Nevada, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-6453
Sponsor: Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2012-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Economic development
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Nevada
User charges and fees
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: 
Amends the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 (the Act) to require implementation of a multispecies habitat conservation plan in Lincoln County, Nevada.
 
Amends the Act and the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 to make certain amounts available for pinyon-juniper dominated landscape restoration projects within the county, consistent with the Ely Resource Management Plan.
 
Requires a portion of the proceeds from land sales under the above Acts to be used for economic development in Lincoln County. 
 
Excludes specified public lands within certain utility corridors in Lincoln and Clark Counties, Nevada, from being withdrawn from public land, mining, and mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Department of Energy High-End Computing Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6454
Sponsor: Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2012-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Energy
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: 
Department of Energy High-End Computing Act of 2012 - Amends the Department of Energy High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004 with respect to: (1) exascale computing (computing system performance at or near 10 to the 18th power floating point operations per second); and (2) a high-end computing sytem with performance substantially exceeding that of systems commonly available for advanced scientific and engineering applications.
 
Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to: (1) coordinate the development of high-end computing systems across DOE; and (2) include among the multiple architectures researched any computer technologies that show promise of substantial reductions in power requirements and substantial gains in parallelism of multicore processors, concurrency, memory and storage, bandwidth, and reliability.
 
Repeals authority for establishment of at least one High-End Software Development Center.
 
Directs the Secretary to conduct a coordinated research program to develop one or more exascale computing systems to advance DOE missions. Requires establishment through competitive merit review of two or more DOE National Laboratory-industry partnerships to conduct integrated research, development, and engineering of one or more prototype exascale systems.
 
Requires the Secretary to conduct mission-related co-design activities in developing prototype exascale platforms. Defines &quot;co-design&quot; as the joint development of application algorithms, models, and codes with computer technology architectures and operating systems to maximize effective use of high-end computing systems.
 
Directs the Secretary to develop any advancements in hardware and software technology required to realize fully the potential of an exascale production system in addressing DOE target applications and solving scientific problems involving predictive modeling and simulation and large-scale data analytics and management.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-10-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Military CDL Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6456
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2012-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Licensing and registrations
Military personnel and dependents
Motor carriers
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: 
Military CDL Act of 2012 - Revises certain commercial driver's license (CDL) requirements with which a state must comply in order to avoid the administrative penalty of a withholding by the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) of a percentage of the state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway program funds.
 
Permits a state to issue a CDL to an individual who operates or will operate a commercial motor vehicle and who: (1) is an active duty member of the Armed Forces, including the military reserves, National Guard, U.S. Coast Guard, or Coast Guard Auxiliary; and (2) is not domiciled in the state, but whose temporary or permanent duty station is located there.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: For Further Action See S.3624.
action_date: 2012-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Healthy Food for the Hungry Act

Bill: 112-hr-6457
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2012-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Agricultural practices and innovations
Fruit and vegetables

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: 
Preserving Healthy Food for the Hungry Act - Amends the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to provide agricultural product market development grants to assist persons in preserving the quality and shelf-life of fruit and vegetable crops produced by such persons on qualified land through the use of mobile and fixed flash freezing and quick freezing units.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-10-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Higher Education and Employment Transparency Act

Bill: 112-hr-6458
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2012-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Consumer affairs
Employee hiring
Government information and archives
Higher education
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: 
Higher Education and Employment Transparency Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make publicly available on the College Navigator website the job placement information that schools who are participating in that Act's title IV (Student Assistance) programs are required to provide to prospective and enrolled students.
 
Requires those schools to supplement that job placement information by indicating whether or not the jobs their graduates obtain are paid jobs or require any postsecondary education.
 
Requires those schools to include on their website, and the Secretary to include on the College Navigator website, a link to the appropriate section of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) website that provides information from the Occupational Employment Statistics program and the Occupational Outlook Handbook of the BLS.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Investment Savings Access After Catastrophes Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6459
Sponsor: Rep. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2012-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Louisiana
Mississippi
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: 
Investment Savings Access After Catastrophes Act of 2012 - Defines &quot;Hurricane Isaac disaster area&quot; for purposes of this Act as any parish or county of Louisiana or Mississippi in an area in which a major disaster has been declared before September 10, 2012, under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act by reason of Hurricane Isaac.
 
Provides for tax preferences in the Hurricane Isaac disaster area, including: (1) suspension of limitations on the tax deduction for personal casualty losses, (2) an extension of the carryback period for net operating losses, and (3) tax-free distributions from a retirement plan made on or after August 26, 2012, and before September 11, 2014, to an individual whose principal place of abode on August 26, 2012, was located in the Hurricane Isaac disaster area and who sustained an economic loss due to Hurricane Isaac.
 
Rescinds unobligated funds in an amount equal to the reduction in revenues resulting from the enactment of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2012-09-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2012-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Measures to Prevent Childhood Obesity Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6461
Sponsor: Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2012-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Computers and information technology
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Nutrition and diet
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: 
Measures to Prevent Childhood Obesity Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require: (1) each health care provider that administers a vaccine set forth in the Vaccine Injury Table to record in the vaccinated person's medical record the person's age, gender, height, and weight to calculate body mass index (BMI); (2) the provider and the vaccine manufacturer to report such information to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS); and (3) the provider to report to the relevant department of the state in which it practices the data collected.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to not more than 20 entities (states and territories with statewide immunization information systems that meet certain requirements) to analyze BMI measurements of children of ages 2 through 18.
 
 Gives priority in grant selection to states in which a high percentage of health care providers submit data to a statewide immunization information system that contains immunization data for at least 20 percent of the population under the age of 18 and includes data collected from men and women of a wide variety of ages who reside in a wide variety of geographic areas.
 
Provides standards for BMI measurement in recipient states, including concerning the providing of information on state and local obesity prevention programs.
 
Sets forth state reporting requirements regarding BMI data and obesity prevention and wellness programs and policies.
 
Requires a report to Congress and the Departments of Education and of Agriculture (USDA) analyzing childhood obesity trends and describing programs that significantly lower childhood obesity rates for certain geographic areas and which the Secretary recommends for implementation by states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Water and Agriculture Technology Economic Revitalization Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6462
Sponsor: Rep. Gardner, Cory [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2012-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Corporate finance and management
Farmland
Financial services and investments
Land transfers
Securities
Tax-exempt organizations
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: 
Water and Agriculture Technology Economic Revitalization Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit tax-exempt mutual ditch or irrigation companies to earn income from dispositions of certain real property and stock interests without affecting their tax-exempt status. Requires that such income be used to pay the costs of operations, maintenance, and capital improvements of such a company.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Introduced in House
GAAP Act

Bill: 112-hr-6463
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2012-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: 
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Act or GAAP Act - Requires the President's budget submission to include an estimate of the deficit or surplus for the fiscal year concerned, prepared using generally accepted accounting principles. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to accept certain documents as proof of service in determining the eligibility of an individual to receive amounts from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-6464
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2012-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Asia
Conflicts and wars
Department of Veterans Affairs
Evidence and witnesses
Philippines
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: 
Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to accept any of the following as proof of service in determining the eligibility of an individual to receive amounts from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund: (1) the name of the eligible person included on the Approved Revised Reconstructed Guerilla Roster (commonly known as the &quot;Missouri List&quot;); (2) documents included in the claims folder of the eligible person that prove such service, including an affidavit from the government of the Philippines certifying such service; or (3) any other documents issued or accepted by the government of the Philippines as proof of such service.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make a payment to such an individual filing a claim within 180 days after the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-10-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Access to Driver's Licenses for Illegal Immigrants Act

Bill: 112-hr-6465
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-52]
Introduced: 2012-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Immigration status and procedures
Law enforcement administration and funding
Licensing and registrations
Motor vehicles
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: 
Preventing Access to Driver's Licenses for Illegal Immigrants Act - Requires a state to return any unobligated Community Oriented Policing Services Program (COPS) funds within 30 days after issuing a driver's license to any alien granted deferred action pursuant to the Memorandum dated June 15, 2012, from the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) regarding &quot;Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children.&quot;
 
Declares that state ineligible to receive any COPS funding until it has in effect laws and policies that prohibit the issuance of a license to such an alien.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt certain hospice programs from the limitation applicable to payments for hospice care under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-6466
Sponsor: Rep. Kissell, Larry [D-NC-8]
Introduced: 2012-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exempt from the cap on payments for hospice care any care furnished on or after November 1, 2004, under the Medicare program by a qualified hospice program.
 
Qualifies a hospice program under this Act if: (1) at least 50% of the shares of its common stock are owned by a minority individual or group of minority individuals (African-Americans, American Indians, Asian-Americans, or Latin-Americans), and (2) at least 75% of the individuals electing to participate in the program reside in a county or parish half of whose population consists of minority individuals or for which the average per capita income is the lowest quantile of counties in the state in which the hospice program is located. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to recalculate and reconcile payments under part A (Hospital Insurance) of the Medicare program for qualified hospice care furnished between November 1, 2004, and the date of enactment of this Act if the current cap was applied.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Introduced in House