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To designate the exclusive economic zone of the United States as the "Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States".

Bill: 112-hr-6147
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2012-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: 
Designates the U.S. exclusive economic zone (as established by Presidential Proclamation Numbered 5030, dated March 10, 1983) as the &quot;Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2012-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Families Saving for Education Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6148
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2012-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: 
Families Saving for Education Act of 2012 - Makes permanent provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 relating to Coverdell education savings accounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Russian World Trade Organization Commitments Verification Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6149
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2012-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Free trade and trade barriers
Normal trade relations, most-favored-nation treatment
Public participation and lobbying
Russia
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: 
Russian World Trade Organization Commitments Verification Act of 2012 - Directs the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), within 90 days after the effective date of an Act of Congress authorizing the extension of permanent normal trade relations treatment to products of the Russian Federation, to report to Congress on: (1) Russian Federation commitments under the protocol on the accession of the Russian Federation to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement, and (2) the date by which that protocol requires each such commitment to be implemented.
 
Requires the USTR to report annually to Congress on: (1) actions taken by the Russian Federation to comply with its commitments under the protocol that has a significant effect on U.S. commerce, (2) any commitment the Federation is not implementing or is not making progress toward implementing in a timely manner, and (3) any actions taken by the USTR to obtain Russian Federation compliance with its commitments.
 
Directs the USTR to take appropriate action to obtain Russian Federation compliance with commitments it is not implementing or is not making progress toward implementing in a timely manner. Authorizes the USTR, however, not to take any action if it is not in the U.S. national interest.
 
Requires the USTR to seek public participation in developing such reports and in determining what action, if any, to take with respect to any commitment the Russian Federation is not implementing or is not making progress toward implementing in a timely manner.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: Introduced in House
To reauthorize appropriations for the National Women's Rights History Project Act.

Bill: 112-hr-6150
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]
Introduced: 2012-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Historic sites and heritage areas
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: 
Reauthorizes appropriations through FY2018 for the Votes for Women History Trail Route in the state of New York, the National Women's Rights History Project Registry, and the National Women's Rights History Project Partnership Network.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1285)
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6151
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-3]
Introduced: 2012-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Historic sites and heritage areas
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: 
Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow rehabilitation expenditures for a qualified public educational facility (defined as a school facility which is part of a public elementary or secondary school and is owned by a private, for-profit corporation pursuant to a public-private partnership agreement) to qualify for the rehabilitation tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1286)
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Bring Jobs Home Act

Bill: 112-hr-6152
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2012-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Capital gains tax
Corporate finance and management
Employee hiring
Foreign and international corporations
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Securities
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: 
Bring Jobs Home Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) grant business taxpayers a tax credit for up to 20% of insourcing expenses incurred for eliminating a business located outside the United States and relocating it within the United States, and (2) deny a tax deduction for outsourcing expenses incurred in relocating a U.S. business outside the United States. Requires an increase in the taxpayer's employment of full-time employees in the United States in order to claim the tax credit for insourcing expenses.
 
Allows nonrecognition of gain in a corporate reorganization for corporations that exchange property solely for stock other than nonqualified preferred stock. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Fast Help For Homeowners Act

Bill: 112-hr-6153
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2012-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Financial services and investments
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
Real estate business

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: 
Fast Help For Homeowners Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require the servicer of a federally related mortgage, upon request by the mortgagor for a short sale of the dwelling or residential real property under the mortgage, to notify in writing each holder of a subordinate lien on the property securing the loan of such request, together with a copy of it.
 
Requires a subordinate lien holder that is so notified to respond in writing to the servicer within 45 days after receiving the notification. Considers the request approved by the holder if the holder does not respond within the 45 days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Independence in the Education of Loan Originators Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6158
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Gary G. [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2012-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Licensing and registrations
Real estate business
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: 
Protecting Independence in the Education of Loan Originators Act of 2012 - Amends the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 to prohibit the courses offered by lenders for their own employees from satisfying the pre-licensing education or continuing education requirement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Flight School Security Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6159
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
Introduced: 2012-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Criminal justice information and records
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: 
Flight School Security Act of 2012 - Revises federal flight training requirements authorizing a flight instructor, pilot school, or aviation training center to provide training in the operation of certain aircraft to an alien or any other individual specified by the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS). 
 
Prescribes the additional requirement that such training may occur only upon receipt of information from the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration [TSA]) that: (1) the individual has been checked against the terrorist watchlist, and (2) the Assistant Secretary has determined that individual is a non-threat to aviation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Stop Tampering of Prescription Pills Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6160
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-10]
Introduced: 2012-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: 
Stop Tampering of Prescription Pills Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prescribe new drug application requirements for tamper-resistant drugs: (1) containing as an active moiety (the part of the drug that makes it work the way it does) a controlled substance classified as opium, an opiate, or a derivative; (2) formulated for oral administration; (3) exhibiting physicochemical properties making them significantly more difficult or ineffective in altering the drug's characteristics for purposes of misuse or abuse; and (4) containing one or more additional ingredients intended to deter abuse through potential pharmacological effects.
 
Requires the Secretary to refuse a new drug application for any new (brand name) drug containing opium, an opiate, or a derivative as an active moiety that is not tamper-resistant if a tamper-resistant drug containing the same active moiety has been approved and has not been discontinued from marketing. Authorizes the Secretary to approve an application failing to meet such requirements, however, if approval is necessary to prevent or alleviate a drug shortage or otherwise address a significant unmet public health need.
 
Requires an abbreviated new (generic) drug application for a tamper-resistant drug to include testing information demonstrating that the generic drug resists manipulation or the effect of manipulation to a degree at least comparable to the listed drug. Authorizes the Secretary to deny approval of a generic application if the listed drug is tamper-resistant and one or more of the generic drug's active moieties differ in any material respect from those of the listed drug.
 
Declares that an approved generic drug shall not be considered bioequivalent to, or as having the same therapeutic effect as, a listed drug if the listed drug becomes tamper-resistant unless and until the generic drug demonstrates that it resists manipulation or the effect of manipulation to a degree at least comparable to the listed drug.
 
Prescribes requirements governing when a drug which is not tamper-resistant may have its approval withdrawn or suspended.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Fostering Innovation Act

Bill: 112-hr-6161
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2012-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Corporate finance and management
Government information and archives
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: 
Fostering Innovation Act - Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to redefine &quot;accelerated filer&quot; with respect to issuers of securities required to meet accelerated deadlines for filing their Form 10-Q quarterly reports.
 
Requires the SEC to include among accelerated filers any issuers of securities that have: (1) annual revenues in excess of $100 million, and (2) an aggregated worldwide market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of between $250 million and $700 million.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 15 .
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2012-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2012-07-26
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Women's Access to Free-Market Healthcare Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6162
Sponsor: Rep. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2012-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child health
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: 
Ensuring Women's Access to Free-Market Healthcare Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax treatment of health savings accounts (HSAs), to allow a health plan which does not have a deductible for prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care to be treated as a high deductible health plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Introduced in House
To approve the construction, operation, and maintenance of the northern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian border to the South Dakota/Nebraska border.

Bill: 112-hr-6164
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2012-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Canada
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Licensing and registrations
Nebraska
North Dakota
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
South Dakota

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: 
Declares that no presidential permit shall be required for the pipeline application filed on May 4, 2012, by TransCanada Corporation for the northern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian border to the South Dakota/Nebraska border. 
 
Deems the final environmental impact statement issued by the Secretary of State on August 26, 2011, to satisfy all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. 
 
Declares that this Act does not affect the ongoing work of the state of Nebraska with regard to the fully intrastate portion of the Keystone XL pipeline.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2012-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6165
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2012-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Immigration status and procedures
Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: 
Responsible Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require a taxpayer who is an alien and who is claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit to attach to his or her tax return a photocopy of: (1) each page of the taxpayer's passport; (2) the taxpayer's nonimmigrant visa or permanent residence card; (3) evidence of valid employment authorization; (4) the taxpayer's arrival-departure documentation; and (5) the passport, visa or permanent residence card, and arrival-departure documentation for each qualifying alien child of the taxpayer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Introduced in House
To designate the United States courthouse located at 333 West Broadway Street in San Diego, California, as the "James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States Courthouse".

Bill: 112-hr-6166
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2012-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: California
Congressional tributes
Federal district courts
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Judges

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: 
Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 333 West Broadway Street in San Diego, California, as the &quot;James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States Courthouse.&quot;

action_date: 2012-12-19
text: 

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

 
Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 333 West Broadway Street in San Diego, California, as the &quot;James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States Courthouse.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-20
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H7317)
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H7317)
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H7317-7318)
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: Committee on Transportation discharged.
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: Committee on Transportation discharged.
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: Mr. Denham asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider. (consideration: CR H7317)
action_date: 2012-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6167
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2012-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural trade
Atmospheric science and weather
Disaster relief and insurance
Government trust funds

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: 
 Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012 - Extends through FY2012: (1) the supplemental agricultural disaster assistance program; (2) the supplemental revenue assistance payments (SURE) program; (3) the livestock indemnity program; (4) the livestock forage disaster program; (5) the emergency assistance for livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish; (6) the tree assistance program; and (7) the Agricultural Disaster Relief Trust Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2012-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2012-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Introduced in House