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To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a working group to review TRICARE policy with respect to providing health care to children and determine how to improve such policy, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-4341
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child health
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress, among other things, that: (1) children of members of the Armed Forces deserve health-care practices and policies that are designed to meet their pediatric-specific needs and ensure and maintain their access to pediatric-specific treatment, providers, and facilities; and (2) the TRICARE program (a Department of Defense [DOD] managed health care program) should meet the needs of such children, including those with special needs and chronic conditions.
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a working group to review the TRICARE program and make appropriate recommendations with respect to pediatric-specific health care and health care settings. Requires an initial and final report from the working group to the congressional defense and appropriations committees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
WAVE4 Act

Bill: 112-hr-4342
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government trust funds
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Transportation programs funding
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Waterways Are Vital for the Economy, Energy, Efficiency, and Environment Act of 2012 or WAVE4 Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to require certain delivery process reforms for qualifying construction and major rehabilitation projects for navigation infrastructure of inland and intracoastal waterways.
 
Directs the Secretary, working in conjunction with the Inland Waterways Users Board, to submit to Congress a 20-year program for making capital investments on inland and intracoastal waterways. Authorizes such program to be based on the 20-year capital investment strategy contained in the Inland Marine Transportation System (IMTS) Capital Projects Business Model, Final Report published on April 13, 2010, as approved by the Board.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit expenditures from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund to 50% of the total cost of the construction or rehabilitation project. Prohibits expenditures from the Fund for: (1) construction or rehabilitation of dams, or (2) rehabilitation expenditures equal to or exceeding $100 million.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2012-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Foreign Lobbying Reform Act

Bill: 112-hr-4343
Sponsor: Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Federal officials
General foreign operations matters
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Members of Congress
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Foreign Lobbying Reform Act - Amends the federal criminal code to establish a ten-year ban on lobbying contacts by former Presidents, Vice Presidents, Members of Congress, and specified appointees with any Member, officer, or employee of either chamber, or executive branch officer or employee to represent, aid, or advise a foreign entity.
 
Subjects violators of this Act to fines and imprisonment, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
International Commission on Missing Persons Assistance Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4344
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2012-03-30 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Foreign aid and international relief
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Natural disasters
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-30
text: 
International Commission on Missing Persons Assistance Act of 2012 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the United States should support the work of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) to clarify the fate of persons missing as a result of conflict and natural and man-made disasters, (2) the United States should support the expansion of the ICMP's mandate to include assistance to governments in locating persons missing for involuntary reasons, (3) the President should enunciate a policy of assisting the ICMP in establishing a permanent and internationally recognized legal status, and (4) the Secretary of State shall make every effort to advance this proposal at the United Nations (U.N.). 
 
Directs the Secretary to report to Congress regarding such activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights.
action_date: 2012-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2012-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-30
text: Introduced in House
REAL Beef Act

Bill: 112-hr-4346
Sponsor: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2012-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Meat

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-30
text: 
Requiring Easy and Accurate Labeling of Beef Act or the REAL Beef Act - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require a package or other container of meat at the final point of sale that contains low-temperature rendered product (lean finely textured beef) to bear a label stating that it contains such product.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2012-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2012-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-30
text: Introduced in House
Communities Committed to College Tax Credit Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4349
Sponsor: Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2012-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Higher education
Income tax credits
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: 
Communities Committed to College Tax Credit Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 50% of any contribution to a tax-exempt scholarship funding trust established to provide scholarships for individuals with demonstrated financial need to attend institutions of higher education. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Safe Skies Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4350
Sponsor: Rep. Cravaack, Chip [R-MN-8]
Introduced: 2012-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Labor standards
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: 
Safe Skies Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), not later than the effective date of a specified Department of Transportation (DOT) final rule, to take appropriate actions to ensure that DOT flight, duty, and rest requirements under that rule apply to all-cargo flights to the same extent they apply to passenger flights.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Nation Building Here at Home Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4352
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-27]
Introduced: 2012-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Buy American requirements
Government information and archives
Infrastructure development
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Public contracts and procurement
Public transit
Railroads
Roads and highways
Securities
Small business
Transportation programs funding
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: 
Nation Building Here at Home Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish a transformational infrastructure competitive grant program to award grants to state and local governments, transit agencies, and port authorities for certain public transportation projects (including water infrastructure projects) with potential to significantly impact a metropolitan area, a region, or all of the United States.
 
Specifies the federal share of project costs at 100%.
 
Requires the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in projects funded under this Act to have been produced in the United States, except in specified circumstances.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a Nation Building Here at Home Financing Initiative.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2012-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2012-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2012-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2012-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Flood Protection Public Safety Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4353
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2012-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Floods and storm protection

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: 
Flood Protection Public Safety Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to implement any flood risk management project for which the Secretary has transmitted to Congress, before the date of enactment of this Act, a letter that includes: (1) a description of the project as recommended in a report by the Chief of Engineers that concludes that the project is technically sound, environmentally acceptable, and economically justified; and (2) notification that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has concluded that the report's recommendations are consistent with the President's policy and programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary reduction of duty on 4-Propylbenzaldehyde.

Bill: 112-hr-4354
Sponsor: Rep. Mulvaney, Mick [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2012-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to temporarily provide a duty on 4-Propylbenzaldehyde. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on quinaldine.

Bill: 112-hr-4355
Sponsor: Rep. Mulvaney, Mick [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2012-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on quinaldine.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Leucoquinizarin.

Bill: 112-hr-4356
Sponsor: Rep. Mulvaney, Mick [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2012-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Leucoquinizarin.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 1-Nitroanthraquinone.

Bill: 112-hr-4357
Sponsor: Rep. Mulvaney, Mick [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2012-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on 1-Nitroanthraquinone.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary reduction of duty on 2-Methyl-5-nitrobenzenesulfonic acid.

Bill: 112-hr-4358
Sponsor: Rep. Mulvaney, Mick [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2012-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the reduction of duty on 2-Methyl-5-nitrobenzenesulfonic acid. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Benzenesulfonyl chloride.

Bill: 112-hr-4359
Sponsor: Rep. Mulvaney, Mick [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2012-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Benzenesulfonyl chloride.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Act

Bill: 112-hr-4360
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2012-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Connecticut
Lakes and rivers
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: 
Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Act - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook in Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to manage: (1) the river segments in accordance with the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Management Plan, dated June 2011; and (2) coordinate the management responsibilities of the Secretary under this Act relating to such segments with the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic Committee. 
 
Makes the provisions of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act prohibiting federal acquisition of lands by condemnation applicable to the designated segments. Limits the authority of the Secretary to acquire lands for the purposes of such segments to acquisition by donation or with the owner's consent and subject to additional management plan criteria. 
 
Prohibits the designation made by this Act from being construed as: (1) prohibiting the potential future licensing or re-licensing of the Rainbow Dam and Reservoir (including associated transmission lines and other project works) by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as a federally licensed hydroelectric generation project, or (2) affecting the operations of a hydroelectric facility at the Dam and Reservoir. 
 
Bars the Lower Farmington River from being administered as part of the National Park System or being subject to System regulations.
 
Revises the description of a specified designated segment of the Farmington River in Connecticut.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Introduced in House
National High Performance Passenger Rail Transportation-Oriented Development Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4361
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2012-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Department of Transportation
Economic development
Executive agency funding and structure
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
Public transit
Railroads
Regional and metropolitan planning
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding
Urban and suburban affairs and development
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: 
National High Performance Passenger Rail Transportation-Oriented Development Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish an initiative to promote passenger rail operations and transportation-oriented development by creating rail projects qualified for federal incentives for communities to encourage dedicated revenue sources for urban and regional rail corridor development.
 
Amends the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to direct the Secretary to provide direct loans and loan guarantees for qualified rail projects. Authorizes the Secretary to make secured loans, loan guarantees, or lines of credit for such projects.
 
Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance to: (1) states to identify transportation-oriented development opportunities, (2) states and regions outside the Northeast Corridor to establish Regional Advisory Committees and identify stations and potential stations within the region to maximize development and commercial revenue generation to support financially the development of a high performance rail passenger corridor, and (3) states and entities along the Northeast Corridor to establish a Northeast Corridor Transportation-Oriented Development Working Group and identify Northeast Corridor stations and potential stations to maximize development and commercial revenue generation to support financially the creation of a true high-speed rail corridor in the Northeast Corridor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2012-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E520)
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Recess Appointment Restoration Act

Bill: 112-hr-4364
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2012-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-17
text: 
Recess Appointment Restoration Act - Prohibits payment from the Treasury to any individual who is appointed to fill a vacancy that must be filled by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, until such appointee has been confirmed by the Senate, unless such individual was appointed while the Senate was adjourned for at least 10 days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2012-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-17
text: Introduced in House