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Grant Return for Deficit Reduction Act

Bill: 112-hr-3994
Sponsor: Rep. Pompeo, Mike [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2012-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: 
Grant Return for Deficit Reduction Act - Requires any state or locality which will not use any funds remaining under a federal grant to deobligate, rescind, and return them to the Treasury General Fund for deficit reduction.
 
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to report to Congress on the amount of all such funds returned. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3995
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2012-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Competition and antitrust
Contracts and agency
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Intellectual property
Marketing and advertising
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: 
Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2012 - Prohibits, as an unfair and deceptive act or practice and an unfair method of competition in or affecting interstate commerce, any person from being a party to any agreement resolving or settling a patent infringement claim in which: (1) an abbreviated new drug (generic) application filer receives anything of value; and (2) such filer agrees not to research, develop, manufacture, market or sell the generic drug. Excludes a resolution or settlement that includes no more than: (1) the right to market the generic drug before the expiration of the patent or other exclusivity period, or (2) the waiver of a patent infringement claim for damages. 
 
Authorizes the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to exempt agreements in furtherance of market competition and for the benefit of consumers.
 
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem an applicant to have forfeited market exclusivity if the applicant enters into an agreement that violates this Act.
 
Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to revise reporting requirements related to agreements between a generic drug applicant and a brand name drug company to include: (1) a description of the subject matter of other agreements between the parties; and (2) a certification that the materials filed represent the complete, final, and exclusive agreement between the parties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet.
action_date: 2012-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Southern Nevada Higher Education Land Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3996
Sponsor: Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2012-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Educational facilities and institutions
Higher education
Land transfers
Military facilities and property
Nevada

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: 
Southern Nevada Higher Education Land Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey three parcels of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land to: (1) the Nevada System of Higher Education for the Great Basin College and the College of Southern Nevada; and (2) the System for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 
 
Authorizes the Nevada System of Higher Education to use the conveyed federal land for: (1) any purpose related to the establishment, operation, growth, and maintenance of the System; and (2) other related uses, including residential and commercial development that would generally be associated with an institution of higher education. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the deduction for expensing of environmental remediation costs.

Bill: 112-hr-3997
Sponsor: Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12]
Introduced: 2012-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2013 the election to expense (i.e., deduct in the current taxable year) environmental remediation costs (i.e., costs for the abatement or control of hazardous substances at a qualified contaminated site).
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers.

Bill: 112-hr-3998
Sponsor: Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12]
Introduced: 2012-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Income tax deductions
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $250 to $500 the tax deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers and to extend such deduction through 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the deduction for mortgage insurance.

Bill: 112-hr-3999
Sponsor: Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12]
Introduced: 2012-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2013 the tax deduction for mortgage insurance premiums.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow partnerships invested in infrastructure property to be treated as publicly traded partnerships, to reduce the depreciation recovery periods for such property, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-4001
Sponsor: Rep. Campbell, John [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2012-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax deductions
Infrastructure development
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Railroads
Roads and highways
Solid waste and recycling
Telephone and wireless communication
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) treat income and gains from the use, sale, or exchange of infrastructure property as qualifying income for purposes of the tax treatment of publicly-traded partnerships; (2) exempt publicly-traded partnerships from the limitation on the tax deduction for income attributable to oil-related qualified production activities; (3) allow accelerated depreciation of infrastructure property (i.e., classify such property as five-year property); and (4) treat exchanges of infrastructure property as like-kind exchanges (thus exempting gain from such exchanges from tax). 
 
Defines &quot;infrastructure property&quot; as property which is part of: (1) roads and related improvements; (2) train tracks and related improvements; (3) airports; (4) docks and wharves; (5) facilities for sewage, solid waste disposal, the furnishing of water, the transmission and distribution of natural gas, or the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity; or (6) communications facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Improving SIPC Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4002
Sponsor: Rep. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2012-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Financial services and investments
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: 
Improving Security for Investors and Providing Closure Act of 2012 or Improving SIPC Act of 2012 - Amends the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970 with respect to any action in a U.S. district court by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) in the event that the SIPC refuses to commit its funds or otherwise act for the protection of customers of any SIPC member (debtor broker or dealer).
 
Authorizes the SIPC, at the time such an SEC action against it is initiated, to allow all customers of the debtor broker or dealer to elect to receive a one-time payment from the SIPC Fund to settle their net equity claims against the debtor.
 
Prescribes procedures for such a customer election. Limits the amount paid to a customer under this election to the customer's net equity claims against the debtor.
 
Caps at $500,000 the amount of a one-time payment the SIPC can make under this election.
 
Subrogates SIPC to all rights of the customer against the debtor, regardless of whether the one-time payment was in an amount to fully satisfy the customer's claims against the debtor.
 
Treats a certificate of deposit (CD) purchased by a person through an account with the debtor as cash deposited and held by the debtor in an amount equal to the amount the person paid for the CD, less any amounts paid to such person on the CD.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-07
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2012-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Postmark Payment Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4003
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2012-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Postmark Payment Act of 2012 - Deems any payment required to be made on or before a prescribed date that is delivered by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) after such date to be received by the payee on the date of the U.S. postmark stamped on the envelope or other cover in which such payment is mailed. 
Exempts from this Act any payment: (1) other than a payment on a bill, invoice, or statement of account due; (2) which is required by law, regulation, or contract to be delivered by any method other than by mail; or (3) which is subject to any other provision of federal law specifying how a postmark date shall be used in determining the date on which such payment shall be deemed to have been delivered or made. 
Applies the provisions of this Act only if: (1) the postmark date falls on or before the prescribed date for making the payment; and (2) the payment was, on or before such date, deposited in the mail in the United States in an envelope or under other appropriate cover, postage prepaid, and properly addressed to the payee.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Federal Research Public Access Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4004
Sponsor: Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14]
Introduced: 2012-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: 
Federal Research Public Access Act of 2012 - Requires each federal agency with extramural research expenditures of over $100 million to develop a specified federal research public access policy that is consistent with, and that advances, the purposes of the agency. 

Makes each federal research public access policy applicable to: (1) researchers employed by the federal agency whose works remain in the public domain; and (2) researchers funded by the agency. Specifies exclusions.

Requires the submission of annual reports by each federal agency on its federal research public access policy. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E174)
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To require the submission of a plan to ensure the placement of sufficient U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at  each of the ten international airports in the United States  with the largest volume of international travelers to effectively combat security threats and vulnerabilities, and  for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-4006
Sponsor: Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2012-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Customs enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Homeland security
Law enforcement officers
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), acting through the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), to submit to Congress a plan for ensuring the placement of sufficient CBP officers at each of the 10 U.S. international airports with the largest volume of international travelers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act

Bill: 112-hr-4007
Sponsor: Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1]
Introduced: 2012-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Maryland
New York State
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: 
Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act - Establishes in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, Maryland, the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System.
 
Establishes in Auburn, New York, the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park also as a unit of the National Park System.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with certain entities for the historic preservation, restoration, interpretation, and maintenance of such historical parks. Requires the Secretary to complete a general management plan for them.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Cavernous Angioma CARE Center Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4008
Sponsor: Rep. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2012-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Health facilities and institutions
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical education
Medical research
New Mexico
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: 
Cavernous Angioma CARE Center Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the Cavernous Angioma Clinical Care, Awareness, Research, and Education Center of Excellence at a university health sciences research and clinical center in the southwest United States to: (1) provide basic, translational, and clinical research with respect to new diagnostic, prevention, and novel treatment methodology for individuals with cavernous angioma; and (2) serve as a model for, and provide support to, medical schools and research institutions.
 
Requires the Director of the Center to: (1) ensure that the Center provides community-, family-, and patient-centered culturally sensitive care; (2) encourage and coordinate opportunities for individuals to participate in clinical research studies that will advance medical research and care; and (3) develop the Center as a model and training facility for other facilities throughout the United States that are engaged in research regarding, and care for individuals with, cavernous angioma.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit Members of Congress, senior congressional staffers, and administration executives from making certain purchases or sales of registered securities, futures, swaps,  security futures products, security-based swaps, and options, to prohibit bonus payments to executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-4009
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2012-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Corporate finance and management
Federal officials
Financial services and investments
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Housing finance and home ownership
Members of Congress
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Securities
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: 
 Prohibits Members of Congress, senior congressional staffers, and administration executives from purchasing or selling registered securities, futures, swaps, security futures products, security-based swaps, and options on them, subject to specified exceptions.
 
Subjects any person who violates such requirement to specified federal administrative penalties relating to material nonpublic information received in the course of employment.
 
Prohibits senior executives at the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (government-sponsored enterprises [GSEs])from receiving bonuses during any period of conservatorship on or after the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
American Anti-Torture Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4011
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2012-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Human rights
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Military law

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: 
American Anti-Torture Act of 2012 - Amends the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 to prohibit any person in the custody or control of the United States (under current law, the Department of Defense [DOD]) from being subject to any treatment or technique of interrogation not authorized by and listed in the U.S. Army Field Manual on Human Intelligence Collector Operations.
 
Makes such prohibition inapplicable with respect to any person in the custody or control of the United States (under current law, DOD) pursuant to a U.S. criminal or immigration law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Introduced in House