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A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on cyclopentylpropionyl chloride.

Bill: 112-s-2348
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2012-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on cyclopentylpropionyl chloride.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on cyanamide.

Bill: 112-s-2349
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2012-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on cyanamide.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on diethylaminoethyl-dextran.

Bill: 112-s-2350
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2012-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on diethylaminoethyl-dextran.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 3-Phthalimidopropionaldehyde

Bill: 112-s-2351
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2012-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on 3-Phthalimidopropionaldehyde

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on cinnamic acid.

Bill: 112-s-2352
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2012-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on cinnamic acid.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on benzylimidazole phenyl ethanol.

Bill: 112-s-2353
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2012-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on benzylimidazole phenyl ethanol.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend and modify the temporary reduction of duty on Oxadiazon.

Bill: 112-s-2354
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2012-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to temporarily reduce the duty on Oxadiazon. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend and modify the temporary reduction of duty on (3-acetoxy-3-cyanopropyl)methylphosphinic acid, butyl ester.

Bill: 112-s-2355
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2012-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to temporarily increase the duty on (3-acetoxy-3-cyanopropyl) methylphosphinic acid, butyl ester. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reduce temporarily the duty of Glufosinate-ammonium.

Bill: 112-s-2356
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2012-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce temporarily the duty of Glufosinate-ammonium.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to clarify the tariff rates for carpet cleaners and parts thereof imported into the United States.

Bill: 112-s-2357
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2012-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for the duty-free treatment of carpet cleaners and carpet cleaner parts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on certain pasta tools.

Bill: 112-s-2358
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2012-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce temporarily the duty on certain pasta tools.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on certain food processors.

Bill: 112-s-2359
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2012-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce temporarily the duty on certain food processors.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain food choppers.

Bill: 112-s-2360
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2012-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain food choppers.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on certain coffee makers.

Bill: 112-s-2361
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2012-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce temporarily the duty on certain coffee makers.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain toasters.

Bill: 112-s-2362
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2012-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain toasters.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain handheld food blenders.

Bill: 112-s-2363
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2012-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain handheld food blenders.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the availability of low-interest refinancing under the local development business loan program of the Small Business Administration.

Bill: 112-s-2364
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2012-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Government lending and loan guarantees
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: 
 Amends the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 to extend through September 27, 2013 (under current law, through September 27, 2012) the authority for Small Business Administration (SBA) refinancing of small business debt not involving business expansion under the SBA's local development business loan program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2732-2733)
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Interest Rate Reduction Act

Bill: 112-s-2366
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2012-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Appropriations
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: 
Interest Rate Reduction Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make the 3.4% interest rate on Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2012, applicable to Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2013. 
 
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal provisions establishing and appropriating funds to the Prevention and Public Health Fund (a Fund to provide for expanded and sustained national investment in prevention and public health programs to improve health and help restrain the rate of growth in private and public sector health care costs). Rescinds any unobligated balances appropriated to such Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read twice. Ordered Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 370.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2733-2734)
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012

Bill: 112-s-2368
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2012-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Economic performance and conditions
Industrial policy and productivity
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: 
Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012 - Prohibits a federal agency (excluding the Federal Election Commission [FEC], the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation [FDIC], and the U.S. Postal Service [USPS]) from proposing or finalizing any midnight rule that would likely result in: (1) an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; (2) a major increase in costs or prices; or (3) significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or the ability of U.S.-based enterprises to compete internationally. 
 
Defines "midnight rule" as an agency statement of general applicability and future effect that is issued during the moratorium period, that is intended to have the force and effect of law, and that is designed to: (1) implement, interpret, or prescribe law or policy; or (2) describe the procedure or practice requirements of an agency. Defines the "moratorium period" as the day after the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in every fourth year succeeding a presidential election through January 20 of the following year in which a President is not serving a consecutive term.
 
Exempts any midnight rule that the President determines is necessary: (1) because of an imminent threat to health or safety or other emergency, (2) to enforce criminal laws, (3) to protect U.S. national security, or (4) to implement an international trade agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
America Innovates Act of 2012

Bill: 112-s-2369
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2012-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Building construction
Business investment and capital
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Industrial facilities
Industrial policy and productivity
Intellectual property
Product development and innovation
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: 
America Innovates Act of 2012 - Establishes in the executive branch an independent agency called the American Innovation Bank.
 
Directs the Bank to award competitive grants and loans to institutions of higher education, nonprofit research institutions, individual investigators, and private companies to develop new science and engineering discoveries into new companies, products, or jobs.
 
Amends the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2010 to require the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to award competitive grants to: (1) Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship program-funded institutions of higher education to support students who perform their graduate research in an industry setting, and (2) institutions of higher education to develop professional science masters programs.
 
Prescribes certain training requirements for students who receive funding under an NSF graduate research fellowship, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) national research service award, or any federal program that provides funding to train graduate students for careers in scientific research and development.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
RAISE Act

Bill: 112-s-2371
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2012-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor-management relations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: 
Rewarding Achievement and Incentivizing Successful Employees Act or RAISE Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to declare that neither its prohibition against interference by an employer with employees' right to bargain collectively, nor the terms of a collective bargaining agreement entered into between employees and an employer after enactment of this Act, shall prohibit an employer from paying an employee higher wages, pay, or other compensation than the agreement provides for.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Preserving Public Access to Cape Hatteras Beaches Act

Bill: 112-s-2372
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2012-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Motor vehicles
North Carolina
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pedestrians and bicycling
Seashores and lakeshores
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: 
 Preserving Public Access to Cape Hatteras Beaches Act - Requires the Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina to be managed in accordance with the Interim Protected Species Management Strategy/Environmental Assessment issued by the National Park Service (NPS) on June 13, 2007, for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area until the Secretary of the Interior issues a new final rule that meets the additional restrictions specified below. Bars the imposition of any additional restrictions on pedestrian or motorized vehicular access to any part of the Recreation Area for species protection beyond those in the Interim Management Strategy, other than as specifically authorized pursuant to this Act. 
 
Allows the Secretary if, based on peer-reviewed science and after public comment, it is determined that additional restrictions on access to a part of the Recreation Area are necessary to protect endangered species, to only restrict pedestrian and vehicular access for recreational activities for the shortest possible time and on the smallest possible portions of such area. 
 
Prohibits the final rule titled &quot;Special Regulations, Areas of the National Park System, Cape Hatteras National Seashore--Off-Road Vehicle Management&quot; from having any force or effect.
 
Invalidates the April 30, 2008, consent decree filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina regarding off-road vehicle use at the Seashore.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-578.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
SEC Regulatory Accountability Act

Bill: 112-s-2373
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2012-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments
Government studies and investigations
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: 
SEC Regulatory Accountability Act - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), before promulgating a regulation or issuing any order, to: (1) identify the nature and significance of the problem that the proposed regulation is designed to address in order to assess whether any new regulation is warranted; (2) use the Office of the Chief Economist to assess the costs and benefits of the intended regulation and adopt it only on a determination that its benefits justify the costs; (3) ensure that any regulation is accessible, consistent, written in plain language, and easy to understand; and (4) measure and seek to improve the actual results of regulatory requirements.
 
Directs the SEC to review its regulations and orders periodically to determine their efficacy and whether to modify or repeal them.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Helium Stewardship Act of 2012

Bill: 112-s-2374
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2012-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy prices
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Pipelines
Research and development
Strategic materials and reserves
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: 
Helium Stewardship Act of 2012 - Amends the Helium Act to name all U.S.-owned helium reserves the Federal Helium Reserve, including: (1) the Cliffside Field helium storage reservoir; (2) the federally owned helium pipeline system; and (3) all associated infrastructure owned, leased, or managed under contract by the Secretary of the Interior for helium storage, transportation, withdrawal, purification, or management.
 
 Revises the authority of the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to offer crude helium for sale for federal, medical, scientific, and commercial uses, dividing such sales into three phases the second of which is to maximize total recovery of helium from the Reserve.
 
Authorizes extramural holders of federal research grants, as well as federal agencies, to purchase refined helium for federal uses, including medical and scientific uses, from persons who have entered into enforceable contracts to purchase an equivalent quantity of crude helium from the Secretary.
 
Replaces the current formula for determining the price of helium with guidelines referring to current market crude helium prices. 
 
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, to undertake a national helium gas assessment. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to support research, development, commercial application, and conservation programs to: (1) expand domestic production of low-Btu gas and helium resources, (2) separate and capture helium from natural gas streams at the wellhead, and (3) reduce venting helium and helium-bearing low-Btu gas during natural gas operations.
 
Instructs the Secretary of Energy to support or carry out directly research programs to develop: (1) advanced membrane technology, (2) helium separation technology, and (3) low-cost technologies and technology systems for recycling, reprocessing, and reusing helium (industrial helium program).
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to cooperate with the Secretary of Energy on any assessment or research regarding extraction and refinement of the isotope helium-3 from crude helium at the Reserve or along the helium pipeline system.
 
Amends the Soda Ash Royalty Reduction Act of 2006 to extend from 5 to 7 years the reduced royalty rate on soda ash produced from federal land. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-540.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2826-2828)
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2826)
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate