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National Treasure Promotion and Investment Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6130
Sponsor: Rep. Hochul, Kathleen C. [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2012-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Infrastructure development
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Regional and metropolitan planning
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Travel and tourism
User charges and fees
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-13
text: 
National Treasure Promotion and Investment Act of 2012 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the maintenance of infrastructure in communities hosting national parks and national heritage areas is important to the safety of residents and visitors; and (2) visa issuance fees should be invested in such maintenance in these communities, which draw visitors from across the globe.
 
Requires consular officers, in issuing visas to applicants seeking to visit the United States temporarily for pleasure, to give priority to those intending to visit a national heritage area or national park.
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to support infrastructure projects: (1) in communities hosting such heritage areas or parks, (2) that have been prioritized for completion by an applicable metropolitan planning organization, and (3) that are determined beneficial to the upkeep of roads or bridges used by international visitors to these regions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2012-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2012-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2012-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2012-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-13
text: Introduced in House
American Clothing for American Olympians Act

Bill: 112-hr-6132
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2012-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes
Buy American requirements
Olympic games

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-17
text: 
American Clothing for American Olympians Act - Requires the U.S. Olympic Committee to ensure that all goods to be donated or supplied to any amateur athlete, coach, trainer, manager, administrator, or official of the U.S. Olympic team, the Paralympic team, or the Pan-American team are substantially made in the United States, to the extent the goods are available in the United States. Defines &quot;substantially made in the United States&quot; to mean that the cost of the foreign products used in the materials in such goods constitutes less than 50% of the cost of all the products used in such materials.
 
Requires the Committee's quadrennial report on its operations to include data on the sources of the goods donated or supplied and a description of the steps taken to ensure the goods are substantially made in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2012-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-17
text: Introduced in House
To provide clarity on the use of National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center Commemorative Coin surcharges, the use of Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Coin surcharges, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-6133
Sponsor: Rep. Westmoreland, Lynn A. [R-GA-3]
Introduced: 2012-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Building construction
Currency
Georgia
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Presidential administrations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-17
text: 
Amends the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center Commemorative Coin Act to require surcharges on coins issued under such Act to be used, in part, for retirement of debt associated with building the existing National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center.
 
Amends the Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Coin Act to require surcharges on coins issued under such Act to be used, in part, for the preservation and maintenance of: (1) the Ford's Theater Society, (2) the National Trust for Historic Preservation President Lincoln's Cottage fund, and (3) the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
action_date: 2012-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Truth in Trials Act

Bill: 112-hr-6134
Sponsor: Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2012-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Evidence and witnesses
Prescription drugs
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-17
text: 
Truth in Trials Act - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) allow any person on trial for a federal marijuana-related offense to introduce evidence that the alleged marijuana-related activities were performed in compliance with state law regarding the medical use of marijuana, (2) allow an affirmative defense to a marijuana prosecution that the alleged marijuana-related activities complied with state law regarding the medical use of marijuana, (3) limit the criminal liability of persons convicted of federal marijuana-related offenses, (4) require the preservation and return (if a defendant is acquitted) of property seized in connection with a marijuana prosecution, and (5) prohibit the seizure of plants grown or stored under a physician's recommendation or by order of a state or municipal agency in accordance with state law regarding the medical use of marijuana. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Transferring Credits for College Completion Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6135
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2012-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government information and archives
Higher education
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-17
text: 
Transferring Credits for College Completion Act of 2012 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to include on the College Navigator website the percentage of undergraduates at an institution of higher education (IHE) who have transferred from another IHE and earned their degree or certificate in their program of study within: (1) the normal time for its completion, (2) 150% of the normal time for its completion, and (3) 200% of the normal time for its completion.
 
Requires IHEs, to the extent practicable, to include in their course schedule publications information on whether each listed course or program of study is transferable for credit toward the completion of a degree at a public IHE located in their state.
 
Requires each public IHE, by July 1, 2014, to enter into an articulation agreement with the other public IHEs located in its state.
 
Requires those agreements to include: (1) a common general education core curriculum consisting of at least 30 credit hours or equivalent coursework that are fully transferable toward meeting specific degree or certificate requirements at other public IHEs in the state, (2) common course numbering for substantially similar courses in that curriculum, and (3) a guarantee that an associate degree in an academic major in the arts and sciences at a public IHE in the state will be credited as the first 2 years of a related baccalaureate program at other public IHEs in the state.
 
Excepts Tribal Colleges or Universities from those articulation agreement requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2012-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Budget Office Transparency Act

Bill: 112-hr-6136
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18]
Introduced: 2012-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Congressional agencies
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-17
text: 
Congressional Budget Office Transparency Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), whenever an estimate of costs is prepared for any bill or resolution, to post on the CBO public website all working papers, including data, informational papers, methodologies, spreadsheets, computer programs, background data, revenue estimates, and aggregate data provided by the Joint Committee on Taxation, and any other material used to derive such cost estimate.
 
Prohibits the Director from being required to post on the website any proprietary information utilized by CBO obtained from a third party with whom there is an agreement not to release such information.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5019)
action_date: 2012-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2012-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Helping Save Americans' Health Care Choices Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6137
Sponsor: Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2012-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Disability and paralysis
Employee benefits and pensions
Family relationships
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Military medicine
Sales and excise taxes
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: 
Helping Save Americans' Health Care Choices Act of 2012 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to repeal: (1) the 20% penalty for distributions from a health savings account (HSA) or an Archer medical savings account (Archer MSA) not used for qualified medical expenses, (2) the prohibition on distributions from an HSA for over-the-counter drugs, and (3) the limitation on health flexible spending arrangements under cafeteria plans. Allows the treatment of a high deductible health plan as a qualified health plan under PPACA.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a retirement savings tax credit for contributions to an HSA, (2) payment of premiums for high deductible health plans from an HSA, (3) a tax deduction for medical expenses incurred prior to the establishment of an HSA, (4) an increase of the HSA maximum allowable contribution amount to match the limit on deductible and out-of-pocket expenses under an HSA, (5) an exclusion from gross income of employer-provided coverage for qualified long-term care services that is provided through a flexible spending or similar arrangement, (6) eligibility for veterans with a service-connected disability, participants in Tricare, and certain Medicare beneficiaries for participation in an HSA, (7) both spouses to make catch-up contributions to the same HSA account, and (8) a tax deduction for amounts paid by patients to their primary physician in advance for the right to receive medical services on an as-needed basis.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, through regulations or other guidance, to encourage administrators of health plans and trustees of HSAs to provide for simultaneous enrollment in high deductible health plans and setup of HSAs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2012-07-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2012-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Work Requirements for Welfare Programs Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6140
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2012-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Employment and training programs
Intergovernmental relations
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: 
Preserving Work Requirements for Welfare Programs Act of 2012 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from finalizing, implementing, enforcing, or otherwise taking any action to give effect to the Information Memorandum dated July 12, 2012 (Transmittal No. TANF-ACF-IM-2012-03), or to any administrative action relating to the same subject matter or that reflects the same or similar policies.
 
Prohibits the Secretary also from authorizing, approving, modifying, or extending any experimental, pilot, or demonstration project under the Social Security Act (SSA) that: (1) waives compliance with mandatory work requirements of SSA title IV part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF), or (2) authorizes an expenditure not otherwise allowable under a state TANF program with respect to compliance with such work requirements.
 
Rescinds and nullifies any waiver relating to the subject matter of the Information Memorandum granted before the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2012-07-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2012-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon.

Bill: 112-hr-6141
Sponsor: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2012-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Interior
Gambling
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Oregon

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: 
Amends the Siletz Tribe Indian Restoration Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust for the Siletz Tribe additional lands that lie within the original 1855 Siletz Coast Reservation and are located in Benton, Douglas, Lane, Lincoln, Tillamook, or Yamhill County in Oregon.
 
Requires such land to be considered and evaluated as an on-reservation acquisition and become part of the Tribe's reservation. (Off-reservation land acquisition requests require the Secretary to give greater scrutiny to the tribe's justification of the anticipated benefits from the acquisition.)
 
Prohibits gaming on lands taken into trust pursuant to this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native 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
Assuring Medicare Stability and Access for Seniors Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6142
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2012-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: 
Assuring Medicare Stability and Access for Seniors Act of 2012 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend for one year the Medicare physician payment rates without change. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5337)
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2012-07-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2012-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: Introduced in House
To provide for supplemental appropriations for obesity programs of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-6143
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2012-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Asia
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Cultural exchanges and relations
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of State
Europe
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
International organizations and cooperation
Multilateral development programs
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: 
Makes: (1) emergency supplemental appropriations for obesity programs of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and (2) offsetting rescissions of prior year unobligated balances of specified accounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2012-07-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2012-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: Introduced in House
To reduce amounts available to the General Services Administration for the acquisition of new vehicles for the Federal fleet.

Bill: 112-hr-6144
Sponsor: Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12]
Introduced: 2012-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
General Services Administration
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Motor vehicles
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: 
Limits the amount of funding available to the General Services Administration (GSA) for FY2012 and for each fiscal year thereafter for the acquisition of new vehicles for the federal fleet to 80% of the amount available for such vehicles for FY2011. Exempts from such limitation amounts for the acquisition of new vehicles for national security purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: Introduced in House
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Resources Assistance Act

Bill: 112-hr-6145
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2012-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Massachusetts

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: 
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Resources Assistance Act- Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to: (1) authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assist in the interpretation and preservation of the Lewis Temple House, the Nathan and Polly Johnson House, and the Baker-Robinson Whale Oil Refinery associated with the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park in Massachusetts; and (2) require each dollar of federal funds used for funding cooperative agreements for the preservation of such park to be matched dollar for dollar with funds contributed by non-federal sources. Repeals provisions prohibiting more than specified amounts from being: (1) appropriated for construction, restoration, and rehabilitation of visitor and interpretive facilities, and directional and visitor orientation signage; or (2) used for interpretive and education programs for the National Historic Landmark Schooner Ernestina.
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
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
To permit pass-through payment for reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals as urban hospitals, including hospitals located in "Lugar counties", and for on-call and standby costs for such services.

Bill: 112-hr-6146
Sponsor: Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2012-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Medicare
Nursing
Rural conditions and development
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-18
text: 
Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986, as amended by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989, to treat a critical access hospital as rural, notwithstanding the reclassification of its location county as an urban county ("Lugar county") under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, in order to permit pass-through payment for the reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) services.
 
Counts on-call and standby costs for such services as reasonable CRNA costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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