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Recognizing Excellence in Veterans Education Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4052
Sponsor: Rep. Stutzman, Marlin A. [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2012-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Higher education
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: 
Recognizing Excellence in Veterans Education Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish an honorary Excellence in Veterans Education Award to recognize institutions of higher learning that provide superior services to veterans. Makes such Award valid for up to three years. Requires the Secretary, during the valid period of an Award, to indicate that the institution has received such Award on the list of institutions approved for veterans education benefits, as maintained on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) website.
 
Outlines Award criteria.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2012-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Military and Veterans Education Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-4055
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2012-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Higher education
Medical education
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: 
Military and Veterans Education Protection Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require proprietary institutions of higher education to derive at least 10% of their revenue from sources other than title IV or federal educational assistance programs for military personnel and veterans, or become ineligible for title IV funding and participation in those programs. (Currently, this 90/10 rule requires these schools to derive at least 10% of their revenue from sources other than title IV or become ineligible for title IV funding.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2012-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2012-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Science and Technology Regulatory Relief Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4056
Sponsor: Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2012-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Federal preemption
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Manufacturing
Retail and wholesale trades
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: 
Science and Technology Regulatory Relief Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit a state or political subdivision from conducting or requiring an inspection of a factory, warehouse, or establishment in which a drug or device is manufactured, processed, packed, or held by a manufacturer or wholesale distributor for introduction into interstate commerce, or after such introduction, for purposes of verifying compliance with such Act, Public Health Service Act requirements regarding the regulation of biological products, or any similar requirements established pursuant to state law.
 
Makes exceptions for such an inspection if: (1) the state or subdivision makes a determination that a drug or device presents a threat of serious adverse health consequences or death; (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) orders a recall of a drug, biological product, or device manufactured, processed, packed, or held at the factory, warehouse, or establishment; or (3) the Secretary requests or authorizes the state to conduct or require the inspection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to establish a position for a representative of Indian Tribes on the Joint Board overseeing the implementation of universal service, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-4059
Sponsor: Rep. Bono Mack, Mary [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2012-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Indian social and development programs
Intergovernmental relations
Telecommunication rates and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: 
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require one member of the Federal-State Joint Board on universal service (recommends changes to universal service implementation regulations) to be a Tribal representative who is nominated by the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC) Office of Native Affairs and Policy and appointed by the FCC.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Freeze Government Spending Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4060
Sponsor: Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3]
Introduced: 2012-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: 
Freeze Government Spending Act of 2012 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to establish discretionary spending limits (spending caps) at the same specified level for each of FY2013-FY2021.
 
Requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), on January 2, 2013, for FY2013, and in its sequestration preview reports for FY2014-FY2021, to state: (1) the net amount of reduction in nonexempt direct spending accounts as $18.333 billion for each of FY2013-FY2020 and $18.336 billion for FY2021; and (2) the sequestration percentage necessary to achieve that reduction in nonexempt direct spending accounts for the applicable fiscal year.
 
Requires OMB, on such date during each applicable year, to prepare and the President to issue a sequestration order of nonexempt direct spending to achieve such direct spending reduction. 
 
Requires: (1) the percentage reduction for the Medicare programs specified in the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act to be not more than 2% for a fiscal year; and (2) if the reduction would exceed 2% in the absence of such requirement, OMB to increase the reduction for all other direct spending by a uniform percentage to a level sufficient to achieve the required reduction in nonexempt direct spending.
 
Requires OMB to report to Congress on information about the calculations required under this Act, a listing of the reductions required for each nonexempt direct spending account, and any other data and explanations that enhance public understanding of this Act and actions taken under it.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Student Right to Know Before You Go Act

Bill: 112-hr-4061
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-52]
Introduced: 2012-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: 
Student Right to Know Before You Go Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) participating in title IV (Student Assistance) programs to participate in, and provide all the data required for, an individual-level integrated postsecondary education data system administered by a state, a multi-state compact, or the Secretary of Education.
 
Allows system administrators to include, in addition to data from IHEs, data from certain other postsecondary education and training programs.
 
Requires the systems to be certified by the Secretary as meeting certain data inclusion, quality, governance, and privacy requirements.
 
Requires the systems to include: (1) all student components of reporting required for the Integrated Postsecondary Data System (IPEDS), and submit such data to IPEDS; (2) rates of remedial enrollment, credit accumulation, and postsecondary completion by high school completion status; and (3) earnings data, disaggregated by educational program, institution, degree, employment sector, and state to create an interoperable employment and learning exchange.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to educational institutions and system administrators to assist them in complying with, developing, and implementing individual-level integrated postsecondary education data systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1444 Main Street in Ramona, California, as the "Nelson 'Mac' MacWilliams Post Office Building".

Bill: 112-hr-4062
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-52]
Introduced: 2012-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: California
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1444 Main Street in Ramona, California, as the "Nelson 'Mac' MacWilliams Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-20
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7326)
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7326)
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4062.
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7326-7327)
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: Mr. Farenthold moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Guns-Free National Parks Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4063
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2012-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: 
 Guns-Free National Parks Act of 2012 - Amends the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 to repeal the provisions relating to the carrying of certain firearms in units of the National Park System and the National Wildlife Refuge System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E218)
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Keeping Promises to Taxpayers Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4064
Sponsor: Rep. Mulvaney, Mick [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2012-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employee benefits and pensions
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Income tax exclusion
Medical research
Prescription drugs
Sales and excise taxes
Service industries
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: 
Keeping Promises to Taxpayers Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal certain health care-related taxes and other provisions, including: (1) the requirement that certain employers provide their employees with health insurance coverage and report on such coverage, (2) the excise tax on excess benefits from employer-sponsored health care coverage, (3) the requirement that distributions from a health savings account be used to pay for prescription drugs and insulin only (thus allowing for payment of over-the-counter medications), (4) the increase (from 7.5% to 10%) in the income threshold for the medical expense tax deduction, (5) the $2,500 limitation on contributions to health flexible spending arrangements, (6) the annual fees required for businesses providing health insurance and manufacturers or importers of branded prescription drugs, (7) the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund, (8) the fee imposed on insured and self-insured health plans, (9) the excise taxes on medical device manufacturers and importers and on indoor tanning services, (10) the increase (from 10% to 20%) in the penalty for distributions from health savings accounts and Archer medical savings accounts not used for qualified medical expenses, and (11) the increase in the tobacco production excise tax.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-16
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: 2012-02-16
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: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Puerto Rico Hospital Medicare Reimbursement Equity Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4065
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2012-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Caribbean area
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medicare
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: 
Puerto Rico Hospital Medicare Reimbursement Equity Act of 2012 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the formula for the Medicare inpatient hospital services payment rate for Puerto Rico hospitals to: (1) reduce the applicable Puerto Rico percentage from 25% to zero, and (2) increase the applicable federal percentage from 75% to 100%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H818)
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Health Information Technology Reform Act

Bill: 112-hr-4066
Sponsor: Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6]
Introduced: 2012-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: 
Health Information Technology Reform Act - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to exclude pathologists from Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments and, in particular, penalties relating to the meaningful use of electronic health records. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-02-16
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: 2012-02-16
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: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
To require the Under Secretary for Science and Technology in the Department of Homeland Security to contract with an independent laboratory to study the health effects of backscatter x-ray machines used at airline checkpoints operated by the Transportation Security Administration and provide improved notice to airline passengers.

Bill: 112-hr-4068
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3]
Introduced: 2012-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aging
Aviation and airports
Cancer
Child health
Consumer affairs
Government studies and investigations
Medical research
Product safety and quality
Radiation
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Travel and tourism
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: 
Directs the Under Secretary for Science and Technology in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to arrange for an independent study of the effects on human health caused by the use of backscatter x-ray machines at airline checkpoints operated by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
 
Directs the TSA Administrator to ensure that large, readable signs or equivalent electronic displays are placed at the front of airline passenger check points where backscatter advanced imaging technology machines are used for screening to inform airline passengers that they may request undergoing alternative screening procedures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Shakeel Afridi.

Bill: 112-hr-4069
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2012-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Asia
Congressional tributes
Health personnel
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Pakistan
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: 
Directs the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to make appropriate arrangements for the award of a gold medal in honor of Dr. Shakeel Afridi in recognition of his activities to identify and provide intelligence regarding Osama Bin Laden's location.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Introduced in House
CHEATS Act

Bill: 112-hr-4071
Sponsor: Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2012-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Asia
China
Tariffs
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2012-02-17
text: 
China Hurts Economic Advancement Through Subsidies Act or CHEATS Act - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize the administering authority or the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) to impose countervailing duties on products from a nonmarket economy country that have been provided a countervailable subsidy. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-02-17
text: Introduced in House