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Right to Habeas Corpus Act

Bill: 112-hr-4388
Sponsor: Rep. Rigell, E. Scott [R-VA-2]
Introduced: 2012-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Military law
Military operations and strategy

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: 
Right to Habeas Corpus Act - States that nothing in the Authorization for Use of Military Force or the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 shall be construed to deny the availability of the writ of habeas corpus in a court ordained or established by or under Article III of the Constitution for any person detained in the United States pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2012-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2012-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 19 East Merced Street in Fowler, California, as the "Cecil E. Bolt Post Office".

Bill: 112-hr-4389
Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2012-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: California
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 19 East Merced Street in Fowler, California, as the "Cecil E. Bolt Post Office."
action_date: 2013-01-10
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 19 East Merced Street in Fowler, California, as the "Cecil E. Bolt Post Office."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-10
text: Became Public Law No: 112-251.
action_date: 2013-01-10
text: Became Public Law No: 112-251.
action_date: 2013-01-10
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2013-01-10
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2012-12-31
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2012-12-31
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2012-12-28
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8454)
action_date: 2012-12-27
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8454)
action_date: 2012-12-21
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2012-12-20
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2012-12-20
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 12/19/2012 H7335)
action_date: 2012-12-20
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR 12/19/2012 H7335)
action_date: 2012-12-20
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H7416)
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mrs. Maloney objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4389.
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7335-7336)
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: Mr. Farenthold moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 112-251
To amend the Higher Education Opportunity Act to restrict institutions of higher education from using revenues derived from Federal educational assistance funds for advertising, marketing, or recruiting purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-4390
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2012-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Marketing and advertising
School administration
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: 
Amends the Higher Education Opportunity Act to prohibit postsecondary educational institutions from using revenues derived from federal educational assistance funds for: (1) advertising and promotion; (2) identifying and attracting prospective students; or (3) other activities the Secretary of Education may proscribe, such as paying for the promotion or sponsorship of education or military-related associations.
 
Excepts from that prohibition activities that are required as a condition of receiving funds under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, specifically authorized under title IV, or otherwise specified by the Secretary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Introduced in House
To require the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to take certain actions to reduce excessive speculation in energy markets.

Bill: 112-hr-4391
Sponsor: Rep. Hochul, Kathleen C. [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2012-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Commodities markets
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: 
Instructs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to use its authority (including emergency powers) to: (1) to curb immediately the role of excessive speculation in any contract market within its jurisdiction and control that is serving as a platform for the trading of energy futures or swaps; and (2) eliminate excessive speculation, price distortion, sudden or unreasonable fluctuations, unwarranted changes in prices, or other unlawful activity that is causing major market disturbances that prevent the market from accurately reflecting the forces of supply and demand for energy commodities; and (3) prioritize finalizing and enforcing a position limits regime designed to diminish, eliminate, or prevent excessive speculation in energy markets.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on subassemblies for instruments or apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities.

Bill: 112-hr-4392
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2012-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on subassemblies for instruments or apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on parts or accessories of instruments or apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities.

Bill: 112-hr-4393
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2012-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on parts or accessories of instruments or apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Cosmetic Safety Amendments Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4395
Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2012-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Federal preemption
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Product safety and quality
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: 
Cosmetic Safety Amendments Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the registration of every domestic and foreign establishment engaged in the manufacture of a cosmetic intended to be marketed in the United States with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Requires such manufacturers to submit to the Secretary: (1) a cosmetic and ingredient statement for each manufactured cosmetic containing a unique registration number for the manufacturing establishment where the cosmetic is manufactured, the brand name for the cosmetic, the ingredients in the cosmetic, and contact information for individuals responsible for filing and maintaining the cosmetic and ingredient statement; and (2) a report on any serious and unexpected adverse event allegedly associated with the use of a cosmetic product.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish good manufacturing practices for the manufacture, processing, filling, or packaging of cosmetics; and (2) establish and maintain in the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) an electronic National Cosmetic Regulatory Databank to hold information pertaining to the regulation of cosmetics.
 
Grants the Secretary authority to review the findings of the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel with respect to any cosmetic products.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) establish a tolerance level for a nonfunctional constituent in a cosmetic product, (2) evaluate the safety of any ingredient in a cosmetic product, and (3) obtain access to and copy records for determining whether a cosmetic product is adulterated and presents a threat of serious adverse health consequences or death to humans.
 
Denies entry into the United States of a cosmetic product if: (1) the importer does not present the unique cosmetic establishment registration number and the unique cosmetic and ingredient statement number, or (2) either of such numbers is not correct.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Forest Stewardship and Fire Fuels Reductions Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4396
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2012-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: 
 Forest Stewardship and Fire Fuels Reductions Act of 2012 - Amends the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 to extend, through FY2023, the authority of the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to enter into stewardship end result contracting projects with private persons or other public or private entities to perform services to achieve land management goals for national forests and public lands that meet local and rural community needs. 
 
Permits the land management goals of such a project to include restoration work, fire fuels reduction, and clearing of overgrowth on snowpack watersheds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2012-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2012-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Child Care Affordability Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4397
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2012-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adult day care
Child care and development
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: 
Child Care Affordability Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax deduction for expenses paid for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment, (2) increase the dollar limitation on the tax credit for such expenses, (3) provide for an inflation adjustment beginning after 2013 to the dollar amounts for such tax deduction and tax credit, and (4) make such tax credit refundable. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E572)
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Racial Profiling Prevention Act

Bill: 112-hr-4398
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2012-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Freedom of information
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Racial and ethnic relations
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: 
Racial Profiling Prevention Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to make a grant to a state that: (1) has enacted and is enforcing a law that prohibits a state or local law enforcement officer from using the race or ethnicity (racial profiling) of the driver or passengers in making routine or spontaneous law enforcement decisions, such as ordinary traffic stops on federal-aid highways; and (2) allows and maintains public inspection statistical information for each motor vehicle stop made by a law enforcement officer on a federal-aid highway regarding the race and ethnicity of the driver and any passengers. Requires grant-receiving states to provide assurances to the Secretary that they are undertaking activities to comply with such requirements.
 
Requires a state to use such grants for the costs of: (1) collecting, maintaining, and evaluating the results of data on traffic stops; and (2) activities to comply with the requirements of this Act.
 
Declares that nothing in this Act shall alter the manner in which a state or local law enforcement officer considers race or ethnicity whenever there is trustworthy information that links persons of a particular race or ethnicity to an identified criminal incident, scheme, or organization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E573)
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Salary Reduction Act

Bill: 112-hr-4399
Sponsor: Rep. Yoder, Kevin [R-KS-3]
Introduced: 2012-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: 
Congressional Salary Reduction Act - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to: (1) eliminate automatic cost of living (COLA) adjustments for Members of Congress, and (2) reduce Members' annual rate of pay to 95% of the annual rate for the most recent pay period preceding the regularly scheduled federal general election held in November 2012.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2012-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2012-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Introduced in House
To designate the Salt Pond Visitor Center at Cape Cod National Seashore as the "Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Salt Pond Visitor Center", and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-4400
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2012-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
House of Representatives
Massachusetts
Members of Congress
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Seashores and lakeshores
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: 
Designates the Salt Pond Visitor Center at Cape Cod National Seashore in Eastham, Massachusetts, as the &quot;Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Salt Pond Visitor Center.&quot; 

action_date: 2012-07-17
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Designates the Salt Pond Visitor Center at Cape Cod National Seashore in Eastham, Massachusetts, as the &quot;Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Salt Pond Visitor Center.&quot; 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-17
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 147.
action_date: 2012-07-17
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-598.
action_date: 2012-07-17
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-598.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2012-05-17
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E586-587)
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: Introduced in House
RACE for Space Act

Bill: 112-hr-4401
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2012-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military civil functions
Military facilities and property
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Space flight and exploration
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: 
Revitalizing America's Commercial Entrepreneurs for Space Act or RACE for Space Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense, in order to assist the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) with respect to private-sector involvement in commercial space activities and public-private partnerships pertaining to space transportation infrastructure (STI), to: (1) maximize the use of Department of Defense (DOD) STI by the private sector, (2) maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of the DOD STI, (3) reduce the cost of STI services provided by DOD, (4) encourage commercial space activities by enabling investment in the DOD STI by non-federal entities engaged in commercial space activities, and (5) foster cooperation between DOD and such entities.
 
Establishes the Defense Cooperation Space Launch Account for such purposes.
 
Requires an annual report from the Secretary to the congressional defense and appropriations committees on funds and equipment accepted and used for such purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Fiscal Responsibility in Federal Contracting Act

Bill: 112-hr-4403
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2012-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Labor standards
Public contracts and procurement
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: 
Fiscal Responsibility in Federal Contracting Act - Suspends through FY2023 the Davis-Bacon Act (which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works).
 
Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress each fiscal year through FY2023 on the savings to the federal government that resulted from such suspension since its beginning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2012-04-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2045)
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: Introduced in House