| SR543 | Intro
Sine Die | Condemns the international abduction of all children. Urges countries identified by the Department of State as noncompliant or demonstrating patterns of noncompliance with the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction to fulfil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-04
Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S7403-7404; text as passed Senate: CR S7403-7404) |
| HB6118 | Pass | Taking Essential Steps for Testing Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise sanctions for laboratories that intentionally refer proficiency testing samples required for certification to another laboratory for analysis by: (1) givi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-04
Became Public Law No: 112-202. |
| HB6600 | Intro
Sine Die | Kosher and Halal Food Act of 2012 - Amends the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to provide for the increased purchase of Kosher and Halal food and to modify the labeling of the commodities list under the emergency food assistance program to enab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-03
To House Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture |
| HB6601 | Intro
Sine Die | Carcinogen-Free Label Act of 2012 - Directs the head of each federal agency that regulates a covered product to establish a program to permit the labeling of such a product that does not contain any carcinogens as "Carcinogen-Free." Defines a "covere...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-03
To House Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture |
| HB6567 | Intro
Sine Die | State Nutrition Assistance Flexibility Act of 2012 - States that the purpose of this Act is to provide federal financial assistance to the states in the form of a single grant to allow the states flexibility in providing, and financing the provision ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-03
To House Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture |
| HB6627 | Intro
Sine Die | Veterans Homebuyer Accessibility Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for first-time homebuyers, to allow veterans of the Armed Forces a tax credit for 10% of the purchase price of a principal residence purch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-03
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SB2038 | Pass | Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012 or STOCK Act - (Sec. 3) Requires the congressional ethics committees to issue interpretive guidance of the rules of each chamber, including rules on conflicts of interest and gifts, with respect to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-03
By Senator Lieberman from Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs filed written report. Report No. 112-244. |
| SR607 | Intro
Sine Die | Declares that the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret of the passing of the Honorable George McGovern, a former U.S. Senator and Member of the House of Representatives from South Dakota. Extends heartfelt sympathy to his family and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-30
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7310; text as passed Senate: CR S7310; text of measure as introduced: CR S7306) |
| SR606 | Intro
Sine Die | Commemorates the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth on December 1, 1812. Commends the dedicated service of the Sisters who provided nursing care during the Civil War, World War I, and epidemics of yellow fever, ch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-30
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7309; text as passed Senate: CR S7309; text of measure as introduced: CR S7305) |
| HB6596 | Intro
Sine Die | Naval Air Station Fallon Housing and Safety Development Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the Secretary of the Navy, without consideration, approximately 400 acres of federal land that is adjacent to Naval Air Station Fallon ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-30
To House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands |
| SR605 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the week beginning on November 26, 2012, as National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-30
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7308-7309; text as passed Senate: CR S7309; text of measure as introduced: CR S7305) |
| HB6608 | Intro
Sine Die | Family Asthma Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to collaborate with state and local health depa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-30
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| SR518 | Intro
Sine Die | Congratulates the Southern Baptist Convention for electing Reverend Fred Luter, Jr., as its president. Acknowledges Reverend Luter's unique role as the first African-American leader of the Convention. Honors the Convention's commitment to an inclusi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-30
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7308; text as passed Senate: CR S7308) |
| SB1735 | Intro
Sine Die | Approves the conveyance by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to the state of Mississippi of the federally-owned Yellow Creek Port properties in the custody of the TVA at Iuka, Mississippi.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-30
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 558. |
| SB810 | Intro
Sine Die | Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act of 2012 - (Sec. 4) Prohibits: (1) conducting invasive research on great apes; (2) possessing, maintaining, or housing a great ape for the purpose of conducting invasive research; (3) using federal funds to co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-30
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 557. |
| HCR141 | Intro
Sine Die | Stop Harming Our Kids Resolution - Expresses the sense of Congress that sexual orientation and gender identity or expression change efforts directed at minors are discredited and ineffective, have no legitimate therapeutic purpose, and are dangerous ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-30
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB6610 | Intro
Sine Die | National Park Service Critical Authorities Act of 2012 - Revises provisions regarding the removal of snow and ice around federal buildings in the District of Columbia. Permits the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) and the National Park Service (N...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-30
To House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands |
| HB6609 | Intro
Sine Die | Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness Act - Amends the Arizona Wilderness Act of 1984 to include certain land in Pajarita Wilderness in Coronado National Forest. Designates certain lands, in Arizona, in the Coronado National Forest as wilderness and as a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-30
To House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands |
| HB2356 | Intro
Sine Die | WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2012 - Title I: A National Biodefense Enterprise - (Sec. 101) Requires the President to assign a member of the National Security Council as Special Assistant to the President for Biodefense to: (1) serve as the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-30
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 510. |
| HB6611 | Intro
Sine Die | Patient Access to Drugs in Shortage Act of 2012 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), with respect to use of average sales price payment methodology for drugs and biologicals, to prescribe a formula for determining the pay...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-30
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB6624 | Intro
Sine Die | Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2012 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to consider the following types of regulation of inmate telephone service: (1) prescribing a maximum unif...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-30
To House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology |
| HCR142 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses the opposition of Congress to federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-30
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB3694 | Intro
Sine Die | Saving Taxpayer Expenditures by Employing Less Imported Nickel Act or STEEL Nickel Act - Amends federal law governing the production of coins to repeal the statutory alloy composition of the 5-cent coin. Requires that the 5-cent coin be: (1) produced...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| HB3693 | Intro
Sine Die | Cents and Sensibility Act - Revises the discretionary authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe the weight and the composition of the alloy of the one-cent coin. Requires that the one-cent coin be: (1) produced primarily of steel, and (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| SB3650 | Intro
Sine Die | Ditch and Irrigation Company Tax Reform Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit tax-exempt mutual ditch or irrigation companies to earn income from dispositions of certain real property and stock interests without affecting their tax exempt ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB3649 | Intro
Sine Die | Superfund Emergency Response Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to carry out any assessment, monitoring, remediation, repair, or construction activity determined to be necessary at a site that: (1)...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB3647 | Intro
Sine Die | Military Sexual Assault Prevention Act of 2012 - Prohibits any person convicted under federal or state law of rape, sexual assault, forcible sodomy, or incest from being commissioned or enlisting in the Armed Forces. Requires administrative separatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
To Senate Armed Services Committee |
| SB3442 | Intro
Sine Die | Success Ultimately Comes from Capital, Contracting, Education, Strategic Partnerships, and Smart Regulations Act of 2012 or SUCCESS Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to temporarily extend: (1) the 100% exclusion from gross income of gain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. |
| HR823 | Intro
Sine Die | Honors Saint Marianne Cope for her legacy of compassionate care and recognizes her example of what it means to dedicate one's life in service to others, especially to those she served at the leprosy settlement at Kalaupapa on the island of Molokai, H...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| SR600 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses support for: (1) the goals and ideals of American Diabetes Month, including encouraging people to fight diabetes through public awareness about prevention and treatment options, and increasing education about the disease; and (2) decreasing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S7276-7277) |
| SB3638 | Intro
Sine Die | Today's Entrepreneurs are Advancing Mentorship Act of 2012 or TEAM Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act to establish within the Small Business Administration (SBA) an Office of Entrepreneurial Support, headed by a Director, to develop and prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. |
| HB6604 | Engross
Sine Die | Designates the federal building currently known as Federal Office Building 8, located at 200 C Street SW in the District of Columbia, as the "Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Federal Building."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
Received in the Senate. |
| HB1798 | Intro
Sine Die | Judgment Evading Foreign States Accountability Act of 2011 - States the policy of the United States regarding: (1) advocacy within the governing bodies of international organizations and other foreign policy settings for the full compensation and fai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote . |
| HR821 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.B. 6429) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote innovation, investment, and research in the United States, to eliminate the diversity immigrant program, and for other purposes; and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HR820 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses condolences to the victims of Hurricane Sandy. Commends the resiliency and courage of the people of New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, West Virgin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
To House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management |
| HB6374 | Engross
Sine Die | Designates the facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) at 180 Martin Drive in Carrollton, Georgia as the "Trinka Davis Veterans Village."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| HR822 | Intro
Sine Die | Elects specified named Members to the following House Committees: (1) Agriculture; and (2) Science, Space, and Technology.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| SR603 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the week of November 26 through November 30, 2012, as National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week and expresses support for its goals and ideals.Encourages the expansion of such clinics so that they may continue to serve as health care workf...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7277; text as passed Senate: CR S7277; text of measure as introduced: CR S7220) |
| SR604 | Intro
Sine Die | Declares that the Senate has received with profound sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the passing of the Honorable Warren B. Rudman, a former Senator from New Hampshire. Declares that when the Senate adjourns on November 29, 2012, it stand a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7277-7278; text as passed Senate: CR S7278; text of measure as introduced: CR S7220) |
| HB6615 | Intro
Sine Die | Excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, any amount received from the Aurora Victim Relief Fund established by the tax-exempt Community First Foundation, if such amount is paid on account of the mass shooting at the Century 16 Cinema in A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB6616 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from assisting any foreign government with respect to the collection of any excise tax, related penalty, or related foreign judgment on securities transactions occurring on a U.S. exchange or over the counter w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| SB3648 | Intro
Sine Die | Excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, any amount received from the Aurora Victim Relief Fund established by the tax-exempt Community First Foundation, if such amount is paid on account of the mass shooting at the Century 16 Cinema in A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-29
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB5913 | Engross
Sine Die | DHS Accountability Act of 2012 - Establishes in the legislative branch an independent advisory panel to: (1) comprehensively assess the management structure and capabilities related to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and (2) make recommend...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-28
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB6607 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 300 Fayetteville Street in Raleigh, North Carolina, as the "Jesse Helms Federal Building and United States Courthouse."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-28
To House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management |
| HB5997 | Engross
Sine Die | Medical Preparedness Allowable Use Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the use of Urban Area Security Initiative and State Homeland Security Grant Program funding for enhancing medical preparedness, medical surge capacity, and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-28
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB3643 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 to consider a period of time working abroad for the Chief of Mission or U.S. Armed Forces as a translator, interpreter, or in a security-related position in an executive or managerial...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB3644 | Intro
Sine Die | Base Redevelopment and Indemnification Correction Act of 2012 - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to expand the indemnification responsibilities of the Department of Defense (DOD) with respect to transferred property ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-28
To Senate Armed Services Committee |
| HB6025 | Engross
Sine Die | Mandatory Operational Control Reporting and Performance Measures Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), as part of DHS's annual performance report, to submit annual reports to Congress on: (1) the number of miles of the inter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-28
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB3645 | Intro
Sine Die | Strategic Response to Asian Carp Invasion Act - Requires the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), in coordination with the Chief of Engineers, the National Park Service (NPS), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), to lead a multia...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-28
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB3646 | Intro
Sine Die | Afghan Women and Girls Security Promotion Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to submit to the congressional defense and foreign relations committees a Department of Defense (DOD) strategy to promote the security of Afghan women during the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-11-28
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
