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Insular Areas Act of 2011 [S.2009] [Energy ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [International ] [Science ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ] [Law Enforcement ] [Mining ] [Public Safety ] [Economic Development ]
Insular Areas Act of 2011 - Amends the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 to direct the Secretary of Energy (DOE), beginning on January 1, 2012, to periodically conduct (not less frequently than every four years): (1) a visual study of the concrete exterior of the Cactus Crater containment structure on Runit Island, and (2) a radiochemical analysis of the groundwater surrounding and in such structure. Requires the Secretary to submit to the House Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Murkowski Became Public Law No: 112-149. on 07/26/2012

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Transportation Empowerment Act [S.1164] [Infrastructure ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ] [Energy ] [Taxes ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ]
Transportation Empowerment Act - Declares the purposes of the Act, including returning maximum discretionary authority and fiscal responsibility to the states for all elements of the national surface transportation systems (excluding the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways). Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) for FY2014-FY2018 for specified core programs under the federal-aid highway program, including: (1) the interstate maintenance program, (2) emergency relief for highways and roads, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/09/2011

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To provide for American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas to be treated as States for certain criminal justice programs. [HB-986] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Community Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to treat American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as separate states for purposes of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The House Committee On The Judiciary. on 03/09/2011

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To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Armed Forces to display the flags of the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands whenever the official flags of all 50 States are displayed. [HB-985] [Military ] [Veterans ]
Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to ensure that whenever the official flags of all 50 states are displayed by the Armed Forces, such display shall include the flags of the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 03/18/2011

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American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 [HB-8] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ] [Agriculture ] [Energy ] [Unemployment ] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Defense ] [Food ] [Insurance ] [Small Business ] [Pensions ] [Retirement ]
American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 - Title I: General Extensions - (Sec. 101) Makes permanent the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 for individual taxpayers whose taxable income is at or below a $400,000 threshold amount ($450,000 for married couples filing a joint return). Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) revise income tax rates for individual taxpayers whose taxable income is at or below the $400,000 threshold amount ($450,000 for married couples filing a joint return) and increase the rate to 39.6% for taxpayers (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Graves Became Public Law No: 112-240. on 01/02/2013

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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities, to modify the calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs, and for other purposes. [HB-674] [Taxes ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Veterans ] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Budget and Spending ] [Social Security ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Military ]
Title I: Three Percent Withholding Repeal and Job Creation Act - 3% Withholding Repeal and Job Creation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the 3% withholding requirement on payments due to vendors providing goods and services to federal, state, and local governmental entities. Title II: VOW to Hire Heroes - VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 - Subtitle A: Retraining Veterans - (Sec. 211) Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), by July 1, 2012, to establish and commence a program of retraining assistance for veterans who: (1) are (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise Became Public Law No: 112-56. on 11/21/2011

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Averting the Fiscal Cliff Act [HB-6688] [Agriculture ] [Budget and Spending ] [Consumer Protection ] [Finance ] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Pensions ] [Public Health ] [Social Security ] [Taxes ] [Veterans ] [Food ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Housing ]
Averting the Fiscal Cliff Act - Title I: Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act - Subtitle A: Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act - Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act of 2012 - Makes permanent: (1) the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, and (2) provisions of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 that reduce tax rates on capital gain and dividend income. Extends through 2013 the estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer provisions of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise Referred To The Committee On Ways And Means, And In Addition To The Committees On The Budget, Agriculture, Energy And Commerce, Financial Services, The Judiciary, Oversight And Government Reform, House Administration, And Rules, 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. on 12/19/2012

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Spending Reduction Act of 2012 [HB-6684] [Agriculture ] [Healthcare ] [Finance ] [Budget and Spending ] [Consumer Protection ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Social Security ] [Taxes ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Veterans ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ] [Poverty ] [Children and Youth ]
Spending Reduction Act of 2012 - Title I: Agriculture - (Sec. 101) Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to terminate the increase in the value of supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program) benefits for Puerto Rico and American Samoa on March 1, 2013. (Sec. 102) Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to limit categorical SNAP eligibility to households receiving specified other program benefits in cash. (Sec. 103) Eliminates the requirement that a state agency using a standard utility (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Cantor Received In The Senate. on 12/21/2012

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To amend subtitle B of title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend the temporary high-risk insurance pool program to the territories. [HB-6585] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ]
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend to U.S. territories a program requiring the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a temporary high risk health insurance pool program to provide health insurance coverage to eligible individuals with a preexisting condition.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Donna Christensen Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 11/09/2012

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To require the Secretary of the Treasury to implement a program to prevent the fraudulent use of taxpayer identification numbers of residents of United States territories and possessions to be used to obtain a credit or refund on tax returns filed with the United States. [HB-6583] [Taxes ] [Finance ] [Consumer Protection ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ]
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to implement a program to prevent the fraudulent use of taxpayer identification numbers of residents of U.S. territories and possessions to obtain federal tax refunds or credits. Requires the program to include a comparison of all income tax returns filed with the United States and any U.S. territory or possession under the same taxpayer identification number. .

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Dent Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 11/02/2012

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To amend titles 10, 32, and 37 of the United States Code to authorize the establishment of units of the National Guard in American Samoa. [HB-6294] [Defense ] [Military ] [National Security ] [Veterans ]
Amends federal armed forces provisions, National Guard provisions, and military pay provisions to include American Samoa as a territory, thereby authorizing the establishment of National Guard units in American Samoa, as well as related authority with respect to National Guard personnel.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 09/13/2012

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Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 [HB-6091] [Environmental ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Finance ] [Energy ] [Water ] [Budget and Spending ] [Agriculture ] [Mining ] [Climate Change ] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Native American Affairs ] [Arts and Culture ] [Air Quality ]
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies for FY2013. Title I: Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for FY2013 to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for: (1) land and resource management; (2) land acquisition; (3) Oregon and California grant lands; (4) range improvements; (5) service charges, deposits, and forfeitures with respect to public lands; and (6) miscellaneous (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Simpson The House Committee On Appropriations Reported An Original Measure, H. Rept. 112-589, By Mr. Simpson. on 07/10/2012

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Stop Tobacco Smuggling in the Territories Act of 2012 [HB-5934] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Consumer Protection ] [Law Enforcement ]
Stop Tobacco Smuggling in the Territories Act of 2012 - Amends the federal criminal code to include American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam in the definition of "state" for purposes of provisions prohibiting trafficking in contraband cigarettes and smokeless tobacco.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Judy Chu Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 11/15/2012

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Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 [HB-5856] [Defense ] [Military ] [National Security ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [International ] [Trade ] [Human Rights ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Aerospace ] [Healthcare ] [Construction ] [Veterans ] [Science ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Cybersecurity ] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ] [Energy ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Education ] [Crime ]
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY2013 for active-duty and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force (the military departments), and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force. Title II: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates funds for FY2013 for operation and maintenance (O&M) for the military departments, the defense agencies, the reserve components, and the Army and Air National Guard. Appropriates funds for: (1) the United States Court (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. C.W. Young Committee On Appropriations. Reported By Senator Inouye With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 112-196. on 08/02/2012

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Territorial TANF Equity Act of 2012 [HB-5824] [Social Security ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Healthcare ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Territorial TANF Equity Act of 2012 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to remove the limitation on payments by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa under grants for assistance to the aged, the blind, and the permanently and totally disabled, including Supplemental Security Income (SSI) under SSA title XVI, as well as for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) under SSA title IV part A and for foster care and adoption assistance under SSA title IV part (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jose Serrano Referred To The Subcommittee On Human Resources. on 05/22/2012

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To require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United States and the Freely Associated States through the development of action plans aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources, and for other purposes. [HB-579] [Energy ] [Climate Change ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Science ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Environmental ] [International ]
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to: (1) develop an energy action plan addressing the energy needs of each of the insular areas (the American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands) and Freely Associated States (the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau); and (2) assist each of the insular areas and Freely Associated States in implementing such plan. Requires such plan to include: (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Power. on 02/18/2011

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Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012 [HB-5652] [Agriculture ] [Healthcare ] [Housing ] [Insurance ] [Consumer Protection ] [Water ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ] [Taxes ] [Social Security ] [Education ] [Veterans ] [Public Health ] [Human Services ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Property Tax ] [Disaster Relief ]
Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012 - Title I: Agriculture - Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 2012 - (Sec. 102) Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to terminate the increase in the value of supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program) benefits for Puerto Rico and American Samoa on June 30, 2012. (Sec. 103) Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to limit categorical SNAP eligibility to households receiving specified other program benefits in cash. (Sec. 104) Eliminates (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Ryan Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 398. on 05/15/2012

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Medicaid Payment Fairness to the Territories Act of 2012 [HB-5566] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Healthcare ] [Social Security ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Medicaid Payment Fairness to the Territories Act of 2012 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to tie the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa, beginning in FY2013, to the highest FMAP applicable to any of the 50 states for the fiscal year involved.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan Referred To The House Committee On Energy And Commerce. on 05/08/2012

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Dr. Rita Hocog Inos Fellowship Act [HB-512] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Student Loans ]
Dr. Rita Hocog Inos Fellowship Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Dr. Rita Hocog Inos Fellowship Program to award local government and federal government fellowships to qualified students from American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands. Allows a fellow to receive either a specified stipend or academic credit toward graduation for participating in an internship. Defines a "qualified student" as a student who is a U.S. citizen, domiciled in American Samoa, the Commonwealth (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, And Insular Affairs. on 02/04/2011

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To amend chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 to include Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the definition of State for the purposes of the trade adjustment assistance for workers program. [HB-4316] [Trade ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ] [Economic Development ]
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend the trade adjustment assistance for workers program to the U.S. territories of Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan Referred To The Subcommittee On Trade. on 04/09/2012

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