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Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 [HB-5856]
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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
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Sponsored by: Rep. C.W. Bill 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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Voter Empowerment Act of 2012 [HB-5799]
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Voter Empowerment Act of 2012 - Voter Registration Modernization Act of 2012 - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) to require each state to make available official public websites for online voter registration. Authorizes automated voter registration of certain individuals and establishes other initiatives to promote voter registration, such as same day registration and voter registration of individuals under 18 years of age. Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit hindering, interfering with, or preventing voter registration.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 09/26/2012
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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]
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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:
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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]
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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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul D. 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]
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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]
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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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, And Insular Affairs. on 02/04/2011
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Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012 [HB-4982]
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Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012 - Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) to add or expand definitions of several terms for purposes of such Act, including: (1) "culturally specific services" to mean community-based services that offer culturally relevant and linguistically specific services and resources to culturally specific communities; (2) "personally identifying information or personal information" with respect to a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and (3) "youth" to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Cole
Referred To The Subcommittee On Insurance, Housing And Community Opportunity. on 06/01/2012
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To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the employment services provided under that Act. [HB-4339]
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Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the U.S. Employment Service of the Department of Labor's program of providing public employment services through a one-stop services delivery system. Directs the Secretary of Labor to allot to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands an amount equal to the allotment percentage Guam received for employment services under the Act in FY1983.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 09/26/2012
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To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand certain restrictions relating to the overhaul and repair of vessels in foreign shipyards to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. [HB-4338]
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Prohibits a naval vessel (or any other vessel under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy) that has its home port in the United States, Guam, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands from being overhauled, repaired, or maintained in a shipyard outside the United States, Guam, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, except for voyage repairs. (Under current law, the prohibition does not cover a naval vessel with a home port in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.)
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Readiness. on 07/10/2012
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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]
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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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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 [HB-4310]
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2013 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for procurement for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and defense-wide activities, in amounts specified in the funding table in Division D of this Act. Subtitle B: Army Programs - (Sec. 111) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, beginning with the FY2013 program year, to enter into
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Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Smith
Signed By President. on 01/02/2013
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Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012 [HB-4271]
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Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012 - Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) to add or expand definitions of several terms for purposes of such Act, including : (1) "culturally specific services" to mean community-based services that offer culturally relevant and linguistically specific services and resources to culturally specific communities; (2) "personally identifying information or personal information" with respect to a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and (3) "youth" to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 09/26/2012
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To improve services for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. [HB-4195]
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Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 to increase from 0.125% to 1.5% the allocation of appropriations to each of the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for grants to support the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of rape crisis centers and other programs and projects to assist those victimized by sexual assault.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 03/15/2012
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To provide that no Federal funds may be used for any construction project in the Northern Mariana Islands the cost of which exceeds $100,000, unless the workforce carrying out the project is composed of at least 60 percent United States workers. [HB-4037]
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Prohibits federal funding for any construction project in the Northern Mariana Islands which has a cost in excess of $100,000, unless the workforce for such project is composed of at least 60% U.S. workers (defined as nationals of the United States, aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or nationals of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau who are eligible for nonimmigrant admission and are employment-authorized under the Compacts of Free Association between the United States
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Scott
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E204) on 02/15/2012
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Energy Security and Transportation Jobs Act [HB-3410]
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Energy Security and Transportation Jobs Act - Title I: Expanding Offshore Energy Development - (Sec. 101) Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make available for leasing and to conduct lease sales including: (1) at least 50% of the available unleased acreage within each outer Continental Shelf (OCS) planning area considered to have the largest undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources (on a total btu basis) based upon the most recent national geologic assessment of the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Meehan
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-395. on 02/09/2012
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Compact-Impact Reimbursement Act of 2011 [HB-3320]
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Compact-Impact Reimbursement Act of 2011 - Amends the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 to authorize and appropriate FY2012-FY2014 funds to the Secretary of the Interior for grants to Guam, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa for the costs of increased demands placed on health, educational, social, or public safety services, or infrastructure related to such services due to the residence of qualified nonimmigrants. Directs the Secretary to provide for periodic enumerations of qualified nonimmigrants
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, And Insular Affairs. on 11/08/2011
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Northern Mariana Islands Federal Depository Library Act [HB-3304]
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Northern Mariana Islands Federal Depository Library Act - Authorizes the Delegate of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to designate two libraries in the Northern Mariana Islands as federal depository libraries. Requires the distribution of U.S. government publications selected from lists prepared by the Superintendent of Documents to such libraries upon request.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan
Referred To The House Committee On House Administration. on 11/01/2011
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To clarify the application of certain Federal laws relating to elections to American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands. [HB-3268]
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Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply it specifically to American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, or the United States Virgin Islands. Applies to such jurisdictions specified criminal penalties relating to the intimidation of voters, interference by government employees, and voting by aliens.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald E. Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 11/02/2011
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Transportation Empowerment Act [HB-3264]
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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,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 10/27/2011
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To provide for the furnishing of statues by the District of Columbia and territories of the United States for display in the United States Capitol. [HB-3106]
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Authorizes the President to invite the District of Columbia to provide and furnish up to two statues, in marble or bronze, of deceased persons who have been District citizens, and illustrious for their historic renown or for distinguished civic or military services, such as the District may deem to be worthy of this national commemoration. Requires the statues to be placed in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol. Prohibits a statue of any individual from being placed in Statuary Hall until 10 years after the individual's death. Prescribes requirements
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Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton
Referred To The House Committee On House Administration. on 10/05/2011