Visa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform Act [HB-3855]
Visa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the visa waiver program to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to designate any country as a program country; (2) adjust visa refusal rate criteria, including addition of a 3% maximum overstay rate; and (3) revise probationary and termination provisions.
HB-3855: Visa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration Policy And Enforcement. on 02/16/2012
HB-3912: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 110 Mastic Road in Mastic Beach, New York, as the "Brigadier General Nathaniel Woodhull Post Office Building".
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks
Signed By President. on 12/28/2012
You have voted HB-3912: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 110 Mastic Road in Mastic Beach, New York, as the "Brigadier General Nathaniel Woodhull Post Office Building"..
Enhancing Exports Through Entrepreneurship Act of 2012 [HB-3976]
Enhancing Exports Through Entrepreneurship Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a small business export expansion credit of 25% of export expansion expenses. Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Office of International Trade (Office) to compile and update annually, for small businesses and their partner entities, a document that contains: (1) the tariff schedules of all foreign countries; and (2) for each of the 50 foreign countries to which the highest total value of U.S. goods and services are exported, specified information
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HB-3976: Enhancing Exports Through Entrepreneurship Act of 2012
Sponsored by: Rep. Nydia Velazquez
Referred To The Subcommittee On Terrorism, Nonproliferation, And Trade. on 05/07/2012
DISCLOSE 2012 Act [HB-4010]
Disclosure of Information on Spending on Campaigns Leads to Open and Secure Elections Act of 2012 or DISCLOSE 2012 Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to redefine the term "independent expenditure" as an expenditure by a person that, when taken as a whole, expressly advocates the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate, or is the functional equivalent of express advocacy because it can be interpreted by a reasonable person only as advocating the election or defeat of a candidate, taking into account whether the communication
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HB-4010: DISCLOSE 2012 Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Motion To Discharge Committee Filed By Mr. Van Hollen. Petition No: 112-4. ( ">discharge Petition Text With Signatures.) on 07/12/2012
Mentor-Mentee Teen Pregnancy Reduction Act of 2012 [HB-4034]
Mentor-Mentee Teen Pregnancy Reduction Act of 2012 - Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award competitive grants to local educational agencies or community-based organizations for the creation of school-based programs that provide mentoring to at-risk teenage girls to prevent and reduce teen pregnancy. Requires program mentors to be individuals who: (1) have received at least a baccalaureate degree from an institution of higher education; (2)
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HB-4034: Mentor-Mentee Teen Pregnancy Reduction Act of 2012
Sponsored by: Rep. Nydia Velazquez
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 03/29/2012
HB-4040: To provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Jack Nicklaus in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship in golf.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 04/17/2012
You have voted HB-4040: To provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Jack Nicklaus in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship in golf..
Puerto Rico Hospital Medicare Reimbursement Equity Act of 2012 [HB-4065]
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%.
HB-4065: Puerto Rico Hospital Medicare Reimbursement Equity Act of 2012
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/24/2012
Small Business Procurement Improvement Act of 2012 [HB-4118]
Small Business Procurement Improvement Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act to require (under current law, permit) federal agencies involved in procurement, to the maximum extent practicable, to include small businesses in multiple award contracts. Requires such agencies to make full use of the contract set-aside programs of the Small Business Administration (SBA). Directs the SBA Administrator, in consultation with the Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) and any agency that obtains 5% of its procurement requirements
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HB-4118: Small Business Procurement Improvement Act of 2012
Sponsored by: Rep. David Cicilline
Reported By The Committee On Small Business. H. Rept. 112-726, Part I. on 12/21/2012
Early Stage Small Business Contracting Act of 2012 [HB-4121]
Early Stage Small Business Contracting Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish and carry out a program to provide increased access to federal contract opportunities for early stage small businesses (no more than 15 employees and average annual receipts of no more than $1 million). Requires the Administrator to identify appropriate federal procurement contracts for award under the program. Allows a contracting officer to award: (1) a sole source contract under
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HB-4121: Early Stage Small Business Contracting Act of 2012
Sponsored by: Rep. David Cicilline
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Small Business. H. Rept. 112-727. on 12/21/2012