Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act [HB-3461]
Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act - Amends the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 to require a federal financial institutions regulatory agency to make a final examination report to a financial institution within 60 days of the later of: (1) the exit interview for an examination of the institution, or (2) the provision of additional information by the institution relating to the examination. Sets a deadline for the exit interview if a financial institution is not subject to a resident examiner
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HB-3461: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 02/01/2012
Social Security Preservation through Individual Choice Enhancement Act [HB-3551]
Social Security Preservation through Individual Choice Enhancement Act - Amends the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 to allow individual taxpayers an election to claim the 2% reduction in employment taxes under such Act in any calendar year beginning in or after 2012. Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to increase the applicable social security retirement age by one month for each calendar year that a taxpayer elects a reduction in employment taxes
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HB-3551: Social Security Preservation through Individual Choice Enhancement Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Labrador
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 12/02/2011
Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2011 [HB-3583]
Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2011 - Makes specified provisional (automatic) continuing appropriations in the event that any regular appropriation bill for a fiscal year is not enacted before the beginning of such fiscal year, or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations is not in effect. (Thus prevents a federal government shutdown.)
HB-3583: Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Sen. Marsha Blackburn
Referred To The House Committee On Appropriations. on 12/07/2011
Stopping Needless Additional Performance Bonuses (SNAP) Act of 2011 [HB-3652]
Stopping Needless Additional Performance Bonuses (SNAP) Act of 2011 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (formerly known as the Food Stamp Act of 1977) to repeal the authority to make performance-based bonus payments to states under the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly food stamps).
HB-3652: Stopping Needless Additional Performance Bonuses (SNAP) Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. David Roe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Nutrition And Horticulture . on 01/17/2012
HB-3676: To amend the detainee provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 to specifically state that United States citizens may not be detained against their will without all the rights of due process afforded to citizens in a court ordained or established by or under Article III of the Constitution of the United States.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Referred To The Committee On Armed Services, And In Addition To The Committee On Foreign Affairs, 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 12/15/2011
You have voted HB-3676: To amend the detainee provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 to specifically state that United States citizens may not be detained against their will without all the rights of due process afforded to citizens in a court ordained or established by or under Article III of the Constitution of the United States..
War Powers Reform Act [HB-3709]
War Powers Reform Act - Amends the War Powers Resolution to direct the President in every possible instance to submit to Congress before introducing U.S. Armed Forces into hostilities or situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated a written report setting forth the estimated scope and duration of the hostilities or involvement. Directs the President, in the absence of a declaration of war or a specific statutory authorization (currently, only in the absence of a declaration of war), to submit a written report to Congress
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HB-3709: War Powers Reform Act
Sponsored by: Rep. John Shimkus
Referred To The Committee On Foreign Affairs, And In Addition To The Committee On 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 12/16/2011
Life at Conception Act [HB-374]
Life at Conception Act - Declares that the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being beginning at the moment of fertilization, cloning, or other moment at which an individual comes into being. Prohibits construing this Act to require the prosecution of any woman for the death of her unborn child.
HB-374: Life at Conception Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Referred To The House Committee On The Judiciary. on 01/20/2011
Executive Appointments Reform Act [HB-3770]
Executive Appointments Reform Act - Eliminates exceptions to the prohibition against payment for services to an individual appointed to a federal position requiring confirmation by the U.S. Senate (advice and consent) during a recess of the Senate. Prohibits any federal officer or employee serving in a position that requires Senate confirmation from providing voluntary or gratuitous services. Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that a quorum required by the National Labor Relations Board to conduct its business shall not include any
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HB-3770: Executive Appointments Reform Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/29/2012
District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act [HB-3803]
District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit any person from performing or attempting to perform an abortion within the District of Columbia except in conformity with this Act's requirements. Requires the physician to first make a determination of the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child, or reasonably rely upon such a determination made by another physician, by making inquiries of the pregnant woman and performing such medical examinations and tests as a reasonably
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HB-3803: District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
On Motion To Suspend The Rules And Pass The Bill, As Amended Failed By The Yeas And Nays: (2/3 Required): 220 - 154, 2 Present (roll No. 539). on 07/31/2012