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Text of Bills for the Week of Nov. 26, 2012


First Published: November 20, 2012 at 05:37 PM
Last Updated: November 20, 2012 at 06:03 PM
ems that may be considered under suspension of the rules

H.R. 6025 Mandatory Operational Control Reporting and Performance Measures Act of 2012, To provide for annual reports on the status of operational control of the international land and maritime borders of the United States and unlawful entries, and for other purposes.as amended [PDF]

Sponsor:  Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI10]  (Good bill!)

H.R. 5913 DHS Accountability Act of 2012, as amended [PDF]

To create an independent advisory panel to comprehensively assess the management structure and capabilities related to the Department of Homeland Security and make recommendations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the management of the Department.
Sponsor:  Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX10]

H.R. 5997 Medical Preparedness Allowable Use Act [PDF] [XML]
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to codify authority under existing grant guidance authorizing use of Urban Area Security Initiative and State Homeland Security Grant Program funding for enhancing medical preparedness, medical surge capacity, and mass prophylaxis capabilities.

Sponsor:  Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL9]

H.R. 3563 Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2012 [PDF]
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to modernize and implement the national integrated public alert and warning system to disseminate homeland security information and other information, and for other purposes.

Sponsor:  Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL9]

H.R. 915 Jaime Zapata Border Enforcement Security Task Force Act [PDF] [XML]
To establish a Border Enforcement Security Task Force program to enhance border security by fostering coordinated efforts among Federal, State, and local border and law enforcement officials to protect United States border cities and communities from trans-national crime, including violence associated with drug trafficking, arms smuggling, illegal alien trafficking and smuggling, violence, and kidnapping along and across the international borders of the United States, and for other purposes.

Sponsor:  Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX28]

H.R. 6328 Clothe a Homeless Hero Act [PDF] [XML]
To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to transfer unclaimed clothing recovered at airport security checkpoints to local veterans organizations and other local charitable organizations, and for other purposes.  Sponsor:  Rep. Kathleen Hochul [D-NY26]

H.R. __ To designate the federal building currently known as Federal Office Building 8, located at 200 C Street Southwest in the District of Columbia, as the "Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr. Federal Building" [PDF]

H.R. 6374 To designate the facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs located at 180 Martin Drive in Carrollton, Georgia, as the "Trinka Davis Veterans Village" [PDF] [XML]

H.R. 5788 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 Center Street West in Eatonville, Washington, as the "National Park Ranger Margaret Anderson Post Office" [PDF] [XML]

H.R. 5738 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15285 Samohin Drive in Macomb, Michigan, as the "Lance Cpl. Anthony A. DiLisio Clinton-Macomb Carrier Annex" [PDF] [XML]

H.R. 3892 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8771 Auburn Folsom Road in Roseville, California, as the "Private First Class Victor A. Dew Post Office" [PDF]
H.R. 2338 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 600 Florida Avenue in Cocoa, Florida, as the "Harry T. and Harriette Moore Post Office" [PDF] [XML]

H.R. 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" [PDF] [XML]

H.R. 5954 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 320 7th Street in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, as the "Sergeant Leslie H. Sabo, Jr. Post Office Building" [PDF] [XML]
Added 11/20/2012 at 06:03 PM

Items that may be considered pursuant to a rule

H.R. 6429 STEM Jobs Act of 2012 [Rules Committee Print 112-34, showing the text of H.R. 6249, as introduced, as modified]
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.

Sponsor:  Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX21]  (This bill has 67 Republican cosponsors)