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Question· Schriftliche Frage18/11323open

Förderung von Projekten aus dem Bundeshaushaltstitel des Wirtschaftsplans des Energie- und Klimafonds "Förderung von Maßnahmen zur Strukturanpassung in Braunkohlebergbauregionen"

Germany · German Bundestag · 1 January 2013

Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Welche Projekte wurden seit Auflegung bis heute aus dem Bundeshaushaltstitel des Wirtschaftsplans des Energie- und Klimafonds (Kapitel 6092 Titel 686 12&ndash;693) &quot;Förderung von Maßnahmen zur Strukturanpassung in Braunkohlebergbauregionen&quot; gefördert bzw. liegen Anträge vor, und falls keine Projekte gefördert wurden, worin liegt nach Auffassung der Bundesregierung die Ursache dafür?

Question· Mündliche Frage18/11364open

Mögliche Insolvenz des Energieanbieters Care Energy

Germany · German Bundestag · 1 January 2013

Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Seit wann lagen der Bundesregierung bzw. der Bundesnetzagentur Hinweise auf eine mögliche Insolvenz des Energieanbieters Care-Energy vor, und was hat die Bundesregierung bzw. die Bundesnetzagentur ab wann konkret unternommen, um betroffene Verbraucher rechtzeitig vor den Folgen einer Insolvenz zu schützen?

Question· Schriftliche Frage18/11947open

Natur- und Landschaftsschutz im Alten Land bei Stade im Kontext eines Vorhabens der DB Energie zum Bau einer 110 KV-Stromleitung

Germany · German Bundestag · 1 January 2013

Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Sieht die Bundesregierung den Natur- und Landschaftsschutz im Alten Land bei Stade im Rahmen des Vorhabens der DB Energie GmbH als Tochterunternehmen der bundeseigenen Deutschen Bahn AG gewährleistet, das im Raum Hollern-Twielenfleth jenseits des bestehenden öffentlichen Stromnetzes den Bau einer drei Kilometer langen 110-Kilovolt-Freileitung eigens zum Transport von Bahnstrom nach Schleswig-Holstein vorsieht und in Kürze starten soll (vgl. www.kreiszeitung-wochenblatt.de/buxtehude/panorama/hollern-twielenfleth-bahntochter-will-noch-im-maerz-loslegen-d90313.html?cp=Kurationsbox) und bei dem u. a. hunderte Obstbäume gefällt werden sollen (bitte begründen), und falls nein, was will die Bundesregierung unternehmen, um die drohenden Eingriffe in Natur und Landschaft zu vermeiden oder zumindest so gering wie möglich zu halten?

Question· Schriftliche Frage18/13581open

Verwendung von Mitteln aus dem Energie- und Klimaschutzfonds zur Unterstützung des Strukturwandels in den Braunkohleregionen

Germany · German Bundestag · 1 January 2013

Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Wie viele Mittel aus dem Energie- und Klimaschutzfonds, die in Höhe von jährlich 4 Mio. Euro zur Unterstützung des Strukturwandels in den vier Braunkohleregionen bereitgestellt werden, sind in diesem Jahr bereits abgeflossen, und wohin (vgl. u. a. www.pnn.de/brandenburg-berlin/1185929/)?

Question· Schriftliche Frage18/13683open

Details zu den beim Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie bzw. beim Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle als "Mehrzweckpistolen" geführten Waffen HK69 und HK169

Germany · German Bundestag · 1 January 2013

Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Mit welcher genauen Bezeichnung, Ausfuhrlistennummer und ggf. Kriegswaffenlistennummer werden die so genannten Mehrzweckpistolen HK69 und HK169 im Bundeswirtschaftsministerium bzw. beim BAFA geführt (falls es verschiedene Modell- und Ausstattungsvarianten, zum Beispiel zum Verschuss unterschiedlicher Munition, gibt, bitte einzeln aufführen)?

Bill· SS. 3707 (112th)referred

Utility Employee Background Check Act of 2012

United States · United States Congress · 21 December 2012

Utility Employee Background Check Act of 2012 - Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to establish procedures for regional entities or users, owners, or operators of the bulk-power system under the Federal Power Act, owners and operators of a facility licensed pursuant to and covered by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and owners and operators of a chemical facility subject to the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards to obtain national criminal history background checks, including a search of the Interstate Identification Index of the National Crime Information Centers, for employees who have access to the most sensitive areas of operation. Authorizes the Director to collect fees for such checks. Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to order the Electric Reliability Organization to submit a proposed reliability standard that would require each such regional entity or user, owner, or operator of the bulk-power system to obtain a background check for every such employee. Amends the Atomic Energy Act to direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to require each such licensed facility to obtain a background check for every such employee. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to require each such chemical facility to obtain a background check for every such employee.

Bill· HRH.R. 6705 (112th)referred

Building Efficiently Act of 2012

United States · United States Congress · 21 December 2012

Building Efficiently Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish, for depreciation purposes: (1) a 25-year recovery period for qualified energy efficient nonresidential real property, and (2) a 20-year recovery period for qualified energy efficient residential rental property.

Question· Schriftliche Frage17/11976open

Auswirkungen etwaiger Mindereinnahmen im Energie- und Klimafonfs für 2013

Germany · German Bundestag · 21 December 2012

Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Mit welchen Mindereinnahmen rechnet die Bundesregierung für den Energie- und Klimafonds (EKF) für das Jahr 2013, falls die Zertifikatspreise auf dem niedrigen aktuellen Stand bleiben, und inwiefern werden dann die verschiedenen Fördertöpfe im EKF gekürzt?

Law· Gesetzgebung17/12638enacted

Zweites Gesetz über Maßnahmen zur Beschleunigung des Netzausbaus Elektrizitätsnetze

Germany · German Bundestag · 21 December 2012

Netzausbaubedarf in Folge zunehmend notwendigen Stromtransport über weite Strecken durch Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien, Abschaltung und Neubau von Kraftwerken, Vermeidung von Engpässen sowie grenzüberschreitenden Stromhandel: Feststellung der energiewirtschaftlichen Notwendigkeit und des vordringlichen Bedarfs sowie Rechtswegverkürzung zur Beschleunigung der Planungs- und Genehmigungsverfahren für die im Bundesbedarfsplan enthaltenen Netzausbauvorhaben auf Höchstspannungsübertragungsnetzebene, Festlegung länderübergreifender und grenzüberschreitender Neubauvorhaben betr. Netzausbaubeschleunigungsgesetz Übertragungsnetz;<br /> Gesetz über den Bundesbedarfsplan (<span style="font-weight: bold">Bundesbedarfsplangesetz</span> &ndash; BBPlG) als Art. 1 der Vorlage, Änderung § 12e Energiewirtschaftsgesetz, Anlage Energieleitungsausbaugesetz und § 50 Verwaltungsgerichtsordnung<br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold">Beschlussempfehlung des Ausschusses: </span>Differenzierung zwischen länderübergreifenden und grenzüberschreitenden Vorhaben im Bundesbedarfsplan, redaktionelle Änderungen und Korrekturen;<br /> Änderung §§ 5b, 21c, 58a und 59 Energiewirtschaftsgesetz

Question· writtenPQ 207asked

207. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he or Minister of State Jan O’Sullivan will meet a community organisation (details supplied) concerned regarding planning policy in relation to wind farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57751/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 December 2012

207. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he or Minister of State Jan O’Sullivan will meet a community organisation (details supplied) concerned regarding planning policy in relation to wind farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57751/12]

Question· writtenPQ 185asked

185. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of concerns in relation to the poor mobile telephone coverage in parts of the country, if he has outlined to the mobile telecommunications companies the need to invest to provide adequate mobile telecommunications infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57600/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 December 2012

185. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of concerns in relation to the poor mobile telephone coverage in parts of the country, if he has outlined to the mobile telecommunications companies the need to invest to provide adequate mobile telecommunications infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57600/12]

Question· writtenPQ 184asked

184. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Irish wind industry rules can be updated to protect residents from the known nuisance of the low frequency noise as some counties have a limit of 20dB on LFN. [57597/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 December 2012

184. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Irish wind industry rules can be updated to protect residents from the known nuisance of the low frequency noise as some counties have a limit of 20dB on LFN. [57597/12]

Question· writtenPQ 183asked

183. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will contact the mobile telephone service providers and notify them of the problems with the service in the Castlecove, Caherdaniel and Derrynane areas in south Kerry; the plans they have to improve this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57572/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 December 2012

183. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will contact the mobile telephone service providers and notify them of the problems with the service in the Castlecove, Caherdaniel and Derrynane areas in south Kerry; the plans they have to improve this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57572/12]

Question· writtenPQ 182asked

182. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of the number of inspections that were carried out by Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland in 2012 to ensure compliance with minimum standards for the installation of external wall insulation; the number of the total inspections carried out which failed to meet minimum standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57556/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 December 2012

182. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of the number of inspections that were carried out by Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland in 2012 to ensure compliance with minimum standards for the installation of external wall insulation; the number of the total inspections carried out which failed to meet minimum standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57556/12]

Question· writtenPQ 181asked

181. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the micro energy scheme will be continued; and if additional supports will be put in place to encourage the installation of micro generation systems. [57419/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 December 2012

181. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the micro energy scheme will be continued; and if additional supports will be put in place to encourage the installation of micro generation systems. [57419/12]

Question· writtenPQ 180asked

180. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding an application to the warmer homes scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57403/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 December 2012

180. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding an application to the warmer homes scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57403/12]

Bill· HRH.R. 6697 (112th)referred

Consumer Bounty Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2012

Consumer Bounty Act - Directs courts to require defendants to pay a minimum of $10,000 to prevailing plaintiffs in civil actions brought under specified citizen suit provisions of: (1) the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); (2) the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977; (3) the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act); (4) the Safe Drinking Water Act; (5) the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972; (6) the Noise Control Act of 1972; (7) the Energy Policy and Conservation Act; (8) the Solid Waste Disposal Act; (9) the Clean Air Act; (10) the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA); (11) the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978; (12) the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986; (13) the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act; and (14) pipeline safety laws. Makes multiple defendants in such actions jointly and severally liable.

Report· Bericht, Gutachten, Programm17/11957open

Erfahrungsbericht zum Erneuerbare-Energien-Wärmegesetz (EEWärmeG-Erfahrungsbericht)

Germany · German Bundestag · 20 December 2012

Bedeutung des Wärmemarktes für die Erfüllung klima- und energiepolitischer Ziele, Erfahrungen mit dem Gesetz, Wirkungen des Einsatzes erneuerbarer Energien im Wärmebereich, Kosten und Wirtschaftlichkeit im Neubau, Empfehlungen zur Weiterentwicklung

Report· Bericht, Gutachten, Programm17/11958open

Erster Monitoring-Bericht "Energie der Zukunft"

Germany · German Bundestag · 20 December 2012

Energiewende und energiepolitische Ziele Versorgungssicherheit, Wirtschaftlichkeit und Umweltverträglichkeit, quantitative Ziele und Indikatoren, Energieversorgung, Energieeffizienz, erneuerbare Energien, Kraftwerke, Netzbestand und -ausbau, Gebäude und Verkehr, Treibhausgasemissionen, Energiepreise und -kosten, gesamtwirtschaftliche Effekte, Umsetzungsstand energiepolitischer Maßnahmen; Stellungnahme der Expertenkommission

Report· Bericht, Gutachten, Programm17/11957open

Erfahrungsbericht zum Erneuerbare-Energien-Wärmegesetz (EEWärmeG-Erfahrungsbericht)

Germany · German Bundestag · 20 December 2012

Bedeutung des Wärmemarktes für die Erfüllung klima- und energiepolitischer Ziele, Erfahrungen mit dem Gesetz, Wirkungen des Einsatzes erneuerbarer Energien im Wärmebereich, Kosten und Wirtschaftlichkeit im Neubau, Empfehlungen zur Weiterentwicklung

Question· writtenPQ 136asked

136. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any of the moneys raised by the recent multi-band spectrum auction have been paid into the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57352/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 December 2012

136. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any of the moneys raised by the recent multi-band spectrum auction have been paid into the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57352/12]

Question· writtenPQ 135asked

135. Deputy Paudie Coffey asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form, the total amount of capital funding his Department has allocated to Waterford for the years 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57287/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 December 2012

135. Deputy Paudie Coffey asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form, the total amount of capital funding his Department has allocated to Waterford for the years 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57287/12]

Bill· HRH.R. 6684 (112th)open

Spending Reduction Act of 2012

United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2012

Spending Reduction Act of 2012 - Title I: Agriculture - 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. Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to limit categorical SNAP eligibility to households receiving specified other program benefits in cash. Eliminates the requirement that a state agency using a standard utility allowance provide such allowance to a household that receives assistance under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 or other energy assistance program if such household incurs out-of-pocket heating or cooling expenses exceeding such assistance. Eliminates: (1) administrative cost sharing to states for certain employment and training programs, (2) state bonus programs for effective SNAP administration, and (3) indexing for the nutrition education and obesity prevention grant program. Reduces FY2013 funding for employment and training programs. Authorizes FY2013 appropriations to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. States that this title and the amendments made by this title shall take effect on enactment of this Act, and shall apply only with respect to certification periods that begin on or after such date. Title II: Committee on Energy and Commerce - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to repeal provisions: (1) appropriating funds to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to states for activities (including planning activities) related to establishing an American Health Benefit Exchange (a state health insurance exchange), (2) establishing and appropriating funds to the Prevention and Public Health Fund (a Fund to provide for expanded and sustained national investment in prevention and public health programs to improve health and help restrain the rate of growth in private and public sector health care costs), and (3) appropriating funds for the establishment and operation of the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) program (designed to foster the creation of qualified nonprofit health insurance issuers to offer qualified health plans in the individual and small group markets). Rescinds any unobligated balance appropriated under such provisions. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) extend the reduction of the threshold level of permissible state taxes on health care providers before federal funding to the state for Medicaid is reduced; (2) reduce the state disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotment for FY2022; and (3) repeal provisions prohibiting states from reducing eligibility levels for Medicaid. Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP) of SSA to repeal provisions prohibiting states from reducing eligibility levels for CHIP. Repeals provisions that increased Medicaid payments to territories though FY2019. Decreases the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. Repeals provisions providing bonus payments to states for enrollment and retention programs for children covered under Medicaid and CHIP. Title III: Financial Services - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) to repeal authority for: (1) judicial procedures for the orderly liquidation of certain financial companies, and (2) the Orderly Liquidation Fund. HAMP Termination Act of 2012 - Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) from providing assistance under the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) under the Making Home Affordable initiative. Exempts from this prohibition assistance provided on behalf of homeowners to whom an offer to participate in HAMP was provided before enactment of this Act. Prohibits certain unobligated funds from being made available under HAMP. Restricts the use of such funds solely to federal budget deficit reduction. Directs the Secretary to: (1) study the extent of usage of HAMP by, and its impact upon, covered homeowners; and (2) publish on the Department of the Treasury website that HAMP has been terminated. Declares that Congress encourages banks to work with homeowners to: (1) provide loan modifications to those that are eligible, and (2) assist with foreclosure prevention programs and information on loan modifications. Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to repeal the requirement for an annual transfer of funds from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Repeals: (1) the Consumer Financial Protection Fund, (2) the Victims Relief Fund, and (3) the authorization of appropriations and requirement for an annual report. Authorizes appropriations for FY2013-FY2014. Amends Dodd-Frank to eliminate the Office of Financial Research. Title IV: Committee on the Judiciary - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2012 - Sets conditions for lawsuits arising from health care liability claims and actions concerning the provision of health care goods or services or any medical product affecting interstate commerce. Establishes a statute of limitations of three years after the date of manifestation of injury or one year after the claimant discovers, or through the use of reasonable diligence should have discovered, the injury, whichever occurs first, unless tolled for any of the following: (1) upon proof of fraud, (2) intentional concealment, or (3) the presence in the the injured person of a foreign body that has no therapeutic or diagnostic purpose or effect. Limits noneconomic damages to $250,000, regardless of the number of parties against whom the action is brought or the number of separate claims or actions brought with respect to the same injury. Provides that each party shall be liable only for the amount of damages allocated to such party in direct proportion to such party's percentage of responsibility, and not for the share of any other person. Requires the court to supervise the arrangements for payment of damages to protect against conflicts of interest that may have the effect of reducing the amount of damages awarded that are actually paid to claimants. Limits contingent fees. Permits punitive damages to be awarded against any person in a health care lawsuit only if: (1) it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that such person acted with malicious intent to injure the claimant or that such person deliberately failed to avoid unnecessary injury such person knew the claimant was substantially certain to suffer; and (2) a judgment for compensatory damages has been rendered against that person. Sets forth factors that may be considered in determining the amount of punitive damages, which shall be limited to the greater of $250,000 or two times the amount of economic damages awarded. Prohibits the award of punitive damages against a manufacturer or distributor of, a supplier of any component or raw material of, or a health care provider that prescribes or dispenses, a medical product that complies with FDA standards. Requires the court, at the request of any party in the lawsuit, to enter a judgment ordering that future damages be paid by periodic payments, in accordance with the Uniform Periodic Payment of Judgments Act promulgated by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, if an award of future damages equaling or exceeding $50,000 is made against a party with sufficient insurance or other assets to fund such a payment. Title V: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform - Increases federal employee contributions under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) by 5% of salary over 5 years, beginning in calendar year 2013. Increases retirement contributions for: (1) Members of Congress in CSRS and FERS and for congressional employees in CSRS by 8.5% (by 7.5% for congressional employees in FERS) of salary over 5 years, beginning in calendar year 2013; and (2) Members of Congress and certain federal employees who begin federal service after December 31, 2012, and who have less than 5 years of creditable service for retirement purposes (revised annuity employees). Requires any excess contributions made by an employee of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) or the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to be deposited to the credit of the Postal Service Fund, rather than the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund. Modifies rules for determining government contributions to CSRS and FERS made after December 31, 2012, and requires any excess contributions to FERS to be used for reducing the unfunded liability of CSRS. Eliminates the annuity supplement for FERS employees hired after December 31, 2012, except for certain law enforcement officers, firefighters, nuclear material couriers, border protection officers, and air traffic controllers. Allows federal employees (including employees of USPS and PRC) and Members of Congress in CSRS or FERS to deposit any payment they receive for accumulated and accrued annual or vacation leave into their Thrift Savings Fund accounts. Requires the Executive Director of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to promulgate regulations for such deposits. Title VI: Committee on Ways and Means - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the limitation on the recapture of advance payment amounts of the tax credit for health insurance premium assistance that exceed the allowable amount of such credit for certain low-income taxpayers. Requires taxpayers who are claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit to include their social security numbers on their tax returns. Repeals the program of block grants to states for social services under title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act, effective October 1, 2012. Sequester Replacement Act of 2012 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to remove veterans' medical care from the accounts subject to a sequester. Abolishes the distinction between security and nonsecurity categories of discretionary spending for new budget authority in FY2013. Combines the dollar amounts of the current categories ($686 billion for the security category and $361 billion for the nonsecurity category) into a single amount of $1.047 trillion in new budget authority. Revises sequestration requirements for FY2013 to require a $19.104 billion across-the-board decrease in the discretionary spending category as of January 2, 2013. Directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue a supplemental sequestration report for FY2013 to eliminate any discretionary spending breach of the $1.047 trillion spending limit, as adjusted by the $19.104 billion across-the-board reduction requirement of this Act. Directs the President to order a sequestration, if any, as required by such report. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to authorize the chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives or the Senate to make adjustments to any legislative measure to conform to the discretionary spending limits of this Act. Nullifies any sequestration order the President may issue under the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act to carry out reductions to direct spending for the FY2013 defense function (050).

Bill· HRH.R. 6688 (112th)referred

Averting the Fiscal Cliff Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2012

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, and Job Creation Act of 2010. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2013: (1) the increased expensing allowance for depreciable business assets, and (2) the increased alternative minimum tax (AMT) exemption amount for individual taxpayers. Subtitle B: Pathway to Job Creation Through a Simpler, Fairer Tax Code Act - Pathway to Job Creation through a Simpler, Fairer Tax Code Act of 2012 - States that the purpose of this Subtitle is to provide for the enactment of comprehensive tax reform in 2013. Defines a "tax reform bill" as a bill of the 113th Congress that is introduced in the House of Representatives by the chair of the Committee on Ways and Means not later than April 30, 2013 (or the first legislative day thereafter if the House is not in session on that day), the title of which is "a bill to provide for comprehensive tax reform." Requires the chair of the Joint Committee on Taxation to notify the House and Senate upon determining that such an introduced bill contains proposals to: (1) consolidate the 6 current individual income tax brackets into a maximum of 2 brackets (of 10% and not higher than 25%), (2) reduce the corporate income tax rate to not more than 25%, (3) repeal the alternative minimum tax (AMT), (4) broaden the tax base to maintain revenue between 18% and 19% of the economy, and (5) change from a worldwide to a territorial system of taxation. Provides for expedited consideration of such bill in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Title II: Sequestration Replacement Act - Subtitle A: Agriculture - Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 2012 - 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 the date of enactment of the Averting the Fiscal Cliff Act. Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to limit categorical SNAP eligibility to households receiving specified other program benefits in cash. Eliminates the requirement that a state agency using a standard utility allowance provide such allowance to a household that receives assistance under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 or other energy assistance program if such household incurs out-of-pocket heating or cooling expenses exceeding such assistance. Eliminates: (1) administrative cost sharing to states for certain employment and training programs, (2) state bonus programs for effective SNAP administration, and (3) indexing for the nutrition education and obesity prevention grant program. Reduces FY2013 funding for employment and training programs. Authorizes FY2013 appropriations to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. States that this title and the amendments made by this title shall take effect on enactment of this Act, and shall apply only with respect to certification periods that begin on or after such date. Subtitle B: Committee on Energy and Commerce - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to repeal provisions: (1) appropriating funds to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to states for activities (including planning activities) related to establishing an American Health Benefit Exchange (a state health insurance exchange), (2) establishing and appropriating funds to the Prevention and Public Health Fund (a Fund to provide for expanded and sustained national investment in prevention and public health programs to improve health and help restrain the rate of growth in private and public sector health care costs), and (3) appropriating funds for the establishment and operation of the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) program (designed to foster the creation of qualified nonprofit health insurance issuers to offer qualified health plans in the individual and small group markets). Rescinds any unobligated balance appropriated under such provisions. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) extend the reduction of the threshold level of permissible state taxes on health care providers before federal funding to the state for Medicaid is reduced; (2) reduce the state disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotment for FY2022; and (3) repeal provisions prohibiting states from reducing eligibility levels for Medicaid. Amends SSA title XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP) to repeal provisions prohibiting states from reducing eligibility levels for CHIP. Repeals provisions that increased Medicaid payments to territories though FY2019. Decreases the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. Repeals provisions providing bonus payments to states for enrollment and retention programs for children covered under Medicaid and CHIP. Subtitle C: Financial Services -- Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) to repeal Title II (Orderly Liquidation Authority), including the Orderly Liquidation Fund, and to restore any federal law amended by it as if title II of Dodd-Frank had not been enacted. HAMP Termination Act of 2012 - Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to terminate the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to provide new mortgage modification assistance under the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), except with respect to existing obligations on behalf of homeowners already extended an offer to participate in the program. Declares unavailable after the enactment of this Act for obligation or expenditure under HAMP any amounts made available for HAMP under EESA title I that: (1) have been allocated for use but not yet obligated, and (2) are not necessary for providing HAMP assistance on behalf of those homeowners already extended an offer to participate in HAMP. Directs the Secretary to study: (1) the extent to which HAMP is used by homeowners who are active duty members of the Armed Forces (or their spouses or parents), veterans, or Gold Star-eligible widows, parents, or next of kin of Armed Forces members who died in military operations; and (2) the impact of the program on them. Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to repeal the obligation of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve Board) to transfer quarterly to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) the amount of funds determined by the CFPB Director to be reasonably necessary to carry out CFPB authorities. Repeals the Consumer Financial Protection Fund and the Consumer Financial Civil Penalty Fund. Repeals the exclusion of CFPB funds from construction as government funds or appropriated monies. Subjects the CFPB funds to the annual congressional authorization and appropriation process. Amends Dodd-Frank to repeal the Office of Financial Research. Subtitle D: Committee on the Judiciary - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2012 - Sets forth provisions regulating lawsuits for health care liability claims concerning the provision of health care goods or services or any medical product affecting interstate commerce. Sets a statute of limitations of three years after the date of manifestation of injury or one year after the claimant discovers the injury, with certain exceptions. Limits noneconomic damages to $250,000. Makes each party liable only for the amount of damages directly proportional to such party's percentage of responsibility. Allows the court to restrict the payment of attorney contingency fees. Limits the fees to a decreasing percentage based on the increasing value of the amount awarded. Authorizes the award of punitive damages only where: (1) it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that a person acted with malicious intent to injure the claimant or deliberately failed to avoid unnecessary injury the claimant was substantially certain to suffer, and (2) compensatory damages are awarded. Limits punitive damages to the greater of two times the amount of economic damages or $250,000. Limits the liability of manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, and providers of medical products that comply with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards. Provides for periodic payments of future damage awards. Subtitle E: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform - Increases federal employee contributions under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) by 5% of salary over 5 years, beginning in calendar year 2013. Increases retirement contributions for: (1) Members of Congress in CSRS and FERS and for congressional employees in CSRS by 8.5% (by 7.5% for congressional employees in FERS) of salary over 5 years, beginning in calendar year 2013; and (2) Members of Congress and certain federal employees who begin federal service after December 31, 2012, and who have less than 5 years of creditable service for retirement purposes (revised annuity employees). Requires any excess contributions made by an employee of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) or the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to be deposited to the credit of the Postal Service Fund, rather than the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund. Modifies rules for determining government contributions to CSRS and FERS made after December 31, 2012, and requires any excess contributions to FERS to be used for reducing the unfunded liability of CSRS. Eliminates the annuity supplement for FERS employees hired after December 31, 2012, except for certain law enforcement officers, firefighters, nuclear material couriers, border protection officers, and air traffic controllers. Allows federal employees (including employees of USPS and PRC) and Members of Congress in CSRS or FERS to deposit any payment they receive for accumulated and accrued annual or vacation leave into their Thrift Savings Fund accounts. Subtitle F: Committee on Ways and Means - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the limitation on the recapture of advance payment amounts of the tax credit for health insurance premium assistance that exceed the allowable amount of such credit for certain low-income taxpayers, and (2) require taxpayers who are claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit to include their social security numbers on their tax returns. Repeals the program of block grants to states for social services under title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act. Subtitle G: Sequester Replacement - Sequester Replacement Act of 2012 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to remove veterans' medical care from the accounts subject to a sequester. Abolishes the distinction between security and nonsecurity categories of discretionary spending for new budget authority in FY2013. Combines the dollar amounts of the current categories ($686 billion for the security category and $361 billion for the nonsecurity category) into a single amount of $1.047 trillion in new budget authority. Revises sequestration requirements for FY2013 to require a $19.104 billion across-the-board decrease in the discretionary spending category as of January 2, 2013. Directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue a supplemental sequestration report for FY2013 to eliminate any discretionary spending breach of the $1.047 trillion spending limit, as adjusted by the $19.104 billion across-the-board reduction requirement of this Act. Directs the President to order a sequestration, if any, as required by such report. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to authorize the chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives or the Senate to make adjustments to any legislative measure to conform to the discretionary spending limits of this Act. Nullifies any sequestration order the President may issue under the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act to carry out reductions to direct spending for the FY2013 defense function (050).

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 840 (112th)passed

Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 4310) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2012

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 4310) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year.

Question· Schriftliche Anfrage13383/Jschriftliche anfrage

laufende Störfälle im AKW Temelin (2)

Austria · National Council · 18 December 2012

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Werner Neubauer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend laufende Störfälle im AKW <i>(Atomkraftwerk)</i> Temelin (2)

Question· Schriftliche Anfrage13382/Jschriftliche anfrage

Erklärungsbedarf des Bundesministers Berlakovich wegen "verschwundener" Photovoltaikfördermittel aus dem Klimafonds

Austria · National Council · 18 December 2012

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Rainer Widmann, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Erklärungsbedarf des Bundesministers Berlakovich wegen "verschwundener" Photovoltaikfördermittel aus dem Klimafonds

Question· Schriftliche Anfrage13381/Jschriftliche anfrage

Auswirkungen der Einführung der "Smart Meter" auf die Stromkonsumenten

Austria · National Council · 18 December 2012

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Rainer Widmann, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft, Familie und Jugend betreffend Auswirkungen der Einführung der "Smart Meter" auf die Stromkonsumenten

Question· writtenPQ 416asked

416. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding TV reception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56958/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012

416. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding TV reception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56958/12]

Question· writtenPQ 415asked

415. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the steps a citizen can take when attempting to remedy a problem with broadband internet access which has been provided by the telecommunications company awarded the national broadband scheme contract when efforts to resolve the issue with the company have not progressed. [56948/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012

415. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the steps a citizen can take when attempting to remedy a problem with broadband internet access which has been provided by the telecommunications company awarded the national broadband scheme contract when efforts to resolve the issue with the company have not progressed. [56948/12]

Question· writtenPQ 414asked

414. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he will take to help persons who have had difficulty using small buttoned remote controls for their Saorview box sets; his plans to commission or source large buttoned remote controls which are compatible with Saorview boxes, as this is a major difficulty for many elderly and disabled citizens. [56823/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012

414. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he will take to help persons who have had difficulty using small buttoned remote controls for their Saorview box sets; his plans to commission or source large buttoned remote controls which are compatible with Saorview boxes, as this is a major difficulty for many elderly and disabled citizens. [56823/12]

Question· writtenPQ 413asked

413. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with regard to the proposed gas supply from Nenagh to Limerick, the process and timeline involved; if any trial holes been carried out to date along the old N7 roadway Nenagh to Limerick; if the energy regulator will make the final decision on such projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56820/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012

413. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with regard to the proposed gas supply from Nenagh to Limerick, the process and timeline involved; if any trial holes been carried out to date along the old N7 roadway Nenagh to Limerick; if the energy regulator will make the final decision on such projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56820/12]

Question· writtenPQ 412asked

412. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a person cannot obtain a Saorview signal to their analogue television do they still have to pay the television licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56559/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012

412. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a person cannot obtain a Saorview signal to their analogue television do they still have to pay the television licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56559/12]

Question· writtenPQ 411asked

411. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the formations of the EU Councils of Ministers on which he sits; the number of meetings of that Council held from 9 March 2011 to date in 2012; the number of those meetings he attended; the number attended by a Minister of State; the number attended by an Irish official; and if he will provide the names of those who attended in tabular form. [56543/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012

411. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the formations of the EU Councils of Ministers on which he sits; the number of meetings of that Council held from 9 March 2011 to date in 2012; the number of those meetings he attended; the number attended by a Minister of State; the number attended by an Irish official; and if he will provide the names of those who attended in tabular form. [56543/12]

Question· writtenPQ 251asked

251. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make representations to ensure that schools will not have to pay the same fixed energy costs as small and medium business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56819/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012

251. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make representations to ensure that schools will not have to pay the same fixed energy costs as small and medium business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56819/12]

Decision· DCELEX 32012D0838in force

2012/838/EU, Euratom: Commission Decision of 18 December 2012 on the adoption of the Rules to ensure consistent verification of the existence and legal status of participants, as well as their operational and financial capacities, in indirect actions supported through the form of a grant under the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities and under the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community for nuclear research and training activities Text with EEA relevance

European Union · EUR-Lex · 18 December 2012

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