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National Youth Sports Program Revitalization Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2817
Sponsor: Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2011-08-12 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Housing and community development funding
School athletics

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-12
text: 
 
National Youth Sports Program Revitalization Act of 2011 - Amends the Community Services Block Grant Act to authorize appropriations for FY2012-FY2022 for national or regional instructional programs for low-income youth.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-08-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-12
text: Introduced in House
No Child Left Outside Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2818
Sponsor: Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2011-08-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-12
text: 
No Child Left Outside Act of 2011 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require a student support services project to secure temporary housing during breaks in the academic year for students who are: (1) homeless children and youths or were formerly homeless children and youths, or (2) students who are in the foster care or are aging out of the foster care system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-08-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-12
text: Introduced in House
Stop Subsidizing Hollywood Act

Bill: 112-hr-2819
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2011-08-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Military operations and strategy
News media and reporting
Pakistan
Television and film
Terrorism
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-12
text: 
Stop Subsidizing Hollywood Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Defense, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and any other federal officer or employee from providing any information about the mission to kill Osama bin Laden to any person outside the federal government until the completion of an investigation and classified briefing to Congress by the Inspectors General of the Department of Defense (DOD) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
 
Requires such investigation and briefing to consider, at a minimum, all the questions set forth in the letter of August 9, 2011, from the Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security to such Inspectors General.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) determine the full costs of operations for providing assistance to entertainment media by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, and (2) require that fees charged to persons receiving such assistance be adequate to cover such full costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.
action_date: 2011-09-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.
action_date: 2011-08-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-12
text: Introduced in House
To allow damage payments from BP in connection with the blowout and explosion on the offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon to be included in gross income ratably over 3 years.

Bill: 112-hr-2821
Sponsor: Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4]
Introduced: 2011-08-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accidents
Disaster relief and insurance
Gulf of Mexico
Income tax deferral
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-16
text: 
Allows taxpayers to elect to include any payment from BP PLC for damages related to the blowout and explosion on the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon that occurred on April 20, 2010, in gross income ratably over a three-year period for tax purposes (income averaging).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-08-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-16
text: Introduced in House
To require that the United States Attorney, and the United States Marshal, appointed for the Northern Mariana Islands reside in the Northern Mariana Islands; and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-2822
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-08-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement officers
Lawyers and legal services
Northern Mariana Islands
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-16
text: 
Revises the federal judicial code to remove provisions: (1) exempting any U.S. attorney or assistant U.S. attorney appointed for the Northern Mariana Islands who at the same time is serving in the same capacity in another district from the requirement that such attorney reside in the district for which he or she was appointed, and (2) allowing any U.S. marshal appointed for the Northern Mariana Islands to serve as marshal in another judicial district at the same time.
 
Requires each U.S. marshal for the Northern Mariana Islands to reside within such district.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-08-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-16
text: Introduced in House
National Jazz Preservation and Education Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2823
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2011-08-19 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Elementary and secondary education
Historical and cultural resources
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Music
Sound recording
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-19
text: 
National Jazz Preservation and Education Act of 2011 - Establishes a National Jazz Preservation Program, to be carried out by the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution through the National Museum of American History and in collaboration with other Smithsonian museums, to preserve knowledge and promote education about jazz. 
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) record audio and video interviews with leading jazz artists; (2) acquire, preserve, and interpret jazz artifacts; (3) continue to recognize Jazz Appreciation Month; and (4) establish collaborative agreements with specified entities for the sharing of such artifacts.
 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow certain funds to be made available under the Act for programs to promote jazz education, which may include: (1) a Jazz Artists in the Schools program; (2) a program for the development of lesson plans and other educational materials about jazz, the distribution of such materials, and teacher training on jazz education; and (3) an Ambassadors of Jazz program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-09-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.
action_date: 2011-09-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.
action_date: 2011-08-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-19
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Oral Health Rehabilitative Enhancement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2824
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2011-08-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allied health services
Dental care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-19
text: 
Medicare Oral Health Rehabilitative Enhancement Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit physical therapy to be furnished under the Medicare program to individuals under the care of a dentist. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-08-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
action_date: 2011-08-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
action_date: 2011-08-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-19
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to Miami-Dade County certain federally owned land in Florida, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-2825
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2011-08-19 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agricultural research
Florida
Horticulture and plants
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-19
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to Miami-Dade County, Florida, federally owned land comprising the Subtropical Horticulture Research Station in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
 
Directs the County to pay specified costs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2011-08-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-19
text: Introduced in House
Combat Veterans Back to Work Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2826
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2011-08-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Employment taxes
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-26
text: 
Combat Veterans Back to Work Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow nongovernmental employers an exemption from, or reduction in, employment taxes for the period beginning after the enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2012, for wages paid to a qualified individual; and (2) allow an employer a business tax credit for each such worker retained by such employer who has been employed for not less than 52 consecutive weeks at a specified wage level. 
 
Defines a "qualified individual" as any individual who: (1) begins employment after June 30, 2011, and before January 1, 2013; (2) is a current member of the National Guard or a reserve component; (3) within 18 months before beginning such employment, returned from a deployment of at least 180 days in support of a contingency operation; and (4) has not been hired to replace another employee unless such other employee separated from employment voluntarily or for cause. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-08-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-26
text: Introduced in House
Local Jobs for America Act

Bill: 112-hr-2828
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2011-08-26 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Fires
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Minority education
Preschool education
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-26
text: 
Local Jobs for America Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the Department of Labor, to provide for the allotment of funds to states, local government units, and community-based organizations to save and create local jobs through the retention, restoration, or expansion of services needed by local communities. Makes appropriations for this program.
 
Prohibits the hiring of an individual for a position funded under this Act if: (1) it results in the layoff or partial displacement of an existing employee of a unit or organization, or (2) such individual will perform the same or substantially similar work that was performed by the previous employee of the unit or organization.
 
Makes appropriations to: (1) the Department of Education for an Education Jobs Fund, (2) the Department of Justice for community oriented policing services, (3) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for firefighter assistance grants, and (4) the Department of Labor for ETA for on-the-job training and employment services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-08-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-08-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend Public Law 89-732 to modify the requirement for a Cuban national to qualify for and maintain status as a permanent resident.

Bill: 112-hr-2831
Sponsor: Rep. Rivera, David [R-FL-25]
Introduced: 2011-08-30 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Caribbean area
Cuba
Immigration status and procedures
Latin America
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-30
text: 
Amends the Cuban Adjustment Act to make an alien who returns to Cuba after admission or parole into the United States ineligible for such status adjustment.
 
Rescinds such adjusted status in the case of an alien who returns to Cuba before being granted U.S. citizenship, and subjects the alien to all the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act to the same extent as if the status adjustment had not been made.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-08-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-08-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-30
text: Introduced in House
Employee Workplace Freedom Act

Bill: 112-hr-2833
Sponsor: Rep. Quayle, Benjamin [R-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2011-09-02 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Labor-management relations
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-02
text: 
Employee Workplace Freedom Act - Repeals the National Labor Relation Board's (NLRB) final rule published in the Federal Register on August 30, 2011, requiring employers (including labor organizations in their capacity as employers) to post notices informing employees of their rights to collectively bargain under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). 
 
Prohibits the NLRB from promulgating or enforcing any rule that requires employers to post such notices on or after enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-09-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-02
text: Introduced in House
Joint Select Committee on Job Creation Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2835
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2011-09-02 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committees
Congressional operations and organization
Employment and training programs
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-02
text: 
Joint Select Committee on Job Creation Act of 2011 - Establishes the Joint Select Committee on Job Creation, whose goal shall be to restore the nation's workforce to full employment over FY2012 and FY2013.
 
Requires the joint committee to provide recommendations and legislative language that will significantly improve the short-term and long-term employment levels in the United States.
 
Prescribes legislative procedures for consideration in both chambers of the Joint Committee's recommendations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
action_date: 2011-09-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-02
text: Introduced in House
Job Creation and Economic Growth Act

Bill: 112-hr-2836
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2011-09-02 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional committees
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Employment and training programs
Legislative rules and procedure
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-02
text: 
Job Creation and Economic Growth Act - Amends the Budget Control Act of 2011 to redesignate the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction as the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, Job Creation, and Economic Growth.
 
Adds as a goal of the joint committee spurring economic growth and restoring the nation's workforce to full employment over the period of FY2012 and FY2013. Revises the duties of the joint committee to require it to make recommendations that will significantly improve U.S. short-term and long-term employment levels and spur economic growth.
 
Requires the joint committee, by November 23, 2011, to vote on: (1) a report containing joint committee findings, conclusions, and recommendations with respect to economic growth and job creation and Congressional Budget Office (CBO) costs estimates of proposed job creation legislation; and (2) proposed legislative language to carry out such recommendations.
 
Prescribes procedures for expedited congressional consideration of proposed joint committee job creation legislative language.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
action_date: 2011-09-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-02
text: Introduced in House
Job Creation and Economic Growth Act

Bill: 112-hr-2837
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2011-09-02 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional committees
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Employment and training programs
Legislative rules and procedure
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-02
text: 
Job Creation and Economic Growth Act - Amends the Budget Control Act of 2011 to redesignate the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction as the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, Job Creation, and Economic Growth.
 
Adds as a goal of the joint committee spurring economic growth and restoring the nation's workforce to full employment over the period of FY2012 and FY2013. Revises the duties of the joint committee to require it to make recommendations that will significantly improve U.S. short-term and long-term employment levels and spur economic growth.
 
Requires the joint committee, by November 23, 2011, to vote on proposed legislative language to carry out joint committee recommendations with respect to job creation measures, including a statement of job creation achieved by such legislation.
 
Increases the number of members of the joint committee from 12 to 16.
 
Directs the joint committee to appoint some of its members to a special subcommittee to make recommendations on measures to spur economic growth and restore the nation's workforce to full employment over the period of FY2012 and FY2013.
 
Prescribes procedures for expedited congressional consideration of proposed joint committee job creation legislative language.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
action_date: 2011-09-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-02
text: Introduced in House
Provider Tax Administrative Simplification Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2841
Sponsor: Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2011-09-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Intergovernmental relations
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-02
text: 
 Provider Tax Administrative Simplification Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to approve a waiver of the uniform tax requirement (whether or not the tax is broad based), regardless of whether the state concerned satisfies certain requirements, for any state with a provider tax that does not apply to continuing care retirement communities or life care communities that: (1) have no beds certified to provide medical assistance under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act; or (2) do not provide services for which Medicaid payment may be made. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-09-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-09-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-02
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Monica Elizondo.

Bill: 112-hr-2843
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2011-09-06 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-06
text: Provides for the relief of Monica Elizondo.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-09-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-09-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-06
text: Introduced in House
SMART Immunity Act

Bill: 112-hr-2846
Sponsor: Rep. Rigell, E. Scott [R-VA-2]
Introduced: 2011-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Criminal justice information and records
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-07
text: 
Suspected Maritime Activities Reporting of Terrorism Immunity Act or the SMART Immunity Act - Amends the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 to provide immunity for reporting or responding to any suspicious transaction, activity, or occurrence that involves or is directed against a vessel, facility, port, or waterway and that indicates an individual may be engaging in a violation of law relating to a threat or an act of terrorism against the vessel, facility, port, or waterway, whether or not a passenger is threatened.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2011-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-07
text: Introduced in House