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Social Security Child Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3008
Sponsor: Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2011-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Computer security and identity theft
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: 
Social Security Child Protection Act of 2011 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to direct the Commissioner of Social Security to issue a new Social Security number to a child in cases where confidentiality has been compromised by reason of theft of related documentation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-28
text: Referred for a period ending not later than September 28, 2011, (or for a later time if the Chairman so designates) to the Subcommittee on Social Security, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee concerned.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
National Wildlife Refuge Review Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3009
Sponsor: Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2011-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: 
National Wildlife Refuge Review Act of 2011- Amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from establishing any new national wildlife refuges, except as expressly authorized by a law enacted after September 30, 2011. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Pakistan Accountability Act

Bill: 112-hr-3013
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2011-09-22 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Foreign aid and international relief
Pakistan
Sanctions

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: 
Pakistan Accountability Act - Prohibits assistance to Pakistan, except for assistance to ensure the security of nuclear weapons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6447)
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Computer Science Education Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3014
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2011-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Advisory bodies
Computers and information technology
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Performance measurement
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: 
Computer Science Education Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award states: (1) two-year formula grants to develop comprehensive plans to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education, and (2) competitive five-year matching grants to implement the improvements proposed in their comprehensive plans.
 
Requires such improvements to include: (1) challenging and grade-appropriate academic content standards for computer science, (2) grade-appropriate assessments of computer science learning, (3) programs to increase disadvantaged students' access to computer science courses, (4) computer science teacher training programs, (5) improved certification or licensure requirements and processes for such teachers, (6) programs to ensure that computer science courses are considered an integral part of the secondary school curriculum, (7) effective computer science curricula, and (8) computer science distance learning programs.
 
Requires states to partner with institutions of higher education (IHEs) and local educational agencies in implementing such measures.
 
Favors implementation grant applicants that emphasize serving low-performing schools and increasing the participation in computer science by students underrepresented in computing.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a Blue Ribbon Commission on Computer Science Education to provide recommendations to the Secretary and Congress for expanding and improving computer science education.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award five-year grants to IHEs to improve computer science teacher training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancer Survivorship Research and Quality of Life Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3015
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2011-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Child health
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Medical research
Mental health
Minority health
Research administration and funding
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: 
Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancer Survivorship Research and Quality of Life Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to eligible entities to establish pilot programs to develop, study, or evaluate model systems for monitoring and caring for childhood cancer survivors. 
 
Requires the Secretary to convene a Workforce Development Collaborative on Medical and Psychosocial Care for Pediatric Cancer to establish a plan to meet specified objectives relating to medical and psychosocial care workforce development, including: (1) disseminating to health care educators information relevant to providing medical and psychosocial services to persons with pediatric cancers; (2) adapting curricula for continuing education of the existing workforce; and (3) strengthening the emphasis on psychosocial health care in educational accreditation standards and professional licensing and certification. 
 
Reauthorizes and expands the National Cancer Institute's pediatric cancer research and awareness program to include research on: (1) pediatric cancer survivors within minority or other medically underserved populations, (2) health disparities in pediatric cancer survivorship outcomes, and (3) follow-up care for pediatric cancer survivors.
 
Requires the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to establish and operate a clinic for comprehensive long-term follow-up services for pediatric cancer survivors. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to jointly operate the Federal Recovery Coordination Program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-3016
Sponsor: Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12]
Introduced: 2011-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Defense
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Executive agency funding and structure
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: 
Directs the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) to jointly operate the Federal Recovery Coordination Program, a program that assists: (1) members of the Armed Forces with severe or catastrophic injuries or illnesses who are unlikely to return to active duty and will most likely be medically separated, and (2) members and veterans whose individual circumstances (illness, injury, mental health, etc.) are likely to cause difficulties in transitioning to civilian life.
 
Requires the Secretaries to: (1) develop a plan to carry out the Program and submit such plan to the congressional defense and veterans committees, and (2) submit a subsequent report describing and evaluating plan implementation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-10-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Corporate Assets Should be used to Hire Act

Bill: 112-hr-3018
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2011-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Employee hiring
Income tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: 
Corporate Assets Should be used to Hire Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose on domestic corporations in taxable years beginning in 2011 or 2012 an additional 40% tax on the excess of their retained earnings over their average retained earnings for the preceding 3 taxable years. Exempts certain corporations from such tax, including corporations with retained earnings of less than $5 million in a taxable year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Modernizing Public Transit Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3019
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2011-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Land use and conservation
Public transit
Transportation programs funding
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: 
Modernizing Public Transit Act of 2011 - Revises project justification criteria the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) must use in approving capital investment grants for new fixed-guideway capital projects under the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) New Starts and Small Starts programs.
 
Adds to the criteria that must be considered: (1) the costs and impacts of urban sprawl; (2) population density, land use, proposed land use, and local development goals along the project corridor and along transit corridors connecting with the project, including bus, bus rapid transit, and rail; and (3) estimated reductions in transit times for passengers of the existing transit system as the result of the project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Puerto Rico Investment Promotion Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3020
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Caribbean area
Corporate finance and management
Foreign and international corporations
Puerto Rico
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: 
Puerto Rico Investment Promotion Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a corporation incorporated under the laws of Puerto Rico and deriving at least 50% of its gross income from sources within Puerto Rico to elect to be treated as a domestic corporation for U.S. tax purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6278-6279)
Community Transit Promotion Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3021
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2011-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Commuting
Public transit
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: 
Community Transit Promotion Act of 2011 - Revises cost-sharing requirements for Department of Transportation (DOT) grants for job access service projects (designed to transport welfare recipients and eligible low-income individuals to and from jobs and employment-related activities), reverse commute projects (designed to transport residents of urbanized areas and other than urbanized areas to suburban employment opportunities), and new freedom program projects (that assist individuals with disabilities with public transportation services and alternatives, including transportation to and from jobs and employment support services). 
 
Increases the maximum operating assistance grant amount for such projects from 50% to 80% of the net operating project costs.
 
Adds fare box revenues and service agreements with a transit provider as sources for the remainder of net project costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Transit Through Increased Flexibility Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3022
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2011-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Public transit
Transportation programs funding
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: 
Protecting Transit Through Increased Flexibility Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to make urbanized area formula grants for the operating costs of equipment and facilities for use in public transportation in an urbanized area with a population of at least 200,000, if: (1) the term of the grant does not exceed one year; and (2) such grant funds are derived from formula grants requested by the grantee and approved by the Secretary for capital projects, planning, or transit enhancements.
 
Repeals current requirements that: (1) the area population not exceed 225,000, (2) the urbanized area include parts of more than one state; (3) the portion of the urbanized area receiving grant funds include only one state; (3) the population of the portion of the urbanized area receiving such funds be less than 30,000; and (4) the grant will not be used to provide public transportation outside of the portion of the urbanized area receiving the funds.
 
Requires grant applications to: (1) document reduced tax revenue or appropriations of funds available to the recipient over the previous year, as well as increased fuel costs or any other factor affecting the operating costs in the recipient's budget; and (2) certify that the amount requested does not exceed such reductions in tax revenues and appropriations.
 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
National Program for Arts and Technology Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3023
Sponsor: Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14]
Introduced: 2011-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Community life and organization
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: 
National Program for Arts and Technology Act of 2011- Directs the Secretary of Education to establish and implement a national program for arts and technology that addresses the complex needs of the poor and undereducated by awarding competitive grants to qualifying centers (private, nonprofit educational entities) and interested communities to provide: (1) financial support to establish new qualifying centers; and (2) management expertise to guide such centers and communities. 
 
Prohibits federal funds received under this Act from being used for capital expenditures or endowment gifts. 
 
Requires a qualifying center or an interested community to match federal contributions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Access to Agricultural Labor Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3024
Sponsor: Rep. Hanna, Richard L. [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2011-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: 
Access to Agricultural Labor Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the H-2A nonimmigrant visa category (temporary agricultural workers) an alien coming temporarily to the United States to work as a sheepherder or dairy worker. Provides for a three-year initial period of admission with additional three-year extensions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Northeast Corridor Rail Tunnel Safety Act

Bill: 112-hr-3025
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2011-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Department of Transportation
District of Columbia
Executive agency funding and structure
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Infrastructure development
Maryland
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
New York City
Railroads
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: 
 Northeast Corridor Rail Tunnel Safety Act - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) for Amtrak use, after the Secretary has received and approved a project engineering and financial plan, to complete New York tunnel life safety projects and to rehabilitate tunnels in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Maryland.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Safeguarding America's Pharmaceuticals Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3026
Sponsor: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2]
Introduced: 2011-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government studies and investigations
Licensing and registrations
Prescription drugs
Retail and wholesale trades
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: 
Safeguarding America's Pharmaceuticals Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to destroy imported counterfeit drugs and adulterated or misbranded imported drugs with a value of less than $2,000.
 
Requires the manufacturer of a prescription drug to provide to its wholesale distributors or dispensers a packing list or comparable document containing identifying information, including the National Drug Code number, container size, and lot number of the drug. 
 
 Requires each manufacturer or repackager of a prescription drug to: (1) apply a standardized numerical identifier that is unique to each unit of the drug to at least 50% of its drugs by January 1, 2015, and to all of its drugs by January 1, 2016; and (2) notify the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) of the method it will use to meet such requirement.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish an effective drug identification and tracking system to authenticate the wholesale distribution history of any prescription drug that is subject to a requirement for a standardized numerical identifier. 
 
Expands the requirements for the licensing of wholesale distributors, including to require mandatory background checks. Disqualifies a person who has been convicted of certain felonies or who has engaged in a pattern of violative behavior.
 
Establishes civil monetary penalties for violations of this Act. Requires penalties paid to the United States to be used by the Secretary of HHS to prevent and address unlawful counterfeiting and diversion of drugs. 
 
Authorizes a state to enforce the requirements of this Act under certain circumstances.
 
Requires the Secretary of HHS to study threats to the domestic prescription drug supply chain. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Introduced in House