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New Jobs for America Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-72
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Allied health services
Computers and information technology
Employment and training programs
Environmental technology
Genetics
Health care coverage and access
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
New Jobs for America Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Labor, subject to the availability of appropriations, to make grants to state and local governments and Indian tribes to carry out employment training programs to aid unemployed individuals in securing employment in a new area of expertise, particularly in emerging markets and industries (such as green technologies).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4110 Almeda Road in Houston, Texas, as the "George Thomas 'Mickey' Leland Post Office Building".

Bill: 112-hr-73
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Postal service
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4110 Almeda Road in Houston, Texas, as the "George Thomas 'Mickey' Leland Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy     .
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Private Prison Information Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-74
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Detention of persons
Freedom of information
Intergovernmental relations
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Private Prison Information Act of 2011 - Requires each nongovernmental entity or state or local governmental entity that has an agreement with any federal agency to incarcerate or detain federal prisoners in a non-federal prison or correctional facility to comply with all Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requirements, including the duty to release information about the operation of a non-federal prison or correctional facility and the applicability of exceptions and exemptions under such Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Automobile Dealers Fair Competition Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-75
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Contracts and agency
Manufacturing
Motor vehicles
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Automobile Dealers Fair Competition Act of 2011 - Makes it unlawful for any new automobile manufacturer to unreasonably discriminate against or deny a franchise to an automobile dealer who applies for the retention of its franchise. Permits an automobile dealer to file an expedited action in a U.S. district court to restore its franchise.
 
Defines: (1) &quot;new automobile manufacturer&quot; as an automobile manufacturing company established in 2009 that is the successor to another automobile manufacturing company and acquires the assets of the predecessor company in an transaction governed by federal bankruptcy law; and (2) &quot;automobile dealer&quot; as any automobile dealer in the United States that, on January 1, 2009, held a franchise granted by an automobile manufacturing company that was the predecessor company to a new automobile manufacturer to sell that company's automobiles, but has not entered into an agreement with the new manufacturer to continue serving as a franchisee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Cybersecurity Education Enhancement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-76
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Higher education
Intergovernmental relations
Minority education
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Cybersecurity Education Enhancement Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Cybersecurity, to establish, in conjunction with the National Science Foundation, a program to award grants to institutions of higher education for: (1) cybersecurity professional development programs; (2) associate degree programs in cybersecurity; and (3) the purchase of equipment to provide training in cybersecurity for either professional development or degree programs.
 
Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to operate the program.
 
Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary to establish an E-Security Fellows program to bring state, local, tribal, and private sector officials to participate in the work of the National Cybersecurity Division in order to become familiar with Department of Homeland Security cybersecurity missions and capabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education.
action_date: 2011-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Homeland Security, 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: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Homeland Security, 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: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Homeland Security, 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: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1900 West Gray Street in Houston, Texas, as the "Hazel Hainsworth Young Post Office Building".

Bill: 112-hr-78
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1900 West Gray Street in Houston, Texas, as the "Hazel Hainsworth Young Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy     .
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Dependent Care Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-79
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Domestic violence and child abuse
Family relationships
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Dependent Care Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide health care for the physical and mental injuries suffered by a spouse, child, or dependent parent victim of abuse by a veteran who is enrolled in the VA patient enrollment system and has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury, as long as such victim is not eligible for medical coverage under a federal or state program or otherwise covered by a private medical insurance policy.
 
Requires a report from the Secretary to the congressional veterans committees addressing any VA challenges or concerns in verifying psychological abuse in such individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Global Water Access and Equity Act

Bill: 112-hr-80
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Foreign aid and international relief
Solid waste and recycling
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Global Water Access and Equity Act - Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to establish within the Department of State a Coordinator of United States Government Diplomatic Initiatives to Provide Safe Water and Sanitation Globally. 
 
Directs the Coordinator to: (1) be the Secretary of State's principal advisor on efforts to ensure that developing countries have affordable and equitable access to safe water and sanitation; and (2) monitor U.S. diplomatic policy and formulate ways in which such policy may be used to further the goal of ensuring that developing countries have access to safe water and sanitation, including the objectives expressed in the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005.
 
Amends the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 to establish within the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) a Bureau for Global Water Aid which shall be responsible for the oversight and coordination of all activities to provide safe water and sanitation to developing countries.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that U.S. policy should promote more efficient use of existing water supplies in developing countries, as well as the development of additional reliable water supplies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Enhancement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-81
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Department of Commerce
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency Management
Emergency communications systems
Evidence and witnesses
Fishes
Government studies and investigations
International law and treaties
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Enhancement Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) study the uses and capabilities of amateur radio communications in emergencies and disaster relief; (2) use the expertise of the American Radio Relay League in the study; and (3) report to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Drug Court Reauthorization Act

Bill: 112-hr-82
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Law enforcement administration and funding
Specialized courts

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Drug Court Reauthorization Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize appropriations for the drug courts program for FY2012-FY2018 and to modify certain program requirements relating to grant authority, grant applications, and the distribution and allocation of grants to states and local and tribal governments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-83
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime prevention
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2011 - Amends the Omnnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) allow the use of juvenile accountability block grants for bullying prevention and intervention programs; (2) require the Attorney General to establish voluntary guidelines for use by states and local governments in developing such programs; and (3) authorize appropriations for FY2012-FY2016 for the juvenile accountability block grant program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Contempt of the House of Representatives Subpoena Authority Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-84
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Evidence and witnesses
Federal district courts
House of Representatives
Intergovernmental relations
Jurisdiction and venue
Legislative rules and procedure
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Contempt of the House of Representatives Subpoena Authority Act of 2011 - Grants the U.S. district court for the District of Columbia original jurisdiction over any civil action brought by the House of Representatives (or any authorized committee or subcommittee) to enforce, to secure a declaratory judgment concerning the validity of, or to prevent a threatened refusal or failure to comply with, any subpoena or order issued by it to any entity acting or purporting to act under color or authority of state law, or to any natural person, to secure the production of: (1) documents or other materials of any kind, or the answering of any deposition or interrogatory; (2) testimony; or (3) any combination of such things.
 
Requires the district court, upon application by the House (or any authorized committee or subcommittee), to issue a mandatory compliance order to an entity or person refusing, or failing to comply with, or threatening to refuse or not to comply with, a subpoena or order. Authorizes the court to hold in contempt any refusal or failure to obey a lawful order.
 
Authorizes the General Counsel of the House of Representatives to bring a civil action under any statute conferring jurisdiction on any U.S. court to enforce, to secure a declaratory judgment concerning the validity of, or to prevent a threatened failure or refusal to comply with, any subpoena or order issued by the House (or a committee or a subcommittee).
 
Prescribes a procedure for consideration in the House of a resolution to direct the General Counsel to bring such an action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Teacher Education Assistance Creating Hope for Our Future Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-85
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Teacher Education Assistance Creating Hope for Our Future Act of 2011 or TEACH for Our Future Act of 2011 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand the loan forgiveness available to public elementary and secondary school teachers under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) and Direct Loan (DL) programs.
 
Makes inapplicable to public school teachers the requirements limiting loan forgiveness to: (1) new borrowers on or after October 1, 1998; and (2) highly qualified teachers in certain schools that serve a high proportion of disadvantaged students. Maintains the requirement that such teachers teach full-time for five consecutive complete school years before becoming eligible for loan forgiveness.
 
Raises to $25,000 the amount of the FFEL or DL outstanding that may be forgiven after a public school teacher's fifth complete school year of teaching. 
 
Maintains current loan forgiveness eligibility requirements for private elementary and secondary school teachers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
End Tax Uncertainty Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-86
Sponsor: Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Corporate finance and management
General taxation matters
Income tax rates
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
End Tax Uncertainty Act of 2011 - Makes permanent: (1) the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001; (2) provisions of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 that reduce income tax rates on dividend and capital gains income; and (3) the repeal of the estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the alternative minimum tax (AMT) on individual taxpayers; and (2) reduce to 25% the maximum income tax rate on corporations, including personal service corporations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to change the deadline for income tax returns for calendar year taxpayers from the 15th of April to the first Monday in November.

Bill: 112-hr-88
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to change the income tax filing deadline for calendar year taxpayers from April 15 to the first Monday in November.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
American Child Support Enforcement Immigration Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-89
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Family relationships
Immigration status and procedures
Separation, divorce, custody, support

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
American Child Support Enforcement Immigration Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from approving a family-based immigration petition or fiance/fiancee nonimmigrant petition by a petitioner certified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) as owing child support arrearages.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Services to revoke a previously-approved petition (if a visa has not been issued or a status adjustment has not been effected) if such petition would not have been approved had the provisions of this Act been in effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House