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Humanitarian Device Reform Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3211
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Charles F. [R-NH-2]
Introduced: 2011-10-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Health technology, devices, supplies

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: 
Humanitarian Device Reform Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to repeal provisions that prohibit the sale of a medical device approved under the humanitarian device exemption (available for devices designed to treat or diagnose a disease or condition that affects fewer than 4,000 individuals in the United States) for an amount that exceeds the costs of research and development, fabrication, and distribution of the device. Adds provisions clarifying that the 4,000 individuals that must be affected in the United States under the humanitarian device exemption is 4,000 individuals per year so affected.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Introduced in House
CAH Designation Waiver Authority Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3212
Sponsor: Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2011-10-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: 
CAH Designation Waiver Authority Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the Medicare rural hospital flexibility program and the &quot;35-mile requirement&quot; for designation of a critical access hospital (CAH) that a facility be located in a rural area more than 35 miles (or 15 miles in mountainous terrain or where only secondary roads are available) from another CAH. 
 
(A CAH is a hospital certified to receive cost-based reimbursement from Medicare.)
 
Prohibits a state from designating a facility as a CAH unless: (1) it was assigned a Medicare provider number as an acute inpatient hospital before enactment of this Act, and (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) determines that such designation would not result in the total number of facilities so designated in all states on or after enactment of this Act being greater than 10% of the total number of acute inpatient hospitals designated as CAHs in all states as of March 31, 2011.

 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-19
text: Referred for a period ending not later than October 19, 2011, (or for a later time if the Chairman so designates) to the Subcommittee on Health, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee concerned.
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Introduced in House
Small Company Job Growth and Regulatory Relief Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3213
Sponsor: Rep. Fincher, Stephen Lee [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2011-10-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments
Securities
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: 
Small Company Job Growth and Regulatory Relief Act of 2011 - Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to revise the small issuer exemption from the requirement that each registered public accounting firm that prepares or issues the audit report for a securities issuer attest to, and report on, the issuer's management assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control structure and procedures for financial reporting. Specifies that this requirement shall not apply to an issuer that has a total public float for the relevant reporting period of less than $350 million.
 
Prohibits this Act from being construed to relieve or exempt an issuer from the internal control reporting and assessment requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or from its requirement that officers of the issuer certify certain annual and quarterly reports. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1878)
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-05
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held and Forwarded to Full Committee by the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Prior to Introduction and Referral Revised discussion draft, as amended, ordered favorably reported to the full committee by the subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Prior to Introduction and Referral.
Food and Drug Administration Mission Reform Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3214
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8]
Introduced: 2011-10-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Health technology, devices, supplies
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: 
Food and Drug Administration Mission Reform Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise the mission of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to include establishment of a regulatory system that: (1) advances medical innovation by incorporating modern scientific tools, standards, and approaches; (2) protects the public health and enables patients to access novel products while promoting economic growth, innovation, competitiveness, and job creation among the industries regulated by the FFDCA; (3) is based on the best available science; (4) allows for public participation and an open exchange of ideas; (5) promotes predictability, allows flexibility, and reduces uncertainty; (6) identifies and uses the most innovative and least burdensome tools for achieving regulatory ends; (7) ensures that regulations are accessible, consistent, transparent, written in plain language, and easy to understand; (8) measures, and seeks to improve, the actual results of regulatory requirements; and (9) incorporates a patient-focused benefit-risk framework that accounts for varying degrees of risk tolerance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Introduced in House
Identify Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act

Bill: 112-hr-3215
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-11]
Introduced: 2011-10-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Freedom of information
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: 
Identify [
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] Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose a fine and/or prison term on any person who knowingly or willfully misappropriates another person's tax identification number in connection with any list, return, account, statement, or other document submitted to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS); (2) increase the civil and criminal penalties for improper disclosure or use of taxpayer information by tax return preparers; (3) require the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to submit to the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Ways and Means an annual report on the number of reported cases of tax fraud and suspected tax fraud and the actions taken in response to such reports; and (4) require the head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to submit to Congress a detailed plan on how it will use tax information provided by the IRS to reduce prison tax fraud. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) implement an identity theft tax fraud prevention program; and (2) review whether current federal tax law prevents the effective enforcement of local, state, and federal identity theft statutes.
 
Authorizes the Commissioner to transfer appropriated funds to be used solely to prevent and resolve potential tax fraud cases. 
 
Directs the Commissioner to establish in the Criminal Investigation Division of the IRS the position of Local Law Enforcement Liaison to coordinate the investigation of tax fraud with state and local law enforcement agencies and communicate the status of tax fraud cases involving identity theft.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to study and report on the role of prepaid debit cards and commercial tax preparation software in facilitating fraudulent tax returns through identity theft.
 
Prohibits the Secretary of Commerce from disclosing information contained on the Death Master File relating to a deceased individual to persons who are not certified to access such information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Introduced in House
VHA Ophthalmologic Service Establishment Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3216
Sponsor: Rep. Benishek, Dan [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2011-10-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: 
VHA Ophthalmologic Service Establishment Act of 2011 - Establishes an ophthalmologic service in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
 
Adds a Director of Ophthalmologic Service to the VA's Office of the Under Secretary for Health.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Introduced in House
To improve and provide increased access to the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing program.

Bill: 112-hr-3217
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-3]
Introduced: 2011-10-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government lending and loan guarantees
Interest, dividends, interest rates
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
Railroads
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: 
Amends the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to make development phase activities (including planning, feasibility analysis, revenue forecasting, environmental review, permitting, preliminary engineering and design work, and other preconstruction activities) eligible for railroad rehabilitation and improvement direct loans and loan guarantees.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to reduce the interest rates on direct loans, made for the sole purpose of installing positive train control systems, to state and local governments, interstate compacts, government sponsored authorities and corporations, and railroads.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1877)
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 1343 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to ensure the privacy of individually identifiable health information in connection with risk adjustment.

Bill: 112-hr-3218
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2011-10-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: 
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from being provided access to data in individually identifiable form for purposes of establishing standards relating to the collection and sharing of risk-related data to carry out risk adjustment activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Investment Company Modernization Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3219
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2011-10-14 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Government lending and loan guarantees
Securities
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: 
Small Business Investment Company Modernization Act of 2011 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to increase the maximum amount of outstanding leverage that the Small Business Administration (SBA) is authorized to make available to any one small business investment company (SBIC), as a condition to the SBA's purchase or guarantee of debentures or participating securities issued by certain licensed SBICs, if a majority of the managers of a company are experienced in managing at least one such SBIC. Increases the maximum leverage amount for such SBICs to the lesser of: (1) 300% of such company's private capital, or (2) $200 million. (Current law, subject to exceptions, prohibits the maximum amount of such leverage from exceeding the lesser of 300% of private capital or $150 million for any SBIC.)
 
Increases to $350 million (currently, $225 million) the maximum amount of outstanding leverage that may be made available to two or more SBICs that are commonly controlled and not under capital impairment. Prohibits the material capital impairment of one licensed company in a group under common control from reducing the maximum amounts of outstanding leverage that is made available to the other licensed companies in that group.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Introduced in House
Job Creation and Energy Efficiency Act

Bill: 112-hr-3221
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2011-10-14 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Educational facilities and institutions
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health facilities and institutions
Industrial facilities
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: 
Job Creation and Energy Efficiency Act - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to authorize the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to provide credit support to ameliorate risks for a debt or repayment obligation incurred in connection with financing the installation and implementation of efficiency, advanced metering, distributed generation, or renewable energy technologies and measures that are expected to increase the energy efficiency of one or more buildings (including fixtures). Makes commercial, multifamily residential, industrial, municipal, government institutions of higher education, school, and hospital facilities eligible for such support.
 
Includes among financing mechanisms that qualify as efficiency obligations: (1) loans, (2) power purchase agreements, (3) energy services agreements, (4) property assessed clean energy bonds and other tax assessment-based financing mechanisms, and (5) aggregate on-meter agreements that finance retrofit projects.
 
Requires the Secretary to prioritize: (1) the maximization of energy savings with the available credit support funding; (2) the establishment of a clear application and approval process that allows private building owners, lenders, and investors to reasonably expect to receive credit support for projects that conform to guidelines; (3) the distribution of projects receiving credit support across states or geographical regions; and (4) projects designed to achieve whole-building retrofits.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from issuing credit support that exceeds: (1) 90% of the principal amount of the obligation that is the subject of the support, or (2) $25 million for any project. Requires the Secretary to report on such support. Authorizes the Secretary to charge reasonable fees for such support.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Introduced in House
To designate certain National Park System land in Olympic National Park as wilderness or potential wilderness, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-3222
Sponsor: Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2011-10-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Parks, recreation areas, trails
Washington State
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: 
Designates specified federal land within Olympic National Park, Washington, as wilderness or potential wilderness. Incorporates such land in the Olympic Wilderness. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-02
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Army Corps of Engineers to allow certain entities to use a portion of collected recreational user fees for administrative expenses and for the operations, maintenance, development of recreational facilities or management of natural resources.

Bill: 112-hr-3223
Sponsor: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2011-10-14 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Lakes and rivers
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Sports and recreation facilities
User charges and fees
Water resources funding
Water storage

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: 
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (WRDA) to authorize the Secretary of the Army to: (1) enter into cooperative agreements with non-federal public and private entities to provide for the maintenance, development, or construction of recreation facilities at water resource development projects under the Secretary's jurisdiction; and (2) permit any such entity to collect fees for the use of recreation sites and facilities, to retain up to 50% of the fees collected to pay the entity's administrative costs, and to reinvest the balance of the fees for the operation, maintenance, development, or construction of recreation facilities or the management of natural resources on any project lands at the lake or reservoir where such fees were collected.
 
Authorizes a local interest or nonprofit entity that has been granted a lease of lands at a public recreation area located at a lake or reservoir under the jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers, and that has entered into an agreement with the Corps to collect and reinvest 50% of the fees for operation, maintenance, development, or construction of recreation facilities and management of natural resources at on such lands, to retain up to 50% of the fees to pay administrative costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the new markets tax credit through 2016, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-3224
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-27]
Introduced: 2011-10-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Economic development
Financial services and investments
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend the new markets tax credit through 2016, (2) provide for an inflation adjustment to the limitation amount for such credit after 2012, and (3) allow an offset against the alternative minimum tax (AMT) for such credit (determined with respect to qualified equity investments made before January 1, 2017). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-14
text: Introduced in House