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Veterans, Women, Families with Children, and Persons With Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-284
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2011-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Disability and health-based discrimination
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Housing and community development funding
Housing discrimination
Housing finance and home ownership
Military personnel and dependents
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: 
Veterans, Women, Families with Children, and Persons With Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2011 - Instructs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to conduct a nationwide testing program to: (1) detect and document differences in the treatment of persons seeking to rent or purchase housing or obtain or refinance a home mortgage loan; (2) measure patterns of adverse treatment because of the race, color, religion, sex, familial status, disability status, or national origin of a renter, home buyer, or borrower; and (3) measure the prevalence of such discriminatory practices across housing and mortgage lending markets.
 
 Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to require that only qualified private nonprofit fair housing enforcement organizations receive funds under the fair housing initiatives program for investigations of violations of the rights granted under the Civil Rights Act of 1968. 
 
Requires the design of the national education and outreach program to provide for the development and dissemination of websites and other media outlets among its fair housing media products.
 
Requires private entities that formulate or carry out programs to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices to be nonprofit in order to be eligible for contracts to establish or support education and outreach programs and to support community-based education and outreach activities.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish minimum standards for the training of testers of organizations funded with any amounts made available under this Act.
 
 Directs the Secretary to implement a competitive matching grant program to assist public and private nonprofit organizations in: (1) conducting comprehensive studies of the causes and effects of housing discrimination and segregation on education, poverty, and economic development or on veterans and military personnel; and (2) implementing pilot projects that test solutions to help prevent or alleviate housing discrimination and segregation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Pakistani Temporary Protected Status Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-285
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2011-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Asia
Floods and storm protection
Immigration status and procedures
Pakistan
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: 
Pakistani Temporary Protected Status Act of 2011 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the extraordinary and temporary conditions caused by flooding in Pakistan qualifies Pakistan for designation under the Immigration and Nationality Act pursuant to which its nationals would be eligible for temporary protected status (TPS) in the United States. 
 
Designates Pakistan as a TPS-eligible country for an initial 12-month period.
 
Sets forth related TPS eligibility requirements, including continuous U.S. presence since July 22, 2010. 
 
Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to give prior consent to such aliens for temporary trips abroad in emergency and extenuating circumstances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Johnson Space Center Workforce Stability Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-286
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2011-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Economic development
Employment and training programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space flight and exploration
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: 
Johnson Space Center Workforce Stability Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to create a two-year job training program (including a one-stop career center) to assist the transition to new jobs of workers and employees of contractors in the Johnson Space Center region whose job stability is impacted by programmatic changes to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) space exploration program.
 
Directs the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Economic Development Administration (EDA) of the Department of Commerce, to enter into cooperative agreements with eligible recipients in the Johnson Space Center region for activities to help stabilize the workforce and to promote economic growth.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
action_date: 2011-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-01-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Financial Services, 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: 2011-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Financial Services, 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: 2011-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Financial Services, 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: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Homes for Heroes Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-287
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2011-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Building construction
Congressional oversight
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Energy efficiency and conservation
Executive agency funding and structure
Housing and community development funding
Housing industry and standards
Housing supply and affordability
Low- and moderate-income housing
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: 
Homes for Heroes Act of 2011 - Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to establish in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) a Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs to: (1) ensure veteran access to HUD housing and homeless assistance programs, (2) coordinate all HUD programs and activities relating to veterans, and (3) serve as a HUD liaison with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
 
Directs the HUD Secretary to provide assistance to private nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives to expand the supply of supportive housing for very low-income veteran families (families with incomes not exceeding 50% of the area median income).
 
Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to: (1) make housing rental vouchers available to all homeless veterans, regardless of medical condition; and (2) include veterans in public housing planning.
 
Excludes veterans' benefits from income for purposes of HUD assisted housing rental determinations.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) make grants to nonprofit entities for technical assistance in sponsoring HUD housing projects for veterans, and (2) report annually to specified congressional committees and the VA Secretary on HUD activities relating to veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2011-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Energy Applied Partnerships (REAP) Act

Bill: 112-hr-288
Sponsor: Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2011-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: 
Renewable Energy Applied Partnerships (REAP) Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to establish a research pilot program for awarding grants to certain partnerships to improve education and training in support of applied sciences in renewable energy as part of a comprehensive program to enhance the quality of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) instruction at the secondary school and undergraduate levels of education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E57)
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
National STEM Education Tax Incentive for Teachers Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-289
Sponsor: Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2011-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Income tax credits
Science and engineering education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: 
National STEM Education Tax Incentive for Teachers Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain full-time elementary and secondary school teachers of math, science, engineering, or technology courses a refundable tax credit for 10% of their undergraduate tuition up to $1,000 in any taxable year. Increases such credit amount to $1,500 for teachers in schools serving disadvantaged children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E47-48)
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Tax Assistance Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-291
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2011-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Department of the Treasury
Financial services and investments
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: 
Expanding Tax Assistance Act of 2011- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Secretary of the Treasury, subject to available funding, to expand Taxpayer Assistance Centers with the goal of providing at least one Center in each congressional district. Authorizes the use of volunteers and private contractors and grants to accomplish the expansion of such Centers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 44, United States Code, to eliminate the mandatory printing of bills and resolutions for the use of offices of Members of Congress.

Bill: 112-hr-292
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Christopher J. [R-NY-26]
Introduced: 2011-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committees
Congressional operations and organization
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: 
 Stop the OverPrinting (STOP) Act - Requires the Public Printer, subject only to the exceptions below, to make bills and resolutions available for the use of the House of Representatives and Senate only in an electronic format accessible through the Internet.
 
Provides the following exceptions: (1) if a committee of the House or Senate, at any time during a Congress, requests the Public Printer to provide the committee with printed copies of each bill or resolution during the Congress that is within the committee's jurisdiction, the Public Printer shall provide the committee with printed copies of each such bill or resolution (limited to 75 copies); and (2) at the request of a Member or committee of the House or Senate, the Public Printer shall provide the Member or committee with such number of copies of a bill or resolution as the Member or committee may request.

action_date: 2011-01-18
text: 
Requires the Public Printer to make bills and resolutions available for the use of offices of Members of Congress only in an electronic format accessible through the Internet.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2011-01-18
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2011-01-18
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2011-01-18
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 399 - 0 (Roll no. 12). (text: CR H207)
action_date: 2011-01-18
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 399 - 0 (Roll no. 12).(text: CR H207)
action_date: 2011-01-18
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H231-232)
action_date: 2011-01-18
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2011-01-18
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 292.
action_date: 2011-01-18
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H207-209)
action_date: 2011-01-18
text: Mr. Harper moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude executive branch officers and employees from nonrecognition rules relating to the sale of property to comply with conflict-of-interest requirements.

Bill: 112-hr-293
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2011-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude executive branch officers and employees from provisions that allow nonrecognition for income tax purposes of gain from the sale of property required to comply with federal conflict of interest laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Museum of Ideas Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-294
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2011-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Archaeology and anthropology
Behavioral sciences
District of Columbia
Economic theory
Historical and cultural resources
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Policy sciences
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: 
Museum of Ideas Act of 2011 - Establishes the Museum of Ideas Commission to develop a plan for establishing, in Washington, D.C., a museum that presents the history and evolution of human ideas. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2011-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Salmon Lake Land Selection Resolution Act

Bill: 112-hr-296
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: 
Salmon Lake Land Selection Resolution Act - Ratifies the Salmon Lake Area Land Ownership Consolidation Agreement, which was executed between the United States, the state of Alaska, and the Bering Straits Native Corporation on July 18, 2007. 
 
Requires the land conveyance to the Bering Straits Native Corporation to include the reservation of specified easements that were developed by the parties to the Agreement in accordance with the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to carry out all actions allowed or required under the Agreement. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2011-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
To require amounts remaining in Members' representational allowances at the end of a fiscal year to be used for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-297
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2011-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional operations and organization
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-18
text: 
Requires any amounts remaining of House Members' Representational Allowances after all payments are made for the year to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or, in fiscal years for which there is no federal budget deficit, to reduce the federal debt.
 
Requires publication in the Congressional Record, after each session of Congress or other period for which the Members' Representational Allowance is made available, of a statement showing, for such session or period, the amount deposited for each such Member and the total deposited for all Members.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2011-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-18
text: Introduced in House
Young Adults Financial Literacy Act

Bill: 112-hr-300
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2011-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Financial literacy
Higher education
Research administration and funding
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-18
text: 
Young Adults Financial Literacy Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make competitive grants to, and enter contracts with, eligible institutions to establish centers of excellence to support research, development and planning, implementation, and evaluation of effective programs in financial literacy education for young adults and families ages 15-24 years old.
 
Defines &quot;eligible institution&quot; as any partnership consisting of an institution of higher education and any of the following: (1) one or more local educational agencies; (2) a nonprofit agency, organization, or association; (3) a community-based organization; or (4) a financial institution.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2011-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-01-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2011-01-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2011-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-18
text: Introduced in House