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To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the termination of further retirement benefits for Members of Congress, except the right to continue participating in the Thrift Savings Plan.

Bill: 112-hr-2913
Sponsor: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2011-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: 
Amends the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) to exclude Members of Congress, except the Vice President, from further CSRS and FERS retirement coverage.
 
Prohibits further government contributions or deductions from such Member's basic pay for deposit in the Treasury to the credit of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund.
 
States that nothing in this Act shall: (1) be considered to nullify, modify, or otherwise affect any right, entitlement, or benefit under CSRS for any Member covering any period before the enactment of this Act; or (2) affect the eligibility of a Member to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) in accordance with otherwise applicable law.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy     .
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2011-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2011-09-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1624)
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
American Taxpayer and Western Area Power Administration Customer Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2915
Sponsor: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4]
Introduced: 2011-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Government lending and loan guarantees

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: 
American Taxpayer and Western Area Power Administration Customer Protection Act of 2011 - Repeals the borrowing authority of the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) under the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984, as amended by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, that authorizes the WAPA to borrow funds from the Treasury to: (1) construct, finance, facilitate, plan, operate, maintain, or study construction of new or upgraded electric power transmission lines; and (2) deliver or facilitate the delivery of power generated by renewable energy resources.
 
Exempts from such repeal: (1) projects approved by the Department of Energy (DOE) through memorandum before September 15, 2011; and (2) Projects in Execution in the WAPA May 17, 2011, Quarterly Report on Borrowing Authority Projects.

action_date: 2012-04-16
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
American Taxpayer and Western Area Power Administration Customer Protection Act of 2011 [
sic
] - Repeals the borrowing authority of the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) under the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984, as amended by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, that authorizes the WAPA to borrow funds from the Treasury to: (1) construct, finance, facilitate, plan, operate, maintain, or study construction of new or upgraded electric power transmission lines; and (2) deliver or facilitate the delivery of power generated by renewable energy resources.
 
Exempts from such repeal: (1) projects approved by the Department of Energy (DOE) through memorandum before September 15, 2011; and (2) Projects in Execution in the WAPA May 17, 2011, Quarterly Report on Borrowing Authority Projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 298.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-431.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-431.
action_date: 2011-10-05
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 17.
action_date: 2011-10-05
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-10-05
text: Subcommittee on Water and Power Discharged.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Tenth Amendment Enforcement Act

Bill: 112-hr-2916
Sponsor: Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Introduced: 2011-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: 
Tenth Amendment Enforcement Act - Reaffirms each state's autonomous sovereign police powers under the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution to preserve and protect the safety, security, and property of citizens of the state without interference or oversight from federal authorities.
 
Authorizes the chief executive or a member of the legislature of a state to file a civil action to: (1) obtain declaratory or injunctive relief to remedy any action taken by a federal authority that attempts to interfere with the state's sovereign authority, or (2) obtain compliance with Section Four of Article IV of the Constitution (guaranteeing states a republican form of government and protecting states against invasion and domestic violence).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Community Shelter Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2919
Sponsor: Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6]
Introduced: 2011-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: 
Community Shelter Protection Act of 2011 - Prohibits the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from requiring an educational institution (elementary or secondary school that is an eligible applicant for FEMA assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act) to reimburse FEMA for the market value of a covered temporary tornado shelter facility (a structure designed to protect children from a tornado that is constructed or acquired with federal financial assistance) when the facility is no longer needed for that purpose.

action_date: 2012-12-20
text: 
Community Shelter Protection Act of 2011 - Prohibits the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from requiring an educational institution (elementary or secondary school that is provided FEMA assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act) to reimburse FEMA for the market value of a covered temporary tornado shelter facility (a structure designed to protect children from a tornado that is constructed or acquired with federal financial assistance).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-20
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 517.
action_date: 2012-12-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 112-712.
action_date: 2012-12-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 112-712.
action_date: 2011-10-13
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2011-10-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-10-13
text: Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Discharged.
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Detroit Jobs Trust Fund Act

Bill: 112-hr-2920
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Hansen [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2011-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government trust funds
Michigan
State and local finance
State and local taxation
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: 
Detroit Jobs Trust Fund Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Detroit Jobs Trust Fund to finance projects and activities undertaken by the city of Detroit, Michigan, including payment of debt obligations and projects for jobs development, public safety, education, business infrastructure, or public infrastructure. Requires the city to create a five-year plan describing development goals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform     .
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2011-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2921
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-11]
Introduced: 2011-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: 
Expanding Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2011 - Amends the Small Business Act to increase from: (1) 9 to 12 years the authorized period of developmental assistance for participating small businesses under the small business and capital ownership and development program, and (2) 5 to 8 years the authorized period for participation in the transitional stage of such program.
 
Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a program to provide technical business assistance to small businesses no longer eligible to participate in federal procurement contracts through the SBA, such assistance to be provided for the two-year period following such eligibility.
 
Increases from 5% to 8% annually the goal of federal procurement contracts let to small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.
 
Requires the Comptroller General to study, and report to Congress on, the activities of the five most and least successful federal agencies with respect to meeting small business federal procurement contracting goals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Colorado Wilderness Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2922
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2011-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Land transfers
Water use and supply
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: 
Colorado Wilderness Act of 2011 - Amends the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to add specified lands in Colorado managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) (proposed as the Powderhorn Wilderness Addition) to the Powderhorn Wilderness. 
 
Designates specified lands in Colorado managed by the BLM or the U.S. Forest Service as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS).
 
Designates specified lands in Colorado administered by the BLM, Forest Service, and Bureau of Reclamation as wilderness and as components of the NWPS. Incorporates such lands into the West Elk Wilderness. 
 
Allows the Secretary of the Interior to continue authorizing competitive running events currently permitted in the Redcloud Peak Wilderness and Handies Peak Wilderness Areas. 
 
Authorizes the Colorado Army National Guard, through the High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, to conduct aerial navigation training maneuver exercises over the wilderness areas designated by this Act. 
 
Designates specified lands managed by the BLM as: (1) potential wilderness areas, and (2) as the Deep Creek Wilderness and the Pisgah Mountain Wilderness upon publication by the Secretary of a notice in the Federal Register that all nonconforming uses of such lands authorized by this Act for the conduct of such exercises and overflights of military helicopters in violation of the Wilderness Act have ceased. 
 
Provides for the securing, adjudication, and use of U.S. water rights for certain of the wilderness areas designated by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Josh Birchfield Security Contractor Oversight Improvement Act

Bill: 112-hr-2923
Sponsor: Rep. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN-2]
Introduced: 2011-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement officers
Licensing and registrations
Military operations and strategy
Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: 
Josh Birchfield Security Contractor Oversight Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to establish a Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan setting standards to be incorporated in DOD oversight plans governing all security contractors operating in Afghanistan, and other future contingency operations, under a contract or subcontract funded by DOD. Requires: (1) the plan to be implemented within six months after the enactment of this Act, and (2) the Comptroller General to assess DOD compliance with the plan and report assessment results to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
414 Plan Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2924
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Introduced: 2011-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Pedestrians and bicycling
Public contracts and procurement
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: 
414 Plan Act of 2011 - Declares that federal laws and regulations (including prevailing rate of wage requirements under the Davis-Bacon Act) shall not apply to any federal-aid highway or highway safety construction project, except those relating to: (1) the safety or durability of a highway facility, or (2) public or workplace safety.
 
Repeals the prohibition against approval of federal-aid highway projects or regulatory actions that will result in the severance of an existing major route or have significant adverse impact on the safety for nonmotorized transportation traffic and light motorcycles, unless the project or action provides for a reasonable alternative route or such a route exists.
 
Repeals also: (1) the reservation of certain allocations of funds for transportation enhancement activities, and (2) authorization for states to use certain funds for construction of pedestrian walkways and bicycle transportation facilities.
 
Eliminates the requirement that statewide transportation plans and statewide transportation improvement programs provide for the development of accessible pedestrian walkways and bicycle transportation facilities.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that states, federal agencies, localities, and private stakeholders should take steps toward increased cooperation to further expedite surface transportation projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Common Access Card Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2925
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2011-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health care quality
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: 
Medicare Common Access Card Act of 2011 - Establishes a pilot program under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act in order to utilize smart card technology for Medicare beneficiary and provider identification cards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2011-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
National Labor Relations Reorganization Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2926
Sponsor: Rep. Gowdy, Trey [R-SC-4]
Introduced: 2011-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Executive agency funding and structure
Labor-management relations
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: 
National Labor Relations Reorganization Act of 2011 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to abolish the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
 
Transfers all functions of the NLRB for overseeing elections of collective bargaining representatives to the Secretary of Labor, to be carried out through the Office of Labor-Management Standards.
 
Establishes within the Department of Justice (DOJ) a Bureau of Labor Relations Enforcement, to which are transferred all functions of the NLRB for the prevention of unfair labor practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Hometown Artists Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2927
Sponsor: Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2011-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: 
Hometown Artists Act of 2011 - Requires the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to give priority to state and local artists when selecting artwork for federal buildings, except for buildings located in the District of Columbia. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
To provide relief to the Pottawatomi Nation in Canada for settlement of certain claims against the United States.

Bill: 112-hr-2928
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2011-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Canada
Government liability
Indian claims

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to the Pottawatomi Nation in Canada in settlement and full satisfaction of certain claims.
 
Excludes such payment from the provisions of the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide an exception to that Act for actions carried out against grizzly bears in self-defense, defense of others, or a reasonable belief of imminent danger.

Bill: 112-hr-2929
Sponsor: Rep. Labrador, Raul R. [R-ID-1]
Introduced: 2011-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
Mammals

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: 
Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to exempt from such Act the taking of any grizzly bear by an individual in self-defense, in defense of another individual, or because of a reasonable belief of imminent danger posed by the grizzly bear to any individual.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Full Faith and Credit Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2931
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2011-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: 
Full Faith and Credit Act of 2011 - Repeals public debt limit requirements. Limits the issuance of obligations for the public debt only to fund commitments incurred by the federal government that require current funding. (Thus eliminates the statutory cap on the public debt.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Introduced in House