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Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1427
Sponsor: Rep. Harper, Gregg [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2011-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Executive agency funding and structure
Rural conditions and development
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: 
Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act of 2011 - Calls for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prioritize the type of technical assistance to enable small public water systems to comply with national primary drinking water regulations that small communities find is the most beneficial.
 
Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to: (1) authorize appropriations to the Administrator of EPA for FY2011-FY2016 for such assistance; and (2) authorize the Administrator to provide such assistance to organizations providing onsite technical assistance, circuit-rider technical assistance programs, onsite and regional training, assistance with implementing source water protection plans, and assistance with implementation monitoring plans, rules, regulations, and water security enhancements. Directs the Administrator to give preference to nonprofit organizations that are determined to be the most qualified, experienced, and effective and the most supported by small community water systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Renewal Community program through end of 2012.

Bill: 112-hr-1428
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-27]
Introduced: 2011-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Capital gains tax
Employment and training programs
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Industrial facilities
Rural conditions and development
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2012, the designation period of areas as renewal communities and tax incentives for investment in such areas, including: (1) the exclusion from gross income for income tax purposes of gain from the sale or exchange of assets (stock or business property) in such areas, (2) the tax deduction for commercial revitalization expenditures in such areas, and (3) an increased expensing allowance for the acquisition of business and investment assets in such areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act

Bill: 112-hr-1429
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2011-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Budget process
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: 
Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act - Requires federal employees who are furloughed as a result of any lapse in appropriations that begins on or about April 9, 2011, to be compensated at their standard rate of compensation for the period of such lapse as soon as practicable after such lapse ends.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy     .
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
Flood Insurance Choice Act

Bill: 112-hr-1430
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21]
Introduced: 2011-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: 
Flood Insurance Choice Act - Amends the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 to require regulated lending institutions, federal agency lenders, and the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) to accept, as satisfaction of certain mortgage requirements for flood insurance, flood insurance coverage provided by a private entity that otherwise meets the Act's coverage requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to grant releases to terms and conditions contained in a deed under which the United States conveyed certain land to Dona Ana County, New Mexico, for airport purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-1431
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2011-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Land transfers
New Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation, subject to certain conditions, to release specified restrictions on the use of certain property conveyed to Dona Ana County, New Mexico, for airport purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
Creating Sunshine, Participation, and Accountability for our Nation Act

Bill: 112-hr-1432
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2011-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Comprehensive health care
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: 
Creating Sunshine, Participation, and Accountability for our Nation Act - Requires any rule issued under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 to be made on the record after opportunity for an agency hearing. Requires the agency hearing to be open to the public, including to radio and television coverage, and to be presided over by an officer confirmed by the Senate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
International Child Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1434
Sponsor: Rep. Shuler, Heath [D-NC-11]
Introduced: 2011-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
International organizations and cooperation
Sex offenses
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: 
International Child Protection Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make aliens convicted of sex offenses against minors inadmissible to the United States. 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), the Attorney General (DOJ), and the Secretary of State should work with foreign law enforcement agencies and international organizations to establish related information reporting mechanisms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend chapter 141 of title 10, United States Code, to include disclosures made by Department of Defense contract employees to their immediate employers in the provisions providing protections against reprisals for certain disclosures.

Bill: 112-hr-1435
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2011-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Business ethics
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: 
Includes certain disclosures made by a Department of Defense (DOD) contract employee to his or her employer among those for which reprisal (discharge, demotion, or other discriminatory acts) is prohibited.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require a nuclear power facility licensee to notify the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the State and county in which the facility is located within 24 hours of an unplanned release of radionuclides in excess of allowable limits, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-1436
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2011-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Emergency planning and evacuation
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Nuclear power
Radioactive wastes and releases

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: 
Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require as a condition of each license issued for a commercial or industrial nuclear production or utilization facility that, in the case of an unplanned release described in this Act, the licensee notify, within 24 hours after the release, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the governments of the state and county in which the facility is located.
 
Applies this requirement to any unplanned releases of quantities of radionuclides that: (1) exceed allowable limits for normal operation established by the NRC or other applicable federal laws or standards; or (2) do not exceed such limits, but occur more than twice within a two-year period originating from the same source, process, or equipment at the facility.
 
Requires the NRC to: (1) establish on its website a database of all notifications it receives of such unplanned releases, and (2) allow the public to search the database for notifications by licensee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to make a technical correction relating to stainless steel single-piece exhaust gas manifolds.

Bill: 112-hr-1437
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5]
Introduced: 2011-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to revise the article description relating to certain imported stainless steel single-piece exhaust gas manifolds.
 
Requires the liquidation or reliquidation (refund of duties) of such articles entered into the United States: (1) on or after January 1, 2010, and before the 15th day after enactment of this Act; and (2) with respect to which there would have been no duty or a reduced duty if the amendment made by this Act applied to such articles. Requires amounts owed by the United States to be paid, without interest, to an importer not later than 90 days after the liquidation or reliquidation of an entry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Kadiatou Diallo, Sankerala Diallo, Ibrahima Diallo, Abdoul Diallo, Mamadou Bobo Diallo, and Mamadou Pathe Diallo.

Bill: 112-hr-1438
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2011-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Provides for the relief of Kadiatou Diallo, Sankerala Diallo, Ibrahima Diallo, Abdoul Diallo, Mamadou Bobo Diallo, and Mamadou Pathe Diallo.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to codify the prohibition against the reservation of gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-1441
Sponsor: Rep. Runyan, Jon [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2011-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Congressional oversight
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: 
Prohibits: (1) more than one gravesite from being provided at Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington) to a veteran or member of the Armed Forces who is eligible for burial there and family members also eligible for burial there, and (2) a gravesite from being reserved at Arlington before an individual's death. Provides an exception under (2) above, in the case of a request submitted to the Secretary of the Army before January 1, 1962.
 
Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on reservations made for interment at Arlington.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Provisions of measure incorporated HR 1627.
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Making appropriations for fiscal year 2011 to ensure that members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components thereof, continue to receive pay and allowances for active service performed during a Government shutdown.

Bill: 112-hr-1442
Sponsor: Rep. Amash, Justin [R-MI-3]
Introduced: 2011-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Coast guard
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: 
Provides that if a funding gap occurs during FY2011 impacting the Armed Forces, amounts shall be appropriated at the rate provided for military personnel accounts by Division A of H.R. 1, for the purpose of providing pay and allowances to members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard (including their reserve components) who perform active service during the funding gap.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
To require that hunting activities be a land use in all management plans for Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture to the extent that such use is not clearly incompatible with the purposes for which the Federal land is managed, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-1444
Sponsor: Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2011-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Hunting and fishing
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: 
Requires an agency with jurisdiction over federal land, when developing or considering approval of a management plan, to ensure that hunting activities are allowed as a use of such land to the extent that such use is not clearly incompatible with the purposes for which the federal land is managed. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-09
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2011-04-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E689-690)
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating, based on material composition, any type of firearm ammunition or fishing tackle.

Bill: 112-hr-1445
Sponsor: Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2011-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Hunting and fishing
Outdoor recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: 
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from prohibiting, limiting, or controlling any type of firearm ammunition or fishing tackle based on material composition. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E689-690)
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1446
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2011-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government information and archives
Government liability

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: 
Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make available to the public on a website the following information with regard to any payment made by the United States under a judgment, award, or compromise settlement with respect to a claim against the United States, unless the disclosure of such information is otherwise prohibited by law or court order: (1) the name of the plaintiff or claimant and counsel; (2) the name of the agency that submitted the claim; (3) a brief description of the facts that gave rise to it; and (4) the amount paid representing principal, attorney fees, and interest, if applicable.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Motor Vehicle Owners Right to Repair Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1449
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2011-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Manufacturing
Motor vehicles
Trade secrets and economic espionage

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: 
Motor Vehicle Owners Right to Repair Act of 2011 - Requires the manufacturer of a motor vehicle sold, leased, or otherwise introduced into U.S. commerce to: (1) provide to the vehicle owner and service providers all information necessary to diagnose, service, maintain, or repair the vehicle; (2) offer for sale to the vehicle owner and service providers any related tool or equipment; and (3) provide the information that enables aftermarket tool companies to manufacture tools with the same functional characteristics. Exempts trade secrets, so long as the information is not disclosed to authorized dealers or service providers. 
 
Authorizes enforcement of this Act by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and civil actions by state attorneys general.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate any time limitation for granting equitable innocent spouse relief.

Bill: 112-hr-1450
Sponsor: Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2011-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Family relationships
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to grant a taxpayer equitable relief from liability for unpaid taxes incurred by a spouse (innocent spouse rule) without regard to any time limitation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House