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Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1852
Sponsor: Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2011-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: 
Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend and reauthorize appropriations for payments to children's hospitals associated with operating approved graduate medical residency training programs.

action_date: 2011-09-12
text: 

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

 
Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend and reauthorize appropriations for payments to children's hospitals associated with operating approved graduate medical residency training programs.

action_date: 2011-09-20
text: 

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

 
Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend and reauthorize appropriations for payments to children's hospitals associated with operating approved graduate medical residency training programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 175.
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6254)
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6254)
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1852.
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6254-6255)
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Mr. Pitts moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 132.
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 112-205.
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 112-205.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-07-26
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee .
action_date: 2011-07-26
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Deferred Action Reform Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1853
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2011-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: 
Deferred Action Reform Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit an alien to be paroled into the United States or granted deferred action of a final order of removal only on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Outreach Enhancement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1854
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-17]
Introduced: 2011-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: 
Veterans Outreach Enhancement Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a five-year program of outreach to veterans to increase: (1) their access and use of federal, state, and local programs providing compensation and other benefits for service in the Armed Forces; and (2) their awareness of and eligibility for such programs. Allows the Secretary, under the program, to enter into agreements with other federal and state agencies and specified authorities and commissions to carry out projects to further such purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitative Services' Improvements Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1855
Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]
Introduced: 2011-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Mental health
Neurological disorders
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: 
Veterans' Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitative Services' Improvements Act of 2011 - Includes within a program of individualized rehabilitation and reintegration plans for veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI): (1) the goal of maximizing the individual's independence and quality of life, and (2) improving such veterans' behavioral and mental health functioning.
 
Requires the inclusion of rehabilitative services in a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) comprehensive program of long-term care for veterans' TBI that has residential, community, and home-based components utilizing interdisciplinary treatment teams.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-07-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Bartosz Kumor.

Bill: 112-hr-1857
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2011-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: Provides for the relief of Bartosz Kumor.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-05
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-12-04
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2012-12-04
text: On passage Passed without objection.
action_date: 2012-12-04
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
action_date: 2012-12-04
text: Considered from the Private Calendar.
action_date: 2012-07-24
text: Placed on the Private Calendar, Calendar No. 1.
action_date: 2012-07-24
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 112-617.
action_date: 2012-07-24
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 112-617.
action_date: 2012-06-28
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2012-06-28
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2012-06-26
text: Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement Discharged.
action_date: 2011-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1858
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2011-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Ecology
Federal-Indian relations
Intergovernmental relations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Washington State
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: 
Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Amends the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act to define "Northwest Straits" as the marine waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and of Puget Sound from the Canadian border to the south end of Snohomish County, Washington. 
 
Sets forth the membership of the Northwest Straits Advisory Commission. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, to appoint an employee of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to serve as a liaison between the Commission and the Department of Commerce and to attend the Commission's meetings and events as a nonvoting participant. States the goal of the Commission as the protection and restoration of the marine waters, habitats, and species of the Northwest Straits region in Washington to achieve ecosystem health and sustainable resource use. Enumerates the duties of the Commission and establishes benchmarks for its work. 
 
Authorizes the Manager of the Shorelands and Environmental Assistance Program of Washington's Department of Ecology, upon the recommendation of the Commission and the Director of the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, to appoint and terminate a Director of the Commission. Requires the Director to be confirmed by the Commission. 
 
Provides for the establishment of marine resources committees in specified counties of Washington. 
 
Authorizes the Director of the Commission and the Director of the State of Washington Department of Ecology to establish the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Foundation as a nonprofit foundation to support the Commission and the marine resources committees established by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1860
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2011-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Retail and wholesale trades
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: 
Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2011 - Prohibits a state or local jurisdiction from imposing multiple or discriminatory taxes on or with respect to the sale or use of digital goods or services delivered or transferred electronically to a customer. Excludes from the definition of &quot;digital service&quot; telecommunications service, Internet access service, or audio or video programming service.
 
Restricts taxation of digital goods and services to the retail sale of such goods and services and by the jurisdiction encompassing a customer's tax address.
 
Prohibits the use of existing regulations or administrative rulings relating to the taxation of tangible personal property or other services to impose any tax on the sale or use of digital goods or services.
 
 Grants jurisdiction to federal district courts to prevent a violation of this Act, without regard to the amount in controversy or the citizenship of the parties. 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that each state shall take reasonable steps to prevent multiple taxation of digital goods and services where a foreign country has imposed a tax on such goods and services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-28
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2012-06-28
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2012-06-26
text: Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law Discharged.
action_date: 2011-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2011-05-23
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Regenerative Medicine Promotion Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1862
Sponsor: Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2011-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Genetics
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical research
Product development and innovation
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: 
Regenerative Medicine Promotion Act of 2011 - Requires the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report identifying all ongoing federal programs and activities regarding regenerative medicine. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a Regenerative Medicine Coordinating Council in the Office of the Secretary, the duties of which shall include: (1) preparing a national strategy to support research into regenerative medicine and the development of drugs, biological products, medical devices, and biomaterials for use in regenerative medicine; (2) identifying sources of funding for research into regenerative medicine and areas where such funding is inadequate; and (3) making recommendations regarding federal policies to support development and marketing of regenerative medicine products.
 
Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to make grants for: (1) basic or preclinical research into regenerative medicine; (2) research and development of drugs, biological products, medical devices, and biomaterials for use in regenerative medicine; and (3) the making of an investigational new drug application or an investigational device exemption application within four years of receiving such grant.
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of NIH to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to accelerate the development of high need cures through the development of medical products and behavioral therapies for use in regenerative medicine.
 
Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to: (1) conduct, support, or collaborate in regulatory research to assist the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in performing its functions with respect to regenerative medicine; or (2) make grants to fund regulatory research for such purpose. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Health Equity Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1863
Sponsor: Rep. Guinta, Frank C. [R-NH-1]
Introduced: 2011-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: 
Veterans Health Equity Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, with respect to each of the 48 contiguous states, to ensure that veterans eligible for hospital care and medical services through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have access to: (1) at least one full-service VA medical center in the state, or (2) hospital care and medical services comparable to that provided in full-service VA medical centers through contract with other health providers in the state. Makes such requirement effective only to the extent and in amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
 
Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on compliance with such requirement, including its effect on improving the quality and standards of veterans' care. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1865
Sponsor: Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-18]
Introduced: 2011-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Army Corps of Engineers
Firearms and explosives
Lakes and rivers
Outdoor recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: 
Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2011 - Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from promulgating or enforcing any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm at a water resources development project administered by the Chief of Engineers if: (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm, and (2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the state in which the project is located.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Members of Congress Tax Accountability Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1866
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2011-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Members of Congress
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: 
Members of Congress Tax Accountability Act of 2011 - Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require Members of Congress to include in their annual financial disclosure reports the amount of any delinquent tax liability owed to the United States or any state or local government entity.
 
Requires the appropriate congressional ethics committee to open an inquiry immediately into the tax delinquency of that Member to determine: (1) his or her total delinquent tax liability and reason for such delinquency, (2) whether the Member has a plan to eliminate it, and (3) whether it has reflected poorly on Congress.
 
Requires such Member to arrange with the Secretary of the Senate or the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, as appropriate, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to have his or her salary reduced by an amount appropriate to pay the taxes owed to the United States within a reasonable time period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Pilots Equitable Treatment Act

Bill: 112-hr-1867
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2011-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Employee benefits and pensions
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: 
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Pilots Equitable Treatment Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), with regard to both single-employer and multiemployer plan guaranteed benefits, to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), in the case of commercial airline pilots required by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulation to retire before age 65, to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity commencing at the required retirement age.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Clean Coal-Derived Fuels for Energy Security Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1868
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2011-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Aviation and airports
Coal
Congressional oversight
Executive Office of the President
Motor fuels
Oil and gas
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: 
Clean Coal-Derived Fuels for Energy Security Act of 2011 - Directs the President to promulgate regulations to ensure that aviation fuel, motor vehicle fuel, home heating oil, and boiler fuel sold or introduced into commerce in the United States, on an annual average basis, contains the applicable volume of clean coal-derived fuel, determined in accordance with this Act. 
 
Exempts small refineries from compliance with such regulations until calendar year 2020.
 
Directs the Secretary of Energy to study whether compliance with the requirements of this Act would impose a disproportionate economic hardship upon small refineries. Requires the President to extend such exemption for a maximum of two additional years if such compliance would impose a disproportionate economic hardship upon small refineries.
 
Allows a small refinery to: (1) petition the President for an exemption at any time for the reason of disproportionate economic hardship; and (2) opt-in and be subject to such regulations if it notifies the President that it waives the exemption.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Introduced in House