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To amend title 36, United States Code, to provide for an additional power for the American Legion under its Federal charter.

Bill: 112-hr-2369
Sponsor: Rep. Altmire, Jason [D-PA-4]
Introduced: 2011-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Federally chartered organizations
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: 
Authorizes the American Legion under its federal charter to provide guidance and leadership to the individual Departments and Posts. Prohibits it from controlling or otherwise influencing the specific activities and conduct of independent, autonomous Departments and Posts.

action_date: 2011-12-05
text: 

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

 
Authorizes the American Legion under its federal charter to provide guidance and leadership to the individual Departments and Posts. Prohibits it from controlling or otherwise influencing the specific activities and conduct of independent, autonomous Departments and Posts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-05
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 212.
action_date: 2011-12-05
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 112-313.
action_date: 2011-12-05
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 112-313.
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement Discharged.
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
To provide funds to the Army Corps of Engineers to hire veterans and members of the Armed Forces to assist the Corps with curation and historic preservation activities, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-2370
Sponsor: Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12]
Introduced: 2011-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Archaeology and anthropology
Army Corps of Engineers
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Historical and cultural resources
Infrastructure development
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: 
Directs the Chief of Engineers to develop a Veterans' Curation Program to hire veterans and members of the Armed Forces to assist in carrying out curation and historic preservation activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Transparency in Rule Making When Using Scientific Testing Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2371
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2011-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: 
Transparency in Rule Making When Using Scientific Testing Act of 2011 - Requires the general notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register to include any scientific research of which the agency is aware and which is relevant to the rulemaking. Defines &quot;scientific study&quot; for purposes of the rulemaking process.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Just Do Your Job Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2372
Sponsor: Rep. Buerkle, Ann Marie [R-NY-25]
Introduced: 2011-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Congressional committees
Congressional officers and employees
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
House Committee on the Budget
Senate Committee on the Budget

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: 
Just Do Your Job Act of 2011 - Prohibits, during the portion of FY2011 that occurs after the enactment of this Act, payments for the salaries and expenses of the House and Senate Budget Committees.
 
Reduces by $1 million for such period the amount otherwise made available for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Majority Leader of each chamber.
 
Makes such requirements inapplicable to a chamber if it has adopted a concurrent resolution on the budget for FY2011 or FY2012 that complies with the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
To require automobile dealers to disclose to consumers the presence of event data recorders, or "black boxes", on new automobiles, and to require manufacturers to provide the consumer with the option to enable and disable such devices on future automobiles.

Bill: 112-hr-2374
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2011-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Evidence and witnesses
Manufacturing
Medical research
Motor vehicles
Right of privacy
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: 
Requires the event data recorder in a motor vehicle and any data recorded on such a recorder to be considered the property of the vehicle owner. Makes retrieval of such data by anyone other than the vehicle owner unlawful, except: (1) with the owner's consent; (2) in response to a court order; (3) by a vehicle dealer or an automotive technician for servicing the vehicle; or (4) for improving vehicle safety, provided the identity of the registered owner or driver is not disclosed. Gives the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) the authority to enforce this Act.
 
Makes it unlawful to manufacture, sell, or import new motor vehicles manufactured after 2011 (bearing a model year of 2013 or later) that are equipped with event data recorders, unless those recorders can be disabled by the vehicle owner. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
FASTER Act

Bill: 112-hr-2375
Sponsor: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2011-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: 
 Facilitating American Security Through Energy Resources Act or FASTER Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) identify annually 200 non-producing oil and gas leases held for onshore federal land that have the highest potential for oil and gas production and for which the Department has already received an Application for Permit to Drill, and (2) issue permits to drill on leases identified in such assessment within 180 days after reporting the assessment to Congress.
 
 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1212)
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Stem Cell Research Advancement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2376
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2011-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cell biology and embryology
Department of Health and Human Services
Medical ethics
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: 
Stem Cell Research Advancement Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct and support research that utilizes human stem cells, including human embryonic stem cells. Limits such research to human embryonic stem cells that meet the following requirements: (1) the stem cells were derived from human embryos donated from in vitro fertilization clinics, were created for the purposes of reproductive treatment, and were in excess of the clinical need of the individuals seeking such treatment; (2) it was determined that the embryos would never be implanted in a woman and would otherwise be discarded; and (3) the individuals seeking reproductive treatment donated the embryos with written informed consent and without receiving any financial or other inducements.
 
Requires the Secretary to maintain, review, and update as scientifically warranted guidelines applicable to the conduct or support of human stem cell research by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
 
Prohibits the Secretary from using any funds for the conduct or support of human cloning. Defines &ldquo;human cloning&rdquo; to mean the implantation of the product of transferring the nuclear material of a human somatic cell into an egg cell from which the nuclear material has been removed or rendered inert into a uterus or the functional equivalent of a uterus. Requires the Secretary to update the guidelines maintained pursuant to this Act for consistency with such prohibition.
 
Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to include information on human stem cells in the biennial report to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
RAPID Claims Act

Bill: 112-hr-2377
Sponsor: Rep. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN-2]
Introduced: 2011-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability assistance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: 
Rating and Processing Individuals' Disability Claims Act or the RAPID Claims Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), if a veteran's claim is submitted that is determined to be a fully developed claim, to provide: (1) the claimant with the opportunity to waive any claim development period with respect to such claim, and (2) expeditious treatment of such claim.
 
Provides that: (1) if a person notifies the Secretary of the intention to submit a fully developed claim and does so within a one-year period thereafter, the Secretary shall provide expeditious treatment to the claim; and (2) if the Secretary determines that a claim submitted as fully developed is not fully developed, the Secretary shall notify such person within 30 days of the information and evidence required to fully develop the claim.
 
Requires the Secretary, when denying a benefit, to notify the claimant of any form or application required to appeal such decision.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) .
action_date: 2012-04-18
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 112-hr-2378
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2011-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: 
Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area in Texas. Designates the Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area Corporation as the management entity for the Heritage Area. Requires the Corporation to submit a management plan for the Heritage Area. Sets forth requirements for the approval or disapproval of such plan. 
 
Specifies this Act's effect on private property protections and water rights with regard to the Heritage Area. Bars anything in this Act from being meant as modifying the Rio Grande Natural Area Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Families Learning and Understanding English Together Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2379
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2011-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Language arts

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: 
Families Learning and Understanding English Together Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to providers of family literacy services to improve the literacy and English skills of limited English proficient individuals who are parents or children in families where each parent is at least 16 years old and where at least one child is under age 8. 
 
Directs the Secretary to reserve certain funds to: (1) make grants to, or enter contracts with, national organizations that have family literacy service expertise to provide grantees with technical assistance and training; and (2) evaluate and improve the family literacy grant program. 
 
Requires grantees to meet specified outcome measures. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
RESPECT Act

Bill: 112-hr-2380
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2011-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: 
Requirements, Expectations, and Standard Procedures for Executive Consultation with Tribes Act or RESPECT Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that consultation with Indian tribes involves more than simply notifying a tribe about a planned undertaking, but entails a process of seeking, discussing, and considering the views of an affected tribe, and, where feasible, working out an agreement with the tribe regarding proposed activities and other matters.
 
Outlines the consultation procedures which require federal agencies to: (1) have an accountable process to ensure meaningful and timely input by Indian tribes before undertaking any activity that may have substantial direct impacts on the lands or interests of one or more Indian tribes, on the relationship between the federal government and Indian tribes, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities between the federal government and Indian tribes; (2) consult with Indian tribes concerning all activities that would affect any part of any federal land that shares a border with Indian country; (3) recognize and respect Indian tribal self-government and sovereignty, honor tribal treaty and other rights, and strive to meet the responsibilities that arise from the unique legal relationship between the federal government and Indian tribal governments; and (4) review the processes under which Indian tribes apply for waivers of statutory and regulatory requirements and take appropriate steps to streamline those processes.
 
Permits an Indian tribe alleging that the requirements of this Act have not been met to bring a civil action in a U.S. district court.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Highways Bettering the Economy and Environment Act

Bill: 112-hr-2381
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2011-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Horticulture and plants
Roads and highways
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: 
Highways Bettering the Economy and Environment Act - Authorizes as an eligible project cost for the construction of a federal-aid highway the cost of improving habitat for pollinators (i.e. bees, birds, bats, and butterflies) on rights-of-way adjacent to such highways.
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), in conjunction with the states, to carry out programs that encourage: (1) integrated vegetation management practices on roadsides and other transportation rights-of-ways, including reduced mowing; (2) the development of habitat for pollinators through planting of native forbs and grasses; and (3) research and demonstration projects on economic and environmental benefits and best practices for integrated vegetation management, reduced mowing, and planting of native forbs and grasses for pollinator habitat.
 
Authorizes the use of federal funds for the provision of habitat for pollinators that is related to a federally-funded transportation project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1198)
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Tax Return Due Date Simplification and Modernization Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2382
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2011-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Treasury
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: 
Tax Return Due Date Simplification and Modernization Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to change tax return due dates for partnerships (from April 15 to March 15, with extensions until September 15), S corporations (from March 15 to March 31, with extensions until September 30), and C corporations (from March 15 to April 15, with extensions until October 15). Makes the new return date for C corporations with a fiscal year ending on June 30 applicable to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021. 
 
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011, to modify by regulation the due dates for extensions of tax returns for partnerships, estates, employee benefit plans, and tax-exempt organizations. Sets a due date of April 15 for the annual information return of a foreign trust with a U.S. owner and for the report of foreign bank and financial accounts (with extensions until October 15).
 
Extends the automatic extension for corporate income tax returns from three to six months (seven months for C corporations with a fiscal year ending on June 30).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Modernizing Notice to Claimants Act

Bill: 112-hr-2383
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2011-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: 
Modernizing Notice to Claimants Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide VA benefits claimants, by the most expeditious means available, including electronic communication or notification in writing, of any information or medical or lay evidence not previously provided to the Secretary that is necessary to substantiate a claim. (Current law does not specify the means of notice.)
 
Requires the Secretary, whenever private records relevant to a claim are unable to be obtained after making reasonable efforts in response to a claimant's request for assistance, to, subject to waiver: (1) notify the claimant that the claim will be decided based on evidence of record, but that this Act does not prohibit submission of records at a later date if such submission is otherwise allowed, and (2) make at least two requests to a private record custodian before an effort to obtain relevant private records may be treated as reasonable. (Current law requires only an identification and explanation of the Secretary's efforts to obtain such records with a description of any further action to be taken on the claim.)
 
Directs the Secretary, when attempting to assist a disability compensation claimant in obtaining relevant records from a federal agency, to continue such efforts unless it is reasonably certain that the records are nonexistent or that further efforts would be futile.


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: 2011-07-20
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Accountability in Contract Execution Act

Bill: 112-hr-2384
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2011-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: 
Accountability in Contract Execution Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) conduct a cost-benefit analysis and notify Congress of each contract awarded by the Secretary valued over $100 million, including sole-source, undefinitized, split, or indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contracts; and (2) submit such analysis to Congress upon request.
 
Requires such an analysis to address: (1) economic and technical feasibility, (2) cost effectiveness, (3) adherence to best industry practices, and (4) written certification that the Secretary considered all alternatives in a fair, competitive, and ethical environment during the contracting process. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Introduced in House