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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Health Data Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2486
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
American Samoa
Caribbean area
Government studies and investigations
Guam
Hawaii
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Minority health
Northern Mariana Islands
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: 
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Health Data Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the National Center for Health Statistics and other HHS agencies, to develop and implement an ongoing and sustainable national strategy for identifying and evaluating the health status and health care needs of Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders (NHOPI) populations living in the continental United States, Hawaii, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Republic of Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to conduct a preliminary health survey to identify the major areas and regions in which NHOPI people reside. Requires the survey to include health data and other data the Secretary determines to be: (1) useful in determining health status and health care needs, or (2) required for developing or implementing the national strategy.
 
Directs the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the Institute of Medicine to conduct a study on: (1) the standards and definitions of health care applied to health care systems in insular areas; (2) the status and performance of health care systems in such areas; (3) the effectiveness of donor aid in addressing health care needs and priorities in such areas; and (4) progress toward implementing recommendations of the Institute's Committee on Health Care Services in the United States-Associated Pacific Basin that are set forth in the 1998 report, "Pacific Partnerships for Health; Charting a New Course for the 21st Century."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1282)
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Reducing the Deficit through Eliminating Agriculture Direct Payment Subsidies Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2487
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2011-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: 
Reducing the Deficit through Eliminating Agriculture Direct Payment Subsidies Act of 2011 or REAPS Act of 2011 - Amends the the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to terminate direct payments for covered commodities and peanuts.
 
Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to limit to $65,000 per crop year: (1) average crop revenue election (ACRE) and counter-cyclical payments for one or more covered commodities, and (2) ACRE payments for peanuts.
 
Applies such provisions to the 2012 crop year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Emergency Responders Volunteer Efforts Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2488
Sponsor: Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2011-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fires
Income tax credits
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: 
Supporting Emergency Responders Volunteer Efforts Act of 2011 or the SERVE Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer who is a bona fide volunteer of a qualified volunteer emergency response organization a $1,000 refundable tax credit. Requires such individual to: (1) have served as a bona fide volunteer performing fire fighting and prevention services, emergency medical services, and ambulance services for more than six months in a taxable year; (2) have provided more than 40 hours of such services actively engaged in the prevention, control, or extinguishment of fires or response to emergency situations where life, property, or the environment is at risk; or (3) have been stationed on the premises of an emergency response organization in anticipation of being actively engaged in providing such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the National Trails System Act to provide for a study of the Cascadia Marine Trail.

Bill: 112-hr-2490
Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2011-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: 
Cascadia Marine Trail Study Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to require the study of the Cascadia Marine Trail in the state of Washington for designation as a national scenic trail. Permits the evaluation of sites of recreational, scenic, or historic significance near the Trail for potential inclusion in the Trail. Provides also for consideration of what activities may be limited by the designation, including existing activities, hunting, boating, or proposed infrastructure improvements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-02
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1291-1292)
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Mobile Mammography Promotion Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2491
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2011-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cancer
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles
Sales and excise taxes
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: 
Mobile Mammography Promotion Act of 2011- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the motor fuel excise tax fuel used in any highway vehicle designed exclusively to provide mobile mammography services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2492
Sponsor: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2011-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Crimes against animals and natural resources

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: 
Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act of 2011 - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit any person from knowingly attending an animal fighting venture or causing a minor (a person under the age of 18) to attend such a venture. 
 
Subjects any person who: (1) knowingly attends such venture to a fine and/or imprisonment for up to a year for each violation, and (2) causes a minor to attend such venture to a fine and/or imprisonment for up to three years for each violation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2011-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend the third country fabric program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-2493
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2011-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Africa
Free trade and trade barriers
South Sudan

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: 
Amends the African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend, through FY2015, the third-country fabric rule granting duty-free treatment of apparel articles wholly assembled, or knit-to-shape and wholly assembled, or both, in one or more lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries, regardless of the country of origin of the fabric or the yarn used to make such articles.
 
Revises the term &quot;sub-Saharan African country&quot; to include the Republic of South Sudan under such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1287)
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Former Soviet Union State Pension Fairness Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2494
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2011-07-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armenia
Asia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Employee benefits and pensions
Estonia
Europe
Georgia (Republic)
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Russia
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: 
Former Soviet Union State Pension Fairness Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of State and the Commissioner of Social Security to continue to work with the governments of the states of the former Soviet Union to encourage them to adopt policies that would allow receipt of pensions for individuals who worked in any such state and earned a pension and currently reside in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia.
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Tax Equity and Middle Class Fairness Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2495
Sponsor: Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2011-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Business investment and capital
Capital gains tax
Coal
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Employment taxes
Energy revenues and royalties
Financial services and investments
Forests, forestry, trees
General taxation matters
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Horticulture and plants
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Livestock
Mammals
Oil and gas
Real estate business
Securities
State and local finance
Taxation of foreign income
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: 
Tax Equity and Middle Class Fairness Act of 2011 - Repeals or revises tax expenditure provisions in the Internal Revenue Code relating to: (1) the production of oil and gas; (2) the production and development of coal resources; (3) individuals, including a phase-out of health savings and Archer medical savings accounts; (4) business taxpayers, including the elimination of certain expensing allowances and the repeal of capital gain treatment for the sale of timber; and (5) certain international tax preferences. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Payment Reliability for our Obligations to Military and Investors to Secure Essential Stability Act

Bill: 112-hr-2496
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-5]
Introduced: 2011-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Coast guard
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: 
Payment Reliability for our Obligations to Military and Investors to Secure Essential Stability Act or the PROMISES Act - Sets forth the priority of the payment of obligations incurred by the U.S. government in the event that U.S. debt reaches the statutory limit. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, during any funding gap impacting the Armed Forces, to make emergency appropriations to continue to provide pay and allowances (without interruption) to members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, including the reserve components thereof, who perform active service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2011-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2011-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2011-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Introduced in House
HALT Act

Bill: 112-hr-2497
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2011-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: 
Hinder the Administration's Legalization Temptation Act or the HALT Act - Suspends until January 21, 2013, authority under the Immigration and Nationality Act for: (1) waiver of inadmissibility of aliens unlawfully present in the United States; (2) cancellation of removal and adjustment of status for certain non-permanent residents; (3) temporary parole into the United States, except for parole entries for humanitarian, law enforcement, or security purposes; and (4) designation of a country for temporary protected status.
 
Revises, until January 21, 2013, the definition of &quot;unauthorized alien&quot; (for purposes of the unauthorized employment of aliens) to eliminate the exclusion from such definition of an alien authorized to work by the Attorney General (DOJ).
 
Prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from granting deferred action or extended voluntary departure to any alien until January 21, 2013, except for humanitarian, law enforcement, or security purposes.
 
Suspends specified regulations concerning employment of aliens until January 21, 2013.
 
Revokes, as of the date of enactment of this Act, any immigration benefit granted during the period beginning on July 12, 2011, and ending on the date of enactment of this Act under any authority suspended by this Act with respect to: (1) parole authority, (2) the definition of an unauthorized alien, (3) deferred action or extended voluntary departure, or (4) such specified regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-26
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act

Bill: 112-hr-2498
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2011-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: 
Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act - Directs the President to issue an annual proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe two minutes of silence on Veterans Day, beginning at 2:11 p.m. eastern time, in honor of the service and sacrifice of veterans throughout the history of the nation.


Legislative actions:
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: 2011-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Lymphedema Diagnosis and Treatment Cost-Saving Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2499
Sponsor: Rep. Kissell, Larry [D-NC-8]
Introduced: 2011-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: 
Lymphedema Diagnosis and Treatment Cost Savings Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend coverage to lymphedema diagnosis and treatment services. including lymphedema compression treatment items. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Equal Access and Parity for Multi-Campus Hospitals Act

Bill: 112-hr-2500
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2011-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Hospital care
Medicaid
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: 
Equal Access and Parity for Multi-Campus Hospitals Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), with respect to payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services, to prescribe a special rule for applying Medicare electronic health record (EHR) incentive payments, at the election of a qualified main hospital, to its remote inpatient locations. 
 
Prohibits administrative or judicial review of: (1) the methodology and standards for determining a remote inpatient location, a qualified remote inpatient location, a component facility, a qualified component facility, a main provider, and a qualified main provider, and which such locations, facilities, and providers are qualified; and (2) the methodology and standards for the election in connection with such special rule.
 
Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to set forth a special rule for applying Medicaid EHR incentive payments, at the election of a qualified main hospital, to its remote locations.
 

 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-12
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: 2011-07-12
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: 2011-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Introduced in House