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Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-456
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Aging
Consumer affairs
Inflation and prices
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2011 - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish a monthly Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI) that indicates changes over time in expenditures for consumption which are typical for individuals aged 62 years of age or older. 
 
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) to provide for the use of such new CPI in the computation of cost-of-living increases for Social Security benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to remove the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to disapprove after a permit has been issued by the Secretary of the Army under section 404 of such Act.

Bill: 112-hr-457
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Licensing and registrations
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to remove the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prohibit the specification of any defined area as a disposal site for discharges of materials into waters of the United States , or to restrict the use of any defined area for specification as a disposal site, once the Secretary of the Army has issued a permit for dredged or fill material.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
High School Athletics Accountability Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-458
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Athletes
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Minority education
School administration
School athletics
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
High School Athletics Accountability Act of 2011 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to direct coeducational elementary and secondary schools that participate in any ESEA program to: (1) report annually certain information on equality in their school athletic programs to the Commissioner for Educational Statistics; and (2) make such information available, upon request, to their students, potential students, and the public.
 
Directs the Commissioner to ensure that such data are posted on the Department of Education's Web site within a reasonable period of time. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E129)
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Tax Code Termination Act

Bill: 112-hr-462
Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Economic performance and conditions
Employment taxes
Financial services and investments
Income tax rates
Legislative rules and procedure
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax reform and tax simplification
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
Tax Code Termination Act - Terminates the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 after December 31, 2015, except for self-employment taxes, Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) taxes, and railroad retirement taxes. Requires a two-thirds majority vote in Congress to change such termination date.
 
Declares that any new federal tax system should be a simple and fair system that: (1) applies a low rate to all Americans; (2) provides tax relief for working Americans; (3) protects the rights of taxpayers and reduces tax collection abuses; (4) eliminates the bias against savings and investment; (5) promotes economic growth and job creation; and (6) does not penalize marriage or families.
 
Requires that the new federal tax system be approved by Congress in its final form by July 4, 2015.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2011-01-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E130)
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Transparency Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-463
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Freedom of information
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Transparency Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to provide that, during any period in which either the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) is under conservatorship or receivership, it shall be considered an agency subject to the public information disclosure requirements of the Freedom of Information Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-05-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit United States contributions to the International Fund for Ireland.

Bill: 112-hr-464
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Europe
Foreign aid and international relief
International organizations and cooperation
Ireland
Multilateral development programs
Northern Ireland

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
Prohibits U.S. contributions from being made to the International Fund for Ireland as of FY2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Self-Employment Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-465
Sponsor: Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Performance measurement
Retail and wholesale trades
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
Veterans Self-Employment Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a five-year pilot project to test the feasibility and advisability of the use of educational assistance under certain programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay for training costs associated with the purchase of a franchise enterprise. Prohibits the use of such assistance unless: (1) training is required and provided in connection with the purchase and operation of a franchise; and (2) such training, and the training entity, are approved by the Secretary. Provides training and entity approval requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-01-26
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: 2011-01-26
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: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 39, United States Code, to extend the authority of the United States Postal Service to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research.

Bill: 112-hr-466
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Cancer
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Postal service
Research administration and funding
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
Extends, for four years, the authority of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to issue a semipostal to contribute to funding for breast cancer research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy     .
action_date: 2011-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the deduction for the travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel.

Bill: 112-hr-467
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Transportation costs
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the restrictions on the tax deduction for the travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse, dependent, or other individual accompanying the taxpayer on business travel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the reduction in the deductible portion of expenses for business meals and entertainment.

Bill: 112-hr-468
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the income tax deduction for business meals and entertainment expenses from 50 to 75% of such expenses in calendar year 2011 and 80% in 2012 and thereafter.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-469
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Neurological disorders
School administration
School athletics

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act of 2011 - Requires each state educational agency, in order to be eligible to receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in FY2013 or subsequent fiscal years, to issue regulations establishing the following minimum requirements for the prevention and treatment of concussions. 

Requires each local educational agency in the state to develop and implement a standard plan for concussion safety and management that includes: (1) the education of students, parents, and school personnel about concussions; (2) supports for students recovering from a concussion; and (3) best practices designed to ensure the uniformity of safety standards, treatment, and management. 

Requires each public elementary and secondary school to post on school grounds and make publicly available on the school website information on concussions, including information on risks, responses, symptoms, and effects. 

Requires public school personnel who suspect that a student has sustained a concussion during a school-sponsored activity to: (1) remove the student from the activity and prohibit such student from participating in school athletic activities until the student submits a written release from a health care professional; and (2) report to the student's parent or guardian regarding such injury and the treatment provided. 

Prohibits a student who has sustained a concussion in a school-sponsored athletic activity from resuming participation in school-sponsored athletic or academic activities until the school receives a written release from a health care professional that: (1) states that the student is capable of resuming participation; and (2) may require the student to follow a plan designed to aid such individual in recovering and resuming participation in a manner that is coordinated with periods of cognitive and physical rest, and that reintroduces cognitive and physical demands on a progressive basis, based on the student's symptoms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Impact Aid Fairness and Equity Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-472
Sponsor: Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Building construction
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Indian lands and resources rights
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
State and local finance
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
Impact Aid Fairness and Equity Act of 2011 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, with respect to the Impact Aid program (which compensates local educational agencies (LEAs) for the financial burden of federal activities affecting their areas), to alter the formula for determining the payments due LEAs for federal ownership of property in their areas. 
 
Prohibits LEAs from being paid amounts that: (1) exceed their total current expenditures in the second prior fiscal year; or (2) are less than 85% of their payment for the prior fiscal year, in FYs 2012, 2013, and 2014.
 
Requires the ratable reduction of payments due LEAs for federal ownership of property when appropriations for a fiscal year are insufficient to provide them with full compensation. 
 
Alters the formula for determining the payments due LEAs for eligible federally-connected children.
 
Includes not only children in average daily attendance, but also those enrolled pursuant to a state open enrollment policy. Caps such payments for heavily impacted LEAs at the amount needed to raise their per-pupil expenditures to the higher of 110% of the average per-pupil expenditure of their state or the average per-pupil expenditure of three comparable LEAs. Continues a heavily impacted LEA's eligibility for such payments while activities associated with military base closures and realignments or force structure changes or relocations are ongoing.
 
Alters the formula for determining the construction payments due LEAs that are eligible for other Impact Aid payments.
 
Requires the Secretary of Education to use all Impact Aid construction appropriations to award: (1) emergency construction grants to LEAs that have no practical capacity, or minimal capacity, to issue bonds or are otherwise eligible for Impact Aid and have a school facility emergency; and (2) modernization grants to LEAs that are eligible for other Impact Aid payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Genuine American Flag Act

Bill: 112-hr-474
Sponsor: Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: National symbols
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
Genuine American Flag Act - Prohibits the importation for sale of foreign-made flags of the United States of America (regardless of size and whether or not in compliance with the standard proportions prescribed by Executive order).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Fountainhead Property Land Transfer Act

Bill: 112-hr-475
Sponsor: Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Oklahoma
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
Fountainhead Property Land Transfer Act - Requires the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over specified federal property in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, within the boundary of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation (the Tribe), from the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary of the Interior, who shall take such land into trust for the benefit of the Tribe. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes.

Bill: 112-hr-476
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the taxpayer election to deduct state and local general sales taxes in lieu of state and local income taxes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Back to Work Extension Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-477
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Government trust funds
Income tax exclusion
Railroads
Social security and elderly assistance
Transportation employees
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
Back to Work Extension Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend for one year the exemption from employment and railroad retirement taxes for employers who hire certain unemployed individuals prior to January 1, 2012 (currently, January 1, 2011).
 
Appropriates to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund under title II of the Social Security Act amounts necessary to cover any reduction in revenues resulting from the tax exemptions provided by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House