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Pine Forest Range Recreation Enhancement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3377
Sponsor: Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2011-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Nevada
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: 
Pine Forest Range Recreation Enhancement Act of 2011- Designates specified federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Humboldt County, Nevada, and to be known as the Pine Forest Range Wilderness, as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS). 
 
Sets forth provisions for the management of such land, including regarding livestock grazing, water rights, Native American tribal rights and cultural and religious uses, fish and wildlife management, and climate data collection. 
 
Releases BLM land in any part of the Blue Lakes and Alder Creek wilderness study areas not designated as wilderness by this Act from further study for wilderness designation. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to take necessary measures in the wilderness designated by this Act to control fire, insects, and diseases. 
 
Authorizes land exchanges involving identified federal and non-federal lands in Humboldt County. Incorporates acquired lands and interests in or adjoining the Pine Forest Range Wilderness Area into and administered as part of such wilderness area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 220 Elm Avenue in Munising, Michigan, as the "Elizabeth L. Kinnunen Post Office Building".

Bill: 112-hr-3378
Sponsor: Rep. Benishek, Dan [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2011-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Michigan
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 220 Elm Avenue in Munising, Michigan, as the "Elizabeth L. Kinnunen Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-21
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2012-12-20
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2012-12-20
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 12/19/2012 H7334)
action_date: 2012-12-20
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR 12/19/2012 H7334)
action_date: 2012-12-20
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H7416)
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mrs. Maloney objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3378.
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7334-7335)
action_date: 2012-12-19
text: Mr. Farenthold moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2012-02-07
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2012-02-07
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Regional Haze Federalism Act

Bill: 112-hr-3379
Sponsor: Rep. Berg, Rick [R-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Air quality
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Environmental technology

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: 
Regional Haze Federalism Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate a federal implementation plan in place of a state implementation plan to remedy any impairment to visibility in designated class I areas (international parks, wilderness areas and memorial parks that exceed 5,000 acres, and national parks that exceed 6,000 acres) only if: (1) such state failed to consider the costs of, the time necessary for, and and the energy and non-air quality environmental impacts of compliance with such plan and the remaining useful life of any existing air pollution source; and (2) compliance with federal implementation plan requirements is not required earlier than five years after the date of promulgation. 
 
Requires: (1) the Administrator to revoke an existing federal or state implementation plan for a state regarding visibility or any determination made in 2010 or 2011 of best available retrofit technology for a source upon receipt of a request by such state; and (2) such state to submit to the Administrator a visibility plan or a revised retrofit technology determination within a reasonable period of time.
 
Provides that states have sole discretion, after considering certain economic factors, in determining emission limits, schedules of compliance, and other measures for each applicable implementation plan for a state for any area that is listed as contributing to impairment of visibility. 
 
Requires the state, in determining best available retrofit technology (or the Administrator in determining emission limitations that reflect such technology), to consider, in addition to other factors, the economic impacts to the state and the degree of improvement in visibility that may reasonably be anticipated to result from measures described in the applicable implementation plan. Provides that a state's determination of such technology for any source may be subject to review by the Administrator or an administrative entity or federal or state court only pursuant to a clearly erroneous standard of review.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Dietary Supplement Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3380
Sponsor: Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2011-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Food supply, safety, and labeling
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: 
Dietary Supplement Protection Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt dietary supplements containing a dietary ingredient marketed before January 1, 2007 (currently, October 15, 1994) from the requirement to provide premarket evidence of safety for the dietary ingredient to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Viral Hepatitis Testing Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3381
Sponsor: Rep. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2011-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical education
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: 
Viral Hepatitis Testing Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to carry out surveillance, education, and testing programs with respect to hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) virus infections.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish a national system with respect to HBV and HCV to: (1) determine the prevalence of such infections, (2) carry out testing programs to increase the number of individuals who are aware of their infection, (3) disseminate public information and education programs for the detection and control of such infections, (4) provide referrals for counseling and medical treatment and ensure the provision of follow-up services, and (5) improve the training of health professionals in the treatment of such infections. Directs the Secretary to determine the populations that are considered at high risk.
 
Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to complete the revision of CDC guidelines for screening individuals with HCV, taking into account: (1) the effectiveness issues that have been raised with respect to the current CDC guidelines for screening, (2) the importance of responding to the perception that receiving such screening may be stigmatizing, and (3) whether age-based screening would be effective.
 
Requires the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to: (1) develop HCV screening recommendations, taking into account the guidelines established by CDC and new and improved treatments for HCV; and (2) develop HBV screening recommendations, taking into account the guidelines the CDC recommended in 2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Smoke-Free Federal Buildings Act

Bill: 112-hr-3382
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2011-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: 
Smoke-Free Federal Buildings Act - Prohibits smoking in federal buildings. Allows the head of an executive agency to grant an exception to such prohibition if such exception relates to research that may benefit public health.
 
Defines &quot;federal building&quot; to mean any building, workplace, or other structure, and 25 feet from the perimeter of such building, courtyard, areas used for children's playgrounds, or structure owned, leased, or leased for use by an executive agency. Excludes any building or other structure on a military installation located outside the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Safe Transportation of Hazardous Materials Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3383
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2011-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fires
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health personnel
Law enforcement officers
Railroads
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: 
Safe Transportation of Hazardous Materials Act of 2011 - Requires railroad carriers engaged in the transportation of hazardous materials (hazmats) to submit to the Secretary of Transportation, and update annually, a plan for providing at least 48 hours notification to requesting local emergency responders before transporting hazmats through their jurisdictions.
 
Directs the Secretary to require carriers to demonstrate periodically that the plan's procedures are adequate to give appropriate notice to such responders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2011-11-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Wounded Warriors Employment Opportunity Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3384
Sponsor: Rep. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2011-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Employee hiring
Income tax credits
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: 
Wounded Warriors Employment Opportunity Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $12,000 to $24,000 in taxable years ending before January 1, 2017, the amount of wages which may be taken into account in determining the allowable work opportunity tax credit for the hiring of certain disabled veterans who have been unemployed for six months or more during the one-year period ending on the hiring date.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a combat badge for helicopter medical evacuation ambulance (Medevac) pilots and crews.

Bill: 112-hr-3385
Sponsor: Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2011-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to issue the Combat Medevac Badge to each person who served in combat on or after June 25, 1950, as a pilot or crew member of a helicopter medical evacuation ambulance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Medical Checklist Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3386
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2011-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Medical research

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: 
Medical Checklist Act of 2011 - Requires the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, acting through the Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, to conduct research and a study regarding the development and efficacy of medical checklists, including regarding: (1) the testing of different models of medical checklists; (2) an examination of checklist development and use in other industries; and (3) a measurement of the effects of the use of medical checklists on patient safety and health outcomes. Requires dissemination of the results of such study to patient safety organizations. Defines &quot;medical checklist&quot; as a predetermined, evidence-based, well-defined set of steps that should be completed during a designated medical clinical encounter or medical procedure. 
 
Requires the HIT Policy Committee to develop policy recommendations regarding: (1) the extent to which the use of medical checklists should be incorporated into health information technology systems; and (2) measures to determine the effectiveness of such use.
 
Requires the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies to conduct a study on medical checklists that includes: (1) a review of available medical checklists and similar quality improvement techniques; (2) an identification of areas of research needed to improve medical checklists; (3) an analysis of organizational impediments to the adoption and use of medical checklists; and (4) a determination of whether the availability of an increased number of medical checklists would improve patient safety and health outcomes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Federal Law Enforcement Pay Equality Act

Bill: 112-hr-3387
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2011-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement officers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: 
Federal Law Enforcement Pay Equality Act - Amends the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 to revise the special pay adjustments for federal law enforcement officers in specified consolidated metropolitan statistical areas. Includes Capitol Police as law enforcement officers under such Act.
 
Eliminates the limitation on premium pay for federal criminal investigators.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
CLEAN Act

Bill: 112-hr-3389
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2011-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Environmental technology
Government information and archives
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Technology transfer and commercialization
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: 
Consortia-Led Energy Advancement Networks Act or the CLEAN Act - Requires the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to carry out a program to establish Clean Energy Consortia to enhance the nation's economic, environmental, and energy security by promoting commercial application of clean energy technology and ensuring that the United States maintains a technological lead in the development and commercial application of state-of-the-art energy technologies.
 
Defines &quot;clean energy technology&quot; to mean a technology that: (1) produces energy from solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, tidal, wave, ocean, and other renewable energy resources (as defined by the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978); (2) more efficiently transmits, distributes, or stores energy; (3) enhances energy efficiency for buildings and industry; (4) enables the development of a Smart Grid (as defined by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007); (5) produces an advanced or sustainable material with energy or energy efficiency applications; (6) improves energy efficiency for transportation; or (7) enhances water security through improved water management, conservation, distribution, and end use applications.
 
Requires such Consortia, with prior approval of the Secretary, to distribute awards to support clean energy technology projects conducting translational research. Defines &quot;translational research&quot; as coordination of research with technical applications to enable discoveries or inventions to achieve commercial application of energy technology. Requires at least 50% of such support to be provided to projects related to such Consortium's clean energy technology development focus. 
 
Requires each Consortium to establish an External Advisory Committee to review the Consortium's proposed plans, programs, project selection, and projects.
 
Requires the Secretary to award grants to six regional Consortia, each for an initial period not to exceed five years for such clean energy technology projects. Authorizes the Secretary to extend such award term by up to five additional years. Prohibits grants from being used for construction of new buildings or facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Southern New Mexico and El Paso, Texas, Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3390
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2011-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health facilities and institutions
Neurological disorders
New Mexico
Texas
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: 
Southern New Mexico and El Paso, Texas, Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report to Congress on the feasibility and advisability of establishing a polytrauma rehabilitation center or polytrauma network site of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in Fort Bayard, New Mexico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act

Bill: 112-hr-3391
Sponsor: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2011-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Ecology
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Metals
Soil pollution
Water quality
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: 
Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a long-term national-scale mercury monitoring program that monitors long-term changes in: (1) mercury levels in air and watersheds, and (2) mercury and methylmercury levels in water and soil and in aquatic and terrestrial organisms. 
 
Requires the Administrator to: (1) select multiple monitoring sites representing different U.S. ecoregions that include national parks, wildlife refuges, national estuarine reserves, and other sensitive ecological areas in which substantive changes are expected from reductions in domestic mercury emissions; (2) establish and publish standardized measurement protocols for the program; and (3) establish a centralized database for environmental mercury data.
 
Establishes a Mercury Monitoring Advisory Committee to advise the Administrator on the establishment, site selection, measurement, recording protocols, data integration, standardization protocols, reporting, funding, and operation of the program. 
 
Requires the Administrator to report on the program every two years and include, every four years, an assessment of the reduction in mercury deposition rates that must be achieved in order to prevent adverse human and ecological effects. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House