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Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-705
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2011-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business records
Corporate finance and management
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: 
Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal requirements for the reporting to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of payments of $600 or more to corporations that are not tax-exempt and of gross proceeds paid in consideration for any type of property, (2) repeal requirements for reporting payments made with respect to rental property which is not part of a trade or business, and (3) increase the limitation on recapture of excess advance payments of the tax credit for health insurance premiums.

action_date: 2011-02-22
text: 
Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal requirements for the reporting to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of payments of $600 or more to corporations that are not tax-exempt and of gross proceeds paid in consideration for any type of property, (2) repeal requirements for reporting payments made with respect to rental property which is not part of a trade or business, and (3) increase the limitation on recapture of excess advance payments of the tax credit for health insurance premiums. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-22
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 7.
action_date: 2011-02-22
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 112-16.
action_date: 2011-02-22
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 112-16.
action_date: 2011-02-17
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 15.
action_date: 2011-02-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Hospital Energy Independence Act

Bill: 112-hr-706
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2011-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: 
Hospital Energy Independence Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to establish a pilot program to award grants and loan guarantees to no more than six hospitals, including academic facilities that specialize in scientific research, provide patient care, and serve as health and medical education centers, during FY2011-FY2012 to carry out energy conservation projects for: (1) significantly improving energy efficiency; and (2) encouraging on-site power generation and energy storage, capable of operating independent of the grid, and providing sufficient on-site emergency backup power for essential hospital functions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2011-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Drug Testing Integrity Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-707
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2011-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: 
Drug Testing Integrity Act of 2011 - Makes it unlawful to knowingly manufacture, market, sell, ship, or otherwise provide to another individual any product with the intent to assist such individual to use such product to defraud a drug test. 
 
Treats a violation of this Act as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Safe Highway Markings Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-708
Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9]
Introduced: 2011-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: 
Safe Highway Markings Act of 2011 - Prescribes standards for glass beads used in pavement markings, limiting the arsenic or lead content to 200 parts per million.
 
 
Requires the Secretary of Transportation to withhold up to 5% of the apportionment of federal-aid highway funds for any state that fails to enforce requirements to ensure that glass beads used in pavement markings on or along federal-aid highway roads or highways do not contain more than 200 parts per million arsenic or lead.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Telework Tax Incentive Act

Bill: 112-hr-710
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2011-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commuting
Computers and information technology
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: 
Telework Tax Incentive Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an employer or an employee a tax credit, up to $1,000 per year, for teleworking expenses incurred by or on behalf of a teleworking employee under an arrangement whereby such employee teleworks not less than 75 days per year. Defines &quot;telework&quot; as performing work functions, using electronic information and communication technologies, thereby reducing or eliminating the physical commute to and from the traditional worksite.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Youth Corps Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-711
Sponsor: Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2011-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Indian social and development programs
Land use and conservation
National and community service
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: 
Youth Corps Act of 2011 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to make grants to eligible public or private nonprofit agencies or organizations to carry out Youth Corps programs that utilize the Youth Corps model to provide eligible youth age 16 through 24 with education and work readiness training to enable them to find employment in the economy of the 21st century, and instill in them a sense of civic engagement and environmental stewardship.
 
Defines &quot;Youth Corps model&quot; as a youth education and training program for which an eligible entity provides eligible youth, among other things, with stipended or paid work experience and basic and technical skills training leading to: (1) enrollment in postsecondary education or training, (2) attainment of an industry-recognized certification or credential, (3) meaningful employment in the economy of the 21st century, or (4) military service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E234-235)
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Baggage Fee Fairness Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-712
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2011-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Consumer affairs
Motor carriers
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: 
Baggage Fee Fairness Act of 2011 - Requires air carriers to refund passenger baggage fees within 30 days after the arrival of any passenger flight in which a piece of baggage is lost, delayed, or damaged.
 
Makes it an unfair or deceptive practice for a domestic air carrier, foreign air carrier, or ticket agent to sell a ticket for air transportation but fail, before sale of the ticket, to: (1) ask the ticket purchaser if he or she has one or more pieces of baggage to check, and (2) inform him or her of the cost of checking each piece of baggage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Keeping Families Together Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-713
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2011-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Crimes against children
Crimes against property
Crimes against women
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Gambling
Immigration status and procedures
Judicial review and appeals
Organized crime
Sex offenses
Smuggling and trafficking
Violent crime
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: 
Keeping Families Together Act of 2011 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Act) to repeal the provision amending the definition of &quot;aggravated felony,&quot; and restore provisions of law amended by such provision as if it had not been enacted, including residency-or status-related rights of an affected legal alien.
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise detention of criminal alien provisions, effective as if included in the Act.
 
Repeals, as if included in the Act: (1) certain provisions respecting termination of continuous presence or physical presence in the United States, and (2) the definition of &quot;conviction.&quot;
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to admit certain lawfully admitted permanent resident aliens returning to the United States who temporarily proceeded abroad voluntarily and not under an order of deportation or removal, effective as of a specified date, as if certain sections of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 and the Act had not been enacted.
 
Revises provisions respecting judicial review of removal orders.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish a post-proceeding removal relief process for affected aliens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-02-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E312)
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Visitors Interested in Strengthening America (VISA) Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-714
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2011-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Area studies and international education
Community life and organization
Cultural exchanges and relations
Family relationships
Health care coverage and access
Immigration status and procedures
Latin America
Mexico
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Visitors Interested in Strengthening America (VISA) Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official to waive certain entry documentary requirements for a nonimmigrant child (unmarried and under the age of 16) who is a citizen or national of Mexico and accompanying parent or adult chaperone in instances of medical visits, student groups, or special community events. 
Sets forth additional requirements for such entries.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-02-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E313-314)
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Let's Re-Up the Troops-to-Cops Program Act

Bill: 112-hr-715
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2011-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Military facilities and property
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: 
Let's Re-Up the Troops-to-Cops Program Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to allow public safety and community policing grants to be used, during the three-year period beginning on the date of this Act's enactment, to hire former honorably-discharged members of the Armed Forces to serve as career law enforcement officers for community-oriented policing, particularly in communities that are adversely affected by a recent military base closing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-02-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E313)
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Firefighting Investment, Renewal, and Employment Act

Bill: 112-hr-716
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2011-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Building construction
Fires
Northern Mariana Islands
State and local finance
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: 
Firefighting Investment, Renewal, and Employment Act or the FIRE Act - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to: (1) authorize appropriations for competitive grants for modifying, upgrading, or constructing non-federal fire stations for FY2012-FY2016; and (2) include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands within the definition of &quot;state&quot; for purposes of such Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
action_date: 2011-02-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E314)
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Save our Border Communities Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-717
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2011-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Canada
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: 
Save our Border Communities Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide payment to first responders for costs associated with providing emergency services at U.S. international borders, but only to the extent that such costs are not otherwise reimbursed through any federal program and cannot otherwise be recovered.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E314)
action_date: 2011-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Huntington's Disease Parity Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-718
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2011-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Hereditary and development disorders
Medicare
Neurological disorders
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social Security Administration
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: 
Huntington's Disease Parity Act of 2011 - Directs the Commissioner of Social Security, for purposes of determining cognitive, behavioral, and physical disability under titles II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act (SSA), to amend specified Listings of Impairments by providing medical and evaluation criteria for Huntington's Disease. 
 
Amends SSA title II to waive the 24-month waiting period for coverage under the Medicare program for individuals diagnosed with Huntington's Disease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2011-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2011-02-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E315, E761)
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol.

Bill: 112-hr-719
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2011-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional tributes
Homeland security
Military civil functions

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: 
Directs the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to arrange for the award of a single Congressional Gold Medal to honor collectively the World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) in recognition of their military service and exemplary record during World War II. 
 
Requires the Medal's display at the Smithsonian Institution. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Medal should be made available for display elsewhere, particularly at locations associated with the CAP.
 
Permits the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medal, at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the medals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2011-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Anthrax Attacks Investigation Act

Bill: 112-hr-720
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2011-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: 
Anthrax Attacks Investigation Act - Establishes the National Commission on the Anthrax Attacks Upon the United States to: (1) conduct an investigation of the anthrax letter attacks of September and October 2001; and (2) submit interim reports to the President and Congress and a final report on its findings with recommendations for corrective measures to prevent and respond to acts of bioterrorism. Directs the Commission to hold public hearings and release its reports to the public.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Short Line Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-721
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2011-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Railroads

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: 
Short Line Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for railroad track maintenance, to: (1) expand the types of maintenance expenditures eligible for such credit, and (2) extend such credit through 2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Say No to Drug Ads Act

Bill: 112-hr-722
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2011-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Marketing and advertising
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: 
Say No to Drug Ads Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for the cost of direct-to-consumer advertisement of a prescription drug. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
To deauthorize a portion of the project for navigation, Potomac River, Washington Channel, District of Columbia, under the jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers.

Bill: 112-hr-723
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: District of Columbia
Lakes and rivers
Navigation, waterways, harbors

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: 
Deauthorizes a specified portion of the project for navigation, Potomac River, Washington Channel, District of Columbia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E231)
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in House