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Pay for all your Undocumented Procedures (PAY UP!) Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-541
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health programs administration and funding
Immigrant health and welfare
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Pay for all your Undocumented Procedures (PAY UP!) Act of 2011 - Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to make permanent the program of federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens.
 
Requires a reallotment of unspent program funds in a fiscal year among eligible providers in full expenditure states according to a specified ratio. Requires addition of such funds to the aggregate amount available for allotment for the succeeding fiscal year in the event there is no full expenditure state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E235)
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-542
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Manufacturing
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Consumer Protection Act of 2011 - Invalidates as a defense to a tort claim in any court in the United States that a manufacturer of a product has fulfilled that manufacturer's duty of care when providing all of the necessary information to a learned intermediary, who then interacts with the consumer of the product. 
 
Defines a "learned intermediary" as a person licensed under applicable state or federal law to advise a consumer whether or not to use the product in question.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2011-02-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E199)
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for payments in lieu of taxes for certain Department of Homeland Security land.

Bill: 112-hr-543
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Department of Homeland Security
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Includes land that is owned by the U.S. government and administered by the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) and at which individuals or goods are examined for entry into the United States within the definition of &quot;entitlement land&quot; for purposes of provisions requiring the Secretary of the Interior to make payments in lieu of taxes to units of general local government in which entitlement land is located.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-02-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E202)
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to permanently extend the period of protections for servicemembers against mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-544
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend from 90 days to 9 months after military service the period of protection against mortgage sale or foreclosure, as well as the stay of proceedings, in the case of an obligation on real property of a servicemember that originated before the period of military service. (Under current law, such period reverted from 9 months to 90 days on January 1, 2011.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Providing Military Honors for our Nation's Heroes Act

Bill: 112-hr-545
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Providing Military Honors for our Nation's Heroes Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to reimburse a member of a veterans' service organization or other organization approved by the Secretary for transportation and other appropriate expenses incurred in connection with the voluntary provision of a funeral honors detail at the funeral of a veteran, including when requested by a funeral home.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Honor and Remember Flag Recognition Act

Bill: 112-hr-546
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Military personnel and dependents
National symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Honor and Remember Flag Recognition Act - Designates the Honor and Remember Flag, created by Honor and Remember, Inc., as the official symbol of our country's concern and commitment to honoring and remembering all members of the Armed Forces who lost their lives in the line of duty.
 
Provides days of the year, and memorials and other locations, on or at which the Flag shall be displayed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Individual AMT Repeal Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-547
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax rates
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Individual AMT Repeal Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the alternative minimum tax (AMT) on individuals after 2010. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Democracy in the Workplace Act

Bill: 112-hr-548
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Restoring Democracy in the Workplace Act - Declares that a specified rule prescribed by the National Mediation Board relating to representation election procedures shall have no force or effect. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to establish and carry out a program to safely and feasibly address piston engine aircraft emissions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-549
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Aviation and airports
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish a program to reduce or remove lead from the emissions of piston engine aircraft.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-550
Sponsor: Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Pipelines
Texas
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 to authorize specified additional projects, including projects for water conservation and improvement in Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy, Hudspeth, and El Paso counties, Texas.

Permits each project that the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, conducts or participates in to include: (1) the replacement of irrigation canals and lateral canals with buried pipelines; (2) the impervious lining of irrigation canals and lateral canals; (3) the installation of water level, flow measurement, pump control, and telemetry systems; (4) the renovation and replacement of pumping plants; and (5) other activities that will result in water conservation or an improved water supply.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To allow a State to contribute State funds to Federal agencies, State agencies, or Indian tribes participating in an environmental review process under section 139 of title 23, United States Code, to support activities that directly and meaningfully contribute to expediting and improving transportation project planning and delivery for projects in that State.

Bill: 112-hr-551
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Intergovernmental relations
Roads and highways
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to approve, through December 31, 2016, a request by a state to provide state public transportation and federal-aid highway project funds to federal agencies (including the Department of Transportation), state agencies, and Indian tribes participating in the environmental review process or approved state process for such projects to support activities that contribute to expediting and improving project planning and delivery in the state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Community Assistance Act for Persons with Mental Illness

Bill: 112-hr-552
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Financial literacy
Financial services and investments
Health programs administration and funding
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Low- and moderate-income housing
Mental health
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Community Assistance Act for Persons with Mental Illness - Authorizes the use of specified funds, by state and local governments under the community development, mental health services, and substance abuse prevention and treatment block grant programs of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act, to provide housing counseling and financial counseling for individuals before their release from institutions for individuals with mental illness.
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to include in a state plan for comprehensive community-based mental health systems: (1) housing counseling; (2) financial counseling; and (3) support services for individuals released from inpatient or residential institutions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2011-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Freedom Trade Act

Bill: 112-hr-554
Sponsor: Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Human rights
Labor-management relations
Normal trade relations, most-favored-nation treatment
Religion
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Freedom Trade Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to deny nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) from the products of a foreign country that: (1) engages in violations of religious freedom, (2) restricts the freedom of workers to associate and to organize and bargain collectively, or (3) prohibits or limits the functioning of free and independent labor unions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Universal Prekindergarten Act

Bill: 112-hr-555
Sponsor: Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Higher education
Preschool education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Universal Prekindergarten Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide grants to a designated state agency for development of universal prekindergaten programs for all children three, four, and five years old in the state. 
 
Requires the state to: (1) match federal funds by at least 20%; and (2) submit with its grant application a plan to establish, coordinate, and implement a statewide universal prekindergarten program. 
Authorizes state agencies to set aside up to 5% of a grant for ongoing professional development activities for teachers and staff of prekindergarten programs that wish to participate.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Financial Protection Oversight Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-557
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Reserve System

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Consumer Financial Protection Oversight Act of 2011 - Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to transfer to the Department of the Treasury the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) currently established as an independent bureau in the Federal Reserve System.
 
Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from interfering with the autonomy granted the Bureau under such Act.
 
Eliminates Bureau participation in both the Federal Reserve System Retirement Plan and in the Federal Reserve System Thrift Plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Big Spring, Texas, as the George H. O'Brien, Jr., Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Bill: 112-hr-558
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Health facilities and institutions
Texas
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center in Big Spring, Texas, as the &quot;George H. O'Brien, Jr., Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.&quot; 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an additional year for the extension of the placed in service date for the low-income housing credit rules applicable to the GO Zone.

Bill: 112-hr-559
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alabama
Income tax credits
Louisiana
Low- and moderate-income housing
Mississippi

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Extends until January 1, 2013, the placed-in-service date for buildings in the Gulf Opportunity (GO) Zone, the Rita GO Zone, or the Wilma GO Zone after which such buildings are eligible for allocations of the low-income housing tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Rural Representation and Transparency Improvement Act

Bill: 112-hr-560
Sponsor: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Executive agency funding and structure
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Medicaid
Medicare
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Poverty and welfare assistance
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Rural Representation and Transparency Improvement Act - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require that the proportion of members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) and the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) who represent the interests of health care providers and Medicare beneficiaries located in rural areas be no less than the proportion of the total number of Medicare beneficiaries who reside in such areas.
 
 Directs MEDPAC and MACPAC to provide for full and timely public disclosure of their proceedings via the Internet or other easy public access.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-02-08
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: 2011-02-08
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: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Employment Tax Credit Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-561
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Income tax credits
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Veterans Employment Tax Credit Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2014 the work opportunity tax credit for qualified veterans (defined as veterans who are members of families receiving supplemental nutrition assistance or who are entitled to compensation for a service-connected disability), and (2) make unemployed veterans who begin work for an employer during the period 2009 through 2014 eligible for such credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House