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Auto Enroll Repeal Act

Bill: 112-hr-2206
Sponsor: Rep. Guinta, Frank C. [R-NH-1]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Auto Enroll Repeal Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to repeal provisions requiring employers that have more than 200 full-time employees and that offer employees enrollment in one or more health plans to automatically enroll new full-time employees in a health care plan and provide notice of the opportunity to opt-out of such coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
GREEN Act

Bill: 112-hr-2207
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Higher education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Grants for Renewable Energy Education for the Nation Act or the GREEN Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to partnerships of local educational agencies (LEAs), postsecondary institutions, and clean and renewable energy industry representatives to develop programs of study focused on emerging careers and jobs in the fields of clean and renewable energy. 
 
Requires a priority be given to grant applications that: (1) use online learning or other innovative methods to deliver a program of study to individuals outside the partnership, and (2) focus on low-performing students and special populations.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive grants to LEAs and postsecondary institutions to promote development of career and technical educational facilities that are energy efficient and use renewable energy practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
To replace the current Forest Service administrative appeals process with a pre-decisional administrative review process modeled after the successful approach used in the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-2209
Sponsor: Rep. Benishek, Dan [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Agriculture
Forests, forestry, trees

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Forest Service Administrative Review Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), through the Forest Service, to establish a pre-decisional administrative review process that will serve as the sole means by which persons can seek an administrative review regarding proposed actions of the Forest Service concerning projects and activities that implement land and resource management plans developed under the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974. 
 
Sets forth requirements for the pre-decisional administrative review process concerning the occurrence of the review period, eligibility of a participant in the process, and notice of the proposed decision. 
 
Exempts from such process an emergency situation that exists for which immediate implementation of a proposed action is necessary. 
 
Applies certain judicial review provisions of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 with respect to: (1) the judicial review of an action challenging a proposed action under this Act, and (2) any request for an injunction regarding such an action. 
 
Makes this Act non-applicable to: (1) an authorized hazardous fuel reduction project under such Act that has its own special administrative review process, and (2) a proposed action under this Act for which a categorical exclusion is provided. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Sportsmanship in Hunting Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2210
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Hunting and fishing
Outdoor recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Sportsmanship in Hunting Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly: (1) transferring, transporting, or possessing a confined exotic animal for purposes of allowing the killing or injuring of that animal for entertainment or for the collection of a trophy; or (2) making available a computer-assisted remote hunt. Defines &quot;confined exotic animal&quot; as a mammal of a species not indigenous to the United States that has been held in captivity for the majority of its life or a continuous period of one year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Great Teaching for Great Schools Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2211
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Great Teaching for Great Schools Act of 2011 - Amends title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to create a new part E (Building School and System Capacity for Effective Teaching).
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to allot funds to states for subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to implement a comprehensive professional learning system in their schools that: (1) fosters collective responsibility for improved student performance; (2) comprises professional learning that primarily occurs several times or hours each week among established teams of teachers, principals, and other instructional staff; and (3) may be supported by activities such as courses, workshops, institutes, networks, and conferences.
 
 Requires states to give subgrant priority to LEAs that demonstrate the greatest need for such funds by reason of their serving: (1) a population of children 40% of whom are eligible for free and reduced price meals under the school lunch program; (2) a school identified, under title I of the ESEA, as needing corrective action; and (3) schools having an average graduation rate below 65%.
 
Allows LEA subgrantees to use school improvement funds received under title I of the ESEA for professional learning activities under this Act, which are to be integrated and aligned with their state's school improvement efforts under title I.
 
Requires LEA subgrantees to conduct formal evaluations of their professional learning systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Democracy Restoration Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2212
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Law enforcement administration and funding
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
 Democracy Restoration Act of 2011 - Declares that the right of a U.S. citizen to vote in any election for federal office shall not be denied or abridged because that individual has been convicted of a criminal offense unless, at the time of the election, such individual is serving a felony sentence in a correctional institution or facility. Provides for enforcement and remedies for violations of this Act.

Specifies that: (1) nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit a state from enacting any state law that affords the right to vote in any election for federal office on terms less restrictive than those terms established by this Act; and (2) the rights and remedies established by this Act shall be in addition to all other rights and remedies provided by law, and shall not supersede, restrict, or limit the application of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 or the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. 
Prohibits any state, unit of local government, or other person from receiving or using any federal grant amounts to construct or improve a place of incarceration unless that person has a program to notify each U.S. citizen incarcerated in that person's jurisdiction, on release from such incarceration, of that individual's rights under this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1121-1122)
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Debt Elimination By Tax-Deductible Contribution Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2214
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Income tax deductions
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Debt Elimination By Tax-Deductible Contribution Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to designate a specified portion (not less than $1) of their income tax liability for deposit in the general fund of the Treasury to reduce the public debt. Allows any such gift to the United States for reduction of the public debt to be treated as a tax deductible charitable contribution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
NADBank Enhancement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2216
Sponsor: Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Infrastructure development
Latin America
Mexico
Multilateral development programs
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
NADBank Enhancement Act of 2011 - Amends the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act to authorize the President to agree to amendments to the Border Environment Cooperation Agreement between the United States and Mexico to change the purposes and functions of the North American Development Bank (NADBank), including changes that would allow it to finance infrastructure projects in the border region between the two countries that promote growth in trade and commerce between them, support sustainable economic development, reduce poverty, foster job creation, and promote social development in the region.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Southern Border Sheriffs Community Impact Aid Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2217
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Southern Border Sheriffs Community Impact Aid Act of 2011 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the federal government should offset the additional law enforcement costs on counties adjacent to the southern border of the United States in a manner similar to the Community Impact Aid program for local schools that incur additional costs from federal infrastructure.
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to make grants to sheriffs' departments in specified Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and California counties along the border for the purpose of hiring additional deputies in an amount equal to 30% of such a department's FY2010 budget for patrol deputies, or at least the amount that allows the deparment to hire one additional deputy. 
 
Directs the Secretary to reprogram funds that would otherwise be obligated and expended under the account heading &quot;Departmental Management and Operations&quot; in order to carry out this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Derek M. Hodge Virgin Islands Improvement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2220
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Caribbean area
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Income tax exclusion
Infrastructure development
Sales and excise taxes
State and local finance
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Derek M. Hodge Virgin Islands Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a reduction of taxes on distributions from certain retirement savings plans designated by an individual under the age of 61 as being under investment by the Virgin Islands Investment Program for at least 30 years. Defines "Virgin Islands Investment Program" for purposes of this Act as a fund with managed amounts of $50 billion or less. Imposes a 1.5% annual tax for 10 years, and 1% thereafter, on managed funds to benefit Virgin Island infrastructure development.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1122)
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Girls Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2221
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Sex offenses
Travel and tourism
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Girls Protection Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine, up to a five-year prison term, or both for knowingly transporting a girl under the age of 18 in foreign commerce for purposes of female genital mutilation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Municipal Fleet Modernization Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2222
Sponsor: Rep. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN-2]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government information and archives
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Municipal Fleet Modernization Act of 2011 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update and publish annually in the Federal Register a list of vehicles that satisfy requirements for certification as low emission and energy-efficient vehicles and so may be allowed by states to use high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane highways.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Steel Industry Support Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2223
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Coal
Income tax credits
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing
Metals
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Steel Industry Support Act of 2011 - Amends Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for the production of electricity from renewable resources, to: (1) extend through FY2018 the credit period for the production of steel industry fuel; (2) extend through June 30, 2012, the placed-in-service date requirement for refined coal production facilities; (3) revise the definition of &quot;steel industry fuel&quot; to allow mixtures of petroleum coke or other coke feedstock in such fuel; and (4) set forth ownership requirements for coal production facilities for purposes of such tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Improving Physician Access in Teaching Hospitals (PATH) Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2224
Sponsor: Rep. Grimm, Michael G. [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Hospital care
Income tax credits
Medical education
Medicare
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Improving Physician Access in Teaching Hospitals (PATH) Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to distribution of additional resident positions as they affect calculation of payments for direct graduate medical education (DME) costs.
 
States that, if a hospital's resident level for each of the five most recent cost reporting periods is less than the otherwise applicable resident limit, then the otherwise applicable resident limit shall be reduced by the difference between it and the highest reference resident level for any of those five cost reporting periods. Excepts from this reduction requirement a hospital: (1) located in a rural area with fewer than 250 beds, or (2) that has had in effect a voluntary residency reduction plan.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to increase the otherwise applicable resident limit (create additional residency slots) for applicant hospitals according to a specified formula that takes into account the aggregate reduction in limits attributable to this Act.
 
Expands the primary care bonus to certain underserved specialties, such as psychiatry or neurology.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a small physician practice residency credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to add a definition of family office.

Bill: 112-hr-2225
Sponsor: Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX-5]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Family relationships
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Amends the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to define &quot;family office&quot; (exempt from coverage by the Act) as a company (including any director, partner, trustee, or employee of such company, when acting in their respective capacities as such) that has no clients other than family clients and is owned, controlled, or operated primarily for the benefit of family clients and does not hold itself out to the public as an investment adviser.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House