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Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act

Bill: 112-hr-1106
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2011-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Education programs funding
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Policy sciences
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-15
text: 
Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress on policy issues associated with the recruitment for, and retention, research, and reinvestment in, the profession of social work.
 
Directs the Commission to study and report to Congress on issues facing the social work profession, including: (1) fair market compensation, high social work educational debt, social work workforce trends, translating social work research to practice, and social work safety; and (2) state-level social work licensure policies and reciprocity agreements for providing services across state lines. Requires such study to assess the professional capacity of the social work workforce to serve and respond successfully to the increasing biopsychosocial needs of individuals, groups, and communities in certain areas, including aging and child welfare. 
 
Terminates the Commission 30 days after it submits such report within 18 months of its first meeting.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award: (1) workplace improvement grants to eligible entities and individuals to address workplace concerns for the social work profession, including caseloads, compensation, social work safety, supervision, and working conditions; and (2) research grants, education and training grants, and community-based programs of excellence grants.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) contract with a national social work entity to serve as a coordinating center and clearinghouse for information on activities funded under the grants, and (2) develop a multi-media outreach campaign and issue public service announcements that advertise and promote the social work profession.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-03-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E489)
action_date: 2011-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-15
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Adrian Rodriguez.

Bill: 112-hr-1107
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2011-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-15
text: Provides for the relief of Adrian Rodriguez.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-15
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Francisco Rivera and Alfonso Calderon.

Bill: 112-hr-1108
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2011-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-15
text: Provides for the relief of Francisco Rivera and Alfonso Calderon.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-15
text: Introduced in House
GENIUS Act

Bill: 112-hr-1109
Sponsor: Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2011-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Area studies and international education
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: 
Global Education Nexus in U.S. Act or GENIUS Act - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to require the Deputy Assistant Secretary for International and Foreign Language Education to: (1) assist the Secretary of Education in administering this Act's grant program, and (2) develop an international education research repository and make it available to states and local educational agencies (LEAs).
 
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Deputy Assistant Secretary, to award competitive grants to LEAs, or partnerships between LEAs and private organizations or institutions of higher education that provide their LEA partners with funding, to promote international education in elementary and secondary schools. 
 
Requires each grantee to use: (1) one-half of its grant on enhancing international education within core curricula, such as by increasing teacher competency; and (2) the other half on providing supplemental international education services outside of normal instruction hours.
 
Directs the Secretary to conduct a biennial independent evaluation of such international education programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Combat Act

Bill: 112-hr-1110
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2011-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: 
Combat Act - Increases, as of the beginning of FY2011, the maximum monthly rates of: (1) hostile fire or imminent danger pay from $225 to $260; (2) hazardous duty pay from $250 to $260; and (3) the monthly family separation allowance from $250 to $285.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Decrease Spending Now Act

Bill: 112-hr-1111
Sponsor: Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6]
Introduced: 2011-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: 
Decrease Spending Now Act - Rescinds $45 billion of unobligated balances of current discretionary appropriations.
 
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) determine which appropriation accounts the rescission shall apply to and the amount that each such account shall be reduced, and (2) report to the Secretary of the Treasury and Congress a list of the accounts reduced by the rescission, including the amounts rescinded from each such account.
 
Exempts from such rescission the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the Social Security Administration (SSA).
 

 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Introduced in House
National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1112
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2011-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Criminal justice information and records
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Insurance industry and regulation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: 
National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011 - Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to repeal the contingent conditions under which the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers (NARAB) shall not be established. Reestablishes the NARAB without contingent conditions as a nonprofit corporation to prescribe, on a multi-state basis, licensing and insurance producer qualification requirements and conditions.
 
Retains states' regulatory authority over: (1) licensing, supervision, disciplining, and setting of licensing fees for insurance producers; and (2) insurance-related consumer protection and unfair trade practices.
 
Prohibits NARAB from establishing criteria that unfairly limit the ability of a small insurance producer to become a member of NARAB. 
Authorizes NARAB to: (1) establish membership criteria, including a mandatory criminal background check for state-licensed insurance producers, and (2) deny membership to a state-licensed insurance producer on the basis of the criminal history information obtained.
 
Authorizes the NARAB to deny membership to any state-licensed insurance producer for failure to meet membership criteria.
 
 States that NARAB membership authorizes an insurance producer to engage in the business of insurance in any state for any lines of insurance specified in the producer's home state license, including claims adjustments and settlement, risk management, and specified insurance-related consulting activities.
 
Retains state regulatory jurisdiction regarding consumer protection and market conduct. 
 
Requires NARAB to: (1) receive and investigate consumer complaints, maintaining a toll-free telephone number; and (2) refer any such complaint to the state insurance regulator.
 
Authorizes the NARAB to coordinate with state insurance regulators to establish: (1) a central clearinghouse, and (2) a national database for the collection of regulatory information concerning the activities of insurance producers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Fair Employment Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1113
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2011-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: 
Fair Employment Act of 2011 - Amends title VII (Equal Employment Opportunities) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to add unemployment status to the categories of prohibited discrimination.
 
Defines &quot;unemployment status&quot; as being unemployed, having actively looked for employment during the then most recent four-week period, and currently being available for employment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Introduced in House
StartUp Visa Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1114
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2011-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
U.S. and foreign investments
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: 
StartUp Visa Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish an employment-based, conditional immigrant visa (StartUp visa) for a sponsored alien entrepreneur: (1) with required amounts of financial backing from a qualifying investor, government entity, or venture capitalist; and (2) whose commercial activities will generate required levels of employment, revenue, or capital investment.
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to terminate the status of a sponsored entrepreneur (and the alien spouse and children of such entrepreneur) if not later than three years after the date on which such permanent resident status was conferred: (1) the sponsoring venture capitalist or investor fails to meet investment requirements; or (2) the entrepreneur fails to meet job creation, capital investment, or revenue requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E500)
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E490)
Expedited Offshore Permitting Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1115
Sponsor: Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17]
Introduced: 2011-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of the Interior
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: 
Expedited Offshore Permitting Act of 2011 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to approve or disapprove any application for a permit for drilling a well under an approved exploration or development plan for an oil and gas lease, or any application to amend a previously approved permit under such a lease, within 30 days after its submission.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to disapprove an application if any proposed activity under the permit: (1) would result in serious harm or damage to life (including fish and other aquatic life), to property, to any mineral (in areas leased or not leased), to the national security or defense, or to the marine, coastal, or human environment; and (2) cannot be modified to avoid such condition.
 
Requires the Secretary, after disapproving a permit application, if there is no other well on areas subject to the applicable leases capable of production in paying quantities, to pay to the record title holders of any of the applicable leases the amount of any bonus bid paid for the lease plus interest.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Respect for Marriage Act

Bill: 112-hr-1116
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2011-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
Judicial procedure and administration
Marriage and family status
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: 
Respect for Marriage Act - Amends the Defense of Marriage Act to repeal a provision that prohibited a state, territory, possession, or Indian tribe from being required to recognize any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other state, territory, possession, or tribe respecting a same sex marriage.
 
Amends the federal rules of construction added by such Act concerning the definitions of &quot;marriage&quot; and &quot;spouse&quot; to provide that, for purposes of any federal law in which marital status is a factor, an individual shall be considered married if that individual's marriage is valid in the state where the marriage was entered into or, in the case of a marriage entered into outside any state, if the marriage is valid in the place where entered into and the marriage could have been entered into in a state. Removes the definition of &quot;spouse&quot; (currently, a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Air Ambulance Patient Safety, Protection, and Coordination Act

Bill: 112-hr-1117
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2011-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Federal preemption
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: 
Air Ambulance Patient Safety, Protection, and Coordination Act - Authorizes states to regulate medical aspects of intrastate air ambulance services with respect to: (1) the quality of emergency medical care provided to patients by air ambulances; (2) the availability of air ambulance services provided to patients with emergency medical conditions; (3) communication between emergency medical and public safety agencies and hospitals as well as the flightcrew and air ambulance medical personnel; (4) the accessibility of emergency medical care provided by air ambulances and the incorporation and integration of air ambulance services into state emergency medical services systems; (5) the acceptability of air ambulance services to ensure the adequate provision by air ambulances of medically necessary emergency medical care to critically ill and injured patients; and (6) the physical attributes of the air ambulance necessary for protection of the ambulance, ground, and emergency response personnel.
 
Requires an air ambulance medical service provider licensed in more than one state, if the different state air ambulance medical services regulations are inconsistent, to comply with the most stringent regulation.
 
Requires a state, if necessary, to establish regulations or negotiate mutual aid agreements with adjacent states or air ambulances to ensure access to air ambulance services across state borders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2011-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2011-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1118
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2011-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Inflation and prices
Legislative rules and procedure
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: 
Social Security Protection Act of 2011 - Makes it out of order in the Senate or the House of Representatives to consider any legislation that: (1) increases the retirement age or the early retirement age for individuals receiving benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act on or after the enactment of this Act; (2) reduces cost-of-living increases for them; (3) reduces benefit payment amounts for them; or (4) creates private retirement accounts for any of the OSADI benefits they receive.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Introduced in House
National Nurse Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1119
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2011-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Health personnel
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: 
National Nurse Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the position of National Nurse for Public Health within the Office of the Surgeon General. Includes among the duties of such position providing leadership and coordination of Public Health Service nursing professional affairs for the Office of the Surgeon General and other agencies of the Public Health Service, conducting media campaigns, and providing guidance and leadership for activities that will increase public safety and emergency preparedness. 
 
Requires the National Nurse for Public Health to: (1) participate in identification of national health priorities, (2) encourage volunteerism of nurses and strengthen the relationship between government agencies and health-related national organizations, and (3) promote the dissemination of evidence-based practice in educating the public on health promotion and disease prevention activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Introduced in House
International Travelers Bill of Rights Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1120
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2011-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Health care quality
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: 
International Travelers Bill of Rights Act of 2011 - Requires an individual or entity that operates a website that provides access to international travel services to provide on its website, in a clear and conspicuous way, information regarding the health and safety risks of overseas vacation destinations marketed on the site, including (1) information compiled by the Department of State that includes country-specific travel warnings and alerts; and (2) information on the availability of onsite health and safety services or a disclaimer that such services may not be available and travel may pose an increased risk to health or safety. 
 
Requires a site operator to: (1) establish a process under which an overseas vacation destination will be suspended from its website as a result of consumer complaints regarding poor medical care, unsafe or unsanitary facilities, or other health-related issues; and (2) make all such complaints publicly available on its website. Allows an operator to modify complaints at the request of the complainant and to remove offensive language and personal identification information.
 
Treats a violation as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Introduced in House