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Stop Abuse for Every Teen Act

Bill: 112-hr-2689
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2011-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Child safety and welfare
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Criminal justice information and records
Domestic violence and child abuse
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Sex offenses
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: 
Stop Abuse for Every Teen Act or SAFE Teen Act - Amends title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include dating violence prevention among the drug and violence prevention efforts funded under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities program.
 
Authorizes local educational agencies (LEAs) to use program funds for peer support groups that provide an emotionally safe and confidential setting for youth to learn and practice healthy relationship skills under the supervision of school personnel or community organizations specializing in domestic and sexual violence prevention. Allows perpetrators of dating violence to participate in such groups, but not in the same groups as victims of such violence.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to use program funds to: (1) develop and disseminate innovative and high-quality healthy relationship skill-building programs as a way to reduce unhealthy or abusive teen relationships; and (2) disseminate information on dating violence education and prevention, and data on the incidence of dating violence in the school environment and relevant behavioral indicators of exposure to violence.
 
Directs the Secretary to collect and publicly disseminate among individuals aged 11-19 data on the incidence of dating violence, sexual violence, emotional abuse, and relevant behavioral indicators of exposure to such types of violence.
 
Requires states to provide technical assistance to LEAs and schools in their efforts to prevent and appropriately respond to incidents of dating violence.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish the Innovation Fund to replicate, refine, and test model strategies and projects to prevent and respond to dating violence for youth.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 40, United States Code, to direct the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation to conduct an annual independent financial audit of the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-2690
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
District of Columbia
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government studies and investigations
Railroads
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: 
Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation (DOT) to conduct an annual audit of the financial statements of the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1431-1432)
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Keeping PACE Act

Bill: 112-hr-2691
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2011-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Adult education and literacy
Community life and organization
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Family relationships
Government information and archives
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: 
Keeping Parents and Communities Engaged Act or Keeping PACE Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to award grants to states for competitive subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) that receive school improvement funds under part A of title I of the Act to enable such LEAs to assist public elementary and secondary schools to hire and maintain Parent and Community Outreach Coordinators responsible for improving family and community involvement in such schools. 
 
Gives subgrant priority to LEAs targeting schools with the highest proportions of needy students or students failing to meet state academic performance standards. Requires each assisted school to appoint a committee of school officials, parents, and community members to screen Coordinator applicants and evaluate Coordinator performance.
 
Directs state grantees to award competitive subgrants to partnerships between community-based organizations and public schools to connect integrated services and comprehensive supports to students and families to enhance student performance. Gives priority to applicants targeting schools with the highest proportions of needy students or students failing to meet state academic performance standards. 
 
Requires state grantees to award competitive matching subgrants to consortia composed of a school, LEA, mayor, and at least one other community partner to redesign schools as centers of communities that encourage family and community participation in students' education and provide community education.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to contract with a nonprofit organization experienced in providing integrated student supports to: (1) provide technical assistance and training to this Act's grantees and subgrantees; and (2) establish a national information clearinghouse on effective parent, family, and community engagement practices and programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Access to Postal Services Act

Bill: 112-hr-2692
Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13]
Introduced: 2011-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Postal Regulatory Commission
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: 
 Access to Postal Services Act - Modifies the procedures the U.S. Postal Service must follow in connection with the closing or consolidation of any postal facility, including: (1) requiring an assessment of the need for the closure or consolidation, (2) eliminating a requirement to consider the resulting Postal Service economic savings, (3) requiring posted notice in each affected postal facility and notice by mail to all persons served by such postal facility at least 90 days before the final decision is made, and (4) requiring (under current law, allowing) suspension of the determination pending an appeal to the Postal Regulatory Commission. Exempts emergency suspensions (as defined under Postal Service regulations) or lease termination or cancellation by a party other than the Postal Service.
 
Requires such posted notice to include the cost savings the Postal Service estimates it will realize from the closing or consolidation, in the first year following the date of such closing or consolidation, with an explanation of the estimate assumptions and methodologies.
 
Directs the Inspector General of the Postal Service, within two years after the closing or consolidation of any postal facility after enactment of this Act, to submit to the Postmaster General and Congress its findings with respect to the actual cost savings realized by the Postal Service in the first year following such closing or consolidation.
 
Defines &quot;postal facility,&quot; for the provisions amended by this Act, to include an office, branch, station, or other facility operated by the Postal Service providing services to postal patrons served by the facility. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Trisomy 21 Research Centers of Excellence Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2695
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2011-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Hereditary and development disorders
Medical research
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: 
 Trisomy 21 Research Centers of Excellence of 2011- Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), acting through the Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, to expand and intensify NIH programs with respect to research and related activities concerning Down syndrome. Requires the Director of NIH to publish a research plan on Down syndrome and update it every five years or as appropriate.
 
Requires the Director of NIH to award grants and contracts to public or nonprofit private entities to pay all or part of the cost of planning, establishing, improving, and providing basic operating support for centers of excellence regarding translational research on Down syndrome. Sets forth requirements for such centers, which shall include: (1) contributing to a comprehensive research portfolio for Down syndrome, (2) having a primary focus on Down syndrome, (3) providing an optimal venue and infrastructure for patient-oriented research, and (4) conducting basic, clinical, and translational research on Down syndrome in specified areas.
 
Authorizes the Director of NIH to establish a Down Syndrome Consortium to facilitate the exchange of information and to make the research effort on Down syndrome more efficient and effective.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Trisomy 21 Research Resource Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2696
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2011-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Hereditary and development disorders
Medical research
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: 
 Trisomy 21 Research Resource Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), acting through the Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, to expand and intensify NIH programs with respect to research and related activities concerning Down syndrome. Requires the Director of NIH to publish a research plan on Down syndrome and update it every five years or as appropriate.
 
Authorizes the Director of NIH to: (1) conduct basic, clinical, and translational research on Down syndrome; (2) award a grant or contract for a registry of individuals with Down syndrome; (3) establish a database including the names, contact information, and each medical condition of individuals with Down syndrome; and (4) expand one or more tissue banks maintained or supported by NIH to identify any tissue harvested from a tissue donor with Down syndrome. Requires consent before including an individual's information in the registry, the database, or the tissue bank.
 
Authorizes the Director of NIH to provide for the participation of NIH agencies in a consortium to facilitate the exchange of information and to make the research effort on Down syndrome more efficient and effective by ensuring consistent communication, minimizing duplication of effort, and integrating the varied perspectives of partner agencies, organizations, and individuals.
 
Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) award grants and cooperative agreements for the collection, analysis, and reporting of data on Down syndrome; and (2) carry out epidemiological activities regarding Down syndrome.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Affordable Footwear Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2697
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2011-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Inflation and prices
Retail and wholesale trades
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain footwear, and for other purposes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to broaden the special rules for certain governmental plans under section 105(j) to include plans established by political subdivisions.

Bill: 112-hr-2698
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2011-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax exclusion
State and local government operations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the special rule for the exclusion from gross income of amounts received by an employee from a governmental accident or health plan to include amounts paid from plans established by or on behalf of a state or political subdivision. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Peace Corps Volunteer Service Improvement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2699
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2011-07-29 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Peace Corps
Right of privacy
Sex offenses
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: 
Peace Corps Volunteer Service Improvement Act of 2011 - Requires the Director of the Peace Corps to establish a process for volunteers to make confidential reports of rape or sexual assault. Subjects any Peace Corps volunteer or member who breaches a duty of confidentiality regarding such a report to disciplinary action, including termination.
 
Requires the Director to enter into with the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security, and requires the Inspector of the Peace Corps to review, a memorandum of understanding that specifies the duties and obligations of the Peace Corps and the Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security regarding the protection of Peace Corps volunteers and staff members serving in foreign countries. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of Peace Corps funds for volunteers' invitations for service or to deploy trainees overseas if such agreement has not entered into force within nine months after enactment of this Act, unless the Director certifies that: (1) significant progress is being made toward finalizing such memorandum, and (2) the Peace Corps is using best efforts to provide volunteers with the training, support, and information they need to stay safe.
 
Exempts such Inspector General and officers and employees of the Inspector General's Office from certain length of appointment, reappointment, and reassignment limitations applicable to the Foreign Service.
 
Requires the Director to: (1) annually submit a report on the safety of Peace Corps volunteers; and (2) perform, at least once every three years, a review to evaluate the allocation and delivery of resources across the countries the Peace Corps serves. 
 
Requires the Inspector General to perform an audit every five years of Peace Corps implementation of safety and security protocols.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Global Autism Assistance Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2700
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2011-07-29 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Education programs funding
Foreign aid and international relief
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Hereditary and development disorders
Neurological disorders
Special education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: 
Global Autism Assistance Act of 2011 - Directs the Administrator for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish and administer a health and education grant program (Global Autism Assistance Program) to: (1) support activities by nongovernmental organizations and other service providers, including advocacy groups, focused on autism in developing countries; and (2) establish a "teach the teachers" program to train health and education professionals working with autistic children in developing countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights.
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Main Street Fairness Act

Bill: 112-hr-2701
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2011-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Judicial review and appeals
Retail and wholesale trades
Sales and excise taxes
State and local government operations
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax reform and tax simplification

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: 
Main Street Fairness Act - Grants the consent of Congress to the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement (Agreement), the multistate agreement on sales and use tax collection and administration adopted on November 12, 2002.
 
Authorizes each state that is a party to the Agreement (member state), after 10 states (comprising at least 20% of the total population of all states imposing a sales tax) have petitioned for and have become member states, to require all remote sellers not qualifying for the small seller exception to collect and remit sales and use taxes on remote sales owed to each such member state under the terms of the Agreement. Terminates such authority if the requirements of this Act cease to be satisfied or an amendment adopted to the Agreement after the enactment of this Act is inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.
 
Allows any person affected by the Agreement to petition the Governing Board established by the Agreement for a determination of any issue arising under the Agreement. Provides for judicial review of Governing Board determinations by the United States Court of Federal Claims and grants such Court exclusive jurisdiction over actions for judicial review.
 
Sets forth minimum requirements for simplifying the administration of multistate sales and use taxation under the Agreement. 
 
Provides for judicial review of any civil action challenging the constitutionality of this Act by a panel of three judges of a U.S. District Court. 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that each member state under the Agreement should work with other member states to prevent double taxation where a foreign country has imposed a transaction tax on a digital good or service. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Wire Clarification Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2702
Sponsor: Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-20]
Introduced: 2011-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Gambling

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: 
Wire Clarification Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to provide that criminal penalties under such code and other provisions of federal law for transmitting bets and wages on sporting events or contests shall not apply to any bet or wager that is permissible under the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the uniformed services are entitled to refractive eye surgery.

Bill: 112-hr-2703
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2011-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: 
Requires that members of the uniformed services eligible for medical care in uniformed services facilities also be entitled to refractive eye surgery (corrective eye surgery including laser and photorefractive surgery), as medically appropriate. Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to ensure that a member of a uniformed service entitled to such surgery who is not located near a military medical treatment facility that provides reasonable access to refractive eye surgery may receive such surgery at a private facility located near the member. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Introduced in House