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American Jobs Preservation Act

Bill: 112-hr-3645
Sponsor: Rep. Sutton, Betty [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2011-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Aviation and airports
Buy American requirements
Department of Transportation
Economic performance and conditions
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Manufacturing
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
Public contracts and procurement
Public transit
Railroads
Roads and highways
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: 
American Jobs Preservation Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from issuing a public interest waiver of Buy American requirements under the highway, public transportation, aviation, or passenger rail programs before considering the potential impacts of that waiver on domestic manufacturing employment.
 
Requires the Secretary to issue a statement detailing the short- and long-term impact of each of those public interest waivers on domestic manufacturing employment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2011-12-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-12-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Keep Americans Working Building Our Transportation Infrastructure Act

Bill: 112-hr-3647
Sponsor: Rep. Sutton, Betty [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2011-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Aviation and airports
Buy American requirements
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government information and archives
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
Public contracts and procurement
Public participation and lobbying
Public transit
Railroads
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: 
Keep Americans Working Building Our Transportation Infrastructure Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to publish on the Internet any request for a waiver of Buy American requirements under the highway, public transportation, aviation, or passenger rail programs and provide the public with an opportunity to comment on the intent to issue a waiver.
 
Requires the Secretary, upon deciding to grant such a waiver, to: (1) publish in the Federal Register, before the decision takes effect, a detailed written justification of the waiver; (2) provide the public with notice of the decision and an opportunity to comment on it for a reasonable period, but no less than 15 days; and (3) review those comments.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to terminate or modify a waiver decision based on comments received after the decision takes effect.
 
Repeals existing Buy American waiver requirements under the SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008 and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2011-12-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-12-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Harbor Fairness Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3648
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2011-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Oil and gas
Outdoor recreation
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: 
Harbor Fairness Act of 2011 - Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to direct the Secretary of the Army to assess the total operation and maintenance needs of all harbors and inland harbors within the United States, including harbors used: (1) for commercial navigation, (2) for commercial fishing, (3) for subsistence, (4) as harbors of refuge, (5) for transportation of persons, (6) in relation to domestic energy production, (7) by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, and (8) for recreation purposes.
 
Directs the Secretary, in conjunction with transmittal of the President's FY2013 budget and biennially thereafter, to submit to specified congressional committees a report on commercial navigation projects for such harbors that identifies: (1) the operation and maintenance costs associated with the projects; (2) the amount of funding requested in the President's budget for such costs on a project-by-project basis; (3) the unmet operation and maintenance needs associated with such projects; and (4) the harbors for which the President will allocate funding over the next five fiscal years for operation and maintenance activities on a project-by-project basis.
 
Directs the Secretary: (1) to make expenditures to pay for harbor operation and maintenance costs based on an equitable allocation of funds among all such harbors, regardless of the size or tonnage throughput of the harbor; and (2) to allocate not less than 40% of the total expenditures in FY2013 and FY2014 to pay for operation and maintenance costs of moderate and low use harbors. Permits the Secretary, notwithstanding such requirements, to make an expenditure to pay for such costs of a specific harbor if the Secretary: (1) determines that such action is necessary to address the navigation needs of a harbor where safe navigation has been severely restricted due to an unforeseen event, and (2) provides advance notice on the need for such a determination to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2243-2244)
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Community Partners Neighborhood Preservation Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3649
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2011-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Fires
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
Law enforcement officers
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: 
Community Partners Neighborhood Preservation Act of 2011 - Amends the National Housing Act to provide: (1) a 50% discount for teachers and public safety officers purchasing certain eligible asset properties for use as their primary residence during a certain period of fiscal years, and (2) a $100 downpayment on any related insured mortgage.
 
Authorizes such sales directly to a qualifying individual or to a unit of local government or a nonprofit organization for resale to such individual.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) should consult with the heads of other federal agencies that own or hold properties appropriate for use as housing to determine the possibility and effectiveness of including such properties in programs that make housing available for law enforcement officers, teachers, or fire fighters.
 
Makes a public safety officer or teacher eligible to purchase any property owned or held by the Secretary pursuant to: (1) foreclosure of any HUD-insured mortgage; or (2) assignment of the mortgage, deed in lieu of foreclosure, conveyance of title, or any other acquisition of the property or mortgage in connection with the payment of insurance benefits by the Secretary.
 
Directs the Secretary to revise the Good Neighbor Next Door Initiative to provide that the subordinate mortgage on the property of a mortgagor who purchased it under the Initiative shall be released in any case in which the mortgagor loses his or her employment position as a law enforcement officer, teacher, firefighter, or emergency medical technician as a result of any reductions in force or other reason other than dismissal for cause.
 
Directs the Secretary of HUD, in making any real estate owned by HUD available for purchase, to provide a preference for purchase by public safety officers and teachers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Federal Zero Tolerance of Child Sexual Abuse Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3650
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2011-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Domestic violence and child abuse
Education
Education programs funding
Higher education
Law enforcement administration and funding
Sex offenses
Student aid and college costs
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: 
Federal Zero Tolerance of Child Sexual Abuse Act of 2011 - Prohibits the provision of federal funding to nonprofit organizations that deal with children and to institutions of higher education if the Attorney General determines that an officer or employee of such entity has failed to report known or suspected incidents of child sexual abuse to law enforcement.
 
Excepts federal student financial aid from that prohibition.
 
Sets the duration of the funding prohibition at from one to five years. Allows the Attorney General to reduce the duration of the prohibition or eliminate it altogether if there is good cause for taking such action and the nonprofit organization or school is enforcing policies to comply with this Act's reporting requirements.
 
Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require states receiving grants for child abuse or neglect prevention and treatment to require individuals employed in any position that involves direct contact with children to report known and suspected instances of child abuse and neglect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-12-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8914)
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to exempt certain creditors from the escrow account requirement for higher-priced mortgage loans, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-3651
Sponsor: Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12]
Introduced: 2011-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer credit
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: 
Amends the Truth in Lending Act, as amended by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, to make an exemption from the requirement that a creditor in a non-credit card consumer credit transaction secured by a first lien on the principal dwelling (other than a reverse mortgage) establish an escrow or impound account for mandatory periodic payments or premiums (including taxes, insurance, and ground rents).
 
 Exempts a creditor with less than $1 billion in assets from: (1) this requirement when the consumer credit transaction has an annual percentage rate exceeding the average prime offer rate for a comparable transaction as of the date the interest rate is set by 1.5 or more percentage points; and (2) any other provision of such Act that requires the creditor to establish an escrow or impound account with respect to such a transaction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Stopping Needless Additional Performance Bonuses (SNAP) Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3652
Sponsor: Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4]
Introduced: 2011-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Intergovernmental relations
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: 
Stopping Needless Additional Performance Bonuses (SNAP) Act of 2011 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (formerly known as the Food Stamp Act of 1977) to repeal the authority to make performance-based bonus payments to states under the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly food stamps).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Protect our Kids Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3653
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25]
Introduced: 2011-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: 
Protect our Kids Act of 2011 - Establishes the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities to conduct a thorough study on reducing fatalities from child abuse and neglect. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Allowing Local Emergency Response Technicians to Accept Cellular Texts Act

Bill: 112-hr-3654
Sponsor: Rep. Hochul, Kathleen C. [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2011-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Emergency communications systems
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: 
Allowing Local Emergency Response Technicians to Accept Cellular Texts Act or the ALERT ACT - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to complete a rulemaking requiring that if a consumer unsuccessfully attempts to communicate with a public safety answering point by sending a text message to 9-1-1 using a commercial mobile service, the provider of such service will respond with an error message to ensure that the consumer knows that the message has not been received by the answering point and to instruct the consumer on proper steps to reach emergency assistance.
 
Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that at least 10% of the federal funds awarded after enactment of this Act for emergency management performance grants authorized by the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 be used to test or implement equipment or services allowing members of the public to send 9-1-1 text messages to obtain emergency assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2011-12-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2011-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2011-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3655
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-40]
Introduced: 2011-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments
Securities
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: 
Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2011 - Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to revise the small issuer exemption from the requirement that each registered public accounting firm that prepares or issues the audit report for a securities issuer attest to, and report on, the issuer's management assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control structure and procedures for financial reporting. Specifies that this requirement shall not apply to an issuer that has a total public float for the relevant reporting period of less than $1 billion.
 
Prohibits this Act from being construed to relieve or exempt an issuer from the internal control reporting and assessment requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or from its requirement that officers of the issuer certify certain annual and quarterly reports. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Retirement Savings Security Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3656
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2011-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax deferral
Income tax exclusion
Life, casualty, property insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: 
Retirement Savings Security Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a qualified participant loan protection arrangement to allow a participant or beneficiary who receives any amount as a loan from an eligible retirement plan (i.e., a qualified trust, an annuity plan, or an annuity contract) the option to obtain protection against death and disability through: (1) a group insurance policy issued to the plan for the sole purpose of providing participant and beneficiary loan death and disability insurance, or (2) a debt protection product in which debt protection is provided through appropriate commercial contractual liability insurance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2011-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2011-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Emergency Re-establishment of Obligations (NERO) Act

Bill: 112-hr-3657
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2011-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Homeland security
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Nuclear power
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: 
Nuclear Emergency Re-establishment of Obligations (NERO) Act - Prohibits the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) from exercising emergency authority to make decisions or take actions otherwise reserved for the full Commission unless the Chairman has declared an emergency based upon: (1) an imminent safety threat to a facility or materials licensed or regulated by the NRC, or (2) a determination by senior officials of designated agencies that a security incident exists that poses an imminent threat to a facility or materials licensed or regulated by the NRC.
 
Prescribes additional procedures if the Chairman does declare such emergency exists.
 
Subjects to approval by the full Commission all appointments by the NRC Chairman of NRC officers.
 
Prescribes time limits for NRC review of requested briefs.
 
Directs the NRC to revise its procedures to ensure that any allegation of wrongdoing on the part of the NRC Chairman is referred to the Inspector General of the NRC.
 
Instructs the NRC Chairman to authorize all domestic and international travel requested by NRC members for official business unless a notice of disapproval is submitted to the full Commission specifying the basis for the disapproval.
 
Prohibits adoption of any budget or budget revision unless each NRC member has been given an opportunity to: (1) participate in the development of such budget or revision after being provided access to all relevant information, and (2) vote on the approval of such budget or revision. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Introduced in House