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Worker Protection Against Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-522
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Department of Labor
Fires
Labor standards
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Worker Protection Against Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Labor to promulgate an interim final standard regulating occupational exposure to combustible dust hazards, which shall apply to manufacturing, processing, blending, conveying, repackaging, and handling of combustible particulate solids and their dusts (including organic dusts, plastics, sulfur, wood, rubber, furniture, textiles, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, fibers, dyes, coal, metals, and fossil fuels), but shall not apply to processes already covered by the occupational safety and health standard on grain facilities.
 
Requires such standard to be based on portions of the National Fire Protection Association Standards in effect upon enactment of this Act that: (1) apply to existing facilities; or (2) call for source and dust emission control technologies.
 
Requires such standard also to provide requirements for: (1) a hazard assessment to identify, evaluate, and control combustible dust hazards; (2) a written program that includes provisions for hazardous dust inspection, testing, hot work, ignition control, and housekeeping; (3) engineering controls, administrative controls, and operating procedures; (4) workplace inspection and housekeeping to prevent accumulation of combustible dust in places of employment in depths that can present explosion, deflagration, or other fire hazards, including safe methods of dust removal; (5) participation of employees and their representatives in hazard assessment, development of and compliance with the written program, incident investigation, and other elements of hazard management; and (6) providing safety and health information and annual training to managers and employees and their representatives.
 
Requires the interim final standard to take effect 30 days after its issuance, and remain in effect until a final standard becomes effective, except that it may include a reasonable phase-in period for implementation of required engineering controls.
 
Requires the Secretary to issue: (1) a proposed rule for regulating combustible dust explosions that includes the major elements contained in the interim final standard, and (2) a final rule three years after issuance of a proposed rule.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
American Fuel Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-523
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Civil actions and liability
Federal district courts
Government liability
Jurisdiction and venue
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
American Fuel Protection Act of 2011 - Deems a claim for liability against a qualified entity as a claim against the United States for damages resulting from, or aggravated by, the use of transportation fuel containing ethanol in concentrations greater than 10% to operate an internal combustion engine. Abrogates U.S. sovereign immunity and makes the United States exclusively liable for such claims. Limits awards to actual damages sustained by a claimant.
 
Defines &quot;qualified entity&quot; to mean an entity engaged in the manufacture, use, sale, or distribution of: (1) transportation fuel or renewable fuel, or (2) products which use transportation fuel.
 
Grants U.S. district courts exclusive jurisdiction of any civil actions on such claims.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Consumer-driven Health Care Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-524
Sponsor: Rep. Quayle, Benjamin [R-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Prescription drugs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Restoring Consumer-driven Health Care Act of 2011 - Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, as added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, that: (1) limit payments from health and medical savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements solely to medications that are prescribed drugs or insulin, and (2) increase taxes on distributions from health and medical savings accounts that are not used for qualified medical expenses. 


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

Bill: 112-hr-526
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-44]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government trust funds
Motor carriers
Roads and highways
Trade restrictions
Transportation programs funding
User charges and fees
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Our Nation's Trade, Infrastructure, Mobility, and Efficiency Act or ON TIME Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to: (1) address major transportation investment needs in national trade gateway corridors, (2) reduce freight congestion along current and future trade corridors along surface transportation routes that are or will be congested as a result of current or future growth in international trade, and (3) develop corridors that will increase freight transportation system reliability.
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to assess and collect through FY2022 a national trade gateway corridor fee on each article imported into, and exported from, the United States. Requires collected fees to be deposited in the National Trade Gateway Corridor Fund for projects in the transportation trade corridors for the Customs port of unloading of imported, or loading of exported, articles. 
 
Sets forth requirements with respect to: (1) the allocation of Fund amounts in the form of grants to state departments of transportation to carry out eligible projects in the corridors for the Customs ports of entry, and (2) project selection and eligibility.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish a transportation trade corridor for each Customs port of entry where fees are collected.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-528
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to report to Congress on the epidemiology of, impact of, and appropriate funding required to address neglected diseases of poverty, including neglected parasitic diseases such as Chagas disease, cysticercosis, toxocariasis, toxoplasmosis, trichomoniasis, the soil-transmitted helminths, and other related diseases. Requires the report to provide the information necessary to guide future health policy to: (1) accurately evaluate the current state of knowledge concerning such diseases and define gaps in such knowledge, and (2) address the threat of such diseases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-02
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 11.
action_date: 2011-03-02
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 112-23.
action_date: 2011-03-02
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 112-23.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-02-11
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2011-02-11
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Savings Enhancement for Education in College Act

Bill: 112-hr-529
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Educational technology and distance education
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment taxes
Financial services and investments
Higher education
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Savings Enhancement for Education in College Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the allowance for payment of expenses for computer technology and equipment from qualified tuition programs, (2) allow a tax credit for contributions to such programs, (3) allow limited direction of investment of contributions or earnings in a qualified tuition program, and (4) allow an exclusion, up to $600, from the gross income of an employee for employer contributions to a qualified tuition program.


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

Bill: 112-hr-530
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor-management relations
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Worker Eligibility Fairness Act of 2011 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to eliminate the provision making a federal, state, or local government employee who is dismissed for participating in a strike against the federal government, the state, or a political subdivision of the state ineligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-531
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and carry out a Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program under which the Secretary agrees to make student loan repayments in exchange for a health professional providing frontline care services for two years in a frontline care scarcity area. Defines "frontline care services" as health care services in the fields of general surgery, optometry, ophthalmology, chiropractic, physical therapy, audiology, speech language pathology, pharmacies, public health, podiatric medicine, dietetics, occupational therapy, general pediatrics, respiratory therapy, medical technology, otolaryngology, or radiologic technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Fairness for Texas Schools Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-532
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Fairness for Texas Schools Act of 2011 - Repeals the requirement that the Secretary of Education deny Texas and its local educational agencies (LEAs) funds from the Education Jobs Fund until the state assures the Secretary that: (1) funds used to support elementary and secondary education shall be distributed based on the LEAs' relative shares of school improvement funds for the most recent fiscal year for which data are available; (2) such funds will not be used to supplant state formula funding that is distributed like school improvement funds; and (3) state funding for elementary and secondary education, as a percentage of the state's total revenue, will not be reduced through FY2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Natural Resources Conservation Service property in Riverside, California, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-533
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-44]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
California
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Land transfers
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey and quitclaim all interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real property, including improvements, located at 4500 Glenwood Drive in Riverside, California, and administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, to the Riverside Corona Resource Conservation District. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Credit.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 217 West King Street, Martinsburg, West Virginia, as the "W. Craig Broadwater Federal Building and United States Courthouse".

Bill: 112-hr-534
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Judges
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 217 West King Street, Martinsburg, West Virginia, as the &quot;W. Craig Broadwater Federal Building and United States Courthouse.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Military Families Financial Preparedness Act

Bill: 112-hr-535
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Financial services and investments
Housing finance and home ownership
Military personnel and dependents
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Military Families Financial Preparedness Act - Requires the following information to be included as part of preseparation counseling provided to members of the Armed Forces and their spouses: (1) survivor benefits available through the Secretary of Defense (DOD) or Veterans Affairs (VA); (2) budgeting, saving, credit, loans, and taxes; (3) home loan services and housing assistance available through DOD or the VA and counseling on responsible borrowing practices; and (4) additional counseling regarding the member's actual entitlement to benefits and how to apply for such benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Indian Healthcare Improvement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-536
Sponsor: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Abortion
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Indian social and development programs
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Indian Healthcare Improvement Act of 2011 - Reaffirms existing amendments to the Indian Health Care Improvement Act and certain other provisions of law relating to health care for Native Americans.
 
Prohibits federal funds provided by those amendments from being used to pay for any abortion or to cover any part of the costs of any health plan that covers abortion, except when a women's life would otherwise be endangered or the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Safe Food for Seniors Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-537
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Food industry and services
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Safe Food for Seniors Act of 2011 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require the full-time director of food services at a Medicare skilled nursing facility (SNF) or a Medicaid nursing facility, if not a qualified dietitian, to be a Certified Dietary Manager meeting the requirements of the Certifying Board for Dietary Managers or have equivalent military or academic qualifications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on 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: 2011-02-08
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: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
In Memory Medal for Forgotten Veterans Act

Bill: 112-hr-540
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Military personnel and dependents
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
In Memory Medal For Forgotten Veterans Act - Establishes the &quot;Jesus (Chuchi) Salgado Medal&quot; to be issued by the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to a veteran who died after serving in the Vietnam War but whose death is determined to be a direct result of such service and whose name is not eligible for placement on the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House