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Medical Gas Safety Act

Bill: 112-hr-2227
Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Licensing and registrations
Surgery and anesthesia
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Medical Gas Safety Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to set forth provisions regarding the regulation of medical gases, including to establish a certification and approval process for medical gases. Lists designated medical gases, including oxygen, nitrous oxide, and medical air. Requires the Secretary to: (1) approve a certification for designated medical gases; and (2) establish by rule appropriate procedures for the approval of medical gases that are not designated medical gases.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish regulations for medical gases, including: (1) appropriate current good manufacturing practice requirements, (2) separate labeling requirements, (3) separate wholesale distribution requirements, (4) a streamlined electronic process for registration and listing of medical gases, and (5) separate and proportionate product tracking and anti-counterfeiting rules for medical gases.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish: (1) a separate risk-based inspection regime specific to medical gas manufacturers that ensures coordination with state and local inspection activities, and (2) the Medical Gas Advisory Committee to provide the Secretary with regular guidance and specific advice on medical gas regulatory activities.
 
Directs the Secretary to assess and collect fees with respect to drugs that are non-designated medical gases, and establish the amount of fees to generate the total amount of costs of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) regulation of non-designated medical gases. Exempts medical gases from new drug fees and new animal drug fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
STEM 2 Act

Bill: 112-hr-2228
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
Performance measurement
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
STEM Support for Teachers in Education and Mentoring (STEM) Act or STEM 2 Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award competitive planning grants to states, Indian tribes or tribal organizations, nonprofit organizations, or institutions of higher education to develop effective state or tribal science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) networks that coordinate STEM education efforts by: (1) facilitating communication and collaboration among public and private STEM stakeholders, and (2) identifying STEM occupational skills needed in the future.
 
Directs the Secretary to award competitive grants to states, Indian tribes or tribal organizations, local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, or nonprofit organizations to develop, implement, and evaluate STEM education training programs for teachers and administrators in elementary, middle, and secondary schools.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish a national panel to identify and recommend the most effective STEM curricula models for kindergarten through grade 12.


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

Bill: 112-hr-2229
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Student-to-School Nurse Ratio Improvement Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make matching demonstration grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) in which the student-to-school nurse ratio in each of their public elementary and secondary schools is 750 or more students to every school nurse to reduce such ratio.
 
Gives grant priority to LEAs that serve a high number or percentage of impoverished students and demonstrate the greatest need for new or additional nursing services for their students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2230
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Business records
Employment and training programs
Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Historical and cultural resources
Humanities programs funding
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Sales and excise taxes
State and local finance
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation of foreign income
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose a tax on each Internet gambling licensee equal to 2% of all funds deposited by Internet gambling customers of such licensee for placing a bet or wager and an additional 50% tax on unauthorized bets or wagers; (2) require such licensees to keep daily records of gambling deposits and file informational returns identifying themselves and the individuals placing bets or wagers with them; (3) require licensees to pay state and Indian tribal governments an amount equal to the monthly pro rata state and Indian tribal government online gambling tax; (4) require withholding of tax on net Internet gambling winnings and on the gross amount of winnings of nonresident aliens; and (5) extend the excise tax on wagers to include wagers placed within the United States or any commonwealth, territory, or possession by a U.S. citizen or resident.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make grants to states to carry out an American Heritage Program through state arts agencies. Allocates .5% of the tax revenues received after December 31, 2010, that are attributable to Internet gambling to the American Heritage Block Grant Fund to finance the American Heritage Program.
 
Amends the Social Security Act to establish the Transitional Assistance Trust Fund to finance state plans for transitional education and job training assistance to individuals who are, or were formerly, in foster care. Allocates 25% of the tax revenues received after December 31, 2010, that are attributable to Internet gambling to the Trust Fund.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-16
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: 2011-06-16
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: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Ethanol Modernization and Deficit Reduction Act

Bill: 112-hr-2231
Sponsor: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Motor fuels
Oil and gas
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Ethanol Modernization and Deficit Reduction Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to advance the termination date of the income and excise tax credits for ethanol from December 31, 2011, to June 30, 2011; (2) extend the tax credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property expenditures and the cellulosic biofuel producer tax credit; (3) extend the bonus depreciation allowance for cellulosic biofuel plant property; and (4) revise the definition of cellulosic biofuel for purposes of the cellulosic biofuel producer tax credit. 
 
Exempts the budgetary effects of this Act from PAYGO scorecard requirements under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 36, United States Code, to grant a Federal charter to the American Military Retirees Association, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-2232
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Federally chartered organizations
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Grants a federal charter to the American Military Retirees Association.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Breast Cancer Patient Equity Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2233
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Surgery and anesthesia
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Breast Cancer Patient Equity Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend coverage to custom fabricated breast prostheses after a mastectomy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
CARE Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2234
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Crimes against children
Department of Labor
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Labor standards
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Worker safety and health
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Children's Act for Responsible Employment of 2011 or the CARE Act of 2011 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to define &quot;oppressive child labor,&quot; for purposes of the Act's child labor prohibitions, as the employment of any employee who is: (1) 16 or 17 in any occupation found by the Secretary of Labor to be particularly hazardous for their employment or detrimental to their health or well-being; (2) 14 or 15, unless the employment is confined to periods which do not interfere with the employee's schooling, health, or well-being; or (3) under 14.
 
Revises the Act's exemptions to make the restrictions on oppressive child labor inapplicable to the following: (1) employment in agriculture of an employee under 18 years of age by his or her parent, or by a person standing in the place of the parent, on a farm owned by the parent or person (current law uses an age- and consent-based scheme); and (2) employment of an employee under age 16 by a parent, or a person standing in place of a parent, other than in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or any other employment the Secretary finds to be particularly hazardous for the employment of children age 16 or 17 or detrimental to their health or well-being (current law applies the child labor restrictions to particularly hazardous agricultural employment, except where the child is employed by a parent or a person standing in place of the parent on a farm owned or operated by such person).
 
 
Eliminates any waiver of such prohibitions for hand-harvesting of certain crops.
 
Increases civil and establishes criminal penalties for child labor violations.
 
Directs the Secretary to revise federal child labor regulations to prohibit the employment of children under 18 in duties involving the handling of pesticides.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Child Trafficking Victims Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-2235
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Human trafficking
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Child Trafficking Victims Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to require live training of all DHS personnel who come into contact with unaccompanied alien children. 
 
Sets forth related protections for such children regarding: (1) prompt placement with the Office of Refugee Resettlement, (2) qualified resources at appropriate ports of entry, (3) confidentiality, and (4) access to counsel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
To promote the strengthening of the private sector in Egypt and Tunisia.

Bill: 112-hr-2237
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Budget deficits and national debt
Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Economic development
Egypt
Foreign aid and international relief
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Middle East
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Terrorism
Tunisia

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund Act - Authorizes the President to establish or designate a private, nonprofit organization (the Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund) to promote: (1) the Egyptian private sector and joint U.S.-Egyptain ventures, (2) good corporate governance and transparency in Egypt, and (3) security through job creation and the creation of an Egyptian middle class.
 
 
Tunisian-American Enterprise Fund Act - Authorizes the President to establish or designate a private, nonprofit organization (the Tunisian-American Enterprise Fund) to promote: (1) the Tunisian private sector and U.S.-Tunisian joint ventures, (2) good corporate governance and transparency in Tunisia, and (3) security through job creation and the creation of a Tunisian middle class.
 
Authorizes the President to make grants to carry out a Fund's purposes provided that the Fund agrees to: (1) liquidate its assets and dissolve not later than December 31, 2021, unless the Secretary of State determines that the Fund should be extended; (2) ensure that grant funds are not provided to or through any individual, private or government entity, or educational institution that advocates, or engages or has engaged in money laundering or terrorist activity; or (3) return any remaining funds to the the U.S. Treasury to be used to reduce U.S. debt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the incentives for the production of biodiesel, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-2238
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Coal
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government studies and investigations
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Motor fuels
Oil and gas
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the income and excise tax credits for biodiesel used as fuel to: (1) allow a $1.00 tax credit for each gallon of biodiesel produced, (2) provide for an increased income tax credit for small biodiesel producers, (3) revise the definitions of "biodiesel" and "small biodiesel producer," (4) treat renewable diesel in the same manner as biodiesel for income tax purposes, and (5) treat biodiesel as a taxable fuel for excise tax purposes. Extends the biodiesel income and excise tax credits through December 31, 2014.
 
Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress by June 30, 2015, on tax preferences for the production of fuel and electricity from renewables and fossil fuels and their benefits and costs to the environment and the economy.


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

Bill: 112-hr-2239
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders Research Enhancement Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate NIH activities with respect to functional gastrointestinal and motility disorders (FGIMDs), including by: (1) expanding basic and clinical research into FGIMDs by implementing the research recommendations of the National Commission on Digestive Diseases, (2) providing support for the establishment of centers of excellence on FGIMDs, (3) directing the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to provide the necessary funding for the continued expansion and advancement of the FGIMDs research portfolio through intramural and extramural research, and (4) directing such Institute and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to expand research into FGIMDs that impact children.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to engage in public awareness and education activities to increase understanding and recognition of FGIMDs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in House