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To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that schools have physical education programs that meet minimum requirements for physical education.

Bill: 112-hr-422
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Special education

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Physical Education to Create a Healthier Nation Act - Amends part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states and local educational agencies that receive school improvement funds under such part to ensure that their schools provide: (1) 150 minutes of physical education per week for elementary school students; (2) 225 minutes of physical education per week for middle and secondary school students; and (3) disabled students with such physical education as is determined appropriate under their individualized education programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Member Address Privacy and Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-423
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
Members of Congress
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Member Address Privacy and Protection Act - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require the appropriate state or local official to provide adequate technological security measures to prevent the addresses of the residences of Members of Congress from appearing on the computerized statewide voter registration lists required to be maintained by states under such Act.
 
Authorizes a Member seeking election for public office to meet any state law requirement to provide the appropriate election official with the Member's home address by filing an affidavit with the chief election official certifying that the Member is a state resident. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
LEVEL Act

Bill: 112-hr-424
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government studies and investigations
Motor fuels
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Leave Ethanol Volumes at Existing Levels Act or the LEVEL Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to revise the renewable fuel program, including by: (1) redefining &quot;renewable fuel&quot;; (2) reducing the percentage of renewable fuel that is required to be in gasoline sold or introduced into commerce in the United States (from 9% to 5.4% in 2008, 11.1% to 6.1% in 2009, 12.95% to 6.8% in 2010, 13.95% to 7.4% in 2011, and 15.2% to 7.5% in 2012); (3) revoking the renewable fuel standard for 2013-2022; (4) requiring the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration to provide to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) an estimate of the volumes of gasoline (currently of transportation fuel, biomass-based diesel, and cellulosic biofuel) projected to be sold or introduced into commerce in the following year; (5) making one gallon of cellulosic biomass ethanol or waste derived ethanol equivalent to 2.5 gallons of renewable fuel; (6) repealing provisions concerning cellulosic biofuel and biomass-based diesel; and (7) repealing a requirement that the Administrator of EPA promulgate fuel regulations to implement measures to mitigate adverse impacts on air quality as the result of renewable fuel requirements.
 
Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to repeal provisions requiring EPA to report to Congress on current and future impacts of the renewable fuel requirements on environmental issues, resource conservation issues, and the growth and use of cultivated invasive or noxious plants and their impacts on the environment and agriculture.
 
Prohibits the Administrator from permitting or authorizing (including by granting a waiver through the fuels and fuel additives waiver process) the introduction into commerce of an ethanol-gasoline blend containing greater than 10% ethanol by volume that is intended for general use in conventional gasoline-powered vehicles or engines.
 
Requires the Administrator to study: (1) the effects of the introduction into commerce of an ethanol-gasoline blend on consumer products; (2) the impact of such blend on engine performance of conventional gasoline-powered vehicles and nonroad engines, emissions from the use of the blend, and materials compatibility and consumer safety issues associated with the use of such blend; and (3) the ability of wholesale and retail gasoline distribution infrastructure to introduce such blend into commerce without widespread misfueling by consumers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Great Lakes Water Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-425
Sponsor: Rep. Dold, Robert J. [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Great Lakes
Lakes and rivers
Marine pollution
Pollution liability
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Great Lakes Water Protection Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) from intentionally diverting waste streams to bypass any portion of the treatment facility if the diversion results in a discharge into the Great Lakes unless: (1) the bypass is unavoidable to prevent loss of life, personal injury, or severe property damage; (2) there is no feasible alternative; and (3) the treatment works provides notice; or (4) the bypass does not cause effluent limitations to be exceeded and is for essential maintenance to ensure efficient operation of the treatment facility.
 
Requires: (1) such notice to be provided to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (or to a state with an approved permit program) prior to an anticipated bypass or by no later than 24 hours after the time at which the POTW first becomes aware of an unanticipated bypass; and (2) follow-up notice regarding the cause and duration of, volume of discharge resulting from, and public access areas affected by an unanticipated bypass.
 
 Includes among prohibited bypasses those resulting in discharges from a POTW that consist of effluent routed around treatment units and blended with effluent from treatment units prior to discharge.

Directs the Administrator to establish procedures to ensure that permits issued to POTWs under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System include requirements to implement this Act.
 
Provides an increased maximum civil penalty for violations occurring on or after January 1, 2031.
 
Applies the prohibition on diverting waste streams to a bypass occurring after the last day of the one-year period beginning on the date of this Act's enactment.
 
Establishes the Great Lakes Cleanup Fund from which amounts shall be provided for improving wastewater discharges.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
RIPE Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-426
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Free trade and trade barriers
Income tax credits
Motor fuels
Sales and excise taxes
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Remove Incentives for Producing Ethanol Act of 2011 or the RIPE Act of 2011- Amends the Clean Air Act to repeal the renewable fuel standard.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate the excise tax credit for alcohol fuel mixtures and the income tax credit for alcohol used as fuel.
 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for the duty free treatment for ethyl alcohol or a mixture containing ethyl alcohol if it is to be used as fuel. Applies such treatment to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouses for consumption, on or after the 15th day after the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-01-25
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: 2011-01-25
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: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 5-year recovery period for computer-based gambling machines.

Bill: 112-hr-427
Sponsor: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Computers and information technology
Gambling
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to classify any computer-based gambling machine, including slot machines and video lottery terminals, as five-year property for depreciation purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: Ms. Berkley asked unanimous consent to be the first sponsor of H.R. 427, and to have the authority to add co-sponsors. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-428
Sponsor: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Sales and excise taxes
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2011- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the excise tax on communication services (i.e., local telephone service, toll telephone service, and teletypewriter exchange service). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
HAMP Repeal and Deficit Reduction Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-430
Sponsor: Rep. Jordan, Jim [R-OH-4]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
HAMP Repeal and Deficit Reduction Act of 2011 - Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from providing any assistance on behalf of any homeowner under the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) under the Making Home Affordable initiative, authorized under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, unless before the enactment of this Act the homeowner was extended an offer to participate in such Program on a trial or permanent basis.
 
Nullifies and terminates all contracts between the Secretary and mortgage servicers under HAMP, except with respect to such homeowners.
 
Provides for use of unobligated HAMP funds for reducing the federal debt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
To eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-431
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy     .
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2011-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Ban Poisonous Additives Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-432
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Agriculture
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Ban Poisonous Additives Act of 2011 - Deems a food to be adulterated if its container: (1) is composed, in whole or in part, of bisphenol A, or (2) can release bisphenol A into food. 
 
 Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to grant one-year renewable waivers to a facility for a particular container if such facility: (1) demonstrates that it is not technologically feasible to replace bisphenol A in the container or to use an alternative container that does not contain bisphenol A, and (2) submits to the Secretary a plan and timeline for removing bisphenol A from such container. Sets forth labeling requirements for a product granted a waiver.
 
 Requires the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA), to review substances in order determine whether there is a reasonable certainty that no harm will result from aggregate exposure to such substance, taking into consideration potential adverse effects from low dose exposure and the effects on vulnerable populations and populations with high exposure. Sets forth remedial actions based on the Secretary's determination.
 
 Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require a manufacturer or supplier of a food contact substance to notify the Secretary of the identity and intended use of any such substance prior to its introduction into interstate commerce and of its determination that: (1) no adverse health effects result from low-dose exposures to such substance; and (2) such substance has not been shown, after tests which are appropriate for the evaluation of the safety of food contact substances, to cause reproductive or developmental toxicity in humans or animals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Natomas Basin Flood Protection Improvements Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-433
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Floods and storm protection
Lakes and rivers
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Natomas Basin Flood Protection Improvements Act of 2011 - Modifies the project for flood damage reduction, American and Sacramento Rivers, California, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct improvements to flood damage reduction facilities adjacent to those rivers in the vicinity of Sacramento, substantially in accordance with the report of the Chief of Engineers entitled &quot;American River Watershed (Common Features) Project, Natomas Basin, Sacramento and Sutter Counties, California,&quot; dated December 30, 2010, at a specified cost.

Requires the nonfederal interest to receive credit for expenses and in-kind contributions incurred for planning, design, and construction of the project and acquisition of lands, easements, rights-of-way, relocations, and dredged material disposal areas for the project. Requires such credit to be applied toward the nonfederal share of the project or of any other project for which the nonfederal interest has entered into a cost-sharing agreement with the Secretary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
To prevent the Secretary of the Treasury from hiring new employees to enforce the individual health insurance mandate.

Bill: 112-hr-434
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Department of the Treasury
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from hiring any employee to carry out or enforce the provision of the Internal Revenue Code, as added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, that requires individuals and their dependents to maintain minimum essential health care coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
National Flood Insurance Program Termination Act of 2010

Bill: 112-hr-435
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
National Flood Insurance Program Termination Act of 2010 [
sic
] - Prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from providing any new flood insurance coverage after December 31, 2013, or renewing any coverage provided before such date, under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968.
 
Terminates the National Flood Insurance Program on such date. Makes conforming repeal amendments to the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, the Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004, the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994, and the Federal Flood Insurance Act of 1956.
 
Grants the consent of Congress to any two or more states to enter into agreements or compacts for making flood insurance available to interested persons for loss and damage arising from any flood occurring in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2011-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Captain Emil Kapaun of the United States Army for acts of valor during the Korean War.

Bill: 112-hr-437
Sponsor: Rep. Pompeo, Mike [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Military personnel and dependents
North Korea
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Authorizes and requests the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Captain Emil Kapaun for acts of valor during the Korean War.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House