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To name the Department of Veterans Affairs telehealth clinic in Craig, Colorado, as the "Major William Edward Adams Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic".

Bill: 112-hr-1658
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Colorado
Congressional tributes
Health facilities and institutions
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) telehealth clinic in Craig, Colorado, as the &quot;Major William Edward Adams Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E736)
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Fuel Cell Industrial Vehicle Jobs Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1659
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Fuel Cell Industrial Vehicle Jobs Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a $4,000 new qualified fuel cell motor vehicle tax credit for motor vehicles weighing not more than 8,500 pounds that are manufactured primarily for use in carrying or towing loads or materials for commercial or industrial purposes (off-highway vehicles); (2) continue the maximum dollar amount of $8,000 for motor vehicles with at least 4 wheels weighing not more than 8,500 pounds that are manufactured primarily for use on public streets, roads and highways; (3) allow an enhanced credit for light (not more than 8,500 pounds) and heavy (more than 8,500 pounds) vehicles if such vehicles' fuel cell systems achieve a specified electricity generation efficiency rating; and (4) allow a new energy tax credit, through December 31, 2016, for qualified fuel cell property that is manufactured for use in powering qualified motive property. Defines &quot;qualified motive property&quot; as property which is manufactured primarily for carrying loads or materials for commercial or industrial purposes not on public streets, road, highways, or rails or operated primarily for recreational purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Faster Access and Shorter Transaction Time for Checks Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1660
Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Faster Access and Shorter Transaction Time for Checks Act of 2011 or FASTT Checks Act - Amends the Expedited Funds Availability Act to provide for faster access to funds deposited in a receiving depository institution by doubling the amounts available for withdrawal at specified earliest times after deposit.
 
Revises the next business day availability requirement for cash deposited in a new depositor account. Eliminates the exception from this rule (thus requiring next business day availability) for large deposits in large depository banks if a check: (1) has been truncated and cleared in accordance with the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act, and (2) is received for payment or deposit at a depositary bank with total assets of $10 billion or more.
 
Treats Saturday as a business day in the calculation of any period within which funds deposited in an account at a receiving depository institution are required to be available.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Tax Relief and Retirement Restoration Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1661
Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Credit and credit markets
Employee benefits and pensions
Sales and excise taxes
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Small Business Tax Relief and Retirement Restoration Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit until December 31, 2011, penalty-free distributions from an individual retirement account (IRA) or a qualified employer plan for the purpose of making loans to a small business to purchase depreciable property to be used by such business or for employee salaries or wages (other than for bonuses). Requires such loans to be repaid to the IRA within five years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Bank Accessibility Act

Bill: 112-hr-1662
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer affairs
Department of the Treasury
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Bank Accessibility Act - Amends the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 with respect to the requirement that, in examining a financial institution, the appropriate federal financial supervisory agency assess and take into account the institution's record of meeting the credit needs of its entire community, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.
 
Requires the appropriate federal financial supervisory agency, in making such an assessment, to consider as factors: (1) the branch distribution of such institutions in low- to moderate-income communities; and (2) the services provided to borrowers in such communities by such institutions, including free check cashing and debit card and ATM services. Requires the consideration of such factors to be weighted to account for approximately 33% of the institutions's rating.
 
Requires the appropriate federal financial supervisory agency to prescribe regulations that, in the case of any regulated financial institution receiving a low rating with respect to such factors, deny any of the institution's merger or expansion requests; and (2) impose a civil money penalty on the institution.
 
Requires deposit of collected civil monetary penalties in accounts made available to carry out the appropriate federal financial supervisory agency's responsibilities under the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977. 
 
Requires the appropriate federal financial supervisory agency to prescribe regulations that reward a regulated financial institution that receives a high rating with respect to such factors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to temporarily provide the work opportunity tax credit for small businesses hiring unemployed individuals.

Bill: 112-hr-1663
Sponsor: Rep. West, Allen B. [R-FL-22]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Income tax credits
Small business
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain small businesses with gross receipts in the preceding taxable year not exceeding $20 million a work opportunity tax credit for hiring individuals who have been receiving state unemployment compensation for not less than 4 weeks in the 1-year period ending on the hiring date. Increases the amount of wages eligible for such credit from $6,000 to $12,000 for the hiring of individuals in a high unemployment zone (a county that has an unemployment rate exceeding the greater of 4% or the national unemployment rate). Terminates such credit after December 31, 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Ewa Mozdzen, Jaroslaw Mozdzen, and Sylwia Mozdzen.

Bill: 112-hr-1665
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Provides for the relief of Ewa Mozdzen, Jaroslaw Mozdzen, and Sylwia Mozdzen.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Breaking Barriers to Oral Health Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1666
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2011-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Dental care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: 
Breaking Barriers to Oral Health Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to or enter into contracts with eligible entities to purchase portable or mobile dental equipment and to pay for appropriate operational costs for the provision of free dental services to underserved populations that are delivered in a manner consistent with state licensing laws.
 
Directs the Secretary to award grants to or enter into contracts with eligible entities to collaborate with state, county, or local public officials and other stakeholders in order to develop and implement initiatives to: (1) improve oral health education and dental disease prevention; (2) reduce barriers in a manner that increases dental provider participation in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP); (3) make the dental delivery system providing dental services under Medicaid or CHIP more efficient by taking actions necessary to facilitate the establishment of dental homes; and (4) address geographic, language, or cultural barriers in the provision of dental services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Transfer Clarification Act

Bill: 112-hr-1667
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2011-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Reserve System
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: 
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Transfer Clarification Act - Amends the the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to require the calendar date for the transfer of certain consumer financial protection functions from specified existing agencies to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) to be the later of: (1) the date that would have been designated, but for application of this Act, and (2) the date on which the Director of the Bureau is confirmed by the Senate.

action_date: 2011-05-27
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Transfer Clarification Act - Amends the the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to require the calendar date for the transfer of certain consumer financial protection functions from specified existing agencies to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) to be the later of: (1) the date that would have been designated, but for application of this Act, and (2) the date on which the Director of the Bureau is confirmed by the Senate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-19
text: Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Financial Services, H. Rept. 112-93, Part II.
action_date: 2011-07-19
text: Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Financial Services, H. Rept. 112-93, Part II.
action_date: 2011-05-27
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 51.
action_date: 2011-05-27
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 112-93.
action_date: 2011-05-27
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 112-93.
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 26.
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-05-04
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 8 .
action_date: 2011-05-04
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Hearings Held Prior to Introduction.
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Introduction and Referral.
Danny McIntosh Emergency Medical Service Providers Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-1668
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2011-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
First responders and emergency personnel
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: 
Danny McIntosh Emergency Medical Service Providers Protection Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1986 to include within the definitions of &quot;member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew&quot; and &quot;public safety officer&quot; for purposes of eligibility for public safety officers' benefits an officially recognized or designated employee or volunteer member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew that: (1) is a public agency or a nonprofit entity serving the public that is officially authorized or licensed to engage in rescue activity or to provide emergency medical services and that is officially designated as a prehospital emergency medical response agency, and (2) is engaging in rescue activity or in the provision of emergency medical services. 

Cancels $12 million of unobligated balances available under the Department of Justice (DOJ) Assets Forfeiture Fund.

Makes this Act applicable to injuries sustained on or after June 1, 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Introduced in House
License Plate Political Slush Fund Prevention Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1669
Sponsor: Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2011-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Licensing and registrations
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: 
License Plate Political Slush Fund Prevention Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to withhold 15% of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway funds if the state allows proceeds from license plate sales to go to partisan political organizations.
 
Requires funds withheld from a state to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit (or, if there is no federal budget deficit, to reduce the federal debt).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Sikes Act Amendments Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1670
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land use and conservation
Military facilities and property
National Guard and reserves
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: 
Sikes Act Amendments Act of 2011 - Amends the Sikes Act (conservation programs on military installations and facilities) to include under such Act's coverage state-owned facilities used for National Guard training.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to develop and implement an integrated natural resources management plan for a state-owned National Guard installation.

action_date: 2011-07-21
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Sikes Act Amendments Act of 2011 - Amends the Sikes Act (conservation programs on military installations and facilities) to include under such Act's coverage state-owned facilities used for National Guard training.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to develop and implement an integrated natural resources management plan for a state-owned National Guard installation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-21
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 115.
action_date: 2011-07-21
text: Committee on Armed Services discharged.
action_date: 2011-07-21
text: Committee on Armed Services discharged.
action_date: 2011-07-21
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-175, Part I.
action_date: 2011-07-21
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-175, Part I.
action_date: 2011-05-25
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2011-05-25
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-05-25
text: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.
action_date: 2011-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2011-05-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2011-05-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E779-780)
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Andrew Connolly Veterans' Housing Act

Bill: 112-hr-1671
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2011-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Housing for the elderly and disabled
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: 
Andrew Connolly Veterans' Housing Act - Extends through 2016 the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide specially adapted housing assistance to certain disabled veterans residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Provisions of measure incorporated into HR 1407.
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Scleroderma Research and Awareness Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1672
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
Introduced: 2011-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Immunology and vaccination
Medical research
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: 
Scleroderma Research and Awareness Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate NIH activities with respect to scleroderma, with particular emphasis on: (1) research focused on the etiology of scleroderma and the development of new treatment options; (2) clinical research to evaluate new treatments options; and (3) basic research on the relationship between scleroderma and secondary conditions, such as pulmonary hypertension, gastroparesis, Raynaud's phenomenon, and Sjogren's Syndrome.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to carry out an educational campaign to increase public awareness of scleroderma. Permits print, video, and web-based materials distributed through this campaign to include: (1) basic information on scleroderma and its symptoms; and (2) information on the incidence and prevalence of scleroderma, diseases and conditions affiliated with scleroderma, or the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of scleroderma.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16300 Broadway Avenue in Maple Heights, Ohio, as the "Daniel Kondas Post Office".

Bill: 112-hr-1673
Sponsor: Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2011-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Ohio
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16300 Broadway Avenue in Maple Heights, Ohio, as the "Daniel Kondas Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy     .
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Introduced in House