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Policyholder Disaster Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2101
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2011-06-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Disaster relief and insurance
Income tax deductions
Insurance industry and regulation
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-02
text: Policyholder Disaster Protection Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow insurance companies (other than life insurance companies) to make tax deductible contributions to a tax-exempt policyholder disaster protection fund established by this Act for the payment of policyholders' claims arising from certain catastrophic events, such as windstorms, earthquakes, fires, or floods.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade     .
action_date: 2011-06-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-06-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-02
text: Introduced in House
FCC Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act

Bill: 112-hr-2102
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2011-06-02 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-02
text: 
FCC Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to permit each commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to appoint an electrical engineer or computer scientist to provide technical consultation and to interface with the Office of Engineering and Technology and other FCC bureaus and technical staff. 
 
Requires such engineer or scientist to hold an undergraduate or graduate degree in his or her field of expertise.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2011-06-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-06-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-02
text: Introduced in House
SSI Savers Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2103
Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2011-06-02 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Employee benefits and pensions
Higher education
Inflation and prices
Poverty and welfare assistance
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-02
text: 
SSI Savers Act of 2011 - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) increase resource limits for aged, blind, or disabled individuals who do not have an eligible spouse; (2) require an inflation adjustment for such individuals, regardless of whether a spouse is eligible; (3) provide a limited exclusion from resources of certain deferred compensation and education savings arrangements; (4) set forth income rules imputing income from certain deferred compensation arrangements; and (5) eliminate the requirement that SSI recipients apply for periodic payments from certain deferred compensation arrangements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2011-06-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-06-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-02
text: Introduced in House
High Risk Rural Roads Safety Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2107
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2011-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: 
High Risk Rural Roads Safety Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to carry out a program to improve the safety of high risk rural roads.
 
Requires the Secretary to apportion formulated percentages of federal funds to states to carry out specified projects and activities to improve the safety of such roads.
 
Prescribes the federal share of project costs at 90%.
 
Authorizes a state to use not more than 1.25% or $100,000 (whichever is greater) of apportioned funds for a road safety assessment program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2108
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2011-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Government information and archives
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Performance measurement
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: 
Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require alignment of updates for ambulatory surgical center (ASC) services under a revised prospective payment system (PPS) with updates for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services. 
 
Revises requirements for the reporting of quality measure data by ASCs and hospital OPDs.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish an ASC value-based purchasing program under which each ASC that the Secretary determines meets (or exceeds) performance standards established, with respect to selected quality measures, for the performance period for a calendar year is eligible for shared savings in the form of a payment increase determined according to a specified formula.
 
Revises requirements for the composition of the expert outside advisory panel the Secretary of HHS is required to consult during the annual review of the clinical integrity of the groups and payment weights in the PPS for hospital OPD services. Requires the panel to include suppliers subject to the PPS as well as at least one ASC representative.
 
States that the conditions for coverage of ASC services specified by the Secretary shall not prohibit ASCs from providing individuals with any notice of rights or other required notice on the date of a procedure if more advanced notice is not feasible under the circumstances, including when a procedure is scheduled and performed on the same day.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-06-03
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: 2011-06-03
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: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Savings Account for Every American Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2109
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2011-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Life, casualty, property insurance
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Self-employed
Social security and elderly assistance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: 
Savings Account for Every American Act of 2011 - Allows employees and self-employed individuals with a Social Security number to elect to participate in a S.A.F.E. account. Defines such an account as a trust created exclusively for the benefit of an individual or his or her beneficiaries. Requires: (1) employers of electing employees to establish a payroll deduction program to make employee contributions (6.2% of wages) to such accounts, and (2) employer matching contributions after a participating employee has maintained an account for 15 years. Imposes penalties on employers who fail to make required payroll deductions or pay deducted wages to S.A.F.E. accounts.
 
Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to study how to extend S.A.F.E. Accounts to federal civilian and military employees. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt S.A.F.E. Accounts from income taxation. Allows a tax deduction from gross income for cash contributions to such an account. Includes distributions from such an account in employee gross income, with specified exceptions for distributions after the Social Security retirement age or death, for purchase of certain insurance contracts, and for rollovers.
 
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code to exempt S.A.F.E. Account participants from Social Security taxes and exclude such participants from OASDI coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy     .
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Transportation Infrastructure Improvements on Federal Lands Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2113
Sponsor: Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2011-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: General public lands matters
Indian lands and resources rights
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Public transit
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: 
Transportation Infrastructure Improvements on Federal Lands Act of 2011 - Makes eligible for federal-aid highway assistance preventive maintenance activities on federal lands highways the appropriate federal land management agency demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) are a cost-effective means of extending the useful life of such a highway.
 
Authorizes the use of Federal Lands Highway Program funds for: (1) trails used primarily for transportation; and (2) maintenance of highways, roads, parkways, and trails used primarily for transportation located on public lands, national parks, and Indian reservations, provided such maintenance will improve the asset management of such facilities.
 
Sets the federal share of the cost of a high priority project located on public lands or an Indian reservation, or in a national park or wildlife refuge, at 100%.
 
Makes eligible for federal-aid highway assistance any projects in the vicinity of a federally owned or managed park, refuge, or recreational area open to the general public (Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks Program) that: (1) are part of an alternative transportation program in which implementation is expected to last more than one year; or (2) involve capital investment grants financing operating costs of fixed guideway projects and systems, buses and related equipment, and bus-related facilities for which capital investment grant assistance has been provided.
 
Earmarks 60% of funds made available to the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks Program each fiscal year for qualified alternative transportation projects in national parks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1040-1041)
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Reducing the Size of the Federal Government Through Attrition Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2114
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2011-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: 
Reducing the Size of the Federal Government Through Attrition Act of 2011 - Requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to take appropriate measures to ensure that: (1) the total number of federal employees, beginning in FY2015, does not exceed 90% of the total number of such employees as of September 30, 2011; (2) agencies do not appoint, until the end of FY 2014, more than one employee for every three employees retiring or otherwise separating from government service; and (3) there is no increase in the procurement of service contracts due to this Act unless a cost comparison demonstrates that such contracts would be financially advantageous to the federal government. Requires OMB to continuously monitor all agencies and make a determination whether the total number of federal employees exceeds the limitation imposed by this Act. 
 
Prohibits a federal agency from filling any vacancy unless OMB provides written notice to the President and Congress that the number of federal employees does not exceed the limitation established by this Act. 
 
Allows the President to waive the workforce limitations imposed by this Act if the President determines that the existence of a state of war or other national security concern or the existence of an extraordinary emergency threatening life, health, public safety, property, or the environment so requires. Allows the President additional discretion to waive such workforce limitations if the President determines that the efficiency of a federal agency or the performance of its critical mission so requires.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy     .
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Filipino Veterans of World War II Family Reunification Act

Bill: 112-hr-2115
Sponsor: Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2011-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Asia
Citizenship and naturalization
Conflicts and wars
Family relationships
Immigration status and procedures
Philippines
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: 
Filipino Veterans of World War II Family Reunification Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt from worldwide or numerical limitations on immigrant visas sons and daughters of Filipino World War II veterans who were naturalized under the Immigration Act of 1990.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1050)
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2116
Sponsor: Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2011-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Asia
Citizenship and naturalization
Conflicts and wars
Family relationships
Immigration status and procedures
Philippines
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: 
Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt from worldwide or numerical limitations on immigrant visas the sons and daughters of Filipino World War II veterans who were naturalized under the Immigration Act of 1990 or other specified federal law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1050)
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the National Labor Relations Act relating to the authority to enjoin State laws that are preempted by or conflict with such Act.

Bill: 112-hr-2118
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2011-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Federal preemption
Labor-management relations
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: 
Amends the National Labor Relations Act to deny the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) any authority to enjoin or otherwise restrain the enforcement of any state law on the grounds that it is preempted by or conflicts with the Act. Authorizes the Board to refer its determinations regarding such state laws to the Attorney General.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Ryan Creedon Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2119
Sponsor: Rep. Bono Mack, Mary [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2011-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: 
Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to require: (1) the Attorney General to require practitioners, as a condition on registering or renewing registration to dispense controlled substances in schedules II, III, IV, or V, to obtain particular training or special certification meeting standards established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on controlled substance addiction and abuse and on appropriate and safe use of such controlled substances; and (2) such training or certification to be provided by a medical society, a medical licensing board of the state where the practitioner is licensed, an accredited continuing education provider, or another organization that the Secretary determines is appropriate. 

 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include individuals who have exhausted all rights to emergency unemployment compensation under title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 as a targeted group for purposes of the work opportunity tax credit.

Bill: 112-hr-2120
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2011-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Income tax credits
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a work opportunity tax credit for hiring a 99er (defined by this Act as an individual who has exhausted all rights to emergency unemployment compensation under the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 during the period beginning on December 1, 2007, and ending on the individual's hiring date). Reduces the amount of such credit (40% to 25%) for employees who remain employed for 120 hours, but less than 400 hours, and in the second year of employment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
China Democracy Promotion Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2121
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2011-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Asia
China
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Family planning and birth control
Family relationships
Human rights
Immigration status and procedures
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Lawyers and legal services
News media and reporting
North Korea
Political movements and philosophies
Protest and dissent
Racial and ethnic relations
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Religion
Sanctions
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: 
China Democracy Promotion Act of 2011 - Authorizes the President to deny U.S. entry to an alien who: (1) holds a position in the senior leadership of the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC), or is an immediate family member of such person; (2) through his or her business dealings with senior PRC leadership derives significant financial benefit from policies or actions that undermine democratic institutions in the PRC; (3) has participated in the PRC's coercive birth limitation policy; (4) has participated in the repression or persecution of Tibetans, Uyghurs, Mongolians, or other ethnic minority; (5) has participated in the trafficking of North Korean refugees; or (6) is a member of the PRC's security or law enforcement services and has participated in the repression or persecution of any individual in violation of such individual's human rights.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House