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Southwest Cross-border Violence Recognition Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2124
Sponsor: Rep. Canseco, Francisco "Quico" [R-TX-23]
Introduced: 2011-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Congressional oversight
Crimes against property
Criminal justice information and records
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Latin America
Mexico
New Mexico
Organized crime
Texas
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: 
Southwest Cross-border Violence Recognition Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS): (1) within 180 days, to report on metrics to be used to gauge the incidents or occurrences of cross-border violence and on how the resulting findings shall be quantified for periodic reporting; and (2) every 90 days after submitting such report, to report on incidents or occurrences of cross-border violence, incorporating such metrics and including information and crime statistics from federal, state, local, and tribal sources.
 
Requires such metrics to include: (1) border sheriff and state law enforcement reports on crime, vandalism, theft, burglary, apprehensions, accidents, and capital crimes; (2) reports from local hospitals in border states regarding the number of individuals treated for wounds obtained during acts of cross-border violence; (3) the impact to property values and businesses along the border as a result of factors such as acts of vandalism, theft, burglary, destruction of property, and intimidation; and (4) accounts of cross-border violence reported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and other federal agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2011-06-03
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: 2011-06-03
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: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Electronic Paycard Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2125
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2011-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Employment discrimination and employee rights
User charges and fees
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: 
Electronic Paycard Protection Act of 2011 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1933 to require an employer who pays or wishes to pay an employee by means of an electronic payroll card to provide certain disclosures to the employee at the time he or she is provided the option to enroll in the electronic payroll card program.
 
Includes among such disclosures, in addition to all terms and conditions governing the card's use, that: (1) the employee has the ability to access his or her wages as well as electronically check the available balance through use of the card, (2) no fees may be assessed to the employee for ordinary card use, (3) the employer shall maintain payroll funds accessible by means of the card only in an insured depository institution or an insured credit union, (4) the employer shall offer the employee the option of wage payment through direct deposit to the employee's checking or savings account, and (6) the employee may not be terminated for opting not to participate in the program.
 
Makes it unlawful for any person to violate the requirements of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
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
Risk Retention Modernization Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2126
Sponsor: Rep. Campbell, John [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2011-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business ethics
Business records
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Federal preemption
Government studies and investigations
Insurance industry and regulation
Life, casualty, property insurance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: 
Risk Retention Modernization Act of 2011 - Amends the Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986 to require the Director of the Federal Insurance Office to: (1) report periodically to the President and Congress on the extent of state compliance with the Act's prohibition against state regulation of risk retention and purchasing groups that are not domiciliaries of the state; and (2) issue certain corporate governance standards, meeting specified criteria, for risk retention groups.
 
Extends the coverage of the Act to risk retention groups offering commercial property insurance. Applies to commercial property insurance the exemption of purchasing groups from state law.
 
Revises procedures for: (1) submitting financial documents to state insurance commissioners, and (2) mandatory disclosures.
 
Imposes a fiduciary duty upon the board of directors of a risk retention group to operate in the best interests of the group.
 
Redesignates the Act as the Risk Retention Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
NEWBORN Act

Bill: 112-hr-2127
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2011-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: 
Nationally Enhancing the Wellbeing of Babies through Outreach and Research Now Act or the NEWBORN Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award five-year grants to eligible entities to create, implement, and oversee infant mortality pilot programs. Defines &quot;eligible entity&quot; to mean a county, city, territorial, or tribal health department that has submitted a proposal to the Secretary that the Secretary deems likely to reduce infant mortality rates within the standard metropolitan statistical area involved.
 
Requires the Secretary to give preference to eligible entities proposing to serve any of the 15 counties or groups of counties with the highest rates of infant mortality in the United States in the past three years. Sets forth uses of grant funds, which may include: (1) developing a plan that identifies the individual needs of each community to be served and strategies to address those needs; (2) providing outreach to at-risk mothers; (3) developing and implementing standardized systems for improved access, utilization, and quality of social, educational, and clinical services to promote healthy pregnancies, full-term births, and healthy infancies delivered to women and their infants; (4) establishing a rural outreach program to provide care to at-risk mothers in rural areas; (5) establishing a regional public education campaign; and (6) coordinating efforts between health departments to be served through the infant mortality program and existing entities that work to reduce the rate of infant mortality within an area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
STEAM (Stripping The E-Prescribe Arbitrary Mandates) Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2128
Sponsor: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2011-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: 
STEAM (Stripping the E-Prescribe Arbitrary Mandates) Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to Medicare payments for physicians' services to: (1) repeal administrative penalties (payment adjustments) for eligible professionals who are not successful electronic prescribers, (2) remove e-prescribing as an element for demonstrating meaningful use of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology, and (3) exclude e-prescribing from shared savings program reporting requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-16
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
Drunk Driving Repeat Offender Prevention Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2129
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2011-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: 
Drunk Driving Repeat Offender Prevention Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to withhold specified graduated percentages of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway funds for FY2014-FY2016 if the state has not enacted and is not enforcing a law requiring the installation of an ignition interlock device for a minimum of 180 days on each motor vehicle operated by an individual convicted of driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence (having a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08% or greater).


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
Federal Employees Responsible Investment Act

Bill: 112-hr-2130
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2011-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business ethics
Financial services and investments
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: 
Federal Employees Responsible Investment Act - Provides for the establishment of a Corporate Responsibility Stock Index Fund as an investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). 
 
Directs the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to select a minimum of one index which is a commonly recognized, passively managed index comprised of stocks based on criteria which shall at a minimum include corporate governance, environmental practices, workplace relations and benefits, product safety and impact, international operations and human rights, involvement with repressive regimes, and community relations. Requires that the index's financial track record be comparable to that of the other options available under TSP.
 
Directs that the Fund be invested in a portfolio which shall be designed such that the percentage of the Fund that is invested in each stock is the same as the percentage determined by dividing the aggregate market value of all shares of that stock by the aggregate market value of all shares of all stocks included in such index.


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
Protect HUBZones Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2131
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2011-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Economic development
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: 
Protect HUBZones Act of 2011
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Amends the Small Business Act to revise the definition of "redesignated area" for HUBZone designation purposes to extend the time period during which a census tract or nonmetropolitan county that loses its HUBZone status due to the 2010 census may be so designated.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Skin Cancer Prevention, Education, and Consumer Right-To-Know Act

Bill: 112-hr-2132
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2011-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cancer
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Medical research
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: 
Skin Cancer Prevention, Education, and Consumer Right-To-Know Act - Requires the proposed rule issued by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA) pertaining to over-the-counter sunscreen drug products to take effect 180 days after enactment of this Act, unless the Commissioner issues a final rule that includes formulation, labeling, and testing requirements for both ultraviolet B (UVB) and ultraviolet A (UVA) radiation protection before such time.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement a general, nationwide education campaign identifying the risks posed by sun exposure without the use of a sunscreen providing broad-spectrum protection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2134
Sponsor: Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2011-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Medicaid
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: 
Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act of 2011 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the state option to include nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and physician assistants as primary care case managers. Specifies as primary care case managers any nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, or physician assistant that provides primary care case management services under a primary care case management contract.
 
Revises the coverage of certain nurse practitioner services under the Medicaid fee-for-service program to remove the specification of certified pediatric nurse practitioner and certified family nurse practitioner in order to extend such coverage to services furnished by a nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist. Includes nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, physician assistants, certified nurse midwives, and certified registered nurse anesthetists in the mix of service providers which Medicaid managed care organizations are required to maintain. 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Improvement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2135
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: American Samoa
Cancer
Guam
Medicaid
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: 
Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends titles XI and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to: (1) eliminate funding limitations for the territories of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa with respect to payments for medical assistance for certain individuals eligible for it only on the basis of being breast or cervical cancer patients; and (2) apply to such assistance a federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for the highest state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (CEJA) of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2136
Sponsor: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]
Introduced: 2011-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Jurisdiction and venue
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: 
Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (CEJA) of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to grant jurisdiction over and impose penalties on federal contractors and employees who commit certain crimes outside of the United States while employed by or accompanying any agency of the United States other than the Department of Defense (DOD). Sets forth the crimes under federal law that are covered by this Act. Exempts an authorized intelligence activity that is carried out by or on behalf of any element of the intelligence community and conducted in accordance with law.
 
Directs the Attorney General to: (1) assign personnel and resources through task forces to investigate allegations of criminal offenses by federal contractors and employees overseas, and (2) report to Congress annually on the number of prosecutions and actions taken. Grants the Attorney General principal authority for the enforcement of this Act. 

Provides for an optional venue for offenses under this Act involving federal employees and contractors overseas in the district in which is headquartered the U.S. agency that: (1) employs the offender, or any one of two or more joint offenders; or (2) the offender is accompanying, or that any one of two or more joint offenders is accompanying.
 
Requires the statute of limitations for an offense under this Act to be computed without regard to any time the alleged offender is outside the United States.


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 House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Empowering More Productive and Lasting Opportunity Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2137
Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2011-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Employment taxes
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: 
Empowering More Productive and Lasting Opportunity Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow states, for a five-year period, to implement an employment assistance voucher program, in lieu of paying unemployment compensation directly to e mployees, under which an individual who is eligible for unemployment compensation and is likely to exhaust such compensation is issued an employment assistance voucher and is hired by a participating employer who receives a subsidy from the state for the wages paid to the employee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
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