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Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3305
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2011-11-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime victims
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Government information and archives
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Lawyers and legal services
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-01
text: 
Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2011- Requires states to: (1) enact laws and adopt policies to grant child offenders who are serving a life sentence a meaningful opportunity for parole or supervised release at least once during their first 15 years of incarceration and at least once every 3 years thereafter, and (2) provide notice of such laws and policies to the public and to victims of child offenders. Defines &quot;child offender who is serving a life sentence&quot; as an individual who is convicted of one or more offenses where any act or acts in furtherance of the offense or offenses was committed before the individual attained the age of 18 and who is sentenced to a term of imprisonment for life or a term exceeding 15 years.
 
Requires the Attorney General to: (1) establish and implement a system of early release for each child offender who is under a life sentence in a federal prison, and (2) award grants to states to improve legal representation and other services for child defendants charged with or convicted of an offense carrying a possible sentence of life in prison. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-11-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-11-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-01
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing loan program.

Bill: 112-hr-3306
Sponsor: Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17]
Introduced: 2011-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: 
Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to repeal the advanced technology vehicles manufacturing incentive program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in House
American Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit Extension Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3307
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2011-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: 
American Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit Extension Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2016 the date by which specified alternative or renewable energy facilities (i.e., wind, biomass, geothermal or solar energy, landfill gas, trash, qualified hydropower, and marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy facilities) must be placed in service to qualify for the electricity production tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in House
Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act

Bill: 112-hr-3308
Sponsor: Rep. Pompeo, Mike [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2011-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Corporate finance and management
Electric power generation and transmission
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Income tax rates
Motor fuels
Nuclear power
Oil and gas
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: 
Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal: (1) the excise tax credits for alcohol fuel, biodiesel, and alternative fuel mixtures; (2) the tax credits for the purchase of certain plug-in electric vehicles and alternative motor vehicles; (3) the alternative fuel vehicle refueling property tax credit; (4) the tax credits for alcohol used as fuel and for biodiesel and renewable diesel used as fuel; (5) the enhanced oil recovery tax credit and the tax credit for producing oil and gas from marginal wells; (6) the tax credit for carbon dioxide sequestration; (7) the energy tax credit; and (8) the tax credits for investment in qualifying advanced coal projects and qualifying gasification projects. Terminates after 2012 the tax credits for the production of electricity from certain renewable resources and from advanced nuclear power facilities. 
 
Repeals the grant program under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for payments to invest in alternative and renewable energy property in lieu of tax credits. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe a flat income tax rate for corporations, in lieu of the existing marginal tax rates, based upon the overall revenue savings from the repeal of energy tax subsidies by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-11-02
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: 2011-11-02
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: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in House
America's Cup Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3311
Sponsor: Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2011-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Licensing and registrations
Marine and inland water transportation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: 
America's Cup Act of 2011 - Authorizes vessels operating in preparation for, or in connection with, the 34th America's Cup competition, that have been certified by the Administrator of the Maritime Administration to be eligible vessels, to position competing vessels and transport individuals, equipment, and supplies utilized for the staging, operations, or broadcast of the competition from and around U.S. ports. Deems such an eligibility certification to be conclusive evidence to the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of the qualification of a vessel to participate in the competition. Subjects to specified penalties any vessel participating in the 34th America's Cup as a competing or supporting vessel that has not received an eligibility certification or that is not in compliance with provisions regarding coastwise endorsement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in House
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3312
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2011-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Asia
Department of Homeland Security
Federal officials
Free trade and trade barriers
Homeland security
International organizations and cooperation
Public-private cooperation
Travel and tourism
User charges and fees
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: 
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), in coordination with the Secretary of State, during the seven-year period ending on September 30, 2018, to issue Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards to eligible persons, including business leaders and U.S. government officials actively engaged in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) business, who are in good standing in an international trusted traveler program of DHS.
 
Authorizes the DHS Secretary to collect a fee for the issuance of such cards that is sufficient to offset the costs associated with carrying out this Act. Establishes in the Treasury an APEC Business Travel Card Account into which such fees shall be deposited.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: See also H.R. 2042 and section Sec. 612 of H.R. 3116 under legislation referred, and S. 1487 under Legislation of Interest.
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in House
Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act

Bill: 112-hr-3313
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2011-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Financial services and investments
Sales and excise taxes
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: 
Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a .03% excise tax on the purchase of a security: (1) if such purchase occurs on a trading facility located in the United States, or (2) the purchaser or seller is a U.S. person. 
 
Defines "security" to include: (1) stocks, partnership interests, notes, bonds, debentures, or other evidences of indebtedness; and (2) interests in a derivative financial instrument (i.e., any option, forward contract, futures contract, notional principal contract, or any similar financial instrument). 
 
Exempts from such tax: (1) initial issues of securities; (2) any note, bond, debenture, or other evidence of indebtedness which has a fixed maturity of not more than 100 days; and (3) securities traded pursuant to certain lending arrangements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in House
Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act

Bill: 112-hr-3314
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
Introduced: 2011-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental health
Government information and archives
Health personnel
Medical research
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: 
Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act - Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to the impacts of climate change on health systems. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) publish a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals to prepare for and respond to the impacts of climate change on public health in the United States and other nations, particularly developing nations; (2) revise such plan periodically to reflect new information on the impacts of climate change on public health; (3) establish a permanent science advisory board to provide advice and recommendations on the domestic and international impacts of climate change on public health; and (4) contract with the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine to prepare a report that assesses the needs for health professionals to prepare for and respond to climate change impacts on public health. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in House
Direct M.D. Care Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3315
Sponsor: Rep. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2011-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: 
Direct M.D. Care Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program of pilot projects under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act under which the Secretary reimburses a qualified direct primary care medical home practice, using a monthly fee-based payment methodology.
 
Prohibits any pilot project from being established with respect to a medical home if the monthly fee for an enrolled individual exceeds $100. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-11-02
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: 2011-11-02
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: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in House
Voter Access Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3316
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2011-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Photography and imaging
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: 
Voter Access Protection Act of 2011 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a state or local election official from requiring an individual to: (1) present a photo identification (or a copy if voting by mail) as a condition for receiving or casting a ballot in any election for federal office, or (2) cast a provisional ballot solely on the grounds that the individual does not present a photo identification at the polling place. 
 Prohibits a state or local election election official from requiring an individual to provide a photo identification (or a copy if registering by mail) as a condition of registering to vote in an election for federal office.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7216)
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in House
Same Day Voter Registration Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3317
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2011-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: 
Same Day Voter Registration Act of 2011 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require states with a voter registration requirement to make same-day voter registration available at the polling place on the date of election itself (or on the day of voting under early voting).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7216)
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in House
Growing Jobs Through Capital Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3318
Sponsor: Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3]
Introduced: 2011-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: 
Growing Jobs Through Capital Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude gain from the sale or exchange of a capital asset from gross income for income tax purposes. Terminates such tax exclusion two years after the enactment of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in House
Compact-Impact Reimbursement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3320
Sponsor: Rep. Hanabusa, Colleen W. [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2011-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: American Samoa
Appropriations
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Guam
Hawaii
Health programs administration and funding
Immigrant health and welfare
Intergovernmental relations
International law and treaties
Law enforcement administration and funding
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Northern Mariana Islands
Oceania
Palau
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local finance
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: 
Compact-Impact Reimbursement Act of 2011 - Amends the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 to authorize and appropriate FY2012-FY2014 funds to the Secretary of the Interior for grants to Guam, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa for the costs of increased demands placed on health, educational, social, or public safety services, or infrastructure related to such services due to the residence of qualified nonimmigrants.
 
Directs the Secretary to provide for periodic enumerations of qualified nonimmigrants in Guam, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
 
Defines &quot;qualified nonimmigrant&quot; as a person admitted to the United States pursuant to: (1) section 141 of the Compact of Free Association set forth in title II, or (2) section 141 of the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the government of Palau.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2011-11-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in House
Supporting State Systems of Early Learning Act

Bill: 112-hr-3322
Sponsor: Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
Introduced: 2011-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child care and development
Child health
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
Performance measurement
Preschool education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: 
Supporting State Systems of Early Learning Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive, matching Quality Pathways grants to states that demonstrate the greatest progress toward establishing a high-quality system of early learning that includes: (1) state early learning standards; (2) preservice and ongoing training for staff; (3) the systematic review, rating, and monitoring of early learning programs for ameliorative purposes; (4) parental involvement; (5) health, disability, and family support services and referrals for participating children; (6) an early learning data system; and (7) a process for evaluating children's school readiness and ensuring their effective transition to the public school system.
 
Requires the grant to be used to further such progress and move more disadvantaged children into higher quality programs. Permits grantees to apply to the Secretary to reserve up to 25% of their grant to expand disadvantaged children's access to the highest quality early learning programs offering full-day, full-year services.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive Development grants to states that were not awarded a Pathways grant, but commit to developing a high-quality system of early learning that includes the components listed above.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish indicators to measure state progress in meeting grant objectives, and states to establish Secretary-approved benchmarks for success that are based on those indicators.
 
Requires the Secretary to use certain reserved funds to: (1) establish a competitive grant demonstration program for Native American school readiness programs; (2) provide technical assistance to states to help them qualify for, apply for, and maintain this Act's grants; and (3) support the Institute of Education Sciences' research into, and evaluation of, this Act's grant-related activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Flexibility for States Act

Bill: 112-hr-3326
Sponsor: Rep. Quayle, Benjamin [R-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2011-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: 
Medicaid Flexibility for States Act - Authorizes a state to limit the application within the state of specified provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that expand the program under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act by enacting a law that: (1) expresses the intent of the state to opt out of one or more of the provisions of PPACA, and (2) contains a list of the provisions that will not apply to the state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in House