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To temporarily extend expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-1963
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2011-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Telephone and wireless communication
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: 
Amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 to extend through June 3, 2011, provisions concerning roving electronic surveillance orders and requests for the production of business records and other tangible things.
 
Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to extend until June 3, 2011, a provision revising the definition of an &quot;agent of a foreign power&quot; to include any non-U.S. person who engages in international terrorism or preparatory activities (&quot;lone wolf&quot; provision).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2011-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2011-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1964
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2011-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: 
Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax deduction for charitable contributions by individuals and corporations of real property interests for conservation purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Foreign Language Education Partnership Program Act

Bill: 112-hr-1966
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2011-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Area studies and international education
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Higher education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: 
Foreign Language Education Partnership Program Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to replace the program providing incentive payments to public elementary schools for foreign language instruction with a partnership program in foreign languages that provides matching grants to partnerships composed of state or local educational agencies and institutions of higher education.
 
Requires such partnerships to establish, improve, or expand model programs of foreign language learning from kindergarten through grade 12 that increase the number of high school graduates who attain advanced proficiency in at least one foreign language.
 
Requires each model program to have a dimension allowing the student to gain an understanding of the historic, geographic, cultural, economic, and other contextual factors of countries whose people speak the language studied. Conditions a partnership's continued funding for two additional five-year periods, after an initial four-year funding period, on its demonstrating its program's effectiveness based on nationally recognized standardized foreign language assessments.
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to collect and analyze data on such programs annually and disseminate aggregated program data nationally, as well as information on successful programs and practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Water Advanced Technologies for Efficient Resource Use Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1967
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2011-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Public contracts and procurement
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: 
Water Advanced Technologies for Efficient Resource Use Act of 2011 - Establishes within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a WaterSense program to identify and promote water efficient products, buildings and landscapes, and services to reduce water use, conserve energy, and preserve water resources. Sets forth the duties of the EPA Administrator for promoting, publicizing, and administering the WaterSense program.
 
Requires federal agencies to purchase WaterSense products or services or a Federal Energy Management Program designated product through their procurement process. 
 
Establishes a program to provide financial incentives for consumer purchase and installation of residential water efficient products and services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2011-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform .
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and 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: 2011-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and 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: 2011-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and 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: 2011-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Cold War Service Medal Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1968
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2011-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military history
Military personnel and dependents
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: 
Cold War Service Medal Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to issue the Cold War Service Medal to members of the Armed Forces who were discharged or released under honorable conditions after having: (1) served on active duty for at least 24 consecutive months during the Cold War (September 2, 1945, through December 26, 1991), (2) deployed outside the continental United States for at least 30 days during such period, or (3) performed other Cold War service as the Secretary of Defense (DOD) may prescribe.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should expedite the design of the Medal as well its issuance to eligible members.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Introduced in House
To provide for private-sector solutions to certain pension funding challenges, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-1969
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2011-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Employee benefits and pensions
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: 
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), provided certain conditions are met, to allow the sponsor of an underfunded multiemployer benefit plan to accept from an employer a ratified collective bargaining agreement that provides for a reduction in plan employer contributions as well as appropriate reduction in the level of future benefit accruals for plan participants for up to five years during the plan funding adoption period, funding improvement period, rehabilitation adoption period, and rehabilitation period.
 
Conditions such an allowance upon the PBGC's determination that: (1) the contributing employer will be unable to pay its debts when due and to continue business without a reduction in its contribution rates; (2) the contributing employer's aggregate withdrawal liability with respect to all multiemployer pension plans exceeds $750 million (or an appropriate lower amount as the PBGC may determine); (3) the collectability of the withdrawal liability is very doubtful if the contributing employer were to withdraw from the plan; (4) the reduced contributions are not reasonably expected to have an adverse effect on the PBGC deficit; and (5) other creditors, stakeholders, and parties to which the contributing employer is obligated have accepted comparable reductions.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2011-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2011-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Introduced in House
National Childhood Brain Tumor Prevention Network Act

Bill: 112-hr-1970
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2011-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cancer
Child health
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: 
National Childhood Brain Tumor Prevention Network Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish, administer, and coordinate within the National Center for Environmental Health a National Childhood Brain Tumor Prevention Network to: (1) provide grants for research on the causes of and risk factors associated with childhood brain tumors; (2) assemble a panel of experts to provide ongoing guidance and recommendations on research funded by the Network, including on a common study design and standard protocols; and (3) designate a central laboratory to collect, analyze, and aggregate data with respect to research funded by the Network and to make such data and analysis available to researchers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Introduced in House
National Mall Revitalization and Designation Act

Bill: 112-hr-1972
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
District of Columbia
Monuments and memorials
National Capital Planning Commission
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: 
National Mall Designation and Revitalization Act - Authorizes the National Capital Planning Commission (the Commission) to modify the boundaries of Areas I and II of the National Mall in the District of Columbia reserved for the location of commemorative works of preeminent historical and lasting significance to the United States. Prohibits such a decision from being subject to review. Requires the Commission to notify the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of General Services (GSA), the National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission, and certain congressional committees of any boundary modification made under such authority. 
 
Allows the Secretary or the Administrator to submit a recommendation to Congress that the legislative authority for a commemorative work be terminated before the expiration date of the legislative authority applicable to the work, if the person authorized to establish the work does not possess the capacity or resources to successfully complete the project for the establishment of the work before that expiration date. 
 
Directs: (1) the Commission to prepare recommendations for improving upon the process required for the selection, design, and subject matter of commemorative works in the District of Columbia and its environs; and (2) the Secretary to submit a plan to enhance cultural experiences in, and visitor enjoyment, amenities, and the vitality of, the National Mall. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E940)
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Public Officials Accountability Act

Bill: 112-hr-1973
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2011-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: 
Public Officials Accountability Act - Amends the federal criminal code to include as a fraud offense a scheme or artifice by a public official to engage in undisclosed self-dealing. Defines &quot;undisclosed self-dealing&quot; to mean: (1) performing an official act to benefit or further a financial interest of such public official, a spouse or minor child, a general business partner, a business or organization in which the public official is serving as an employee, officer, director, trustee, or general partner, or an individual, business, or organization with whom the public official is negotiating for, or has any arrangement concerning, prospective employment or financial compensation; and (2) knowingly falsifying, concealing, covering up, or failing to disclose material information regarding a financial interest as required by law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Job Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-1976
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Tim [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2011-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Industrial facilities
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: 
Job Protection Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that an employer's expression or written dissemination of views, argument, or opinion regarding the costs associated with collective bargaining, work stoppages, or strikes shall not constitute antiunion animus or unlawful motive (an unfair labor practice), if such expression contains no threat of reprisal or force or promise of benefit.
 
Denies the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), unless an employer has been adjudicated finally to have unlawfully undertaken certain actions, any power to: (1) order the employer to relocate, shut down, or transfer any existing or planned facility or work or employment opportunity; (2) prevent the employer from making such relocations, transfers, or expansions to new or existing facilities in the future; or (3) prevent the employer from closing or not developing a facility, or from eliminating an employment opportunity.
 
Declares that, unless an employer has been so adjudicated, nothing under the Act shall: (1) prevent the employer from choosing where to locate, develop, or expand its business or facilities; (2) require the employer to move, transfer, or relocate any facility, production line, or employment opportunity, or require the employer to cease or refrain from doing so; or (3) prevent the employer from closing a facility or eliminating any employment opportunity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Recovering Missing Children Act

Bill: 112-hr-1978
Sponsor: Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2011-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-25
text: 
Recovering Missing Children Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the disclosure of tax returns and return information to officers and employees of state or local law enforcement agencies who are partnering with a federal agency in investigations of missing or exploited child cases and who are personally and directly engaged in such investigations. Limits the use of such information solely for locating a missing child, in a grand jury proceeding, or in any preparation for judicial or administrative proceedings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-05-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E948)
action_date: 2011-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Gold Star Mothers National Monument Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1980
Sponsor: Rep. Runyan, Jon [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2011-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: District of Columbia
Military personnel and dependents
Monuments and memorials

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-25
text: 
Gold Star Mothers National Monument Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Gold Star Mothers National Monument Foundation to establish a monument in the District of Columbia area, as a unit of the National Park System, to be known as the Gold Star Mothers National Monument.
 
Prohibits using federal funds to pay the expenses of establishing the monument.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Community Forestry Conservation Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1982
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2011-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Income tax exclusion
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-25
text: 
Community Forestry Conservation Act of 2011 - Provides for the treatment of qualified forest conservation bonds as tax-exempt facility bonds under the Internal Revenue Code. Defines &quot;qualified forest conservation bonds&quot; as bonds issued for certain forestry organizations within 48 months after the enactment of this Act. Requires 95 percent or more of the net proceeds of such bonds to be used for specified forestry project costs, including the acquisition of forest lands subject to a conservation restriction. 
 
Exempts from income tax income, gains, and other tax incidents generated by certain harvesting activity on forest lands purchased with qualified forest conservation bonds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-25
text: Introduced in House
States' Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-1983
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2011-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-25
text: 
States' Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), within six months of enactment of this Act, to submit to the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) a recommendation on the listing of marijuana within the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and to recommend listing it as other than a Schedule I or Schedule II substance.
 
Requires the Administrator of DEA, within 12 months of enactment of this Act, based upon the recommendation of the National Academy of Sciences, to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking for the rescheduling of marijuana within the CSA, which shall include a recommendation to list marijuana as other than a Schedule I or Schedule II substance.
 
Declares that no provision of the CSA or the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act shall prohibit or otherwise restrict, in a state in which the medical use of marijuana is legal under state law: (1) the prescription or recommendation of marijuana for medical use by a medical professional or the certification by a medical professional that a patient has a condition for which marijuana may have therapeutic benefit; (2) an individual from obtaining, manufacturing, possessing, or transporting within their state marijuana for medical purposes, provided the activities are authorized under state law; (3) a pharmacy or other entity authorized to distribute medical marijuana from obtaining, possessing, or distributing marijuana to authorized individuals; or (4) an entity authorized by a state or local government from producing, processing, or distributing marijuana for such purposes.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-25
text: Introduced in House