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Stillbirth and SUID Prevention, Education, and Awareness Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3418
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2011-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child health
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Genetics
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Law enforcement administration and funding
Licensing and registrations
Medical education
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Sex and reproductive health
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: 
Stillbirth and SUID Prevention, Education, and Awareness Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award grants for: (1) improving state comprehensive death scene investigations for sudden unexplained infant death (SUID) and sudden unexplained death in childhood (SUDC), and (2) increasing the rate of comprehensive and standardized autopsies for such deaths.
 
Requires the Director to: (1) develop national guidelines for a standard autopsy protocol for such deaths, and (2) commission a study on the benefits and appropriateness of genetic testing for infant and early childhood deaths that remain unexplained after investigation and autopsy.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to: (1) award grants for death scene investigation training specific for SUID and SUDC, (2) establish a population-based case registry for SUID and SUDC deaths, (3) conduct a needs assessment for investigations and determinations of such deaths, and (4) develop public education and prevention programs to reduce stillbirths and address the racial and ethnic disparities in occurrence.
 
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to: (1) award grants for child death review programs and prevention strategies; (2) establish a public health awareness and education campaign on SUID and SUDC; and (3) award grants for support services to families who have experienced SUID, SUDC, or stillbirth.
 
Provides for surveillance and data collection on stillbirths. 
 
Requires the Secretary to establish a task force to develop a national research plan to determine the causes of, and how to prevent, stillbirths.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: Introduced in House
Hotels for Heroes Act

Bill: 112-hr-3419
Sponsor: Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Introduced: 2011-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Military medicine
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Transportation costs
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-14
text:  
Hotels for Heroes Act - Expands the authority of the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to accept travel benefits to facilitate the travel of members of the Armed Forces during leave from active duty to include, as part of such benefits, points or awards for free or reduced-cost hotel accommodations. 
 Includes as benefits purposes: (1) providing humanitarian support to members and eligible beneficiaries receiving care through the military health care system, and (2) support to allow participation by members and their families in DOD-sponsored and authorized programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: Introduced in House
Philanthropic Facilitation Act

Bill: 112-hr-3420
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2011-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Business investment and capital
Business records
Department of the Treasury
Government information and archives
Income tax deductions
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Judicial review and appeals
Sales and excise taxes
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: 
Philanthropic Facilitation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) expand the definition of, and requirements relating to, "program-related investments" made by private foundations to for-profit entities to further certain charitable purposes; (2) allow a judicial determination (i.e., declaratory judgment) as to whether investments in any entity qualify as program-related investments; (3) require expanded reporting by for-profit entities that receive program-related investments of their gross income, expenses, disbursements, and other information; and (4) allow public inspection of any petition seeking a determination that an investment by a private foundation is a program-related investment and of any information reported by organizations receiving program-related investments. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: Introduced in House
SEND Act

Bill: 112-hr-3422
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2011-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Iraq
Mexico
Middle East
Military facilities and property
Military operations and strategy
New Mexico
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: 
Send Equipment for National Defense Act or SEND Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense, within one year after eligible equipment returns to the United States from Iraq, to transfer at least 10% of such equipment to federal and state agencies, with a preference to agencies that will use the equipment primarily for U.S. southern border security purposes. Defines as "eligible equipment" that equipment determined to be suitable for use in law enforcement activities, including surveillance unmanned aerial vehicles, night-vision goggles, and high mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicles (humvees).
 
Authorizes the Secretary to waive the transfer requirement in the case of equipment needed for immediate use, after certification to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7635-7636)
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Introduced in House
ABLE Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3423
Sponsor: Rep. Crenshaw, Ander [R-FL-4]
Introduced: 2011-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Disability and paralysis
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: 
Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2011 or the ABLE Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish tax-exempt ABLE accounts to assist an individual with a disability in building an account to pay for qualified disability expenses. Defines &quot;qualified disability expenses&quot; to include expenses for education, a primary residence, transportation, obtaining and maintaining employment, health and wellness, and other personal support expenses.
 
Treats a qualified ABLE program and an ABLE account in the same manner as a qualified tuition program for income tax purposes (i.e., allowing a tax exemption for such program and an exclusion from gross income of amounts attributable to a contributor to or a beneficiary of a program account). Defines &quot;qualified ABLE program&quot; as a program established and maintained by a state agency under which a person may make contributions to an ABLE account established to pay for qualified disability expenses.
 
Requires amounts in ABLE accounts to be disregarded in determining eligibility for Medicaid and other means-tested federal programs. Suspends the payment of supplemental security income benefits under title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to an individual during any period in which such individual has excess resources attributable to an ABLE account. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR  H7727-7728)
action_date: 2011-11-15
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: 2011-11-15
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: 2011-11-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2051-2052)
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Introduced in House
Sustainable States Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3424
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2011-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Economic performance and conditions
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Public-private cooperation
Solid waste and recycling
State and local government operations
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: 
Sustainable States Act of 2011 - Establishes a program under which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall provide no more than 20 grants to sustainable state consortia (partnerships consisting of local governments, states, public universities, and other municipal organizations, businesses, or nonprofit organizations) to establish and carry out municipal sustainability certification programs. Requires each grant to have a three year term. Defines &quot;municipal sustainability certification program&quot; as a program that: (1) determines a set of state-specific benchmarks for use in evaluating sustainability, and (2) certifies a municipality as sustainable based on documented achievement of those benchmarks. 
 
Directs the Administrator to: (1) establish flexible guidelines that reflect regional differences for use by such consortia in establishing such programs; (2) annually compile data from such consortia and report on municipal actions undertaken to obtain municipal sustainability certification; (3) encourage such consortia to establish certification standards beyond the guidelines established by the Administrator, adapt the administration of the program to meet regional or local needs, and plan for public-private partnership agreements that will sustain the operation of the certification program of a state beyond the term of the grant; and (4) establish a website that permits interactive dialogue and collaboration among community leaders and citizens engaged in municipal sustainability certification. 
 
Establishes a program under which the Administrator shall award no more than 20 project grants to municipalities certified by sustainable state consortia to extend the leadership of the municipalities in meeting sustainability challenges.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2011-11-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2011-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Introduced in House
Pathways Back to Work Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3425
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2011-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Disability and paralysis
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Government trust funds
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations
Unemployment
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: 
Pathways Back to Work Act of 2011 - Establishes in the Treasury the Pathways Back to Work Fund, with an initial appropriation of $5 billion.
 
Requires the Secretary of Labor to make certain Fund allocations to states with approved plans, qualifying outlying areas (U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of Palau), and Native American program grantees to provide: (1) subsidized employment to unemployed, low-income adults; and (2) summer and year-round employment opportunities to low-income youth.
 
Requires the Secretary to award competitive grants to local entities for work-based training and other work-related and educational strategies and activities of demonstrated effectiveness to provide unemployed, low-income adults and low-income youths with skills that will lead to employment.
 
Subjects activities funded under this Act to federal labor standards and nondiscrimination protections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Neighborhoods from Oil Pollution Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3426
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2011-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: 
Protecting Neighborhoods from Oil Pollution Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue final regulations requiring an owner or operator to permanently close any oil storage or processing facility that: (1) is located within one mile of 100 or more residential units if two or more discharges of more than 40 gallons of oil occur at such facility within any 10-year period, or (2) is the source of groundwater contamination affecting 100 or more residential units. Requires such closures to be completed by specified deadlines.
 
Requires such regulations to define &quot;permanently close&quot; to require: (1) all liquid and sludge to be removed from each container and connecting line associated with such facilities; (2) all such connecting lines and piping to be disconnected from such containers and blanked off, all valves (except for ventilation valves) to be closed and locked, and conspicuous signs to be posted on each container stating that it is a permanently closed container and noting the date of closure; and (3) other applicable laws to be followed with respect to clean up and remediation of any other contamination at, or originating from, such facilities. 
 
Prohibits the Administrator from including in such regulations exemptions to any of the requirements of this Act for discharges resulting from an act of God, an act of war, or U.S. negligence. 
 
Authorizes the Administrator to waive the requirement for closure of such facilities or grant an extension of the closure deadline if the Administrator determines that such owners or operators have taken or are taking all practicable steps to remediate the condition requiring closure.
 
Requires such conditions requiring closure to be considered to be: (1) a substantial threat to the public health or welfare of the United States for the purposes of federal removal authority and civil enforcement, or (2) an imminent and substantial endangerment to the health of persons or to the welfare of persons for the purposes of emergency powers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Reserve Act to replace the Federal Open Market Committee members representing the Federal Reserve banks with additional members appointed by the President, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-3428
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2011-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Reserve System
Monetary policy

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: 
Amends the Federal Reserve Act to replace the Federal Open Market Committee members representing the Federal Reserve banks with additional members appointed by the President, who shall give due regard to a fair representation of the financial, agricultural, industrial, commercial, consumer, and labor interests, and geographical diversity, of the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2012-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Introduced in House
Rigs to Reefs Habitat Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-3429
Sponsor: Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4]
Introduced: 2011-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Endangered and threatened species
Government trust funds
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: 
Rigs to Reefs Habitat Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to assess each offshore oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico that is no longer useful for operations, and has become critical for a marine fisheries habitat, to: (1) determine whether there are coral populations or other protected species in the platform's vicinity, and (2) identify any species in the vicinity that have recreational or commercial value.
 
Prohibits the removal of any such platforms until the Secretary has completed each assessment.
 
Requires suspension of the decommissioning of a platform if a substantial reef ecosystem is in the vicinity until the Secretary determines that decommissioning would not harm the ecosystem.
 
Exempts from certain platform removal deadlines any lessees who: (1) commit to entering a particular platform in the artificial reef program under the National Fishing Enhancement Act of 1984, and (2) initiate discussions with applicable states regarding potential artificial reef sites.
 
Allows a lessee to provide for reefing in place under the artificial reef program.
 
Permits states with a state rig-to-reef program to enter agreements with any appropriate entities to assume liability in federal water for a structure covered by the state program.
 
Establishes a Reef Maintenance Fund. Requires the owner of a rig enrolled in the artificial reef program to: (1) maintain a rig anode system, and (2) pay into the Fund 50% of the estimated platform removal costs for which the owner would have been responsible if it had not participated in the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Federal Communications Commission to extend the final deadline for private land mobile radio licensees to migrate to narrowband technology by 2 years.

Bill: 112-hr-3430
Sponsor: Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2011-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: 
Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to extend until January 1, 2015, the final deadline for private land mobile radio licensees in the 150-174 MHz and 421-512 MHz bands to migrate to narrowband technology. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from granting a waiver under section 211(f)(4) of the Clean Air Act for any fuel or fuel additive that will reduce fuel efficiency or cause or contribute to engine damage.

Bill: 112-hr-3431
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2011-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: 
Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from granting a waiver from prohibitions concerning new fuels and additives in light duty motor vehicles for any fuel or fuel additive that will: (1) reduce the fuel efficiency of the vehicle or engine, or (2) cause or contribute to any damage to the vehicle engine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Introduced in House