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Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2741
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care coverage and access
Medicare
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend Medicare coverage to medical nutrition therapy services for people with pre-diabetes and risk factors for developing type-2 diabetes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-08-01
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: 2011-08-01
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: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Hire, Train, Retain Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2742
Sponsor: Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Employment and training programs
Employment taxes
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Hire, Train, Retain Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow non-governmental employers an exemption from, or reduction in, employment taxes during the period beginning on the enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2015, for hiring certain unemployed individuals who are trained by such employers in a qualified job training program (an in-house program providing specific training for available jobs offered by such employers), and (2) allow an employer an increase in the business-related tax credit for each worker retained by such employer who was employed on any date during the taxable year for a period of not less than 52 consecutive weeks. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest System land in Pound, Virginia.

Bill: 112-hr-2743
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey, without consideration, to the Mullins and Sturgill Cemetery Association of Pound, Virginia, specified National Forest System land in the Jefferson National Forest in Wise County, Virginia, which contains the Mullins and Sturgill Cemetery and its access road. 
 
Requires such conveyance to be subject to the condition that the real property be accepted by the recipient in its "as is" condition at the time of conveyance.
 
Requires such property's exact acreage and legal description to be determined by a survey that is satisfactory to the Secretary, the cost of which to be borne by the recipient. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Federal Aviation Employees Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2744
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government trust funds
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Federal Aviation Employees Protection Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make amounts in the Airport and Airway Trust Fund available to pay personnel compensation and benefits for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees funded from appropriations or authorizations provided on or before July 22, 2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2011-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1463-1464)
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Cancer Centers Assistance for Renovations and Expansion Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2747
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-27]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Building construction
Cancer
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Cancer Centers Assistance for Renovations and Expansion Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program that provides loans to qualifying cancer centers for payment of the capital costs of projects for the improvement of research, prevention, or patient care infrastructure.
 
Sets the maximum amount of such loans at: (1) $50 million for any cancer center or comprehensive cancer center designated by the National Cancer Institute, and (2) $100 million for any entity that is a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center and a cancer hospital meeting certain requirements for a subsection (d) hospital.
 
(Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system [IPPS] when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-08-01
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: 2011-08-01
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: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Smart Electronics Act

Bill: 112-hr-2748
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government information and archives
Product development and innovation
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Smart Electronics Act - Requires the Secretary of Energy (DOE) and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to submit a report that: (1) assesses the potential for cost-effective integration of smart electronics technologies and capabilities in all products that are reviewed for potential designation as Energy Star products, (2) assesses the growth of consumer electronics utilization and the associated energy consumption, (3) analyzes the potential energy savings and electricity cost savings that could accrue through specific Energy Star program focus on smart electronics, and (4) analyzes and ranks the potential of cost-effective smart electronics technologies. 
 
 
Defines &quot;smart electronics&quot; to mean consumer electronics that include measures to reduce energy use and increase energy efficiency, such as: (1) power-factor correction, (2) stand-by power mode, (3) communication with smart grid and in-home and networked energy monitoring equipment, (4) on-demand and variable processing speed semiconductors, (5) off-peak operation and charging, (6) low power switchable modes, and (7) the ability to achieve greater efficiency with multiple functions on semiconductors.
 
Requires the Secretary and the Administrator, to the extent consistent with report findings, to: (1) develop a smart electronics emphasis as part of the implementation of the Energy Star program, and (2) establish within that program a Smart Electronics Registry that provides a voluntary mechanism for electronics manufacturers and sellers to register their smart electronics products. Directs the Secretary and the Administrator to work with: (1) manufacturers to develop testing and verification protocols to ensure that products qualify as smart electronics, and (2) sellers to develop qualification criteria for smart electronics sales location labeling.
 
Permits states to enact smart electronics standards more stringent than protocols and criteria established under this Act.
 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1460-1461)
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the investment tax credit for combined heat and power system property.

Bill: 112-hr-2750
Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Income tax credits
Lighting, heating, cooling

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the energy tax credit for investment in combined heat and power system property to: (1) increase the capacity limitations for such property; and (2) expand the definition of such property to include property which produces electrical or mechanical energy from recovered waste energy using back-pressure turbines, rankine, sterling, kalina, or other heat engines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1478-1479)
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Joining Forces for Military Mental Health Act

Bill: 112-hr-2751
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Mental health
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Joining Forces for Military Mental Health Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense, through community partnerships with private nonprofit organizations, to carry out a three-year pilot program assessing the enhancement of Department of Defense (DOD) efforts in research, treatment, education, and outreach on mental health and substance use disorders and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in members of the National Guard and Reserves and their family members and caregivers.
 
Allows the Secretary, using a competitive or merit-based award process, to award up to five grants to such community partners, provided that the awardee agrees to make matching contributions from nonfederal sources (whether public or private) of at least $3 for each $1 provided under the grant.
 
Requires grant-seeking organizations to submit an application including a description of proposed collaboration initiatives and existing research efforts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
BLM Live Internet Auctions Act

Bill: 112-hr-2752
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Energy revenues and royalties
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Oil and gas
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
 BLM Live Internet Auctions Act - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct onshore oil and gas lease sales through Internet-based live bidding methods.
 
Directs the Secretary to analyze the first 10 such lease sales, including estimates of: (1) increases or decreases in such lease sales, compared to sales conducted by oral bidding; and (2) the total cost or savings to the Department of the Interior as a result of such sales, compared to sales conducted by oral bidding. 
 

action_date: 2012-01-18
text: 
 BLM Live Internet Auctions Act - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct onshore oil and gas lease sales through Internet-based bidding methods.
 
Requires each individual Internet-based lease sale to be concluded within seven days.
 
Directs the Secretary to analyze and report on the first 10 such lease sales, including estimates of: (1) increases or decreases in such lease sales compared to sales conducted by oral bidding; and (2) the total cost or savings to the Department of the Interior as a result of such sales, compared to sales conducted by oral bidding. 
 
Requires the report to evaluate the demonstrated or expected effectiveness of different structures for lease sales which may provide an opportunity to better maximize bidder participation, ensure the highest return to the federal taxpayers, minimize opportunities for fraud or collusion, and ensure the security and integrity of the leasing process.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 252.
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-371.
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-371.
action_date: 2011-10-05
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2011-10-05
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-10-05
text: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
action_date: 2011-09-13
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Fishery Management Transparency and Accountability Act

Bill: 112-hr-2753
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Fishery Management Transparency and Accountability Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to direct each Regional Fishery Management Council to make available on the Internet website of the Council: (1) a live broadcast of each meeting of the Council, the science and statistical committee, and the coordination committee that is not closed for certain national security, employment, or litigation briefing matters; and (2) complete audio, complete video if the meeting was in person or by video conference, and a complete transcript of each such meeting for a specified period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-01
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Share Your Spare Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2755
Sponsor: Rep. Kissell, Larry [D-NC-8]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Income tax credits
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Share Your Spare Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable, one-time, tax credit for a donation of a qualified life-saving organ for transplantation by a living individual into another individual. Defines "qualified life-saving organ" as a kidney, liver, lung, pancreas, intestine, bone marrow, or any part thereof. Limits the annual amount of such credit to $10,000 of the unreimbursed costs and lost wages incurred by an organ donor in connection with an organ transplant.
 
Amends: (1) the Public Health Service Act to reduce federal living organ donation grants by any tax credit for organ donation received under this Act, and (2) the National Organ Transplant Act to provide that any such tax credit shall not be deemed valuable consideration for purposes of the ban against organ purchases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-08-01
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: 2011-08-01
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: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Individual Recovery Assistance Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2756
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Housing finance and home ownership
Sales and excise taxes
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Individual Recovery Assistance Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) suspend for a one-year period the penalty on premature distributions from tax-exempt pension plans for mortgage payments or as unemployment compensation, and (2) increase from 70-1/2 to 75 the age at which taxpayers must begin taking taxable distributions from their pension plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Iraq Withdrawal Accountability Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2757
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
International law and treaties
Iraq
Middle East
Military facilities and property
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Iraq Withdrawal Accountability Act of 2011 - Declares that it is the policy of the United States to withdraw all U.S. Armed Forces and military contractors from Iraq by December 31, 2011.
 
Prohibits any agreement between the United States and Iraq amending the timeline for such withdrawal in a manner obligating the United States to a security commitment to respond to internal or external threats against Iraq after such date from being in force with respect to the United States unless the agreement is in the form of a treaty requiring advice and consent of the Senate (or is intended to take that form in the case of an agreement under negotiation) or is specifically authorized by an Act of Congress enacted after enactment of this Act.
 
Prohibits, except for protection of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, the use of funds to: (1) maintain U.S. Armed Forces or military contractors in Iraq after December 31, 2011; and (2) establish any military installation or base for the permanent stationing of such forces in Iraq.
 
Prohibits the use of funds to exercise U.S. control over any oil resource of Iraq.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2758
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor standards
Women's employment
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2011 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include lactation (i.e., breastfeeding or the expressing of milk from the breast) as protected conduct under such Act (specifically, an amendment to such Act commonly known as the Pregnancy Discrimination Act). 
 
Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to extend the requirement that certain employers provide reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child to bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity employees or outside salesmen who are exempt from federal labor laws that limit the number of hours in a workweek. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1471)
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House