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Insurance Data Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-3559
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2011-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business records
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-05
text: 
Insurance Data Protection Act - Repeals the subpoena and enforcement powers of the Director of the Federal Insurance Office in the Department of the Treasury.
 
Declares that the sharing of any nonpublicly available data with or by the Office among other federal agencies, the state insurance regulators and their collective agents, or other entities does not affect any federal or state confidentiality privilege arising under federal or state law to which such data or information is otherwise subject.
 
 Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to exempt an insurance company from the subpoena powers of the Director of the Office of Financial Research in the Treasury.
 
Prescribes the treatment of data collected by financial regulators from a nonbank financial company that is an insurance company, including confidentiality procedures and agency disclosure requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2011-12-08
text: Prior to referral, consideration and markup held by the Subcommitte on Insurance, Housing, and Community Opportunity. Forwarded favorably by a yea and nay vote of 7-5 by the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2011-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2011-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity Prior to Introduction.
Meers Point Boundary Adjustment Act

Bill: 112-hr-3560
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2011-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Land transfers
Travel and tourism
User charges and fees
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-05
text: 
Meers Point Boundary Adjustment Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, after completing a survey of Meers Point which covers those portions of lots 34, 35, 37, and 38 that are currently within the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge in Yuma County, Arizona, to convey to the current landowner or landowners of certain properties within such lots (grantees) by quitclaim deed that federal land that is within each grantee's lot. 
 
Requires each grantee to pay a percentage of the total administrative costs incurred by the United States. Waives such payment respecting any conveyance of federal land to the state of Arizona. 
 
Requires any proceeds paid to the Secretary to remain available for visitor services and resource protection at the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2011-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Pension Promotion Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3561
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2011-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax deductions
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Sales and excise taxes
Self-employed
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-05
text: 
Small Business Pension Promotion Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to take steps to address any significant and broadly applicable decrease in the value of investments held by defined contribution plans and individual retirement accounts (IRAs), including by allowing: (1) taxpayers to use a later asset valuation date than otherwise required, and (2) additional time for making distributions from such plans and accounts.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a deduction in computing the net earnings from self-employment income for pension and IRA contributions, (2) allow a determination of the adjusted funding target attainment percentage for tax-exempt retirement plans without regard to the reduction for credit balances for funding-based limits on benefits under single employer plans, (3) repeal the excise tax on nondeductible contributions to qualified employer plans, and (4) provide a special rule for determining normal retirement age for certain existing defined benefit plans. Makes conforming amendments to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
 
Requires the Secretary to revise administrative rules governing interim amendments of qualified pension plans to provide greater flexibility and reduce plan sponsor burden.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2011-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2011-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Public Housing Tenants Respect Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3564
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2011-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Employment and training programs
National and community service
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: 
Public Housing Tenants Respect Act of 2011- Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to repeal its public housing community service and family self-sufficiency requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: Introduced in House
Fairness in Foreclosures Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3566
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2011-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer credit
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: 
Fairness in Foreclosures Act of 2011 - Declares that no action for a deficiency judgment arising from an obligation under a residential mortgage may be brought except in accordance with this Act.
 
Declares that no such deficiency judgment may be issued unless the court has determined that the foreclosure sale for the property securing repayment was conducted in accordance with specified requirements.
 
Specifies a formula for determining the total amount a plaintiff may recover in such a deficiency judgment.
 
Declares that no action for a deficiency judgment may be brought if the (nonrecourse) mortgage terms prohibit recovery after: (1) the residential property securing repayment of such obligation is sold at foreclosure sale, or (2) the mortgage is foreclosed in the manner provided under the law of the state in which the property is located.
 
Declares that if the mortgagor is a member of a low-income family: (1) no action may be brought for a deficiency judgment; and (2) a deficiency in recovery, from a foreclosure sale, of the full amount of the mortgage obligation may not be reported to any consumer reporting agency or disclosed to any person other than the mortgagor or the mortgagor's personal representative, unless such disclosure is otherwise required by law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: Introduced in House
Entrepreneur Startup Growth Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3571
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2011-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employment taxes
Government studies and investigations
Self-employed
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: 
Entrepreneur Startup Growth Act of 2011 - Directs the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in consultation with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), to establish a self-employment tax initiative grant program to provide certain self-employed individuals with modified adjusted gross incomes of $50,000 or less with affordable tax preparation and business development assistance. Authorizes the Commissioner to make program grants of not more than $75,000 to community-based organizations, microlenders, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, and local governments.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to study and report on such program, including program outcomes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8198)
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2011-12-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2011-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: Introduced in House
Cameras in the Courtroom Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3572
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2011-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Due process and equal protection
Supreme Court
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: 
The Cameras in the Courtroom Act of 2011 - Requires the Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless it decides by majority vote that allowing such coverage in a particular case would violate the due process rights of any of the parties involved.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2192)
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: Introduced in House
To revise the formula for allocating funding to States under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981.

Bill: 112-hr-3574
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-29]
Introduced: 2011-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy assistance for the poor and aged

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: 
Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to revise the formula for a state's allotment percentage for low-income home energy assistance to make it the percentage the state would have received under such Act as originally enacted in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-12-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2011-12-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2011-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: Introduced in House
Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3577
Sponsor: Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2011-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: 
Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2011 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) to require: (1) biennial (instead of annual) budget resolutions, (2) biennial appropriations Acts, and (3) biennial government strategic and performance plans.
 
Defines the budget biennium as the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-numbered year.
 
Makes conforming amendments to the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), and the CBA.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3583
Sponsor: Rep. Lankford, James [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2011-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: 
Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2011 - Makes specified provisional (automatic) continuing appropriations in the event that any regular appropriation bill for a fiscal year is not enacted before the beginning of such fiscal year, or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations is not in effect. (Thus prevents a federal government shutdown.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Community Postal Service Preservation and Cost Savings Act

Bill: 112-hr-3584
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-23]
Introduced: 2011-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: 
Community Postal Service Preservation and Cost Savings Act - Requires the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), in considering whether to close or consolidate a post office, to review and consider whether such post office can be co-located at a retail facility or municipal building within one mile of such post office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Stand By Every Ad Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3585
Sponsor: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]
Introduced: 2011-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Political advertising
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: 
 Stand By Every Ad Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the identification of funding and authorizing sources in communications expressly advocating the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate (as under current law) or which consist of the functional equivalent of express advocacy.
 
Prescribes special rules for express advocacy radio and television communications which are not authorized by a candidate, an authorized political committee of a candidate, or its agents. Requires individual disclosure statements about the head of the entity paying for the communication and about any other person that disbursed funds to the entity to finance the communication.
 
Requires disclosure of such identifying information within audio and video communications made through the Internet or e-mail.
 
Applies such disclosure requirements to prerecorded telephone calls.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3586
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2011-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Evidence and witnesses
Federal preemption
Health care quality
Health personnel
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: 
Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide that a health care professional shall not be liable under federal or state law for harm caused by any act or omission if: (1) the professional is serving as a volunteer for purposes of responding to a disaster; and (2) the act or omission occurs during the period of the disaster, in the professional's capacity as such a volunteer, and in a good faith belief that the individual being treated is in need of health care services.
 
Makes exceptions where: (1) the harm was caused by an act or omission constituting willful or criminal misconduct, gross negligence, reckless misconduct, or a conscious flagrant indifference to the rights or safety of the individual harmed; or (2) the professional rendered the health care services under the influence of intoxicating alcohol or an intoxicating drug.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2011-12-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Fair Pay to Medicaid Providers Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3587
Sponsor: Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2011-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: 
Fair Pay to Medicaid Providers Act of 2011 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to declare that a state plan shall not be in compliance with Medicaid prompt pay requirements unless it applies such requirements to claims relating to items and services furnished by any eligible person or entity in the same or similar manner as the plan applies such requirements to services furnished by a health care practitioner through an individual or group practice or through shared health facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Overseas Contractor Reform Act

Bill: 112-hr-3588
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business ethics
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: 
Overseas Contractor Reform Act - Requires any person found to be in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 to be proposed for debarment from any federal contract or grant within 30 days after judgment of such violation becomes final. Authorizes the head of a federal agency to: (1) waive such requirement for a federal contract or grant and to report such waiver to Congress within 30 days with a justification, and (2) exempt from debarment any person who voluntarily reports a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977. 
 
Declares that it is U.S. government policy that no government contracts or grants should be awarded to individuals or companies who violate that Act after the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House