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White House Conference on Food and Nutrition Act

Bill: 112-hr-1382
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2011-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Presidential administrations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: 
White House Conference on Food and Nutrition Act - Directs: (1) the President to call the White House Conference on Food and Nutrition to be convened in order to make fundamental policy recommendations on ways to end hunger and to improve nutrition in the United States; and (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), and the Secretary of the Treasury to plan and conduct the Conference.
 
Sets forth Conference provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Geothermal Tax Parity Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1384
Sponsor: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2011-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: 
Geothermal Tax Parity Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow through 2016 a 30% energy tax credit for investment in geothermal energy property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Free Market Sugar Act

Bill: 112-hr-1385
Sponsor: Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2011-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural trade
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: 
Free Market Sugar Act - Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to repeal the sugar loan program.
 
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to repeal the feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers.
 
Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to repeal sugar marketing allotment provisions. 
 
Replaces sugar quota import shortfall provisions with a provision requiring the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the tariff-rate quotas for raw cane sugar and refined sugars for a quota year at the level necessary to ensure: (1) a competitive U.S. sugar processing industry, and (2) an adequate and reasonably-priced sugar supply in the United States. Exempts specialty sugar from such provision.
 
 
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to repeal the sugar price support program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Health Outcomes, Planning, and Education for Alzheimer's Act

Bill: 112-hr-1386
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2011-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: 
Health Outcomes, Planning, and Education for Alzheimer's Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover comprehensive Alzheimer's disease and related dementia diagnosis and services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-04-06
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: 2011-04-06
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: 2011-04-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E652-653)
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Lending Fund Accountability Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1387
Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2011-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Credit and credit markets
Financial crises and stabilization
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: 
Small Business Lending Fund Accountability Act of 2011 - Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to give the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) oversight over the Small Business Lending Fund established under the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
RCCRA Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1391
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2011-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Coal
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: 
Recycling Coal Combustion Residuals Accessibility Act of 2011 or the RCCRA Act of 2011 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to exempt fly ash waste, bottom ash waste, slag waste, and flue gas emission control waste generated primarily from the combustion of coal or other fossil fuels from regulation as hazardous waste under such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2414-2415)
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Fairness to Veterans Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1392
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2011-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: 
Fairness to Veterans Act of 2011 - Requires the head of a federal department or agency, in evaluating any bid or proposal relating to a federal contract, to provide to a veteran or veteran-owned business any race- or gender-based preference that any individual or business is eligible for, if that preference takes into consideration race or gender, without regard to whether the veteran or veteran-owned business would otherwise qualify for that preference. Requires the head of a state or local government to provide the same preference in the case of a state or local contract that involves the use of federal funding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform     .
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Oil Spill Prevention Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1393
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2011-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Department of the Interior
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: 
Oil Spill Prevention Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations that require each Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) employee to be subject to random testing for the prohibited use of a controlled substance at least twice a year.
 
Prohibits an individual from being employed by any person conducting any activity under a lease or permit issued by BOEMRE or subject to BOEMRE regulation for two years after leaving employment with BOEMR.
 
Directs the Secretary, acting through BOEMRE, to conduct monthly inspections of each vessel and facility used for Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil or gas drilling.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from exempting any category of activity of a vessel or facility engaged in OCS oil or gas drilling in waters deeper than 1,000 feet from any federal requirement or restriction that applies to such activity.
 
Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to repeal the liability limits applicable to a responsible party for discharge of oil from an offshore facility. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Leading and Expediting Aerotropolis Development Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1395
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2011-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Infrastructure development
Motor carriers
Public transit
Railroads
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: 
Leading and Expediting Aerotropolis Development Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish an aerotropolis grant program to assist in the development of aerotropolis transportation systems (i.e., planned and coordinated multimodal freight and passenger transportation networks that provide efficient, sustainable, and intermodal connectivity to a defined region of economic significance centered around a major airport). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to assist in planning, design, environmental review, or land acquisition activities for one or more specified kinds of projects to benefit such systems.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Marcellus Shale On-the-Job Training Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1396
Sponsor: Rep. Critz, Mark S. [D-PA-12]
Introduced: 2011-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs
New York State
Ohio
Oil and gas
Pennsylvania
Unemployment
Wages and earnings
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: 
Marcellus Shale On-the-Job Training Act of 2011 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require the Secretary of Labor to make discretionary grants to local areas for adult on-the-job training or dislocated worker on-the-job training at worksites directly related to the exploration for, production of, and transportation of natural gas from the Marcellus Shale formation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Rural Hospital Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-1398
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2011-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medicare
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: 
Rural Hospital Protection Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in determining reasonable costs for reimbursements to critical access hospitals (CAHs) after January 1, 2004, to include certain health care related taxes as allowable costs. Prohibits any offset, in computing such costs, against tax assessments paid by such a hospital of amounts the hospital receives from a state, if the Secretary has not determined that a hold harmless provision, meeting specified criteria, is in effect with respect to the health care related tax.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Homeowner Tax Fairness Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1399
Sponsor: Rep. Grimm, Michael G. [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2011-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: 
Homeowner Tax Fairness Act of 2011- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the standard tax deduction for real property taxes available to taxpayers who do not otherwise itemize their deductions; and (2) repeal the $500 limitation on such deduction. Makes this Act applicable to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2009.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
To validate final patent number 27-2005-0081, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-1400
Sponsor: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2011-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Land transfers
Nevada
Reptiles
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: 
Affirms and validates a specified patent and its associated land reconfiguration issued by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as having been issued in compliance with the Nevada-Florida Land Exchange Authorization Act of 1988, the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976 for the benefit and recovery of the desert tortoise and other species and their habitat. Ratifies: (1) the process used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the BLM for the reconfiguration of those lands as shown in a specified environmental impact statement; and (2) the reconfiguration provided for in a specified Army Corps of Engineers permit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Democratizing the Federal Reserve System Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1401
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2011-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Federal Reserve System
Federal officials

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: 
Democratizing the Federal Reserve System Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Reserve Act to reduce from 14 years to 7 years the term of office of the members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
 
Increases from two years to four years the post-service restriction which renders Board members ineligible to hold any office, position, or employment in any member bank.
 
Revises the terms for ongoing service on the Board with respect to its Chairman and Vice Chairman.
 
Requires the Speaker and the minority leader of the House of Representatives, the majority leader and minority leader of the Senate, and specified committee chairpersons and ranking members to create jointly a list of five candidates in rank order to present to the President for consideration for a Board vacancy if the President has not made a nomination to fill it within a specified time period.
 
Requires the President, no later than 30 days after the transmittal of such list, to nominate a person to fill the vacancy, whether from such list or another person. 
 
Increases the membership of the Federal Open Market Committee from five to six members. Revises the distribution of Federal Open Market Committee membership.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Point Peter Study Act

Bill: 112-hr-1403
Sponsor: Rep. Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2011-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Europe
Georgia
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Military history
United Kingdom

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: 
Point Peter Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of Point Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, the site of an American fort near Cumberland Island that was attacked by British forces in January 1815 in one of the last battles of the War of 1812, to evaluate the national significance of Point Peter and to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating such area as a unit of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Fair Elections Now Act

Bill: 112-hr-1404
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2011-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Civil actions and liability
Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
House of Representatives
Judicial review and appeals
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: 
Fair Elections Now Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) with respect to: (1) candidate benefits of fair elections financing of House of Representatives election campaigns; (2) allocations to candidates from the Fair Elections Fund established by this Act; (3) 500% matching payments to candidates for certain small dollar contributions; (4) Fund allocation eligibility requirements; (5) certification of a federal election candidate as a participating candidate; (6) contribution, expenditure, and fundraising requirements; (7) a public debate requirement; (8) remission to the Fair Elections Fund of unspent funds after an election; (9) establishment of the Fair Elections Fund and of a Fair Elections Oversight Board; (10) civil penalties for violation of contribution and expenditure requirements; and (11) transfer of a portion of collected civil money penalties into the Fair Elections Fund.
 
Prohibits: (1) use of contributions by a participating candidate for any purposes other than an election campaign, and (2) establishment of joint fundraising committees with any political committee other than a candidate's authorized committee. Prescribes a limitation on coordinated expenditures by political party committees with participating candidates.
 
Amends FECA to empower the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to petition the U.S. Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari to appeal a civil action.
 
Requires all designations, statements, and reports required to be filed under FECA to be filed: (1) directly with the FEC, and (2) in electronic form accessible by computers. Reduces from 48 hours to 24 hours after their receipt the deadline for the FEC to make designations, statements, reports, or notifications available to the public in the FEC office and on the Internet.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating coal combustion byproducts as hazardous waste under subtitle C of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-1405
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2011-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Coal
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: 
Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to exempt fly ash waste, bottom ash waste, slag waste, and flue gas emission control waste generated primarily from the combustion of coal from regulation as hazardous waste under such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House