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Green Export Promotion and Job Creation Act

Bill: 112-hr-2988
Sponsor: Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2011-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Performance measurement
Small business
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: 
Green Export Promotion and Job Creation Act - Amends the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to revise provisions relating to export promotion to require the Under Secretary for International Trade to establish an online directory for foreign buyers to identify U.S. manufacturers and service providers that are prepared to export products and services in: (1) clean and efficient energy generation, distribution, and use; (2) remediation of air and water pollution; (3) water supply; (4) sanitation, solid waste disposal, and chemical and hazardous waste treatment and containment; and (5) equipment and services for testing, monitoring, and analysis with respect to such areas or otherwise with respect to environmental hazards.
 
Requires the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) establish a database, to be accessible only to U.S. government personnel, that identifies potential sales opportunities abroad for U.S. manufacturers and service providers that are prepared to export products and services in such areas; (2) develop and implement a system to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of U.S. export promotion activities with respect to clean and efficient energy and environmental products and services; and (3) establish, through the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee, standards for specified actions with respect to the export promotion activities concerning clean and efficient energy and environmental products and services that are engaged in by any federal agency.
 
Requires the Secretary of Commerce to work with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to identify countries that receive assistance from IRENA that improve the deployment and adoption of renewable energy in order to promote U.S. exports in clean and efficient energy and environmental products and services to that country.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
Real Estate Jobs and Investment Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2989
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2011-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Financial services and investments
Real estate business
Securities
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: 
Real Estate Jobs and Investment Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 5% to 10% the allowable ownership interest in real estate investment trust (REIT) stock for purposes of tax exemptions allowed by the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act relating to foreign investment in United States real property interests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
Illegal Immigration Sentencing Uniformity Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2991
Sponsor: Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Introduced: 2011-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Criminal procedure and sentencing
U.S. Sentencing Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: 
Illegal Immigration Sentencing Uniformity Act of 2011 - Disapproves Amendment 6 to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines submitted to Congress by the United States Sentencing Commission on April 6, 2011 (amends section 2L1.2 of the Guidelines [Unlawfully Entering or Remaining in the United States] and the Commentary to 2L1.2 to limit the extent of the enhancement provided for certain offenders who were previously deported, or who unlawfully remained in the United States, after a predicate conviction).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
Taiwan Airpower Modernization Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2992
Sponsor: Rep. Granger, Kay [R-TX-12]
Introduced: 2011-09-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
China
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Taiwan

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: 
Taiwan Air Power Modernization Act of 2011 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) a critical element to maintaining peace and stability in Asia in the face of China's military expansion is ensuring a militarily strong Taiwan, (2) the United States has a statutory obligation under the Taiwan Relations Act to help Taiwan maintain sufficient self-defense capabilities, and (3) the proposed fighter aircraft sale to Taiwan would have significant economic benefits to the U.S. economy. 
 
Directs the President to carry out the sale of no fewer than 66 F-16C/D multirole fighter aircraft to Taiwan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers to revise certain authorized purposes described in the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System Master Water Control Manual.

Bill: 112-hr-2993
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2011-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aquatic ecology
Army Corps of Engineers
Dams and canals
Fishes
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: 
Directs the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers to revise the Missouri Mainstem Reservoir System Master Water Control Manual and any related regulations to delete fish and wildlife as an authorized purpose of the Corps and elevate flood control as the highest priority of authorized purposes of the Corps at all times.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
Post 9-11 GI Jobs Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2995
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-10]
Introduced: 2011-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Disaster relief and insurance
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency planning and evacuation
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Forests, forestry, trees
Government studies and investigations
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Infrastructure development
Land use and conservation
Military facilities and property
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Solid waste and recycling
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: 
Post 9-11 GI Jobs Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) an increased work opportunity tax credit for hiring post 9-11 veterans and other veterans; and (2) a tax deduction, up to $1,000, for the qualified job training expenses of post 9-11 veterans in the area of green jobs or sustainable manufacturing. 
 
Defines "post 9-11 veteran" as any individual who, after September 11, 2001: (1) served on active duty in the Armed Forces or full-time in the National Guard for more than 180 days, or (2) was discharged or released from active duty for a service-connected disability. 
 
Terminates the increase in the tax credit and the tax deduction allowed by this Act after 2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
Gulf War Syndrome `Presumptive Illness' Extension Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2996
Sponsor: Rep. Kissell, Larry [D-NC-8]
Introduced: 2011-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Iraq
Kuwait
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: 
Gulf War Syndrome "Presumptive Illness" Extension Act of 2011 - Extends to December 31, 2018, the period of time following service in the Persian Gulf War or in Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, or New Dawn during which there is a presumption that certain chronic disabilities or illnesses that become manifest in former active-duty veterans are service-connected and therefore compensable through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-06
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
Superfund Common Sense Act

Bill: 112-hr-2997
Sponsor: Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7]
Introduced: 2011-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Livestock
Pollution liability

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: 
Superfund Common Sense Act - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to exclude manure from the definition of &quot;hazardous substance&quot; and &quot;pollutant or contaminant&quot; for purposes of such Act. Defines &quot;manure&quot; to mean: (1) digestive emissions, feces, urine, urea and other excrement from livestock; (2) any associated bedding, compost, raw materials or other materials commingled with such excrement from livestock; (3) any process water associated with such items; and (4) any byproducts, constituents, or substances contained in, or originating from, such items or any emissions relating to such items. 
 
Amends the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 to exempt from notification requirements releases associated with manure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-09-21
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: 2011-09-21
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: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
Ethical Shipping Inspections Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2998
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2011-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Africa
Asia
Iran
Marine and inland water transportation
Middle East
North Korea
Sudan
Syria
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: 
Ethical Shipping Inspections Act of 2011 - Amends federal shipping inspection laws to prohibit the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating from delegating (and to require revocation of an existing delegation of) certain inspection, certification, and related services to a foreign classification society if the Secretary of State determines that such society provides comparable services: (1) in Iran, North Korea, North Sudan, or Syria; or (2) for the government of such countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
Duwamish Tribal Recognition Act

Bill: 112-hr-2999
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2011-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Land transfers
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: 
Duwamish Tribal Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition to the Duwamish Tribe. 
 
Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all services and benefits provided by the federal government to federally recognized tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the residence of any member on or near any Indian reservation. Defines the Tribe's service area for purposes of the delivery of federal services.
 
Requires the Tribe to submit to the Secretary of the Interior a membership roll of all individuals enrolled in the Tribe.
 
Requires the Tribe to conduct an election by secret ballot to adopt a constitution and bylaws for the Tribe. Requires the Tribe to elect a governing body in accordance with the procedures set forth in its constitution and bylaws.
 
Requires the Secretary to take Tribe service area or aboriginal lands into trust for the benefit of the Tribe if the Tribe transfers all right, title, and interest in and to the land to the Secretary within ten years. Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to identify those lands which shall be considered the aboriginal homelands of the Tribe. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1671)
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Fiscal Year 2012 Local Funds Continuation Act

Bill: 112-hr-3002
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
District of Columbia
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: 
District of Columbia Fiscal Year 2012 Local Funds Continuation Act - Appropriates, out of any moneys of the District of Columbia government not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, the amount provided for any project or activity for which funds are provided in the local budget act for such fiscal year, if the regular District of Columbia appropriation bill for FY2012 does not become law before the beginning of such fiscal year.
 
Declares that an appropriation and funds made available or authority granted for a project or activity for a fiscal year under this Act shall be at the rate of operations provided for it under the FY2012 Budget Request Act of 2011 (D.C. Act 19-92), as modified as of the enactment of this Act.
 
Makes such an appropriation and funds available for the period: (1) beginning with October 1, 2011; and (2) ending with the enactment of the regular District of Columbia appropriation bill for FY2012.
 
Specifies restrictions on programs or activities subject to other appropriations Acts. 
 
States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to effect obligations of the District government mandated by other law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives     .
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Balazs "Ernie" Bodai in recognition of his many outstanding contributions to the Nation, including a tireless commitment to breast cancer research.

Bill: 112-hr-3003
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2011-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Congressional tributes
Health personnel
Medical research
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Dr. Balazs &quot;Ernie&quot; Bodai in recognition of his many outstanding contributions to the nation, including a tireless commitment to breast cancer research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
Helping Devastated Farmers Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3005
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2011-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Appropriations
Department of Agriculture
Disaster relief and insurance
Executive agency funding and structure
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: 
Helping Devastated Farmers Act of 2011 - Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) for FY2011 for expenses resulting from any event occurring in 2011 that is designated as a major disaster pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act for: (1) the Farm Service Agency's Emergency Conservation Program, and (2) the Natural Resources Conservation Service's Emergency Watershed Protection Program. 
 
Designates each amount made available by this Act as emergency spending.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2011-09-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
Anti-Excessive Speculation Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3006
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Commodities markets
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Energy prices
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: 
Anti-Excessive Speculation Act of 2011 - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to revise the registration requirements for foreign boards of trade. Directs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to consider whether foreign boards are subject to rules and restrictions prohibiting excessive speculation by governmental authorities that are comparable to the law, regulations, and orders applicable to boards of trade in the United States.
 
Sets forth a presumption of excessive speculation if the CFTC, using specified criteria, determines that speculative traders in a commodity market have a substantial impact on price discovery.
 
Establishes individual position limits on energy contracts (referencing the price of crude oil, gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, heating oil, or natural gas) that are applicable to long or short positions. Defines an &quot;excessive speculative position&quot; as a position that affects more than 5% of: (1) the estimated deliverable supply of the same commodity in the spot month, and (2) the open interest in a contract in a single month or all months combined.
 
Prohibits any person from holding or controlling an excessive speculative position, long or short, in an energy contract in any single market and aggregated across all markets in the spot month, a single month, or all-months combined.
 
Directs the CFTC to establish aggregate speculative position limits for long energy contracts held by speculators as a class of traders in any single market and in all markets. Requires that such positions be capped at the average annual percentage of long open interest held by speculators in any single energy contract market and in all such markets during the preceding 25-year period (or the period during which the contract has been traded if held for less than the 25-year period).
 
Excludes bona fide energy hedging from the computation of positions held or controlled by a person. Defines &quot;bona fide energy hedging&quot; as a transaction or position that is proportionate and economically appropriate for the reduction of risks in the conduct and management of a trade or business that produces, processes, merchandises, manufactures, or consumes an energy commodity. Declares that the management of financial risk associated with swaps or other similar contracts, by itself, shall not constitute bona fide hedging.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
Give Credit to Main Street Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3007
Sponsor: Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3]
Introduced: 2011-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: 
 Give Credit to Main Street Act of 2011 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish and carry out a program of making loans directly to small businesses in operaton for at least two years. Limits loan amounts to the lesser of 10% of annual business revenues or $500,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-21
text: Introduced in House