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Reserve Retirement Deployment Credit Correction Act

Bill: 112-hr-1283
Sponsor: Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2011-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: 
Reserve Retirement Deployment Credit Correction Act - Removes the requirement that days of active duty or active service used to reduce the minimum age at which a member of the reserves may retire for non-regular (reserve) service must occur in the same fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in House
Armed Forces Suicide Prevention Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1284
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2011-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Military education and training
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: 
Armed Forces Suicide Prevention Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to enhance the suicide prevention program of the Department of Defense (DOD) through the provision of suicide prevention information and resources to members of the Armed Forces from their initial enlistment or appointment through their final retirement or separation.
 
Requires the Secretary of each military department (Secretary concerned) to include a training component on suicide prevention, which shall include: (1) methods for recognizing suicide risk factors; (2) protocols for responding to crisis situations involving members who may be at high risk for suicide; and (3) information about available suicide prevention services and best practices for suicide prevention.
 
Directs the Secretary concerned to notify members of the the availability of and access to suicide prevention services during their preseparation counseling.
 
Requires medical evaluations for the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury in members who were deployed overseas in support of a contingency operation to also include the provision of information on the availability of suicide prevention services and the member's right of access to such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in House
Military Health Care Affordability Act

Bill: 112-hr-1285
Sponsor: Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2011-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: 
Military Health Care Affordability Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) so long as the United States sends men and women into battle, the United States will be faithful to care for them upon their return; (2) as the veteran answered the call of duty, so too, is the United States duty-bound to answer the call of the veteran; and (3) the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have the tools and ingenuity to provide continued excellent health care without increasing TRICARE payments from the veteran before fiscal year 2014.
 
Extends through FY2013 (under current law, through FY2011) the prohibition on increases in certain health care costs and restrictions on health benefit adjustments for members of the Armed Forces, retirees, and their dependents, including charges and premiums under TRICARE (a DOD managed care program) and cost-sharing requirements under the DOD pharmacy benefits program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in House
Healthcare Fiscal Accountability Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1286
Sponsor: Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2011-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: 
Healthcare Fiscal Accountability Act of 2011 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to convert specified funding under such Act from a direct appropriation to an authorization of appropriations or from a transfer to an authorization of such transfer, including funding for: (1) the establishment of a temporary high-risk pool for uninsured individuals with preexisting conditions, (2) the establishment of a temporary reinsurance program for early retirees, (3) health insurance exchanges, and (4) the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Rescinds or restores the unobligated balances of funds available pursuant to such direct appropriations or transfers, respectively. 
 
Repeals provisions of PPACA, as if such provisions had not been enacted, that appropriate funds to the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP) for allotments to states, the Child Enrollment Contingency Fund, and outreach and enrollment grants.
 
Repeals provisions of PPACA appropriating funds, except with respect to FY2010 or FY2011, for: (1) allotments to states for abstinence education, (2) special projects of regional and national significance for the development and support of family-to-family health information centers for families of children with disabilities or special health care needs, and (3) the National Clearinghouse for Long-Term Care Information. Rescinds the unobligated portion of funds available pursuant to such provisions for FY2010-FY2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2011-03-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2011-03-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in House
World War II Merchant Mariner Service Act

Bill: 112-hr-1288
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2011-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Marine and inland water transportation
National Guard and reserves
Personnel records
Transportation employees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: 
World War II Merchant Mariner Service Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to consider certain methods for verifying that an individual performed honorable service as a member of the merchant marine during the period beginning on December 7, 1941, and ending on December 31, 1946, for purposes of eligibility for veterans' benefits under the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977. Requires such methods to include Social Security Administration (SSA) records and validated testimony in the case of the absence of Coast Guard shipping or discharge forms, ship logbooks, or other official employment records.
 
Requires the Secretary to recognize masters of seagoing vessels or other command officers who were authorized to document an individual for purposes of hiring for the merchant marine or discharge therefrom, when determining whether to recognize service allegedly performed during such period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in House
Share America's Diverse History in the Capitol Act

Bill: 112-hr-1289
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2011-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
U.S. Capitol
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: 
Share America's Diverse History in the Capitol Act - Increases from two to three the number of statues a state may provide for placement in Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol honoring deceased citizens of the state.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that, in light of the fact that statues of women and members of racial and ethnic minority groups are underrepresented in the U.S. Capitol, each state should use the opportunity provided by this Act to furnish a statue depicting such an individual who is a notable figure in the state's history.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Medically Necessary Dental Care Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1290
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2011-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Dental care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: 
Medicare Medically Necessary Dental Care Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of medically necessary dental procedures. 
 

 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-03-31
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: 2011-03-31
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: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-1291
Sponsor: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2011-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: 
Amends the Act commonly known as the Indian Reorganization Act to except lands in Alaska from the Secretary of the Interior's authority to acquire any interest in lands, water rights, or surface rights to lands, within or without existing reservations, for the purpose of providing land for Indians.
 
 
Applies that Act to all federally recognized Indian tribes, regardless of when any tribe became recognized. (This effectively overrules the Supreme Court's decision in 
Carcieri v. Salazar, 
which held that the Secretary could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the Act was enacted.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in House
Energy Production Freedom Act

Bill: 112-hr-1292
Sponsor: Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2011-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: 
Energy Production Freedom Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to: (1) exclude from the definition of the term &quot;air pollutant&quot; carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, or sulfur hexafluoride; and (2) declare that nothing in the Act shall be treated as authorizing or requiring the regulation of climate change or global warming.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in House
Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1293
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2011-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Africa
Immigration status and procedures
Liberia

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: 
Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 2011 - Adjusts to permanent resident status a qualifying Liberian national who: (1) has been continuously present in the United States between January 1, 2011, through the date of status adjustment application; or (2) is the spouse, child, or unmarried son or daughter of such an alien.
 
Requires adjustment applications to be filed not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in House
Fiscal Fairness Act

Bill: 112-hr-1294
Sponsor: Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2011-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: 
 Fiscal Fairness Act - Amends part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to condition local educational agency (LEA) receipt of school improvement funds on: (1) an average state and local spending per pupil in each school receiving school improvement funds of at least 97% of such spending per pupil across all of the LEA's schools that are not receiving such funds; and (2) an average state and local spending per pupil in each higher poverty school of at least 97% of such spending per pupil across all lower poverty schools, if the LEA is serving all of its schools under part A.
 
Allows LEAs to meet such requirement across all schools or among schools serving a particular grade span if they compare schools within no more than three grade spans.
 
Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Education, in the fourth and fifth years after this Act's enactment, to audit 5 states and 10 LEAs to determine their progress in meeting these requirements.
 
Requires annual LEA report cards to include certain information on state and local spending per pupil in schools.
 
Requires states to provide the public with annual up-to-date school-by-school listings of per-pupil state and local spending.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in House
Student Bill of Rights

Bill: 112-hr-1295
Sponsor: Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2011-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Preschool education
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: 
Student Bill of Rights - Directs the Secretary of Education to make annual determinations as to whether each state's public school system provides all its students with educational resources to succeed academically and in life. Requires such education to enable students to: (1) acquire knowledge and skills necessary for responsible citizenship, (2) meet challenging academic achievement standards, and (3) compete and succeed in a global economy.
 
Requires each system to do so by: (1) satisfying certain opportunity to learn indicators for all its schools, including highly effective teachers and equitable instructional resources; (2) providing educational services in local educational agencies (LEAs) that receive funds for disadvantaged students that are, taken as a whole, at least comparable to educational services provided in LEAs not receiving such funds; and (3) complying with any final federal or state court order in any matter concerning the adequacy or equitableness of the system. 
Requires withholding of specified portions of its federal funding for administrative expenses if a system: (1) fails to meet a yearly interim goal; (2) does not remedy, after two school years, a failure to provide comparable educational services to schools that receive funds for disadvantaged children; or (3) does not comply with a court order. 
Allows students or parents aggrieved by violations of this Act to bring civil actions for enforcement in federal district courts. 
Directs the Commissioner of Education Statistics to study the effects of educational disparities on economic growth and on national defense.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in House
Petersburg National Battlefield Boundary Modification Act

Bill: 112-hr-1296
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Introduced: 2011-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Military history
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: 
Petersburg National Battlefield Boundary Modification Act - Modifies the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield in Virginia to include the properties identified on the map titled &quot;Petersburg National Battlefield Boundary Expansion,&quot; and dated June 2007. 
 
Authorizes the Secretaries of the Interior and the Army to transfer the administrative jurisdiction for approximately 1.171 acres under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior within the boundary of the Petersburg National Battlefield in exchange for approximately 1.170 acres under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army within the boundary of the Fort Lee Military Reservation adjacent to the Battlefield. 
 
Requires the conveyed land to be included within the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2011-03-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1297
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2011-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Coast guard
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Military personnel and dependents
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: 
Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, during a federal funding gap impacting the Armed Forces, to transfer to the Secretary of Defense (DOD), and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) in the case of the Coast Guard, amounts necessary to continue to provide pay and allowances to members of the Armed Forces, including the reserves, who perform active service during the funding gap.
 
Prohibits any such transfer after December 31, 2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Gohmert. Petition No: 112-2. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/112/lrc/pd/petitions/DisPet0002.xml">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
action_date: 2011-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2011-03-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in House