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State and Local Law Enforcement Hatch Act Reform Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-498
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Law enforcement officers
Political advertising
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
State and Local Law Enforcement Hatch Act Reform Act of 2011 - Amends the Hatch Act to: (1) allow state and local law enforcement officers to be candidates for the office of sheriff; and (2) allow sheriffs to engage in campaign activities by attending or speaking at political campaign rallies or events, holding or sponsoring political fundraisers, or appearing on political advertisements.

Establishes a limitation period of six months after the later of the date of the alleged violation or the date of enactment of this Act for presenting charges against a law enforcement officer for Hatch Act violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy     .
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the standard charitable mileage rate for delivery of meals to elderly, disabled, frail and at risk individuals.

Bill: 112-hr-499
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disability assistance
Food assistance and relief
Income tax deductions
Motor vehicles
Social security and elderly assistance
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase to 51 cents per mile the standard mileage rate for the tax deduction for the charitable use of a passenger automobile to deliver meals to homebound individuals who are elderly, disabled, frail, or at risk.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the manufacturer limitation on the number of new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles eligible for credit.

Bill: 112-hr-500
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 200,000 to 500,000 the limit on the number of new qualified plug-in electric drive vehicles that may be manufactured for purposes of the phase-out of the tax credit for such vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-503
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Department of Labor
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Legal fees and court costs
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act of 2011 - Prohibits an employer from discharging, discriminating, or engaging in retaliatory actions against specified employees who report to a government official any violation or unsafe condition under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.
 
Sets forth procedures for the filing, investigation, and adjudication of a complaint regarding such retaliation.
 
Requires employers to: (1) post a notice approved by the Secretary of Labor explaining employee rights and remedies under this Act in a conspicuous location in the place of employment where employees frequent; (2) provide training to employees about their rights under this Act within 30 days of employment, and at least once every 12 months thereafter; and (3) provide employees with a card containing a toll free telephone number at the Department of Labor to get information or file a complaint under this Act.
 
Directs the Secretary of Labor, within 30 days after enactment of this Act, to designate agency officials to receive, investigate, and adjudicate complaints concerning violations under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
First Responders Fighting Terrorism Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-504
Sponsor: Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Law enforcement officers
Legal fees and court costs
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
First Responders Fighting Terrorism Protection Act of 2011 - Grants qualified immunity from civil liability for a first responder who: (1) takes reasonable action to prevent an act of terrorism; or (2) observes or receives a report of, and takes reasonable action to respond to, any suspicious transaction, activity, or occurrence that indicates that an individual may be engaging, or preparing to engage, in a violation of law relating to a terrorist act. Makes a first responder not entitled to assert the defense of qualified immunity nevertheless immune from civil liability under federal, state, and local law if such responder acted in good faith and on objectively reasonable suspicion.

Entitles a first responder found to be immune from liability under this Act to recover from the plaintiff all reasonable costs and attorney fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Keep Kids Safe Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-505
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against children
Firearms and explosives
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
Keep Kids Safe Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the possession of a firearm by, or the sale or transfer of a firearm to, any person who has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor sex offense against a minor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Legislative Autonomy Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-506
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
District of Columbia
Intergovernmental relations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
District of Columbia Legislative Autonomy Act of 2011 - Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to eliminate congressional review of newly-passed District laws. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives     .
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2011-01-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E127)
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Assessment Accuracy and Improvement Act

Bill: 112-hr-507
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Elementary and secondary education

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
Assessment Accuracy and Improvement Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow states to require the use of adaptive assessments of student progress toward state academic performance standards that accurately assess student achievement above and below grade level while also measuring grade-level performance. 
 
Defines an &quot;adaptive assessment&quot; as one that changes in difficulty in accordance with a student's performance, but reports its outcome on a scale common to all students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E134)
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Child Tax Credit Preservation Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-508
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
Child Tax Credit Preservation Act of 2011- Makes permanent the increases in the child tax credit enacted by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, and the Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004. 
 
Provides for an annual inflation adjustment to child tax credit amounts, beginning in 2011. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that Act shall not apply to the gray wolf (canis lupus).

Bill: 112-hr-509
Sponsor: Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
Mammals
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that such Act shall not apply to the gray wolf (canis lupus).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Idaho and Montana Wolf Management Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-510
Sponsor: Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
Idaho
Mammals
Montana
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
Idaho and Montana Wolf Management Act of 2011 - Prohibits any wolf (species, subspecies, or population segment of Canis lupus) in Idaho or Montana from being treated under any status of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, including as an endangered species, a threatened species, an essential experimental population, or a nonessential experimental population.
 
Provides that each state shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the management of wolves within its borders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Dr. Rita Hocog Inos Fellowship Act

Bill: 112-hr-512
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: American Samoa
Congressional officers and employees
Education programs funding
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Guam
Higher education
Northern Mariana Islands
Policy sciences
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
Dr. Rita Hocog Inos Fellowship Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Dr. Rita Hocog Inos Fellowship Program to award local government and federal government fellowships to qualified students from American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
 
Allows a fellow to receive either a specified stipend or academic credit toward graduation for participating in an internship. 
 
Defines a &quot;qualified student&quot; as a student who is a U.S. citizen, domiciled in American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands, and enrolled in a degree or certificate program at an institution of higher education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of funds to transfer individuals detained by the United States at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and certain other enemy belligerents to the United States.

Bill: 112-hr-513
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Caribbean area
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Cuba
Defense spending
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Military facilities and property
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
Prohibits the use of federal funds to transfer to the United States any individual who is: (1) detained by the United States at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; or (2) a foreign national who is captured or detained outside the United States as an enemy belligerent, and in the custody or control of the Department of Defense (DOD).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to eliminate the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to deny or restrict the use of a defined area as a dredged or fill material disposal site, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-517
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Licensing and registrations
Marine pollution
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to repeal the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prohibit the specification of, or to deny or restrict the use of, a defined area as a disposal site for the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Indian tribes to receive charitable contributions of apparently wholesome food.

Bill: 112-hr-518
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Income tax deductions
Indian social and development programs
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to qualify Indian tribes as eligible recipients of tax deductible contributions of "apparently wholesome food," as defined by the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Introduced in House
United Nations Tax Equalization Refund Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-519
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: International organizations and cooperation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
United Nations Tax Equalization Refund Act of 2011 - States that it shall be U.S. policy to: (1) direct the United Nations (U.N.) to return to the United States a specified amount overpaid into the United Nations Tax Equalization Fund (TEF) as of December 31, 2009; (2) use U.S. influence to press the U.N. to reform its TEF assessment procedures to reduce the discrepancies between TEF income and expenditures; and (3) annually instruct the U.N. to return to the United States any TEF surplus funds payable to the United States.
 
Withholds such amount from the U.S. contribution to the regularly assessed biennial budget of the U.N. until the Secretary of State certifies to Congress that the U.N. has returned such amount to the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 259 - 169 (Roll no. 28).
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Failed of passage/not agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 259 - 169 (Roll no. 28).
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H570)
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 519.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H563-569; text of measure as introduced: CR H563)
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Ms. Ros-Lehtinen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require labeling of genetically engineered fish.

Bill: 112-hr-520
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food supply, safety, and labeling
Genetics
Seafood

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem a food to be misbranded if it contains genetically-engineered fish unless the food bears a label stating that it contains genetically-engineered fish.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent the approval of genetically engineered fish.

Bill: 112-hr-521
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food supply, safety, and labeling
Genetics
Seafood

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem genetically-engineered fish to be unsafe under provisions related to new animal drugs and adulterated food. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House