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Protecting Veterans' Homes Act

Bill: 112-hr-1911
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2011-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: 
Protecting Veterans' Homes Act - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend from 9 to 12 months after military service the period of protection against mortgage sale or foreclosure, as well as the stay of proceedings, in the case of an obligation on real property of a servicemember that originated before the period of military service.
 
Amends the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 to repeal the sunset date for such periods of relief.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-21
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2011-07-21
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-07-07
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-05-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Make It in America Block Grant Program Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1912
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2011-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Air quality
Business investment and capital
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Economic development
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Industrial facilities
Industrial policy and productivity
Manufacturing
Public-private cooperation
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: 
Make It in America Block Grant Program Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a Make It in America Block Grant Program under which the Secretary is authorized to make grants to eligible entities to support the U.S. manufacturing industry. Allows such grants to be used, with respect to small and medium-sized manufacturers, for: (1) retooling or retrofitting, (2) business plan diversification, (3) improving energy efficiency, (4) employee training and retraining, and (5) the provision of capital and technical expertise. Outlines provisions concerning eligible entities, the allocation of grant funds, and requirements for grant recipients, including the submission of a proposed manufacturing enhancement strategy.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory committee for advice in implementing and evaluating the program. Authorizes the Secretary to review and evaluate recipient performance under the program. Requires the Comptroller General to study the program, and report study results to Congress.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that program amounts should supplement and not replace other funding provided by federal departments and agencies to support the manufacturing industry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Byrne/JAG Program Accountability Act

Bill: 112-hr-1913
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2011-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Law enforcement administration and funding
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: 
Byrne/JAG Program Accountability Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require states and local governments receiving grants under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to implement policy, practice, and system improvement strategies to identify and reduce racial and ethnic disparities among individuals who come into contact with or are under the supervision of the criminal justice system, without establishing or requiring numerical standards or quotas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Gas Price Stabilization Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1914
Sponsor: Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2011-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
Oil and gas
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: 
Gas Price Stabilization Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to publish a plan to: (1) sell light grade petroleum from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) and acquire an equivalent volume of heavy grade petroleum, (2) deposit the cash proceeds from such sales into the SPR Petroleum Account established under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, and (3) withdraw from such cash proceeds the amount necessary to pay for the direct administrative and operational costs of the sale and acquisition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Introduced in House
State Compact Health Choice Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1915
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2011-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health care costs and insurance
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: 
State Compact Health Choice Act of 2011 - Eliminates the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to regulate health care choice compacts, which are agreements between two or more states to allow health plans that comply with one state's laws to be offered in the individual market in all such states. Gives Congress's consent to such compacts. Removes the requirement that a health plan under such a compact be a qualified health plan.
 
Authorizes Congress to revoke consent for such compacts by passing a joint resolution.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt an individual covered under a plan subject to such a compact from the requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-05-13
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: 2011-05-13
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: 2011-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Introduced in House
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1916
Sponsor: Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2011-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Utah
Water use and supply
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2011 - Designates specified lands in the following areas of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Great Basin, (2) Grand Staircase-Escalante, (3) Moab-La Sal Canyons, (4) Henry Mountains, (5) Glen Canyon, (6) San Juan-Anasazi, (7) Canyonlands Basin, (8) San Rafael Swell, and (9) Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin. 
Sets forth administrative provisions regarding: (1) filing by the Secretary of the Interior of a map and a legal description of each designated wilderness area with appropriate congressional committees, (2) the exchange of state-owned lands within such areas, (3) federal reservation of water rights, (4) measurement of setbacks for roads with wilderness, (5) authorized livestock grazing, and (6) withdrawal of such lands from disposition under certain public land laws.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Joint Ventures for Bird Habitat Conservation Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1917
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2011-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Birds
Federal-Indian relations
Fishes
Intergovernmental relations
International law and treaties
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: 
Joint Ventures for Bird Habitat Conservation Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct, through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a Joint Ventures Program to develop a framework for the approval and establishment of Joint Ventures that: (1) provide financial and technical assistance to support regional migratory bird conservation partnerships, (2) develop and implement plans for the protection and enhancement of migratory bird populations, (3) complement and support activities by the Secretary and the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to fulfill obligations under specified migratory bird and conservation Acts, and (4) support other specified goals and objectives.
 
 Authorizes the Director to enter into agreements with eligible partners to establish Joint Ventures to: (1) promote sustainable migratory bird populations and fish and wildlife, (2) encourage stakeholder and government partnerships, and (3) establish science-based migratory bird conservation plans and promote broader landscape-level conservation of fish and wildlife habitat. Specifies that eligible partners include: (1) federal and state agencies; (2) affected regional, local, and tribal governments, private landowners, land managers, and other private stakeholders; (3) certain nongovernmental organizations; and (4) other relevant stakeholders. 
 
 Authorizes the Director to award Joint Venture financial assistance grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Financial and Economic Literacy Improvement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1918
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2011-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Financial literacy
Higher education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: 
Financial and Economic Literacy Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award formula matching grants to states or partnerships between states and experienced nonprofit providers of financial literacy or personal finance education.
 
Requires grantees to use 25% of the grant funds to: (1) develop financial literacy standards and assessments for at least three grade levels, (2) create teacher training programs to embed financial literacy or personal finance education into core academic subjects, and (3) evaluate the impact such education has on students' financial literacy.
 
Requires the remaining grant funds to be used for subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or partnerships between LEAs and community organizations, local businesses, or other educational entities to implement such financial literacy activities, including student assessments and teacher training. 
 
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary to award competitive grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) or partnerships between IHEs and experienced nonprofit providers of financial literacy or personal finance education for activities that increase student knowledge in consumer, economic, and personal financial concepts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Bleeding Disorder Screening, Awareness, and Further Education (SAFE) Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1919
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2011-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Child health
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Research administration and funding
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: 
Bleeding Disorder Screening, Awareness, and Further Education (SAFE) Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take specified action, directly or through a grant program, with respect to blood disorders in adolescents, including: (1) developing a new, or identifying an existing, screening questionnaire that is evidence-based and in accordance with clinical guidelines for use in the diagnosis of bleeding disorders in adolescents and young adults; (2) disseminating and implementing the screening questionnaire and other screening tools relevant to the diagnosis of bleeding disorders in adolescents; (3) ensuring referral for further laboratory-based diagnostic testing if screening suggests the possibility of a bleeding disorder; and (4) ensuring referral for medical management if laboratory testing confirms diagnosis of a bleeding disorder. 
 
Requires the Secretary to conduct an education campaign to increase awareness about bleeding disorders among health professionals.
 
Requires the the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to award grants or contracts to public or nonprofit private entities to: (1) augment existing research efforts to evaluate, improve, and standardize methods for diagnosing bleeding disorders; and (2) expand ongoing efforts to determine the prevalence of bleeding disorders, identify symptoms, risk factors, and co-morbidities associated with bleeding disorders, and implement female-specific surveillance systems and conduct related research to improve bleeding symptoms and quality of life among adolescent and adult women with bleeding disorders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Clean Air Act to conform the definition of renewable biomass to the definition given the term in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002.

Bill: 112-hr-1920
Sponsor: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Forests, forestry, trees
Insects
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: 
Amends the Clean Air Act to redefine "renewable biomass" as: (1) materials (including trees, wood, brush, thinnings, and chips) or invasive species from certain National Forest System land and public lands, including slash and other materials, that would not otherwise be used for higher-value manufactured forest products and that are removed to reduce hazardous fuels, to reduce or contain disease or insect infestation, or to restore or maintain ecosystem health or that are removed from a federally approved vegetation management project, and that are harvested in accordance with applicable law and land management plans and specified requirements for old-growth forests; (2) any organic matter, including specified renewable plant material and waste material (including vegetative, animal, food, and yard waste), that is available on a renewable or recurring basis from non-federal land, land belonging to an Indian or Indian tribe that is held in trust by the United States or subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States, or any Indian reservation; and (3) residues or byproducts from wood, pulp, or paper product facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Build the Fence Now Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1921
Sponsor: Rep. Pompeo, Mike [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2011-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Canada
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Latin America
Mexico
New Mexico
Smuggling and trafficking
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: 
Build the Fence Now Act of 2011 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) construct two layers of reinforced fencing along the entire international land border between the United States and Mexico; (2) provide for the installation of additional physical barriers, roads, lighting, cameras, radars, and sensors along the entire length of the international border between the United States and Mexico and the United States and Canada; and (3) complete such work within two years along the U.S.-Mexico border and within five years along the U.S.-Canada border.
 
Increases the FY2012 budget of the Tunnel Task Force (a joint Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE], Customs and Border Patrol [CBP], and Drug Enforcement Administration [DEA] force tasked to pinpoint smuggling tunnels) by 100% above the FY2007 budget.
 
Directs the Secretary to implement a program to fully integrate and utilize aerial surveillance technologies, including unmanned aerial vehicles, to enhance the security of the international borders between the United States and Mexico and the United States and Canada.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Introduced in House
To provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection with access to Federal lands to carry out certain security activities in the Southwest border region, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-1922
Sponsor: Rep. Quayle, Benjamin [R-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2011-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Latin America
Mexico
New Mexico
Texas
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: 
Grants U.S. Customs and Border Protection access to federal lands (excluding state-owned land within federal land boundaries) for security activities, including: (1) routine motorized patrols, and (2) the deployment of temporary tactical infrastructure.
 
Defines &quot;federal lands&quot; as all land, including a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, under the control of any federal department or agency with legal jurisdiction over such land that is located within 150 miles of the Southwest border region.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-02
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2011-06-02
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2011-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2011-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Public Officials Accountability Act

Bill: 112-hr-1923
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2011-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: 
Public Officials Accountability Act - Amends the federal criminal code to include as a fraud offense a scheme or artifice by a public official to engage in undisclosed self-dealing. Defines &quot;undisclosed self-dealing&quot; to mean: (1) performing an official act to benefit or further a financial interest of such public official, a spouse or minor child, a general business partner, a business or organization in which the public official is serving as an employee, officer, director, trustee, or general partner, or an individual, business, or organization with whom the public official is negotiating for, or has any arrangement concerning, prospective employment or financial compensation; and (2) knowingly falsifying, concealing, covering up, or failing to disclose material information regarding a financial interest as required by law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Introduced in House