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School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act

Bill: 112-s-1884
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2011-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allergies
Child health
Civil actions and liability
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: 
School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in awarding grants to states under the children's asthma treatment grants program, to favor states that require their public elementary and secondary schools to: (1) permit authorized personnel to administer epinephrine to any student believed to be having an anaphylactic reaction, and (2) maintain a supply of epinephrine that is prescribed by a licensed physician and is stored in a secure and easily accessible location. (States given this preference are also required by current law to require those schools to authorize students, under certain conditions, to self-administer medication to treat their asthma or anaphylaxis.)
 
Requires such states to also have a Good Samaritan law protecting school employees and agents from liability related to the administration of epinephrine to students believed, in good faith, to be having an anaphylactic reaction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7704-7705)
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Responsible Unemployment Extension Act

Bill: 112-s-1885
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2011-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Appropriations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: 
Responsible Unemployment Extension Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal-state agreement under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through January 3, 2013. Postpones the termination of the program until June 8, 2013.
 
Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until January 4, 2013, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC.
 
Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and June 9, 2013, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.)
 
Rescinds specified unobligated discretionary funds. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to determine and identify from which appropriation accounts such rescissions shall apply, including their amounts.
 
Exempts from rescission any unobligated funds of the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), or the Army Corps of Engineers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Counterfeit Drug Penalty Enhancement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1886
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2011-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Prescription drugs
U.S. Sentencing Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: 
Counterfeit Drug Penalty Enhancement Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to establish criminal penalties of a fine, imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or both for trafficking, or attempting to traffic, in counterfeit drugs. Doubles the potential fine for repeat offenders.
 
Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to review and, if appropriate, amend its guidelines and policy statements applicable to persons convicted of such offense to reflect congressional intent that such penalties be increased.

action_date: 2012-03-06
text: 
Counterfeit Drug Penalty Enhancement Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to establish criminal penalties of a fine, imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or both for trafficking, or attempting to traffic, in counterfeit drugs. Doubles the potential fine for repeat offenders.
 
Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to review and, if appropriate, amend its guidelines and policy statements applicable to persons convicted of that offense to reflect congressional intent that such penalties be increased.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-03-07
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2012-03-07
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2012-03-06
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (text: CR S1431)
action_date: 2012-03-06
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(text: CR S1431)
action_date: 2012-03-06
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S1431)
action_date: 2011-12-08
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 253.
action_date: 2011-12-08
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2011-12-08
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2011-12-08
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7705-7706)
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7705)
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate
State Children's Protection Act

Bill: 112-s-1887
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2011-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Domestic violence and child abuse
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: 
State Children's Protection Act - Requires each state to pass and implement a law: (1) requiring any person who knows or has reasonable cause to believe or suspect that a child has been subjected to child abuse or neglect, or who observes any child being subjected to conditions or circumstances that would reasonably result in child abuse or neglect, to report it immediately to the child protective agency or local law enforcement agency; and (2) immunizing from civil or criminal liability that might otherwise result from the action any person, official, institution or agency participating in good faith in any action required to report child abuse or neglect. Denies such immunity to persons acting in bad faith. Prescribes forfeiture for administrative use of up to 10% of an Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant as a penalty for any state that fails to implement the requirements of this Act.
 
Directs the Attorney General, at the request of a state, Indian tribal, or local government, to provide technical, forensic, prosecutorial, or other assistance in the criminal investigation or prosecution of felonies against individuals under age 18.
 
Directs the Attorney General to report to Congress, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the Domestic Policy Council proposed systems, procedures, and protocols developed and implemented in response to Chapter 3 of the Office of Inspector General's Audit Report 09-08 (January 2009) entitled &quot;The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Efforts to Combat Crimes Against Children.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Growing Opportunities for Agriculture and Responding to Markets Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1888
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2011-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Government lending and loan guarantees
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: 
Growing Opportunities for Agriculture and Responding to Markets Act of 2011 - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a local farm business and market garden loan program to make available to eligible lending entities loans to develop revolving loan funds to assist: (1) producers in establishing local farm business projects or market garden projects that will produce fresh foods locally, and (2) local farm business projects and market garden projects to create local employment opportunities. Sets forth program provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Children's Protection Act

Bill: 112-s-1889
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2011-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Domestic violence and child abuse
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health personnel
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: 
Federal Children's Protection Act - Amends the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 to require any person who, while on federal land or in a federally operated (or contracted) facility, learns of facts that give reason to suspect that a child has suffered an incident of child abuse, to report the suspected abuse as soon as possible to the agency designated by the Attorney General. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Pirate Fishing Vessel Disposal Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1890
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2011-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Coast guard
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Marine pollution
Military education and training
Motor vehicles
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: 
 
 Pirate Fishing Vessel Disposal Act of 2011 - Directs the head of a U.S. agency with administrative control over a forfeited vessel to transfer such vessel to the Commandant of the Coast Guard for use in live-fire sinking exercises if the Commandant determines that the vessel would be useful for such exercises. Requires, if a forfeited vessel is not transferred to or utilized by the Commandant for such exercises, that the forfeited vessel be transferred to or otherwise under the control of the Commandant, the Administrator of the Maritime Administration, or the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere of the Department of Commerce, and be: (1) scrapped or recycled; (2) sold or donated to a developing nation for fisheries enforcement; or (3) donated to a not-for-profit institution or governmental agency for education, research, or other public interest purposes with an agreement that the vessel will never be utilized for illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing or related activities. 
 
 
 Defines a "forfeited vessel" as a foreign or stateless vessel forfeited to the United States for engaging in specified illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing under any of the living marine resource statutes implemented by the Secretary of Commerce. 
 
 Applies this Act to all forfeited vessels surrendered or seized and forfeited after September 1, 2011. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1891
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2011-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Air quality
Alaska
Ecology
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Mining
Outdoor recreation
Roads and highways
Solid waste and recycling
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Water quality
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: 
Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2011 - Prohibits road construction and road reconstruction in inventoried roadless areas of the National Forest System. Specifies exceptions, including because: (1) there is threat of a catastrophic event, (2) a natural resource restoration action is necessary, or (3) a federal-aid highway project is in the public interest or is consistent with the purposes for which the land was reserved or acquired. 
 
 Prohibits timber from being cut, sold, or removed in an inventoried roadless area. Permits various exceptions, including for specified environmental reasons, if the responsible official determines that the cutting, sale, or removal of timber is expected to be infrequent. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to make modifications to roadless area maps to improve their accuracy or inclusiveness. Instructs the Secretary, in order to evaluate the effect of a modification to a roadless area map, to prepare an environmental impact statement or similar analysis required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. 
 
Declares that this Act does not: (1) revoke, suspend, or modify legal instruments and decisions concerning the use of NFS land made before January 12, 2001; (2) compel the amendment or revision of any land and resource management plan; or (3) apply to specified activities in the Tongass National Forest. 
 
States that the prohibitions and restrictions of this Act cannot be reconsidered, modified, or terminated under the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Housing Rights for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1892
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2011-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Domestic violence and child abuse
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: 
Housing Rights for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence Act of 2011 - 

Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 with respect to housing rights of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
 
Prohibits denial or termination of housing assistance on the basis of being such a victim under specified federal housing programs, including the low income housing tax credit program, if the applicant or tenant otherwise qualifies for such admission, assistance, participation, or occupancy.
 
Prohibits denial of assistance, tenancy, or occupancy rights to assisted housing based solely on certain criminal activity directly related to domestic violence engaged in by a member of the individual's household or by any guest or other person under the individual's control, if the tenant or an immediate family member is the victim or threatened victim.
 
Requires each owner or manager of housing assisted under a covered program to adopt an emergency transfer policy for tenants who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
 
Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish policies and procedures under which a victim requesting such a transfer may receive section 8 (voucher program) assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937.
 
Makes conforming amendments to the United States Housing Act of 1937.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7707-7708)
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7706)
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate
National Guard Technician Equity Act

Bill: 112-s-1893
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2011-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Higher education
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: 
National Guard Technician Equity Act - Provides a person the right to be employed as a non-dual status technician if: (1) the technician position has been designated to be filled only by a non-dual status technician, or (2) the person occupying the technician position has at least 20 years of service as a dual status military technician.
 
Repeals: (1) the permanent limitation on the number of non-dual status technicians, and (2) the prohibition against overtime pay for National Guard technicians.
 
Provides for: (1) continued compensation for a military technician who was hired as a dual status technician but who is no longer a member of the Selected Reserve; and (2) certain enlistment, reenlistment, and student loan benefits for military technicians.
 
Provides for a technician's rights of grievance, arbitration, appeal, and review beyond the current stage of the adjutant general of the jurisdiction concerned.
 
Makes a dual status military technician eligible for early retirement if separating from the Selected Reserve or ceasing to hold a specified military grade after: (1) completing 25 years of technician service, or (2) becoming 50 years old and completing 20 years of such service.
 
Increases annual paid employment leave to 30 days for reserve or National Guard duty.
 
Revises specified provisions regarding employer health plan contributions for members of a reserve component of the Armed Forces.
 
Reduces to 55 the eligibility age for retired pay for non-regular service.
 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7709-7710)
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7708-7709)
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act

Bill: 112-s-1894
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2011-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Government liability
International law and treaties
Jurisdiction and venue
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: 
Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act - Amends the federal judicial code to include among the exceptions to U.S. jurisdictional immunity of foreign states any statutory or common law tort claim arising out of an act of extrajudicial killing, aircraft sabotage, hostage taking, terrorism, or the provision of material support or resources for such an act, or any claim for contribution or indemnity relating to a claim arising out of such an act. 
 
Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) impose liability on, and grant U.S. district courts personal jurisdiction over, any person who aids, abets, provides material support or resources to, or conspires with a person who commits an act of international terrorism that injures a U.S. national; (2) repeal provisions prohibiting civil actions against foreign states or foreign officials for damages related to acts of terrorism; and (3) extend from 4 to 15 years the limitation period for bringing an action for civil damages resulting from an act of international terrorism and allow previously time-barred cases that would have been timely filed under such extended limitation period to be refiled within 90 days of the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7710-7711)
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate