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To amend the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act to improve the Alaska pipeline construction training program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-562
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alaska
Employment and training programs
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Amends the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act to add to the purpose of any grants by the Secretary of Labor to the Alaska Workforce Investment board support of a program to train workers in the construction, operation, maintenance, and performance of all related environmental processes involving existing and future oil and gas infrastructure in Alaska.
 
Modifies grant requirements by replacing the current ones with a mandatory certification by the Governor of Alaska that there is a need for the funds in order to ensure an adequately skilled, safe, and competent workforce to construct, operate, and maintain: (1) an Alaska natural gas pipeline system; or (2) all related environmental processes involving existing and future oil and gas infrastructure in Alaska. 
 
Increases from 15% to 50% the amount of federal funds that may be used for such training facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Domestic Energy Independence and Maritime Jobs Creation Act

Bill: 112-hr-563
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alaska
Marine and inland water transportation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: 
Domestic Energy Independence and Maritime Jobs Creation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement for the vessels LNG GEMINI, LNG LEO, and LNG VIRGO. Limits authorized coastwise trade for each vessel to the carriage of natural gas, as defined in the Deepwater Port Act of 1974.
 
Prohibits a vessel transported in Dry Dock #2 (if, during such transportation, such dock remains connected by a utility or other connecting line to pierside moorage in Ketchikan, Alaska) from being considered merchandise for the purposes of certain coastwise trade requirements a vessel must otherwise meet before engaging in merchandise transportation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Rigoberto Padilla.

Bill: 112-hr-564
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Provides for the relief of Rigoberto Padilla.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Angela Stefanova Boneva.

Bill: 112-hr-565
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2011-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Provides for the relief of Angela Stefanova Boneva.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To close the National Drug Intelligence Center.

Bill: 112-hr-566
Sponsor: Rep. Bono Mack, Mary [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2011-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Defense spending
Department of Justice
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Executive agency funding and structure
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Law enforcement administration and funding
Pennsylvania

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: 
Prohibits the Attorney General or Secretary of Defense (DOD) from obligating funds for the National Drug Intelligence Center in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, except for activities related to its permanent closing and relocation of activities, as determined necessary by the Attorney General in consultation with the appropriate federal agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Public Employee Pension Transparency Act

Bill: 112-hr-567
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21]
Introduced: 2011-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Securities
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: 
Public Employee Pension Transparency Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny tax benefits relating to bonds issed by a state or political subdivision during any period in which such state or political subdivision is noncompliant with specified reporting requirements for state or local government employee pension benefit plans. 
 
Requires plan sponsors of a state or local government employee pension benefit plan to file with the Secretary of the Treasury an annual report setting forth: (1) a schedule of the funding status of the plan; (2) a schedule of contributions by the plan sponsor for the plan year; (3) alternative projections for each of the next 20 plan years relating to the amount of annual conotributions, the fair market value of plan assets, current liability, the funding percentage, and other matters specified by the Secretary; (4) a statement of the actuarial assumptions used for the plan year; (5) a statement of the number of plan participants who are retired or separated from service and are either receiving benefits or are entitled to future benefits and those who are active under the plan; (6) a statement of the plan's investment returns; (7) a statement of the degree to which unfunded liabilities are expected to be eliminated; and (8) a statement of the amount of pension obligation bonds outstanding.
 
Directs the Secretary to develop model reporting statements and create and maintain a public website, with searchable capabilities, for purposes of posting plan information required by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To require that the Government give priority to payment of all obligations on the debt held by the public and payment of Social Security benefits in the event that the debt limit is reached.

Bill: 112-hr-568
Sponsor: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2011-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: 
Requires the authority of the Department of the Treasury to pay the principal and interest on debt held by the public, and the authority of the Commissioner of Social Security to pay monthly old-age, survivors', and disability insurance benefits under title II of the Social Security Act, to take priority over all other obligations incurred by the government in the event the federal debt reaches the statutory limit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Ending Unemployment Payments to Jobless Millionaires Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-569
Sponsor: Rep. Lankford, James [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2011-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: 
Ending Unemployment Payments to Jobless Millionaires Act of 2011 - Prohibits federal funds from being used to make payments of unemployment compensation (including such compensation under the Federal-State Extended Compensation Act of 1970 and the emergency unemployment compensation program under the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008) to an individual whose resources in the preceding year were at least $1 million. 
 
Requires an individual's resources to be determined in the same manner as a subsidy eligible individual's resources are determined under the alternative resource standard of the Social Security Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Worker Safety Act

Bill: 112-hr-571
Sponsor: Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2011-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: 
Ensuring Worker Safety Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) to revise requirements for the Secretary of Labor's continuing evaluation of approved state occupational safety and health plans.
 
Requires: (1) the review of state plans to include an assessment of whether a state continues to meet certain conditions for the approval of such plans; and (2) the Secretary to determine whether a state that fails to comply substantially with the provisions of a plan should be given the opportunity to remedy such deficiencies. Prescribes general requirements for the provision to a state of such an opportunity.
 
Requires the Comptroller General periodically to review and assess: (1) whether state plans to develop and enforce safety and health standards are at least as effective as federal OSHA program standards in preventing occupational injuries, illnesses and deaths, and investigating discrimination complaints; (2) the effectiveness of the Secretary's oversight of such plans; and (3) the adequacy of the Secretary's investigations in response to Complaints About State Plan Administration (CASPA) as well as whether policy issues have been identified and corrective actions fully implemented by each state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E183)
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Clean Ports Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-572
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2011-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Federal preemption
Intergovernmental relations
Motor carriers
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation costs
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: 
Clean Ports Act of 2011 - Declares that federal preemption of state and local law relating to a price, route, or service of any motor carrier of property shall not apply to the authority of a state, local government, or the political authority of two or more states to adopt requirements for motor carriers providing services at port facilities that are reasonably related to the reduction of environmental pollution, traffic congestion, the improvement of highway safety, or the efficient utilization of such port facilities, provided adoption or enforcement of such requirements does not conflict with federal law.
 
Declares that nothing in this Act shall limit the rights reserved to any state or political subdivision of such state under the Clean Air Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 310 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 to extend the period of time during which claims for retroactive stop-loss special pay may be submitted.

Bill: 112-hr-573
Sponsor: Rep. Sutton, Betty [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2011-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government liability
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: 
Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 to extend the period for the submission by members of the Armed Forces of claims for retroactive stop-loss special pay (paid to members whose enlistment or period of obligated service was extended, or whose eligibility for retirement was suspended, by the President in time or war or national emergency) from one to two years after the date on which implementing rules for such payments take effect. Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to include in a required report concerning such payments a plan describing DOD outreach and informational efforts to promote and increase awareness of the special pay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce from authorizing commercial finfish aquaculture operations in the Exclusive Economic Zone except in accordance with a law authorizing such action.

Bill: 112-hr-574
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aquaculture
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce from issuing any permit or in any other way authorizing commercial finfish aquaculture operations in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), except in accordance with law enacted after enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
HEALTHY Vets Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-575
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2011-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Public contracts and procurement
Rural conditions and development
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: 
Help Establish Access to Local Timely Healthcare for Your Vets Act of 2011 or HEALTHY Vets Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in the case of a veteran for whom Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities are geographically inaccessible (as defined under this Act), to contract for the provision of the following care: (1) primary care; (2) acute or chronic symptom management; (3) nontherapeutic medical services; and (4) other medical services determined appropriate by the director of the appropriate VA service region, after consultation with the VA physician responsible for such veteran's primary care.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to waive such requirement upon demonstrating, on an individual basis, that the costs of providing the contract care significantly outweigh the benefits of localized health care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Children Through School Nutrition Education Act

Bill: 112-hr-576
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2011-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Health promotion and preventive care
Nutrition and diet
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: 
Healthy Children Through School Nutrition Education Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require local educational agencies participating in the school lunch or breakfast programs to include in their school wellness policies the requirement that each student receive 50 hours of nutrition education each school year.
 
Requires such instruction to meet specified standards, including that it is consistent with nutritional requirements for food served under the school lunch, school breakfast, and child and adult care food programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Elder Abuse Prevention Act

Bill: 112-hr-577
Sponsor: Rep. Chandler, Ben [D-KY-6]
Introduced: 2011-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aging
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Law enforcement administration and funding
Sex offenses
State and local government operations
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: 
Elder Abuse Prevention Act - Requires a state that is receiving funds for certain law enforcement assistance programs under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to have in effect laws and policies that prohibit parole for any individual who is: (1) convicted of a criminal sexual offense against a victim who is an older individual (defined as age 65 or older); or (2) a sexually violent predator (defined as a person who has been convicted of a sexually violent offense and who has been diagnosed by a qualified mental health professional as having a mental abnormality or personality disorder that makes the person likely to engage in predatory sexually violent offenses or who has been determined by a court to suffer from such an illness or disorder). Grants states three years to implement such laws and policies (with one additional two-year extension for states making good faith efforts at implementation). Renders any state that does not implement such laws and policies within the required period ineligible for 10% of funding for its law enforcement assistance programs. 
 
Requires the U.S. Sentencing Commission to promptly review its guidelines for sexual offenses committed against the elderly and to consider new guidelines for enhanced sentencing for such crimes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
No Parole for Sex Offenders Act

Bill: 112-hr-578
Sponsor: Rep. Chandler, Ben [D-KY-6]
Introduced: 2011-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crimes against children
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Law enforcement administration and funding
Sex offenses
State and local government operations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: 
No Parole for Sex Offenders Act - Requires a state that is receiving funds for certain law enforcement assistance programs under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to have in effect laws and policies that prohibit parole for any individual who is convicted of a crime against a minor and who is a sexually violent predator (defined as a person who has been convicted of a sexually violent offense and who has been diagnosed by a qualified mental health professional as having a mental abnormality or personality disorder that makes the person likely to engage in predatory sexually violent offenses or who has been determined by a court to suffer from such an illness or disorder). Grants states three years to implement such laws and policies (with one additional two-year extension for states making good faith efforts at implementation).
 
 Directs the Attorney General to waive the requirements of this Act if compliance by a state would be unconstitutional under that state's constitution. Renders any state that does not implement such laws and policies within the required period ineligible for 10% of funding for its law enforcement assistance programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House