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Supporting the goals of International Women's Day.

Bill: 112-hres-148
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2011-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Human rights
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Violent crime
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: 
Supports the goals of International Women's Day. 
 
Recognizes and honors the women who have fought and continue to struggle for equality. 
 
Reaffirms the commitment of the House of Representatives to ending discrimination and violence against women and girls, to ensuring their safety and welfare, and to pursuing policies that guarantee their basic rights. 
Encourages the President to: (1) reaffirm his commitment to pursue policies to protect the health and rights of women and girls, and (2) issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe International Women's Day.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights.
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2011-03-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2011-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.

Bill: 112-hres-149
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2011-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committees
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
House of Representatives
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: 
Elects a specified named Member to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

action_date: 2011-03-08
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Elects a specified named Member to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H1603)
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H1603)
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: Mr. Larson (CT) asked unanimous consent to consider as introduced.
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H1603)
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 830) to rescind the unobligated funding for the FHA Refinance Program and to terminate the program.

Bill: 112-hres-150
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2011-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 830) to rescind the unobligated funding for the FHA Refinance Program and to terminate the program.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 240 - 180 (Roll no. 166). (text: CR H1635)
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 240 - 180 (Roll no. 166).(text: CR H1635)
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: On ordering the previous question Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 235 - 186 (Roll no. 165). (consideration: CR H1639-1640)
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 150.
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H1635-1641)
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 14.
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Financial Services now printed in the bill.
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 112-27, by Mr. Bishop (UT).
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 112-27, by Mr. Bishop (UT).
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 836) to rescind the unobligated funding for the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program and to terminate the program.

Bill: 112-hres-151
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2011-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 836) to rescind the unobligated funding for the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program and to terminate the program.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1629)
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1629)
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: The previous question was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H1635)
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 151.
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H1629-1635)
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 15.
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Financial Services now printed in the bill.
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 112-28, by Mr. Sessions.
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 112-28, by Mr. Sessions.
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing the life-saving role of ostomy care and prosthetics in the daily lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the United States.

Bill: 112-hres-152
Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2011-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: 
Recognizes: (1) the lifesaving role of ostomy care and prosthetics in the daily lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the United States, (2) the necessity of a specialized ostomy nurse to recommend and customize ostomy prostheses, and (3) that a patient undergoing a surgical procedure that results in the patient needing a prosthetic that manages or restores intestinal or urinary system function should have access to individually prescribed, customized prosthetics that will best meet the patient's needs.
 
Urges: (1) that ostomy products be recognized, categorized, covered, and adequately reimbursed by Medicare in a new payment category of &quot;prosthetic supplies&quot;; and (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure that HHS programs, policies, and payment practices facilitate innovation of and access to medical devices that restore or improve intestinal or urinary system function of individuals with an ostomy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-03-08
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: 2011-03-08
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: 2011-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: Introduced in House
To express the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the school breakfast program.

Bill: 112-hres-153
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2011-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child health
Commemorative events and holidays
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: 
Recognizes the importance of the school breakfast program and its overall positive effect on the lives of low-income children and families, as well as its effect on helping to improve a child's overall classroom performance.
 
Expresses the support of the House of Representatives for states that have successfully implemented school breakfast programs in order to improve the test scores and grades of their participating students.
 
Encourages states to: (1) strengthen their school breakfast programs by improving student access, (2) promote improvements in the nutritional quality of breakfasts served, and (3) inform students and parents of healthy nutritional and lifestyle choices.
 
Recognizes: (1) that the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 provides low-income children with greater access to nutritious breakfasts; (2) the role nonprofit and community organizations play in increasing awareness of, and access to, breakfast programs for low-income children; and (3) that National School Breakfast Week helps draw attention to the need for, and success of, the school breakfast program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing the week beginning March 21, 2011, as "National Safe Place Week".

Bill: 112-hres-154
Sponsor: Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3]
Introduced: 2011-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Commemorative events and holidays
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: 
Recognizes National Safe Place Week and calls upon the people of the United States and interested groups to promote awareness of, and volunteer involvement in, the Safe Place program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Electing a Member to a standing committee of the House of Representatives.

Bill: 112-hres-155
Sponsor: Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX-5]
Introduced: 2011-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committees
House Committee on Small Business
House of Representatives
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: 
Elects a specified named Member to the House Committee on Small Business.

action_date: 2011-03-09
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Elects a specified named Member to the House Committee on Small Business.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H1626)
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H1626)
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H1626)
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Calling for an environmental and social responsibility amendment to the United States Constitution.

Bill: 112-hres-156
Sponsor: Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]
Introduced: 2011-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Business ethics
Congressional elections
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Corporate finance and management
Ecology
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
First Amendment rights

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: 
Calls for the amendment of: (1) the Constitution to subordinate the political rights of corporations to the rights of individuals; and (2) U.S. laws to include a public federal election campaign finance system, a social and environmental responsibility education initiative, and a new federal corporate charter statute to facilitate environmentally and socially responsible corporate practices.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a Global Marshall Plan holds the potential to demonstrate the commitment of the United States to peace and prosperity through poverty reduction in the United States and abroad.

Bill: 112-hres-157
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2011-03-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Foreign aid and international relief
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: 
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the elimination of poverty and hunger should remain key U.S. foreign and domestic policy goals; and (2) a Global Marshall Plan, which the President should implement, holds the potential to transform development assistance in a manner that would significantly reduce poverty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Expressing support for the goals and ideals of National Patient Safety Awareness Week.

Bill: 112-hres-158
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2011-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Health care quality

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: 
Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Patient Safety Awareness Week. 
 
Encourages private sector efforts to improve patient safety and recognizes the need for public sector action to complement such efforts.
 
Reaffirms the nation's commitment to promoting patient safety through education programs, supporting research, and expanding access to safe medical treatment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Condemning al Shabaab for its practice of child conscription in the Horn of Africa.

Bill: 112-hres-159
Sponsor: Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3]
Introduced: 2011-03-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Human rights
Human trafficking
Military personnel and dependents
Somalia
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: 
Condemns al Shabaab for its practice of child conscription in the Horn of Africa.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights.
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Honoring the 50th anniversary of the Houston Forward Times.

Bill: 112-hres-160
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2011-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
News media and reporting
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: 
Honors the 50th anniversary of the Houston Forward Times, an African-American newspaper in Houston, Texas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Honoring the 250th anniversary of New York's St. Patrick's Day parade.

Bill: 112-hres-161
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2011-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Europe
Ireland
New York City
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: 
Honors the 250th anniversary of the St. Patrick's Day parade in New York, New York.
 
Recognizes the leadership of and participants in the parade and other St. Patrick's Day parades throughout the United States for their efforts to celebrate and honor St. Patrick, Ireland, and the history of Irish-Americans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any comprehensive plan to reform our national energy policy must promote the expanded use of renewable and alternative energy sources; increase our domestic refining capacity; promote conservation and increased energy efficiency; expand research and development, including domestic exploration; and enhance consumer education.

Bill: 112-hres-162
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2011-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Alternative and renewable resources
Coal
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Middle East
Nuclear power
Oil and gas
Public-private cooperation
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: 
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that, in order to meet our nation's growing long-term energy demands and maintain our economic viability in the world marketplace, any comprehensive and economically viable energy bill must address: (1) taking advantage of our abundant domestic coal supply; (2) using recent technological innovations to exploit our vast supply of natural gas; (3) increasing our domestic oil production and refining capacity; (4) expanding the use of renewable and alternative energy sources, with a focus on nuclear energy; (5) providing incentives for an increase in conservation and energy efficiency; (6) expanding research and development through new methods such as public-private partnerships; and (7) enhancing consumer awareness and education regarding methods to increase energy efficiency and available alternative fuel sources to reduce our dependence on Middle Eastern oil.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Supporting the rights of all workers and calling for an end to the recent attacks on workers.

Bill: 112-hres-163
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: 
Declares that all private and public sector workers must have a basic right to organize and bargain collectively for a fair and just outcome.
 
Supports the rights of workers, including their right to form a union and to bargain collectively in good faith with an employer.
 
Urges Americans to work towards cessation of the constant attacks on workers and recognize that a strong middle class is the only way to ensure the United States remains a strong economic engine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1711-1712, E452)
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House