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Regulatory Review Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3392
Sponsor: Rep. Quayle, Benjamin [R-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2011-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: 
Regulatory Review Act of 2011 - Requires the head of each federal agency to conduct a periodic review (every 10 years) of any rule issued by such agency that is determined to be a major rule and that takes effect during the period beginning on January 1, 2011, to identify: (1) the costs and benefits of such rule, (2) each amendment to such rule that would accomplish the same statutory objectives but result in different costs and benefits, and (3) the costs and benefits of repealing the rule. Requires the agency to publish the results of such review, submit a summary of the results to Congress, and make a final determination on whether the rule should be amended, continued in effect, or repealed, after providing an opportunity for comment by interested persons.
 
Defines "major rule" as a rule that has resulted in or is likely to result in: (1) an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; (2) a major increase in costs or prices for consumers, individual industries, federal, state, or local government agencies, or geographic regions; or (3) significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or on the ability of U.S.-based enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises in domestic and export markets.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Foreign Oil Spill Liability Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3393
Sponsor: Rep. Rivera, David [R-FL-25]
Introduced: 2011-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Foreign and international corporations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Terrorism
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: 
Foreign Oil Spill Liability Act of 2011 - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to make the owner or operator of a facility liable for removal costs and specified damages that result from a discharge, or substantial threat of discharge, of oil from a foreign offshore unit that reaches or threatens to reach the navigable waters or adjoining shorelines of the exclusive economic zone. Treats such owners or operators as a responsible party with respect to the incident for the purposes of such Act in the same manner as a responsible party for an offshore facility. Requires the current liability limit to be multiplied by three when applied to a foreign offshore unit that is involved in such incident and is located in the territorial sea or on the continental shelf of a foreign country that is a state sponsor of terrorism.
 
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to: (1) prohibit the discharge of oil from a foreign offshore unit that reaches the navigable waters of the United States, adjoining shorelines, or waters of the contiguous zone; and (2) subject the owner or operator of the unit to penalties under such Act; and (3) require maximum penalties under such Act to be multiplied by three when applied with respect to such unit located in the territorial sea or on the continental shelf of a foreign country that is a state sponsor of terrorism.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-11-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
American Microturbine Manufacturing and Clean Energy Deployment Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3394
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39]
Introduced: 2011-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: 
American Microturbine Manufacturing and Clean Energy Deployment Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a 30% energy tax credit for qualified microturbine property, (2) revise the definition of "qualified microturbine property" to increase the maximum nameplate capacity of such property to 5,000 kilowatts, and (3) eliminate the limitation on such credit based upon kilowatt capacity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2011)
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Concrete Masonry Products Research, Education, and Promotion Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3395
Sponsor: Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-19]
Introduced: 2011-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Building construction
Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
Judicial review and appeals
Manufacturing
Marketing and advertising
Materials
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: 
Concrete Masonry Products Research, Education, and Promotion Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to issue orders applicable to manufacturers of concrete masonry products (concrete) and to concrete importers, if such imports are subject assessment under the orders. Requires any such order to provide for the establishment of a Concrete Masonry Products Board, which shall carry out a program of promotion, research, and information regarding concrete products.
 
Requires any such order to provide that assessments shall be paid by concrete manufacturers with respect to concrete manufactured and marketed in the United States. Allows any such order to provide that assessments shall be paid by concrete products importers. Provides assessment rates. Requires at least 50% of the assessments paid by a manufacturer to be used to support research, education, and promotion plans and projects in support of the geographic region of the manufacturer. Directs the Secretary, during the 60-day period preceding the proposed effective date of an order, to conduct a referendum for order approval among the manufacturers and importers required to pay assessments under the order. Outlines referendum procedures.
 
Provides for petition and review of an order, and order enforcement through U.S. district courts. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct appropriate investigations in order to administer this Act (with power of subpoena). Directs the Secretary to suspend or terminate any order or provision that obstructs or does not tend to effectuate the purposes of this Act, or that is not favored by persons voting in a referendum.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2011-11-04
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: 2011-11-04
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: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
To abolish the Office of Polar Programs of the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-3396
Sponsor: Rep. Walsh, Joe [R-IL-8]
Introduced: 2011-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Arctic and polar regions
Budget deficits and national debt
Earth sciences
Executive agency funding and structure
National Science Foundation
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: 
Abolishes the Office of Polar Programs of the National Science Foundation (NSF). 
 
Rescinds any unobligated funds that were appropriated for the activities of the Office. Requires such funds to be returned to the Treasury and used toward reducing the federal deficit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Enhanced Border Security Act

Bill: 112-hr-3401
Sponsor: Rep. Mack, Connie [R-FL-14]
Introduced: 2011-11-10 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Economic development
Firearms and explosives
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Guatemala
Homeland security
Human trafficking
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mexico
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Rule of law and government transparency
Smuggling and trafficking
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-10
text: 
Enhanced Border Security Act - Directs the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a counterinsurgency strategy that: (1) outlines the transnational criminal organizations in Mexico; (2) assesses Mexico's capabilities to counter such organizations; (3) describes such organizations' operations in the United States and at the U.S. and international borders, and presents a plan to combat their operations and financial networks; and (4) utilizes all such information to combat the terrorist insurgency in Mexico. 
 
Requires the Secretary and the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury to update such strategy reports quarterly.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-15
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2011-12-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
action_date: 2011-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2011-11-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and 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: 2011-11-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and 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: 2011-11-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and 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: 2011-11-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-10
text: Introduced in House
Hiring Our Veterans Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3402
Sponsor: Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2011-11-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Employee hiring
Income tax credits
U.S. territories and protectorates
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-10
text: 
Hiring Our Veterans Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the amount of wages eligible for the work opportunity tax credit for veterans who are hired after being unemployed for six months or more during the one-year period ending on the hiring date ($14,000 of first-year wages) or disabled veterans who are either hired within one year after discharge from active duty ($12,000 of first-year wages) or who are hired after being unemployed for six months or more during the one-year period ending on the hiring date ($24,000 of first-year wages), and (2) allow tax-exempt organizations to claim the lesser of the amount of the work opportunity tax credit for hiring veterans or the amount of the payroll taxes paid by such organizations during the calendar year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-11-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-10
text: Introduced in House
Save Christmas Act

Bill: 112-hr-3403
Sponsor: Rep. Walsh, Joe [R-IL-8]
Introduced: 2011-11-10 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural research
Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Government information and archives
Horticulture and plants
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-10
text: 
Save Christmas Act - States that the Agricultural Marketing Service rule relating to the establishment of a Christmas tree promotion, research, and information program shall have no force or effect and no substantially similar rule may be promulgated.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .
action_date: 2011-11-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2011-11-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-10
text: Introduced in House
Increased Student Achievement Through Increased Student Support Act

Bill: 112-hr-3405
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2011-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Mental health
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: 
Increased Student Achievement Through Increased Student Support Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive, renewable, five-year grants to partnerships between low-income local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools offering graduate programs in school counseling, social work, or psychology to increase the number of program graduates employed by low-income LEAs.
 
Defines &quot;low-income LEAs&quot; as those that: (1) serve students at least 20% of which are from low-income families; (2) have ratios of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists to students that fall at least 10% below specified target ratios; and (3) have been identified as needing improvement or corrective action or include at least one school identified as needing improvement, corrective action, or restructuring under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
 
Allows the use of grant funds to: (1) provide program graduate students with field training at partnership LEA schools; (2) contribute to program graduates' salaries at such schools for up to three years after they graduate; (3) increase the number of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists per student, and from underrepresented backgrounds, in such schools; (4) enhance the capacity of partnership graduate schools to train such professionals; (5) develop course work designed to facilitate such graduates' service to low-income LEAs and at-risk students; and (6) provide tuition credits to such graduate students and student loan forgiveness to program graduates employed as school counselors, social workers, or psychologists by low-income LEAs for at least five consecutive years.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a program providing student loan forgiveness to non-participants in this Act's grant program who have been employed for at least five consecutive years as school counselors, social workers, or psychologists by low-income LEAs.
 
Requires the Secretary to identify a formula for future use in designating regions as eligible for benefit programs due to their having a shortage of such school personnel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: Introduced in House
Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3406
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2011-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Contracts and agency
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: 
Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act of 2011 - Provides that any agreement setting a price below which a product or service may not be sold by a retailer, wholesaler, or distributor violates the Sherman Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet.
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: Introduced in House
To modify a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior.

Bill: 112-hr-3411
Sponsor: Rep. Benishek, Dan [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2011-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Great Lakes
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Marine and inland water transportation
Michigan

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: 
 Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to modify a land grant patent issued to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, Chippewa County, Michigan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: Introduced in House
American Parks American Products Act

Bill: 112-hr-3415
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2011-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Department of the Interior
Government buildings, facilities, and property
National Archives and Records Administration
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Public contracts and procurement
Retail and wholesale trades
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: 
American Parks American Products Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior or the Archivist of the United States to ensure that the items offered for sale in gift shops or visitor centers in units of the National Park System or of the National Archives and Records Administration, respectively, are U.S.- produced. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2011-11-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2011-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to modify requirements relating to an addition to Corridor O in Pennsylvania on the Appalachian development highway system.

Bill: 112-hr-3417
Sponsor: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2011-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Pennsylvania
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: 
Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) to revise and eliminate a condition on the addition to Corridor O in Pennsylvania on the Appalachian development highway system of a segment from Port Maltida to Interstate Route 80 along U.S. Route 322. Eliminates the requirement that the addition not affect estimates of the cost to complete the system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: Introduced in House