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Safe Highways and Infrastructure Preservation Act

Bill: 112-hr-1574
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Safe Highways and Infrastructure Preservation Act - Prohibits a state from prescribing or enforcing any regulation that allows a restricted property-carrying unit (any trailer, semitrailer, container, or other property-carrying unit longer than 53 feet, except for a fire-fighting unit) to operate on the National Highway System (NHS) (including the Interstate System), unless the operation of such unit is authorized by the state on June 1, 2008, and in actual and lawful operation on a regular or periodic basis (including seasonal operations) on or before that date. 
 
Prohibits a state from allowing the operation of a commercial motor vehicle combination on the NHS (except a vehicle or load that cannot be dismantled or divided easily, and that has been issued a special permit under state law) with more than one property-carrying unit (excluding the truck tractor) whose property-carrying units are more than: (1) the maximum combination trailer, semitrailer, or other type of length limitation allowed by state law on June 1, 2008; or (2) the length of the property-carrying units of those commercial motor vehicle combinations, by specific configuration, in actual and lawful operation on a regular or periodic basis (including continual seasonal operation) in such state on or before June 1, 2008. 
 Prohibits a state from allowing the operation of a vehicle or combination (other than a longer combination vehicle) exceeding Interstate weight limits on the Interstate System unless its operation was lawful: (1) on July 1, 1956; (2) in the case of the overall gross weight of any group of two or more consecutive axles, on the date of enactment of the Federal-Aid Highway Amendments of 1974; or (3) under a special permit pursuant to state (grandfather) law. 
 
Declares that Interstate weight limitations on vehicles and combinations (other than longer combination vehicles) that operate on the Interstate System shall also apply to such vehicles and combinations that operate on non-Interstate segments of the NHS, unless: (1) such segments are subject to lower state weight limits; or (2) a state allows the operation of any vehicle or combination on an existing non-Interstate segment of the NHS that could be so operated lawfully on June 1, 2008.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Dave Thomas Adoption Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1576
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Disability and paralysis
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Dave Thomas Adoption Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans if used to pay adoption expenses, including an enhanced allowance for expenses related to the adoption of a special needs child. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize advance appropriations for military personnel, reserve personnel, and National Guard personnel accounts of the Department of Defense, generally title I of the annual Department of Defense appropriations Act.

Bill: 112-hr-1577
Sponsor: Rep. Rigell, E. Scott [R-VA-2]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Requires that, for each fiscal year beginning with FY2012, discretionary new budget authority provided in an appropriations Act for the military personnel accounts of the Department of Defense (DOD) shall: (1) be made available for that fiscal year; and (2) include, for each account, advance discretionary new budget authority that first becomes available for the first fiscal year after the budget year.
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to: (1) include in annual budget documents detailed estimates of the funds necessary for the military personnel accounts for the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted, and (2) report annually to Congress on the sufficiency of DOD resources for the next fiscal year for the provision of military pay and allowances for regular and reserve military personnel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Violence Against Women Health Initiative Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1578
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Domestic violence and child abuse
Evidence and witnesses
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Right of privacy
Sex offenses
Violent crime
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Violence Against Women Health Initiative Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and revise a program to award grants to strengthen the response of state, tribal, territorial, or local health care systems to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including by: (1) placing the program in the Office of Women's Health; (2) making victim services programs eligible for grants; (3) extending the grant period from two years to 36 months; and (4) including as a mandatory strategy under the grant that health information technology be used to improve documentation, identification, assessment, treatment, and follow-up care.
 
Reauthorizes and revises a program to provide training to health care professionals on domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking, including by: (1) placing the program in the Office of Women's Health; (2) including public health staff and allied health professionals in such program; (3) expanding the types of entities eligible for grants; (4) expanding the use of the grants to include developing training for psychology and social work students or providers; and (5) eliminating the matching requirement.
 
Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 to reauthorize and revise a research program on effective interventions in health care settings that prevent domestic violence, dating violence, and sexual assault and that prevent the health effects of such violence and improve the safety and health of individuals who are currently being victimized, including by requiring research on: (1) effective health care interventions to domestic and sexual violence and sexual coercion; (2) factors that increase resiliency for children exposed to dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking or individuals who have lifetime exposure to violence and abuse; and (3) effective interventions within community health centers and adolescent health settings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E736)
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1580
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to repeal the allowance for disenrollment, between January 1 and March 15 of each year, only from an MedicareAdvantage plan to elect enrollment in the original Medicare fee-for-service program.
 
Restores the option under previous law to elect to change from a MedicareAdvantage to the original Medicare fee-for-service plan, or from the original Medicare fee-for-service to a MedicareAdvantage plan, once a year during the first three months.
 

 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1581
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-22]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Government studies and investigations
Land use and conservation
Roads and highways
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act of 2011 - Releases public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 that have not been designated as wilderness and identified by BLM as not suitable for designation as wilderness from further study for wilderness designation. Makes such lands no longer subject to the Act's requirement pertaining to the management of wilderness study areas in a manner that does not impair suitability for preservation as wilderness. 
 
Releases inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System that have not been designated as wilderness and were not recommended for designation as wilderness as a result of the second roadless area review and evaluation program (RARE II) or the subsequent revision of a land resource management plan, from further study for wilderness designation. Makes such System lands no longer subject to management to maintain roadless character and values and to comply with other land-use restrictions of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, as amended by the Roadless Area Conservation Final Rule (2001) and the State Petitions for Inventoried Roadless Area Management Final Rule (2005).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-26
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2011-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Commonsense Ozone Regulation Act

Bill: 112-hr-1582
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-22]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Air quality
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Commonsense [
sic
] Ozone Regulation Act - Prohibits a nonattainment area for ozone classified as extreme as of January 1, 2011, pursuant to the 8-hour national primary ambient air quality standard for ozone promulgated on July 18, 1997, from being subject to any control pursuant to the 1-hour national primary ambient air quality standard for ozone.
 
Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to classify such an area pursuant to any rule setting the level of the 8-hour standard for ozone below 0.08 parts per million. Provides that such rule will not apply, and the 8-hour national primary ambient air quality standard for ozone will continue to apply, until six months after a report on the feasibility of compliance with such rule is submitted to Congress and the Administrator.
 
Applies such requirements with respect to such areas only if the governing board of the responsible local air agency agrees to establish a local advisory committee to study the feasibility of compliance with such rule. Requires each feasibility study to address the potential adverse employment impacts of, and the cost of compliance with, such rule for local businesses, agriculture operations, and residents in such areas. Requires such committees to report to such boards on the results of such study no later than five years after such rule is promulgated.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Receipt Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1583
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Taxpayer Receipt Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to provide individual taxpayers via U.S. mail by October 15 of each year a tax receipt for income taxes reported for the preceding taxable year. Requires such tax receipt to: (1) state the amount of taxes paid by, and any refund made to, the taxpayer; (2) contain tables listing expenditures in categories of the federal budget and the 10 most costly tax expenditures; (3) contain an annual budget review prepared by the Secretary in consultation with the Congressional Budget Office (CBO); and (4) contain the Internet address of the website of the Department of Treasury providing more detailed tax and spending information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E764)
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 23, United States Code, to exempt maintenance activities from certain analysis requirements.

Bill: 112-hr-1584
Sponsor: Rep. Lankford, James [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Exempts activities of state departments of transportation to maintain the federal-aid highway system (including construction occurring within existing rights-of-way previously acquired and reserved for transportation purposes) from federal requirements to secure any permit, review, analysis, clearance, or impact statement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, 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: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, 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: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, 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: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
State Highway Flexibility Act

Bill: 112-hr-1585
Sponsor: Rep. Lankford, James [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government trust funds
Intergovernmental relations
Public transit
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
State Highway Flexibility Act - Allows a state to elect not to participate in the federal-aid highway program, including any federal highway program under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU).
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), beginning in FY2011, to carry out a direct federal-aid highway program to permit a state governor or chief executive officer, at least 90 days before the beginning of a fiscal year, to elect to: (1) waive the state's right to receive apportioned or allocated funds under the federal-aid highway program, and (2) receive instead a prorated amount of taxes appropriated to the Highway Trust Fund (other than for the Mass Transit Account) which are attributable to highway users in the state. Requires a pro rata reduction of such tax-equivalent amount in order to fund contract authority for programs of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).
 
Requires the state governor or chief executive officer making an election to: (1) agree to maintain the Interstate System in accordance with its current Interstate System program; (2) submit a plan describing the purposes, projects, and uses to which such amounts will be put and the federal-aid highway programmatic requirements the state elects to continue; and (3) agree to obligate program amounts exclusively for projects that would be eligible for surface transportation program funding.
 
Directs the Secretary to carry out a similar alternative funding program for public transportation programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Security Enhancement and Jobs Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1586
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Aviation and airports
Department of Homeland Security
Government information and archives
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Security Enhancement and Jobs Act of 2011 - Transfers from the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security (DOT) to the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) the authority to approve, within 120 days after receipt, any application of an airport operator to have the screening of passengers and property at an airport be carried out by the screening personnel of a qualified private screening company (security screening opt-out program).
 
Requires the Secretary to approve such an application unless approval would compromise security, detrimentally affect the efficiency or effectiveness of screening, or otherwise adversely affect the mission of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
 
Authorizes the Secretary to carry out this Act acting through the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (TSA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House