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To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the two-year waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following the divorce.

Bill: 112-hr-2292
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2011-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Separation, divorce, custody, support
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: 
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the two-year waiting period following a divorce for a divorced spouse to become entitled to a spouse's OASDI benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for full benefits for disabled widows and widowers without regard to age.

Bill: 112-hr-2293
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2011-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Marriage and family status
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: 
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide for full benefits for disabled widows and widowers without regard to age or any previous reduction in OASDI benefits.
 
Declares that there shall be no reduction in the widow's or widower's insurance benefit of an individual for any month in which such individual is under a disability. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for increases in widow's and widower's insurance benefits by reason of delayed retirement.

Bill: 112-hr-2294
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2011-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: 
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) increases in widow's and widower's insurance benefits by reason of delayed retirement, and (2) the treatment of delayed retirement in cases of simultaneous entitlement to OASDI benefits and widow's or widower's insurance benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2295
Sponsor: Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2011-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Alternative and renewable resources
Department of Labor
Disability and health-based discrimination
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Energy efficiency and conservation
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Indian social and development programs
Intergovernmental relations
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Performance measurement
State and local government operations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: 
Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for: (1) WIA title I, workforce investment systems for job training and employment services; and (2) WIA title II, adult education and family literacy education programs. 
 
Revises and reauthorizes workforce investment systems with respect to: (1) state and local planning, allocation, work force investment board membership, and performance accountability; (2) one-stop centers; (3) consolidated funding for adult program activities, including job training, dislocated worker retraining, the employment service system, and reemployment grants; (4) training programs for both out-of-school and in-school youth, including challenge grants; and (5) national job training programs, including the Job Corps and programs for Native Americans, migrant and seasonal farmworkers, and veterans.
 
Requires the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor to be the principal agency to administer WIA title I workforce investment systems for job training and employment services and title III (Job Corps). 
 
Exempts religious organizations, with respect to their employment of individuals of a particular religion, from WIA nondiscrimination requirements.
 
Prescribes requirements for the approval of state Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) plans for the carrying out of certain workforce development activities. 
 
Repeals Wagner-Peyser Act provisions relating to the U.S. Employment Service. Directs the Secretary of Labor to oversee the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of a nationwide workforce and labor market information system. 
 
Revises requirements and reauthorizes appropriations for: (1) vocational rehabilitation services under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and (2) the Helen Keller National Center Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Introduced in House
America Rx Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2296
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2011-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: 
America Rx Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the America Rx program to provide qualified residents with access to discounted prices for outpatient prescription drugs through rebate agreements that the Secretary negotiates with prescription drug manufacturers. Makes eligible only those residents that are not covered under any public or private program that provides substantial benefits towards the purchase of outpatient prescription drugs.
 
Requires rebates to be payable to the Secretary at least quarterly and to be paid, directly or through states, to participating pharmacies that provide discounts to qualified residents.
 
Denies manufacturers who do not participate in the rebate program a tax deduction for advertising and marketing expenses of drugs.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to suspend or terminate the America Rx program if the Secretary determines that American Health Benefit Exchanges (health insurance exchanges) are operational, and the America Rx program is no longer needed to ensure that qualified residents have access to outpatient prescription drugs at affordable prices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a monthly assistance allowance to disabled veterans training or competing for the Paralympic Team.

Bill: 112-hr-2300
Sponsor: Rep. Stutzman, Marlin A. [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2011-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Athletes
Disability assistance
Olympic games
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: 
Extends, until FY2018, the yearly $2 million appropriations authorization for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay a monthly assistance allowance to disabled veterans training or competing for the Paralympic Team.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-07-07
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Streamlining Education Claims Processing Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2301
Sponsor: Rep. Stutzman, Marlin A. [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2011-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: 
Streamlining Education Claims Processing Act of 2011 - Directs certain amounts payable for individuals pursuing approved education under the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) post-9/11 educational assistance program to be paid by the VA Secretary within 30 days following receipt of the charges incurred by such individual at the end of the quarter, semester, or term.
 
Sets forth the method for determining the cost per credit hour for established charges payable directly to educational institutions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-21
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2011-07-21
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-07-07
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Major Drug Trafficking Prosecution Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2303
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2011-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: 
Major Drug Trafficking Prosecution Act of 2011- Requires the Attorney General's prior written approval for a federal prosecution of an offense under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) or the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (CSIEA), or for any conspiracy to commit such an offense, where the offense involves the illegal distribution or possession of a controlled substance in an amount less than that specified as a minimum for an offense under CSA or, in the case of any substance containing cocaine or cocaine base, in an amount less than 500 grams. 

Modifies CSA and CSIEA to delete specified mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2011-06-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2011-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Fishery Science Improvement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2304
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2011-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Fishes
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: 
Fishery Science Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 to postpone from fishing year 2011 to 2014 the effective date upon which a mechanism for specifying annual catch limits and accountability measures for fisheries other than those determined by the Secretary of Commerce to be subject to overfishing must be established in fishery management plans prepared by any Regional Fishery Management Council or the Secretary, implementing regulations, or annual specifications.
 
Makes the catch limit mechanism, for all fisheries, inapplicable to a fishery for any stock of fish: (1) for which a peer reviewed stock survey and stock assessment have not been performed during the five-year period before enactment of this Act and for which the Secretary determines overfishing is not occurring, and (2) that is an ecosystem stock.
 
Defines &quot;ecosystem stock&quot; as a stock of fish determined by the Secretary to be a nontarget stock that is not overfished or likely to become overfished.
 
Requires the Secretary, within 270 days after determining that a fishery is overfished, to perform a stock survey and stock assessment of each of the overfished stocks in the fishery and transmit the assessment to the appropriate Council.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-01
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Memorialize Our Guardsmen and Reservists Act

Bill: 112-hr-2305
Sponsor: Rep. Hayworth, Nan A. S. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2011-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Military education and training
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: 
Memorialize Our Guardsmen and Reservists Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make available for purchase a memorial headstone or marker for the marked or unmarked grave of: (1) an individual who performed inactive duty training or active duty for training as a member of a reserve component, but did not serve on active duty and is not otherwise ineligible for a memorial headstone or marker on account of the nature of the individual's separation from the Armed Forces or other cause; or (2) such an individual whose remains are unavailable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Introduced in House
Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2306
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2011-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: 
Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to: (1) provide that such Act shall not apply to marihuana, except that it shall be unlawful to ship or transport from one state, territory, or district (jurisdiction) of the United States to another, or from a foreign country into such a U.S. jurisdiction, marihuana that is intended to be received, possessed, sold, or in any manner used in violation of any law of such jurisdiction; and (2) remove marihuana and tetrahydrocannabinols from the list of Schedule I controlled substances. 
 
Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to exclude marijuana from its prohibitions on the import, export, manufacture, possession with intent to distribute, or distribution of a controlled substance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2011-06-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2011-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Introduced in House
Ethanol Subsidy Repeal Act

Bill: 112-hr-2307
Sponsor: Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2]
Introduced: 2011-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Income tax credits
Motor fuels
Sales and excise taxes
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: 
Ethanol Subsidy Repeal Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the income and excise tax credits for ethanol blenders. 
 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to repeal the additional tariff on ethyl alcohol (ethanol). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Introduced in House
Equal Access to COBRA Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2310
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2011-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Marriage and family status
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: 
Equal Access to COBRA Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and Public Health Service Act to expand COBRA coverage (health insurance continuation benefits) to include an employee's domestic partner and any dependent child of the domestic partner.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2011-06-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2011-06-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2011-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the tax rate for excise tax on investment income of private foundations.

Bill: 112-hr-2311
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2011-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Financial services and investments
Sales and excise taxes
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reduce from 2% to 1.39% the excise tax rate on the net investment income of tax-exempt private foundations, and (2) repeal the 1% reduction in such tax rate for private foundations that meet certain distribution requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Introduced in House
Department of Defense Textile and Apparel Procurement Fairness Act

Bill: 112-hr-2312
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2011-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Federal Prison Industries, Inc.
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: 
Department of Defense Textile and Apparel Procurement Fairness Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from purchasing a textile or apparel product (an individual end item purchased by Department of Defense [DOD] or an item with an individual National Stock Number) for which Federal Prison Industries has a market share determined by the Secretary to be greater than 5% of the DOD market for the product.
 
Prohibits Federal Prison Industries from: (1) submitting a DOD contract offer for any textile or apparel product reserved for small businesses; and (2) continuing to perform under a contract for a textile or apparel product under its preference, as specified, if, after receiving the award, the work intended to be done by federal prisoners is subsequently subcontracted to another entity.
 
Directs the DOD, upon reducing the quantity of items to be delivered under any indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contract for any such product, to reduce Federal Prison Industries' share of the contract by the same percentage that the industry's share is reduced.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund, the increase in the United States quota in that Fund, and certain other authorities, and to rescind related appropriations.

Bill: 112-hr-2313
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2011-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Foreign loans and debt
Multilateral development programs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: 
Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to repeal authority to: (1) provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), including loans related to the New Arrangements to Borrow (NAB); (2) increase the U.S. quota in the IMF; and (3) approve the sale of IMF gold.
 
 
 Rescinds related appropriations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade.
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2011-06-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2011-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Introduced in House