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Gulf Coast Oil and Gas Royalty Giveaway Repeal and Deficit Reduction Act

Bill: 112-hr-2673
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2011-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Energy revenues and royalties
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-27
text: 
Gulf Coast Oil and Gas Royalty Giveaway Repeal and Deficit Reduction Act - Amends the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit: (1) 87.5% of qualified outer Continental Shelf (OCS) revenues into the general fund of the Treasury, and (2) 12.5 % of qualified OCS revenues in a special account in the Treasury to be disbursed 100% to provide financial assistance to states. Considers such funds income to the Land and Water Conservation Fund. 
 
Requires rentals or royalties received by the United States from leases under such Act to be deposited into the Treasury and used for federal budget deficit reduction or, if there is no federal budget deficit, for reducing the federal debt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2011-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-27
text: Introduced in House
340B Program Improvement Act

Bill: 112-hr-2674
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2011-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business records
Health care costs and insurance
Health facilities and institutions
Medicaid
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-27
text: 
 340B Program Improvement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to make revisions to the 340B drug discount program (a program limiting the cost of covered outpatient drugs to certain federal grantees).
 
Includes drugs used in connection with an inpatient or outpatient service by enrolled hospitals as covered drugs under the program (currently, only outpatient drugs are covered under the program).
 
Requires hospitals enrolled in the 340B program to provide to each state a credit on the estimated annual purchases by such hospitals of covered drugs provided to Medicaid recipients for inpatient use. Sets forth a formula for calculating the credit. Allows a hospital to avoid paying such credits under certain circumstances. 
 
Eliminates the requirement that hospitals enrolled in the 340B program report the National Drug Code numbers for drugs administered by a physician if the state is precluded from seeking a rebate on such drugs because they were purchased at a discount under the 340B program.
 
Removes the exclusion that prohibited covered entities added to the 340B program under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act from purchasing drugs for a rare disease or condition as covered outpatient drugs.
 
Treats a facility or organization that is eligible for the 340B program as satisfying any geographic location requirements in relation to a hospital or a critical access hospital for purposes of determining provider-based status under Medicare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-27
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: 2011-07-27
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: 2011-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Farming Flexibility Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2675
Sponsor: Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2011-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Fruit and vegetables

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-27
text: 
Farming Flexibility Act of 2011 - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to consider mung beans and pulse crops as covered commodities whose planting on base acres is prohibited unless the commodity, if planted, is destroyed before harvest.
 
 
Provides that: (1) as of crop year 2012 producers on a farm may reduce the base acres for any covered commodity for a crop year by one acre for each acre used for the production of fruits or vegetables (other than potatoes) for processing; (2) such acres devoted to fruits or vegetables shall be included in base acres for the covered commodity for the subsequent crop year unless the producers on the farm make the election to produce fruits and vegetables for the subsequent crop year; and (3) if a farm's base acres are recalculated the production of fruits or vegetables shall be considered to be the same as the planting, prevented planting, or production of a covered commodity.
 
Requires producers to: (1) demonstrate that they have entered into a contract to produce a fruit or vegetable crop for processing, (2) produce such crop as part of a crop rotation program to achieve agronomic and pest and disease management benefits, and (3) provide evidence of the crop's disposition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2011-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Los Angeles Residential Helicopter Noise Relief Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2677
Sponsor: Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2011-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
California
Department of Transportation
Noise pollution
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: 
Los Angeles Residential Helicopter Noise Relief Act of 2011 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue regulations for helicopter operations in Los Angeles County, California, that include requirements for helicopter flight paths and altitudes to reduce helicopter noise pollution in residential areas.
 
Authorizes the Administrator to exempt from such requirements helicopter operations related to emergency, law enforcement, or military activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Communities of Color Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2678
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2011-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Crimes against women
Family planning and birth control
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Immigrant health and welfare
Indian social and development programs
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Minority health
Sex and reproductive health
Sex offenses
Teenage pregnancy
Violent crime
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: 
 Communities of Color Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants for programs to provide youth in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities the information and skills needed to avoid teenage pregnancy and develop healthy relationships. 
 
Allows up to 10% of amounts made available for this Act to be allotted for a rigorous, independent evaluation of grant activities. 
 
Requires the Secretary to award grants for multimedia campaigns to provide public education and increase public awareness regarding teenage pregnancy and related social and emotional issues.
 
Requires the Director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to make grants for research on teenage pregnancy, dating violence, and healthy relationships among racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities.
 
Requires the Secretary to direct the interagency adolescent health workgroup within the Office of Adolescent Health to include in the work of the group strategies for teenage dating violence prevention and healthy teenage relationships, with a particular focus among racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities, in consultation with the Federal Interagency Workgroup on Teen Dating Violence in the Department of Justice (DOJ).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5583-5584)
PREEMIE Reauthorization Act

Bill: 112-hr-2679
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2011-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Birth defects
Child health
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Hospital care
Medicaid
Medical research
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: 
 Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Reauthorization Act or the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to expand, intensify, and coordinate NIH activities with respect to research on the causes of preterm labor and delivery, tools to detect, prevent, or reduce prevalence of preterm labor and delivery, and the care and treatment of preterm infants.
 
Establishes within NIH a multicenter clinical program to investigate problems in clinical obstetrics, improve the care and outcomes of neonates, and enhance the understanding of DNA and proteins as they relate to the underlying processes that lead to preterm birth.
 
Requires the Director to award grants for planning, establishing, improving, and providing basic operating support for transdisciplinary research centers for prematurity.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Surgeon General, to establish and implement a national science-based provider and consumer education campaign on promoting healthy pregnancies and preventing preterm birth.
 
Reauthorizes provisions related to research on prematurity and preterm births and sets forth specific areas for such research. 
 
Requires the Director of the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth to award grants to establish demonstration projects for: (1) obstetrical services for high risk women of child bearing age remotely using telehealth; and (2) educational activities regarding risk factors for preterm birth.
 
Expands a demonstration project to inform health care providers and the public and improve treatment and outcome for babies born preterm.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish the Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality. 
 
Requires a study on hospital readmissions of preterm births.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Federal Realignment and Closure Commission Act

Bill: 112-hr-2680
Sponsor: Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2011-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Legislative rules and procedure
Performance measurement
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: 
Federal Realignment and Closure Commission Act - Establishes the Federal Realignment and Closure Commission to assess the effectiveness and accountability of federal agency programs. Requires the Commission to: (1) evaluate all agencies and programs to eliminate duplicative functions and wasteful or inefficient spending or mismanagement; and (2) recommend the realignment or elimination of agencies or programs that have completed their intended purpose, have become irrelevant, or have failed to meet their objectives. 
 
Requires the President to: (1) transmit to the Commission and to Congress a report containing the President's approval or disapproval of the Commission's plan and recommendations, and (2) eliminate or realign all agencies and programs pursuant to the Commission's recommendations approved by the President unless Congress enacts a resolution disapproving such recommendations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2011-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2011-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Introduced in House
HEAL Act

Bill: 112-hr-2683
Sponsor: Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2011-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Arkansas
Crime victims
Military personnel and dependents
Terrorism
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: 
Honoring Ezeagwula and Long Act or the HEAL Act - Requires that Armed Forces members who were killed or wounded in the attack that occurred at a recruiting station in Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 1, 2009, be treated as having been killed or wounded in a combat zone as the result of an act of an enemy of the United States for the purposes of all applicable federal laws, regulations, and policies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Introduced in House
P.E. for the 21st Century Act

Bill: 112-hr-2684
Sponsor: Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2011-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Public-private cooperation
School athletics
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: 
P.E. for the 21st Century Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to local educational agencies and charter schools to improve physical fitness education and curricula in elementary and secondary schools.
 
Requires each grantee to carry out a pilot program for one school year that: (1) makes technology a key component of assessing students' physical fitness and improvement; (2) creates partnerships with local businesses to ensure community support for the program, and their financial and professional assistance; and (3) incorporates physical fitness education (in addition to regular physical fitness education classes) into multiple areas of the curriculum.
 
Limits such grants to one grantee in each state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Restoring America's Dignity Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2685
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]
Introduced: 2011-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Constitution and constitutional amendments
General taxation matters
Income tax rates
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: 
Restoring America's Dignity Act of 2011 - Increases the public debt limit by $750 billion, effective upon adoption by the Congress of a balanced budget constitutional amendment in accordance with the requirements of this Act. Increases the public debt limit by an additional $750 billion, effective upon ratification of such amendment.
 
Requires such a balanced budget amendment to provide, among other things, that: (1) total outlays of the United States (except those for repayment of debt principal) for any fiscal year shall not exceed total receipts (except those derived from borrowing) for that fiscal year; (2) such limitations may be suspended by a majority of the membership of both houses of Congress in the event of a declared war, or by 3/4 of the membership of Congress for any other fiscal year; (3) any bill increasing net gross federal tax receipts by levying a new tax or revenue source, or increasing the rate of any existing tax or revenue source, or by amending the terms of one or more then-existing taxes or revenue sources, shall not become law unless approved by 3/5 of the membership of Congress; (4) the President, in specified circumstances, shall have discretion to take necessary steps to ensure total outlays for that fiscal year do not exceed total receipts; (5) any Member of Congress, state governor, or state attorney general shall have standing and a cause of action to seek judicial enforcement of the amendment; and (6) after ratification of the amendment its requirements shall be phased in over 5 years according to a specified schedule.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Children First Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2686
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2011-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Appropriations
Business records
Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Employment and training programs
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: 
Children First Act of 2011 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) exclude child care assistance from the determination of the five-year limit on assistance under TANF, and (2) increase funding for child care.
 
Requires the plans submitted to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) by eligible states to contain provisions for certification of procedures to ensure that child care providers comply with applicable state or local health and safety standards. 
 
 Increases from 6 to 13 the maximum age allowed of a child under the care of a single custodial parent or other individual with custody who will not be subject to a reduction or termination of TANF assistance as a result of a refusal of the individual to engage in work.
 
Subjects to the individual and case data reporting requirements of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 any TANF funds expended for child care, whether or not transferred to that Act, and exempts such funds from SSA reporting requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Fort Pulaski National Monument Lease Authorization Act

Bill: 112-hr-2687
Sponsor: Rep. Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2011-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Georgia
Land transfers
Monuments and memorials

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: 
Fort Pulaski National Monument Lease Authorization Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to lease to the Savannah Bar Pilots Association or a successor organization up to 30,000 square feet of land and improvements in Fort Pulaski National Monument in Georgia at the location on Cockspur Island that has been used continuously by the Association since 1940. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Runaway Reporting Improvement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2688
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2011-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: 
Runaway Reporting Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 with respect to the reporting of missing children to require: (1) federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to certify to the Attorney General compliance with requirements to report missing children to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database; and (2) state and local law enforcement officers to give a written information sheet to each individual who reports a missing child that includes the toll-free phone numbers of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the National Runaway Switchboard and a description of services provided by such organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1430)
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Introduced in House