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Protect America from U.S. Military Expenses in Libya Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1323
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2011-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Africa
Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Defense spending
Libya
Middle East
Military operations and strategy

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: 
Protect America from U.S. Military Expenses in Libya Act of 2011 - Directs the President, in order to ensure that the cost of military operations in Libya does not increase the federal deficit or reduce the capability of U.S. Armed Forces, to submit to Congress a list of recommendations for specific rescissions of nonsecurity discretionary appropriations for FY2011, for purposes of reappropriation to accounts of the Department of Defense (DOD) to replace amounts obligated for such operations. Requires the aggregate amount of the recommended rescissions to be at least equal to the projected cost of such operations.
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to determine and submit to the President and Congress the projected cost of such operations through May 15, 2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
To eliminate sweetheart deals under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Bill: 112-hr-1324
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2011-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Building construction
Connecticut
Environmental health
Hawaii
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Intergovernmental relations
Louisiana
Medical research
Medicare
Michigan
Montana
State and local finance
Tennessee
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: 
Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 related to: (1) the disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotment for Tennessee and Hawaii; (2) an adjustment to the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for qualifying disaster-recovery states; (3) the establishment of a floor on the area wage index for a frontier state for purposes of a geographic adjustment to Medicare payments to hospitals for inpatient services; (4) the eligibility for Medicare coverage of certain individuals exposed to environmental health hazards; and (5) the appropriation of funds for debt service on, or direct construction or renovation of, a health care facility that provides research, inpatient, tertiary care, or outpatient clinical service.
 
Amends PPACA to eliminate revisions to the formula for determining the wage index applicable to Section 508 hospitals. (Section 508 of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 allows the temporary reclassification of a hospital with a low Medicare area wage index to a nearby location with a higher index so that the hospital will receive the higher Medicare reimbursement rate.)
 
Makes this Act effective as if it were included in PPACA or, if applicable, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-04-01
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: 2011-04-01
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: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
AMERICA Works Act

Bill: 112-hr-1325
Sponsor: Rep. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN-2]
Introduced: 2011-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Manufacturing
Trade adjustment assistance
Vocational and technical education
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: 
American Manufacturing Efficiency and Retraining Investment Collaboration Achievement Works Act or AMERICA Works Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, with respect to statewide and local adult and youth workforce investment employment and training programs, to require a one-stop delivery system, in selecting and approving training services, or programs of training services, to give priority consideration to state- and local board-approved services and programs that lead to an industry-recognized and nationally portable credential that is in high demand in the local area served and listed in the skill credential registry created under this Act.
 
Amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 and the Trade Act of 1974 to require the same priority consideration in the state and local plans for career and technical education programs as well as in tech prep programs and trade adjustment assistance (TAA) programs.
 
Requires that funds allocated for local area youth activities be used, in part, for training programs, giving priority consideration to those that lead to a registry-listed credential in high demand in the local area served.
 
Requires the Secretary of Labor to: (1) create a registry of skill credentials; and (2) list in the registry credentials that are required by federal or state law for an occupation, are from the Manufacturing Institute-Endorsed Manufacturing Skills Certification System, and are industry-recognized and nationally portable credentials consistent with established industry competency models as well as consistently updated through third party validation to reflect changing industry competencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Furthering International Nuclear Safety Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1326
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2011-04-01 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Accidents
Congressional oversight
Emergency planning and evacuation
Government information and archives
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Natural disasters
Nuclear power
Radioactive wastes and releases

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: 
Furthering International Nuclear Safety Act of 2011 - Directs the President to instruct the U.S. delegate to the Convention on Nuclear Safety to encourage: (1) parties to more systematically assess their progress in improving safety; (2) parties to increase the number of national reports and related answers to questions available to the public by posting them to a publicly available website of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); (3) the IAEA to assist the preparation of national reports and provide technical support to improve civilian nuclear program safety; (4) countries that currently have or are considering the establishment of a civilian nuclear power program to formally join the Convention; and (5) parties to expand cooperation on prediction and analysis capability for earthquakes, tsunamis, and on radiation as it is transported away from nuclear sites.
 
Directs the Secretary of State to submit to Congress the U.S. government's strategic plan and goals for international nuclear safety cooperation for operating power reactors.
 
Sets forth reporting requirements regarding: (1) implementation of such strategic plan, and (2) U.S. efforts to further international nuclear safety.
 
 
Defines &quot;party'' as a nation that has formally joined the Convention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1327
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2011-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Higher education
Housing and community development funding
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: 
Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax-exempt charitable or educational organizations to make collegiate housing and infrastructure improvement grants to certain tax-exempt social clubs (e.g., college fraternities and sororities) which apply such grants to their collegiate housing property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Federal Acupuncture Coverage Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1328
Sponsor: Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2011-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care coverage and access
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: 
Federal Acupuncture Coverage Act of 2011 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act and federal civil service law relating to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to cover qualified acupuncturist services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy     .
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the credit for research activities permanent and to provide an increase in such credit for taxpayers whose gross receipts are predominantly from domestic production activities.

Bill: 112-hr-1329
Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2011-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the tax credit for increasing research activities, and (2) increase the amount of such credit for taxpayers who earn more than 50% of their gross receipts from domestic production activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Honoring Hometown Heroes Act

Bill: 112-hr-1330
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2011-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Health personnel
Law enforcement officers
National symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: 
Honoring Hometown Heroes Act - Permits the flag of the United States to be flown at half-staff in the event of the death of a first responder (firefighter, police officer, or emergency medical service provider) serving in the line of duty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Electronic Life Safety and Security Systems Federal Background Check Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1331
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2011-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention
Criminal justice information and records
Emergency communications systems
Personnel records

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: 
Electronic Life Safety and Security Systems Federal Background Check Act of 2011 - Directs the Attorney General to establish a method to permit employers in the electronic life safety and security systems installation and monitoring industry to access criminal history records and other information to conduct background checks of existing and prospective employees. 
 
States that employees should have an effective means to dispute or seek a correction of the outcome of such background check.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Fairness Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1332
Sponsor: Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2011-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: 
Social Security Fairness Act of 2011 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal the government pension offset requirement applicable to and reducing husband's and wife's insurance benefits, widow's and widower's insurance benefits, and divorced mother's and divorced father's insurance benefits with respect to federal, state, or local government employees who receive a government pension and did not pay Social Security taxes during their years of government service, and so did not earn entitlement to Social Security benefits for those years.
 
Repeals also the windfall elimination requirement with respect to computation of an individual's primary insurance amount under which OASDI retirement or disability benefits are reduced if the individual receives a federal, state, or local government pension, did not pay Social Security taxes during the years of government service, and so did not earn entitlement to Social Security benefits for those years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Gulf Coast Economic and Tourism Restoration Act

Bill: 112-hr-1333
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2011-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Accidents
Alabama
Civil actions and liability
Economic development
Executive agency funding and structure
Florida
Government trust funds
Gulf States
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Mississippi
Oil and gas
Texas
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: 
Gulf Coast Economic and Tourism Restoration Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Gulf Coast Economic Restoration Fund. Requires transfer into such Fund of not less than 40% of all amounts collected as federal penalties, settlements, or fines in relation to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill caused by the Deepwater Horizon drilling unit that began on April 20, 2010.
 
Establishes the Gulf Coast Economic Restoration Task Force. Directs the Task Force to use the Fund for activities related to Gulf coast economic development and tourism promotion, by way of grants to the Gulf states of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Prohibits any state from receiving less than 5% or more than 30% of available amounts.
 
Requires a report from the governors of each Gulf state to Congress describing their use of such funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1334
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-04-01 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Arms control and nonproliferation
Congressional tributes
International law and treaties
Nuclear weapons
Radioactive wastes and releases

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: 
Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act of 2011 - Requires the government: (1) to provide leadership to negotiate a multilateral treaty or other international agreement that provides for the dismantlement and elimination, under strict international control, of all nuclear weapons in every country by 2020; (2) once the President certifies that all countries have eliminated such weapons or begun such elimination under established legal requirements, to redirect resources that are being used for nuclear weapons programs to addressing human and infrastructure needs and to converting nuclear weapons industry employees, processes, plants, and programs to constructive, ecologically beneficial peacetime activities; (3) to undertake efforts to eliminate war, armed conflict, and all military operations; and (4) to promote policies to induce all other countries to join in such commitments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2011-04-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E603)
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House