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Prevention of Unreasonable Fees Act

Bill: 112-hr-1691
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2011-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Marine and inland water transportation
Railroads
Transportation costs
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: 
Prevention of Unreasonable Fees Act - Prohibits an operator of a transportation terminal that uses federal funds for terminal construction, or for the purchase or lease of equipment installed there, from charging a fee to a provider of pre-arranged ground transportation service that meets state vehicle and intrastate passenger licensing requirements. Exempts from such prohibition: (1) fees charged to the general public for access to, or use of, the terminal; (2) any fee for the availability of ancillary facilities located there; or (3) any fee for such access or use that the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) has approved in advance as reasonable, nonburdensome, nondiscriminatory, and necessary to the provision of prearranged ground transportation service.
 
Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) prohibit or restrict a transportation terminal operator from requiring vehicles that cannot safely use public parking facilities to use segregated facilities provided the fee for segregated facilities is no more than that charged to the public for similar facilities, or (2) restrict the right of a state or its political subdivisions to require a license or fee (other than a prohibited transportation terminal fee) for a motor vehicle providing certain other prearranged ground transportation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2011-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2011-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Asthma Management Plans in School Act

Bill: 112-hr-1692
Sponsor: Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2011-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency communications systems
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: 
Asthma Management Plans in School Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to schools that are receiving school improvement funds under part A of title I of the Act and are located in areas that have a high prevalence of asthma so they can: (1) develop and implement an asthma management plan; and (2) purchase the asthma inhalers, nebulizer machines, valved holding chambers (VHCs), spacers, auto-injectable epinephrine, and other supplies necessary for the relief and treatment of affected students. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to local health or education departments to carry out such activities if they are the entities that would routinely carry out such activities in an area.
 
 Requires grantees to: (1) find innovative ways to encourage rapid bidirectional communication between schools and students' physicians and students' adherence to asthma treatment, and (2) ensure that they have on staff a nurse or individual who is trained to administer emergency asthma care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E800)
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Research and Development Tax Credit Extension Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1693
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Research and Development Tax Credit Extension Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the tax credit for increasing research activities, and (2) increase the rate of the alternative simplified research tax credit.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Disaster Preparedness Act

Bill: 112-hr-1694
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2011-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Emergency planning and evacuation
Executive Office of the President
Nuclear power
Radioactive wastes and releases
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: 
Nuclear Disaster Preparedness Act - Directs the President to issue guidance on the federal response to any nuclear disaster that: (1) may be caused by a natural catastrophe, an accident, or a terrorist or other attack; (2) occurs initially at a nuclear power plant; and (3) disperses radiation off the reactor site and into the surrounding area.
 
Requires such guidance to: (1) designate the federal agency responsible for coordinating the government's efforts in response to a nuclear disaster (coordinating agency), including making a formal declaration that a nuclear disaster exists, and to identify the circumstances under which such declaration will occur; (2) designate the agency responsible for recommending the evacuation of an area surrounding a nuclear power plant in response to such a disaster and to identify the circumstances under which such recommendation will be made; (3) designate the agency responsible for conducting such evacuation; (4) designate the agency responsible for recommending that evacuees may return following a nuclear disaster and to identify the circumstances under which such recommendation will be made; and (5) designate the agency responsible for conducting cleanup of a nuclear disaster and to identify what cleanup standards will apply.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1695
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2011-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Roads and highways
Telecommunication rates and fees
Telephone and wireless communication
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: 
Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to require states to install broadband conduits (conduits for fiber optic cables that support broadband or wireless facilities for broadband service) in certain highway construction projects.
 
Requires the Secretary to ensure that any requesting broadband provider has access to such installed broadband conduit on a competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory basis, for a charge not to exceed a cost-based rate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Energy Regulatory Public Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-1696
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2011-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Energy
Department of Justice
Electric power generation and transmission
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Oil and gas
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: 
Energy Regulatory Public Protection Act - Establishes within the Department of Justice (DOJ) an Office of Public Advocate to represent the interests of members of the general public affected by regulatory matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), other FERC-related matters before other federal regulatory agencies, or any court of competent jurisdiction.
 
Makes it the duty of the Office to: (1) receive and assess comments from all interested parties with respect to project applications before FERC; (2) submit such comments to FERC, together with findings and recommendations, regarding the outcome, terms, and conditions of an application for approval; (3) review and assess applicant compliance with FERC orders; (4) seek full compliance with an order through the FERC or a court if the applicant fails to comply and such noncompliance is harmful to the health, safety, and welfare of affected parties; and (5) undertake appeal of any FERC order it deems harmful to the heath, safety, or welfare of affected parties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2011-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-05-03
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: 2011-05-03
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: 2011-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Introduced in House
10k Run for the Border Act

Bill: 112-hr-1698
Sponsor: Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2011-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Foreign labor
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: 
10k Run for the Border Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase employer civil fines for: (1) hiring, or recruiting or referring for a fee, an alien that the employer knows is not authorized for employment; and (2) continuing to employ such alien.
 
Sets forth a federal-state (and local) allocation of such additional penalty funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Pakistan Foreign Aid Accountability Act

Bill: 112-hr-1699
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2011-05-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
International organizations and cooperation
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Pakistan
Sanctions
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: 
Pakistan Foreign Aid Accountability Act - Prohibits assistance from being provided to Pakistan unless the Secretary of State certifies to Congress that: (1) the government of Pakistan did not have any information regarding Osama bin Laden's possible whereabouts on or after September 11, 2001; or (2) if the government of Pakistan did have information regarding Osama bin Laden's possible whereabouts on or after September 11, 2001, it expeditiously communicated such information to the U.S government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3012)
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Patient Empowerment Act

Bill: 112-hr-1700
Sponsor: Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6]
Introduced: 2011-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Contracts and agency
Federal preemption
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: 
Medicare Patient Empowerment Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow any Medicare beneficiary to enter into a contract with a non-participating (as well as with a participating) physician or practitioner for any item or service covered by Medicare. Allows such beneficiaries to submit a claim for Medicare payment in the amount that would otherwise apply if the claim had been filed by a participating physician or practitioner in the payment area where the physician or practitioner covered by the contract resides.
 
Requires a Medicare beneficiary to agree in writing in such a contract to: (1) pay the physician or practitioner for a Medicare-covered item or service; and (2) submit (in lieu of the physician or practitioner) a claim for Medicare payment. Allows a beneficiary, however, to negotiate, as a term of the contract, for the physician or practitioner to file such claims on the beneficiary's behalf.
 
Preempts state laws from limiting the amount of charges for physician and practitioner services for which Medicare payment is made.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-05-03
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: 2011-05-03
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: 2011-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Eagle and Summit County Wilderness Preservation Act

Bill: 112-hr-1701
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2011-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Motor vehicles
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: 
Eagle and Summit County Wilderness Preservation Act - Amends the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to designate certain lands in Colorado in the White River National Forest and certain public lands administered by Colorado River Valley Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS). 
 
Releases the portions of the Castle Peak and Bull Gulch wilderness study areas that are not designated as wilderness by this Act from further study for designation as wilderness.
 
Designates certain BLM administered lands and certain lands in the White River National Forest as the Red Table Mountain, Pisgah Mountain, and Castle Peak Areas. 
 
 Provides for the eventual designation of the Castle Peak and Pisgah Mountain Areas as the Castle Peak Wilderness and Pisgah Mountain Wilderness, respectively, upon publication of a notice in the Federal Register that such areas are no longer needed by the Colorado Army National Guard for helicopter training, testing, or evaluation. 
 
Designates certain federal lands in the White River National Forest as: (1) the Tenmile and Hoosier Ridge Special Management Areas, and (2) the Porcupine Gulch Special Management Area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Ending Taxpayer Subsidies for Yachts Act

Bill: 112-hr-1702
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2011-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions
Marine and inland water transportation
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: 
Ending Taxpayer Subsidies for Yachts Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for interest paid on a mortgage for a second residence of a taxpayer if that residence is a boat.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Annual National Classified School Employee of the Year Award Act

Bill: 112-hr-1704
Sponsor: Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2011-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Higher education
Preschool education
School administration
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: 
Annual National Classified School Employee of the Year Award Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award National Classified School Employee of the Year Awards to classified public school employees within certain occupational specialties who provide exemplary service to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education.
 
Requires the Secretary to choose an awardee each year, out of nominations received from each state, from one of the following occupational specialties: (1) paraprofessional services, (2) clerical and administrative services, (3) transportation services, (4) food and nutrition services, (5) custodial and maintenance services, (6) security services, (7) health and student services, (8) technical services, and (9) skilled trades.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Commercial Motor Vehicle Advanced Safety Technology Tax Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1706
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Geoff [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2011-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-04
text: 
Commercial Motor Vehicle Advanced Safety Technology Tax Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a general business tax credit for 50% of the cost of placing in service any qualified commercial vehicle advanced safety system. Defines &quot;qualified commercial vehicle advanced safety system&quot; as a manufacturer-certified brake stroke monitoring system, lane departure warning system, collision warning system, or vehicle stability system identified by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration as significantly enhancing the safety or security of commercial drivers, vehicles, or passengers. Terminates such credit after 2016.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-04
text: Introduced in House
Data Accountability and Trust Act

Bill: 112-hr-1707
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2011-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal preemption
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-04
text: 
Data Accountability and Trust Act - Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate regulations requiring each person engaged in interstate commerce that owns or possesses data containing personal information to establish specified security policies and procedures to treat and protect such information.
 
Requires the regulations to include methods for disposing of both electronic and nonelectronic data.
 
Requires information brokers to submit their security policies to the FTC in conjunction with a notification of a security breach notification or on FTC request. Authorizes the FTC to conduct information security practices audits of brokers who have had a security breach or require such brokers to conduct independent audits.
 
Requires information brokers to: (1) establish procedures to verify the accuracy of information that identifies individuals, (2) provide to individuals whose personal information it maintains a means to review it, (3) place a conspicuous notice on the Internet instructing individuals how to request access to such information, and (4) correct inaccurate information.
 
Directs the FTC to require information brokers to establish measures which facilitate the auditing or retracing of access to, or transmissions of, any data containing personal information. 
 
Makes it unlawful for information brokers to obtain or disclose personal information by false pretenses (pretexting).
 
Requires such person to notify the FTC and affected individuals of information security breaches. Sets forth requirements concerning such notification, including method of notification requirements and timeliness requirements. Allows an exemption from notification requirements if such person determines that there is no reasonable risk of identity theft, fraud, or other unlawful conduct.
 
Preempts state information security laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2011-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-04
text: Introduced in House