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To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish uniform national standards for the interconnection of certain small power production facilities.

Bill: 112-hr-1624
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative and renewable resources
Consumer affairs
Department of Energy
Electric power generation and transmission
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to establish a standard by which each electric utility shall make interconnection service available, upon request, to any electric consumer served by the utility with respect to any facility on the consumer's premises that has a power production capacity of at least two megawatts. 
 
Grants FERC powers to enforce such standard.
 
Directs FERC to establish, for the consideration of state regulatory authorities, a model standard for the interconnection of small power production facilities that have a power production capacity of between 2 and 20 megawatts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit funding for the Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) program.

Bill: 112-hr-1625
Sponsor: Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Appropriations
Foreign aid and international relief
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Prohibits funds available to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from being used for the Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) program or any successor program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Prevent the Reckless, Irresponsible, Needless Typography (PRINT) Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1626
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional operations and organization
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Prevent the Reckless, Irresponsible, Needless Typography (PRINT) Act of 2011 - Revises requirements for printing the Congressional Record, specifying that it be made electronically available promptly as it is issued in daily form.
 
Prohibits the Government Printing Office (GPO) from printing more than the minimum number of copies of the Record necessary for archival purposes. 
 
Requires the Public Printer to: (1) determine that minimum number of copies, and (2) ensure the most cost-effective printing of it.
 
Requires GPO to make the Record publicly available on GPO's Web site in a format which enables it to be downloaded and printed by users.
 
Repeals: (1) the authority of the Librarian of Congress to furnish a copy of the daily and bound Record to the Undersecretary of State for External Affairs of Canada in exchange for a copy of the Parliamentary Hansard, and (2) the Public Printer's requirement to honor the requisition.
 
Repeals the authority of the Public Printer, under the direction of the Joint Committee, to sell: (1) subscriptions to the daily Record; and (2) current, individual numbers and bound sets of it.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Trash Reduction Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1628
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Retail and wholesale trades
Sales and excise taxes
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Trash Reduction Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require retailers to pay a $0.05 excise tax on each disposable carryout bag provided to a consumer. Defines &quot;disposable carryout bag&quot; to mean a bag of any material, commonly plastic or kraft paper, which is provided to a consumer at the point of sale to carry or cover purchases, merchandise, or items. Exempts reusable bags and certain other bags used for specified purposes from such tax. Allows a refund of such tax for retailers who establish a disposable carryout bag recycling program. 
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Disposable carryout bag Trust Fund to hold tax revenues generated by this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make payments from such Trust Fund for the disposable carryout bag recycling program and for the land and water conservation fund established by the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965. 
 
Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the effectiveness of this Act in reducing the use of disposable carryout bags and encouraging recycling of such bags.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E758-759)
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1629
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Government liability
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to deem a health professional volunteer providing primary health care to an individual at a community health center to be an employee of the Public Health Service for purposes of any civil action that may arise from providing services to patients. Sets forth conditions for such liability protection, including: (1) the service is provided to the individual at a community health center or through offsite programs or events carried out by such center; and (2) the health care practitioner does not receive any compensation for providing the service, except repayment for reasonable expenses.
 
Considers an entity as sponsoring the health care practitioner if the entity submits an application to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Secretary determines that the health care practitioner is deemed to be an employee of the Public Health Service.
 
Requires the Attorney General to submit to Congress an estimate of the amount of claims (together with related fees and expenses of witnesses) that, by reason of the actions or omissions of health professional volunteers, will be paid pursuant to this Act annually. Requires the Secretary to transfer such estimated amount from the claims fund to the appropriate accounts in the Treasury, subject to the extent of amounts in the fund.
 
Makes this Act effective on October 1, 2012. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Social Security and Medicare Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-1630
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Government trust funds
Legislative rules and procedure
Medicare
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Social Security and Medicare Protection Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any concurrent resolution on the budget (or related measure) that would set forth a surplus for any fiscal year less than the combined surpluses of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for that fiscal year. 
 
Makes it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any (spending or tax) measure if its enactment would cause the surplus for any fiscal year covered by the most recently agreed to budget resolution to be less than such combined Fund surpluses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Tax Equity Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1631
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax rates
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Tax Equity Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide regional cost-of-living adjustments in individual income tax rates. Directs the Secretary of Labor to determine and publish a regional cost-of-living index for each metropolitan statistical area.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Superfund Polluter Pays Act

Bill: 112-hr-1634
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Pollution liability
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Superfund Polluter Pays Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code by reinstating until January 1, 2019, the Hazardous Substance Superfund financing rate and the corporate environmental income tax.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Ponzi Scheme Victims' Tax Relief Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1635
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Crime victims
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Ponzi Scheme Victims' Tax Relief Act of 2011- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a special theft loss tax deduction for qualified fraudulent investment losses and for such losses in connection with assets held in an individual retirement account (IRA); (2) a carryback of net operating losses which are qualified fraudulent investment losses for up to 10 years; (3) withdrawals from tax-exempt retirement plans for a 10-year period without penalty to replace qualified fraudulent investment losses; (4) catch-up contributions to retirement plans to compensate for fraudulent investment losses; and (5) an extension of the limitation period for filing refund claims for overpayments of tax in connection with gifts and bequests of an interest in an investment for which there is a qualified fraudulent investment loss. 
 
Defines &quot;qualified fraudulent investment loss&quot; as a loss discovered in 2008 or 2009 resulting from a fraudulent arrangement in which a person receives cash or property from investors, purports to earn income for investors, reports partially or wholly fictitious income to such investors, makes payments to some investors from payments made by other investors, and appropriates some or all of the investors' cash or property. 
 
Waives for a one-year period after the enactment of this Act the application of any law or rule of law (including res judicata) which prevents any credit or refund otherwise allowed by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Time for Innovation Matters in Education Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1636
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Performance measurement
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Time for Innovation Matters in Education Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to states to enable them to award competitive subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or partnerships between LEAs and other public or nonprofit entities to plan and implement expanded learning time initiatives at high-need schools that they serve.
 
Requires such initiatives to: (1) increase the total number of school hours each year at participant schools by at least 300 hours, compared to the school hours per year that are standard for comparable schools served by their LEAs; and (2) expand learning time for all students in all grade levels in such schools, though on-site prekindergarten programs may be excepted.
 
Directs states to give subgrant priority to entities that: (1) serve a high percentage of students from low-income families; (2) include a nonprofit community-based organization experienced in expanding learning opportunities or helping schools redesign their educational programs; (3) take certain steps to facilitate collaboration between high-need schools and community partners; and (4) will coordinate this Act's funding with other federal, state, local, and private funding to implement high-quality expanded learning time initiatives in high-need schools.
 
Permits the Secretary to: (1) award planning and implementation grants directly to a partnership that serves more that one area in more than one state, and (2) provide technical assistance to grantees and subgrantees in developing and implementing expanded learning time initiatives.
 
Requires the Secretary to contract with an independent organization with expertise in school improvement, program evaluation, and measurement to evaluate this Act's program and provide technical assistance to grantees and subgrantees in collecting data and evaluating their programs pursuant to specified performance measures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Crime Victims Fund Preservation Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1637
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Budget process
Crime victims
Government trust funds
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Crime Victims Fund Preservation Act of 2011 - Excludes receipts and disbursements of the Crime Victims Fund from executive and congressional budgets.

Prohibits the consideration of any legislation in the House of Representatives or the Senate that would authorize the use of amounts in the Crime Victims Fund for a purpose not authorized by the Victims of Crime Act of 1984. Allows the Senate to waive or suspend such prohibition by a three-fifths vote. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and 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: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and 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: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and 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: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Dollar Bill Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1638
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business investment and capital
Commodities markets
Currency
Income tax deductions
Metals
Monetary policy

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Dollar Bill Act of 2011 - Requires the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to: (1) make the value of the U.S. dollar equal to price of gold on the exchange operated by the Commodities Exchange, Inc. (COMEX) of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc.; and (2) maintain that value at this level.
 
Prohibits the Board, in regulating the value of the U.S. dollar, from conducting open market operations indirectly, as in the current practice of targeting the federal funds rate. 
 
Requires the Board to use its banking and bank regulatory powers to maintain and promote stable and effective financial markets during and after the transition to a defined value for the U.S. dollar.
 
Entitles all entities that depreciate capital assets for tax purposes to 100% expensing of all capital investment for tax purposes in the year that the investment is made.
 
Requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), in addition to the scoring CBO will do of the tax changes provided in this Act, to calculate the impact on federal revenues on a present value basis.
 
Amends the Federal Reserve Act to remove Federal Reserve Bank authority to pay earnings on reserves.
 

 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1639
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt traditional large and premium cigars from regulation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and from user fees assessed on tobacco products by the FDA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act

Bill: 112-hr-1640
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Appropriations
Consumer affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Reserve System
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act - Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to subject the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to regular appropriations.
 
Repeals the requirement of an annual transfer to the Bureau of funds from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Subjects the Bureau to the regular authorization, budget, and appropriations process of the Department of the Treasury.
 
Repeals establishment of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Fund.
 
Replaces the authorization of appropriations for FY2010-FY2014 with an authorization for only FY2011-FY2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House