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Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2501
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2011-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Department of Labor
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Legal fees and court costs
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: 
Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2011 - Declares it an unlawful practice for certain employers with at least 15 employees for each working day in each of at least 20 calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year to: (1) refuse to consider or offer employment to an individual based on present or past unemployment regardless of the length of time such individual was unemployed; (2) publish an advertisement or announcement for any job with provisions indicating that such an unemployed status disqualifies an individual and that an employer will not consider an applicant based on such status; and (3) direct or request that an employment agency account for such status when screening or referring applicants.
 
Prohibits an employment agency (including agents and persons maintaining a website publishing job advertisements or announcements), based on such an individual's status as unemployed, from: (1) refusing to consider or refer an individual for employment; (2) limiting, segregating, or classifying individuals in any manner limiting access to job information; or (3) publishing an advertisement or announcement for any job vacancy that includes provisions indicating that such an individual is disqualified and that an employer will not consider such individuals.
 
Allows consideration of an individual's status as unemployed where an individual's employment in a similar or related job for a period of time reasonably proximate to the hiring of such individual is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to successful performance of the job being filled.
 
Authorizes, subject to termination upon the filing of certain complaints by the Secretary of Labor, one or more persons for and in behalf of the affected individual, or the affected individual and other individuals similarly situated, to bring actions in federal or state court for specified actual damages and equitable relief including employment and compensatory and punitive damages.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) receive, investigate, and attempt to resolve complaints according to specified provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; and (2) pay directly to each affected individual applicable sums recovered in any civil actions brought by the Secretary under this Act.
 
Sets forth a two-year statute of limitations period (three years for willful violations) for specified civil actions under this Act, subject to tolling when the Secretary is considering certain complaints.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Public Good IRA Rollover Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2502
Sponsor: Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2]
Introduced: 2011-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: 
Public Good IRA Rollover Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the tax exclusion of distributions from individual retirement accounts (IRAs) for charitable purposes to: (1) make such exclusion permanent; (2) eliminate the $100,000 cap on such exclusion; (3) permit tax-free distributions from IRAs to a split-interest entity (i.e., a charitable remainder annuity or unitrust, a pooled income fund, and a charitable gift annuity); and (4) allow distributions to a split-interest entity to be made when the account beneficiary attains age 59-1/2 (otherwise, age 70-1/2 for IRA distributions to a charitable organization).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Father Mychal Judge, O.F.M., Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 112-hr-2503
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2011-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Crime victims
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
New York City
Religion
State and local government operations
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: 
Father Mychal Judge, O.F.M., Congressional Gold Medal Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal to the next of kin or personal representative of Father Mychal Judge, O.F.M., in recognition of his example to the nation of selfless dedication to duty and compassion for one's fellow citizens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Coltsville National Historical Park Act

Bill: 112-hr-2504
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2011-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Connecticut
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: 
Coltsville National Historical Park Act - Establishes the Coltsville National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System in Connecticut. 
 
Requires the Park to provide interpretation and viewing of specified sites, including the East Armory and Colt Park. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a written agreement with the Connecticut State Library, Wadsworth Atheneum, and the Colt Trust, or other public entities, as appropriate, to gain access to Colt-related artifacts to have them on display in the East Armory or within the Park. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with the owners of any properties within the Historic District or any nationally significant properties within the Park under which the Secretary may identify, interpret, restore and provide technical assistance for the preservation of such properties.
 
Requires any federal funds under such an agreement to be matched on a one-to-one basis by non-federal funds.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance and public interpretation of related historic and cultural resources within the Historic District. 
 
 Requires the Secretary to complete and submit to Congress a management plan for the Park with the advice of the Coltsville National Historical Park Advisory Commission established by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-02
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act

Bill: 112-hr-2505
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2011-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: 
Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) establish the National Pulmonary Fibrosis Advisory Board, (2) develop a system to collect data on pulmonary fibrosis and other interstitial lung diseases, and (3) establish the National PF Registry.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in developing the Registry, to: (1) expand and coordinate existing data and surveillance systems, surveys, registries, and other federal public health and environmental infrastructure; and (2) provide for research access to pulmonary fibrosis data.
 
Directs the Secretary to ensure that epidemiological and other types of information are made available to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
 
Requires the Director of CDC to prepare the National Pulmonary Fibrosis Education and Awareness Plan, which shall: (1) focus on strategies to increase public education and awareness of pulmonary fibrosis, (2) address the need for new physician education strategies to improve diagnosis and treatment standards, and (3) assess and monitor the costs of pulmonary fibrosis and its burden on patients and families.
 
Encourages the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to expand, intensify, and coordinate Institute pulmonary fibrosis research activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Transportation Security Administration Employee Freedom Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2507
Sponsor: Rep. Rokita, Todd [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2011-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Homeland Security
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor-management relations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: 
Transportation Security Administration Employee Freedom Act of 2011 - Excludes officers and employees of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from the right of federal employees to bargain collectively.
 
Subjects also to such exclusion the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) personnel management system as it applies to TSA employees.
 
Amends the Aviation and Transportation Security Act to provide that, notwithstanding the authority of the TSA Administrator to fix the terms and conditions of employment of TSA screeners, nothing shall prohibit such an employee from joining a labor organization.
 
Authorizes screeners to: (1) appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board adverse actions brought against them which are finalized after enactment of the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act, and (2) seek judicial review of any resulting Board orders or decisions.
 
Requires the FAA Administrator to provide to TSA screeners with a collaborative, integrated employee engagement mechanism to address workplace issues.
 
Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2003 to apply certain whistleblower protections to DHS employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2011-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2011-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Introduced in House
To extend through fiscal year 2013 the increase in the maximum original principal obligation of a mortgage that may be purchased by the Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-2508
Sponsor: Rep. Campbell, John [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2011-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: 
Declares that, for mortgages originated during FY2012 and FY2013, if the dollar amount limit on the maximum original principal obligation of a mortgage that may be purchased by the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) for any size residence for any area is less than the limit in effect for 2008 under the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, the maximum dollar amount limit on the principal obligation of such a mortgage shall be such maximum limit in effect for 2008 (in effect, an increase in the limit on the maximum original mortgage principal obligation from the FY2012 or FY2013 level to the 2008 level).
 
Makes a similar declaration (and mortgage principal limit increase), for mortgages for which the mortgagee issues credit approval during FY2012 and FY2013, about the dollar amount limit on the maximum original principal obligation of a mortgage that may be insured by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-08-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Consumers' Mortgage Origination Choices Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2509
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Gary G. [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2011-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Housing finance and home ownership
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: 
Preserving Consumer's Mortgage Origination Choices Act of 2011 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), as amended by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, to provide that no provision of TILA shall be construed as prohibiting a mortgage broker from compensating a mortgage originator based on the principal amount of the loan, when compensation is paid directly or indirectly to the mortgage broker by the consumer in connection with such transaction.
 
Authorizes a mortgage originator, when requested by a borrower as the originator is producing a mortgage, to forfeit or contribute toward bona fide third party expenses or origination fees up to 30% of earned compensation to avoid making a high-cost mortgage to a consumer, to make technical corrections, or for any other reason that results in a lower cost to the consumer than if such forfeiture or contribution did not take place. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Breast Cancer Recovery Improvement Act

Bill: 112-hr-2510
Sponsor: Rep. Sutton, Betty [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2011-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: 
Breast Cancer Recovery Improvement Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) to require payment for post-mastectomy external breast prosthesis garments regardless of whether such items are supplied to the beneficiary before or after the mastectomy or other breast cancer surgical procedure.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop policies to ensure appropriate beneficiary access and utilization safeguards for such items.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-13
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: 2011-07-13
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: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Media for Youth Act

Bill: 112-hr-2513
Sponsor: Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2011-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Books and print media
Child care and development
Child health
Digital media
Food industry and services
Marketing and advertising
Medical research
Mental health
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Sex and reproductive health
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Television and film
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: 
Healthy Media for Youth Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to nonprofit organizations to provide for the establishment, operation, coordination, and evaluation of programs to: (1) increase the media literacy of girls and boys; and (2) support the empowerment of girls or boys, including through extracurricular activities and programs. Permits grants to nonprofit organizations only if the organization agrees to make nonfederal contributions available toward the costs of the program (at least $1 for every $5 of awarded federal funds).
 
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and in coordination with the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, to review, synthesize, and conduct or support research on the role and impact of depictions of girls and women in the media on the psychological, sexual, physical, and interpersonal development of youth.
 
Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to convene a task force, to be known as the National Task Force on Girls and Women in the Media, to develop voluntary steps and goals for promoting healthy and positive depictions of girls and women in the media for the benefit of all youth.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
A PLUS Act

Bill: 112-hr-2514
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2011-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Performance measurement
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: 
Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act or A PLUS Act - Allows each state to enter into a five-year performance agreement with the Secretary of Education permitting it to receive federal funds on a consolidated basis that would otherwise be directed toward specific programs furthering the stated purpose of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 
 
Requires each agreement to be approved by a combination of specified state parties, and list the programs for which consolidated funding is requested. Allows states to use such funds for any educational purpose permitted by state law, but requires them to make certain assurances that they will use fiscal control and fund accounting procedures, abide by federal civil rights laws, and advance educational opportunities for the disadvantaged. Allows amendments to the scope of performance agreements.
 
Requires each agreement state to: (1) maintain an accountability system measuring annual student progress toward state proficiency standards, (2) disseminate annually student performance data disaggregated by specified student groups, and (3) keep aggregate spending on elementary and secondary education at no less than 90% of such spending for the school year coinciding with this Act's enactment.
 
 Limits administrative expenses.
 
Requires the inclusion of private schools and teachers in activities funded on a consolidated basis.
 
Directs the Secretary to evaluate each performance agreement midway through its execution. Allows the Secretary to terminate an agreement whose terms are not met for three consecutive school years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the dollar limitation on employer-provided group term life insurance that can be excluded from the gross income of the employee.

Bill: 112-hr-2515
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2011-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Life, casualty, property insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $50,000 to $350,000 the amount of employer-provided group term life insurance that an employee can exclude from gross income. Indexes the $350,000 amount for inflation for taxable years beginning after 2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a waiver of minimum required distribution rules applicable to pension plans for 2011 and 2012.

Bill: 112-hr-2516
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2011-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax deferral

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to waive minimum distribution requirements for tax-exempt retirement plans for calendar years 2011 and 2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House