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Free Speech About Science Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1364
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2011-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Health promotion and preventive care
Marketing and advertising
Medical research
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: 
Free Speech About Science Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to set forth conditions under which a food or dietary supplement label may characterize the relationship of a nutrient in the food or supplement to a disease or health-related claim. Permits such a label on food if the claim: (1) is based on legitimate scientific research; (2) is in compliance with other FFDCA provisions; (3) is an accurate, balanced summary of such research; (4) enables the public to comprehend the information provided in the claim and the relative significance of such information in the context of a total daily diet; and (5) identifies each party that funded research to support the claim.
 
Permits such a label on a dietary supplement that claims to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent a specific disease or class of diseases if: (1) the claim is based on legitimate scientific research; (2) the manufacturer has substantiation that such statement is truthful and not misleading; (3) the statement includes a disclaimer that it has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); and (4) the claim includes a citation to the research supporting such claim and identifies each party that funded such research.
 
Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from restricting the distribution of information that is not false or misleading and that is based on legitimate scientific research in connection with the sale of food. 
 
Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to exempt the dissemination of legitimate scientific research in connection with the sale or distribution of a food or dietary supplement to consumers from being determined to be false advertising by virtue of the fact that the research does not directly correlate to such food or dietary supplement if the dissemination discloses that information. Places the burden of proof on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to establish that the literature being disseminated is not legitimate scientific research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1365
Sponsor: Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3]
Introduced: 2011-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Coal
Employee benefits and pensions
Mining
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: 
Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act of 2011 or CARE Act - Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to transfer specified excess funds derived from coal mine operator-paid reclamation fees to the trustees of the 1974 United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Pension Plan for use solely to pay pension benefits required under such Plan.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Introduced in House
National Manufacturing Strategy Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1366
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2011-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Budget process
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Industrial policy and productivity
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: 
National Manufacturing Strategy Act of 2011 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the U.S. government should promote policies related to the nation's manufacturing sector intended to promote growth, sustainability, and competitiveness, create well-paying jobs, enable innovation and investment, and support national security; and (2) the President and Congress should act promptly to pursue policies consistent with a National Manufacturing Strategy (Strategy).
 
Directs the President, every four years, to submit to Congress, and publish on a public website, a Strategy.
 
Directs the President to establish the President's Manufacturing Strategy Board to: (1) advise the President and Congress on issues affecting the nation's manufacturing sector; (2) conduct a comprehensive analysis of such sector; (3) develop a Strategy; and (4) report annually to the President and Congress on the current state of U.S. manufacturing.
 
Directs the Comptroller General, in each of 2013, 2017, and 2021, to submit to Congress an assessment and analysis of the Strategy.
 
Directs the President, in developing each Strategy, to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to conduct a study concerning U.S. manufacturing and related assessments and reviews. Requires the NAS to report each study's results to Congress and the President.
 
Requires the President, in preparing each annual budget, to include information regarding that budget's consistency with the goals and recommendations included in the latest Strategy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2011-04-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2011-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1021 Pennsylvania Avenue in Hartshorne, Oklahoma, as the "Warren Lindley Post Office".

Bill: 112-hr-1369
Sponsor: Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2011-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Oklahoma
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1021 Pennsylvania Avenue in Hartshorne, Oklahoma, as the "Warren Lindley Post Office."
action_date: 2012-08-10
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1021 Pennsylvania Avenue in Hartshorne, Oklahoma, as the "Warren Lindley Post Office."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-10
text: Became Public Law No: 112-156.
action_date: 2012-08-10
text: Became Public Law No: 112-156.
action_date: 2012-08-10
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2012-08-10
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2012-08-03
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2012-08-03
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5894)
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5894)
action_date: 2012-07-24
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5114)
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5114)
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1369.
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5114)
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Ms. Buerkle moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy     .
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 112-156
To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Bill: 112-hr-1370
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7]
Introduced: 2011-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Insurance industry and regulation
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: 
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal provisions imposing an annual fee on health insurance providers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-04-05
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: 2011-04-05
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: 2011-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Aerotropolis Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1371
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2011-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Railroads
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: 
Aerotropolis Act of 2011 - Amends the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) to extend the eligibility for projects of national and regional significance under the surface transportation grant program to certain aerotropolis transportation system projects.
 
Defines &quot;aerotropolis transportation system&quot; as a planned and coordinated multimodal freight and passenger transportation network that provides efficient, sustainable, and intermodal connectivity to a defined region of economic significance centered around a major airport.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Virginia Access to Energy Act

Bill: 112-hr-1372
Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2011-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy revenues and royalties
Government trust funds
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
State and local finance
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: 
Virginia Access to Energy Act or VA Energy Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct offshore oil and gas Lease Sale 220 on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) not later than one year after enactment of this Act. 
 
Prohibits the Secretary from making any lease tract available if the President determines that it would create an unreasonable conflict with military operations.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit 50% of qualified revenues from such lease sales into the general fund of the Treasury to reduce the outstanding federal debt and 50% in a special account for specified payments to the state of Virginia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E641-642)
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue an order regarding secondary cockpit barriers.

Bill: 112-hr-1373
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2011-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: 
Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue an order to require: (1) the installation of secondary barriers to prevent access to the flight deck of a commercial aircraft; (2) with respect to an aircraft that is equipped with a cockpit door, that such barriers remain locked while the aircraft is in flight and the cockpit door separating the flight deck and the passenger area is open; and (3) with respect to an aircraft that is not equipped with a cockpit door, that such barriers remain locked as determined by the pilot.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1374
Sponsor: Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3]
Introduced: 2011-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Higher education
Lawyers and legal services

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: 
Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Act of 2011 - Establishes the Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Program for the appointment of individuals who are graduates of accredited law schools to serve as Congressional Clerks in the Senate or House of Representatives.
 
Requires the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and the House Committee on House Administration to each select at least six individuals for a one-year term to serve as employees in their respective chambers.

Specifies eligibility criteria for a Congressional Clerk, including that the selected candidate be a graduate of such a law school as of the starting date of his or her clerkship.

Requires the committees to ensure that Congressional Clerks selected under this Act are apportioned equally between majority and minority party offices.

Entitles each clerk selected to the same compensation as, and comparable benefits to, an individual who holds the position of a judicial clerkship for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia within three months of graduating from law school.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Clean Water Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-1375
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2011-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Lakes and rivers
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: 
Clean Water Protection Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to define "fill material" to mean any pollutant that replaces portions of waters of the United States with dry land or that changes the bottom elevation of a water body for any purpose and to exclude any pollutant discharged into the water primarily to dispose of waste. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Introduced in House
National Activity Based Total Accountability Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1376
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2011-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: 
National Activity Based Total Accountability Act of 2011 - Requires each state government that receives federal financial assistance in a federal fiscal year to submit a state fiscal accounting report for such fiscal year to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that includes: (1) a one-page summary listing the total funding and expenditures of each budget entity of the state government; and (2) a unit-cost summary for each such entity that includes a statement of funds available, a line-item listing for each agency activity that the entity began, attempted, continued, or completed, and a reconciliation of funds available with adjusted expenditures. Sets forth formulae for determining unit-cost and adjusted expenditures.
 
Requires the Director to: (1) publish each report on an OMB website, (2) ensure that such state reports use a standardized form that permits the comparison of information, (3) establish a uniform system for classifying programs and activities, (4) identify conduct for each agency activity that constitutes a completed instance of such activity, and (5) identify performance measures for each agency activity.
 
 Requires the Director to inform each federal agency if a state fails to file such report and requires the agency to withhold 10% of any federal financial assistance provided to such state for the next fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform     .
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Josh Miller Helping Everyone Access Responsive Treatment in Schools Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1377
Sponsor: Rep. Sutton, Betty [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2011-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: 
Josh Miller Helping Everyone Access Responsive Treatment in Schools Act of 2011 or Josh Miller HEARTS Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to: (1) purchase automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for use in their schools, and/or (2) provide training to meet the grant requirement that at least five adult employees or volunteers at each school where an AED is to be used successfully complete training in its use and in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
 
Requires LEA grant applicants also to demonstrate that: (1) the AEDs are integrated into the schools' emergency response procedures, and (2) emergency services personnel are notified of their locations.
 
Gives grant priority to schools that: (1) lack an AED; (2) typically have a significant number of students, staff, and visitors present during the day; (3) generally have a longer wait for emergency medical services than other public facilities in the community; and (4) have not received funds under the Rural Access to Emergency Devices Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2011-04-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2011-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Fighting for American Jobs Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1378
Sponsor: Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1]
Introduced: 2011-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business records
Buy American requirements
Foreign and international corporations
Government lending and loan guarantees
Public contracts and procurement
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: 
Fighting for American Jobs Act of 2011 - Directs each federal agency that provides contracts, grants, loans, or loan guarantees to businesses to require, as a condition of such assistance, that such businesses provide annually information on: (1) the number of employees employed in the United States and its territories and possessions and the number employed outside the United States, as well as wage information on U.S. employees; and (2) the percentage of the workforce that has been laid off or forced to resign during the preceding year. Prohibits, until the situation is corrected, subsequent federal assistance to businesses that lay off a greater percentage of workers in the United States and its territories and possessions than in other countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency, and Financial Management     .
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Introduced in House