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To amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to provide for an additional allocation of funds to the insular areas.

Bill: 112-hr-3063
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: American Samoa
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-23
text: Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), beginning in FY2013 and for each subsequent fiscal year, to allocate not less than 30 percent of the amount appropriated for the fiscal year for home energy grants to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to provide supplementary funds on the basis of need among such areas.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-09-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2011-09-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2011-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-23
text: Introduced in House
Federal Hiring Process Improvement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3064
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2011-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Minority employment
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-23
text: 
Federal Hiring Process Improvement Act of 2011 - Requires the head of each executive agency to develop and submit to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) a strategic workforce plan as part of an agency performance plan, including: (1) hiring projections, (2) strategic human capital planning to address critical skills deficiencies, (3) recruitment strategies to attract highly qualified candidates from diverse backgrounds, (4) streamlining of the hiring process, and (5) a specific analysis of the contractor workforce. 
 
Requires agency heads to: (1) identify highly qualified applicant pools with diverse backgrounds before posting announcements of vacant positions and post such announcements for a reasonable period of time, (2) implement processes to simplify and streamline the job application and notification process, (3) fill a vacancy not later than an average of 80 days after identifying such vacancy, and (4) measure and collect information on indicators of hiring effectiveness. Requires all announcements of vacant positions for competitive positions to be written in plain writing in accordance with the Plain Writing Act of 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy     .
action_date: 2011-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-09-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1706-1707)
action_date: 2011-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-23
text: Introduced in House
Companionship Exemption Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-3066
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2011-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor standards
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-23
text: 
Companionship Exemption Protection Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, with respect to the exemption from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements of domestic service employment to provide companionship services for individuals who because of age or infirmity are unable to care for themselves, to specify that such companionship services include third party non-medical in-home care companionship, light housekeeping, meal preparation, errands, assistance to appointments, laundry, medication reminders, bathing, and assistance with incontinence and grooming.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-23
text: Introduced in House
Accelerating the End of Breast Cancer Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3067
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2011-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cancer
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-26
text: 
Accelerating the End of Breast Cancer Act of 2011 - Directs the President to establish the Commission to Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer to help end breast cancer by January 1, 2020.
 
Directs the Commission to: (1) identify opportunities and ideas within government and the private sector that are key components in achieving the end of breast cancer and which have been overlooked, yet are ripe for collaboration and investment; (2) recommend projects to leverage such opportunities and ideas in the areas of the primary prevention of breast cancer and the causes and prevention of breast cancer metastasis; and (3) ensure that its activities are coordinated with, and do not duplicate the efforts of, programs and laboratories of other government agencies.
 
Directs the President to enter into an agreement with the Institute of Medicine for an evaluation of the Commission's progress.
 
Terminates the Commission on June 1, 2020.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Regulatory Sunset and Review Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3068
Sponsor: Rep. Hultgren, Randy [R-IL-14]
Introduced: 2011-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Judicial review and appeals

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-26
text: 
Regulatory Sunset and Review Act of 2011 - Requires federal agencies to review their covered rules and modify, consolidate, or terminate such rules on a periodic basis. Defines &quot;covered rule&quot; to include a significant rule that is likely to result in an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or any other rule designated by an agency for sunset review. 
 
Allows a person adversely affected by a rule that is not a significant rule to submit a petition for sunset review of such rule. Provides for sunset review of a rule upon the request of a congressional committee or a majority of the members of such committee.
 
Requires the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) conduct an inventory of existing rules and deadlines for their sunset review; (2) prioritize rules for sunset review based on specified criteria, including the cost of the rule and the burden of reviewing it; (3) group related rules for simultaneous review; (4) provide guidance to agencies for conducting sunset reviews; and (5) provide feedback to agencies on sunset reviews and results. Requires a new significant rule to be reviewed: (1) within three years after taking effect, or (2) within seven years after taking effect if the rule is issued pursuant to negotiated rulemaking procedures or if compliance with the rule requires substantial capital investment.
 
Requires each federal agency to designate a Regulatory Review Officer with responsibility for implementation of this Act. 
 
Provides for judicial review of a denial or delay in granting or denying a petition for sunset review of a rule.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government Spending     .
action_date: 2011-09-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2011-09-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2011-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3071
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2011-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Government information and archives
National Archives and Records Administration
Presidential administrations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-29
text: 
Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2011 - Amends the Presidential Records Act to require the Archivist of the United States, upon determining to make available any presidential record not previously made available publicly, to: (1) promptly provide written notice of such determination to the former President during whose term of office the record was created and to the incumbent President, and (2) make the notice available to the public. Requires a presidential record to be made available to the public 60 days after the Archivist gives notice, except any record with respect to which the Archivist receives notification from a former or incumbent President of a claim of constitutionally based privilege against disclosure. 
 
Prohibits the Archivist from making a record that is subject to a privilege claim asserted by the incumbent President publicly available unless: (1) the incumbent President withdraws the claim; or (2) the Archivist is otherwise directed to do so by a final court order that is not subject to appeal.
 
Prohibits the Archivist from making available any original presidential records to anyone claiming access to them as a designated representative of a President or former President if that individual has been convicted of a crime relating to the review, removal, or destruction of the Archives' records.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives Discharged.
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives     .
action_date: 2011-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-29
text: Introduced in House
State Authorized Alternative Health Arrangement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3072
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2011-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-29
text: 
State Authorized Alternative Health Arrangement Act of 2011 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to authorize a state to establish one or more alternative health arrangements that serve the beneficiaries of one or more qualified benefits programs if certain requirements are met. Defines "qualified benefit program" as an entity or arrangement that: (1) is established, authorized, and operating pursuant to state law to provide or administer health coverage for officials, employees, and retirees of a group of employers; and (2) the state finds satisfies criteria to be a qualified health plan, with exceptions.
 
Requires such a state to designate one or more qualified benefit programs to be offered through such an arrangement.
 
States that such an arrangement is in addition to an American Health Benefits Exchange (health insurance exchange) or a subsidiary Exchange.
 
Deems such an arrangement to be an Exchange under PPACA, except exempts the arrangement from requirements relating to offering coverage to all qualified individuals and Exchange certification.
 
Details how health plan rules apply to the alternative health arrangements provided for under this Act.
 
Treats a qualified benefits program offered through an alternative health arrangement as: (1) meeting the definition of a qualified health plan for purposes of the essential health benefits provisions in PPACA, and (2) a health plan offered in the individual market under the Internal Revenue Code.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To designate the Haqqani network as a foreign terrorist organization.

Bill: 112-hr-3073
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2011-09-29 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Pakistan
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-29
text: 
Directs the Secretary of State to designate the Haqqani network (an insurgent network operating in Pakistan and Afghanistan) as a foreign terrorist organization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Cormorant Management and Natural Resources Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-3074
Sponsor: Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2]
Introduced: 2011-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Aquaculture
Birds
Intergovernmental relations
International law and treaties
State and local government operations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: 
Cormorant Management and Natural Resources Protection Act - Amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to delegate the authority of the Secretary of the Interior under such Act with respect to double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) to a state on the date the Secretary approves a cormorant management plan submitted by such state.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) approve or disapprove a management plan within 60 days of the plan's submission, (2) approve such plan if it is in accordance with U.S. obligations under treaties and federal law, (3) provide to the relevant governor the reasons for disapproving a plan and an opportunity to revise and resubmit the plan, (4) review each approved state management plan every five years, and (5) revoke such approval and delegation if the plan or the governor's exercise of delegated authority is not in accordance with such Act or any treaty implemented by such Act. Deems a management plan approved if the Secretary doesn't approve or disapprove it within 60 days after submission.
 
Applies an approved management plan in lieu of regulations issued under such Act. 
 
Requires the Secretary to conduct educational and informational activities for the owners and operators of aquaculture facilities to improve their efforts to prevent cormorants from consuming aquatic species being reared in such facilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: Introduced in House
Limiting the Intrusive Miles of International Terrorist Sponsors Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3075
Sponsor: Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2011-10-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
International organizations and cooperation
New York City
Terrorism
Travel and tourism
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: 
Limiting the Intrusive Miles of International Terrorist Sponsors Act of 2011 or LIMITS Act of 2011 - Directs the President to restrict to a specified designated area the travel of officials and representatives of countries that are designated as state sponsors of terrorism who are visiting the United Nations (U.N.) headquarters complex in connection with official business. 
 
Authorizes presidential waiver of such restriction upon submission of a report to Congress explaining why it is in the national interest to do so.
 
Excludes from such restriction: (1) direct travel to and from John F. Kennedy International Airport or LaGuardia Airport to the designated area in connection with official business at the U.N. headquarters complex, (2) land travel to and from any lodgings or other hotel accommodations in which an official or representative is staying if such lodging or other hotel accommodation is within the designated area, and (3) travel to and from New York University medical center or Bellevue Hospital Center for emergency medical care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code to qualify formerly homeless youth who are students for purposes of the low income housing tax credit.

Bill: 112-hr-3076
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2011-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Income tax credits
Low- and moderate-income housing

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to qualify low-income building units that provide housing for a student who previously was a homeless child or youth for the low-income housing tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (E1745)
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: Introduced in House
Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act

Bill: 112-hr-3077
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Brad [D-NC-13]
Introduced: 2011-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Consumer affairs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: 
Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) to prohibit an insured depository institution from: (1) prohibiting any person from closing a checking or savings account, regardless of its balance; or (2) charging a fee to close such an account.
 
Requires a depository institution to close an account within 48 hours after receiving a request from the customer to do so.
 
Permits an account holder to request that the account be closed in person, over the phone, or by other electronic or remote means, as may be prescribed by regulation.
 
Sets forth financial institution procedures for closing large accounts and repaying balances, as well as notice and opportunity for accountholder repayment of overdrafts.
 
Prohibits a depository institution from: (1) imposing fees or charges after receiving a request to close an account, or (2) reopening an account without express account holder request.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the use of certain rail relocation funding for high-speed rail projects.

Bill: 112-hr-3081
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Timothy V. [R-IL-15]
Introduced: 2011-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Railroads
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: 
Requires at least 25% of amounts appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) for capital grants to states for rail line relocation and improvement projects to be used for high-speed rail or associated projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: Introduced in House