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America RISING Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3748
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2011-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Science and engineering education
Small business
Student aid and college costs
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: 
America Realizing the Informational Skills and Initiative of New Graduates Act of 2011 or America RISING Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a program of grants to: (1) eligible small business employers to defray the cost of compensation they pay to recent graduates from institutions of higher education; and (2) such graduates to enable them to defray the cost of undertaking further education for up to 24 months in subjects relating to mathematics, science, engineering, or technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Opportunities for Older Americans Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3749
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2011-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Aging
Employment and training programs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: 
Expanding Opportunities for Older Americans Act of 2011 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to expand the Senior Community Service Employment (SCSE) Program.
 
Lowers the age of eligibility from 55 to 52.
 
Repeals the requirement that the eligible individual be unemployed.
 
Increases from 125% to 200% of the poverty line the maximum income for eligibility. Excludes from the counting of an eligible individual's income any income received by another member of the eligible individual's household.
 
Prohibits any limit of fewer than 40 hours per week on the number of hours per week a grant recipient may permit a participant to work in a job assisted under the grant.
 
Declares the sense of Congress that necessary sums should be appropriated to carry out the SCSE Program in each of FY2012-FY2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Custodial Interrogation Recording Act

Bill: 112-hr-3750
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2011-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Law enforcement administration and funding
Sound recording

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: 
Custodial Interrogation Recording Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct the Attorney General to make grants to states and local governments for the complete and accurate recording, by both audio and video means, of every custodial interrogation occurring within the state or unit of local government. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
History Is Learned from the Living Act

Bill: 112-hr-3751
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2011-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Social Sciences and History
Subjects: Education programs funding
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: 
History Is Learned from the Living Act - Establishes the History Is Learned from the Living grant program. 
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to make one-year grants of $550,000 each to community groups, organizations, or institutions to carry out projects through which the community may learn about historical movements in the United States in the past century through the oral histories of community members who participated in those movements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Cost Recovery and Fair Value for Services Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3752
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2011-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: 
Cost Recovery and Fair Value for Services Act of 2011 - Requires each federal agency's chief financial officer, by October 1 of each odd-numbered year beginning with October 1, 2011, to report to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on that officer's biennial review of agency charges for services and things of value that it provides and recommendations on revising those charges to reflect its costs in doing so.
 
Requires such report to include: (1) with regard to such recommendations, an evaluation of whether each user is paying an equitable amount and of the user's ability to pay, the extent to which use of such program provides a public benefit, and the extent to which the program the fee is funding benefits the public and identifiable users; (2) the amount of the fee sufficient to cover the full cost of the service or thing of value; (3) whether the agency has timely and reliable cost data to determine such amount; (4) the extent to which the fee will fully or partially recover costs; (5) whether the fee structure should include exemptions or reduced fees; (6) whether the fee should be set as a percentage or as a fixed dollar amount; (7) how the fee will be structured to cover the intended share of the cost over time; and (8) whether fee collections are projected to change over time in relation to the cost of the service or thing of value.
 
Requires the OMB Director, by December 1 of each such year, to compile and transmit such reports to specified congressional committees and to identify any recommendations with which the Director does not agree.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
FIRE Stations Act

Bill: 112-hr-3753
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2011-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Women's employment
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: 
Fairness In Restrooms Existing in Stations Act or the FIRE Stations Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) make grants to enable fire stations to establish or upgrade restroom, shower, and changing facilities to create more equitable conditions for women firefighters; and (2) give priority to stations that have chemical facilities, refineries, and other high-risk industries within their jurisdiction.
 
Conditions grant eligibility on submission of an application that demonstrates that: (1) the station has a commitment to increasing the number of women firefighters, and (2) no grant funds will be used to displace personnel. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Not Too Small to Succeed in Business Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3754
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2011-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: 
Small Business Reform Act of 2011 or Not Too Small to Succeed in Business Act of 2011 - Amends the Small Business Act to extend from: (1) 9 to 11 years the period that a small business may receive developmental assistance under the Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership Development Program (Program), and (2) 5 to 7 years the period that such a small business may spend in the Program's transitional stage. Allows small businesses that previously completed the 9-year period, above, and that satisfy net worth requirements applicable to continued eligibility after initial Program admission, to participate for an additional two years.
 
Sets net worth limits for individual Program participants at: (1) $750,000, for Program admission; (2) $2.25 million, for continued Program participation after admission; and (3) $500,000 adjusted gross income, for Program admission and continued eligibility.
 
Provides that, if the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) graduated a small business from the Program prior to the enactment of this Act on the basis that the small business did not meet standards relating to economic disadvantage and the small business now meets such standards, the small business may participate in the Program for 11 years less any period of previous participation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Freedom to Mourn in Peace Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3755
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2011-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
First Amendment rights
Protest and dissent

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: 
Freedom to Mourn in Peace Act of 2011 - Expands the prohibition on demonstrations at certain funerals, memorial services, or bereavement ceremonies for a deceased veteran to any property where such a service is held unless the demonstration has been approved by the cemetery superintendent or the owner of the property on which the funeral is held. (Current law only prohibits such demonstrations on property of a cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration or on the property of Arlington National Cemetery.)
 
Extends to 1,000 feet the distance within which certain demonstrations that impede access to or egress from such a cemetery or property are prohibited during the period beginning 60 minutes before and ending 60 minutes after such a service, provided that there is a visible sign at applicable distances stating the time interval during which a service will be held. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Drivers AID Act

Bill: 112-hr-3756
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2011-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Motor vehicles
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: 
Drivers Accelerated Interest Deductibility Act of 2011 or the Drivers AID Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction from gross income of up to $5,000 for interest paid for the purchase of certain new automobiles or light trucks during periods when the average national unemployment rate is not less than 7%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Safety Dividend Act

Bill: 112-hr-3758
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2011-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability assistance
Inflation and prices
Poverty and welfare assistance
Railroads
Social security and elderly assistance
Transportation employees
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: 
Social Security Safety Dividend Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to disburse a $250 payment for a particular year to recipients of Social Security benefits, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits (under title XVI of the Social Security Act), railroad retirement benefits, or veterans disability compensation or pension benefits if no cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is payable for any month in such a year.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2011-12-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
To ensure the viability of a technology described in section 1703(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

Bill: 112-hr-3759
Sponsor: Rep. Schmidt, Jean [R-OH-2]
Introduced: 2011-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government lending and loan guarantees
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Industrial facilities
Nuclear power
Oil and gas
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to authorize the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to take actions to ensure the viability of innovative technology projects to avoid, reduce, or sequester air pollutants or anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases that are eligible for loan guarantees with potential applicants for such guarantees. 
 
Requires a person that fails to achieve technical criteria that is provided in such a loan guarantee agreement to surrender to the Secretary any property leased from the Secretary or otherwise acquired or used using funds provided for such guarantees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2011-12-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Collaborative Academic Research Efforts for Tourette Syndrome Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3760
Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13]
Introduced: 2011-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: 
Collaborative Academic Research Efforts for Tourette Syndrome Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate NIH programs and activities regarding Tourette syndrome. 
 
Requires the Director to develop a system to collect data on Tourette syndrome, including epidemiological information regarding its incidence and prevalence in the United States, primary data, and data on the availability of medical and social services for individuals with Tourette syndrome and their families.
 
 Requires the Director to award grants and contracts to public or nonprofit private entities to pay costs of planning, establishing, improving, and providing basic operating support for between four and six centers of excellence in different regions of the United States to conduct basic and clinical research on Tourette syndrome. 
 
Requires the Secretary to designate a portion of the amounts made available to carry out NIH programs and activities for a fiscal year to carry out programs and activities with respect to Tourette syndrome.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Support and Defend Our Military Personnel and Their Families Act

Bill: 112-hr-3761
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2011-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Immigration status and procedures
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
User charges and fees
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: 
Support and Defend Our Military Personnel and Their Families Act - States that any person who serves or has served under honorable conditions as a member of the U.S. Armed Forces in support of contingency operations shall be eligible for naturalization as if the person had served during a period of presidentially-designated military hostilities. 
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to extend the period for filing a naturalization application to one year after completion of eligible military service.
 
Exempts from worldwide immigrant visa numerical limitations an alien who is eligible for a family-sponsored immigrant visa and is either the spouse or child of a permanent resident alien who is serving in the Armed Forces. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust to permanent resident status an alien who is a parent, spouse, child, son or daughter, or minor sibling of a person who is serving or has served in the Armed Forces under honorable conditions. Permits posthumous benefits under specified circumstances. 
 
Permits the military enlistment of an alien who takes the oath set forth in this Act during any period of contingency operations.
 
 States that with respect to a removal proceeding under INA: (1) a notice to appear shall not be issued against an alien who serves or has served under honorable conditions in the Armed Forces without the Secretary's prior approval; (2) the Secretary, in determining whether to issue a notice, shall consider the alien's eligibility for naturalization, military service record, grounds of deportability, and any hardship to the Armed Forces, the alien, and his or her family if the alien were to be placed in removal proceedings; and (3) an alien who serves or has served under honorable conditions in the Armed Forces shall not be removed from the United States under specified grounds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2012-01-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Public Health Service Act to include occupational therapists as behavioral and mental health professionals for purposes of the National Health Service Corps.

Bill: 112-hr-3762
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2011-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allied health services
Department of Health and Human Services
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to include occupational therapists within the definition of &quot;behavioral and mental health professionals&quot; for purposes of the National Health Service Corps.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House