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Free and Fair Trade Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-913
Sponsor: Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4]
Introduced: 2011-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Bolivia
Colombia
Congressional oversight
Ecuador
Latin America
Peru
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: 
Free and Fair Trade Act of 2011 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) through June 30, 2012.
 
Requires the liquidation or reliquidation (refund of duties) on such articles that entered into the United States after December 31, 2010, and before the 15th day after enactment of this Act.
 
Makes ineligible for such treatment certain imported sleeping bags.
 
Amends the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) to extend duty-free treatment or other preferential treatment of the products of Colombia and Ecuador through June 30, 2012.
 
Extends through FY2012 preferential treatment for apparel articles assembled in one or more beneficiary countries from regional fabrics or regional components, and specified other type apparel (brassieres).
 
Requires the liquidation or reliquidation (refund of duties) on such articles that entered into the United States after February 12, 2011, and before the 15th day after enactment of this Act.
 
Extends the President's authority to take bilateral emergency action to grant duty-free treatment of certain apparel articles imported from an ATPDEA beneficiary country.
 
Rescinds $2.3 billion in appropriated discretionary unexpired federal funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Federal Internship Improvement Act

Bill: 112-hr-914
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2011-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: 
Federal Internship Improvement Act - Directs the head of each federal agency operating an internship program to appoint an internship coordinator within the agency. 
 
Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to make publicly available on the Internet: (1) the coordinator's name and contact information and information regarding application procedures and deadlines for the program, and (2) links to the websites where such information is displayed.
 
Requires OPM to establish a centralized electronic database that contains the names, contact information, and relevant skills of individuals who have completed or are nearing completion of an internship program and are currently seeking full-time federal employment.
 
Requires the agency operating an internship program to conduct an exit interview, and administer a survey, with each intern who completes the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy.
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Continuing Chemical Facilities Antiterrorism Security Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-916
Sponsor: Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2011-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Homeland Security
Emergency planning and evacuation
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing
Natural disasters
Performance measurement
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: 
Continuing Chemical Facilities Antiterrorism Security Act of 2011 - Amends the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 to extend until October 4, 2015, the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to issue interim final regulations establishing risk-based performance standards for security of chemical facilities and requiring vulnerability assessments and the development and implementation of site security plans for such facilities. 

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and in coordination with the Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs, to: (1) establish a voluntary chemical security training program to enhance the capabilities of high-risk chemical facilities to prevent, prepare for, respond to, mitigate against, and recover from acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and other man-made disasters; and (2) develop a voluntary chemical security exercise program to offer voluntary testing and evaluation of the capabilities of the federal government, state governments, commercial personnel and management, emergency response providers, and the private sector to prevent, prepare for, mitigate against, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies at chemical facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies.
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2011-03-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
South San Diego County Water Reclamation Project of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-917
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2011-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: 
South San Diego County Water Reclamation Project of 2011 - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Sweetwater Authority, Otay Water District, and the city of Chula Vista, California, to participate in phase one of a project to design, plan, and construct permanent facilities needed to reclaim, reuse, and treat groundwater and wastewater in the service area of Sweetwater Authority, Otay Water District, and the city of Chula Vista. Limits the federal share of the project to 25% of the total cost.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Federal Withholding Tax Repeal Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-918
Sponsor: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2011-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: 
Federal Withholding Tax Repeal Act of 2011- Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code requiring withholding of income, social security, and railroad retirement taxes from wages. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Mohave Valley Land Conveyance Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-919
Sponsor: Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2011-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Firearms and explosives
Land transfers
Outdoor recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: 
Mohave Valley Land Conveyance Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to convey, without consideration, specified public lands in Mohave County, Arizona, to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission for use as a public shooting range. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Zero-Baseline Budget Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-920
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2011-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Housing and community development funding
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: 
Zero Baseline Budget Act of 2011 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to eliminate sequential and cumulative adjustments for inflation from Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline projections for discretionary appropriations with respect to: (1) expiring housing contracts and social insurance administrative expenses, (2) offset pay absorption and pay annualization, (3) inflation, and (4) any accounting for changes required by law in the level of agency payments for personnel benefits other than pay.
 
Exempts from the requirement that budgetary resources (other than unobligated balances) be at the level available in the current year any resources designated as an emergency requirement or provided in supplemental appropriations laws.
 
Prohibits adjustments for inflation or any other factor.
 
Amends the Act to extend indefinitely the formula used to calculate the baseline.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
United Nations Voting Accountability Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-921
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2011-03-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Foreign aid and international relief
International organizations and cooperation
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: 
United Nations Voting Accountability Act of 2011 - Prohibits specified U.S. assistance to a country that opposes the U.S. position in the United Nations (U.N.).
 
Authorizes: (1) the Secretary of State to exempt a country from such prohibition if, as a result of government or policy change, the country will no longer oppose such U.S. position; and (2) the President to exempt a country from such prohibition if in the U.S. national interest.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Pensions Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-923
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2011-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Accidents
Civil actions and liability
Health care costs and insurance
Life, casualty, property insurance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: 
Veterans Pensions Protection Act of 2011 - Excludes from annual income, for purposes of eligibility for pensions for veterans and their surviving spouses and children, reimbursements resulting from: (1) any accident; (2) any theft or loss; (3) any casualty loss; (4) medical expenses resulting from any such accident, theft, or loss; and (5) pain and suffering (including insurance settlement payments and general damages awarded by a court) related to such accident, theft, or loss.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-22
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2011-07-22
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-07-07
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E416)
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Jobs for Veterans Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-924
Sponsor: Rep. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2011-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Executive agency funding and structure
National Guard and reserves
Public contracts and procurement
Rural conditions and development
Small Business Administration
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: 
 Jobs for Veterans Act of 2011 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish within the SBA a Veterans Business Center program (program), headed by a Director, to provide entrepreneurial training and counseling to veterans. Authorizes the Director to make grants to each entity designated as a veterans business center. Requires each center to use such funds on veteran entrepreneurial development, counseling of veteran-owned small businesses through one-on-one instruction and classes, and providing government procurement assistance to veterans.
 
Targets populations where veterans and veterans of Operations Iraqi Freedom. Enduring Freedom, or New Dawn exceed the national median.
 
Requires the Director to establish, with respect to veteran-owned small businesses, grant programs for: (1) access to capital; (2) procurement assistance; and (3) service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses.
 
Authorizes the Director to carry out, every two years, a veterans entrepreneurial development summit.
 
Requires: (1) an annual report from the Administrator on appointments made to, and activities of, the interagency task force on veteran-owned small businesses; and (2) a study by the Comptroller General of the effects of this Act on small businesses owned and controlled by veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Fast Track to College Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-925
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2011-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: 
Fast Track to College Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award matching six-year grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) that partner with institutions of higher education (IHEs) to establish or support dual enrollment programs, such as early college high schools, that allow secondary school students to earn credit simultaneously toward a secondary school diploma and a postsecondary degree or certificate.
 
Gives grant priority to applicants: (1) that propose to establish or support a dual enrollment program for a student body at least 40% of which is impoverished; and (2) from states that provide assistance to dual enrollment programs, such as assistance defraying the costs of higher education.
 
Requires applicants to make assurances that: (1) students will not be required to pay tuition or fees for postsecondary courses, and (2) those courses will be taught by faculty that meet their partner IHE's normal standards.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award matching five-year grants to states to: (1) plan and implement statewide strategies to make dual enrollment programs more accessible to students who are underrepresented in postsecondary education; (2) provide technical assistance to dual enrollment programs; and (3) engage in outreach, assessment, and teacher training activities designed to strengthen such programs.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) contract for an independent evaluation of this Act's programs; and (2) provide technical assistance to LEAs and their partners, and disseminate information concerning best practices in dual enrollment programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Fallen Heroes Flag Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-926
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2011-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional tributes
First responders and emergency personnel
Law enforcement officers
National symbols
U.S. Capitol

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: 
Fallen Heroes Flag Act of 2011 - Allows the Representative of the immediate family of a deceased fire fighter, law enforcement officer, emergency technician, or other rescue worker who died in the line of duty to provide the family, at their request, with a Capitol-flown flag, together with a certificate, signed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Representative providing the flag, which contains an expression of sympathy for the family. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
USE IT Act

Bill: 112-hr-927
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2011-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Interior
Energy revenues and royalties
Oil and gas
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: 
United States Exploration on Idle Tracts Act or USE IT Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations to establish a specified graduated annual production incentive fee with respect to federal onshore and offshore lands subject to a lease for production of oil or natural gas under which production is not occurring.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
National Safe Streets Gang Crime Prevention Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-928
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2011-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: 
National Safe Streets Gang Crime Prevention Act of 2011- Authorizes the Attorney General to expand the Safe Streets Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to support criminal street gang enforcement teams.
 
Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish a National Gang Activity Database to disseminate information to law enforcement agencies about gang activities and gang members, and (2) provide funding to the Regional Information Sharing Systems to use RISSNET (secure intranet) to connect existing gang information systems with the National Gang Activity Database.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Transportation Job Corps Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-929
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2011-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Department of Transportation
Education of the disadvantaged
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Minority education
Public transit
Student aid and college costs
Transportation employees
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: 
Transportation Job Corps Act of 2011 - Requires the Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to establish: (1) a National Joint Workforce Development Council, and (2) regional workforce development councils and governing boards in each of its 10 regions. Replaces the current discretionary grant and contract programs addressing human resource needs as they apply to public transportation activities.
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator, to establish programs for the award of grants to: (1) nonprofit organizations and educational institutions to introduce disconnected youth (ages 16 through 24 who are out of school and unemployed) to careers in the transit industry by providing them with basic skills education and pre-apprenticeship skills; (2) partnerships of transit agencies and unions representing non-managerial employees (partnerships), as well as providers of management and technical programs for managerial employees, to develop education programs to improve job skills of transit employees and to provide education and training to assist individuals to enter the transit profession; and (3) the same or similar partnerships to develop special projects to increase education opportunities for disadvantaged transit industry individuals, including racial and ethnic minorities underrepresented in transit management, by providing student scholarships, pre-entry preparation, and retention activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in House