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Eating Disorders Awareness, Prevention, and Education Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-36
Sponsor: Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Nutrition and diet
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Eating Disorders Awareness, Prevention, and Education Act of 2011 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the use of innovative assistance funds for programs to: (1) improve identification of students with eating disorders; (2) increase awareness of such disorders among parents and students; and (3) train educators with respect to effective eating disorder prevention and assistance methods. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program to broadcast public service announcements to improve public awareness, and to promote the identification and prevention, of eating disorders. 
Requires the National Center for Education Statistics and the National Center for Health Statistics to: (1) study the impact eating disorders have on educational advancement and achievement; (2) report on current state and local programs to educate youth on the dangers of eating disorders; and (3) recommend federal, state, and local measures that could be undertaken.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-01-05
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: 2011-01-05
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: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
401Kids Family Savings Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-37
Sponsor: Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Higher education
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
401Kids Family Savings Act of 2011 - Amends the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to extend through 2015 provisions allowing increased annual contributions to Coverdell education savings accounts. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow tax-free distributions from a Coverdell education savings account for first-time homebuyer expenses; (2) permit rollovers from Coverdell education savings accounts to Roth individual retirement accounts (Roth IRAs); and (3) rename Coverdell education savings accounts as 401Kids Savings Accounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
To rescind funds appropriated to the Health Insurance Reform Implementation Fund under the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

Bill: 112-hr-38
Sponsor: Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Comprehensive health care
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
 Rescinds any unobligated balance of funds made available for the Health Insurance Reform Implementation Fund under the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Polar Bear Delisting Act

Bill: 112-hr-39
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
Hunting and fishing
Mammals

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Polar Bear Delisting Act - Provides that the determination by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of the threatened status of the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and the listing of such species as threatened shall have no force or effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act

Bill: 112-hr-40
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Government liability
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act - Establishes the Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African Americans to examine slavery and discrimination in the colonies and the United States from 1619 to the present and recommend appropriate remedies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E12)
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Beauty Mountain and Agua Tibia Wilderness Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-41
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Beauty Mountain and Agua Tibia Wilderness Act of 2011 - Designates the Agua Tibia proposed wilderness additions in Cleveland National Forest in San Diego County, California, as wilderness and incorporates them into the Agua Tibia Wilderness. 
 
Designates the Beauty Mountain wilderness additions in San Diego County, California, as wilderness and incorporates them into the Beauty Mountain Wilderness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Health Care Incentive Act

Bill: 112-hr-42
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Health Care Incentive Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to allow any employer in interstate commerce that is required by federal or state law to pay a minimum wage rate higher than the current federal rate under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to include the value of creditable health care benefits in determining the required wage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program and to re-allocate those visas to certain employment-based immigrants who obtain an advanced degree in the United States.

Bill: 112-hr-43
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program and provide an equal number of annual immigrant visas (55,000) to certain employment-based aliens who obtain an advanced degree in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act

Bill: 112-hr-44
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Asia
Civil actions and liability
Conflicts and wars
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Department of Justice
Guam
Human trafficking
Japan
Legal fees and court costs
Monuments and memorials
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
World history

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act - Recognizes the suffering and the loyalty of the people of Guam during the Japanese occupation of Guam in World War II. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make specified payments to: (1) living Guam residents who were raped, injured, interned, or subjected to forced labor or marches resulting from, or incident to, such occupation and subsequent liberation; and (2) survivors of compensable residents who died in war (such payments to be made after payments have been made to surviving Guam residents).
 
Directs the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission to specify injuries that would constitute a severe personal injury or a personal injury. Authorizes the Commission to adjudicate claims and determine payment eligibility. 
 
Requires: (1) claims to be filed within one year after the Commission publishes public notice of the filing period in the Federal Register; and (2) the Commission to make filing period information available to the public through the media in Guam.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a grant program for research, educational, and media activities that memorialize the events surrounding the occupation of Guam during World War II or honor the loyalty of the people of Guam during such occupation, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E10)
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Criminal Alien Accountability Act

Bill: 112-hr-45
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Criminal Alien Accountability Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish minimum imprisonment terms for specified categories of aliens subject to criminal fines, imprisonment, or both, for reentry as removed aliens. (Such provision does not apply to aliens removed for security or terrorist grounds.) 
 
Subjects an individual who knowingly aids or conspires to allow, procure, or permit any such alien to reenter the United States to criminal penalty, the same imprisonment term as applies to the alien so aided, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Fallen Heroes Family Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-46
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Family relationships
Immigration status and procedures
Military personnel and dependents
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Fallen Heroes Family Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include as a nonimmigrant alien an alien who is the parent of a child who: (1) is a U.S. citizen; (2) was born outside the United States and its outlying possessions; and (3) had a natural parent who served honorably in an active-duty status in the U.S. Armed Forces and died on or after September 11, 2001, from an injury or disease incurred in or aggravated by that service.
 
Defines &quot;parent&quot; to include a legal guardian or other person standing in loco parentis for purposes of: (1) such nonimmigrant alien; and (2) immediate relative status with respect to aliens who are not subject to direct numerical limitations.
 
Sets forth related conditions concerning: (1) employment; (2) period of authorized admission; and (3) number of aliens to be admitted for each such child.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
CIA Act

Bill: 112-hr-47
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Classified Information Accountability Act of 2011 or CIA Act - Provides a civil penalty of up to $10,000 against a member of the intelligence community who, as part of a communication to a U.S. Senator or Representative that involves classified material: (1) falsifies, conceals, or covers up a material fact; (2) makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or misrepresentation; or (3) makes or uses any false writing or document known to contain any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry. Prohibits any federal department or agency from indemnifying a person from such liability.
 
Authorizes the Senator or Representative concerned to bring a civil action for such a violation. Requires the court involved to review the classified information in camera.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Federal Life Insurance Transparency Act

Bill: 112-hr-48
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Life, casualty, property insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Federal Life Insurance Transparency Act - Requires group life insurance and group accidental death insurance payments under the federal employees' group life insurance (FEGLI) program to be made to the life insurance beneficiary in the form of a lump sum payment unless the insured or the beneficiary makes a different election.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy     .
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-50
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Africa
Asia
Endangered and threatened species
Mammals
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Authorizes appropriations to carry out the African Elephant Conservation Act, the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, and the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 for FY2012-FY2016.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Heat Island and Smog Reduction Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-51
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Air quality
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Horticulture and plants
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Heat Island and Smog Reduction Act of 2011 - Requires each federal agency, by April 1, 2012, to develop a heat island reduction plan for all federal property and facilities under its possession or control that are located in an area designated under the Clean Air Act as being in nonattainment with national ambient air quality standards for ozone. Requires each plan to include measures to: (1) maximize tree cover on federal property; and (2) increase solar reflectivity through techniques such as using roofs with high solar reflectivity (cool roofs), vegetated roofs, and paving materials with higher solar reflectivity.
 
Requires the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to submit annual reports to specified congressional committees assessing agency progress in developing and implementing such plans.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency, and Financial Management     .
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
OPERA

Bill: 112-hr-52
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Oil Pollution Environmental Review Act or OPERA - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require the head of any federal agency to treat the issuance of any exploration plans, development production plans, development operation coordination documents, and lease sales required under federal law for offshore drilling activity on the outer Continental Shelf as a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment for the purposes of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and requiring detailed environmental analysis of proposed actions and reasonably foreseeable subsequent actions.
 
Defines &quot;offshore drilling activity&quot; as drilling for oil or gas under a lease, or conducting a major geophysical seismic survey, under such Act, including for exploration, development, or production of oil or gas. 
 
Repeals a provision requiring the Secretary of the Interior to approve a plan for geological and geophysical exploration in the outer Continental Shelf within 30 days of its submission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny a deduction for removal costs and damages for which taxpayers are liable under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.

Bill: 112-hr-53
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for the removal costs and damages assessed for a discharge of oil under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
STOP Act

Bill: 112-hr-54
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Accidents
Corporate finance and management
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Stand by your Oil Pollution Act or the STOP Act - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to: (1) extend liability to any corporation, partnership, or other person (other than an individual) having an ownership interest exceeding 25% in any responsible party; and (2) limit such an entity's liability with respect to an incident (any occurrence or series of occurrences having the same origin, involving vessels and facilities, resulting in the discharge or substantial threat of discharge of oil) to no more than the percentage of the entity's aggregate ownership interests in all other responsible parties with respect to such incident. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Northern Virginia Metrorail Extension Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-55
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: District of Columbia
Maryland
Public transit
Railroads
Transportation programs funding
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Northern Virginia Metrorail Extension Act of 2011 - Authorizes alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering for specified Metrorail new fixed guideway capital projects in Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House