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Promise Neighborhoods Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1004
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2011-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Preschool education
Special education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-16
text: 
Promise Neighborhoods Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive, matching Promise Neighborhood Partnership grants to nonprofit organizations that partner with a local educational agency (LEA) to implement a comprehensive continuum of supports and services that engage community partners in improving the academic achievement, health and social development, and college and career readiness of children that live in distressed neighborhoods with underperforming schools.
 
Directs the Secretary to award competitive, matching Promise School grants to LEAs that partner with nonprofit organizations, and Indian or charter schools that partner with nonprofit organizations or institutions of higher education, to implement school-centered strategies and integrated student supports that leverage community partnerships to improve student achievement and development in schools with high concentrations of low-income children.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to renew Promise Neighborhood Partnership grants and Promise School grants if the grantees demonstrate significant success in: (1) ensuring children's school readiness; (2) improving their academic outcomes; (3) increasing their college and career readiness; and (4) improving their health, mental health, and social and emotional well-being.
 
Requires this Act's grantees to evaluate their programs continuously and improve them based on data and outcomes.
 
Directs the Secretary to evaluate this Act's grant programs and disseminate research on best practices for improving the academic achievement of children living in our most distressed communities.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award matching planning grants to entities eligible for this Act's other grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-05-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2997-2998)
action_date: 2011-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Parental Notification and Intervention Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1005
Sponsor: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced: 2011-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Domestic violence and child abuse
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Family relationships
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-16
text: 
Parental Notification and Intervention Act of 2011 - Prohibits any person or organization from performing, permitting facilities to be used to perform, or assisting in the performance of an abortion on an unemancipated minor unless: (1) written notification is provided to each parent of the minor informing them that an abortion has been requested, unless there is clear and convincing evidence of physical abuse of the minor by a parent; (2) there is compliance with a 96-hour waiting period after any required notice has been received by each parent; and (3) there is, if a judicial intervention process is initiated by a notified parent, a final judgement that enjoining the abortion would be unlawful. Prescribes penalties of not more than a $1 million fine and/or imprisonment for not more than 10 years for violating such prohibition.
 
Provides for an exception where a physician without principal responsibility for making the decision to perform the abortion determines that: (1) a medical emergency exists due to a grave, physical disorder or disease that would cause the minor's death if an abortion is not performed; (2) parental notification is not possible as a result of the emergency; and (3) certifications regarding compliance with such rules and the reasons upon which such determinations are based have been entered in the minor's medical records. 
Requires parental notification through certified mail or personal delivery. 
Authorizes a notified parent to bring an action in federal court which shall enjoin the abortion: (1) until the court's judgment is final, or (2) permanently unless the court determines that granting such relief would be unlawful.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2998)
action_date: 2011-05-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2998)
action_date: 2011-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Seniors' Tax Simplification Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1006
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2011-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aging
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: 
 Seniors' Tax Simplification Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make available a new federal income tax Form 1040SR (similar to Form 1040EZ) to individuals who have turned 65 as of the close of the taxable year. Allows the form to be used even if income includes: (1) social security benefits; (2) distributions from qualified retirement plans, annuities, or other such deferred payment arrangements; (3) interest and dividends; or (4) capital gains and losses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the taxable income limit on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties.

Bill: 112-s-1007
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2011-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the suspension of the taxable income limitation on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3107)
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation.

Bill: 112-s-1008
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2011-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Indian social and development programs
Minority and disadvantaged businesses

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the special rules for the accelerated depreciation of business property used on Indian reservations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3107-3108)
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
REFUND Act

Bill: 112-s-1009
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2011-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: 
Returned Exclusively For Unpaid National Debt Act or REFUND Act - Rescinds unwanted amounts, as identified by a state from a projected allocation, from any federal funds required to be allocated by formula among all states that agree to use them for a specified purpose.
 
Prescribes a procedure by which a state legislature may identify a projected federal allocation as unwanted funds.
 
Requires such rescinded amounts to: (1) be deposited by the Secretary of the Treasury in the special fund account entitled &quot;Gifts to Reduce Debt Held by the Public, Bureau of the Public Debt, Treasury&quot;; and (2) be used to reduce the federal debt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1012
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2011-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Sales and excise taxes
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: 
Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2011- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the excise tax on communication services (i.e., local telephone service, toll telephone service, and teletypewriter exchange service). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
State Child Welfare Innovation Act

Bill: 112-s-1013
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2011-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Elementary and secondary education
Indian social and development programs
Mental health
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: 
State Child Welfare Innovation Act - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to renew through FY2014 the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to authorize states to conduct child welfare program demonstration projects likely to promote the objectives of part B (Child and Family Services) or E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA). 
 
Repeals the requirement for state project applications to consider certain types of proposals. Replaces such requirement with specified conditions for state eligibility to conduct a new demonstration project.
 
Sets forth child welfare improvement policies.
 
Revises requirements for project applications, evaluations, and reports.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3057, S3058)
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Judicial Relief Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1014
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2011-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Arizona
California
Civil actions and liability
Federal district courts
Judges
Legal fees and court costs
Minnesota
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: 
Emergency Judicial Relief Act of 2011 - Directs the President to appoint, by and with the Senate's advice and consent, specified additional permanent district judges for various federal judicial districts in Arizona, California, Minnesota, and Texas.
 
Converts certain existing temporary judgeships for the district of Arizona and the central district of California to permanent judgeships.
 
Increases the filing fee for most civil actions to $360 (currently, $350).

action_date: 2011-10-17
text: 
Emergency Judicial Relief Act of 2011 - (Sec. 2) Directs the President to appoint, by and with the Senate's advice and consent, specified additional permanent district judges for various federal judicial districts in Arizona, California, Minnesota, and Texas.
 
Converts certain existing temporary judgeships for the district of Arizona and the central district of California to permanent judgeships.
 
Increases the filing fee for most civil actions or proceedings, excluding a writ of habeas corpus, to $360 (currently, $350). 
 
Requires that incremental amounts collected by reason of enactment of this Act be deposited in a special fund in the Treasury to offset funds appropriated for the operation and maintenance of U.S. courts to the extent specifically appropriated by an Act of Congress after enactment of this Act.
 
(Sec. 3) Prohibits any judicial branch officer, employee, agent, contractor, or subcontractor from discharging, demoting, threatening, suspending, harassing, or otherwise discriminating against an employee in the terms and conditions of employment because of any lawful act by the employee to provide information, cause information to be provided, or otherwise assist in an investigation regarding any possible violation of federal law or regulation, or misconduct, by a judge, justice, or any other employee in the judicial branch, which may assist in the investigation of the possible violation or misconduct.
 
Authorizes an employee injured by such a prohibited act to obtain appropriate relief in a civil action.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Star Print ordered on the reported bill.
action_date: 2011-10-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 195.
action_date: 2011-10-17
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2011-10-17
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2011-10-13
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3058)
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3058)
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Foreign Language Education Partnership Program Act

Bill: 112-s-1015
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2011-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Area studies and international education
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Higher education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: 
Foreign Language Education Partnership Program Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to replace the program providing incentive payments to public elementary schools for foreign language instruction with a partnership program in foreign languages that provides matching grants to partnerships composed of state or local educational agencies and institutions of higher education.
 
Requires such partnerships to establish, improve, or expand model programs of foreign language learning from kindergarten through grade 12 that increase the number of high school graduates who attain advanced proficiency in at least one foreign language.
 
Requires each model program to have a dimension allowing the student to gain an understanding of the historic, geographic, cultural, economic, and other contextual factors of countries whose people speak the language studied. Conditions a partnership's continued funding for two additional five-year periods, after an initial four-year funding period, on its demonstrating its program's effectiveness based on nationally recognized standardized foreign language assessments.
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to collect and analyze data on such programs annually and disseminate aggregated program data nationally, as well as information on successful programs and practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Municipal Bond Market Support Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1016
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2011-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Securities
State and local finance
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: 
Municipal Bond Market Support Act of 2011 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the small issuer exemption from interest expense allocation rules for financial institutions to: (1) permanently increase from $10 million to $30 million the annual limit on the amount of tax-exempt obligations that a small issuer may issue, and (2) allow an inflation adjustment to such increased limit amount after 2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3059)
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3058-3059)
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Disabled Veteran Caregiver Housing Assistance Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1017
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2011-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: 
Disabled Veteran Caregiver Housing Assistance Act of 2011 - Increases the amount of assistance authorized to be provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) for permanent and total service-disabled veterans who are temporarily residing in housing owned by a family member from: (1) $14,000 to $28,000, in the case of the acquisition of housing with special features; and (2) $2,000 to $5,000, in the case of adaptations to a current residence. Directs the Secretary to adjust such amounts annually based on the residential home cost-of-construction index. Removes a provision that prohibits providing such assistance after December 31, 2011.
 
Expands the eligibility for specially adapted housing assistance provided by the Secretary for veterans with certain vision impairments.
 
Removes certain limitations on the aggregate amount of assistance available for adapting and acquiring such housing for individuals residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-08
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-116.
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Secondary School Reentry Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1019
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2011-05-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Higher education
Juvenile crime and gang violence
National and community service
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-18
text: 
Secondary School Reentry Act of 2011 - Amends part H (School Dropout Prevention) of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to make consortia of local educational agencies (LEAs) eligible to receive school dropout prevention grants and subgrants.
 
Requires LEAs that receive a subgrant under part H to use at least 30% of the funds to implement reentry programs that assist school dropouts in returning to the educational system to obtain a secondary school diploma.
 
Requires the reentry programs to be implemented through a partnership between a state, an LEA or consortium of LEAs, and at least one of the following: (1) a community-based organization, (2) an institution of higher education, (3) a local government agency, (4) a business group, (5) a community or national service program, (6) a qualified intermediary, or (7) other education provider.
 
Sets forth reentry program requirements that include providing dropouts with outreach services and participants with: (1) a reenrollment counselor; (2) a rigorous, interdisciplinary education that is aligned to state standards; (3) internships, work experience, or service-learning that gives them secondary or postsecondary school credits; and (4) targeted support services.
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to evaluate the effectiveness of reentry programs.
 
Requires states to include certain student dropout and reentry information in their annual report cards under part A of title I of the ESEA.
 
Amends part D of title I of the ESEA to require states to work with LEAs in developing and implementing school reentry programs for neglected, delinquent, and at-risk youth.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-05-18
text: Introduced in Senate
SEAL 401(k)Savings Act

Bill: 112-s-1020
Sponsor: Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI]
Introduced: 2011-05-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer credit
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-18
text: 
Savings Enhancement by Alleviating Leakage in 401(k) Savings Act of 2011 or the SEAL 401(k) Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to loans made from a qualified employer plan, to: (1) extend the period for repayment of loans if a plan terminates or a plan participant becomes unemployed, (2) prohibit plans from allowing the use of credit cards or similar arrangements to access loan amounts, and (3) limit to three the number of loans which a plan participant or beneficiary may take at any time.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to modify regulations governing hardship distributions from qualified employer plans to allow participants to make additional contributions to a plan during the six month period following a hardship distribution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3108-3109)
action_date: 2011-05-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3108)
action_date: 2011-05-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to limit the amount expended by the Department of Defense for printing and reproduction costs.

Bill: 112-s-1021
Sponsor: Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK]
Introduced: 2011-05-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-18
text: 
Limits the amount that may be expended by the Department of Defense (DOD) in any fiscal year for printing and reproduction costs after FY2011. 
 
Rescinds a specified amount from amounts made available for the DOD for FY2011. Allocates such rescinded amounts across Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Army Reserve, Navy Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, Air Force Reserve, Army National Guard, Air National Guard, and defense-wide operation and maintenance accounts. Requires the Secretary of DOD to report to Congress on the allocation of such rescission. 
 
Requires certain DOD reports that are required by law that do not contain information that should not be made available to the public in the interest of national security to be distributed electronically in order to reduce printing and reproduction costs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2011-05-18
text: Introduced in Senate