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To restart jobs in the timber industry by providing for the protection of the Mexican Spotted Owl in sanctuaries.

Bill: 112-hr-1202
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Birds
Department of Agriculture
Endangered and threatened species
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to permit any applicant to carry out a timber activity on National Forest System (NFS) land unless the application proposes an unpermitted use of clearcutting.
 
Prohibits NFS clearcutting unless it complies with specified Renewable Resource Program guidelines in the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a program to preserve the Mexican Spotted Owl in a sanctuary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2011-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Fairness for the U.S. Territories Under STELA Act

Bill: 112-hr-1203
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: American Samoa
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Caribbean area
Guam
Intellectual property
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
Television and film
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
Fairness for the U.S. Territories Under STELA Act - Amends the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA) to include the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands as separate designated market areas for the purposes of specified statutory copyright licensing provisions related to low power television stations.
 
Subjects to such licensing requirements certain secondary transmissions of a performance or display of a work embodied in a primary transmission of a television broadcast station if the secondary transmission is of the primary transmission of a television broadcast station that: (1) qualifies as a specialty station pursuant to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules and regulations in effect on June 24, 1981; and (2) is licensed as a low power television station located in such territories, to a subscriber residing within the same territory as the station originating the transmission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas development sources, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-1204
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
Amends the Clean Air Act to: (1) include hydrogen sulfide in the list of hazardous air pollutants; (2) repeal the prohibition on aggregating emissions from any oil or gas exploration or production well and emissions from any pipeline compressor or pump station with emissions from other similar units to determine whether such units or stations are major sources of hazardous air pollutants; (3) repeal the prohibition on aggregating emissions from any oil or gas exploration or production well for any purpose relating to hazardous air pollutant emission standards; and (4) repeal the prohibition against the Administrator listing oil and gas production wells as an area source category of hazardous air pollutants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Federal Real Property Disposal Enhancement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1205
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Land transfers
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
Federal Real Property Disposal Enhancement Act of 2011- Requires the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to: (1) issue guidance for federal agency real property plans, including recommendations on how to identify and dispose of excess properties, evaluate disposal costs and benefits, and prioritize disposal decisions based on agency missions and anticipated future need for holdings; (2) report to specified congressional committees annually for five years after 2011 on agency efforts to reduce their real property assets; (3) assist agencies in the identification and disposal of excess real property; and (4) establish and maintain a database of all federal real property under the custody and control of all executive agencies, other than property excluded for reasons of national security. Sets forth agency duties with respect to its properties, including maintaining adequate inventory controls and reporting excess property to the Administrator.
 
Includes among the amounts the Administrator is authorized to obligate from proceeds from the disposition of excess real property: (1) amounts to pay the costs related to identifying and preparing properties to be reported excess by another agency; and (2) amounts to pay the costs associated with the reversion, custody, and disposal of reverted real property. Revises requirements for federal agency retention of proceeds from the transfer or sale of excess real property.
 
Provides that requirements under the McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act for the use of public buildings and real property to assist the homeless shall not apply in FY2011and FY2012 to certain non-excess federal buildings or real property selected for demolition.
 
Requires the head of each federal agency to divert at least 50% of construction and demolition materials and debris by the end of FY2015.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency, and Financial Management.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Marianas Trench Marine National Monument Visitor Facility Authorization Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1207
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Monuments and memorials
Northern Mariana Islands
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
Marianas Trench Marine National Monument Visitor Facility Authorization Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct a multipurpose visitor facility in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for the interpretation and public education and enjoyment of the marine environment within the boundaries of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-01
text: Re-referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2011-09-01
text: Recalled by full committee.
action_date: 2011-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
IDEA Fairness Restoration Act

Bill: 112-hr-1208
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Disability and paralysis
Elementary and secondary education
Evidence and witnesses
Legal fees and court costs
Special education

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
IDEA Fairness Restoration Act - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to include expert witness fees, including the reasonable costs of any test or evaluation necessary for the preparation of the parents' or guardians' case in the action or proceeding, within the definition of &quot;attorneys' fees&quot; that may be awarded to the prevailing party in a civil action brought under such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Maritime Lien Reform Act

Bill: 112-hr-1210
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
Maritime Lien Reform Act - Bars specified federal shipping laws related to maritime liability from: (1) establishing maritime liens on state or federal fishing permits (authorizing a person or use of a vessel to engage in fishing), and (2) authorizing civil actions to enforce maritime liens on such permits.
 
Specifies that a &quot;fishing permit&quot; is governed solely by the state or federal law under which it was issued and is not included in the whole or as an appurtenance or intangible of a vessel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Student Visa Security Improvement Act

Bill: 112-hr-1211
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2011-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Area studies and international education
Cultural exchanges and relations
Department of Homeland Security
Government information and archives
International exchange and broadcasting
Student records
Terrorism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: 
Student Visa Security Improvement Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) require DHS employees to review the applications, conduct in-person interviews where appropriate, and conduct on-site reviews of applications and supporting documentation with respect to student and exchange program visa applicants prior to final visa adjudication, with emphasis on determining whether an applicant is inadmissible for terrorist-related activities; (2) require an institution or exchange visitor program participating in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program to ensure that each covered student or exchange visitor is an active program participant, is observed, and is reported to DHS if he or she transfers institutions or academic majors; (3) provide Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) access to appropriate employees of a SEVIS program sponsor under specified circumstances; and (4) require a SEVIS upgrade to add data fields that include verification that students are meeting minimum academic standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Essential constitutional Constraints for Libyan Action Involving the Military Act

Bill: 112-hr-1212
Sponsor: Rep. Amash, Justin [R-MI-3]
Introduced: 2011-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Africa
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Libya
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: 
Restoring Essential constitutional Constraints for Libyan Action Involving the Military Act or RECLAIM Act - Directs the President to cease the use of force in, or directed at, Libya by U.S. Armed Forces, unless a subsequent Act specifically authorizes such use of force.
 
Prohibits any funds available to any U.S. department or agency from being used for such use of force, unless a subsequent Act specifically so authorizes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title V of the Social Security Act to convert funding for personal responsibility education programs from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations.

Bill: 112-hr-1215
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2011-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Child health
Family planning and birth control
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Sex and reproductive health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: 
Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act to change the funding mechanism for personal responsibility education programs from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations, and rescinds unobligated funds available to such programs. 

action_date: 2011-04-27
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act to change the funding mechanism for personal responsibility education programs from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations, and rescinds unobligated funds available to such programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-27
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 31.
action_date: 2011-04-27
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 112-63.
action_date: 2011-04-27
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 112-63.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 23, United States Code, to allow a State to use as a credit toward the non-Federal share requirement for funds made available to carry out such title the Appalachian development highway system program.

Bill: 112-hr-1218
Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9]
Introduced: 2011-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: 
Repeals the prohibition against state use of toll revenues as a credit toward the non-federal state matching share requirement for Appalachian development highway projects (thus allowing a state to use such revenues as a non-federal share match for such Appalachian highway projects).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Optometric Equity in Medicaid Act

Bill: 112-hr-1219
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2011-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: 
Optometric Equity in Medicaid Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require coverage under Medicaid of services of optometrists.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
To require the conveyance of the decommissioned Coast Guard Cutter STORIS.

Bill: 112-hr-1220
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alaska
Coast guard
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Marine and inland water transportation
Military facilities and property
Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: 
Requires the Commandant of the Coast Guard to convey the decommissioned Coast Guard Cutter STORIS to the Storis Museum, a nonprofit entity of Juneau, Alaska, provided that the Museum agrees to enumerated conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
GSE Subsidy Elimination Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1222
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2011-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Housing finance and home ownership
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: 
GSE Subsidy Elimination Act of 2011 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to require the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to require the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (government-sponsored enterprises or GSEs) to charge a guarantee fee in connection with any guarantee of the timely payment of principal and interest on securities, notes, and other obligations based on or backed by mortgages on residential real properties designed principally for occupancy of from one to four families. Requires the fee to be set at an amount that appropriately reflects risk of loss as well as the cost of capital allocated to similar assets held by other fully private regulated financial institutions. 
 
Directs the Director to require each GSE to increase its guarantee fee gradually over two years in a manner sufficient to comply with this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 9 .
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
GSE Credit Risk Equitable Treatment Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1223
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2011-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of the Treasury
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Federal Reserve System
Financial services and investments
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Housing finance and home ownership
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: 
GSE Credit Risk Equitable Treatment Act of 2011 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require that credit risk retention regulations ensure that there is no difference in the treatment of asset-backed securities securitized by the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporatioin (Freddie Mac) (government-sponsored enterprises or GSEs), solely because of securitization by the GSE, from the treament of other asset-backed securities securitized by any other entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 34 - 0 .
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House