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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the domestic production activities deduction rules relating to allowance of deduction by United States contract manufacturers.

Bill: 112-hr-2780
Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Contracts and agency
Income tax deductions
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to regulations governing the tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities, to specify that such regulations shall be written to prevent more than one taxpayer from being allowed a deduction with respect to the same qualified production activities income derived from any activity qualifying for a tax deduction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
To establish a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle and simple cycle power generation systems.

Bill: 112-hr-2781
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Oil and gas
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE), through the Office of Fossil Energy, to carry out a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in power generation systems and to identify the technologies that will lead to gas turbine combined cycle efficiency of 65% or simple cycle efficiency of 50%.
 
Requires the program to: (1) support first-of-a-kind engineering and detailed gas turbine design for megawatt-scale and utility-scale electric power generation; (2) include technology demonstration through component testing, subscale testing, and full scale testing in existing fleets; (3) include field demonstrations of the developed technology elements to demonstrate technical and economic feasibility; and (4) assess overall combined cycle and simple cycle system performance.
 
Sets forth as program goals: (1) in phase I, to develop the conceptual design of, and to develop and demonstrate the technology required for, advanced high efficiency gas turbines that can achieve at least 62% combined cycle efficiency or 47% simple cycle efficiency on a lower heating value basis; and (2) in phase II, to develop the conceptual design for advanced high efficiency gas turbines that can achieve at least 65% combined cycle efficiency or 50% simple cycle efficiency on a lower heating value basis. 
 
Directs the Secretary, in selecting program proposals, to emphasize the extent to which the proposal will: (1) stimulate the creation or increased retention of jobs in the United States; and (2) promote and enhance U.S. technology leadership. 
 
Authorizes appropriations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Wind Energy Research and Development Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2782
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Wind Energy Research and Development Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to carry out a research and development program to: (1) improve the energy efficiency, reliability, and capacity of wind turbines; (2) optimize the design and adaptability of wind energy systems to the broadest practical range of atmospheric conditions; and (3) reduce the cost of construction, generation, and maintenance of such systems.

Directs the Secretary to conduct a wind energy demonstration program to measure wind energy system performance under the full productive range of wind conditions in the United States.
 
Requires awards under such programs to be made on a competitive basis with an emphasis on technical merit.
 
Requires the Secretary, in carrying out this Act, to: (1) coordinate with the Office of Minority Economic Impact and with the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; and (2) provide special consideration to applications submitted by institutions, businesses, or entities containing majority representation of women, minorities, or persons with disabilities in science and engineering.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2783
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Medicare
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 2011- Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services. 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Innovative Energy Systems Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2784
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Lighting, heating, cooling

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Innovative Energy Systems Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an energy tax credit for highly efficient combined heat and power system property. Defines such property as property at an industrial, commercial, or institutional facility comprising a system that is placed in service before January 1, 2017, and that: (1) uses the same energy source for the simultaneous or sequential generation of electrical power, mechanical shaft power, or both, in combination with the generation of steam or other forms of useful thermal energy; and (2) has a system design that provides an energy efficiency percentage of at least 70%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Athletic Trainers' Equal Access to Medicare Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2785
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allied health services
Home and outpatient care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Athletic Trainers' Equal Access to Medicare Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) access to outpatient occupational and physical therapy services provided incident to a physician's professional services if furnished by an educated or credentialed therapist who does not have a license; and (2) coverage of certified athletic trainer services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of Medicare, including those provided in rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers. 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2011-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1470)
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Holocaust Survivors Assistance Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2786
Sponsor: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Department of Health and Human Services
Europe
Executive agency funding and structure
Germany
Public transit
Social security and elderly assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Transportation programs funding
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Holocaust Survivors Assistance Act of 2011 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to: (1) include specifically within its purview older Americans who are Holocaust survivors; (2) authorize the Assistant Secretary for Aging of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to designate within the Administration of Aging an individual who is to have responsibility for such individuals; and (3) create a grant program to increase and improve transportation services for older Americans, with preference for Holocaust survivors. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2787
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Drug therapy
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Medicare Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to recognize state-licensed or -registered health care professionals who are certified diabetes educators in an outpatient setting as authorized providers of Medicare diabetes outpatient self-management training services, including as part of telehealth services, under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance).
 
Directs the Comptroller General to study the barriers that exist for Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes in accessing diabetes self-management training services under the Medicare program.
 
Directs the Director of the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a series of recommendations on effective outreach methods to educate primary care physicians and the public about the benefits of diabetes self-management training.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Competitive Elections Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2788
Sponsor: Rep. Woodall, Rob [R-GA-7]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Competitive Elections Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit an authorized committee of a candidate for election to the U.S. Senate or the House of Representatives from making any expenditure of funds in support of the candidate's election campaign that were not deposited in the committee's account during the election cycle for the office involved.
 
Makes an exception to this prohibition for candidates facing certain opponents who make expenditures from personal funds exceeding specified dollar amounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Elections.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Prevention of Wasteful and Unneeded Coins Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2789
Sponsor: Rep. Yoder, Kevin [R-KS-3]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Currency
Federal-Indian relations
Presidential administrations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Prevention of Wasteful and Unneeded Coins Act of 2011 - Amends federal law governing coins and currency to prohibit, for a 15-year period, the issuance of $1 dollar coins honoring each of the Presidents of the United States.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to resume issuance of such coins if the demand for $1 coins exceeds the number of them held in reserve.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from issuing any $1 coins if it would result in an excess stockpile of $1 coins not in circulation.
 
Repeals the requirement that the number of $1 coins minted and issued in a year with the Sacagawea design on the obverse be at least 20% of the total of such coins.
 
Repeals the requirement that, during an introductory period, all institutions that want to are able to obtain unmixed supplies of each newly-issued design of $1 coins minted under the President $1 and the First Spouse bullion coin programs.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Health and Human Services Hiree Clarification Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2791
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
Health and Human Services Hiree Clarification Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to state that provisions authorizing the appointment of special consultants or authorizing individual scientists to receive fellowships do not authorize the designation, appointment, or employment of any special consultant, fellow, or other employee by an agency outside of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in House
African Higher Education Advancement and Development Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2792
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Africa
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Higher education
Minority education
Public-private cooperation
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
African Higher Education Advancement and Development Act of 2011 - Expresses the sense of Congress regarding the importance to transformational state and socio-economic development in sub-Saharan Africa of support for the improvement of primary, secondary, and tertiary education in that region.
 
States that it is this country's policy to provide sub-Saharan Africa with long-term assistance to improve the capacity of its institutions of higher education (IHEs) through partnerships with our IHEs.
 
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to provide long-term assistance to sub-Saharan Africa that improves higher education by: (1) building the capacity of IHEs in sub-Saharan Africa; (2) building linkages and partnerships between sub-Saharan IHEs and our IHEs; and (3) assisting efforts to recruit and retain women students, faculty, and administrators.
 
Requires the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to designate a Director for Higher Education in sub-Saharan Africa, who is to carry out such activities.
 
Establishes a Sub-Saharan African Higher Education Advisory Board within USAID, which is appointed by the Administrator and composed of individuals from the private sector who have the requisite experience with sub-Saharan Africa and higher education to assist the Director. 
 
Requires the Director and the Board, to the extent practicable, to use any federal funding appropriated for this Act's assistance program to leverage equal or greater sources of private sector funding for such assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from restricting certain hunting activities in the Kisatchie National Forest, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-2793
Sponsor: Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2011-08-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Hunting and fishing
Land use and conservation
Louisiana
Outdoor recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from restricting the use of dogs in deer hunting activities within the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana unless those restrictions are applicable to the smallest practicable parts and are necessary for the reduction or control of trespassing onto adjacent land. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Introduced in House
Continuum of Learning Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2794
Sponsor: Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2011-08-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child care and development
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Licensing and registrations
Preschool education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: 
Continuum of Learning Act of 2011 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to coordinate school improvement and professional development activities with early childhood development and education programs.
 
Amends the school improvement program under part A of title I of the ESEA to require states to create or revise early learning guidelines for preschool age children and early learning standards for children in kindergarten through grade three. 
 
Requires the guidelines and standards to be developmentally appropriate and cover all domains of child development and learning.
 
Requires states to encourage local educational agencies (LEAs) and elementary schools to use school improvement funds to offer early childhood education programs from birth to school entry.
 
Requires LEAs to: (1) assist their elementary schools in conducting a ready school needs review, at least once every three years, that is used to create a school environment that supports children's transition to school and achievement of state and grade level expectations; (2) ensure, to the extent feasible, starting with the 2015-2016 school year, that teachers placed in the early elementary school grades have a specialized early childhood education teaching license, credential, or endorsement; and (3) work with early childhood education programs to establish a continuity of curricular objectives and developmental expectations that support children's transition to school.
 
Limits the use of child assessments for children from birth through grade two.
 
Amends part A (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund) of title II of the ESEA to require states to incorporate knowledge regarding early childhood development and learning into teacher and principal certification or licensing requirements.
 
Requires professional development activities to include: (1) training in early child development and learning, and (2) joint training for elementary school staff and early childhood education program staff.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-08-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1513-1514)
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Introduced in House
To require the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to conduct the business of the committee in a manner that is open to the public.

Bill: 112-hr-2796
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2011-08-05 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional committees
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: 
Amends the Budget Control Act of 2011 to require each meeting of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (except any discussing classified information) to be made open to the public and available for television coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Introduced in House