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Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1265
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2011-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government trust funds
Hunting and fishing
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: 
Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2011 - Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
 
Makes monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation. 
 
Requires not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
High School Data Transparency Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1269
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2011-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Athletes
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Minority education
School administration
School athletics
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: 
High School Data Transparency Act of 2011 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to collect the following information annually from each coeducational secondary school that receives federal financial assistance and that has an interscholastic athletic program: (1) the number, gender, and race or ethnicity of students that attended the school; and (2) for each team that competed in athletic competition, the number, gender, and race or ethnicity of participants, the total expenditures, the number, gender, and employment status of trainers, medical personnel, and coaches, the number of competitions, and postseason record.
 
Requires such schools to: (1) make such information available to students and potential students, upon request, and to the public by October 15 of each school year; (2) ensure that all students at the school are informed of their right to request such information; and (3) annually provide such information to the Secretary.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) ensure that such information is posted on the Department of Education's website, (2) notify all secondary schools regarding the availability of the information, and (3) issue guidance on how to collect and report the information required under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4099-4100)
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Responsible Electronics Recycling Act

Bill: 112-s-1270
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2011-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Business records
Computers and information technology
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Materials
Metals
Research administration and funding
Solid waste and recycling
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: 
Responsible Electronics Recycling Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to: (1) prohibit the export of restricted electronic waste to countries that are not members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) or the European Union (EU), or Liechtenstein; (2) require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and promulgate procedures for identifying certain electronic equipment as well as additional restricted toxic materials contained in such equipment which poses a potential hazard to human health or the environment; and (3) establish criminal penalties for knowingly exporting restricted electronic waste in violation of this Act. Allows certain exceptions to such export ban. 
 
Defines &quot;restricted electronic waste&quot; to include electronic equipment (excluding parts of a motor vehicle), such as computers, televisions, printers, copiers, video game systems, telephones, and similar used electronic products, that contain cathode ray tubes, batteries, switches, and other parts containing lead, cadmium, mercury, organic solvents, hexavalent chromium, beryllium, or other toxic ingredients.
 
Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require persons who handle restricted electronic wastes to permit appropriate EPA and state officials access to such wastes upon request.
 
Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish the Rare Earth Materials Recycling Research Initiative to provide grants for research in the recycling of rare earth materials found in electronic devices.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4173)
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Job Creation Tax Credit Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1271
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2011-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Income tax credits
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: 
Job Creation Tax Credit Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business-related tax credit for 15% of the wages paid to certain unemployed workers in 2011 and 10% of wages paid in 2012. Requires that such workers: (1) begin employment after the enactment of this Act and before January 13, 2013; (2) certify, under penalty of perjury, that they have not been employed for more than 40 hours during the 60-day period ending on the date they begin their employment; and (3) not be hired to replace another employee unless such employee separated from employment voluntarily or for cause.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4100-4101)
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Southern New Mexico and El Paso, Texas, Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1272
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2011-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health facilities and institutions
Neurological disorders
New Mexico
Texas
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: 
Southern New Mexico and El Paso, Texas, Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report to Congress on the feasibility and advisability of establishing a Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center or Polytrauma Network Site of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in the southern New Mexico and El Paso, Texas, region that is within a reasonable driving distance of Fort Bliss, White Sands Missile Range, and Holloman Air Force Base.
 
Requires the Fort Bayard Medical Center in Grant County, New Mexico, to be evaluated as a potential location for such a Center or Site.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4101)
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Direct Care Job Quality Improvement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1273
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2011-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Allied health services
Census and government statistics
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Health personnel
Home and outpatient care
Labor standards
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: 
Direct Care Job Quality Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 with respect to the exemption from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements of any employee employed on a casual basis in domestic service employment to provide companionship services for individuals who because of age or infirmity are unable to care for themselves. Extends the same exemption to a casual employee in domestic service employment to provide companionship services for disabled individuals unable to care for themselves.
 
 Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a direct care workforce monitoring program. 
 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require a state Medicaid plan to require the state to report annually to the Secretary on the adequacy of its direct care workforce to provide long-term care (LTC) services.
 
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the National Health Care Workforce Commission, as a high priority, to review, analyze, and report annually to Congress and the Health Resources and Services Administration on the current and projected direct care workforce supply and demand.
 
Directs the Secretary to award grants to states, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations to develop data collection and monitoring systems to assess the adequacy of a state's or tribe's direct care workforce to meet current and future demand for LTC services.
 
Directs the Secretary to award competitive three-year grants to states and other eligible entities to improve the recruitment, retention, and education of direct care workers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Biennial Appropriations Act

Bill: 112-s-1274
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2011-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text:  
 
Biennial Appropriations Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require biennial (instead of annual) appropriations Acts, with the exception of annual defense appropriation bills.
 
Defines the budget biennium as the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1.
 
Requires the committees of the House and Senate with legislative jurisdiction over an agency, in each year that the agency's activities are not required to be funded, to hold a joint oversight hearing on the impact of biennial budgeting on the agency with the corresponding subcommittee of the respective Committee on Appropriations with jurisdiction over the agency.
 
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) determine the impact and feasibility of changing the definition of a fiscal year and the budget process based on that definition to a two-year fiscal period with a biennial budget process based on such period, and (2) report the findings to the House and Senate Budget Committees.
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Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Social Security Number Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1275
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2011-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Government information and archives
Medicare
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: 
Social Security Number Protection Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and begin to implement procedures to eliminate the unnecessary collection, use, and display of Social Security account numbers of Medicare beneficiaries on Medicare identification cards and communications.
 
Prohibits a Social Security card also from storing a Social Security account number electronically.
 
Allows the display of a Social Security number on written or electronic communications only if the Secretary determines that its inclusion on such communications is essential for the operation of the Medicare program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4102)
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4101-4102)
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund, the increase in the United States quota to the Fund, and certain other related authorities, to rescind related appropriated amounts, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-s-1276
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2011-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Foreign loans and debt
Multilateral development programs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: 
Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to repeal authority to: (1) provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), including loans related to the New Arrangements to Borrow (NAB); (2) increase the U.S. quota in the IMF; and (3) approve the sale of IMF gold.
 
 
 Rescinds related appropriations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-27
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 85.
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Biodiesel Tax Incentive Reform and Extension Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1277
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2011-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Income tax credits
Motor fuels
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: 
Biodiesel Tax Incentive Reform and Extension Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the income and excise tax credits for biodiesel used as fuel to: (1) allow a $1.00 tax credit for each gallon of biodiesel produced; (2) provide for an increased income tax credit for small biodiesel producers; (3) revise the definitions of &quot;biodiesel&quot; and &quot;small biodiesel producer&quot;; (4) treat renewable diesel in the same manner as biodiesel for income tax purposes; and (5) treat biodiesel as a taxable fuel for excise tax purposes. Extends the biodiesel income and excise tax credits through December 31, 2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on indoor tanning services.

Bill: 112-s-1278
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2011-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the 10% excise tax on indoor tanning services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4103)
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4102-4103)
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Reengaging Americans in Serious Education by Uniting Programs Act

Bill: 112-s-1279
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2011-06-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-27
text: 
Reengaging Americans in Serious Education by Uniting Programs Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to award competitive, renewable, five-year grants to eligible partnerships to assist them in providing disconnected youth with the support needed to: (1) attain a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent; (2) attain a postsecondary credential, including those offered by institutions of higher education, industry groups, or registered apprenticeship programs; and (3) secure and succeed in a family-supporting career. 
 
Requires each eligible partnership to consist of entities or individuals qualified to represent the community assisted, including: (1) the head of the local government, (2) a local educational agency, (3) a local workforce system, (4) a representative from certain state and local service agencies serving young people, (5) an institution of higher education, (6) a representative of a community-based organization, (7) a representative from business or industry, (8) a representative with expertise in labor management relations, and (9) a disconnected youth and his or her caregivers
 
Requires grantees to award subgrants and contracts to community-based organizations and other entities for the provision of a comprehensive array of coordinated services to disconnected youth that include workforce preparation, education support, and youth support services.
 
Directs the Secretary to award planning grants to eligible partnerships to enable them to submit competitive applications for grants to support disconnected youth.
 
Establishes an accountability system for measuring the performance of each grantee against specified interim, transitional, and long-term indicators of success.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) award a grant or contract to an entity outside the Department of Labor for an evaluation of grant-assisted activities; (2) disseminate best practices that emerge from the partnership grant program; and (3) provide training, technical assistance, and professional development for organizations serving disconnected youth, including organizations that do not receive funding under this Act.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-06-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1281
Sponsor: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL]
Introduced: 2011-06-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Civil actions and liability
Mammals
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-27
text: 
Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2011 - Prohibits a person from transporting a horse in interstate commerce in a motor vehicle (except a vehicle operated exclusively on rail or rails) containing two or more levels stacked on top of one another. Sets forth civil penalties for persons who knowingly violate such prohibition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2011-06-27
text: Introduced in Senate
National Domestic Preparedness Consortium Enhancement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1282
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2011-06-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Emergency planning and evacuation
Higher education
Homeland security
New York State

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-27
text: 
National Domestic Preparedness Consortium Enhancement Act of 2011 - Requires the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium to include the SUNY (State University of New York) National Center for Security and Preparedness. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2011-06-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act

Bill: 112-s-1283
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2011-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Home and outpatient care
Marriage and family status
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-28
text: 
Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide for employee leave to care for a domestic partner (including a same-sex spouse) or his or her child, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law (as well as for a spouse, child, or parent), if such person has a serious health condition.
 
Amends federal civil service law to apply the same leave allowance to federal employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4159-4160)
action_date: 2011-06-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4158-4159)
action_date: 2011-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to consider reconstruction and improvement of flood protection systems when establishing flood insurance rates.

Bill: 112-s-1284
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2011-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief and insurance
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Floods and storm protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-28
text: 
Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to: (1) make communities that reconstruct and improve flood protection systems (in addition to constructing them) eligible for premium flood insurance rates under such Act; and (2) allow entities that own, operate, maintain, or repair flood protection systems (instead of a federal agency) to determine whether a flood protection system is restorable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4160-4161)
action_date: 2011-06-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4160)
action_date: 2011-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate