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Give Fans a Chance Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3344
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2011-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Competition and antitrust
Consumer affairs
Professional sports
State and local government operations
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: 
Give Fans a Chance Act of 2011 - Provides that the existing antitrust exemption for agreements covering the telecasting of sports contests and the combining of professional football leagues shall not apply to a professional sport league for any period during which any member club is: (1) subject to a league requirement, or to an agreement made by two or more member clubs, that forbids any club from transferring an ownership interest to any governmental entity or to members of the general public; or (2) not in compliance with the following provisions of this Act.
 
Requires a member club that proposes to relocate out of a community in the home territory of that club, or a league that proposes to relocate or eliminate a member club, to furnish notice to all interested parties not later than 180 days before the commencement of the season in which the club is to play home games in the proposed new location. 
 
Authorizes a local government, stadium, arena authority, person, or any combination thereof, during such notice period, to present a proposal to purchase the club to retain it in the home community. Requires the club and the league, during such period, to give such entities the opportunity to present a proposal to induce the club to remain in its home community. Requires the club owner to reply in writing to any such proposal and to specify the reasons for refusal of any bona fide offer.
 
Requires the league, before the expiration of such notice period, to make a determination regarding the relocation or elimination of the club, after considering specified criteria, including: (1) the extent to which fan loyalty to and support for the club has been demonstrated; (2) the degree to which club ownership or management has contributed to any circumstances that might demonstrate the need for the relocation or elimination; (3) whether the stadium authority, if public, is opposed to the proposed relocation or elimination; and (4) whether there is a bona fide investor offering fair market value for the club and seeking to retain the club in that community.
 
Prohibits denying a club membership in a league on the basis that the club is owned by several persons or entities or by one or more local governments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet.
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7259-7260,  E2001-2002)
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Federal Electronic Equipment Donation Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3345
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2011-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Educational technology and distance education
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: 
Federal Electronic Equipment Donation Act of 2011 - Directs each federal agency to identify useful federal electronic equipment (i.e., computers and peripheral equipment, fax machines, and certain software) that the agency has determined is excess to its needs and to: (1) report such equipment to the Administrator of General Services (GSA) for processing for transfer to a school or community-based educational organization (educational recipient) in accordance with provisions relating to the donation of personal property through state agencies, (2) transfer such equipment directly to such a recipient by arrangement with the Administrator, or (3) report such equipment to the Administrator as excess property if transfer is not practicable.
 
Requires transferring agencies to give the highest preference to educational recipients located in an enterprise community or empowerment zone designated under the Internal Revenue Code or a qualifying small town or county (those with certain levels of poverty). Requires state plans of operation for property transfers to give the same preference.
 
States that this Act supersedes Executive Order No. 12999 of April 17, 1996 (entitled "Educational Technology: Ensuring Opportunity for All Children in the Next Century").


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Introduced in House
To exempt any road, highway, or bridge damaged by a natural disaster, including a flood, from duplicative environmental document reviews if the road, highway, or bridge is reconstructed in the same location.

Bill: 112-hr-3347
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2011-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Birds
Disaster relief and insurance
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Floods and storm protection
Historic sites and heritage areas
Infrastructure development
Natural disasters
Roads and highways
Water quality
Wetlands
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: 
Exempts from environmental review under named federal environmental laws the reconstruction process of any road, highway, or bridge that has been damaged by a natural disaster (including flood) and reconstructed in the same location.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2011-11-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2011-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Earnings Test Repeal Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3348
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2011-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: 
 Social Security Earnings Test Repeal Act of 2011 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which a beneficiary may earn (earnings test) without incurring a reduction in benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Introduced in House
National Guard and Reserve Equality in Education Act

Bill: 112-hr-3349
Sponsor: Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2011-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Educational technology and distance education
Military education and training
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: 
National Guard and Reserve Equality in Education Act - Authorizes the use of a combination of Department of Defense (DOD) distance learning for advanced professional military education and resident instruction (under current law, only resident instruction) for the joint professional military education phase II program.
 
Requires the Secretary of Defense to retroactively award credit for phase II completion for each officer who, before the enactment of this Act, completed the DOD distance education program through a combination of distance learning and resident instruction, but was awarded credit for only phase I joint professional military education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Travel Benefits Modernization Act

Bill: 112-hr-3350
Sponsor: Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2011-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Transportation costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: 
Veterans Travel Benefits Modernization Act - Allows the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to waive the $6 round-trip deductible paid by veterans in order to receive travel costs necessitated by required VA medical care until the earlier of: (1) one year after the waiver is granted, or (2) the date on which the Secretary determines that the deduction would no longer cause the veteran severe financial hardship.
 
Makes any waiver granted beginning on January 1, 2011, and ending on June 1, 2012, valid until the earlier of: (1) the birthday of the veteran occurring after June 1, 2012; or (2) the date of the Secretary's determination described above.
 
Requires the Secretary to revise the Veterans Health Administration Handbook to include such waiver periods.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Franchise Education for Veterans Act

Bill: 112-hr-3351
Sponsor: Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2011-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Self-employed
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: 
Franchise Education for Veterans Act - Allows eligible individuals to use Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) veterans' educational assistance benefits for franchise training. Provides training assistance limits for each 12-month period, prohibiting an individual from receiving more than 12 months and more than $15,000 of such assistance.
 
Authorizes such training assistance under the post-9/11 veterans' educational assistance program, with the same assistance limits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2011-11-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2011-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate overpayments of tax as contributions to the homeless veterans assistance fund.

Bill: 112-hr-3352
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2011-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government trust funds
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish in the Treasury the Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund, and (2) allow individual taxpayers to designate on their tax returns a specified portion (not less than $1) of any overpayment of tax to be paid over to such Fund to provide services to homeless veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2011-11-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2011-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Kids Outdoors Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3353
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2011-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Child health
Family services
Hunting and fishing
Intergovernmental relations
Mental health
Nutrition and diet
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Public transit
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: 
 Healthy Kids Outdoors Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue one cooperative agreement per state to eligible entities to implement and update a five-year Healthy Kids Outdoors State Strategy for encouraging Americans, especially children, youth, and families, to be physically active outdoors. 
 
Requires each Strategy to provide for subgrants to local partners for the implementation of the strategy through one or more of the program activities relating to outdoor recreation as described in this Act. 
 
Requires eligible entities to provide a 25% match of the funding that they receive under this Act through in-kind contributions or cash. 
 
Directs the President to issue a national strategy for encouraging Americans to be physically active outdoors. 
 
Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to carry out a study of national significance on the health impacts of the strategies under this Act. 
 
Requires the Secretary to provide technical assistance to grantees and to disseminate best practices that emerge from the state strategies funded by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act

Bill: 112-hr-3354
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2011-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
New Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: 
Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act - Adjusts the boundary of the Carson National Forest in New Mexico to incorporate approximately 4,990 acres of land identified as the Miranda Canyon Boundary on the map entitled &quot;Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment&quot; and dated September 21, 2010. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Heroes Hiring Heroes Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3355
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2011-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Income tax credits
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: 
Heroes Hiring Heroes Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a program to award grants to states to assist the employment of veterans. Allows the Secretary to award more than one grant per state. Limits grant amounts to $100,000.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2016 the work opportunity tax credit for employers hiring previously unemployed veterans after 2011 and before 2017. Increases such credit with respect to such veterans. Provides a special tax credit for veteran-owned employers who hire previously unemployed veterans through a state job fair or forum after 2016.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2011-11-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2011-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Introduced in House
ACCESS (ADA Compliance for Customer Entry to Stores and Services) Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3356
Sponsor: Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3]
Introduced: 2011-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Disability and health-based discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: 
ACCESS (ADA Compliance for Customer Entry to Stores and Services) Act of 2011 - Amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to prohibit an aggrieved person from commencing a civil action for discrimination based on the failure to remove a structural barrier to entry into an existing public accommodation unless the owner or operator of such accommodation: (1) is provided a written notice specific enough to identify such barrier; and (2) has, within specified time periods, either failed to provide the aggrieved person with a written description outlining improvements that will be made to remove such barrier or provided such description and failed to remove such barrier.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Child Marriage Violates the Human Rights of Girls Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3357
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2011-11-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Afghanistan
Africa
Asia
Bangladesh
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dominican Republic
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Foreign aid and international relief
Government information and archives
Guinea
HIV/AIDS
Honduras
Human rights
India
Latin America
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Marriage and family status
Mozambique
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Tanzania
Uganda
Women's education
Women's health
Women's rights
Zambia

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: 
Child Marriage Violates the Human Rights of Girls Act of 2011 - Defines "child marriage" as the marriage of a girl or boy not yet the minimum age for marriage stipulated in law in the country in which the girl or boy is a resident, or where there is no such law, under the age of 18.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) child marriage is a violation of human rights and its prevention and elimination should be a U.S. foreign policy goal; and (2) educational opportunities for girls, economic opportunities for women, and reducing maternal and child mortality are critical to U.S. global health and development objectives, including efforts to prevent HIV/AIDS.
 
 Directs the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the heads of other relevant departments and agencies to collect and make available data on the incidence of child marriage in specified countries that receive U.S. foreign or development assistance where the practice of child marriage is prevalent. 
 
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require that Department of State reports on human rights practices for specified countries include a description of the status of child marriage for each country in which child marriage is prevalent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights.
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Northern Border Regional Commission Reauthorization Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3358
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2011-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Economic development
Intergovernmental relations
Maine
New Hampshire
New York State
Regional and metropolitan planning
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations
Vermont

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: 
Northern Border Regional Commission Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Authorizes appropriations for the Northern Border Regional Commission for FY2013-FY2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
action_date: 2012-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2011-11-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2011-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Introduced in House