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To permit Members of Congress to administer the oath of allegiance to applicants for naturalization.

Bill: 112-hr-249
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2011-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit each applicant for naturalization to choose to have the oath of allegiance for naturalization administered by a Member of Congress, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner (Member).
 
Limits the administration of the oath: (1) by a Senator to individuals who reside in the Senator's state; and (2) by a Member of the House of Representatives, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to individuals who reside in the respective congressional district.
 
Limits the Member's authority solely to the administration of such oath.
 
Prohibits a Member from administering the oath during the 90-day period before any election for federal, state, or local office in which the Member is a candidate.
 
Requires a Member to administer the oath only at times and places designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
 
Prohibits a Member from administering the oath during any period in which exclusive authority to administer it may be exercised by an eligible court for the person concerned, unless the court has waived such exclusive authority.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: Introduced in House
To provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a United States citizen child should not be ordered removed, deported, or excluded from the United States.

Bill: 112-hr-250
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2011-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Crimes against women
Family relationships
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
Judicial procedure and administration

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, in the case of an alien subject to removal, deportation, or exclusion and who is the parent of a U.S. citizen child, to authorize an immigration judge to decline to order such removal if the judge determines such action to be against the child's best interests. 
 
States that such discretion shall not apply to an alien when the judge determines that the alien: (1) is excludable or deportable on security grounds; or (2) has engaged in sex trafficking or severe forms of trafficking in persons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: Introduced in House
General Slocum Memorial Study Act

Bill: 112-hr-251
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2011-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Fires
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Marine and inland water transportation
New York City
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: 
General Slocum Memorial Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to study in Bronx County, New York, the shoreline of the area roughly bounded by 149th Street on the west and Oak Point Rail Yard spurs on the east, including North Brother Island, to evaluate the national significance of the area and the suitability and feasibility of designating the area as a unit of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Territorial Funding Information Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-252
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2011-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: 
Territorial Funding Information Act of 2011 - Requires the head of each federal agency to report to the Comptroller General annually describing federal funds distributed by such agency for the preceding fiscal year, through grant or formula programs or otherwise, to each of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands (territories), each state, and the District of Columbia. Prohibits the distribution of such funds unless in such distribution each of the territories is treated in the same manner as each of the states and the District of Columbia, unless a disparate treatment is authorized by federal law or consented to, in writing, by the chief executive officer of a territory.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform     .
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency, and Financial Management     .
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Clean Vehicles for Cleaner Air Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-253
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2011-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Motor fuels
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: 
Clean Vehicles for Cleaner Air Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain businesses located in areas designated as nonattainment areas under the Clean Air Act a general business tax credit for the cost of certain clean-fuel vehicle property and the use of clean-burning fuel. Allows the credit to be taken against regular and alternative minimum tax liabilities. Allows a tax deduction for any unused clean fuel credit amounts. 
 
Allows a tax credit for the cost of hybrid vehicles placed in service in, and of which substantially all of the use occurs in, nonattainment areas. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Sewage Sludge in Food Production Consumer Notification Act

Bill: 112-hr-254
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2011-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural practices and innovations
Consumer affairs
Farmland
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Livestock
Meat
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: 
Sewage Sludge in Food Production Consumer Notification Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Egg Products Inspection Act, the Federal Meat Inspection Act, and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to deem as adulterated food that is: (1) produced on land on which sewage sludge was applied; (2) derived from poultry that were raised, or that consumed animal feed produced, on such land; and (3) derived from livestock that grazed, or consumed animal feed produced, on such land.
 
Permits exceptions if: (1) the application of sewage sludge ended more than one year before producing food, raising poultry, producing animal feed, or grazing livestock; (2) the food labeling includes notice that the product was produced on such land; or (3) a sign providing such notice is posted in close proximity to the product for those foods generally offered for sale without labeling.
 
 
States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to modify the prohibition on the use of sewage sludge in organic food production under the National Organic Program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2011-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2011-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2011-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Baseball Diplomacy Act

Bill: 112-hr-256
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2011-01-07 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Athletes
Caribbean area
Cuba
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Latin America
Professional sports
Sanctions
Trade restrictions
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: 
Baseball Diplomacy Act - Waives certain foreign assistance and trade and travel prohibitions against Cuba under specified federal law regarding Cuban nationals who: (1) enter the United States on a visa to play organized professional baseball; and (2) return to Cuba with their baseball earnings. States that such visa shall be valid only for the duration of the season and need not be renewed as long as the player remains with the same team.
 
Prohibits the President from denying visas to such nationals based upon authority under the Immigration and Nationality Act to restrict any entry of aliens or class of aliens that would be detrimental to U.S. interests. 
 
Declares that this Act shall not be affected by the economic embargo requirements against Cuba under the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
action_date: 2011-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2011-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2011-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: Introduced in House
United States Library Trust Fund Act

Bill: 112-hr-257
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2011-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Government trust funds
Libraries and archives
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: 
United States Library Trust Fund Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish in the Treasury the United States Library Trust Fund (Fund), and (2) allow taxpayers to designate a portion of any tax overpayment (not less than $1) to the Fund. Authorizes public libraries or public school libraries to receive grants from the Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2011-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2011-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Alemseghed Mussie Tesfamical.

Bill: 112-hr-259
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2011-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: Provides for the relief of Alemseghed Mussie Tesfamical.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Commute-Leveraging Employer Support and Successes Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-260
Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13]
Introduced: 2011-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Commuting
Employee benefits and pensions
Motor vehicles
Public transit
Roads and highways
Transportation costs
Transportation programs funding
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-11
text: 
Commute LESS Act of 2011 or Commute-Leveraging Employer Support and Successes Act of 2011 - Amends the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) to revise the composition of metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) to include at least one representative designated by an employer advisory council established by this Act.
 
Revises contents of MPO transportation plans prepared for metropolitan planning areas to include proposed activities and strategies to provide outreach to employers in the region to create and expand alternative commuting and commuter benefit programs (i.e. carpools, transit benefit, and telework programs).
 
Requires each MPO to establish an employer advisory council consisting of representatives of employers within the MPO's boundaries.
 
Requires an MPO transportation improvement program (TIP) to be developed in coordination with the advisory council and to include projects identified by it. 
 
 Requires the advisory council to: (1) review how long-range transportation plans and TIPs will affect commuting habits; and (2) develop a commuter trip reduction plan.
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to create and expand employer investment in transportation and commuter benefit programs. Requires a state receiving funding, in coordination with MPOs, to establish statewide goals for achieving reductions in vehicle miles traveled.
 
Requires a recipient receiving federal-aid highway funding for a project with a value of $100 million or more or that will reduce traffic flow for more than 120 days to prepare, in coordination with the advisory council, a congestion mitigation plan for the project that includes funding for projects that reduce peak hour vehicle miles traveled along an impacted corridor. 
 
Requires the Secretary, when approving a major capital investment grant of $75 million or more for a major new fixed guideway capital project, to consider, among other things, the ability of the grant recipient to work with employers to get commuters to utilize the project. Directs the Secretary to require the grant applicant to include in its request a plan on how it intends to work with local employers and transportation management organizations to create and expand a commuter benefit program for the project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-11
text: Introduced in House
No New Drilling Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-261
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2011-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mining
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-11
text: 
No New Drilling Act of 2011 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the issuance of any lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil, gas, or any other mineral on the outer Continental Shelf. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2011-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-11
text: Introduced in House
MRA Act

Bill: 112-hr-262
Sponsor: Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2011-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional operations and organization
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: 
Mandatory Returning of Allowances Act or MRA Act - Requires any amounts remaining of House Members' Representational Allowances after all payments are made for the year to be deposited in the Treasury and used to reduce the federal debt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act

Bill: 112-hr-263
Sponsor: Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2011-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: 
Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act - Amends the federal criminal code to make it unlawful for: (1) anyone whose federal license to import, manufacture, or deal in firearms has been revoked, or whose license renewal application has been denied, to transfer business inventory firearms into a personal collection or to an employee of such person or to receive a firearm that was a business inventory firearm as of the date of a revocation or renewal denial notice; and (2) anyone who has received a license revocation or renewal denial notice to transfer to any other person a firearm that was a business inventory firearm. Imposes a fine and/or prison term of not more than one year (five years for willful violations) for violations of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Northern California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-264
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2011-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: California
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
Pacific Ocean

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: 
Northern California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act - Prohibits oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in areas of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties in the state of California.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to exclude such areas from a mandatory inventory of reserves in the Outer Continental Shelf.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Equal Representation Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-266
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional districts and representation
Congressional operations and organization
District of Columbia
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
House of Representatives
Judicial review and appeals
Members of Congress
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: 
District of Columbia House Equal Representation Act of 2011 - Treats the District of Columbia as a state for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives and in the Senate.
 
Prescribes requirements for classification of Senators for the District.
 
Applies to the District in the same manner as it applies to a state the federal law providing for the 15th and subsequent decennial censuses and for apportionment of Representatives in Congress.
 
Modifies the formula regarding the number of presidential electors to subject it to the 23rd amendment to the Constitution in the case of the District.
 
Increases membership of the House from 435 to 436 Members. Provides for a reapportionment of Members resulting from such increase.
 
Repeals provisions of: (1) the District of Columbia Delegate Act establishing the office of District of Columbia Delegate to the House of Representatives; and (2) the District of Columbia Statehood Constitution Convention Initiative of 1979 providing for election of a Senator and Representative for the District.
 
Makes conforming amendments to the District of Columbia Elections Code of 1955.
 
Sets forth procedures for expedited judicial review of any action brought to challenge the constitutionality of any provision of this Act or any amendment made by it. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives     .
action_date: 2011-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2011-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2011-01-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E56)
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-12
text: Introduced in House