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Health Care Waiver Transparency Act

Bill: 112-hr-1184
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Employee benefits and pensions
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
Health Care Waiver Transparency Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish detailed criteria used by the Secretary to approve a waiver, adjustment, or other compliance relief provided for under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, including how significant of a decrease in benefits or increase in premiums would need to occur in order to be approved for a waiver. Directs the Secretary to publish each application for a waiver and the approval or rejection of the waiver while ensuring the confidentiality of proprietary information of each applicant.
 
Prohibits any preferential treatment to be given to an applicant based on political contributions or association with a labor union, a health plan provided for under a collective bargaining agreement, or another organized labor group.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals.

Bill: 112-hr-1186
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medical ethics
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to repeal the prohibition against Medicare participation by physician-owned hospitals that do not have a provider agreement by August 1, 2010, which nonetheless allows their Medicare participation under a rural provider and hospital exception to a specified ownership or investment prohibition if they meet certain requirements.
 
Amends the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 to repeal provisions: (1) postponing from August 1, 2010, to December 31, 2010, the date by which physician-owned hospitals must have a provider agreement in order to participate in Medicare under a rural provider and hospital exception to the physician-ownership or -investment prohibition if they also meet certain requirements addressing conflicts of interest, bona fide investments, patient safety issues, and expansion limitations; and (2) modifying the expansion limitation imposed on such a rural hospital 
 
 
Restores related previous law amended or repealed by PPACA as if PPACA had not been enacted.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-03-17
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: 2011-03-17
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: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Fix HIT Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1187
Sponsor: Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-11]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
Fix HIT Act of 2011 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require direct Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive payments to federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Repeal Ethanol Subsidies Today Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1188
Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Alternative and renewable resources
Income tax credits
Motor fuels
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
Repeal Ethanol Subsidies Today Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the immediate repeal (the current expiration date is December 31, 2011) of the income and excise tax credits for alchol fuel mixtures (ethanol).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Clean Water Affordability Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1189
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Economic performance and conditions
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government lending and loan guarantees
Public utilities and utility rates
State and local finance
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
Clean Water Affordability Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to revise requirements for capitalization grant agreements with states for establishing water pollution control revolving funds. Requires states to set aside 15% of funds for assistance to municipalities of fewer than 10,000 individuals that meet specified affordability criteria. Authorizes the fund to be used to make loans at terms not to exceed 30 years or the design life of the project to be financed with the proceeds of the loan (currently 20 years). Authorizes a state to provide additional subsidization, including forgiveness of principal and negative interest loans, to benefit a municipality that: (1) meets affordability criteria, or (2) does not meet such criteria if the recipient seeks the additional subsidization to benefit ratepayers that will experience a significant hardship from the increase in rates necessary to finance the project or activity for which assistance is sought. Establishes affordability criteria to assist in identifying municipalities that would experience a significant hardship raising the revenue necessary to finance a project or activity eligible for assistance.
 
 
Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update the guidance entitled &quot;Combined Sewer Overflows--Guidance for Financial Capability Assessment and Schedule Development,&quot; dated February 1997, to ensure that the evaluations by the Administrator of financial capability assessment and schedule development meet specified criteria, including criteria used in: (1) assessing financial capability of a community to make investments necessary to make water quality-related improvements, and (2) implementing water quality-related improvements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Artist-Museum Partnership Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1190
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Income tax deductions
Literature
Music
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
 
Artist-Museum Partnership Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers who create literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions or similar property a fair market value (determined at the time of contribution) tax deduction for contributions of such properties, the copyrights thereon, or both, to certain tax-exempt organizations, if such properties are properly appraised and are donated no sooner than 18 months after their creation. Limits the amount of such deduction based upon the donor's artistic adjusted gross income, as defined by this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1191
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Government trust funds
Religion
Right of privacy
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish in the Treasury the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund for the deposit of income, gift, and estate taxes paid by or on behalf of taxpayers: (1) who are designated conscientious objectors opposed to participation in war in any form based upon their sincerely held moral, ethical, or religious beliefs or training (within the meaning of the Military Selective Service Act); and (2) who have certified their beliefs in writing to the Secretary.
 
Requires that: (1) amounts deposited in the Fund be allocated annually to any appropriation not for a military purpose, (2) the Secretary report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on the total amount transferred into the Fund during the preceding fiscal year and the purposes for which such amount was allocated, and (3) the privacy of individuals using the Fund be protected. 
Expresses the sense of Congress that any revenue increase resulting from the creation of the Fund be allocated in a manner consistent with its purposes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Soda Ash Royalty Extension, Job Creation, and Export Enhancement Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-1192
Sponsor: Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Mining
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
Soda Ash Royalty Extension, Job Creation, and Export Enhancement Act of 2011 - Amends the Soda Ash Royalty Reduction Act of 2006 to extend from October 12, 2011, through October 12, 2016, the reduced (2%) royalty rate for soda ash. 

action_date: 2012-07-09
text: 
Soda Ash Royalty Extension, Job Creation, and Export Enhancement Act of 2012 - Amends the Soda Ash Royalty Reduction Act of 2006 to extend from October 12, 2011, through October 12, 2016, the reduced (2%) royalty rate for soda ash. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-09
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 418.
action_date: 2012-07-09
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-578.
action_date: 2012-07-09
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-578.
action_date: 2012-05-16
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 10.
action_date: 2012-05-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2012-05-16
text: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Holocaust Rail Justice Act

Bill: 112-hr-1193
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Crime victims
Europe
Federal district courts
France
Government liability
Human rights
International law and treaties
Jurisdiction and venue
Railroads
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
World history

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
Holocaust Rail Justice Act - Grants U.S. district courts original jurisdiction over any civil action for damages for personal injury or death that: (1) arose from the deportation of persons to Nazi concentration camps between January 1, 1942, and December 31, 1944; and (2) is brought by or on behalf of such person against a railroad that owned or operated the trains on which the persons were deported and that was organized as a separate legal entity.
 
Declares that: (1) no law limiting the jurisdiction of the U.S. courts shall preclude any such action; and (2) no such action shall be barred because a statute of limitations has expired. Makes this Act applicable to any action pending on or commenced after January 1, 2002.
 
Directs the Secretary of State to report to Congress on the extent to which the public has access to records, including archived information, with respect to the deportation of such persons to Nazi concentration camps on such trains.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2011-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2011-03-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E528)
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1195
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medical education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the definition of &quot;primary health services&quot; for purposes of the National Health Service Corps to include optometry health services.
 
Includes optometrists within: (1) the fellowship program for the delivery of primary health services in health professional shortage areas, (2) the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program, and (3) the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Mayor of the District of Columbia to establish a District of Columbia National Guard Educational Assistance Program to encourage the enlistment and retention of persons in the District of Columbia National Guard by providing financial assistance to enable members of the National Guard of the District of Columbia to attend undergraduate, vocational, or technical courses.

Bill: 112-hr-1197
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: District of Columbia
Education programs funding
Higher education
National Guard and reserves
Student aid and college costs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
 Amends the District of Columbia Code to direct the Mayor of the District of Columbia, in coordination with the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, to establish a program that allows the Mayor to provide educational assistance to members of the District of Columbia National Guard who have satisfactorily completed their initial active duty service and agree to serve for at least six years.
 
Requires such assistance to be used by members for expenses incurred in pursuing their first undergraduate, master's, vocational, or technical degree or certification at an approved institution of higher education.
 
Prohibits members who are receiving a Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarship from receiving this Act's assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E533-534)
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia National Guard Home Rule Act

Bill: 112-hr-1198
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: District of Columbia
Homeland security
Military command and structure
National Guard and reserves
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
District of Columbia National Guard Home Rule Act - Amends the District of Columbia Code to make the Mayor of the District of Columbia (under current law, the President of the United States) the Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard of the District. 
Provides that, notwithstanding the authority of the Mayor of the District of Columbia as such Commander-in-Chief, the President shall retain control over units and members of the District of Columbia National Guard to conduct necessary and appropriate homeland defense activities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E523-524)
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Campus Fire Safety Education Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1199
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Fires
Higher education

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
Campus Fire Safety Education Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a program to award grants, on a competitive basis, to institutions of higher education or consortiums of such institutions for: (1) initiating, expanding, or improving fire safety education programs; and (2) increasing fire safety awareness among enrolled students. 
 
Directs the Secretary to give priority to institutions that plan to use funds to initiate, expand, or improve fire safety education programs that include educational material specifically prepared for students with physical, sensory, or cognitive disabilities. Sets forth provisions regarding grant periods, limits on awards, and matching and other requirements.
 
Requires an institution to use grant funds to initiate, expand, or improve a fire safety education program that: (1) reaches all enrolled students; (2) ensures maximum exposure to and increased awareness of, and that effectuates change in behavior regarding, fire safety by students through conducting outreach to students a minimum of twice per academic year and through measures that provide fire safety information to any student upon request; (3) includes minimum instruction regarding fire behavior, fire injury and death, ignition scenarios, fire safety systems and equipment, the importance of means of egress, fire prevention techniques, and actions to be taken if a fire occurs to minimize the potential for death, injury, and property damage; and (4) includes a mechanism for carrying out evaluations of program effectiveness. 
 
Requires the Secretary to publish a report of best practices for initiating, expanding, or improving fire safety education programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Thrift Savings Fund Improvement Act

Bill: 112-hr-1201
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Financial services and investments
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Metals

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
Thrift Savings Fund Improvement Act - Requires the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to: (1) study the operation of existing precious metal funds to determine the best practices of such funds, (2) establish the Precious Metals Investment Fund incorporating the best practices of existing funds, and (3) make such Fund available to individuals participating in the Thrift Savings Plan. Requires that contributions to such Fund be invested in physical gold, silver, or platinum bullion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E519)
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in House