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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6310 North University Street in Peoria, Illinois, as the "Charles 'Chip' Lawrence Chan Post Office Building".

Bill: 112-hr-2548
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2011-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Illinois
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6310 North University Street in Peoria, Illinois, as the "Charles 'Chip' Lawrence Chan Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-18
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5721)
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5721)
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5729)
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Lankford objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2548.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5721-5722)
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Mr. Lankford moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Public Private Vocational Partnership Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2549
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Income tax credits
Public-private cooperation
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: 
Public Private Vocational Partnership Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow corporations (other than S corporations, personal holding companies, and service organizations) a general business tax credit for: (1) charitable contributions to secondary schools, community colleges, or technical schools that provide vocational education; and (2) employing interns as part of a vocational education course approved by a secondary school or community college.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Spouses of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act

Bill: 112-hr-2550
Sponsor: Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2011-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: 
Spouses of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act - Requires an Armed Forces member's entitlement to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to be transferred to the member's surviving spouse, unless another eligible dependent is designated, upon the death of a member who is entitled to such assistance while serving on active duty.
 
Limits the maximum amount of assistance transferrable to a spouse under this Act to the amount the deceased member was actually entitled on the date of the member's death.
 
Directs a surviving spouse who is also entitled to other specified VA educational assistance for survivors and dependents to make an irrevocable election to receive assistance either under this Act or such other provisions. Prohibits a surviving spouse from receiving assistance under both provisions.
 
Requires this Act to take effect retroactively from August 1, 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Identity Theft Improvement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2552
Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2011-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Evidence and witnesses
Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: 
Identity Theft Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to eliminate the requirement in a prosecution for identity theft that the prosecution must prove that the defendant knew that the stolen identification documents belonged to another person. 

action_date: 2011-09-08
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Identity Theft Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to eliminate the requirement in a prosecution for identity theft that the prosecution must prove that the defendant knew that the stolen identification documents belonged to another person. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 130.
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 112-202.
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 112-202.
action_date: 2011-07-20
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 10.
action_date: 2011-07-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1337)
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Stop Gun Trafficking and Strengthen Law Enforcement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2554
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2011-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Border security and unlawful immigration
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Firearms and explosives
Mental health
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: 
Stop Gun Trafficking and Strengthen Law Enforcement Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit any person from: (1) receiving, or transferring or otherwise disposing of to one or more individuals, two or more firearms that have been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such conduct will result in the disposing of one or more such firearms to an individual whose possession or receipt of the firearm would be unlawful or who intends to or will use, carry, possess, or dispose of the firearm unlawfully; (2) knowingly directing, promoting, or facilitating such conduct; or (3) conspiring to commit such conduct. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1338-1339)
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Historic Homeownership Revitalization Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2555
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-3]
Introduced: 2011-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Historical and cultural resources
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: 
Historic Homeownership Revitalization Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a new tax credit for 20% of rehabilitation expenditures for a historic home used as a principal residence, up to $60,000; and (2) increase the rehabilitation tax credit for residential rental property located in economically distressed areas with high construction costs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Introduced in House
To suspend the issuance of visas to nationals of Brazil until such time as Brazil amends its laws to remove the prohibition on extradition of nationals of Brazil to other countries.

Bill: 112-hr-2556
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-17]
Introduced: 2011-07-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Brazil
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Latin America
Sanctions
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: 
Prohibits the issuance of a visa to a citizen, subject, national, or resident of Brazil until the President certifies to Congress that the government of Brazil has removed the prohibition on extradition of Brazilian nationals to other countries.
 
Authorizes the President to waive such prohibition on a case-by-case basis if in the U.S. national interest.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the establishment of the Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee.

Bill: 112-hr-2557
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2011-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Health regarding the manner in which they can: (1) ensure interagency coordination and communication and minimize overlap regarding efforts to address tick-borne diseases; (2) identify opportunities to coordinate efforts with other federal agencies and private organizations addressing such diseases; (3) ensure interagency coordination and communication with constituency groups; (4) ensure that a broad spectrum of scientific viewpoints is represented in public health policy decisions and that information disseminated to the public and physicians is balanced; and (5) advise relevant federal agencies on priorities related to Lyme and tick-borne diseases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Children's Hospitals Education Equity Act

Bill: 112-hr-2558
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2011-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medical education
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: 
Children's Hospitals Education Equity Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the definition of &quot;children's hospital&quot; for purposes of payments associated with operating approved graduate medical residency training programs to include a psychiatric hospital that has, continuously since enactment of this Act, met the following criteria: (1) the hospital is excluded from the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system, (2) the hospital has 90% or more inpatients under the age of 18, (3) the hospital has a Medicare payment agreement, and (4) the hospital has an accredited residency program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Helping Homeless Heroes Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2559
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-19]
Introduced: 2011-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Mental health
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: 
Helping Homeless Heroes Act of 2011 - Allows grants made by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) for homeless veterans' comprehensive services programs (outreach, rehabilitation, vocational counseling, and transitional housing assistance) to be used for the construction of new facilities. Prohibits the Secretary from denying applications for such grants solely on the basis that the grant entity proposes to use funding from other private or public sources, as long as such entity demonstrates that a private nonprofit organization will provide project oversight and site control. 
 
Revises eligibility: (1) under the grant program for entities serving homeless veterans with special needs, and (2) for treatment and rehabilitation of homeless veterans who are not seriously mentally ill.
 
Includes all individuals caring for minor dependents (current law applies only to women caring for minor dependents) within the definition of "homeless veterans with special needs."

 
Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a comprehensive plan to end homelessness among veterans. Requires the plan to consider circumstances and requirements unique to veterans located in rural areas.
 
Extends provisions concerning: (1) homeless veterans' health care to December 31, 2012; (2) centers for provision of comprehensive services and property transfers for housing assistance to December 31, 2014; and (3) the Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans to December 30, 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 Warrior Drive in Tuba City, Arizona, as the "Lori Piestewa Post Office Building".

Bill: 112-hr-2561
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2011-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Arizona
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 Warrior Drive in Tuba City, Arizona, as the "Lori Piestewa Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Wallow Fire Recovery and Monitoring Act

Bill: 112-hr-2562
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2011-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
New Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: 
Wallow Fire Recovery and Monitoring Act - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct and report on a hazard tree and commercial timber evaluation that identifies timber resources appropriate for removal within the Wallow Fire Area in Arizona and New Mexico not later than the date that is the earlier of: (1) 30 days after the completion of the burned area emergency response for the Wallow Fire Area; or (2) 45 days after the date of containment of the Wallow Fire. 
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) exclude from areas identified for tree removal high fire-severity burned areas on steep slopes, slopes with an incline greater than 40%, riparian areas, and fragile erosive sites, unless tree removal in those areas is necessary to address public health and safety concerns; and (2) limit the removal of trees under a timber removal project under this Act to hazard trees and trees that are already down, dead, or severely root-sprung, such that mortality is highly probable. 
 
Provides that: (1) nothing in this Act authorizes new permanent road construction for timber removal, and (2) it is the intent of Congress that all timber removal projects carried out under this Act be completed within 18 months of this Act's enactment.
 
Requires the Secretary, in the case of a timber removal project to be conducted in a Community Protection Management Area, to prepare an environmental assessment for the proposed agency action under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). 
 
Subjects timber removal projects carried out under this Act to the special administrative process and judicial review process under the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003. 
 
Requires amounts collected from a timber removal project carried out under this Act to be available for expenditure by the Secretary for forest restoration treatments in the Wallow Fire Area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2011-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2011-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Introduced in House
To authorize a Wall of Remembrance as part of the Korean War Veterans Memorial and to allow certain private contributions to fund that Wall of Remembrance.

Bill: 112-hr-2563
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2011-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
District of Columbia
Military personnel and dependents
Monuments and memorials
North Korea
South Korea
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: 
Authorizes a Wall of Remembrance as part of the previously authorized Korean War Veterans Memorial to include, in regards to the Korean War: (1) a list by name of members of the U.S. Armed Forces who were killed such action; (2) the number of members who were wounded, missing, or prisoners; and (3) the number of members of the Korean Augmentation to the U.S. Army, the Republic of Korea Armed Forces, and the other nations of the United Nations (U.N.) Command who were killed, wounded, missing, or prisoners.
 Allows certain private contributions for the memorial to fund such wall.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-04
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1336-1337)
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2564
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2011-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aging
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Executive agency funding and structure
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: 
Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2011 - Establishes within the Department of Justice (DOJ) an Office of Elder Justice, which shall address issues relating to elder abuse. Requires the Director of such Office to: (1) provide information, training, and technical assistance to assist states and local governments in preventing, investigating, prosecuting, and mitigating the impact of elder abuse, exploitation, and neglect and in addressing the physical and psychological trauma to victims of such abuse; (2) evaluate the efficacy of measures intended to prevent, detect, respond to, or redress elder abuse and the extent to which the needs of the victims in each state are met by crime victim services, programs, and sources of funding; (3) evaluate training models to determine best practices for investigating elder abuse, addressing evidentiary and legal issues, and interacting with victims; and (4) conduct, and regularly update, a study of state laws and practices relating to elder abuse.

Directs the Attorney General to annually: (1) collect from federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and prosecutor offices statistical data relating to the incidence of elder abuse; (2) identify common data points among federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and prosecutor offices that would allow for the collection of uniform national data related to elder abuse; (3) publish a summary of the data collected; (4) identify the types of elder abuse data that should be collected and what entity is most capable of collecting it; and (5) develop recommendations for collecting additional data.

Authorizes the Director to provide grants and technical assistance to assist not more than 15 states in establishing and operating programs designed to improve: (1) the response to elder abuse in a manner that limits additional trauma to victims, and (2) the investigation and prosecution of cases of elder abuse. Requires eligible states to: (1) have a qualified crime victims compensation program; and (2) establish or designate a multidisciplinary task force on elder justice.

Amends the Social Security Act to include the Director as the alternate for the Attorney General as a member of the Elder Justice Coordinating Council.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Introduced in House