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To extend for 5 years the authorization of appropriations for the sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program.

Bill: 112-hr-2518
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2011-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Hereditary and development disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: 
Amends the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 to reauthorize appropriations for FY2013-FY2017 for a demonstration program to develop and establish systemic mechanisms to improve the prevention and treatment of Sickle Cell Disease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 to prohibit peacekeeping operations assistance to countries that recruit and use child soldiers.

Bill: 112-hr-2519
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2011-07-13 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Foreign aid and international relief
Human rights
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: 
Amends the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 to prohibit the provision of peacekeeping operations assistance to governments of countries that recruit and use child soldiers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Spectrum for Innovation Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2520
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2011-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Congressional oversight
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government studies and investigations
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: 
Spectrum for Innovation Act of 2011 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to modify regulations concerning radio frequency devices to allow unlicensed U-NII (Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure) devices, as specified, to operate in the electromagnetic spectrum between the frequencies of 5350-5470 and 5850-5925 megahertz, provided that: (1) licensed users will be protected by technical solutions, including use of existing, modified, or new spectrum-sharing technologies and solutions, such as dynamic frequency selection; and (2) the primary mission of federal spectrum users in such frequency bands will not be compromised by introducing unlicensed devices.
 
Requires the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to submit to Congress a study on known and proposed spectrum-sharing technologies and the risk to federal users if unlicensed U-NII devices were allowed to operate in such bands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Nursing Home Patient Protection and Standards Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2522
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2011-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Advisory bodies
Department of Health and Human Services
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medical ethics
Medicare
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: 
Nursing Home Patient Protection and Standards Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require testing programs in skilled nursing facility (SNF) survey and certification techniques to be sufficiently rigorous to ensure that surveyors are adequately prepared to survey and certify SNFs in a consistent and accurate manner.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish requirements: (1) for the qualification and compensation of members of a survey team, and (2) that a state employs an adequate number of individuals as members of survey teams to ensure adequate oversight of SNFs. Requires the Secretary, in addition to the training and testing program, to require that state and federal surveyors regularly complete an adequate number of continuing education courses meeting certain requirements for content and rigor of material.
 
Requires covered individuals to report to the Secretary instances where surveys fail to report or under report an issue in a facility that could impact the safety or quality of care of its residents. Adds whistleblower protections for such individuals.
 
Adds penalties for inappropriately influencing a surveyor.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish an advisory committee on surveys.
 
Requires survey team supervisors to review each conducted survey to ensure that any identified issues affecting quality of care are consistently and appropriately described and rated.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2011-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Physician Availability Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2523
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2011-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Hospital care

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: 
Physician Availability Act of 2011 - Requires each covered hospital to have a qualified physician available in the hospital 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to attend to the needs of the hospital's inpatients. 
 
Defines a &quot;covered hospital&quot; to: (1) include hospitals participating in Medicare or Medicaid or receiving federal funds, and (2) exclude hospitals in a federal facility or hospitals that the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines have fewer than 100 licensed beds.
 
 Considers a physician to be available if: (1) the physician is physically present in the hospital; (2) the physician's primary responsibility is to be in attendance to serve the needs of the hospital's inpatients without delay; and (3) the physician is not physically present in, assigned to, serving in, or expected to cover the hospital's emergency room or emergency department. 
 
Sets forth penalties for violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Microenterprise Empowerment and Job Creation Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2524
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2011-07-13 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign loans and debt
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Human rights
Human trafficking
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Small business
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: 
Microenterprise Empowerment and Job Creation Act of 2011 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations through FY2016 for: (1) assistance for programs in developing countries to increase the availability of credit, savings, and other services to microfinance and microenterprise clients lacking full access to capital, training, technical assistance, and business development services; and (2) microenterprise development credits.
 
Expands targeted assistance services for such microfinance and microenterprise clients. 
 
Reduces the annual fiscal year amount available for the office of microenterprise development's central funding program.
 
Revises targeted assistance requirements for sustainable poverty-focused programs.
 
Sets forth microfinance programs procurement policies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Trade Adjustment Assistance Accountability Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2525
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2011-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Business records
Department of Labor
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Trade adjustment assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: 
Trade Adjustment Assistance Accountability Act of 2011 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend and authorize appropriations for the trade adjustment assistance (TAA) program for workers through FY2014.
 
Requires the Secretary of Labor, with respect to a petition for the certification of eligibility to apply for TAA for a group of workers adversely affected by import competition, to send written or electronic notification of the receipt of the petition, and the initiation of the investigation of such petition, directly to the petitioners.
 
Requires the Secretary to obtain from the workers' firm, a customer of the workers' firm, or the petitioner, through questionnaires and other appropriate means, information that the Secretary determines is necessary to certify a group of workers as eligible to apply for TAA. Authorizes the Secretary to seek additional information by: (1) contacting officials, employees, or customers of the workers' firm, as well as officials of certified or recognized unions or other duly authorized workers' representatives, or one-stop operators or partners; and (2) reviewing all certifications or denials of petitions for TAA within the same industry as the petitioner and considering the impact of trade on such determinations.
 
Requires the Secretary to notify the petitioner of any information submitted or certified as part of an investigation that was adverse to the petitioner's claim, as well as allow the petitioner to review any non-protected documents, in cases where the petition for certification has been denied and the petitioner appeals.
 
Requires the Secretary to provide a written or electronic response to a written request for information from the petitioner regarding the status of the petition at least 60 days after a petition or appeal is filed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
To exempt National Forest System lands in Alaska from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.

Bill: 112-hr-2526
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alaska
Department of Agriculture
Forests, forestry, trees
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: 
Makes specified federal regulations known as the Roadless Area Conservation Rule inapplicable with respect to National Forest System lands in Alaska. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Freedom to File Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2528
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2011-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: 
Taxpayer Freedom to File Protection Act of 2011 - Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from developing or implementing a return-free tax system. Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 directing the Secretary to develop a return-free tax system.


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
Restoring Access to Medication Act

Bill: 112-hr-2529
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2011-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: 
Restoring Access to Medication Act - Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that limited payments for medications from health savings accounts, medical savings accounts, and health flexible spending arrangements to only prescription drugs or insulin.
 
Rescinds appropriated but unobligated discretionary funds determined by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to be equal to the reduction in tax revenues resulting from the repeal in this Act. Requires the Director to report to the Secretary of the Treasury and Congress the accounts and amounts identified for rescission. Exempts unobligated funds of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or the Social Security Administration (SSA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2011-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased flexibility in establishing rates for reimbursement of State homes by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for nursing home care provided to veterans.

Bill: 112-hr-2530
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2011-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: 
 Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into a contract or agreement with each state home to pay for nursing home care provided in the home to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities.
 
Requires such payment to be based on a methodology, developed by the Secretary in consultation with the home state, to adequately reimburse the state home for the care provided under such contract or agreement. (Current law requires payment at the lesser of the prevailing rate in the geographic area for non-VA nursing homes or the daily cost of care, both of which are determined by the Secretary.)
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-07-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Stop Wasting Archive Grants Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2531
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2011-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Historical and cultural resources
National Archives and Records Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: 
Stop Wasting Archive Grants Act of 2011 - Repeals provisions creating the National Historical Publications and Records Commission and its grant-making authority. Rescinds unobligated funds made available to the Commission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2011-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
United States Secret Service Retirement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2532
Sponsor: Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Introduced: 2011-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Homeland Security
District of Columbia
Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement officers
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: 
United States Secret Service Retirement Act of 2011 - Authorizes an individual who was appointed as an officer or member of the United States Secret Service Division or the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division during 1984, 1985, or 1986, who has actively performed duties other than clerical duties for 10 or more years directly related to the agency's protection mission, who is serving as an officer or member of the Secret Service Division or the Secret Service Uniformed Division, and who is participating in the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) on the date of enactment of this Act, to file an election to be covered by the District of Columbia Police and Firefighters Retirement and Disability System in the same manner as officers and members appointed prior to 1984. Requires such individual to cover transition costs to such System by using amounts in his or her Thrift Savings Fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and 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: 2011-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and 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: 2011-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and 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: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2533
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2011-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Federal district courts
Jurisdiction and venue

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: 
Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2011 - Amends the federal judicial code to require chapter 11 (Reorganization) bankruptcy cases filed by corporations to be commenced in the district court for the district in which: (1) the corporation's principal place of business or principal assets in the United States have been located for one year immediately preceding such commencement, or for a longer portion of such one-year period than such corporation's U.S. principal place of business or principal assets were located in any other district; or (2) an affiliate of such corporation has a liquidation case pending, if the affiliate owns, controls, or holds with power to vote over 50% of the outstanding voting securities of such corporation.
 
Applies such venue requirements only to cases commenced on or after enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring America's Promises Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2534
Sponsor: Rep. Gowdy, Trey [R-SC-4]
Introduced: 2011-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Coast guard
Defense spending
Government trust funds
Medicare
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Social security and elderly assistance
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: 
Ensuring America's Promises Act of 2011 - Declares that the limitation on public debt shall not be construed to preclude timely payment in full of Social Security, Medicare, veterans benefits, defense pay, and other benefits and obligations.


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