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Affordable Mortgage for Homeowners Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3733
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2011-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Housing finance and home ownership
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-19
text: 
Affordable Mortgage for Homeowners Act of 2011 - Directs the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) each to carry out a program to provide for the reduction of the interest rates on qualified mortgage mortgages (other than fixed-rate or adjustable-rate mortgages) on single-family housing owned or guaranteed by such enterprises, in accordance with policies and procedures that the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) shall establish.
 
Requires each program to provide a procedure for mortgagors to opt-out of an interest rate reduction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2011-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-12-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2314)
action_date: 2011-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Sandia Pueblo Settlement Technical Amendment Act

Bill: 112-hr-3734
Sponsor: Rep. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2011-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Forests, forestry, trees
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
New Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-19
text: 
Sandia Pueblo Settlement Technical Amendment Act - Amends the T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture, upon the receipt of certain consideration and at the request of the Sandia Pueblo of New Mexico and the Secretary of the Interior, to transfer certain National Forest land to the Secretary of the Interior to be held in trust for the Pueblo, provided a land exchange with the Pueblo required by that Act is not completed within 90 days of this Act's enactment.
 
Requires that National Forest land to be preserved in its natural state.
 
 Requires the Pueblo to transfer to the Secretary, in exchange for such land, the Pueblo's La Luz tract and an amount equal to the difference between the value of: (1) the National Forest land in its natural state, and (2) the La Luz tract and the compensation owed to the Pueblo by the Secretary for the right-of-way and conservation easement on its Piedra Lisa tract.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2012-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Fraud Enforcement and Prevention Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3735
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2011-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business ethics
Civil actions and liability
Criminal justice information and records
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Judicial procedure and administration
Medicaid
Medicare
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-19
text: 

 Medicare Fraud Enforcement and Prevention Act of 2011 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to increase criminal penalties for both felony and misdemeanor fraud under SSA titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid). 
 
Adds a new offense of distribution of two or more Medicare or Medicaid beneficiary identification numbers or billing privileges with the intent to defraud.
 
Applies civil monetary penalties to: (1) conspiracy to make false statements or commit other specified offenses with respect to Medicare or Medicaid claims; and (2) knowing creation or use of false records or statements with respect to the transmission of money or property to a federal health care program. Extends the statute of limitations from six to 10 years after presentation of a claim.
 
Amends SSA title XVIII (Medicare), as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), to revise screening requirements.
 
Amends SSA title XI, as amended by PPACA, to require the access to claims and payment data granted to Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Attorney General to include access to real time claims and payment data.
 
Requires the HHS Inspector General to implement mechanisms for the sharing of information about suspected fraud relating to the federal health care programs under Medicare, Medicaid, and SSA title XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP) with other appropriate law enforcement officials.
 
Directs the HHS Secretary to carry out a five-year pilot program that implements biometric technology to ensure that individuals entitled to benefits under Medicare part A or enrolled under Medicare part B are physically present at the time and place of receipt of certain items and services for which payment may be made. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-12-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-12-19
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: 2011-12-19
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: 2011-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-19
text: Introduced in House
TRIP Bonds Act

Bill: 112-hr-3736
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2011-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Customs enforcement
Government trust funds
Income tax credits
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Public transit
Railroads
Roads and highways
Securities
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-19
text: 
Transportation and Regional Infrastructure Project Bonds Act of 2011 or TRIP Bonds Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax credit for any TRIP bond issued by a state infrastructure bank as part of an issue, if 100% of the available project proceeds from such issue are to be used for expenditures incurred for one or more qualified projects. Requires proceeds from the sale of bonds issued under this Act to be held in a TRIP Bonds Trust Account. 
 
Defines &quot;qualified project&quot; as the capital improvements to any transportation infrastructure project (including roads, bridges, rail and transit systems, ports, and inland waterways) proposed and approved by a state infrastructure bank. 
 
Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to extend certain customs fees for the processing of merchandise entered into the United States through specified dates in 2048. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2011-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-19
text: Introduced in House
ULTRA

Bill: 112-hr-3737
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2011-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: 
Unlocking Lifesaving Treatments for Rare-Diseases Act or ULTRA - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to approve an application for a drug as a fast track product using a surrogate endpoint, based on the existence of reasonable scientific data that support and qualify the relevance of such endpoint to the disease state and treatment, if the Secretary: (1) makes an initial determination that the drug is eligible for approval as a drug designated for a rare disease or condition (orphan drug) and as a fast track product, and (2) determines that the drug is a treatment for a disease or condition that affects a small number of patients in the United States. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring clinical treatment or other historical clinical data on such endpoint as a prerequisite to assessment of that endpoint if such scientific data is not available.
 
Directs the Secretary to issue guidance providing details and options for qualifying surrogate endpoints without clinical data, taking into account and balancing: (1) the unmet need served by the drug and the adverse effects of the rare disease or condition on quality and length of life, (2) the very low likelihood that clinical data would exist or that clinical studies would be completed to support a surrogate endpoint due to the small size of the U.S. patient population and other significant barriers inherent in performing such studies due to the prevalence of the disease or related factors, and (3) the full scope of available basic scientific data and information that the Secretary deems reasonably predictive of a clinical benefit in the absence of clinical data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase from 1 to 2 years the post employment restrictions on Members of the House of Representatives.

Bill: 112-hr-3738
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2011-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: 
Amends the federal criminal code to increase from one year to two years after leaving office the period during which former Members of the House of Representatives may not engage in certain lobbying activities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to terminate payments to States certified under that Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-3739
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2011-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Coal
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Land use and conservation
Mining
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: 
Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to prohibit payments from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund to a state or Indian tribe certified as having completed coal reclamation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Farmers Disaster Assistance Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3740
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2011-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Disaster relief and insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: 
Farmers Disaster Assistance Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to make supplemental payments to agricultural producers receiving direct payments for covered commodities, direct payments for peanuts, or average crop revenue election (ACRE) payments in disaster counties that had qualifying losses for the 2011 crop year.
 
Sets forth related insurance requirements.
 
Directs the Secretary to provide grants to qualifying states through September 30, 2012, to assist specialty crop producers for losses due to excessive rainfall and related conditions affecting the 2011 crops.
 
Eliminates numerical and durational limitations on operating loan waivers for a farm or a ranch in a county which in 2011: (1) has been substantially affected by a natural disaster, or (2) is included in a presidentially-designated major disaster or emergency area.
 
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to suspend through December 31, 2013, the limitation on the period for which borrowers are eligible for guaranteed farm operating loans in a county which in 2011: (1) has been substantially affected by a natural disaster, or (2) is included in a presidentially-designated major disaster or emergency area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Rilya Wilson Act

Bill: 112-hr-3741
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-17]
Introduced: 2011-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child care and development
Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: 
Riya Wilson Act - Amends title IV (Grants to States for Aid and Services to Needy Families with Children and for Child-Welfare Services) of the Social Security Act to require an approved state plan that is required in order to be eligible for federal payments for foster care and adoption assistance to provide that such state has in effect procedures that require the state child welfare agency to promptly report information on missing or abducted children to law enforcement authorities for entry into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database.
 
Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require a state reporting a missing child under the age of 21 to the NCIC to: (1) require the state law enforcement agency that entered the report to include a recent photograph in information updating a record, and (2) notify the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children of each report received relating to a child reported missing from a foster care family home or childcare institution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
To designate the United States courthouse located at 100 North Church Street in Las Cruces, New Mexico, as the "Edwin L. Mechem United States Courthouse".

Bill: 112-hr-3742
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2011-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Judges
Members of Congress
New Mexico
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: 
Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 100 North Church Street in Las Cruces, New Mexico, as the "Edwin L. Mechem United States Courthouse."

action_date: 2012-07-19
text: 

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

 
Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 100 North Church Street in Las Cruces, New Mexico, as the "Edwin L. Mechem United States Courthouse."

action_date: 2012-07-23
text: 

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

 
Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 100 North Church Street in Las Cruces, New Mexico, as the "Edwin L. Mechem United States Courthouse."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-24
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5102)
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5102)
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3742.
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5102-5103)
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Mr. Bucshon moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 149.
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 112-613.
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 112-613.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-12-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Rural Service Preservation Act

Bill: 112-hr-3744
Sponsor: Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4]
Introduced: 2011-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Postal service
Rural conditions and development
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: 
Rural Service Preservation Act - Requires the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to continue rural mail delivery at its current level for the five-year period beginning on the enactment of this Act. 
 
Limits the number of buy-outs offered to employees who work in rural post offices and the number of rural post offices closed or consolidated to 10% of the total number of postal employee buy-outs and post office closings or consolidations during the five-year period beginning on the enactment date of this Act.
 
Defines &quot;rural post office&quot; as a post office located in an area that has a population not exceeding 10,000, and that is not contiguous or adjacent to a town, village, or city that has a population greater than 150,000 or an urbanized area of such town, village, or city. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Faith-Based Lending Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-3745
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-3]
Introduced: 2011-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Business investment and capital
Credit and credit markets
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: 
 Faith-Based Lending Protection Act - Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to exempt loans made to nonprofit religious organizations from the limitations on the volume of loans credit unions can make to businesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2328)
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Tax Cuts for the Middle Class Act

Bill: 112-hr-3746
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2011-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Income tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: 
Tax Cuts for the Middle Class Act - Reduces by 2% employment tax rates for employees and self-employment tax rates in calendar year 2012 (payroll tax holiday period).
 
Appropriates funds from the Treasury to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund established by title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act and the Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account established by the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to compensate for any revenue loss to such funds resulting from the tax rate reductions of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the alternative minimum tax exemption amount and index such amount for inflation.

Bill: 112-hr-3747
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2011-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent and increase the alternative minimum tax (AMT) exemption amount to $100,000 for married couples filing a joint tax return and surviving spouses and to $75,000 for unmarried individuals. Adjusts such increased exemption amounts for inflation in taxable years beginning after 2012. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-20
text: Introduced in House