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To amend title 38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve components of certain persons by honoring them with status as veterans under law.

Bill: 112-hr-1025
Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]
Introduced: 2011-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: National Guard and reserves
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: 
Honors as a veteran any person entitled to retired pay for nonregular (reserve) service or, but for age, would be so entitled.
 
Provides that such person shall not be entitled to any benefit by reason of such recognition.

action_date: 2011-10-05
text: 

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

 
Honors as a veteran any person entitled to retired pay for nonregular (reserve) service or, but for age, would be so entitled.
 
Provides that such person shall not be entitled to any benefit by reason of such recognition.

action_date: 2011-10-11
text: 

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

 
Honors as a veteran any person entitled to retired pay for nonregular (reserve) service or, but for age, would be so entitled.
 
Provides that such person shall not be entitled to any benefit by reason of such recognition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6729)
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6729)
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1025.
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6729-6730)
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Mr. Runyan moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2011-10-05
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 152.
action_date: 2011-10-05
text: Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 112-233.
action_date: 2011-10-05
text: Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 112-233.
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-07-22
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2011-07-22
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-07-07
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-06-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Father Mychal Judge, O.F.M., Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 112-hr-1027
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2011-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Crime victims
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
New York City
Religion
State and local government operations
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: 
Father Mychal Judge, O.F.M., Congressional Gold Medal Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal to the next of kin or personal representative of Father Mychal Judge, O.F.M., in recognition of his example to the nation of selfless dedication to duty and compassion for one's fellow citizens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Equal Access to COBRA Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1028
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2011-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Marriage and family status
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: 
Equal Access to COBRA Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and Public Health Service Act to expand COBRA coverage (health insurance continuation benefits) to include an employee's domestic partner and any dependent child of the domestic partner.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Improvement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1029
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2011-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government liability
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Nuclear weapons
Public contracts and procurement
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: 
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Compensation Program Act of 2000 to replace the current requirements for occupational illness compensation to the survivors of a Department of Energy (DOE) contractor employee. Requires payment to a survivor of the compensation the deceased contractor employee would otherwise have been paid, if the employee dies after applying for the compensation but before receiving it. Requires payment of the compensation, if no survivors exist, to a claimant's surviving family members.
 
Requires a survivor eligible for contractor employee compensation under this Act as well as survivor compensation under the regular compensation schedule for survivors to elect one or the other. Prohibits any payment to a survivor of both kinds of compensation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E448-449)
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
EEOICPA Amendment Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1030
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2011-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Department of Energy
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government liability
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Public contracts and procurement
Radioactive wastes and releases
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: 
EEOICPA Amendment Act of 2011 - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to require the President to establish an Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health.
 
Requires the Board to advise the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Energy (DOE), and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the review and approval of the site exposure matrix (SEM) used to determine the eligibility of DOE contractor employee claims for compensation for illnesses resulting from exposure to toxic substances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E448-449)
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
American Shipping Reinvestment Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1031
Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2011-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Financial services and investments
Foreign and international corporations
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Marine and inland water transportation
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: 
American Shipping Reinvestment Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal shipping investment withdrawal tax rules; and (2) allow U.S. corporate shareholders an election to deduct dividends attributable to foreign base company shipping income received from a controlled foreign corporation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Removing Excess Litigation Involving Energy on Federal Lands Act

Bill: 112-hr-1032
Sponsor: Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2011-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Evidence and witnesses
Judicial procedure and administration
Land transfers
Legal fees and court costs
Oil and gas
Public contracts and procurement
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Removing Excess Litigation Involving Energy on Federal Lands Act or RELIEF Act - Requires all causes and claims that arise from a covered energy project to be filed within 60 days after a federal action or decision that constitutes the covered energy project concerned.
 
(Defines a covered energy project as a federal action or decision concerning the leasing of federal lands, including submerged lands, for the exploration, development, production, processing, or transmission of any source or form of energy, including actions and decisions regarding the selection or offering of federal lands for such leasing.)
 
Bars any cause or claim that is not filed within such time period. Requires all such proceedings to: (1) be resolved within 180 days after the cause or claim is filed, and (2) take precedence over other pending matters before the district court. 
 
Confers exclusive appellate jurisdiction for such actions upon the U.S. Supreme Court. 
 
Presumes the correctness of any administrative findings and conclusions relating to a challenged federal action under this Act unless the administrative record shows otherwise by clear and convincing evidence. Requires prospective relief to: (1) be narrowly drawn, (2) extend no further than necessary to correct the violation of a federal law requirement, and (3) be the least intrusive means necessary to correct the violation. 
 
Requires a petitioner seeking judicial review of any action, or failure to act, under this Act who is not a prevailing party to pay to the prevailing parties (including intervening parties), other than the United States, fees and other expenses incurred in connection with such review, unless the Court finds that the petitioner was either substantially justified or that special circumstances make an award unjust.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E459)
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Indigent Funeral Expense Reimbursement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1033
Sponsor: Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2011-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: 
Indigent Funeral Expense Reimbursement Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers engaged in the the trade or business of providing funeral or burial goods and services a business-related tax credit for the unreimbursed expense of providing funeral or burial goods and services for a deceased indigent individual. Limits the amount of such expenses eligible for such credit to $3,000 in a taxable year for such an individual.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E460)
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Airport and Airway Trust Fund Financing Reauthorization Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1034
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2011-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Government trust funds
Motor fuels
Sales and excise taxes
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: 
Airport and Airway Trust Fund Financing Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to excise taxes dedicated to the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to extend through September 30, 2014, increased excise taxes on aviation fuels, the excise tax on air transportation of persons and property, and the expenditure authority for the Trust Fund.

action_date: 2011-03-29
text: 

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

 
Airport and Airway Trust Fund Financing Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to excise taxes dedicated to the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to extend through September 30, 2014, increased excise taxes on aviation fuels, the excise tax on air transportation of persons and property, and the expenditure authority for the Trust Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 22.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Committee on Transportation discharged.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Committee on Transportation discharged.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Reported by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 112-44, Part I.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Reported by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 112-44, Part I.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Subcommittee on Aviation Discharged.
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2011-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2011-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Coverage for Citizens of Freely Associated States Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1035
Sponsor: Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2011-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Foreign aid and international relief
Marshall Islands
Medicaid
Micronesia
Oceania
Palau

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: 
Medicaid Coverage for Citizens of Freely Associated States Act of 2011 - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 to permit coverage under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act for citizens of the Freely Associated States lawfully residing in the United States under the Compacts of Free Association between the United States Government and the Governments of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
 
Permits Medicaid coverage also to lawful residents, in accordance with such Compacts, but only at the option of the governor, of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or American Samoa.
 
Exempts such citizens from the five-year limited eligibility of qualified aliens for federal means-tested public benefits with respect to Medicaid benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E463)
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Job Creation and Innovation Investment Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1036
Sponsor: Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2011-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Job Creation and Innovation Investment Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax deduction for dividends received from a controlled foreign corporation, to: (1) eliminate limitations on the amount of such deduction, and (2) allow a 100% deduction for companies that reinvest such dividends in a qualified domestic reinvestment plan. Defines &quot;qualified domestic reinvestment plan&quot; as an approved plan for the reinvestment within three years after payment of such dividends in the United States for research and development expenses, expansion of facilities, proof of content centers, early stage venture capital investment, or manufacturing startup costs.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Stillbirth Awareness and Research Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1037
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2011-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Research administration and funding
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: 
Stillbirth Awareness and Research Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to establish and maintain a scientific registry of stillbirths in the United States, which shall include for each stillbirth information on the stillborn fetus and the mother's health and pregnancy as collected and submitted by states on the U.S. Standard Report of Fetal Death. 
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide for the development of a standard definition of stillbirth and a standard protocol for stillbirth data collection and surveillance, and (2) carry out a national campaign to increase public and state awareness of such definition and protocol and public awareness and knowledge of stillbirths.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) should increase the allocation of funds and other resources for stillbirth research. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the Indian employment credit and the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation.

Bill: 112-hr-1039
Sponsor: Rep. Sullivan, John [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2011-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Employment and training programs
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Indian social and development programs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permanently extend the Indian employment tax credit and the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-11
text: Introduced in House