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To revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-1335
Sponsor: Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]
Introduced: 2011-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Military history
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pennsylvania
Property rights
Railroads

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: 
Requires the inclusion of the land and interests commonly known as Gettysburg Train Station and its immediate surroundings in the Borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and the land and interests located along Plum Run in Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania, in Gettysburg National Military Park. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire publicly owned property within the area of the Train Station by purchase, from willing sellers only, if efforts to acquire such property without cost have been exhausted. Prohibits the acquisition of property within the areas of the Train Station and along Plum Run by eminent domain. 

action_date: 2012-04-19
text: 
Requires the inclusion of the land and interests commonly known as Gettysburg Train Station and its immediate surroundings in the Borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and the land and interests located along Plum Run in Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania, in Gettysburg National Military Park if the owner of the property has provided written consent for its inclusion. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire publicly or privately owned property within the area of the Train Station by purchase, from willing sellers only, if efforts to acquire such property without cost have been exhausted. Prohibits the acquisition of property within the areas of the Train Station and along Plum Run by eminent domain. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 313.
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-449.
action_date: 2012-04-19
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-449.
action_date: 2012-02-29
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2012-02-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2012-02-29
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2011-10-04
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Gulf States Small Business Interest Relief Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1336
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2011-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Alabama
Disaster relief and insurance
Government lending and loan guarantees
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Mississippi
Natural disasters
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Small business
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: 
 Gulf States Small Business Interest Relief Act of 2011 - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a Southeast Hurricanes Small Business Disaster Relief Program (Program) under which the Administrator may waive, for up to three years and $15,000 total, the interest payments of small businesses that resume operations in a declared disaster area during the period beginning on: (1) September 1, 2005, and ending on October 1, 2006, for loans relating to Hurricanes Katrina or Rita of 2005; or (2) September 1, 2008, and ending on January 1, 2009, for loans relating to Hurricanes Gustav or Ike of 2008. Includes under the Program any small business that demonstrates substantial economic injury as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of April 20, 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
To support efforts by the Department of State to strengthen the bilateral relationship with Greece.

Bill: 112-hr-1337
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2011-04-01 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Cultural exchanges and relations
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Europe
Greece

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: 
States that it shall be U.S. policy to strengthen the important cultural, diplomatic, and economic relations between the United States and Greece.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia.
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Focusing Resources, Economic Investment, and Guidance To Help Transportation Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1338
Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13]
Introduced: 2011-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental health
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Infrastructure development
Motor carriers
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Noise pollution
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation
Railroads
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: 
Focusing Resources, Economic Investment, and Guidance to Help Transportation Act of 2011 - Declares U.S. policy with respect to freight transportation.
 
Establishes within the Office of the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) an Office of Freight Planning and Development. 
 
Directs the Secretary to develop a long-term National Freight Freight Transportation Strategic Plan to guide planning and investments in the national transportation system to move freight.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop new or improve existing tools to support an outcome-oriented, performance-based approach to evaluate proposed freight-related and other transportation projects; (2) facilitate the collection of transportation-related data to support a broad range of evaluation methods and techniques to assist in making transportation investment decisions; and (3) consider improvements to the Commodity Flow Survey that reduce identified freight data gaps and deficiencies and help evaluate forecasts of transportation demand. 
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a competitive grant program for capital investment projects that improve the efficiency of the national transportation system to move freight, and (2) give priority to projects with the highest system performance improvement relative to their benefit-cost analysis.
 
Limits the federal share of project net capital costs at 80%.
 
Requires a grant recipient to submit to the Secretary: (1) a project management plan and an annual financial plan for a project with a total cost of $500 million or more, and (2) an annual financial plan for a project with a total cost of $100 million or more.
 
Repeals specified prohibitions against the transfer of amounts from the Highway Trust Fund to the Port Infrastructure Development Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
End Unnecessary Costs Caused by Report Mailing Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1340
Sponsor: Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-10]
Introduced: 2011-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Postal service
Public utilities and utility rates
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: 
End Unnecessary Costs Caused by Report Mailing Act of 2011 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to give public water systems for which there were no violations of the maximum contaminant level for any regulated contaminant during the year the option to: (1) mail the annual report on the level of contaminants in the drinking water purveyed by that system to each customer (required under current law); or (2) make such report available on the system's website and, upon request, by mail. 
 
Requires such report to include for any regulated contaminant in such water system for which there has been a violation: (1) a description in plain language of the specific contaminant measurements, the possible effects on health and welfare, and the actions being taken to correct the violation; and (2) the date by which compliance will be attained.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E623)
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Establishing Public Accountability Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1341
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2011-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: 
Establishing Public Accountability Act of 2011 - Requires notice of a rule making by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to include a statement that identifies any net gain or loss of domestic jobs that is likely to result if the rule is adopted and the analysis used to identify that net gain or loss.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Introduced in House
All-American Flag Act

Bill: 112-hr-1344
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2011-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Buy American requirements
National symbols
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: 
 All-American Flag Act - Requires any flags of the United States acquired for use by the federal government to be entirely manufactured in the United States, from articles, materials, or supplies entirely grown, produced, or manufactured in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform     .
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Introduced in House
SWAT Act

Bill: 112-hr-1345
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2011-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: 
Stop Wasting American Tax Dollars Act or SWAT Act - Rescinds any unobligated discretionary appropriations awarded to a state or locality by the federal government that are voluntarily returned to it.
 
Excludes from such rescission any funds made available for a Department of Defense (DOD) or a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) account, program, or activity.
 
Requires such rescinded funds to be retained in the general fund of the Treasury for federal budget deficit reduction.
 
Applies this requirement in lieu of any provision of law that provides for the redistribution of funds awarded to a state or locality that remain unobligated by it.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Introduced in House
NOPEC

Bill: 112-hr-1346
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2011-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government liability
International law and treaties
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: 
No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2011 or NOPEC - Amends the Sherman Act to declare it to be illegal and a violation of the Act for any foreign state or instrumentality thereof to act collectively or in combination with any other foreign state or any other person, whether by cartel or any other association or form of cooperation or joint action, to limit the production or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any other petroleum product (petroleum), to set or maintain the price of petroleum, or to otherwise take any action in restraint of trade for petroleum, when such action has a direct, substantial, and reasonably foreseeable effect on the market, supply, price, or distribution of petroleum in the United States. 
 
Denies a foreign state engaged in such conduct sovereign immunity from the jurisdiction or judgments of U.S. courts in any action brought to enforce this Act.
 
States that no U.S. court shall decline, based on the act of state doctrine, to make a determination on the merits in an action brought under this Act.
 
Authorizes the Attorney General (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to bring an action in U.S. district court to enforce this Act.
 
Amends the federal judicial code to make an exception to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state in an action brought under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Oil Price Reduction Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1347
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2011-04-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Congressional oversight
Energy prices
Foreign aid and international relief
Income tax credits
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Motor fuels
Oil and gas
Sanctions

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: 
Oil Price Reduction Act of 2011- Prohibits U.S. bilateral assistance and arms exports (not including humanitarian assistance) to any country that is a major net oil exporter, including any country that is a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), if such country is engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers who drive a highway vehicle fueled by gasoline or diesel fuel a $1,000 tax credit in the taxpayer's last taxable year ending in 2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Fire Police Fairness Act

Bill: 112-hr-1348
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2011-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Fires
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: 
Fire Police Fairness Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include a fire police officer as a public safety officer for purposes of death benefits provisions. Defines a &quot;fire police officer&quot; as an individual who: (1) is serving in accordance with state or local law as a member of a legally organized public safety agency but is not a law enforcement officer, a firefighter, a chaplain, or a member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew; and (2) provides scene security or directs traffic in response to any fire, rescue, or police emergency or at a planned special event.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Public Online Information Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1349
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2011-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Civil actions and liability
Freedom of information
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Legal fees and court costs
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: 
Public Online Information Act of 2011 - Establishes a Public Online Information Advisory Committee to: (1) coordinate and encourage the government's efforts to make information from all three branches of government available on the Internet, and (2) issue and update nonbinding guidelines on how the government should make public information available.
 
Directs the government to make public records available on the Internet at no charge, except as imposed by federal law before this Act's enactment. Requires: (1) public records to be permanently available on the Internet; (2) current information technology capabilities to be applied to the means by which records are made available and to the formats in which they are available; and (3) each agency to publish on the Internet a comprehensive, searchable, machine processable list of all records it makes publicly available.
 
Delineates the roles of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Administrator of the Office of Electronic Government, and the chief information officers of independent regulatory agencies, including granting narrow case-by-case exceptions to the Internet publication requirement if an agency requests an exception and demonstrates that: (1) there is a clear and convincing reason for the record to not be made available on the Internet, and (2) on balance the harm caused by disclosure significantly outweighs the public's interest in having the record available on the Internet. 
 
Directs the Inspector General of each agency to conduct periodic reviews regarding agency compliance with Internet publication requirements. Sets forth provisions regarding enforcement of public access by private individuals or organizations.
 
Urges: (1) judicial and legislative agencies to adopt or adapt the Advisory Committee's recommendations, and (2) the Government Printing Office (GPO) to make all of its publications permanently available on the Internet in a multiplicity of formats.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform     .
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Financial Crisis Criminal Investigation Act

Bill: 112-hr-1350
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2011-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Housing finance and home ownership
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: 
Financial Crisis Criminal Investigation Act - Authorizes appropriations for FY2011-FY2014 for the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to hire 1,000 FBI agents as well as additional forensic experts to investigate corporate, securities, and mortgage fraud, and associated violations of law relating to the U.S. financial markets.
 

Authorizes the hiring also of additional employees by the Attorney General and by the Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Enforcement to conduct related investigations and prosecutions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Introduced in House