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To require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United States and the Freely Associated States through the development of action plans aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-579
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Alternative and renewable resources
American Samoa
Caribbean area
Coal
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Foreign aid and international relief
Government studies and investigations
Guam
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Northern Mariana Islands
Oceania
Oil and gas
Palau
Public utilities and utility rates
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to: (1) develop an energy action plan addressing the energy needs of each of the insular areas (the American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands) and Freely Associated States (the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau); and (2) assist each of the insular areas and Freely Associated States in implementing such plan.
 
 
Requires such plan to include: (1) recommendations to reduce reliance and expenditures on imported fossil fuels, to develop indigenous, nonfossil fuel energy sources, and to improve performance of energy infrastructure and overall energy efficiency; (2) a schedule for implementation of such recommendations and identification and prioritization of specific projects; (3) a financial and engineering plan for implementing and sustaining projects; and (4) benchmarks for measuring progress toward implementation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Castle Nugent National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-580
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Archaeology and anthropology
Caribbean area
Endangered and threatened species
Forests, forestry, trees
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Land transfers
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: 
Castle Nugent National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2011 - Establishes the Castle Nugent National Historic Site on the island of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, as a unit of the National Park System in order to preserve, protect, and interpret a Caribbean cultural landscape spanning over 300 years of agricultural use, significant archeological resources, an extensive barrier coral reef system, and other outstanding natural features. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands within the boundary of the Historic Site to the University of the Virgin Islands for the purpose of continuing the University's operations for breeding Senepol cattle. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To convey certain submerged lands to the Government of the Virgin Islands, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-581
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Caribbean area
Land transfers
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: 
Conveys to the U.S. Virgin Islands specified submerged lands in the area between the island of Saint Croix and the islands of Saint Thomas and Saint John. 
 
States that for purposes of U.S. laws, and except as otherwise provided by international law or any international agreement in force for the United States, the territorial waters of the U.S. Virgin Islands shall consist of all waters in the belt of the seas measured from the line of ordinary low water along that portion of the coast which is in direct contact with the open sea and the line marking the seaward limit of inland waters, and extending seaward a distance of nine miles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To extend the supplemental security income benefits program to Guam and the United States Virgin Islands.

Bill: 112-hr-582
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Caribbean area
Guam
Poverty and welfare assistance
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: 
Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to make residents of Guam and the Virgin Islands eligible to participate in the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled under SSA title XVI.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Jane's Law

Bill: 112-hr-583
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2011-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against property
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Separation, divorce, custody, support

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: 
Jane's Law - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or a prison term of up to two years on any person who travels in interstate or foreign commerce to evade compliance with a court-ordered property distribution in a divorce proceeding involving more than $5,000. Requires payment of restitution equal to the total unpaid property distribution from any person convicted of evading payment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the information reporting requirements added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Bill: 112-hr-584
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2011-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Business records
Corporate finance and management
Government information and archives
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal a provision (added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) that extends to corporations that are not tax-exempt the requirement to report payments of $600 or more.
 
Rescinds $44 billion of appropriated but unobligated discretionary funds. Exempts unobligated funds of the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), or the Social Security Administration. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to determine and identify from which appropriation accounts such rescissions shall apply and report to the Secretary of the Treasury and Congress on such rescissions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-09
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: 2011-02-09
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: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Size Standard Flexibility Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-585
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2011-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Judicial review and appeals
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: 
Small Business Size Standard Flexibility Act of 2011 - Amends the Small Business Act (the Act) to authorize the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration (SBA), in addition to the SBA Administrator, to specify definitions or standards by which a business may be determined to be a small business (size standard) for purposes of the Act or the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. Requires Chief Counsel approval of any size standard prescribed by the Administrator.
 
Authorizes the party seeking judicial review of a rule which includes a size standard approved by the Chief Counsel to join the Chief Counsel as a party in such action.

action_date: 2011-11-16
text: 

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

 
Small Business Size Standard Flexibility Act of 2011 - Amends the Small Business Act (the Act) to authorize the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration (SBA), in addition to the SBA Administrator, to specify definitions or standards by which a business may be determined to be a small business (size standard) for purposes of the Act or the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. Requires Chief Counsel approval of any size standard prescribed by the Administrator.
 
Authorizes the party seeking judicial review of a rule which includes a size standard approved by the Chief Counsel to join the Chief Counsel as a party in such action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 190.
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 112-288.
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 112-288.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To designate the United States courthouse under construction at 98 West First Street, Yuma, Arizona, as the "John M. Roll United States Courthouse".

Bill: 112-hr-586
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2011-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Arizona
Congressional tributes
Federal district courts
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Judges

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: 
Designates the U.S. courthouse under construction at 98 West First Street, Yuma, Arizona, as the &quot;John M. Roll United States Courthouse.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-10
text: For Further Action See S.188.
action_date: 2011-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-589
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2011-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: 
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA).
 
Revises the formula for making Tier-1 credits in an applicant's EUCA for a benefit year. Increases the figures in the formula (the lesser of which shall be the amount credited): (1) from 80% to 131% of the total amount of regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable to the individual during the benefit year, and (2) from 20 to 34 times the individual's average weekly benefit amount for the benefit year.
 
Authorizes a state to elect to pay Tier-2, Tier-3, or Tier-4 extended unemployment compensation (EUC), or a combination of them, before payment of an increased Tier-1 EUC until the state determines that such increased Tier-1 EUC may be paid without undue delay.
 
 Authorizes a state to pay extended compensation to an otherwise eligible individual before any additional EUC is paid under this Act, if the individual claimed extended compensation for at least one week of unemployment after the initial exhaustion of EUC.
 
 
Extends the program until September 22, 2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Redistricting Reform Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-590
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2011-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Civil actions and liability
Congressional operations and organization
House of Representatives
Intergovernmental relations
Members of Congress
Public participation and lobbying
State and local courts
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: 
Redistricting Reform Act of 2011- Prohibits a state that has been redistricted after an apportionment from being redistricted again until after the next apportionment of Representatives, unless the state is ordered by a court to conduct such a subsequent redistricting in order to: (1) comply with the U.S. Constitution, or (2) enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
 
Requires such redistricting to be conducted according to: (1) a plan developed by the independent redistricting commission established in the state; or (2) if such plan is not enacted into law, the redistricting plan selected by the state's highest court or developed by a U.S. district court.
 
Provides for: (1) establishment by each state of an independent redistricting commission; (2) development by such commission of a redistricting plan; (3) submission of the plan to, and consideration and enactment of a plan by, the state legislature; (4) selection of a plan by the state's highest court or development of a plan by the U.S. district court, under specified conditions; (5) special rules for redistricting conducted under a federal court order; (6) Election Assistance Commission payments to states for carrying out redistricting; (7) civil enforcement to carry out this Act; and (8) the right of civil action for a person who is aggrieved by a violation of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-591
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2011-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Justice
Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: 
Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to make it unlawful for any person to operate a gun show unless such person: (1) has attained 21 years of age; (2) is not prohibited from transporting, shipping, or receiving firearms and has not violated any federal firearms requirements; (3) has registered with the Attorney General as a gun show operator and has provided a photograph and fingerprints; (4) has not concealed material information nor made false statements in connection with a gun show operator registration; and (5) notifies the Attorney General of the date, time, and duration of a gun show not later than 30 days before the commencement of such show and verifies the identity of each vendor at the gun show.

Imposes recordkeeping requirements on gun show operators and criminal penalties for failure to register as a gun show operator and maintain required records.

Grants the Attorney General authority to enter the business premises of any gun show operator, without a showing of reasonable cause or a warrant, to examine records and inventory to determine compliance with this Act. 

Increases criminal penalties for serious recordkeeping violations and violations of criminal background check requirements. 

Authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to hire additional investigators to carry out inspections of gun shows.

 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-593
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2011-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Medicaid
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: 
Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2011 - Directs each state that makes a Medicaid payment from federal funds during the fiscal year for any items or services furnished by an abortion provider to: (1) report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on all such payments, and (2) publish the report on a public Internet website of the state.
 
Requires an annual report to specified congressional committees on such reports, which shall also be published on a public Internet HHS website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 36, United States Code, to designate the musical piece commonly known as "Taps" as the National Song of Remembrance, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-595
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-29]
Introduced: 2011-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Music
National symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that at a military funeral, memorial service, or wreath laying, the musical piece known as &quot;Taps&quot; should be sounded by a live solo bugler or trumpeter when possible.
 
Designates Taps as the National Song of Remembrance. Provides for the appropriate conduct of military and non-military persons present during the playing of Taps. Provides an exception to such conduct when Taps is sounded as the final call of the day at a military base. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2011-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Private Investment in Commuter Vanpooling Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-596
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8]
Introduced: 2011-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Commuting
Intergovernmental relations
Motor carriers
Public transit
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: 
Private Investment in Commuter Vanpooling Act of 2011 - Allows the local matching share provided by a public transportation capital project assistance recipient to include expenditures by a private commuter vanpooling service provider to acquire rolling stock (vans).
 
Authorizes such a private provider to use vanpool revenues exceeding operating costs to acquire such vans, if there is a binding agreement requiring the vans to be used in the state or local government's service area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Introduced in House