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Protect Small Business Jobs Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3267
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2011-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Government information and archives
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-26
text: 
Protect Small Business Jobs Act of 2011 - Requires a federal agency, before imposing any sanction on a small business for any violation of a rule or pursuant to an adjudication, to: (1) notify the small business that it may be subject to a sanction at the end of a six-month grace period following such notification; (2) defer any further action for the six-month period (allowing an additional three-month period upon application by the small business demonstrating reasonable good-faith efforts to remedy the violation or other conduct giving rise to the violation); (3) make a further determination at the end of the applicable grace period as to whether the small business would still be subject to the sanction; and (4) upon a negative determination, waive the sanction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2011-10-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-10-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1940)
action_date: 2011-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-26
text: Introduced in House
To clarify the application of certain Federal laws relating to elections to American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands.

Bill: 112-hr-3268
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: American Samoa
Caribbean area
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Guam
Intergovernmental relations
Northern Mariana Islands
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-26
text: 
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply it specifically to American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, or the United States Virgin Islands.
 
Applies to such jurisdictions specified criminal penalties relating to the intimidation of voters, interference by government employees, and voting by aliens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-10-26
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2011-10-26
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2011-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-26
text: Introduced in House
Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3269
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2011-10-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: 
Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from applying a multiple procedure payment reduction policy to the professional component of imaging services furnished: (1) in 2012; or (2) in 2013 or a subsequent year unless the reduction is based on the data, analysis, and conclusions of a study completed by an expert panel of physician members from a national medical speciality society expert in the field of diagnostic imaging services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-10-27
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: 2011-10-27
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: 2011-10-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1949)
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Introduced in House
America's Cup Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3270
Sponsor: Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2011-10-27 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Licensing and registrations
Marine and inland water transportation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: 
America's Cup Act of 2011 - Authorizes vessels operating in preparation for, or in connection with, the 34th America's Cup competition, that have been certified by the Administrator of the Maritime Administration to be eligible vessels, to position competing vessels and transport individuals, equipment, and supplies utilized for the staging, operations, or broadcast of the competition from and around U.S. ports. Deems such an eligibility certification to be conclusive evidence to the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of the qualification of a vessel to participate in the competition. Subjects to specified penalties any vessel participating in the 34th America's Cup as a competing or supporting vessel that has not received an eligibility certification or that is not in compliance with provisions regarding coastwise endorsement to specified penalties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Introduced in House
Port Security Efficiency Act

Bill: 112-hr-3273
Sponsor: Rep. Rigell, E. Scott [R-VA-2]
Introduced: 2011-10-27 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Homeland security
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: 
Port Security Efficiency Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) or of any other department in which the Coast Guard is operating, in assessing the effectiveness of antiterrorism measures maintained at foreign ports and notifying foreign governments of any steps necessary to improve such antiterrorism measures, to treat an assessment conducted by a foreign government or international organization as an assessment by the Secretary, provided that the Secretary certifies that such assessment was conducted in accordance with procedures specified in existing port security laws.
 
Allows the appropriate Secretary to enter into agreements with a foreign government or international organization under which: (1) such governments or organizations may conduct such assessments on behalf of the Secretary or share related information, and (2) the Secretary may conduct such assessments on behalf of such governments or organizations or share related information. 
 
Prohibits this Act from: (1) requiring the approprite Secretary to recognize an assessment conducted by a foreign government or international organization, or (2) limiting the discretion or ability of the Secretary to conduct such an assessment.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2011-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2011-10-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2011-10-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Introduced in House
Low Volume Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3274
Sponsor: Rep. Campbell, John [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2011-10-27 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Consumer affairs
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Motor vehicles
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: 
Low Volume Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Act of 2011 - Revises the authority of the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to exempt a motor vehicle or item of motor vehicle equipment from federal safety standards for purposes of research, investigations, demonstrations, training, competitive racing events, show, or display. Requires the Secretary to: (1) exempt low volume motor vehicle manufacturers from such standards, and (2) treat such motor vehicles as assemblages of equipment for purposes of determining compliance with such standards. 
 
 Defines &quot;low volume manufacturer&quot; as one whose total motor vehicle production claimed under the exemption is no more than 1,000 vehicles annually.
 
Subjects a replica of a previously manufactured vehicle only to safety standards for the model year of the body of the vehicle it replicates.
 
Requires a low volume manufacturer to register with the Secretary to qualify for such exemption.
 
Directs the Secretary to require a permanent label to be fixed to such a motor vehicle identifying the safety standards or bumper standard from which the vehicle is exempt.
 
Amends the Clean Air Act to allow low volume motor vehicle manufacturers who register with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to install a motor vehicle engine from a motor vehicle already fully certified as meeting federal air emissions standards, including those for on-board diagnostic systems (OBD II), but excluding those for evaporative emissions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to disallow the refundable portion of the child credit to taxpayers using individual taxpayer identification numbers issued by the Internal Revenue Service.

Bill: 112-hr-3275
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2011-10-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow the refundable portion of the child tax credit to taxpayers who use individual taxpayer identification numbers (ITINs) issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) instead of social security account numbers to claim such credit on their tax returns.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve and make permanent the Department of Veterans Affairs loan guarantee for the purchase of residential cooperative housing units, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-3277
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2011-10-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cooperative and condominium housing
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: 
Revises the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) program which guarantees veterans' loans for the purchase of residential cooperative housing to remove a provision which limits to five years after a loan is guaranteed the use of loan proceeds to purchase stock or membership in a cooperative housing corporation. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that a loan used for such purchase in a corporation that has been reviewed and approved by a lender approved by the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) is not denied.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to advertise the availability of such loan guarantees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1955)
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Introduced in House
Fair Housing Memorial Authorization Act

Bill: 112-hr-3278
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-10-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: District of Columbia
Housing discrimination
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
Monuments and memorials
Property rights
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: 
Fair Housing Memorial Authorization Act - Authorizes the Fair Housing Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs in commemoration of the national significance of the movement for fair housing for all Americans. 
 
Prohibits the use of federal funds to pay any expense for the establishment of the commemorative work.
 
Makes the Fair Housing Commemorative Foundation solely responsible for acceptance of contributions and payment of expenses for the establishment of such commemorative work. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1953-1954)
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify that caregivers for veterans with serious illnesses are eligible for assistance and support services provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 112-hr-3279
Sponsor: Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2011-10-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Family relationships
Home and outpatient care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: 
Makes family caregivers of certain veterans with a serious illness eligible for a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) program of comprehensive assistance and support services. (Under current law, only family caregivers of certain veterans with a serious injury are so eligible.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Introduced in House
Powering America for Tomorrow Act

Bill: 112-hr-3280
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2011-10-27 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Energy
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: 
Powering America for Tomorrow Act - Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to designate one or more regions within the Eastern Interconnection and the Western Interconnection to be represented by specified regional transmission planners. 
 
Sets forth application and approval procedures for regional transmission planners. 
 
Prescribes: (1) a regional transmission plan design; and (2) a regional transmission planning process. 
 
Requires the federal power marketing administrations and transmitting utilities in a designated region to integrate their transmission plans with the regional transmission plans required under this Act, and to otherwise participate in a regional transmission planning process. 
 
Directs FERC to require that: (1) all regional high voltage electric transmission cost allocation processes and methodologies adhere to a clear and consistent set of specified regulatory principles; and (2) regional transmission planners coordinate planning across regional boundaries within an Interconnection. 
 
Authorizes a regional transmission planner, as part of a plan submitted to FERC, to identify regional transmission projects required by, and consistent with, the public convenience and necessity. 
 
Instructs FERC, in issuing a certificate of public convenience and necessity, to give substantial deference to any proposed finding of public convenience and necessity in the plan submitted by a regional transmission planner. 
 
Excludes from review for any environmental assessment or environmental impact statement required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 any proposed finding by a regional transmission planner of public convenience and necessity with respect to a regional transmission project. 
 
Retains state exclusive authority over the siting of any transmission facility that is not a part of a regional transmission project. 
 
Specifies federal siting authority with respect to any transmission facility identified as part or all of a regional transmission project for which a certificate of public convenience and necessity has been issued. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Ayded Reyes Benitez.

Bill: 112-hr-3281
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2011-10-27 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Provides for the relief of Ayded Reyes Benitez.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 39, United States Code, to increase the non-foreign area cost of living allowance for officers and employees of the United States Postal Service whose duty station is within American Samoa.

Bill: 112-hr-3282
Sponsor: Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-10-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: American Samoa
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-31
text: 
Requires, for purposes of the Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2009 and any amendments made by such Act, that certain U.S. Postal Service (USPS) officers and employees whose duty station is within American Samoa be entitled to the same cost-of-living allowance provided to USPS officers and employees in other non-foreign areas (thereby increasing the allowance for such officers and employees within American Samoa).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy     .
action_date: 2011-10-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-10-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-31
text: Introduced in House
Civil Reserve Air Fleet Missile Defense Pilot Program Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3284
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2011-10-31 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Military procurement, research, weapons development
National Guard and reserves
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-31
text: 
Civil Reserve Air Fleet Missile Defense Pilot Program Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to: (1) carry out a two-year pilot program to determine the feasibility and desirability of equipping at least 20 turbojet aircraft in the Civil Reserve Air Fleet with a shoulder-fired missile defense system, and (2) report program results to the congressional defense and appropriations committees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces.
action_date: 2011-10-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-10-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-31
text: Introduced in House