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Rural Economic Vitalization Act

Bill: 112-hr-3432
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2011-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: General public lands matters
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Livestock

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: 
Rural Economic Vitalization Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) or the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) accept and terminate any grazing permit or lease that is waived by a grazing permittee or lessee; and (2) not issue any new grazing permit or lease within the grazing allotment covered by the retired permit or lease, and ensure a permanent end to livestock grazing on such allotment.
 
Directs the appropriate Secretary, if a grazing allotment covered by a waived permit or lease is also covered by another permit or lease that is not waived, to reduce the level of commercial livestock grazing on the grazing allotment to reflect such waiver.
 
Deems a permittee or lessee who waives a grazing permit or lease to have waived any claim to all range developments on the associated grazing allotment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2011-11-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2011-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-15
text: Introduced in House
Fiscally Responsible St. Croix River Crossing Authorization Act

Bill: 112-hr-3434
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2011-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Lakes and rivers
Minnesota
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: 
Fiscally Responsible St. Croix River Crossing Authorization Act - Authorizes the head of an appropriate federal agency to authorize and assist in the construction of a new St. Croix River bridge crossing between Minnesota and Wisconsin, provided mitigation measures are implemented to offset environmental impacts identified in the 2010 report prepared by the National Park Service. Limits federal funding for such project to $574 million.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2011-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2011-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Introduced in House
STOP Act

Bill: 112-hr-3435
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2011-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Military law
Military personnel and dependents
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: 
Sexual Assault Training Oversight and Prevention Act or STOP Act - Establishes a Sexual Assault Oversight and Response Council, composed mainly of civilians, as an independent entity from the chain of command of the Department of Defense (DOD).
 
Directs the Council to: (1) appoint personnel to the Sexual Assault Oversight and Response Office, and advise such Office; (2) appoint the Director of Military Prosecutions (Director); (3) review each request of the Director with respect to a case stemming from a sexual-related offense that has been referred to a military appellate court or to the Department of Justice (DOJ); and (4) submit to the Secretary of Defense, Congress, and the Attorney General a report on each Director request for referral to a higher court. Requires the Council to advise on the development of sexual assault reporting protocols, risk-reduction and response training, and policy.
 
Establishes within DOD the Sexual Assault Oversight and Response Office, headed by an Executive Director, to undertake specified duties and responsibilities relating to the investigation, prevention, and reduction of sexual assault incidents within the Armed Forces. Requires the Office to establish protocols to ensure that all reports of sexual assault are taken out of the chain of command and reported directly to the Office.
 
Establishes the position of Director of Military Prosecutions, appointed by the Council, to have independent and final authority to oversee the prosecution of all sexual-related offenses committed by a member of the Armed Forces, and to refer such cases to trial by courts-martial.
 
Amends the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 to require the Secretary to implement a centralized database, known as the Military Sexual Registry, for the collection of information regarding sexual assaults within the military, including the nature of the assault, the victim, the offender, and the outcome of associated legal proceedings. Requires the Registry to be housed and maintained within the Office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To expand the Wild Rogue Wilderness Area in the State of Oregon, to make additional wild and scenic river designations in the Rogue River area, and to provide additional protections for Rogue River tributaries, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-3436
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2011-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Lakes and rivers
Licensing and registrations
Oregon
Water storage
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: 
 Adds specified federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in the Wild Rogue Wilderness as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS). 
 
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to add specified segments of creeks to the designation of the Rogue River in Oregon as a component of the national wild and scenic rivers system. 
 
Prohibits: (1) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from licensing the construction of any dam, conduit, reservoir, powerhouse, transmission line, or other project works affecting specified stream segments; and (2) any federal department or agency from assisting in the construction of any water resources project affecting any such segment, except for maintaining or repairing existing projects. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Eva M. Clayton Fellows Program Act

Bill: 112-hr-3437
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2011-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Agricultural research
Food assistance and relief
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Higher education
International organizations and cooperation
Nutrition and diet
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
United Nations
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: 
Eva M. Clayton Fellows Program Act - Amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to require the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the Eva M. Clayton Fellows Program to provide for fellowships to conduct research and education on the eradication of world hunger and malnutrition.
 
 Requires the President to use U.S. influence at the United Nations (U.N.) to urge the creation within the Food and Agriculture Organization of fellowship positions for Clayton Fellows to conduct research and education programs on the eradication of world hunger and malnutrition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2011-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2011-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To require the Department of Defense to meet the annual goal for participation in procurement contracts by small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans with service-connected disabilities.

Bill: 112-hr-3438
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2011-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: 
Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to meet the annual goal outlined under the Small Business Act for participation in federal procurement contracts by small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2011-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2011-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To require the President to impose sanctions on foreign financial institutions that conduct transactions with the Central Bank of Iran if the President determines that the Central Bank of Iran has engaged in certain transactions relating to the proliferation of chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons or support for acts of international terrorism.

Bill: 112-hr-3439
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2011-11-16 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Congressional oversight
Foreign and international banking
Iran
Middle East
Nuclear weapons
Oil and gas
Sanctions
Terrorism
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: 
Amends the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 to direct the President to determine, and report to Congress, whether the Central Bank of Iran has assisted: (1) Iran's development of chemical, biological, nuclear, or ballistic weapons; (2) Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC); or (3) a financial institution whose property or property interests are subject to sanctions in connection with Iran's proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or support for international terrorism.
 
Directs the President, if the Bank has engaged in any of such acts, to: (1) prohibit the opening or maintaining in the United States of a correspondent or payable-through account by a foreign financial institution that has knowingly conducted any financial transaction with the Bank; and (2) freeze and prohibit all property and property interest transactions of such institution if the property and property interests are in the United States, come within the United States, or come within the possession or control of a U.S. person.
 
 Applies such provisions to: (1) financial transactions begun on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, and (2) financial transactions for petroleum or petroleum product purchases through the Bank begun 180 days or more after the date of the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
action_date: 2012-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia .
action_date: 2012-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade.
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Recreational Shooting Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-3440
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2011-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Hunting and fishing
Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
Outdoor recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: 
Recreational Shooting Protection Act - Requires National Monument land to be open to access and use for recreational shooting, except as limited by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for one or more of the following: (1) reasons of national security, (2) reasons of public safety, and (3) to comply with an applicable federal statute. 
 
Instructs the Director, before a restriction or closure becomes effective, to: (1) publish a public notice of the closure or restriction in a newspaper in the area where it will be carried out, and (2) report to Congress on the location and extent of, and evidence justifying, such closure or restriction. 
 
Requires management of BLM National Monument land in a manner that supports, promotes, and enhances recreational shooting opportunities. 
 
Prohibits the issuance of closures or restrictions on such land that are substantially similar to those that were previously issued and not approved by federal law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Stop Green Initiative Abuse Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3441
Sponsor: Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3]
Introduced: 2011-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Energy efficiency and conservation
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: 
Stop Green Initiative Abuse Act of 2011 - Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to repeal provisions concerning the Department of Energy's (DOE's) weatherization assistance program for low-income persons to increase energy efficiency of dwellings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Partial Hospitalization Stabilization and Integrity Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3442
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2011-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care quality
Hospital care
Licensing and registrations
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: 
Partial Hospitalization Stabilization and Intregity Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish: (1) a payment system for partial hospitalization services, and (2) quality service criteria to measure the performance of providers of such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-11-16
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: 2011-11-16
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: 2011-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Introduced in House
BARN Act

Bill: 112-hr-3443
Sponsor: Rep. Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2011-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Department of Agriculture
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Labor
Foreign labor
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Housing finance and home ownership
Immigration status and procedures
Lawyers and legal services
Livestock
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Temporary and part-time employment
Visas and passports
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: 
Better Agriculture Resources Now Act or the BARN Act - Revises the H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural worker visa program, including provisions regarding: (1) agricultural labor and services, (2) application requirements, (3) wages, (4) period of authorized nonimmigrant status, (5) housing, (6) legal assistance, and (7) violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3444
Sponsor: Rep. Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2011-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: 
Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the identification requirements for the child tax credit to require taxpayers to provide valid identification numbers on their tax returns in addition to the names and identification numbers of each qualifying child.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Learn to Earn Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3445
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2011-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Economic development
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Financial literacy
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing and community development funding
Public-private cooperation
Small business
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: 
Learn to Earn Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Education to designate a local educational agency (LEA) as an entrepreneurship community if it is carrying out a high-quality entrepreneurship education program for secondary school students.
 
Requires those programs to include: (1) high standards in mathematics and related content areas, such as economics; (2) curricula delivered by high-quality teachers who complete entrepreneurship training and receive ongoing professional development; (3) hands-on activities and project-based work; (4) financial literacy education; and (5) interaction between students, teachers, and members of the business community.
 
Directs the Secretary, to the extent practicable, to give priority to entrepreneurship communities when awarding competitive grants to LEAs under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
 
Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to give priority, to the extent practicable, to an entrepreneurship partner entity when awarding competitive grants, loans, or loan guarantees related to small business, workforce, community, or economic development.
 
Defines an &quot;entrepreneurship partner entity&quot; as a local business, community organization, SBA office, chamber of commerce, or state, local, or tribal entity that enters into an agreement with an entrepreneurship community and specializes in entrepreneurship, small business development, or workforce development.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Education Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-3447
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2011-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: 
Veterans' Education Protection Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require proprietary institutions of higher education to derive not less than 10% of their revenue from sources other than veterans' education benefits or title IV, or become ineligible for title IV funding. (Currently, this 90/10 rule requires these schools to derive not less than 10% of their revenue from sources other than title IV or become ineligible for title IV funding.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-16
text: Introduced in House