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Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2461
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Geoff [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2011-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: 
Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), with regard to a laboratory-furnished technical component of certain physician pathology services, to treat such component as a service for which payment shall be made to the laboratory, and not as an inpatient hospital or hospital outpatient service for which payment is made to the hospital.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-08
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: 2011-07-08
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: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
Cap the GSE Bailout Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2462
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2011-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Corporate finance and management
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Housing finance and home ownership
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: 
Cap the GSE Bailout Act of 2011 - Limits the funds that may be provided to the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), or any Federal Home Loan Bank (government sponsored enterprises or GSEs) as part of the Amended and Restated Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement to the greater of: (1) $200 billion; or (2) $200 billion plus the cumulative total of deficiency amounts of the GSE for calendar quarters in calendar 2010, 2011, and 2012, less any surplus amount as of December 31, 2012. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-25
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Prior to Introduction and Referral.
Families Beyond Bars Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2464
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2011-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Family relationships
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: 
Families Beyond Bars Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to qualified organizations to carry out, directly or through subgrants to other entities, child-parent visitation programs that foster and develop familial ties between eligible children and their incarcerated parents. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Efficiency Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2466
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2011-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Contracts and agency
Employment taxes
Licensing and registrations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
User charges and fees
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: 
Small Business Efficiency Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat professional employer organizations (PEOs), certified by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), as employers for employment tax purposes (thus allowing such PEOs to pay wages and collect and remit payroll taxes on behalf of an employer). 
 
Sets forth IRS certification requirements for PEOs, including financial review and reporting requirements. Requires a PEO to post a bond, up to $1 million, to guarantee payment of employment taxes. Limits the required bond amount to $50,000 for a newly created PEO during its three-year startup period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2468
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7]
Introduced: 2011-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allied health services
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Home and outpatient care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: 
Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2011 - Permits a home health agency to determine the most appropriate skilled professional to conduct the initial assessment visit and to complete the comprehensive assessment for an individual who: (1) is eligible for home health services under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act; but (2) does not require skilled nursing care as long as that skilled service is initially ordered by the physician and, in the case of a referral order that includes occupational therapy, the order also includes physical therapy or speech language pathology.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2011-07-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
End Discriminatory State Taxes for Automobile Renters Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2469
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2011-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Motor vehicles
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: 
End Discriminatory State Taxes for Automobile Renters Act of 2011 - Prohibits states or local governments from levying or collecting a discriminatory tax (generally, a tax or tax assessment that is applicable to the rental of motor vehicles or motor vehicle businesses or property, but not to the majority of other rentals of tangible personal property within a state or locality) on the rental of motor vehicles, motor vehicle rental businesses, or motor vehicle rental property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-01
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
E-SERV Act

Bill: 112-hr-2470
Sponsor: Rep. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN-2]
Introduced: 2011-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Defense
Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Military medicine
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: 
Ensuring Servicemembers' Electronic Records' Viability Act or the E-SERV Act - Amends the Wounded Warrior Act to make the interagency program office of the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) established by such Act the single: (1) point of accountability and authority (currently, accountability only) for the DOD and VA in the development and implementation of electronic health record systems or capabilities (including capabilities existing before January 16, 2008) that allow for full interoperability of personal health care information between such agencies; and (2) program office of such Departments that is responsible for the development, implementation, and sustainment of all electronic health record systems and capabilities.
 
Requires: (1) the Director of such office to report directly to the DOD and VA Secretaries (or a jointly delegated official of each Department not lower than Deputy Secretary) without interposition of any other supervising official, and (2) the office to carry out the programming and budgeting of such activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-07-20
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2011-07-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
Health Care Professionals Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2472
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2011-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Evidence and witnesses
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: 
Health Care Professionals Protection Act of 2011 - Amends the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 to prohibit a health care entity from submitting a report to the National Practitioner Data Bank on a professional review action that would adversely affect a physician's clinical privileges while the physician is under investigation before adequate notice of and hearing procedures for such action and investigation or such other procedures as are fair are afforded to the physician. Applies such prohibition to permissive reporting to the Board of Medical Examiners for a licensed health care practitioner who is not a physician.
 
Requires a health care entity to provide a physician with copies of all evidence expected to be offered against the physician in any hearing on a professional review action.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
To modify the project for the improvement of the Shallotte River, North Carolina, to change the authorized depth to 8 feet.

Bill: 112-hr-2473
Sponsor: Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7]
Introduced: 2011-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Lakes and rivers
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
North Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: 
Modifies the project for the improvement of the Shallotte River, North Carolina, to change the authorized maintenance depth to eight feet. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
To authorize a project for hurricane and storm damage reduction at West Onslow Beach and New River Inlet (Topsail Beach), North Carolina.

Bill: 112-hr-2474
Sponsor: Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7]
Introduced: 2011-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Floods and storm protection
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
North Carolina
Seashores and lakeshores
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out a project for hurricane and storm damage reduction at West Onslow Beach and New River Inlet (Topsail Beach), North Carolina, substantially in accordance with the plans described in the West Onslow Beach and New River Inlet (Topsail Beach), North Carolina: Report of the Chief of Engineers dated September 28, 2009, for periodic beach nourishment and monitoring over the 50-year economic life of the project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
To authorize a project for hurricane and storm damage reduction at Surf City and North Topsail Beach, North Carolina.

Bill: 112-hr-2475
Sponsor: Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7]
Introduced: 2011-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Floods and storm protection
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
North Carolina
Seashores and lakeshores
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out a project for hurricane and storm damage reduction at Surf City and North Topsail Beach, North Carolina, substantially in accordance with the Surf City and North Topsail Beach, North Carolina Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Report dated December 30, 2010, for periodic beach nourishment and monitoring over the 50-year economic life of the project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
Bringing Economic Advancement and Coastal Health Act

Bill: 112-hr-2476
Sponsor: Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7]
Introduced: 2011-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Floods and storm protection
Government studies and investigations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Seashores and lakeshores
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: 
Bringing Economic Advancement and Coastal Health Act - Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 to: (1) authorize the Chief of Engineers to provide periodic authorized beach nourishment for a water resources development project for such additional period as he or she determines necessary, but not beyond the 50th year that begins after the date of initiation of construction (current law) or after the date of the last estimated periodic nourishment as contemplated in the Chief's Report, whichever is later; and (2) require the Chief of Engineers, before the end of such 50-year period, to evaluate the feasibility of continuing federal participation in the beach nourishment project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a Department of Veterans Affairs Medal for Distinguished Public Service to honor veterans who make remarkable and distinguished contributions to their communities.

Bill: 112-hr-2477
Sponsor: Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7]
Introduced: 2011-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to award a decoration called the Department of Veterans Affairs Medal for Distinguished Public Service to a veteran who, during the period after the date of the veteran's discharge or release from the active military, naval, or air service, has: (1) made remarkable and distinguished contributions to the community of the veteran, and (2) exemplified the virtues of honor, duty, and commitment to service that originally led the veteran to service in the Armed Forces.
 
Allows the Secretary to award such medal posthumously to such a veteran who is deceased.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income amounts received for services by a student at a work-college.

Bill: 112-hr-2478
Sponsor: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2011-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income payments received by a student under a comprehensive student work-learning-service program operated by a work college. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2479
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2011-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Building construction
Department of the Treasury
Energy efficiency and conservation
Historic sites and heritage areas
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: 
Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to tax credits for building rehabilitation expenditures, to: (1) allow an increased 30% credit for projects involving $7.5 million or less in rehabilitation expenditures, (2) provide for an additional 2% credit amount for a building that is a qualified energy efficient rehabilitated building (increased energy efficiency of 30% or more), (3) change the placed-in-service requirement for non-historic rehabilitated buildings from before 1936 to 50 years prior to the year in which qualified rehabilitation expenditures are taken into account, and (4) exempt from tax the proceeds of a state historic tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Dependent and Child Care Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2481
Sponsor: Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3]
Introduced: 2011-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adult day care
Child care and development
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: 
Expanding Dependent and Child Care Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase to $7,500 the amount of employer-provided dependent care assistance that an employee may exclude from gross income. Allows an annual inflation adjustment to such increased amount after 2012. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-08
text: Introduced in House
All Children are Equal Act

Bill: 112-hr-2485
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5]
Introduced: 2011-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: 
All Children are Equal Act or the ACE Act - Amends part A of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to alter the formula for determining the share of targeted grant funds and education finance incentive grant funds a local educational agency (LEA) receives.
 
Alters the formula so that LEAs that have a high percentage of impoverished students, but a comparatively low number of such students, receive a higher allocation of such funding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Introduced in House