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Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1406
Sponsor: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2]
Introduced: 2011-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Medical ethics
Prescription drugs
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: 
Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2011 - Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate rules relating to veterinary prescriptions, including rules requiring the prescriber of an animal drug to: (1) provide the pet owner a copy of the veterinary prescription and a written disclosure that the pet owner may fill the prescription through the prescriber (if available) or through another pharmacy determined by the pet owner; and (2) provide or verify the prescription by electronic or other means consistent with applicable state law, if requested by any person designated to act on behalf of the pet owner.
 

 
Prohibits the prescriber of an animal drug from setting conditions on providing a copy of the prescription or verifying such prescription by: (1) requiring the purchase of the drug from the prescriber or from another person; (2) requiring payment in addition to, or as part of, the fee for an examination and evaluation; or (3) requiring the pet owner to sign a waiver or disclaim liability of the prescriber for the accuracy of the veterinary prescription, or delivering to the pet owner a notice waiving or disclaiming such liability. 
 
 
 
Permits the prescriber to require payment of fees for an examination and evaluation before providing a veterinary prescription, but only if the prescriber requires immediate payment in the case of an examination that reveals no requirement for an animal drug.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1409
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2011-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Contracts and agency
Health care costs and insurance
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: 
Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 - Exempts health care professionals, including individuals and entities, from federal and state antitrust laws in connection with negotiations with a health plan regarding contract terms under which the professionals provide health care items or services for which plan benefits are provided. 
 
Declares that this Act: (1) applies only to health care professionals excluded from the National Labor Relations Act; and (2) does not apply to such negotiations relating to Medicare or Medicaid programs, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP), medical and dental care for members of the uniformed services, veterans' medical care, the federal employees health benefits program, or the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E661)
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
GAS Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1412
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2011-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Motor fuels
Pipelines

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: 
Gas Accessibility and Stabilization Act of 2011 or the GAS Act of 2011 - Amends the Clean Air Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to waive a control or prohibition respecting the use of a fuel or fuel additive if: (1) it is in the public interest to grant such a waiver; and (2) the Administrator determines, and the Secretary of Energy (DOE) concurs, that extreme and unusual fuel or fuel additive supply circumstances exist that are the result of an unexpected problem with distribution or delivery equipment and such circumstances prevent the distribution of an adequate supply.
 
Requires the Administrator, after providing notice and an opportunity for comment, to remove a fuel from the list of approved fuels under all state implementation plans (SIPs) if the Administrator determines that the fuel has ceased to be included in any SIP or is identical to a federal fuel formulation implemented by the Administrator. Directs the Administrator, on removing a fuel from the list, to publish a revised list that reflects such removal.
 
Repeals the limitation on the Administrator's authority to approve a control or prohibition respecting any new fuel in a SIP plan if such new fuel increases the total number of fuels on such list. 
 
Provides that nothing in such Act limits the authority of the Administrator to approve a control or prohibition relating to any new fuel in a SIP if: (1) the new fuel completely replaces a fuel on the list published; and (2) the Administrator publishes in the Federal Register, after providing notice and an opportunity for public comment, a determination that the control or prohibition will not cause any fuel supply or distribution interruption or have any significant adverse impact on fuel producibility in the affected area or any contiguous area.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
Devil's Staircase Wilderness Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1413
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2011-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Oregon
Roads and highways
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: 
Devil's Staircase Wilderness Act of 2011 - Designates certain federal land in Oregon as the Devil's Staircase Wilderness and as a wilderness area for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. 
 
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate Franklin and Wasson Creeks in Oregon as wild rivers and as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
Oregon Caves Revitalization Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1414
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2011-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Oregon
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: 
Oregon Caves Revitalization Act of 2011 - Redesignates the Oregon Caves National Monument as the Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to transfer certain land identified as proposed addition lands to the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) and adjust the boundary of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest to exclude such lands transferred by the Secretary. 
 
 Directs the Secretaries to accept the donation of a grazing lease or permit from a lessee or permittee for the Big Grayback Grazing Allotment located in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest or the Billy Mountain Grazing Allotment located on a parcel of BLM-managed land. 
 
 Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate the subterranean segment of the Cave Creek in Oregon known as the River Styx as a component of the national wild and scenic rivers system and certain additional segments of the Monument and Preserve for study for potential addition to the system. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
Chetco River Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1415
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2011-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Oregon
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: 
Chetco River Protection Act of 2011 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to make corrections to the segment designations for the Chetco River, Oregon, including revising segment lengths.
 
Withdraws the federal land within the boundaries of a certain segment of the Chetco River from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
Crime Victim Restitution and Court Fee Intercept Act

Bill: 112-hr-1416
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2011-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Crime victims
Judicial procedure and administration
Legal fees and court costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: 
Crime Victim Restitution and Court Fee Intercept Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the chief justice of the highest court of any state that wishes to collect past-due, legally enforceable state judicial debts to designate a single state entity to communicate judicial debt information to the Secretary of the Treasury.
 
Directs the Secretary, upon receiving notice from such an entity that a named person owes a past-due, legally enforceable state judicial debt, to pay such debt from any tax refund due to such person. 
 
Defines &quot;state judicial debt&quot; to include court costs, fees, fines, assessments, restitution to victims of crime, and other monies resulting from a judgment or sentence rendered by any court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction handling criminal or traffic cases in the state. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
BEST Practices Act

Bill: 112-hr-1417
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2011-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Medical education
Military education and training
Military medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: 
Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training Practices Act or BEST Practices Act - Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD), no later than: (1) October 1, 2014, to develop, test, and validate human-based training methods for training members of the Armed Forces in the treatment of combat injuries, with the goal of replacing live animal-based training methods; and (2) October 1, 2016, to use only use human-based training methods for such purposes. Prohibits the use of animals in such training after the latter date.
 
Requires an annual report from the Secretary to the congressional defense committees on the development and implementation of the human-based training methods.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E678)
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1418
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-40]
Introduced: 2011-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Credit and credit markets
National Credit Union Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: 
Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to prohibit an insured credit union from making any member business loan that would result in the total amount of such loans outstanding at that credit union at any one time exceeding either: (1) 1.75 times the actual net worth of the credit union, or (2) 12.25% of the total assets of the credit union.
 
Authorizes the National Credit Union Administration Board to approve an application by an insured credit union to make one or more member business loans that would result in a total amount of such loans outstanding at any one time of up to 27.5 % of the total assets of the credit union, if the credit union meets specified safety and soundness criteria. Prohibits an insured credit union that has made such a member business loan but that is not well capitalized from making any new member business loans until it becomes well capitalized and obtains Board approval.
 
Directs the Board to develop a tiered approval process, including lending standards, under which an insured credit union gradually increases the amount of member business lending in a manner that is consistent with safe and sound operations.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to study the status of member business lending by insured credit unions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
Every Student Counts Act

Bill: 112-hr-1419
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2011-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Language arts
Minority education
Special education
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: 
Every Student Counts Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require, beginning by the 2011-2012 school year, states, local educational agencies (LEAs), and secondary schools annually to include on the report cards required under title I of the Act: (1) their four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate; (2) the final number of students in their four-year adjusted cohort and their total number of four-year graduates; (3) their cumulative graduation rate; (4) the number and percentage of students graduating in more than four years with a regular secondary school diploma; (5) the number and percentage of students who have been removed from the adjusted cohort; (6) the number and percentage of students from each previous adjusted cohort who remain in secondary school after four years; and (7) the percentage of secondary school students in each grade, except the graduating grade, prepared to advance to the next grade.
 
Requires such data, except for data on students who remain in secondary school after four years, to be disaggregated and cross tabulated by race, ethnicity, gender, disability status, migrant status, English proficiency, and status as economically disadvantaged.
 
Directs states, LEAs, and secondary schools in states that lack a statewide longitudinal data system with individual student identifiers to make certain annual interim graduation rate calculations; but prohibits the use of such interim calculations after the 2012-2013 school year.
 
Requires the use of aggregate and disaggregated four-year adjusted cohort graduation rates or cumulative graduation rates in determining the success of each secondary school and LEA in making adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward state academic performance standards under the Act. Requires states, LEAs, and schools that do not have a four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate or a cumulative graduation rate above 90% overall and for all of the student subgroups, to make specified yearly progress in improving such rate or be deemed as failing to make AYP.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E666-667)
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission Act

Bill: 112-hr-1420
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2011-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Social Sciences and History
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Executive agency funding and structure
Military history
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: 
Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Civil War Sesquicentennial Commemoration Commission to plan, develop, and carry out programs and activities appropriate to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, and to carry out other specified duties.
 
 
Directs the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities to award grants for appropriate activities relating to the Civil War sesquicentennial and to consider and give priority to programs carried out by institutions of higher education, museums, nonprofit organizations, professional associations, and state sesquicentennial commissions that support the duties of the Commission, including those that concentrate on the role of African Americans in the Civil War.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy     .
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend the suspension of the limitation on the period for which certain borrowers are eligible for guaranteed assistance.

Bill: 112-hr-1422
Sponsor: Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2011-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: 
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to suspend the limitation on the period for which borrowers are eligible for loan guarantee assistance through December 31, 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Credit.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
Federal Acquisition Improvement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1424
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2011-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: 
Federal Acquisition Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to provide that the Associate Administrator for Acquisition Workforce Programs shall: (1) be chosen on the basis of demonstrated knowledge and expertise in acquisition, human capital, and management; (2) be located in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy; and (3) implement acquisition workforce programs. 
 
Establishes a Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI) and enumerates its purposes with respect to the development of a professional acquisition workforce.
 
Requires: (1) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to provide FAI with the necessary budget resources and authority to support government-wide training standards and certification requirements necessary to enhance the mobility and career opportunities of the federal acquisition workforce, and (2) the GSA Administrator to provide FAI with amounts from the acquisition training fund sufficient to meet the annual budget for FAI requested by the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy.
 
Directs: (1) the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, acting through FAI, to provide and update government-wide training standards and certification requirements; and (2) all federal civilian agency acquisition internship or acquisition training programs to follow guidelines provided by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to ensure consistent training standards necessary to develop uniform core competencies throughout the federal government.
 
Directs the GSA Administrator to manage the acquisition workforce training fund through FAI to support FAI activities and to ensure that funds collected are only used for such purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform     .
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
Physical Therapist Student Loan Repayment Eligibility Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1426
Sponsor: Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2011-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: 
Physical Therapist Student Loan Repayment Eligibility Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include physical therapy within the definition of &quot;primary health services&quot; for purposes of the National Health Service Corps. Makes physical therapists eligible for repayment of their educational loans in order to ensure an adequate supply of physical therapists.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Introduced in House