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Permanent Tax Relief Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-185
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Permanent Tax Relief Act of 2011 - Makes provisions of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 that reduce income tax rates on dividend and capital gain income permanent.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce individual income tax rates for calendar years after 2010.
 
Makes the general terminating date (i.e., December 10, 2010) of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 inapplicable to provisions of that Act that reduce individual income tax rates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation to include all members of the uniformed services who are retired under chapter 61 of such title for disability, regardless of the members' disability rating percentage.

Bill: 112-hr-186
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Extends through 2013 eligibility for the concurrent receipt of military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation for veterans who were retired or separated due to physical disability, regardless of their disability rating or years of service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2011-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and 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: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and 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: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and 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: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Pay Reform Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-187
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Congressional Pay Reform Act of 2011 - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress. Requires the annual rate of pay for Members of Congress to be the rate payable as of the enactment of this Act, until such rate is adjusted following recommendations by the President under the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (or under any other law).
 
Requires any bill or resolution, or its amendment, providing for any increase in such payable rate (other than a pay adjustment recommended by the President under the Federal Salary Act of 1967) to be adopted by the House of Representatives or the Senate only by a recorded vote so as to reflect the vote of each Member.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy     .
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rules, 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: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rules, 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: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rules, 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: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Government Spending Responsibility Act

Bill: 112-hr-188
Sponsor: Rep. Woodall, Rob [R-GA-7]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Government Spending Responsibility Act - Prohibits the total discretionary appropriations for FY2011 from exceeding the total discretionary appropriations, calculated on an annualized basis, made for such fiscal year by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, as amended by the Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the Troubled Asset Relief Program and to prevent future bailouts.

Bill: 112-hr-189
Sponsor: Rep. Woodall, Rob [R-GA-7]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Business investment and capital
Financial crises and stabilization
Government lending and loan guarantees

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Repeals all but specified provisions (among them the temporary increase to $250,000 in deposit and share insurance coverage) of title I (Troubled Asset Relief Program) (TARP) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. Restores or revives the provisions of law amended or repealed by such title as if it had not been enacted.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) maintain oversight of all outstanding funds received by an entity under TARP until they are repaid; and (2) dispose of all assets received by the Treasury under TARP in a manner so as to maximize the overall return from them.
 
Declares that Congress finds that the federal government should not: (1) provide TARP-like programs or other bailouts for entities in the private sector; or (2) act as a creditor of last resort to the private sector.
 
Prohibits Congress from making any law providing a bailout for one or more entities in the private sector.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Public Option Deficit Reduction Act

Bill: 112-hr-191
Sponsor: Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Public Option Deficit Reduction Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to offer through Exchanges a health benefits plan (public health insurance option) that ensures choice, competition, and stability of affordable, high-quality coverage throughout the United States. Declares that the Secretary's primary responsibility is to create a low-cost plan without compromising quality or access to care.
 
Sets forth provisions related to the establishment and governance of the public health insurance option, including that such plan: (1) may be made available only through Exchanges; (2) must comply with requirements applicable to other health benefits plans offered through such Exchanges, including requirements related to benefits, benefit levels, provider networks, notices, consumer protections, and cost sharing; and (3) must offer bronze, silver, and gold plan levels.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish an office of the ombudsman for the public health insurance option; (2) collect such data as may be required to establish premiums and payment rates; (3) establish geographically adjusted premiums at a level sufficient to fully finance the costs of the health benefits provided and administrative costs related to the operation of the plan; and (4) establish payment rates and provide for greater payment rates for the first three years.
 
Requires repayment of start-up costs for the public health insurance option. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to utilize innovative payment mechanisms and policies to determine payments for items and services under the public health insurance option.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-192
Sponsor: Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
California
Department of Commerce
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: 
Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act - Declares that it is U.S. policy to protect and preserve living and other resources of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (Farallones NMS) and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary (Cordell Bank NMS) marine environments.
 
Makes certain adjustments to expand the boundaries of the Farallones NMS and the Cordell NMS. 
 
Prohibits the issuance of a lease or permit authorizing mineral or hydrocarbon exploration, development, production, or transportation by pipeline within the boundaries of the sanctuaries, as modified by this Act. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to complete: (1) a draft supplemental management plan for each of the sanctuaries that focuses on management in the areas added by this Act; and (2) a revised management plan for each of the sanctuaries.
 
Directs the Secretary to carry out an assessment of necessary revisions to the regulations for the sanctuaries, including considering regulations regarding the deposit or release of introduced species and the alteration of stream and river drainage into the sanctuaries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Zdenko Lisak.

Bill: 112-hr-193
Sponsor: Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Provides for the relief of Zdenko Lisak.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Martha Palmillas de Morales.

Bill: 112-hr-194
Sponsor: Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Provides for the relief of Martha Palmillas de Morales.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Nery Antonio Velasquez-Roblero.

Bill: 112-hr-195
Sponsor: Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2011-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Provides for the relief of Nery Antonio Velasquez-Roblero.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-05
text: Introduced in House
STALKERS Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-196
Sponsor: Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2011-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aging
Assault and harassment offenses
Crimes against children
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-06
text: 
Simplifying The Ambiguous Law, Keeping Everyone Reliably Safe Act of 2011 or the STALKERS Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to revise the definition of stalking and impose criminal penalties on anyone who, with intent to kill, physically injure, harass, or intimidate a person or to place a person under surveillance with the intent to kill, physically injure, harass, or intimidate such person, travels in interstate or foreign commerce or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States or enters or leaves Indian country and: (1) causes or attempts to cause bodily injury or serious emotional distress to another person; or (2) engages in conduct that would be reasonably expected to cause serious emotional distress to another person.

Imposes the same criminal penalties on anyone who, with intent to kill, physically injure, harass, or intimidate a person, engages in a course of conduct in or substantially affecting interstate or foreign commerce that: (1) causes or attempts to cause bodily injury or serious emotional distress to another person; or (2) occurs in circumstances where the conduct would be reasonably expected to cause another person serious emotional distress.

Increases penalties for stalking offenses if: (1) the offense involves conduct in violation of a protection order; or (2) the victim of the offense is under the age of 18 or over the age of 65.

Requires the annual report of the Attorney General to include an evaluation of efforts to enforce laws relating to stalking and to identify and describe elements of such efforts that constitute the best practices for the enforcement of such laws. 
 

Provides for compliance of the budgetary effects of this Act with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2011-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2011-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To confer upon the United States Court of Federal Claims jurisdiction to hear, determine, and render final judgment on any legal or equitable claim against the United States to receive just compensation for the taking of certain lands in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-197
Sponsor: Rep. Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2011-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Government liability
Jurisdiction and venue
Land transfers
Missouri
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Property rights
Specialized courts

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-06
text: Confers upon the U.S. Court of Federal Claims jurisdiction to hear, determine, and render final judgment on any legal or equitable claim against the United States to receive just compensation for the taking of certain lands in the state of Missouri by reason of the decision and notice of interim trail use or abandonment authorized by the National Trails System Act and decided by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) on March 25, 1992.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act

Bill: 112-hr-198
Sponsor: Rep. Grimm, Michael G. [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2011-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability assistance
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Mental health
Service animals
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-06
text: 
Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program for assessing the effectiveness of addressing post-deployment mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms through a therapeutic medium of service dog training and handling for veterans with disabilities. Requires such program to be carried out at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers that can provide training areas for such purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Protect America's Energy and Manufacturing Jobs Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-199
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2011-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-06
text: 
Protect America's Energy and Manufacturing Jobs Act of 2011 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), during the two-year period beginning after this Act's enactment, from taking any action under the Clean Air Act (CAA) with respect to any stationary source permitting requirement or requirement concerning standards of performance for new stationary sources relating to carbon dioxide or methane. Exempts from such prohibition: (1) any action relating to the preparation of a report or the enforcement of a reporting requirement; or (2) any action relating to the provision of technical support at a state's request.
 
Provides that no action taken by the Administrator before the end of such period (including any action before enactment of this Act) shall be considered to make carbon dioxide or methane a pollutant subject to regulation under the CAA for any source other than a new motor vehicle or new motor vehicle engine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Inland Empire Perchlorate Ground Water Plume Assessment Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-200
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2011-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Hydrology and hydrography
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-06
text: 
Inland Empire Perchlorate Ground Water Plume Assessment Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), to complete a study of water resources in the Rialto-Colton Basin, California, including: (1) a survey of groundwater resources in the Basin (including the identification of a recent surge in perchlorate concentrations in groundwater); and (2) a characterization of surface and bedrock geology of the Basin, including the effect of the geology on groundwater yield and quality. 

action_date: 2012-01-18
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Inland Empire Perchlorate Ground Water Plume Assessment Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), to complete a study of water resources in the Rialto-Colton Basin, California, including: (1) a survey of groundwater resources in the Basin; and (2) a characterization of surface and bedrock geology of the Basin, including the effect of the geology on groundwater yield and quality. Requires the survey to include an analysis of: (1) the delineation of the aquifers in the Basin; (2) the availability of groundwater resources for human use; (3) the salinity of groundwater resources; (4) the identification of a recent surge in perchlorate concentrations in groundwater, whether significant sources are being flushed through the vadose zone, or if perchlorate is being remobilized; (5) the identification of impacts and extents of all source areas that contribute to the regional plume to be fully characterized; (6) the potential of the groundwater resources to recharge; (7) the interaction between groundwater and surface water; and (8) the susceptibility of the aquifers to contamination.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 248.
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-367.
action_date: 2012-01-18
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-367.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Subcommittee on Water and Power Discharged.
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2011-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-06
text: Introduced in House