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National Amusement Park Ride Safety Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2861
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2011-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Outdoor recreation
Product safety and quality
Sports and recreation facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-07
text: 
National Amusement Park Ride Safety Act of 2011 - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to include amusement rides permanently fixed to a site as a consumer product for purposes of regulation by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2011-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Putting America Back to Work Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2862
Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2011-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Government trust funds
Income tax deductions
Infrastructure development
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Taxation of foreign income
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-07
text: 
Putting America Back to Work Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the tax deduction for dividends received from a controlled foreign corporation that are reinvested in the United States. 
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Jobs Trust Fund to fund infrastructure projects and improvements in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2011-09-07
text: Referred for a period ending not later than September 7 2011, (or for a later time if the Chairman so designates) to the Subcommittee on Health, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee concerned.
action_date: 2011-09-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-09-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Oral Health Rehabilitative Enhancement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2863
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2011-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allied health services
Dental care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-07
text: 
Medicare Oral Health Rehabilitative Enhancement Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit physical therapy to be furnished under the Medicare program to individuals under the care of a dentist. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Referred for a period ending not later than September 12, 2011, (or for a later time if the Chairman so designates) to the Subcommittee on Health, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee concerned.
action_date: 2011-09-07
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: 2011-09-07
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: 2011-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act

Bill: 112-hr-2864
Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9]
Introduced: 2011-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Crime victims
Department of Defense
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
New York City
Pennsylvania
Terrorism
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-07
text: 
Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act - Authorizes the President to award a Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Congressional Medal to: (1) the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania, (2) the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York, and (3) the Pentagon Memorial.
 
Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike three designs of such gold medal to honor, respectively: (1) those who lost their lives in the the attack at the World Trade Center, (2) the passengers and crew aboard United Airlines Flight 93 that was brought down in rural Pennsylvania, and (3) those who lost their lives at the Pentagon.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to strike and sell bronze duplicates of such medals and to distribute any funds from such sales exceeding costs equally between the three memorial sites.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
action_date: 2011-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-07
text: Introduced in House
9/11 Memorial Cross National Monument Establishment Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2865
Sponsor: Rep. Grimm, Michael G. [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2011-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Monuments and memorials
New York City
Religion
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: 
9/11 Memorial Cross National Monument Establishment Act of 2011 - Establishes the 9/11 Memorial Cross located at the National 9/11 Memorial Museum in the city of New York, New York, as a national monument. 
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to complete a general management plan for such monument. 
 
Terminates designation of such monument as a unit of the National Park System if federal funds are required for the operation and maintenance of the monument. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Mechanical Insulation Installation Incentive Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2866
Sponsor: Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2011-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax deductions
Lighting, heating, cooling

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: 
Mechanical Insulation Installation Incentive Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an additional tax deduction for the cost of installing mechanical insulation property. Limits the amount of such deduction to the lesser of 30% or the reduction in energy loss from the installed mechanical insulation property compared to property that meets the minimum requirements of American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) standard 90.1-2007. Allows the cost of replacing mechanical insulation property to be treated as a deductible business expense in the current taxable year.
 
Defines "mechanical insulation property" as insulation materials, facings, and accessory products: (1) placed in service in connection with a mechanical system which is located in the United States and of a character subject to an allowance for depreciation; and (2) utilized for thermal, acoustical, and personnel safety requirements for mechanical piping and equipment, hot and cold applications, and heating, venting and air conditioning applications which can be used in a variety of facilities.
 
Allows a tax deduction for capital expenditures related to mechanical insulation property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1557)
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Unemployed Workers Hiring Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2868
Sponsor: Rep. Dold, Robert J. [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2011-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Employment taxes
Income tax rates
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: 
Unemployed Workers Hiring Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt employers and employees from employment taxes for up to one year for wages paid to new employees who had exhausted all unemployment benefits prior to the start of their employment and who are working on average at least 30 hours a week. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Introduced in House
School Athletic Facilities Restoration Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2869
Sponsor: Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2011-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Building construction
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
School athletics
Sports and recreation facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: 
 School Athletic Facilities Restoration Act of 2011 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to local educational agencies for the construction, renovation, or repair of school athletic facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2870
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2011-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child health
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Health programs administration and funding
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: 
Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Amends the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 to authorize appropriations through 2016 for: (1) the Sex Offender Management Assistance (SOMA) program, (2) the Jessica Lunsford address verification grant program, (3) federal assistance to states in locating and apprehending sex offenders who violate sex offender registration requirements, and (4) additional attorneys to prosecute offenses relating to the sexual exploitation of children. 
 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize appropriations through FY2016 for juvenile sex offender treatment grants.
 
Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to eliminate funding for the Attorney General to develop training programs to assist probation and parole officers and other personnel who work with released sex offenders in case management, supervision, and relapse prevention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Pipeline Modernization for Safety Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2871
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2011-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Department of Transportation
Pipelines
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: 
Pipeline Modernization for Safety Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish integrity verification requirements for gas or hazardous liquid pipeline facilities.
 
Directs the Secretary to require an operator of a pipeline facility that contains a pipeline segment without a documented pressure test to: (1) hydro-test or replace the pipeline segment; and (2) report to the Secretary any increase in pressure in the pipeline segment that exceeds the maximum allowable operating pressure, including the cause for the increase and any remedial action taken to address it.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-09-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2011-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Job Creation and Urban Revitalization Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2872
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2011-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial services and investments
Government lending and loan guarantees
Manufacturing
Public contracts and procurement
Securities
Small Business Administration
Small business
Unemployment
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: 
Job Creation and Urban Revitalization Act of 2011 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to expand the new markets venture capital program (currently, a program under which venture capital companies provide equity capital investments and operational assistance to small businesses in low-income geographic areas) to areas of high unemployment. Allows the operational assistance that companies provide to small businesses in such high-unemployment areas to include retooling, updating, or replacing of machinery or equipment.
 
Makes the Small Business Administration (SBA) definition of &quot;low-income geographic area&quot; under the program the same as the definition of &quot;low-income community&quot; under the Internal Revenue Code, except that, without regard to such meaning, the term shall include an area of high unemployment. 
 
Requires the SBA Administrator, in conditionally approving companies to participate in the program, to select at least one company from each SBA geographic region.
 
Directs the Administrator to allow conditionally-approved companies two years (currently, a period of time not to exceed two years) to satisfy capital and other requirements for final approval.
 
Exempts from a requirement that conditionally-approved companies have certain binding capital commitments in order to provide operational assistance, companies primarily serving small businesses in areas of: (1) high unemployment, or (2) urban manufacturing revitalization.
 
Authorizes the Administrator to approve a company to serve, throughout all states, solely small businesses in urban manufacturing revitalization areas. 
 
Reduces to $3 million the minimum capital requirements for final approval of conditionally-approved companies engaged primarily in development of and investment in small businesses located in areas of high unemployment. Reduces to $2 million such capital requirements for conditionally-approved companies so engaged primarily with small businesses in urban manufacturing revitalization areas. (Current law would otherwise require any conditionally-approved company to raise at least $5 million.)
 
Revises the formula for operational assistance grants.
 
Authorizes such grants to conditionally-approved companies (up to $50,000 per company), provided that repayment is made if such companies do not receive final approval.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Expansion and Hiring Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2873
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2011-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Income tax credits
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: 
Small Business Expansion and Hiring Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow nongovernmental employers who employ an average of fewer than 100 employees during a taxable year a retained worker tax credit until December 31, 2012, for the lesser of $4,000 ($6,000 for a long-term unemployed individual) or 6.2% of the wages paid to a retained worker during a period of not less than 52 consecutive weeks of employment. Limits the amount of such credit with respect to any business location of the employer to $400,000 and provides that the number of retained workers taken into account for such credit shall not exceed the excess of the number of employees of the taxpayer at the end of the taxable year over the number of such employees at the beginning of the taxable year. 
 
Defines "retained worker" to mean any qualified individual who was employed on any date during the taxable year for a period of not less than 52 weeks and whose wages during the last 26 weeks of such period equaled at least 80% of such wages for the first 26 weeks of such period. Defines "qualified individual" as any individual who: (1) begins employment after 2010 and before 2014, (2) certifies by signed affidavit that such individual has not been employed for 40 hours or more per week during the 60-day period ending on the date such individual begins employment, (3) is not replacing another employee, and (4) is not disqualified for such credit by a relationship to the employer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2874
Sponsor: Rep. Hultgren, Randy [R-IL-14]
Introduced: 2011-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Family planning and birth control
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Marriage and family status
Sex and reproductive health
Sexually transmitted diseases
Teenage pregnancy

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: 
Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to award grants for qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents. Requires such education to meet certain criteria, including: (1) being age-appropriate, medically accurate, and evidence-based; (2) having as its sole purpose the teaching of the skills and benefits of sexual abstinence as the optimal sexual health behavior for youth; and (3) teaching the benefits of refraining from nonmarital sexual activity, the advantage of reserving sexual activity for marriage, and the foundational components of a healthy relationship.
 
Gives priority to programs that serve youth ages 12 to 19 and that will promote the protective benefits of parent-child communication regarding healthy sexual decisionmaking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-09-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6105)
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Wounded Veteran Job Security Act

Bill: 112-hr-2875
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25]
Introduced: 2011-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Health information and medical records
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-09
text: 
Wounded Veteran Job Security Act - Expands the definition of &quot;service in the uniformed services&quot; for the purposes of uniformed servicemembers' employment and reemployment rights to include a period for which a person is absent from a position of employment to obtain medical treatment for an injury or illness recognized as service connected by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), or for which a line-of-duty document has been granted by the Secretary of Defense (DOD).
 
Directs such a person intending to return to a position of employment to notify the employer within a specified time period. 
 
Requires a person submitting an application for reemployment due to such an absence for medical treatment to provide the employer, upon request, with documentation to establish eligibility for reemployment, including a link between the injury or illness and the medical treatment obtained.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-09
text: Introduced in House
Arizona Land Sovereignty Act

Bill: 112-hr-2877
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2011-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Monuments and memorials
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-09
text: 
Arizona Land Sovereignty Act - Prohibits any further extension or establishment of national parks and monuments in Arizona except by express authorization of Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-09
text: Introduced in House