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Buy American Improvement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2722
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Buy American requirements
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Public contracts and procurement
Trade agreements and negotiations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Buy American Improvement Act of 2011 - Requires the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy: (1) to promulgate regulations to standardize and simplify federal agency compliance with, and reporting on, Buy American requirements; (2) in developing Buy American guidelines, to consider any significant decrease in U.S. employment resulting from the granting of waivers of Buy American requirements to be inconsistent with the public interest; and (3) to impose certain notice requirements on federal agency heads after receiving a request for a waiver and to require publication of the determination for why a waiver was granted.
 
Revises Buy American reporting requirements to require: (1) federal agencies to report to the Administrator, for the period FY2011-FY2016, on the amount of their acquisitions of articles, materials, or supplies purchased from entities outside the United States; and (2) the Administrator to submit to Congress a consolidated report on all agency reports received and make such report publicly available on a web site.
 
Imposes limits on waiver determinations, including that a project cost determination will not be deemed unreasonable unless compliance with Buy American requirements causes an increase of overall project costs by more than 25%. Defines "substantially all" for purposes of Buy American requirements to mean that articles, materials, or supplies shall be treated as made substantially all from articles, materials, or supplies mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States if the cost of the domestic components of such items exceeds 75% of the total cost of all such items.
 Requires the Comptroller General to report on the extent to which, in FY2007-FY2011, articles, materials, or supplies acquired by the federal government were manufactured, mined, or produced outside of the United States.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2723
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-17]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Employee benefits and pensions
Legislative rules and procedure
Poverty and welfare assistance
Railroads
Social security and elderly assistance
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Social Security Protection Act of 2011 - Amends the Budget Control Act of 2011 to prohibit the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction from proposing any cuts in Social Security benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) or under SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI).
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2724
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-17]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Legislative rules and procedure
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Medicaid Protection Act of 2011 - Amends the Budget Control Act of 2011 to prohibit the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction from proposing any reductions in eligibility, payments, or benefits, or any increases in premiums or other cost-sharing that would reduce outlays for, the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2725
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-17]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Legislative rules and procedure
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Medicare Protection Act of 2011 - Amends the Budget Control Act of 2011 to prohibit the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction from proposing any reductions in eligibility, payments, or benefits, or any increases in premiums or other cost-sharing that would reduce outlays for, the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Education Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2726
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-17]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Legislative rules and procedure
Preschool education
Special education

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Education Protection Act of 2011 - Amends the Budget Control Act of 2011 to prohibit the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction from proposing any reductions in eligibility, payments, or benefits, or anything that otherwise reduce outlays of budget authority under, the Head Start Act or any program administered by the Secretary of Education, including any program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Higher Education Act of 1965, or the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
People's Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2727
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-17]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Legislative rules and procedure
Medicaid
Medicare
Poverty and welfare assistance
Preschool education
Social security and elderly assistance
Special education

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
People's Act of 2011 - Amends the Budget Control Act of 2011 to prohibit the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction from proposing any reductions in eligibility, payments, or benefits, or that would otherwise reduce outlays of budget authority for: (1) Social Security benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) or under SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI); (2) the Medicare program under SSA title XVIII; (3) the Medicaid program under SSA title XIX; or (4) the Head Start Act or any program administered by the Secretary of Education, including any program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Higher Education Act of 1965, or the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Corporate Politics Transparency Act

Bill: 112-hr-2728
Sponsor: Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business records
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Political advertising
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Corporate Politics Transparency Act - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require that quarterly and annual reports of an issuer, any proxy solicitation or consent or authorization in respect of any security, and the issuer's registration statement disclose total political expenditures in support of or in opposition to any candidate for federal, state, or local public office made by the issuer during the preceding six-year period.
 
Requires such disclosures to include: (1) the name and political party affiliation of each candidate in support of whom or in opposition to whom a political expenditure was made; (2) the amount of each such expenditure; (3) the public office that such candidate was or is seeking; (4) the relevant state, city, or district; and (5) a statement of the issuer's interest in and reason for making such expenditure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Health IT Modernization for Underserved Communities Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2729
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allied health services
Computers and information technology
Health information and medical records
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Health IT Modernization for Underserved Communities Act of 2011 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to extend to physician assistants eligibility for Medicaid electronic health record incentive payments, regardless of whether or not such physician assistants practice at a rural health center or federally qualified health center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
HIRES Act

Bill: 112-hr-2731
Sponsor: Rep. Berg, Rick [R-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Helping Innovation of Re-Employment Services in States Act or HIRES Act - Amends title III (Grants to States for Unemployment Compensation Administration) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to authorize the Secretary of Labor to enter into agreements with states to allow them to conduct demonstration projects to test and evaluate measures designed to: (1) expedite the reemployment of individuals who establish initial eligibility for unemployment compensation under state law, or (2) improve the effectiveness of a state in carrying out its state law with respect to reemployment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Simplification and Opportunity Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2732
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Student Loan Simplification and Opportunity Act of 2011 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal the Secretary of Education's authority, under the Direct Loan (DL) program, to purchase or enter into forward commitments to purchase: (1) Federal Family Education Loans (FFELs) from lenders, upon the determination that there is an inadequate availability of loan capital to meet the demand for such loans; and (2) rehabilitated loans that eligible lenders purchased under the FFEL default reduction program. (Currently, the Secretary's authority to purchase or enter into forward commitments to purchase such loans is set to expire in July 2010, as is the FFEL program.)
 
Authorizes the Secretary to offer borrowers FFEL Debt Conversion Loans, until October 2012, that cover FFELs that have not been purchased under the program this Act repeals, provided such borrowers: (1) are not in default or delinquent for 270 days or more on such loans, and (2) have an outstanding DL or an outstanding FFEL that was purchased pursuant to the program this Act repeals. (FFEL Debt Conversion Loans pay the holder of the FFEL the outstanding principal and interest on the loan, which the borrower is then obligated to repay to the Secretary under the terms of the converted FFEL.)
 
Authorizes the Secretary to offer benefits to borrowers of FFEL Debt Conversion Loans in an amount up to 2% of the amount advanced on the FFEL Debt Conversion Loan.
 
Requires federal proceeds from this Act's temporary authorization of FFEL Debt Conversion Loans to be used for the Pell grant program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 37, United States Code, to ensure that the basic allowance for housing in effect for a member of the National Guard is not reduced when the member transitions between active duty and full-time National Guard duty without a break in active service.

Bill: 112-hr-2733
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Prohibits reducing the rate of basic allowance for housing paid to a member of the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard upon the transition of the member from active duty to full-time National Guard duty, or from full-time National Guard duty to active duty, when the transition occurs without a break in active service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1472)
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Territories Economic Development Opportunity Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2734
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Territories Economic Development Opportunity Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to allocate to the U.S. territories discretionary federal-aid highway program funds out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Fund).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1465)
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the look-through treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations.

Bill: 112-hr-2735
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Foreign and international corporations
Income tax deferral
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax rule exempting dividends, interest, rents, and royalties received or accrued from certain controlled foreign corporations by a related entity from treatment as foreign holding company income (thus permitting tax deferral of such income).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Access to Medical Treatment Act

Bill: 112-hr-2736
Sponsor: Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Consumer affairs
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Access to Medical Treatment Act - Gives an individual the right to be treated by a health care practitioner with any medical treatment that the individual desires, including a treatment that is not approved, certified, or licensed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), if: (1) the practitioner has personally examined the individual and agrees to treat the individual, and (2) the administration of such treatment does not violate licensing laws.
 
Authorizes health care practitioners to provide any method of treatment to such an individual if certain requirements are met, including that: (1) there is no reason to conclude that such treatment will cause danger to the individual; and (2) the patient is informed in writing that such treatment has not been approved, certified, or licensed by the Secretary. 
 
Requires a practitioner to report: (1) administering such treatment and discovering it to be a danger to an individual, and (2) the positive effects of an unconventional medical treatment for a life-threatening medical condition. 
 
Allows an individual to introduce or deliver into interstate commerce, or to produce, transport, receive, or hold, a food, drug, device, or equipment solely for use in accordance with this Act if there have been no advertising claims made by the manufacturer, distributor, or seller with respect to a medical treatment. 
 
States that nothing in this Act shall in any way adversely affect the distribution or sale of dietary supplements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Kaytlynn Noggle Federal Life Insurance Equity Act

Bill: 112-hr-2737
Sponsor: Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Child health
Life, casualty, property insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Kaytlynn Noggle Federal Life Insurance Equity Act - Includes a stillborn child within the definition of a &quot;family member&quot; of an eligible individual for purposes of federal employee life insurance provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Jump Start American Small Business Innovation Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2739
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Jump Start American Small Business Innovation Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2011 the increased tax deduction for the start-up expenditures of an active trade or business.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain population census tracts for which information is not available as low-income communities for purposes of the new markets tax credit.

Bill: 112-hr-2740
Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2011-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to eligibility for the new markets tax credit, to treat a population census tract for which the Secretary of the Treasury determines there is insufficient information to determine whether such tract is a low-income community as such a community if: (1) such tract is adjacent to two or more low-income communities, and (2) the Secretary does not have information indicating such tract is not a low-income community.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-01
text: Introduced in House