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GSE Portfolio Risk Reduction Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1224
Sponsor: Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX-5]
Introduced: 2011-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Housing finance and home ownership
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: 
GSE Portfolio Risk Reduction Act of 2011 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to prohibit the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (government-sponsored enterprises or GSEs) from owning mortgage assets in excess of: (1) $700 billion one year after enactment of this Act; (2) $600 billion two years after enactment of this Act; (3) $475 billion three years after enactment of this Act; (4) $350 billion four years after enactment of this Act; and (5) $250 billion five years after enactment of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 14 .
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
GSE Debt Issuance Approval Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1225
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2011-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Housing finance and home ownership
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: 
GSE Debt Issuance Approval Act of 2011 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to prohibit the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (government-sponsored enterprises or GSEs) from issuing any debt security, obligation, or instrument unless it gets advance approval from the Secretary of the Treasury. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 0 and 1 Present.
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
GSE Mission Improvement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1226
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-40]
Introduced: 2011-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: 
GSE Mission Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 to repeal goals for housing, single-family housing, multifamily special affordable housing, discretionary adjustment of housing goals, the duty to serve underserved markets and other requirements, and the monitoring and enforcement of compliance with housing goals.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
GSE Risk and Activities Limitation Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1227
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2011-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: 
GSE Risk and Activities Limitation Act of 2011 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to prohibit the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency from approving any new products of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (Government-sponsored enterprises or GSEs) during any term of conservatorship or receivership. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-04-05
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Natural Resources Restoration Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1228
Sponsor: Rep. Landry, Jeffrey M. [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2011-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: 
Natural Resources Restoration Act of 2011 - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enter into an arrangement with the National Academies to convene a panel of scientists to evaluate and report on the natural resource damages from the blowout and explosion of the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon on April 20, 2010, the resulting hydrocarbon releases into the environment, and the various response actions that injured natural resources in the Gulf of Mexico and in state water and land bordering the Gulf of Mexico (Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill). 
 
Requires the panel to report on the costs for federal and state trustees designated with respect to natural resource damages from the spill of: (1) restoring such injured natural resources; and (2) compensating such trustees for the loss of natural resource services from April 20, 2010, to the date the natural resources are fully restored. Requires trustees, in assessing such damages, to include a special assessment in an amount equal to 30% of the cost of restoring such resources and services or an amount mutually agreed to by the responsible parties and the trustees. Requires special assessments to be: (1) paid by the responsible parties; (2) used by trustees to conduct projects to restore natural resources injured by such spill; and (3) credited toward any other natural resource damages assessed against the responsible parties for such spill.
 
Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations establishing a program under which responsible parties can purchase credits for the cost of such projects carried out by trustees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to suspend a limitation on the period for which certain borrowers are eligible for guaranteed assistance.

Bill: 112-hr-1233
Sponsor: Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2011-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Government lending and loan guarantees

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: 
Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to suspend, during the period December 31, 2010-December 31, 2011, the prohibition on the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to guarantee an agricultural operating loan for any year after the 15th year that a loan or loan guarantee is made to the borrower.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes.

Bill: 112-hr-1234
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2011-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: 
Amends the Act commonly known as the Indian Reorganization Act to apply the Act to all federally recognized Indian tribes, regardless of when any tribe became recognized. (This effectively overrules the Supreme Court's decision in 
Carcieri v. Salazar, 
which held that the Secretary of the Interior could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the Act was enacted.)
 
Ratifies and confirms any action taken by the Secretary pursuant to such Act for any Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date of that action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Regulation Moratorium Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1235
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]
Introduced: 2011-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: 
Regulation Moratorium Act of 2011 - Prohibits any federal department or agency from putting into force any rule until January 31, 2013, except a rule which involves U.S. military or foreign affairs functions or matters relating to agency management or personnel or to public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts or for which notice of proposed rulemaking is not otherwise required.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government Spending.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Small Brewer Reinvestment and Expanding Workforce Act

Bill: 112-hr-1236
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2011-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages
Food industry and services
Sales and excise taxes
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: 
Small Brewer Reinvestment and Expanding Workforce Act or the Small BREW Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the rate of the excise tax on beer produced within or imported into the United States for brewers who produce not more than 6 million barrels of beer a year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Aiding Those Facing Foreclosure Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1238
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2011-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Financial crises and stabilization
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Lawyers and legal services

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: 
Aiding Those Facing Foreclosure Act of 2011 - Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to use otherwise unobligated amounts under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to enable nonprofit counseling intermediaries and nonprofit legal organizations to provide legal assistance to homeowners of owner-occupied homes consisting of from one to four dwelling units whose mortgages are in default or delinquency, in danger of default or delinquency, or subject to or at risk of foreclosure (including any deed in lieu of foreclosure or short sale).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Made in America Promise Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1239
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2011-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Congressional agencies
Congressional operations and organization
House of Representatives
Public contracts and procurement
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: 
Congressional Made in America Promise Act of 2011 - Amends the Buy American Act to apply Buy American requirements to articles, materials, and supplies acquired for the use of any legislative branch office, including the House of Representatives and the Senate, in the same manner as the Act applies with respect to articles, materials, and supplies acquired for the use of a department or independent establishment.
 
Prescribes a special rule in the case of any product which bears an official congressional insignia (including a mark resembling an official seal) that is acquired for the use of a legislative branch office. Prohibits the head of such office from making a determination under the Act that it is inconsistent with the public interest to enter into a contract in accordance with the Act.
 
Makes inapplicable to products with an official congressional insignia the exceptions to the Buy American rule for: (1) articles, materials, or supplies not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities and of satisfactory quality; or (2) manufactured articles, materials, or supplies procured under any contract the award value of which is less than or equal to the micro-purchase threshold. (Thus applies the Buy American rule to any legislative branch office purchase of products with an official congressional insignia, without exception.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform .
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1240
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2011-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Economic development
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: 
Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success Act of 2011 or SECTORS Act of 2011 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require the Secretary of Labor to award renewable three-year competitive industry or sector partnership grants to eligible entities to develop strategies that: (1) encourage growth and competitiveness through work with employers within a targeted industry cluster; (2) help workers move toward economic self-sufficiency and ensure that they have access to supportive services; (3) address the needs of firms with limited human resources or in-house training capacity, including small- and medium-sized firms; and (4) coordinate with entities that carry out state and local workforce investment, economic development, and education activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area Establishment Act

Bill: 112-hr-1241
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2011-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: New Mexico
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: 
 Rio Grande Del Norte National Conservation Area Establishment Act - Establishes the Rio Grande Del Norte National Conservation Area in New Mexico. 
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to ensure the protection of religious and cultural sites in the Conservation Area and to provide access to them by tribal members. 
 
Requires the Secretary to develop a management plan for the Conservation Area. 
 
Designates the Cerro Del Yuta Wilderness and Rio San Antonio Wilderness as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Power Plant Safety Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1242
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2011-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Emergency planning and evacuation
Government lending and loan guarantees
Licensing and registrations
Natural disasters
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Nuclear power

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: 
Nuclear Power Plant Safety Act of 2011 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to revise nuclear power plant safety regulations to ensure that each licensed utilization facility can withstand and adequately respond to: (1) an earthquake, tsunami (for a facility located in a coastal area), strong storm, or other event that threatens a major impact to the facility; (2) a loss of the primary operating power source for at least 14 days; and (3) a loss of the primary backup operating power source for at least 72 hours.
 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005, in connection with loan guarantees, to require the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to ensure, in the case of a guarantee for advanced nuclear energy facilities, that the cost of the obligation is calculated using a consideration of the Tohoku earthquake of 2011 to estimate the risk characteristics of the project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Green Taxis Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1243
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2011-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Energy efficiency and conservation
Intergovernmental relations
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: 
Green Taxis Act of 2011 - Allows states or political subdivisions to prescribe requirements for fuel economy for taxicabs and other automobiles if such requirements are at least as stringent as federal requirements and if such vehicles: (1) are automobiles that are capable of transporting not more than 10 individuals, including the driver; (2) are commercially available or are designed and manufactured pursuant to a contract with such state or subdivision; (3) are operated for hire pursuant to a license, permit, or other authorization issued by such state or subdivision; (4) provide local transportation for a fare determined on the basis of the time or distance traveled; and (5) do not exclusively provide transportation to and from airports.
 
Amends the Clean Air Act to allow states or political subdivisions to adopt and enforce standards for the control of emissions from new motor vehicles that are taxicabs and other vehicles if such standards will be at least as protective of public health and welfare as applicable federal standards and if such vehicles meet the other criteria specified above.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Introduced in House