| HR83 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes the contributions of nurses to the U.S. health care system. Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Nurses Week.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-15
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB531 | Intro
Sine Die | Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and carry out a Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program under which the Secretary agrees to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-15
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB612 | Intro
Sine Die | West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2011 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in any area of the outer Conti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-15
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources |
| HB520 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem a food to be misbranded if it contains genetically-engineered fish unless the food bears a label stating that it contains genetically-engineered fish.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-15
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB724 | Intro
Sine Die | Security in Energy and Manufacturing Act of 2011 or the SEAM Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the qualifying advanced energy project credit by allocating in 2011 $5 billion of grants or tax credit amounts to manufacturers of g...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-15
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB593 | Intro
Sine Die | Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2011 - Directs each state that makes a Medicaid payment from federal funds during the fiscal year for any items or services furnished by an abortion provider to: (1) report to the Secretary of Health and Human Se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-15
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB721 | Intro
Sine Die | Short Line Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for railroad track maintenance, to: (1) expand the types of maintenance expenditures eligible for such credit, and (2) ex...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-15
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB722 | Intro
Sine Die | Say No to Drug Ads Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for the cost of direct-to-consumer advertisement of a prescription drug.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-15
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HR92 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.B. 1) making appropriations for the Department of Defense and the other departments and agencies of the Government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes, and waiving...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-15
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB537 | Intro
Sine Die | Safe Food for Seniors Act of 2011 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require the full-time director of food services at a Medicare skilled nursing facility (SNF) or a Medicaid nursing facility, if not a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-15
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB688 | Intro
Sine Die | Department of Transportation Bonding Assistance Authority Act of 2011 - Replaces the mandate for the Minority Resource Center to provide bonding assistance to disadvantaged business enterprises. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation, acting thr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-15
To House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials |
| HB541 | Intro
Sine Die | Pay for all your Undocumented Procedures (PAY UP!) Act of 2011 - Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to make permanent the program of federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-15
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E235) |
| HB521 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem genetically-engineered fish to be unsafe under provisions related to new animal drugs and adulterated food.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-15
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HR75 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes the contributions of nurses to the U.S. health care system. Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Nurses Week.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-15
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB710 | Intro
Sine Die | Telework Tax Incentive Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an employer or an employee a tax credit, up to $1,000 per year, for teleworking expenses incurred by or on behalf of a teleworking employee under an arrangement whereby such emplo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-15
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB728 | Intro
Sine Die | Declares that, in the event the debt of the federal government reaches the statutory limit, the authority of the Department of the Treasury to pay with legal tender the principal and interest on debt held by the public, the authority of the Commissio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-15
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB553 | Intro
Sine Die | Endocrine Disruptor Screening Enhancement Act of 2011 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in carrying out the Estrogenic Substances Screening Program: (1) not later than one ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-15
To House Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy |
| HB523 | Intro
Sine Die | American Fuel Protection Act of 2011 - Deems a claim for liability against a qualified entity as a claim against the United States for damages resulting from, or aggravated by, the use of transportation fuel containing ethanol in concentrations great...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution |
| HB694 | Intro
Sine Die | Teacher Tax Deduction Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $250 to $500 the dollar limit on the tax deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers and to extend such deduction through 2012.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB578 | Intro
Sine Die | No Parole for Sex Offenders Act - Requires a state that is receiving funds for certain law enforcement assistance programs under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to have in effect laws and policies that prohibit parole for any i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security |
| HB574 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce from issuing any permit or in any other way authorizing commercial finfish aquaculture operations in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), except in accordance with law enacted a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs |
| HB583 | Intro
Sine Die | Jane's Law - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or a prison term of up to two years on any person who travels in interstate or foreign commerce to evade compliance with a court-ordered property distribution in a divorce proceeding ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security |
| HB483 | Intro
Sine Die | Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification and Illegal Immigration Control Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a toll-free telephone- or electronic media-based employmen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement |
| HB505 | Intro
Sine Die | Keep Kids Safe Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the possession of a firearm by, or the sale or transfer of a firearm to, any person who has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor sex offense against a minor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security |
| HR91 | Intro
Sine Die | Supports efforts to increase diversity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Recognizes the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) for its 40 years of dedication to broadening the participation of underrepresented groups in ST...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Science, Space, And Technology Committee |
| HB270 | Intro
Sine Die | Freezes the annual rate of pay for Members of Congress through December 31, 2012, and reduces it by 10% in 2013. Requires the President to subject executive branch employees to two weeks of mandatory unpaid leave (or the pro rata equivalent in the c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law |
| HB687 | Intro
Sine Die | Military Spouses Employment Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include spouses of members of the Armed Forces on extended active duty (more than 90 days or for an indefinite period) as members of a targeted group for purposes of the work oppor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB504 | Intro
Sine Die | First Responders Fighting Terrorism Protection Act of 2011 - Grants qualified immunity from civil liability for a first responder who: (1) takes reasonable action to prevent an act of terrorism; or (2) observes or receives a report of, and takes reas...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution |
| HB696 | Intro
Sine Die | Tax Relief Certainty Act of 2011 - Eliminates: (1) the terminating date of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, thus making the tax relief provisions of such Act permanent; and (2) the terminating date of the Jobs and Growth...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HR74 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that federal courts should expedite, to the extent practicable, the disposition of actions challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution |
| HB524 | Intro
Sine Die | Restoring Consumer-driven Health Care Act of 2011 - Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, as added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, that: (1) limit payments from health and medical savings accounts and health flexible spe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB566 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the Attorney General or Secretary of Defense (DOD) from obligating funds for the National Drug Intelligence Center in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, except for activities related to its permanent closing and relocation of activities, as determine...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security |
| HB478 | Intro
Sine Die | Military Tribunals for Terrorists Act 2011 - Requires trial only by a military commission for any foreign national who: (1) engages or has engaged in an offense relating to a terrorist attack against persons or property in the United States or U.S. g...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution |
| HB592 | Intro
Sine Die | Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2011 - Amends the federal judicial code to prohibit a court, in any civil action in which the pleadings state facts relevant to the protection of public health or safety, from entering an order restricting the disclosure...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law |
| HB628 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends title IV (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act to reestablish for FY2011-FY2018 the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs for the purpose of grants to states...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Subcommittee on Human Resources |
| HB569 | Intro
Sine Die | Ending Unemployment Payments to Jobless Millionaires Act of 2011 - Prohibits federal funds from being used to make payments of unemployment compensation (including such compensation under the Federal-State Extended Compensation Act of 1970 and the em...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Subcommittee on Human Resources |
| HB581 | Intro
Sine Die | Conveys to the U.S. Virgin Islands specified submerged lands in the area between the island of Saint Croix and the islands of Saint Thomas and Saint John. States that for purposes of U.S. laws, and except as otherwise provided by international law o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs |
| HJR25 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the right of citizens of the United States to vote in the election for President and Vice President shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of residency in a U.S. territ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution |
| HB554 | Intro
Sine Die | Freedom Trade Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to deny nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) from the products of a foreign country that: (1) engages in violations of religious freedom, (2) restricts the freedom of workers ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Subcommittee on Trade |
| HB542 | Intro
Sine Die | Consumer Protection Act of 2011 - Invalidates as a defense to a tort claim in any court in the United States that a manufacturer of a product has fulfilled that manufacturer's duty of care when providing all of the necessary information to a learned ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution |
| HB639 | Intro
Sine Die | Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to include as a "countervailable subsidy" requiring action under a countervailing duty or antidumping duty proceeding the benefit conferred on merchandise imported into the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Subcommittee on Trade |
| HB323 | Intro
Sine Die | Corporate Crime Database Act - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) acquire data, for each calendar year, regarding all administrative, civil, and criminal judical proceedings against any corporation or corporate official involving a felony or misdem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security |
| HJR23 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits outlays for a fiscal year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding receipts for that fiscal year (except those derived from borrowing). Prohibits outlays from exceeding 18% of the gross domest...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution |
| HB577 | Intro
Sine Die | Elder Abuse Prevention Act - Requires a state that is receiving funds for certain law enforcement assistance programs under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to have in effect laws and policies that prohibit parole for any indivi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security |
| HB550 | Intro
Sine Die | Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 to authorize specified additional projects, including projects for water co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Subcommittee on Water and Power |
| HB684 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the income and excise tax credits for biodiesel used as fuel to: (1) allow a $1.00 tax credit for each gallon of biodiesel produced; (2) provide for an increased income tax credit for small biodiesel produce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB589 | Intro
Sine Die | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Revises the formula for making Tier-1 cr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Subcommittee on Human Resources |
| HJR26 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional Amendment - Requires the election of an Alternate Representative along with a Representative, selected by him or her, as well as an Alternate Senator along with a Senator, selected by the latter. Provides that upon the death, resignati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution |
| HB455 | Intro
Sine Die | 10th Amendment Regulatory Reform Act - Authorizes a designated state official to file with the head of a federal agency proposing a rule, during the period when the proposed rule is required to be open for public comment, a legal brief challenging th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law |
| HR76 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses the sense of Congress that the Supreme Court, on petition, should grant a writ of certiorari under rule 11 of the Rules of the Supreme Court regarding the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act before judgment i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-14
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution |
