| HB606 | Intro
Sine Die | Federal Program Sunset Commission Act - Establishes the Federal Program Sunset Commission to evaluate the efficiency and public need for each federal program using specified criteria. Requires the Commission to: (1) submit to Congress and the Preside...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-10
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HR81 | Intro
Sine Die | Supports the designation of February 12, 2011, the anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin in 1809, as Darwin Day. Recognizes Charles Darwin as a worthy symbol on which to celebrate the achievements of reason, science, and the advancement of huma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-10
To House Subcommittee on Research and Science Education |
| HR79 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.B. 514) to extend expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 relating to access to business reco...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-10
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB572 | Intro
Sine Die | Clean Ports Act of 2011 - Declares that federal preemption of state and local law relating to a price, route, or service of any motor carrier of property shall not apply to the authority of a state, local government, or the political authority of two...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-10
To House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit |
| HB301 | Intro
Sine Die | New Manhattan Project for Energy Independence - Requires the President to convene a summit to review the progress and promise of, the interrelationship of, and the additional funding needed to accelerate the progress of: (1) developing alternative te...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-10
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment |
| HB630 | Intro
Sine Die | Law Enforcement Officers' Military Service Act - Allows a law enforcement officer who is involuntarily called or ordered to active duty or involuntarily retained on active duty for any period beginning on or after September 11, 2001, to receive credi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-10
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB230 | Intro
Sine Die | 21st Century Energy Independence Act of 2011 - Instructs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to seek to ensure: (1) the availability of 200% of the volume of renewable fuels required to be available in the United States by 2013 under the Energy Policy Act ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-10
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment |
| HB586 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the U.S. courthouse under construction at 98 West First Street, Yuma, Arizona, as the "John M. Roll United States Courthouse."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-10
For Further Action See S.188. |
| HB649 | Intro
Sine Die | Reduce and End our Deficits Using Commonsense Eliminations in the Defense Exchange Stores System Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to consolidate the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, the Navy Exchange Command, and the Marine Corps ex...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-10
To House Armed Services Committee |
| HB638 | Intro
Sine Die | Suspending Travel After Years of Pleasure Trips on Unwitting Taxpayers Act of 2011 or STAY PUT Act of 2011 - Prohibits the use of appropriated funds, including official funds of the House of Representatives or funds available under any federal law, r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-10
To House Administration Committee |
| HB449 | Intro
Sine Die | STTR Enhancement Act of 2011 - Increases from 0.3% to 0.6% the amount that each federal agency with an extramural research or research and development budget in excess of $1 billion must spend specifically in connection with the Small Business Techno...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-10
To House Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation |
| HB629 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to tax-exempt private activity bond financing to exempt from the definition of "private business use" rights to intellectual property created by scientific research conducted by a governmenta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-10
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB49 | Intro
Sine Die | American Energy Independence and Price Reduction Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to implement a competitive leasing program for the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources on the Coastal Plain of Alaska. Amen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-10
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment |
| HB480 | Intro
Sine Die | Gulf of Mexico Economic and Environmental Restoration Act of 2011 - Establishes the Gulf of Mexico Recovery Council, consisting of each member of the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force. Directs the Council to: (1) establish guidelines for, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-10
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment |
| HB439 | Intro
Sine Die | State Leadership in Health Care Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to allow states to apply for a waiver of specified requirements under PPACA with respect to health insurance coverage within that state due to impleme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB551 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to approve, through December 31, 2016, a request by a state to provide state public transportation and federal-aid highway project funds to federal agencies (including the Department of Transportation), stat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
To House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit |
| HB450 | Intro
Sine Die | Restoring Assistance for Families' and Seniors' Health Expenses Act of 2011- Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that: (1) increase from 7.5% to 10% the adjusted gross income threshold for claiming the tax ded...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB563 | Intro
Sine Die | Domestic Energy Independence and Maritime Jobs Creation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement for the vessels LNG GEMINI, LNG LEO, a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
To House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation |
| HB519 | Intro
Sine Die | United Nations Tax Equalization Refund Act of 2011 - States that it shall be U.S. policy to: (1) direct the United Nations (U.N.) to return to the United States a specified amount overpaid into the United Nations Tax Equalization Fund (TEF) as of Dec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 259 - 169 (Roll no. 28). |
| HB482 | Intro
Sine Die | Water Heater Rating Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) to require the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to publish a rule that establishes a uniform efficiency descriptor and accompanying test methods for water hea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Power |
| HB534 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 217 West King Street, Martinsburg, West Virginia, as the "W. Craig Broadwater Federal Building and United States Courthouse."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
To House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management |
| HB432 | Intro
Sine Die | Ban Poisonous Additives Act of 2011 - Deems a food to be adulterated if its container: (1) is composed, in whole or in part, of bisphenol A, or (2) can release bisphenol A into food. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to gran...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB438 | Intro
Sine Die | Energy Star Improvements Act of 2011 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) to revise the Energy Star program by requiring the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Secretary of Energy (DOE): (1) to requir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Power |
| HB451 | Intro
Sine Die | Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 - Prohibits any person from making any deceptive or misleading statement, or engaging in any deceptive or misleading act, that: (1) misrepresents whether such person holds a state health care license; or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB424 | Intro
Sine Die | Leave Ethanol Volumes at Existing Levels Act or the LEVEL Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to revise the renewable fuel program, including by: (1) redefining "renewable fuel"; (2) reducing the percentage of renewable fuel that is required to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Power |
| HB567 | Intro
Sine Die | Public Employee Pension Transparency Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny tax benefits relating to bonds issed by a state or political subdivision during any period in which such state or political subdivision is noncompliant with specified...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB426 | Intro
Sine Die | Remove Incentives for Producing Ethanol Act of 2011 or the RIPE Act of 2011- Amends the Clean Air Act to repeal the renewable fuel standard. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate the excise tax credit for alcohol fuel mixtures and the income ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Power |
| HR78 | Intro
Sine Die | Elects specified named Members to the following House Committees: (1) the Budget; and (2) Science, Space, and Technology.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB548 | Intro
Sine Die | Restoring Democracy in the Workplace Act - Declares that a specified rule prescribed by the National Mediation Board relating to representation election procedures shall have no force or effect.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
To House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials |
| HB412 | Intro
Sine Die | Kids Just Want to Ride Act - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 to exempt off-highway vehicles from children's product lead limits. Defines "off-highway vehicle" as: (1) any motorized vehicle designed to travel on tw...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
To House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade |
| HB568 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the authority of the Department of the Treasury to pay the principal and interest on debt held by the public, and the authority of the Commissioner of Social Security to pay monthly old-age, survivors', and disability insurance benefits unde...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB584 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal a provision (added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) that extends to corporations that are not tax-exempt the requirement to report payments of $600 or more. Rescinds $44 billion of appropri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB416 | Intro
Sine Die | Health Insurance Rate Review Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to declare that federal provisions requiring the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to review unreasonable premium increases in health care coverage shall not be constr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB562 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act to add to the purpose of any grants by the Secretary of Labor to the Alaska Workforce Investment board support of a program to train workers in the construction, operation, maintenance, and performance of al...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
To House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials |
| HB502 | Intro
Sine Die | Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) establish a Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Fund, to be administered through the International Trade Admi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Power |
| HB599 | Intro
Sine Die | Stimulus Repeal Act - Repeals the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Restores provisions amended or repealed by such Act and rescinds all unobligated balances of the budgetary authority made available in such Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB466 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends, for four years, the authority of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to issue a semipostal to contribute to funding for breast cancer research.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB397 | Intro
Sine Die | Reform Americans Can Afford Act of 2011 - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of their enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Acts. Requires ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB444 | Intro
Sine Die | Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to convey to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium specified property in Anchorage, Alaska, for use in connection with health and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB73 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4110 Almeda Road in Houston, Texas, as the "George Thomas 'Mickey' Leland Post Office Building."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-08
To House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy |
| HB78 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1900 West Gray Street in Houston, Texas, as the "Hazel Hainsworth Young Post Office Building."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-08
To House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy |
| HB87 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Revives or restores the provisions of law amended by such Act as if it had not been enacted.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-08
To House Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform |
| HB431 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-08
To House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy |
| HB108 | Intro
Sine Die | Voting Opportunity and Technology Enhancement Rights Act of 2011 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 with respect to: (1) use of a national federal write-in absentee ballot; (2) verified ballots; (3) preservation of voting records; (4) require...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-08
To House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy |
| HB498 | Intro
Sine Die | State and Local Law Enforcement Hatch Act Reform Act of 2011 - Amends the Hatch Act to: (1) allow state and local law enforcement officers to be candidates for the office of sheriff; and (2) allow sheriffs to engage in campaign activities by attendin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-08
To House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy |
| HB122 | Intro
Sine Die | Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2011- Repeals provisions: (1) authorizing a federal employee representing an exclusive representative in the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement official time for such purpose during the time such e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-08
To House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy |
| HB124 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to provide that pay for Members of Congress may not be increased by any adjustment scheduled to take effect in a calendar year if the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) determines that the federal aggr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-08
To House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy |
| HB559 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends until January 1, 2013, the placed-in-service date for buildings in the Gulf Opportunity (GO) Zone, the Rita GO Zone, or the Wilma GO Zone after which such buildings are eligible for allocations of the low-income housing tax credit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-08
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB265 | Intro
Sine Die | New Columbia Admission Act - Sets forth procedures for admission into the United States of the state of New Columbia. Requires the Mayor of the District of Columbia to: (1) submit to the eligible voters propositions for statehood and adoption of a St...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-08
To House Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives |
| HB266 | Intro
Sine Die | District of Columbia House Equal Representation Act of 2011 - Treats the District of Columbia as a state for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives and in the Senate. Prescribes requirements for classification of Senators for the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-08
To House Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives |
