| HB274 | Intro
Sine Die | Renames the National Park System unit known as Homestead National Monument of America and located near Beatrice, Nebraska, as the "Homestead National Historical Park."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands |
| HB275 | Intro
Sine Die | Renames the National Park System unit known as Homestead National Monument of America and located near Beatrice, Nebraska, as the "Homestead National Historical Park."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands |
| HB485 | Intro
Sine Die | Children's Hope Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit of up to $100 ($200 for joint returns) for charitable contributions to an education investment organization that disburses 90% of its contributions to provide grants...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB281 | Intro
Sine Die | Los Padres National Forest Land Exchange Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to convey specified National Forest System lands to the United Water Conservation District of California in exchange for the conveyance of specified non-federal la...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands |
| HB476 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the taxpayer election to deduct state and local general sales taxes in lieu of state and local income taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB500 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 200,000 to 500,000 the limit on the number of new qualified plug-in electric drive vehicles that may be manufactured for purposes of the phase-out of the tax credit for such vehicles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB518 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to qualify Indian tribes as eligible recipients of tax deductible contributions of "apparently wholesome food," as defined by the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB294 | Intro
Sine Die | Museum of Ideas Act of 2011 - Establishes the Museum of Ideas Commission to develop a plan for establishing, in Washington, D.C., a museum that presents the history and evolution of human ideas.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands |
| HB163 | Intro
Sine Die | Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act - Designates specified parcels of federal land in central Idaho as wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS). Repeals existing law requiring review ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands |
| HB296 | Intro
Sine Die | Salmon Lake Land Selection Resolution Act - Ratifies the Salmon Lake Area Land Ownership Consolidation Agreement, which was executed between the United States, the state of Alaska, and the Bering Straits Native Corporation on July 18, 2007. Requires...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs |
| HR57 | Intro
Sine Die | Calls on the President to: (1) continue to oppose any effort to transfer control of the Internet to the United Nations (U.N.) or any other international governmental entity; (2) recognize the need for, and pursue a continuing and constructive dialogu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HR58 | Intro
Sine Die | Supports the designation of National Congress on Your Corner Day. Urges all members of the House of Representatives to observe such a day to honor those who were killed or injured in Tucson, Arizona.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Administration Committee |
| HR61 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses support for the goals of Catholic Schools Week, an event cosponsored by the National Catholic Educational Association and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and established to recognize the vital contributions of the thousands...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HR63 | Intro
Sine Die | Supports the goals and ideals of Student Financial Aid Awareness Month.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HR64 | Intro
Sine Die | Honors the life and work of Robert Sargent Shriver and encourages all individuals to support and participate in the public service programs he promoted.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HR65 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes the 16th anniversary of the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) program, a federally-funded program providing high school students from the countries of the former Soviet Union with the opportunity to study and live in this country in order to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| SB195 | Intro
Sine Die | Child Support Protection Act of 2011 - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to repeal the exclusion from federal matching payments of any amounts expended by a state from child support in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HR69 | Intro
Sine Die | Honors the contributions of school counselors to the success of students in our elementary and secondary schools. Encourages the observation of National School Counseling Week with ceremonies and activities that promote awareness of the crucial role ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| SB190 | Intro
Sine Die | Freedom from Tolls Act of 2011 - Prohibits the use of highway funds to impose a toll on any segment of a federal-aid system highway that as of enactment of this Act: (1) has had its construction completed, (2) is not tolled, (3) was constructed with ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| HR70 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order to consider any bill or joint resolution that carries more than one subject.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Rules Committee |
| SB162 | Intro
Sine Die | Cut Federal Spending Act of 2011 - Reduces FY2011 appropriations by specified amounts for: (1) the legislative branch; (2) the judicial branch; (3) the Department of Agriculture (USDA), including the Forest Service; (4) the Department of Commerce, in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1. |
| SB198 | Intro
Sine Die | Redistribution of Unspent Earmarks Act of 2011 - Requires unobligated highway project amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund through an earmark for FY2008 or a preceding fiscal year to be: (1) returned to the transportation department of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| HB192 | Intro
Sine Die | Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act - Declares that it is U.S. policy to protect and preserve living and other resources of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs |
| HB508 | Intro
Sine Die | Child Tax Credit Preservation Act of 2011- Makes permanent the increases in the child tax credit enacted by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, and the Working Fami...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SB189 | Intro
Sine Die | Defense Level Playing Field Act - Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD), in evaluating offers to award a contract for the KC-X aerial refueling aircraft program, to consider any unfair advantage that an offeror may possess. Directs the Secretary to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To Senate Armed Services Committee |
| SR26 | Intro
Sine Die | Honors: (1) those who lost their lives due to the tragic earthquake of January 12, 2010; and (2) the sacrifice of the men and women of the Haitian government, the U.S. government, the United Nations (U.N.), and the international community for their r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S261-263; text as passed Senate: CR S261-263; text of measure as introduced: CR S290-291) |
| HR71 | Intro
Sine Die | Mourns Dr. D. James Kennedy's passing and expresses deepest condolences to his family. Honors his lifetime of service and sacrifice to his God, his country, Christian ideals, and his work that provided hope to millions and inspired them to build comm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB433 | Intro
Sine Die | Natomas Basin Flood Protection Improvements Act of 2011 - Modifies the project for flood damage reduction, American and Sacramento Rivers, California, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct improvements to flood damage reduction faciliti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment |
| HB468 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the income tax deduction for business meals and entertainment expenses from 50 to 75% of such expenses in calendar year 2011 and 80% in 2012 and thereafter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB242 | Intro
Sine Die | Bars the use of any funds available to the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to implement or enforce Subpart B of the Travel Management Rule relating to the designation of roads, trails, and areas for motor vehicle use in an administrative unit of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands |
| HB247 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires retention of the name of Mount McKinley in Alaska.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands |
| HB477 | Intro
Sine Die | Back to Work Extension Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend for one year the exemption from employment and railroad retirement taxes for employers who hire certain unemployed individuals prior to January 1, 2012 (currently, Januar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SB194 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate the taxpayer election to designate $3 of income tax liability for financing of presidential election campaigns, the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, and the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Accou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB251 | Intro
Sine Die | General Slocum Memorial Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to study in Bronx County, New York, the shoreline of the area roughly bounded by 149th Street on the west and Oak Poi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands |
| SB199 | Intro
Sine Die | Use It or Lose It Act of 2011 - Requires highway project amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund through an earmark to be obligated within three years after the date such earmarked amounts are first made available. Requires amounts not obl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| HB372 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to deny an oil and gas lease, or an exploration, development, or production permit under such a lease, to any person that has engaged in activities with the gove...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H474) |
| SB202 | Intro
Sine Die | Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2011 - Directs the Comptroller General to complete, before the end of 2012, an audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and of the federal reserve banks, followed by a detailed report to Congre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| HB510 | Intro
Sine Die | Idaho and Montana Wolf Management Act of 2011 - Prohibits any wolf (species, subspecies, or population segment of Canis lupus) in Idaho or Montana from being treated under any status of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, including as an endangered s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Natural Resources Committee |
| HB425 | Intro
Sine Die | Great Lakes Water Protection Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) from intentionally diverting waste streams to bypass any portion of the treat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment |
| HB27 | Intro
Sine Die | Lumbee Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, which makes its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to Indians because of their status as members of a federally recognized tribe. Deems ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs |
| SB209 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the use of federal funds to transfer to the United States any individual who is: (1) detained by the United States at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; or (2) a foreign national who is captured or detained outside the United States as an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To Senate Armed Services Committee |
| HR62 | Intro
Sine Die | Elects specified named Members to the following House Committees: (1) Ethics, (2) Small Business, and (3) Veterans' Affairs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| SR14 | Intro
Sine Die | Condemns in the strongest possible terms the horrific attack that occurred at the "Congress on your Corner" event hosted by Representative Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, Arizona, on January 8, 2011. Offers heartfelt condolences to the famil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Yea-Nay Vote. 97 - 0. Record Vote Number: 1. (text: CR S259-260) |
| HB52 | Intro
Sine Die | Oil Pollution Environmental Review Act or OPERA - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require the head of any federal agency to treat the issuance of any exploration plans, development production plans, development operation coordination ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources |
| SJR3 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits outlays for a fiscal year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year (except those derived from borrowing) unless Congress, by a two-thirds rollcall vote of e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB454 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Chief of the United States Capitol Police to reimburse a local law enforcement agency for the reasonable costs incurred by the agency in providing protective services at an official public congressional event pursuant to a written agreeme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Administration Committee |
| HB56 | Intro
Sine Die | Gulf Coast Restoration Act - Establishes the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, which shall: (1) consult with, and provide recommendations to, the Chair of the Task Force regarding approval of State Coastal Ecosystem Restoration Plans submi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs |
| SB196 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to require any employer contribution made on behalf of the President, Vice President, or any political appointee to be paid only to the issuer of a plan through an American Health Benefit ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB210 | Intro
Sine Die | Stop the OverPrinting (STOP) Act of 2011 - Requires the Public Printer to make bills and resolutions available for the use of offices of Members of Congress only in an electronic format accessible through the Internet.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| HB467 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the restrictions on the tax deduction for the travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse, dependent, or other individual accompanying the taxpayer on business travel.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
To House Ways And Means Committee |
