US Legislation | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
HR23	Intro Sine Die	Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the federal government should not bailout state and local government employee pension plans and other post-employment benefit plans, and (2) state and local governments should immediately ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-06 To House Education And The Workforce Committee
HR24	Intro Sine Die	Amends Rule III (The Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to restore to Delegates and the Resident Commissioner, in a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, the sa... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-06 To House Rules Committee
HB54	Intro Sine Die	Stand by your Oil Pollution Act or the STOP Act - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to: (1) extend liability to any corporation, partnership, or other person (other than an individual) having an ownership interest exceeding 25% in any responsible ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-06 To House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
HR25	Intro Sine Die	Expresses the sense of Congress that the current federal income tax deduction for mortgage interest paid on a first or second home should not be further restricted. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-06 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB55	Intro Sine Die	Northern Virginia Metrorail Extension Act of 2011 - Authorizes alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering for specified Metrorail new fixed guideway capital projects in Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-06 To House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
HB57	Intro Sine Die	Disaster Recovery Improvement Act - Directs the President to issue and begin to implement regulations required by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act) regarding the repair, restoration, reconstruction, an... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-06 To House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management
HB65	Intro Sine Die	Candy Tobacco Tax Parity Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on smokeless tobacco products sold as discrete single-use units. Modifies the definition of "smokeless tobacco" for purposes of such tax to incl... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Ways And Means Committee
SR5	Intro Sine Die	Elects Gary B. Myrick as Secretary for the Majority of the Senate. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S14; text as passed Senate: CR S14; text of measure as introduced: CR S64)
HB66	Intro Sine Die	Waste-to-Energy Technology Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a 30% energy tax credit for investment in qualified waste-to-energy property. Defines "qualified waste-to-energy property" as property comprising a system th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Ways And Means Committee
SR6	Intro Sine Die	Makes the President pro tempore's appointment of Morgan J. Frankel as Senate Legal Counsel effective January 7, 2011, for a term of service to expire at the end of the 113th Congress. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S14; text as passed Senate: CR S14; text of measure as introduced: CR S65)
SR7	Intro Sine Die	Makes the President pro tempore's appointment of Patricia Mack Bryan as Deputy Senate Legal Counsel effective January 3, 2011, for a term of service to expire at the end of the 113th Congress. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S14; text as passed Senate: CR S14; text of measure as introduced: CR S65)
SR9	Intro Sine Die	Amends Rule XXII (Precedence of Motions) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to make out of order any dilatory motion, including dilatory quorum calls, following the filing of a cloture motion to close debate on a measure, and prior to the cloture vo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To Senate Rules And Administration Committee
HB70	Intro Sine Die	Disability Benefit Fairness Act of 2011 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to eliminate: (1) the five-month waiting period for an individual (including a disabled widow or widower)... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Ways And Means Committee
SR11	Intro Sine Die	Establishes a standing order applicable to a notice of intent to object to a unanimous consent request (covered request) to: (1) proceed to a bill, resolution, joint resolution, concurrent resolution, conference report, or amendment (measure) between... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 Submitted in the Senate. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Over, Under the Rule. (text of measure as introduced: CR S66)
SR12	Intro Sine Die	Amends Rule XXII (Precedence of Motions) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to require an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Senators present and voting (instead of, as currently, chosen and sworn) for passage of a motion to close debate (clotu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To Senate Rules And Administration Committee
SR13	Intro Sine Die	Amends Rule XXII (Precedence of Motions) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to allow a majority vote for invoking cloture (currently, 60 votes) on a motion to proceed to consideration of any measure, motion, or other matter pending before the Senate... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To Senate Rules And Administration Committee
HB80	Intro Sine Die	Global Water Access and Equity Act - Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to establish within the Department of State a Coordinator of United States Government Diplomatic Initiatives to Provide Safe Water and Sanitation Globally.... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Foreign Affairs Committee
HB86	Intro Sine Die	End Tax Uncertainty Act of 2011 - Makes permanent: (1) the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001; (2) provisions of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 that reduce income tax rates on dividend and capital gai... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB88	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Internal Revenue Code to change the income tax filing deadline for calendar year taxpayers from April 15 to the first Monday in November. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB93	Intro Sine Die	Makes 10% across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans affairs discretionary spending for FY2011-FY2012. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Appropriations Committee
HB94	Intro Sine Die	Makes 5% across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans affairs discretionary spending for FY2011-FY2012. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Appropriations Committee
HB95	Intro Sine Die	Makes 15% across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans affairs discretionary spending for FY2011-FY2012. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Appropriations Committee
HB99	Intro Sine Die	Fair and Simple Tax Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish an alternative income tax rate system with three tax brackets (10, 15, and 30%); (2) repeal the estate and gift tax; (3) adjust the increased alternative minimum tax... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB110	Intro Sine Die	Manufacturing Reinvestment Account Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish tax-exempt manufacturing reinvestment accounts (MRAs) for taxpayers engaged in a manufacturing business. Allows such manufacturers to make tax deductible c... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB119	Intro Sine Die	Keep Out the IRS Act of 2011 - Prohibits the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from filling any position, by transfer or any other appointment taking effect on or after the enactment of this Act, if the duties and responsibilities of such position inclu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB121	Intro Sine Die	Congressional Budget Accountability Act - Requires any amounts remaining of House Members' Representational Allowances after all payments are made for the year to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or, in fiscal years for whi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Administration Committee
HB123	Intro Sine Die	Makes permanent: (1) the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001; (2) provisions of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 that reduce income tax rates on dividend and capital gain income; and (3) the repeal of th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB131	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2014 the standard tax deduction for real property taxes; and (2) allow an annual inflation adjustment to the allowable amount of such deduction. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB132	Intro Sine Die	Create Jobs by Expanding the R&D Tax Credit Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the rate of the tax credit for increasing research activities in 2011 and 2012; (2) extend such tax credit through 2012; and (3) allow cer... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB133	Intro Sine Die	Creating Jobs From Innovative Small Businesses Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a general business tax credit of 20% of the amount paid to acquire an equity investment in a qualified high technology small business concern. Defi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB134	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the tax credit for increasing research activities permanent. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB135	Intro Sine Die	National STEM Education Tax Incentive for Teachers Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain full-time elementary and secondary school teachers of math, science, engineering, or technology courses a refundable tax credit for 10%... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB143	Intro Sine Die	Permanently Repeal the Estate Tax Act of 2011 - Repeals the federal estate tax, effective for estates of decedents dying after December 31, 2010. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB144	Intro Sine Die	Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011 - 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB146	Intro Sine Die	War on Debt Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to establish and administer a new series of U.S. savings bonds to be known as "War on Debt Bonds," to be used first solely to reduce the amount of foreign-held public debt, an... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB149	Intro Sine Die	Social Security Beneficiary Tax Reduction Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal, effective January 1, 2011, the 1993 increase in income taxes on Social Security benefits. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB150	Intro Sine Die	Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the inclusion of any social security or tier I railroad retirement benefits in gross income. Appropriates funds to cover reductions in transfers to the Social Security a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB158	Intro Sine Die	Expensing Property Expands our Nation's Strong Economy Act of 2011 or the EXPENSE Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the limitations on the expensing of depreciable business assets; and (2) allow taxpayers to elect a two-ye... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB161	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Internal Revenue Code to define a teacher who works in a Head Start program for at least 700 hours during a school year as an eligible educator for purposes of the tax deduction for educational supplies (books, computer equipment, and othe... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB167	Intro Sine Die	Prohibits the use of federal funds for the design, renovation, construction, or rental of any U.N. headquarters in the United States unless the President transmits to Congress a certification that the United Nations has adopted internationally-recogn... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Foreign Affairs Committee
HB170	Intro Sine Die	Simple Savings Tax Relief Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income up to $400 (twice such amount on a joint return) of interest income annually. Provides for an inflation adjustment to such exclusion amount beginnin... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB171	Intro Sine Die	Health Care Tax Deduction Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals a tax deduction from gross income for health insurance premiums and unreimbursed prescription drug expenses paid for the benefit of the taxpayer and the tax... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB177	Intro Sine Die	Death Tax Repeal Act - Repeals the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB184	Intro Sine Die	Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act of 2011- Exempts provisions expanding the adoption tax credit and adoption assistance programs enacted by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 from the general terminating (sunset) provisions... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB185	Intro Sine Die	Permanent Tax Relief Act of 2011 - Makes provisions of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 that reduce income tax rates on dividend and capital gain income permanent. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce individual income ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB188	Intro Sine Die	Government Spending Responsibility Act - Prohibits the total discretionary appropriations for FY2011 from exceeding the total discretionary appropriations, calculated on an annualized basis, made for such fiscal year by the Continuing Appropriations ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Budget Committee
HB189	Intro Sine Die	Repeals all but specified provisions (among them the temporary increase to $250,000 in deposit and share insurance coverage) of title I (Troubled Asset Relief Program) (TARP) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. Restores or revives th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Financial Services Committee
HCR2	Intro Sine Die	Congressional Commission on the European Union Resolution - Establishes the Congressional Commission on the European Union (Commission), which shall be composed of 18 Members of the House of Representatives and Senate, to work with the European Parli... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Rules Committee
HCR3	Intro Sine Die	Urges: (1) the President to issue a report clearly outlining the responsibilities, qualifications, and authorities of the special assistants he has appointed (commonly referred to as "czars") and to certify to Congress that such czars will ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
HB24	Intro Sine Die	Redesignates: (1) the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps; and (2) the Secretary of the Navy as the Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps. Makes similar redesignations with respect to the Department Under Secretary,... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-05 To House Armed Services Committee