Sen. Mazie Hirono

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District SD-HI
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 238

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Federal
US Congress 112th Congress

Offending Oil Polluters Act of 2011 [HB-1814]
Offending Oil Polluters Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny all income tax credits and deductions to an offending oil polluter. Defines "offending oil polluter" to mean any person responsible for a vessel or a facility from which oil is discharged, unless such person: (1) has met all obligations under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to provide compensation for covered removal costs and damages; (2) was not found during the seven-year period after the first oil discharge to have committed willful or repeated violations under the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Peter Welch Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 05/10/2011

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Lena Horne Recognition Act [HB-1815]
Lena Horne Recognition Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the posthumous presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design in commemoration of Lena Horne in recognition of her achievements and contributions to American culture and the civil rights movement.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 04/18/2012

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Commuter Relief Act [HB-1825]
Commuter Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish a uniform monthly benefit amount of $200 for all types of transportation fringe benefits (commuting reimbursements, transit passes, parking, and bicycle commuting reimbursements) and allow a cost-of-living adjustment for such benefit amount beginning after 2012; (2) make self-employed individuals eligible for transit pass fringe benefits; (3) require certain employers who have an average of 50 employees during the calendar year to offer a parking cash-out program under which (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E853) on 05/11/2011

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Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 [HB-1842]
Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 or DREAM Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration Policy And Enforcement. on 06/01/2011

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Domestic Fuel for Enhancing National Security Act of 2011 [HB-1847]
Domestic Fuel for Enhancing National Security Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 and federal defense provisions to extend to 15 the number of years that a federal or Department of Defense (DOD) multiyear contract may be entered into in the case of the purchase of advanced biofuel. (Under current law, federal and DOD multiyear procurement contracts are limited to a five-year period.)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Referred To The Subcommittee On Readiness. on 05/24/2011

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Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 [HB-1852]
Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend and reauthorize appropriations for payments associated with operating approved graduate medical residency training programs.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Received In The Senate. Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 175. on 09/21/2011

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Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Pilots Equitable Treatment Act [HB-1867]
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Pilots Equitable Treatment Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), with regard to both single-employer and multiemployer plan guaranteed benefits, to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) , in the case of commercial airline pilots required by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulation to retire before age 65, to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity commencing at the required retirement age.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/08/2011

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Arbitration Fairness Act of 2011 [HB-1873]
Arbitration Fairness Act of 2011 - Declares that no predispute arbitration agreement shall be valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, or civil rights dispute. Declares, further, that the validity and enforceability of an agreement to arbitrate shall be determined by a court, under federal law, rather than an arbitrator, irrespective of whether the party resisting arbitration challenges the arbitration agreement specifically or in conjunction with other terms of the contract containing such agreement. Exempts from (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts, Commercial And Administrative Law. on 06/01/2011

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Healthy Families Act [HB-1876]
Healthy Families Act - Requires certain employers, who employ 15 or more employees for each working day during 20 or more workweeks a year, to permit each employee to earn at least one hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked. Declares that an employer shall not be required to permit an employee to earn more than 56 hours of paid sick time in a calendar year, unless the employer chooses to set a higher limit. Allows employees to use such time to: (1) meet their own medical needs; (2) care for the medical needs of certain family members; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 09/08/2011

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Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act of 2011 [HB-1897]
Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to coordinate and focus all Alzheimer's research activities of NIH, which shall include: (1) the establishment of a strategic Alzheimer's research plan to expedite therapeutic outcomes for individuals with or at risk for Alzheimer's; and (2) the provision of budget estimates, without regard to the probability that such amounts will be appropriated, of the amounts required to carry out the strategic plan. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/23/2011

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