Sexual Assault Training Oversight and Prevention Act [HB-3435]
Sexual Assault Training Oversight and Prevention Act or STOP Act - Establishes a Sexual Assault Oversight and Response Council, composed mainly of civilians, as an independent entity from the chain of command of the Department of Defense (DOD). Directs the Council to: (1) appoint personnel to the Sexual Assault Oversight and Response Office, and advise such Office; (2) appoint the Director of Military Prosecutions (Director); (3) review each request of the Director with respect to a case stemming from a sexual-related offense that has been referred
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HB-3435: Sexual Assault Training Oversight and Prevention Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 02/07/2012
National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act [HB-3465]
National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act - Identifies roadless areas within the National Forest System set forth in specified maps as National Forest Inventoried Roadless Areas, and directs the Secretary of Agriculture to manage such Areas to maintain their roadless character. Authorizes the Forest Service to modify such maps for the sole purpose of improving their accuracy or inclusiveness. Requires any substantial modification of those maps to be made through the national forest management planning process and documented in an environmental
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HB-3465: National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation, Energy, And Forestry. on 12/19/2011
Travel Regional Investment Partnership Act [HB-3484]
Travel Regional Investment Partnership Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a competitive grant program to promote domestic regional tourism growth and new domestic tourism markets. Limits grant amounts to a minimum of $100,000 and a maximum of $1 million. Allows such grants to be awarded to state tourism offices, local destination marketing organizations, and partnerships between a state or local government and local tourism entities. Requires matching funds from grant recipients. Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress
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Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2011 [HB-3485]
Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2011 - Amends provisions of federal civil service law to extend employment-related and retirement benefits to domestic partners of federal employees and to set forth requirements for establishing a domestic partnership, including the filing of an affidavit attesting to the existence and legitimacy of the partnership. Modifies provisions relating to the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) to extend eligibility for annuity and survivor benefits
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HB-3485: Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 03/29/2012
Wireless Innovation and Public Safety Act of 2011 [HB-3509]
Wireless Innovation and Public Safety Act of 2011 - Increases the allocation of electromagnetic spectrum for use by public safety entities by: (1) directing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reallocate to such entities specified frequencies of the 700 MHz D block spectrum, and (2) amending the Communications Act of 1934 to increase public safety services allocation and reduce commercial use allocation by 10 megahertz within a specified range. Authorizes the establishment of a private, nonprofit Public Safety Broadband Corporation to
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HB-3509: Wireless Innovation and Public Safety Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 12/09/2011
United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act [HB-3596]
United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act - Requires a business enterprise that employs 50 or more employees, excluding part-time employees, or 50 or more employees who in the aggregate work at least 1,500 hours per week, exclusive of overtime, in a call center to notify the Secretary of Labor at least 120 days before relocating such center outside of the United States. Subjects violators to a civil penalty of up to $10,000 a day. Directs the Secretary to maintain and make publicly available a list of all such employers that relocate
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HB-3596: United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commerce, Manufacturing, And Trade. on 12/09/2011
School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act [HB-3627]
School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in awarding grants to states under the children's asthma treatment grants program, to favor states that require their public elementary and secondary schools to: (1) permit authorized personnel to administer epinephrine to any student believed to be having an anaphylactic reaction, and (2) maintain a supply of epinephrine that is prescribed by a licensed physician and is stored in a secure and easily accessible
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HB-3627: School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 12/09/2011
Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity Act of 2011 [HB-363]
Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity Act of 2011 - Directs the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (government-sponsored enterprises or GSEs) each to carry out a one-year program providing for the refinancing of qualified single-family housing mortgages it owns through a refinancing mortgage (and for the purchase of and securitization of such refinancing mortgages) in accordance with this Act and the policies and procedures of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Defines
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HB-363: Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Referred To The Subcommittee On Capital Markets And Government Sponsored Enterprises. on 03/23/2011
Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 [HB-3743]
Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 - Title I: Temporary Payroll Tax Relief - Amends the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 to: (1) extend through 2012 the 2% reduction in the self-employment tax rate for self-employment income not exceeding the excess of $18,350 over any wages and compensation paid to a self-employed taxpayer, and (2) extend through February 29, 2012, the 2% reduction in employment tax rates for employee wages and compensation not exceeding $18,350. Title II: Temporary
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HB-3743: Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Capital Markets And Government Sponsored Enterprises. on 01/12/2012
Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act [HB-3782]
Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act or OPEN Act - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to establish a violation for operating or maintaining an Internet site dedicated to infringing activity (ISDIA). Defines ISDIA as an Internet site that is accessed through a nondomestic domain name, conducts business directed to U.S. residents, has only limited purpose or use other than engaging in infringing activity, and whose owner or operator primarily uses the site to: (1) willfully commit specified criminal copyright offenses or circumvent technological
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HB-3782: Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Intellectual Property, Competition And The Internet. on 01/25/2012