Prescribe A Book Act [HB-820]
Prescribe A Book Act - Creates a Pediatric Early Literacy program under which the Secretary of Education awards matching grants to nonprofit organizations for the implementation of three-part models through which: (1) health care providers encourage parents to read aloud to their children and offer them recommendations and strategies for doing so; (2) health care providers give each visiting child between the ages of six months and five-years a new, developmentally appropriate children's book to take home and keep; and (3) volunteers reading to
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HB-820: Prescribe A Book Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 03/04/2011
Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act [HB-835]
Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to define a "high volume retail breeder" as a person who, in commerce, for compensation or profit: (1) has an ownership interest in or custody of one or more breeding female dogs; and (2) sells, via any means of conveyance, more than 50 of the offspring of such dogs for use as pets in any one-year period. Considers such a breeder of dogs to be a dealer. Requires dealers to include on licensing applications and annual renewals the total number of dogs exempted from exercise
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HB-835: Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Livestock, Dairy, And Poultry. on 03/09/2011
HB-854: To authorize the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 10/04/2011
You have voted HB-854: To authorize the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes..
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles. [HB-860]
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the charitable tax deduction for contributions of qualified vehicles (i.e., highway motor vehicles, boats, or airplanes) to: (1) set forth revised acknowledgment requirements for vehicles valued at $2,500 or less and vehicles valued at more than $2,500; and (2) revise the penalty for submitting a fraudulent acknowledgment.
HB-860: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 03/01/2011
United States Marshals Service 225th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act [HB-886]
United States Marshals Service 225th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act - (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in commemoration of the 225th anniversary of the establishment of the United States Marshals Service, to mint and issue $5 gold and $1 silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins emblematic of the 225 years of exemplary and unparalleled achievements of the U.S. Marshals Service. (Sec. 5) Permits: (1) only one facility of the United States Mint to be used to strike any particular combination of denomination and quality of the coins
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HB-886: United States Marshals Service 225th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Became Public Law No: 112-104. on 04/02/2012
Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Act of 2011 [HB-889]
Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Act of 2011 - Defines a "federal science agency" as any federal agency responsible for at least 2% of total federal research and development funding to institutions of higher education (IHEs), according to National Science Foundation (NSF) data. Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to develop a policy for federal science agencies to carry out a program of workshops that educate specified federally funded researchers about methods that minimize
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HB-889: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Research And Science Education. on 03/09/2011
HB-902: To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to consider reconstruction and improvement of flood protection systems when establishing flood insurance rates.
Sponsored by: Rep. Doris Matsui
Referred To The Subcommittee On Insurance, Housing And Community Opportunity. on 04/04/2011
You have voted HB-902: To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to consider reconstruction and improvement of flood protection systems when establishing flood insurance rates..
HB-905: To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals under Medicare.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/14/2011
You have voted HB-905: To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals under Medicare..
American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2011 [HB-942]
American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through December 31, 2012, the tax credit for increasing research activities; and (2) increase the rate of the alternative simplified tax credit to 20% and make such credit permanent.
HB-942: American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 03/08/2011
Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2011 [HB-998]
Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2011 - Prohibits public school students from being excluded from participating in, or subject to discrimination under, any federally-assisted educational program on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity or that of their associates. Considers harassment to be a form of discrimination. Prohibits retaliation against anyone for opposing conduct they reasonably believe to be unlawful under this Act. Authorizes federal departments and agencies to enforce these prohibitions by cutting
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HB-998: Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 03/21/2011