Robin Danielson Act [HB-2332]
Robin Danielson Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide for the conduct or support of research on the extent to which additives in feminine hygiene products pose any risks to the health of women or the health of the children of women who use those products during or before the pregnancies involved. Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) collect, analyze, and make available data on toxic shock syndrome, including data on
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HB-2332: Robin Danielson Act
Sponsored by: Rep. John Conyers
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/24/2011
Kate Puzey Peace Corps Volunteer Protection Act of 2011 [HB-2337]
Kate Puzey Peace Corps Volunteer Protection Act of 2011 - Amends the Peace Corps Act to require the Director of the Peace Corps: (1) as part of the training provided to all volunteers, to develop and implement comprehensive sexual assault risk-reduction and response training that conforms to best practices in the sexual assault field; and (2) once a trainee has arrived in such trainee's country of service, to provide that individual with training tailored to such country, including cultural training relating to gender relations, risk-reduction strategies,
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HB-2337: Kate Puzey Peace Corps Volunteer Protection Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 09/21/2011
Balancing Act of 2011 [HB-2346]
Balancing Act of 2011 - Family Leave Insurance Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to direct the Secretary of Labor to establish a Family and Medical Insurance Program, which may involve contracts with state programs, under which, for specified reasons, an eligible employee of a covered employer shall be entitled to family and medical leave insurance benefits for a total of 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month program. Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to establish a similar Civil Service Family and
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HB-2346: Balancing Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 09/08/2011
Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act [HB-2364]
Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide for employee leave to care for a domestic partner or his or her child, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law (as well as for a spouse, child, or parent), if such person has a serious health condition. Amends federal civil service law to apply the same leave allowance to federal employees.
HB-2364: Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 09/08/2011
SAVE Act [HB-2387]
Save Our Industries Act of 2011 or SAVE Act - Grants duty-free treatment, subject to specified conditions, to certain apparel wholly assembled in the United States or the Philippines, or both, and components of such apparel consisting entirely of: (1) fabric cut in the United States or the Philippines, or both, from fabric wholly formed in the United States from yarns wholly formed in the United States; (2) components knit-to-shape in the United States from yarns wholly formed in the United States; or (3) any combination of such fabric or components.
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HB-2387: SAVE Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Trade. on 07/07/2011
To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps. [HB-24]
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, the Department Assistant Secretaries, and the General Counsel.
HB-24: To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The House Committee On Armed Services. on 01/05/2011
Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2011 [HB-2412]
Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to equalize and increase to $230, with a cost-of-living adjustment after 2012, the tax exclusion for both transportation and parking fringe benefits.
HB-2412: Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 07/06/2011
HB-2422: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 45 Bay Street, Suite 2, in Staten Island, New York, as the "Sergeant Angel Mendez Post Office".
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks
Became Public Law No: 112-89. on 01/03/2012
You have voted HB-2422: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 45 Bay Street, Suite 2, in Staten Island, New York, as the "Sergeant Angel Mendez Post Office"..
Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning Act of 2011 [HB-2437]
Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning Act of 2011 - Amends title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include teacher and principal training in practices that address the social and emotional development needs of students among the activities funded under the Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund program. Allows funded training to include training in classroom instruction and schoolwide initiatives that enable students to acquire the knowledge, attitudes, and skills most conducive to social and emotional competency.
HB-2437: Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 09/08/2011