To grant the congressional gold medal to the Montford Point Marines. [HB-2447]
Authorizes the award of a single Congressional Gold Medal to collectively honor the Montford Point Marines, U.S. Marine Corps, in recognition of their dedicated service during World War II. (Camp Montford Point, North Carolina, was the site for the training of the first African-American Marines.) Permits the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medal, at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the medals. Authorizes appropriations.
HB-2447: To grant the congressional gold medal to the Montford Point Marines.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Became Public Law No: 112-59. on 11/23/2011
REAPS Act of 2011 [HB-2487]
Reducing the Deficit through Eliminating Agriculture Direct Payment Subsidies Act of 2011 or REAPS Act of 2011 - Amends the the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to terminate direct payments for covered commodities and peanuts. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to limit to $65,000 per crop year: (1) average crop revenue election (ACRE) and counter-cyclical payments for one or more covered commodities, and (2) ACRE payments for peanuts. Applies such provisions to the 2012 crop year.
HB-2487: REAPS Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Referred To The Subcommittee On General Farm Commodities And Risk Management. on 07/22/2011
Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act of 2011 [HB-2492]
Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act of 2011 - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit any person from knowingly attending an animal fighting venture or causing a minor (a person under the age of 18) to attend such a venture. Subjects any person who: (1) knowingly attends such venture to a fine and/or imprisonment for up to a year for each violation, and (2) causes a minor to attend such venture to a fine and/or imprisonment for up to three years for each violation.
HB-2492: Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 08/25/2011
Lymphedema Diagnosis and Treatment Cost-Saving Act of 2011 [HB-2499]
Lymphedema Diagnosis and Treatment Cost Savings Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend coverage to lymphedema diagnosis and treatment services. including lymphedema compression treatment items.
HB-2499: Lymphedema Diagnosis and Treatment Cost-Saving Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/20/2011
Equal Access and Parity for Multi-Campus Hospitals Act [HB-2500]
Equal Access and Parity for Multi-Campus Hospitals Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), with respect to payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services, to prescribe a special rule for applying Medicare electronic health record (EHR) incentive payments, at the election of a qualified main hospital, to its remote inpatient locations. Prohibits administrative or judicial review of: (1) the methodology and standards for determining a remote inpatient location, a qualified remote inpatient location, a component
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HB-2500: Equal Access and Parity for Multi-Campus Hospitals Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/20/2011
Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2011 [HB-2501]
Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2011 - Declares it an unlawful practice for certain employers with at least 15 employees for each working day in each of at least 20 calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year to: (1) refuse to consider or offer employment to an individual based on present or past unemployment regardless of the length of time such individual was unemployed; (2) publish an advertisement or announcement for any job with provisions indicating that such an unemployed status disqualifies an individual and that an employer
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HB-2501: Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/08/2011
HB-2508: To extend through fiscal year 2013 the increase in the maximum original principal obligation of a mortgage that may be purchased by the Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Referred To The Subcommittee On Capital Markets And Government Sponsored Enterprises. on 08/22/2011
You have voted HB-2508: To extend through fiscal year 2013 the increase in the maximum original principal obligation of a mortgage that may be purchased by the Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and for other purposes..
Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act [HB-2511]
Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act - Extends copyright protection to fashion designs. Revises the definition of "useful article" to include an article of apparel (clothing, handbags, purses, wallets, tote bags, belts, and eyeglass frames). Excludes from protection designs embodied in a useful article made public by the designer or owner: (1) more than two years before the date of the application for registration in the case of a vessel hull design, and (2) more than three years before the date upon which protection of the design
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HB-2511: Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks
Referred To The Subcommittee On Intellectual Property, Competition And The Internet. on 08/25/2011
Shareholder Protection Act of 2011 [HB-2517]
Shareholder Protection Act of 2011 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require that any solicitation of a proxy, consent, or authorization with respect to any security of an issuer: (1) describe the specific nature (to the extent known) and total amount of expenditures proposed for political activities for the forthcoming fiscal year but not yet authorized by a vote of the issuer's shareholders, and (2) provide for a separate shareholder vote to authorize such proposed expenditures. Prohibits an issuer from making an expenditure for
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HB-2517: Shareholder Protection Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Capital Markets And Government Sponsored Enterprises. on 08/22/2011
National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act [HB-2527]
National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 50,000 $5 gold coins, 400,000 $1 silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar coins in recognition of the National Baseball Hall of Fame during the one-year period beginning on January 1, 2014. Directs the Secretary to: (1) hold a competition to determine the design of the common obverse of the coins, with such design being emblematic of the game of baseball; and (2) determine compensation for the winning design, which shall be
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HB-2527: National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Became Public Law No: 112-152. on 08/03/2012