Postal Service Protection Act of 2011 [HB-3591]
Postal Service Protection Act of 2011 - Sets forth rules for the recalculation of annuities for employees of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and for the redetermination of surplus or supplemental liabilities under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS). Prescribes the "average pay" to be used in calculating annuities and surplus amounts. Authorizes the transfer of surplus postal retirement contributions in FY2010 to the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund, the Postal Service Fund, and the Employees' Compensation Fund under the Federal
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HB-3591: Postal Service Protection Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Referred To The Committee On Oversight And Government Reform, And In Addition To The Committee On The Judiciary, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 12/07/2011
HB-3593: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 787 State Route 17M in Monroe, New York, as the "National Clandestine Service of the Central Intelligence Agency NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office".
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks
Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Referred To Subcommittee On Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, And International Security. on 08/29/2012
You have voted HB-3593: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 787 State Route 17M in Monroe, New York, as the "National Clandestine Service of the Central Intelligence Agency NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office"..
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
Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2011 [HB-3612]
Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2011- Includes as part of the Republic of Vietnam its territorial seas for purposes of the presumption of service connection for diseases associated with exposure by veterans to certain herbicide agents while in Vietnam.
HB-3612: Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The House Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 12/08/2011
Cardiomyopathy Health Education, Awareness, Risk Assessment, and Training in the Schools (HEARTS) Act of 2011 [HB-3625]
Cardiomyopathy Health Education, Awareness, Risk Assessment, and Training in the Schools (HEARTS) Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in conjunction with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop and provide for dissemination to school administrators, educators, school health professionals, coaches, and families, as well as to state and local health departments, pediatricians, hospitals, and other health professionals, of public education
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HB-3625: Cardiomyopathy Health Education, Awareness, Risk Assessment, and Training in the Schools (HEARTS) Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 12/09/2011
Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2011 [HB-3634]
Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2011 - Amends federal criminal code provisions relating to Federal Prison Industries (FPI) to establish governmentwide procurement policies for purchases from FPI based upon competitive procedures. Authorizes contract awards on a noncompetitive basis if the Attorney General determines that FPI cannot reasonably expect fair consideration to receive a contract award on a competitive basis and the contract award is necessary to maintain inmate work opportunities. Specifies conditions under
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HB-3634: Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. David Loebsack
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 01/06/2012
Investing in America's Small Businesses Act of 2011 [HB-3635]
Investing in America's Small Businesses Act of 2011 - Amends the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to require the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund to make grants to community development financial institutions to enable such institutions to establish a loan-loss reserve fund to defray the costs of a small business loan program. Defines "small business loan program" as a program in which a community development financial institution offers loans to small businesses that: (1) are made in amounts
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HB-3635: Investing in America's Small Businesses Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Financial Institutions And Consumer Credit. on 01/12/2012
National Blue Alert Act of 2012 [HB-365]
National Blue Alert Act of 2012 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish a national Blue Alert communications network within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disseminate information when a law enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, in coordination with federal, state, and local Blue Alert plans; and (2) assign an existing DOJ officer to act as the national coordinator of the Blue Alert communications network. Sets forth the duties of the national coordinator, including: (1) providing assistance to states
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HB-365: National Blue Alert Act of 2012
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Received In The Senate. on 05/16/2012
Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2012 [HB-3658]
Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2012 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct: (1) the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to designate a Global Water Coordinator to coordinate and oversee water, sanitation, and hygiene assistance, and (2) the Secretary of State to designate a Special Advisor for Water Resources to coordinate and oversee policy relating to water and sanitation assistance. Sets forth principles to ensure that water, sanitation, and hygiene projects carried out
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HB-3658: Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2012
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E2254) on 12/14/2011
HB-3661: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 12/14/2011
You have voted HB-3661: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program..