Federal Law Enforcement Personnel and Resources Allocation Improvement Act of 2012 [HB-1550]
Federal Law Enforcement Personnel and Resources Allocation Improvement Act of 2012 - Directs the Attorney General, in allocating federal law enforcement personnel and resources, to give priority to placing and retaining those personnel and resources in states and local jurisdictions that have a high incidence of homicide or other violent crime, based on federal records of crime, including the National Uniform Crime Reports, or on the best and most current information otherwise available to the Attorney General. Requires the Attorney General to designate
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HB-1550: Federal Law Enforcement Personnel and Resources Allocation Improvement Act of 2012
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 08/02/2012
Produce the Note Act of 2011 [HB-1618]
Produce the Note Act of 2011 - Prohibits commencement of any foreclosure in connection with certain residential mortgages unless the person commencing the foreclosure complies with specified prerequisites, including identification of the actual holder of the mortgage note, the originating mortgage lender and all subsequent assignees, and other all parties who have an interest in the real estate subject to the mortgage or in the mortgage or its proceeds. Requires the person commencing the foreclosure to: (1) notify the mortgagor, in writing, not
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HB-1618: Produce the Note Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. John Conyers
Referred To The Subcommittee On Financial Institutions And Consumer Credit. on 05/02/2011
Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2011 [HB-1648]
Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states, on an ongoing basis, to: (1) collect and report certain information on bullying and harassment by youth in their elementary and secondary schools and communities; (2) conduct, and report the results of, a needs assessment for bullying and harassment prevention programs; and (3) provide technical assistance to local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools in their efforts to thwart bullying and harassment. Requires LEAs to: (1) include
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HB-1648: Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 05/20/2011
Keep American Jobs from Going Down the Drain Act [HB-1684]
Keep American Jobs from Going Down the Drain Act - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the use of funds made available from a state loan fund or a state water pollution control revolving fund, respectively, from being used for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water system unless the steel, iron, and manufactured goods used in such project are produced in the United States. Waives such requirement when the Administrator
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HB-1684: Keep American Jobs from Going Down the Drain Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment And The Economy. on 05/06/2011
Big Oil Welfare Repeal Act of 2011 [HB-1689]
Big Oil Welfare Repeal Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for income attributable to the domestic production, refining, processing, transportation, or distribution of oil, gas, or any primary products thereof by a major integrated oil company (an oil company which has an average daily worldwide production of crude oil of at least 500,000 barrels for the taxable year and which had gross receipts in excess of $1 billion for its last taxable year ending during calendar year 2005).
HB-1689: Big Oil Welfare Repeal Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 05/03/2011
American Steel First Act of 2011 [HB-1703]
American Steel First Act of 2011 - Prohibits heads of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Defense (DOD), and the Department of Transportation (DOT) from obligating or expending funds or providing financial assistance for projects for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public building or public work unless all of the iron and steel used in such project is produced in the United States. Waives such prohibition in cases where: (1) the prohibition would be inconsistent with the public interest, (2) iron
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HB-1703: American Steel First Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. David Cicilline
Referred To The Subcommittee On Oversight, Investigations, And Management. on 05/10/2011
Annual National Classified School Employee of the Year Award Act [HB-1704]
Annual National Classified School Employee of the Year Award Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award National Classified School Employee of the Year Awards to classified public school employees within certain occupational specialties who provide exemplary service to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education. Requires the Secretary to choose an awardee each year, out of nominations received from each state, from one of the following occupational specialties: (1) paraprofessional services, (2) clerical and administrative services,
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HB-1704: Annual National Classified School Employee of the Year Award Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 05/20/2011
Job Creation and Energy Security Act of 2011 [HB-1712]
Job Creation and Energy Security Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt sales of natural gas, or any product derived from natural gas, for use in motor vehicles from the $5 million retail sales limitation applicable to independent producers of petroleum products for purposes of the oil and gas depreciation allowance.
HB-1712: Job Creation and Energy Security Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 05/04/2011
Balancing Trade Act of 2011 [HB-1717]
Balancing Trade Act of 2011 - Requires the President, if in three consecutive calendar years the United States has a trade deficit with another country of $10 billion or more, to take the necessary steps to create a trading relationship that would eliminate or substantially reduce that trade deficit by entering into an agreement with that country.
HB-1717: Balancing Trade Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Ryan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Trade. on 05/11/2011
Teacher Tax Relief Act of 2011 [HB-1738]
Teacher Tax Relief Act of 2011 - Amends Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax deduction for the expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers, to: (1) increase the maximum dollar amount of such deduction to $500, (2) allow the deduction of professional development expenses, and (3) make such deduction permanent.
HB-1738: Teacher Tax Relief Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 05/05/2011