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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Persian Gulf War Veterans Health Act
of 1998''.
SEC. 2. PRESUMPTION OF SERVICE CONNECTION FOR ILLNESSES ASSOCIATED WITH
SERVICE IN THE PERSIAN GULF DURING THE PERSIAN GULF WAR.
(a) In General.--(1) Subchapter II of chapter 11 of title 38,... | Persian Gulf War Veterans Health Act of 1998 - Presumes to be service-connected (and therefore compensable or treatable under Federal veterans' benefits provisions) an illness that: (1) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines to have a positive association with a biological, chemical, or other toxic agent or envi... | Persian Gulf War Veterans Health Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Contractors and Federal Spending
Accountability Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. DATABASE FOR CONTRACTING OFFICERS AND SUSPENSION AND DEBARMENT
OFFICIALS.
(a) In General.--Subject to the authority, direction, and control
of the Director of the Off... | Contractors and Federal Spending Accountability Act of 2008 - (Sec. 2) Requires the Administrator of General Services, subject to the authority of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to establish and maintain on a General Services Administration (GSA) website a database of information regarding t... | To improve Federal agency awards and oversight of contracts and assistance and to strengthen accountability of the Government-wide suspension and debarment system. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Disaster Response Reform Act of
2015''.
TITLE I--FEMA DISASTER ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS
SEC. 101. HOUSING UNITS IN HOUSING COOPERATIVES.
(a) Housing Cooperative Defined.--Section 102 of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Em... | Disaster Response Reform Act of 2015 Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to require the President, in providing repair or replacement assistance to owner-occupied private residences damaged by a major disaster declared after enactment of this Act, to: (1) treat an owner-occupied h... | Disaster Response Reform Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ocean and Coastal Adaptation
Planning Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Oceans are a major carbon sink and have absorbed nearly
50 percent of all anthropogenic carbon dioxide emitted into the
... | Ocean and Coastal Adaptation Planning Act - Directs the Administrators of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to jointly establish four Institutes for Ocean and Coastal Adaptation to Climate Change and Ocean Acidification to: (1) assess, prepare for, ... | A bill to establish 4 regional institutes as centers of excellence for research, planning, and related efforts to assess and prepare for the impacts of climate change on ocean and coastal areas and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Retain Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Hundreds of American corporations are shipping
thousands of jobs to foreign countries.
(2) United States companies either send American jobs
o... | Retain Act This bill requires an executive agency to give a contracting preference to an offeror that certifies it will retain jobs performed in the United States and use products substantially manufactured in, and services provided in, the United States for the contract. To be eligible, an offeror shall certify that ... | Retain Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Hydropower
Improvement Act of 2010''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Sense of Congress ... | Hydropower Improvement Act of 2010 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should increase substantially the capacity and generation of clean, renewable hydropower resources which will improve environmental quality in the United States and support hundreds of thousands of green energy jobs.
Instructs ... | A bill to improve hydropower, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Northern Nevada Sustainable
Development in Mining Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds as follows:
(1) In the past decade, the concept of ``sustainable
development'' has become standard United Stat... | Northern Nevada Sustainable Development in Mining Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Couer Rochester, Inc., in return for a payment of $500 per acre, specified federal lands in Pershing County, Nevada, subject to Coeur Rochester Inc.'s mining claims maintained under the general mining laws. Prohib... | To direct the Secretary of the Interior to dispose of certain public lands that are subject to mining operations in Pershing County, Nevada, to support sustainable development opportunities for the community in which the mining operations occur through privatization of the lands allowing for productive post-mining land... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness in IRS Debt Payment Act of
1999''.
SEC. 2. INTEREST ON TAX PORTION OF UNDERPAYMENT TO BE COMPOUNDED
ANNUALLY.
(a) In General.--Section 6622 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to interest compounded daily) is amended ... | Fairness in IRS Debt Payment Act of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to compute interest on the tax portion of underpayments annually (currently daily).
Allocates payments for taxable period underpayments equally among such periods or as directed by the taxpayer.
Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from mo... | Fairness in IRS Debt Payment Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Immigrants From Legal
Exploitation Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. SCHEMES TO PROVIDE FRAUDULENT IMMIGRATION SERVICES.
(a) In General.--Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1041. Schemes to... | Protecting Immigrants From Legal Exploitation Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to subject a person to fine, imprisonment, or both, who: (1) knowingly or recklessly executes a scheme in connection with any federal immigration law-related matter to defraud a person, or to obtain money or anything else of va... | Protecting Immigrants From Legal Exploitation Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Reforming Federal
Procurement of Information Technology Act'' or ``RFP-IT Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Increase in s... | Reforming Federal Procurement of Information Technology Act or RFP-IT Act - Establishes an increased $500,000 simplified acquisition threshold for contracts for the purchase of information technology services from a small business concern. Makes permanent the authority to issue solicitations for purchases of comm... | RFP-IT Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Helping Small Business Succeed Act
of 2009''.
SEC. 2. MAXIMUM LOAN AMOUNTS UNDER 7(A) PROGRAM.
Section 7(a)(3)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
636(a)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ``$1,500,000 (or if the gross loan
amount would exceed $2,000,0... | Helping Small Business Succeed Act of 2009 - Amends the Small Business Act to increase maximum amounts of loans under the section 7(a) guaranteed loan program and the Microloan Program. Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to increase maximum amounts of loans to state and local development companies for pla... | A bill to make improvements to certain loan programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Advancing Grid Storage Act of
2015''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Energy storage system.--The term ``energy storage
system'' means a system or strategy that improves the ability
to shift the dispatch of energy in ... | Advancing Grid Storage Act of 2015 This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish certain energy storage programs. The bill establishes a program for the research of energy storage systems within DOE's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. DOE must establish a loan program to provide loans to states... | Advancing Grid Storage Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Congress strongly supports providing every honorably
discharged veteran the opportunity to be buried in a national
veterans cemetery in recognition of their sacrifices for the
freedoms enjoyed by every United States citiz... | Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery in Sarpy County, Nebraska, to serve the needs of veterans and their families in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. | To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery in Sarpy County, Nebraska, to serve veterans in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States Agricultural Products
Market Access Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The export of agricultural products is of vital
importance to the economy of the ... | United States Agricultural Products Market Access Act of 1997 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to direct the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to identify those foreign countries that: (1) deny fair and equitable market access to U.S. agricultural products or apply standards for the importation of U.S. agricultu... | United States Agricultural Products Market Access Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fossil Aid is Inefficient and
Regressive Energy Policy Act'' or the ``FAIR Energy Policy Act''.
SEC. 2. PHASE OUT OF TAX PREFERENCES FOR FOSSIL FUELS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) United States tax policy has provided tax... | Fossil Aid is Inefficient and Regressive Energy Policy Act or the FAIR Energy Policy Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to phase out certain tax provisions that apply to fossil fuels. The bill establishes a schedule for decreasing the benefits of the provisions for major integrated oil companies by specifi... | FAIR Energy Policy Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Postal Closures Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. POSTAL FACILITY CLOSURE AND CONSOLIDATIONS.
(a) Moratorium on Closings and Consolidations.--Beginning on the
date of enactment of this Act, the United States Postal Service may not
close or consolidate any po... | Stop Postal Closures Act of 2016 This bill prohibits the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from: (1) closing or consolidating any postal facility without the approval of the Postal Regulatory Commission, or (2) closing or consolidating any postal facility or carrying out any network rationalization activity until the Commissi... | Stop Postal Closures Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities
Act''.
SEC. 2. ENSURING THAT LOCAL AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MAY
COOPERATE TO SAFEGUARD OUR COMMUNITIES.
(a) Authority To Cooperate With Federal Officials.--A State, a
political subdivision of a... | Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act This bill prohibits a sanctuary jurisdiction from receiving grants under certain Economic Development Assistance Programs and the Community Development Block Grant Program. A sanctuary jurisdiction is a state or political subdivision that has a statute, policy, or practice in effect ... | Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Domestic Violence Hotline
Enhancement Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) There are over 2,000 domestic violence shelters in the
United States.
(2) The National Domestic Violence ... | National Domestic Violence Hotline Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award a grant to a nonprofit organization to establish and operate an Internet website to: (1) link the National Domestic Violence Hotline, every domestic violence shelter, State and local domestic violence agenci... | A bill to ensure that victims of domestic violence get the help they need in a single phone call, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal and Small Business Telework
Promotion Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) Federal, State, and local governments spend billions of
dollars annually on the Nation's transportation needs;
(2) cong... | Federal and Small Business Telework Promotion Act - Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to require each federal agency to take necessary actions to reduce the level of fuel consumed by vehicles of employees of such agency (other than fuel for military purposes) by ten percent or more during the one-year ... | To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to conduct a pilot program to raise awareness about telework among small business employers, and to encourage such employers to offer telework options to employees, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``American
Metalworking Manufacturers Support Act''.
(b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) There are roughly 35,000 metalworking companies with
approximately 2 million employees throughout the coun... | American Metalworking Manufacturers Support Act - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to: (1) carry out a program to provide business stabilization loans to viable small metalworking businesses that have a qualifying SBA small business loan and are experiencing immediate financial hards... | To establish small metalworking business financial assistance programs, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``International Civil Rights Center
and Museum Commemorative Coin Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) on February 1, 1960, 4 African-American students of
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University sa... | International Civil Rights Center and Museum Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue, during 2010, up to 1,000 $1 coins in commemoration of the opening of the International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Requires sales to include a $10 surcharge p... | A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the opening of the International Civil Rights Center and Museum. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Landmine Removal Assistance Act''.
SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
(a) In General--The President shall carry out a program for
humanitarian purposes to improve awareness, detection, and clearance of
antipersonnel landmines and explosive ordnance.
(b) F... | Landmine Removal Assistance Act - Directs the President to carry out a humanitarian program (including technical and financial assistance to foreign governments, the United Nations, and specified kinds of humanitarian and international organizations) to improve awareness, detection, and clearance of antipersonnel landm... | Landmine Removal Assistance Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Holocaust Victims' Assets,
Restitution Policy, and Remembrance Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The United States should continue to lead the
international effort to identify, protect, and return l... | Holocaust Victims' Assets, Restitution Policy, and Remembrance Act - Establishes the National Foundation for the Study of Holocaust Assets as an independent entity of the Executive branch to: (1) serve as a centralized repository for research and information about Holocaust-era assets; and (2) create tools to assist in... | To establish a National Foundation for the Study of Holocaust Assets. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Relief for Caribbean
Nationals Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Haiti, Grenada, and the Cayman Islands have been
severely devastated by Tropical Storm Jeanne and Hurricane
Ivan.
... | Emergency Relief for Caribbean Nationals Act - Requires Haiti, Grenada, and the Cayman Islands to be treated as if such countries had been designated for purposes of the temporary protected status (TPS) provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Requires the initial period of designation to remain in effect fo... | To designate Haiti, Grenada, and the Cayman Islands under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to make nationals of those countries eligible for temporary protected status under such section. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Equity in Career and Technical
Education Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal
of, a section or other provision, the r... | Equity in Career and Technical Education Act of 2016 This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to require state and local educational agencies to conduct an annual equity gap assessment for career and technical education programs of study and create plans on how to reduce the gap.T... | Equity in Career and Technical Education Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Secure Delivery for America Act of
2014''.
SEC. 2. DELIVERY-POINT MODERNIZATION.
(a) In General.--Subchapter VII of chapter 36 of title 39, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 3692. Delivery-point modernization
... | Secure Delivery for America Act of 2014 - Declares that it is the policy of the United States Postal Service (USPS) to: (1) provide access to secure, convenient package delivery receptacles to the greatest number of postal patrons feasible; and (2) use the most cost-effective primary mode of mail delivery feasible. Di... | Secure Delivery for America Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Venture Capital Act
of 2009''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) the terms ``Administration'' and ``Administrator'' mean
the Small Business Administration and the Administrator
thereof, respectively;
... | Small Business Venture Capital Act of 2009 - Amends the Small Business Act to reauthorize for FY2010-FY2013 the venture capital program under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (a program under which small business investment companies (SBICs) provide capital financing to small businesses).
Increases the maxim... | A bill to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to reauthorize the venture capital program, and for other purposes. |
TITLE I--LEIF ERICSON MILLENNIUM COMMEMORATIVE COIN
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Leif Ericson Millennium
Commemorative Coin Act''.
SEC. 102. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.
(a) $1 Silver Coins.--In conjunction with the simultaneous minting
and issuance of commemorative coins by the Republi... | Mandates that all coin surcharges be paid to the Leifur Eiriksson Foundation for the purpose of funding student exchanges between the United States and Iceland.
Title II: Capitol Visitor Center Commemorative Coin
- United States Capitol Visitor Center Commemorative Coin Act of 1999 - Directs the Secretary of the Treas... | To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in conjunction with the minting of coins by the Republic of Iceland in commemoration of the millennium of the discovery of the New World by Lief Ericson. |
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.
For the purpose of this Act--
(1) the term ``individual serving in the legislative
branch'' means any individual under section 2106 or 2107 of
title 5, United States Code; and
(2) the term ``appropriate administrative authority''
means, wit... | Provides that dependent care assistance benefits be made available to individuals serving in the legislative branch of Government. | To provide that dependent care assistance benefits be made available to individuals serving in the legislative branch of the Government. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Urban Jobs Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) One-third of minority youth are unemployed.
(2) The labor force participation rate for persons without
a high school... | Urban Jobs Act of 2011 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to make competitive grants to national private nonprofit community-based organizations to carry out Urban Jobs Programs to provide job training, education, and support services and activities for eligible urban yout... | A bill to amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to provide grants for Urban Jobs Programs, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. JUDICIAL REVIEW.
(a) Amendment.--Section 611 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 611. Judicial review
``(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), not later than 180
days after the effective date of a final rule with respect to which an
agency--
``(A... | Amends Federal civil service law to revise Federal provisions regarding judicial review of regulatory flexibility analyses.
(Sec. 1) Authorizes an affected small entity to petition for judicial review within 180 days after the effective date of a final rule which an agency certified would not have a significant econom... | To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify procedures for judicial review of Federal agency compliance with regulatory flexibility analysis requirements, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cuban Airport Security Act of
2017''.
SEC. 2. FLIGHTS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CUBA.
(a) In General.--The Administrator of the Transportation Security
Administration shall brief the Committee on Homeland Security of the
House of Representatives, ... | . Cuban Airport Security Act of 2017 This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to brief Congress and the Government Accountability Office on specified aspects of security measures at each of Cuba's 10 international airports No U.S. air carrier that ... | Cuban Airport Security Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Inclusive Home Design Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(1) Covered dwelling unit.--The term ``covered dwelling
unit'' means a dwelling unit that--
(A) is a detached single family house, a ... | Inclusive Home Design Act of 2002 - Requires new covered dwellings (certain residences designed, constructed, commissioned, or contracted with Federal financial assistance) to include at least one entrance that is accessible to, and usable by, people with disabilities. Exempts buildings from that and other entrance req... | To require all newly constructed, federally assisted single-family houses and town houses to meet minimum standards of visitability for persons with disabilities. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Universal Military
Training and Service Act of 2001''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Sec. 3. Basic milita... | Universal Military Training and Service Act of 2001 - Makes it the obligation of male citizens and residents between 18 and 22 to receive basic military training and education as a member of the armed forces unless otherwise exempt under this Act. Permits female citizens and residents between such ages to volunteer for... | To require the induction into the Armed Forces of young men registered under the Military Selective Service Act, and to authorize young women to volunteer, to receive basic military training and education for a period of up to one year. |
SECTION 1. INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT ON PARTICIPATION IN FAA PROGRAMS BY
DISADVANTAGED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS.
Section 140 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 is
amended--
(1) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ``each of fiscal
... | This bill amends the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to extend through FY2017 and periodically thereafter the requirement that the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation report annually to Congress on the number of new small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and ec... | To amend the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 and title 49, United States Code, with respect to disadvantaged business enterprises, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ellie Helton, Lisa Colagrossi,
Teresa Anne Lawrence, and Jennifer Sedney Focused Research Act'' or
``Ellie's Law''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) An estimated 6 million people in the United States, or
... | Ellie Helton, Lisa Colagrossi, Teresa Anne Lawrence, and Jennifer Sedney Focused Research Act or Ellie's Law This bill authorizes appropriations for the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to conduct or support research on unruptured brain aneurysms in a patient population diversified by age, sex, a... | Ellie Helton, Lisa Colagrossi, Teresa Anne Lawrence, and Jennifer Sedney Focused Research Act |
SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF THE NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE.
(a) Amendments to ERISA.--Section 204 of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 is amended by redesignating subsection (k)
as subsection (l) and by inserting after subsection (j) the following
new subsection:
``(k) Special Rule for Determin... | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to formulate a special rule for determining normal retirement age for certain existing defined benefit plans. | To establish a special rule for determining normal retirement age for certain existing defined benefit plans. |
SECTION 1. CHARTER.
The National Academies of Practice organized and incorporated under
the laws of the District of Columbia, is hereby recognized as such and
is granted a Federal charter.
SEC. 2. CORPORATE POWERS.
The National Academies of Practice (hereafter referred to in this
Act as the ``corporation'... | Grants a Federal charter to the National Academies of Practice, honoring persons of the health care professions. | A bill to recognize the organization known as the National Academies of Practice, and for other purposes. |
That this Act may be
cited as the ``Social Security Administration Services Preservation
Act''.
findings and purposes
Sec. 2. (a) The Congress finds that--
(1) the service philosophy of the Social Security
Administration recognizes that the effective administration ... | Social Security Administration Services Preservation Act - Amends title VII (Administration) of the Social Security Act to require the Social Security Administration (SSA) to provide advance public notice of a determination to close, consolidate, or recategorize an SSA office. Requires the SSA, when making such determ... | Social Security Administration Services Preservation Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Family Unity Promotion Act of
1994''.
SEC. 2. COMBINED RETURN TO WHICH UNMARRIED RATES APPLY.
(a) In General.--Subpart B of part II of subchapter A of chapter 61
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to income tax returns)
is amended by inser... | Family Unity Promotion Act of 1994 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow married couples to make a combined return of income taxes under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to unmarried individuals. Makes the standard deduction applicable to such individual.
Allows certain spouses a full deduction... | Family Unity Promotion Act of 1994 |
TITLE I--TIMPANOGOS INTERAGENCY LAND EXCHANGE
SEC. 101. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the facility that houses the administrative office of the
Pleasant Grove Ranger District of the Uinta National Forest can no
longer properly serve the purpose of the facility;
... | Title I: Timpanogos Interagency Land Exchange - (Sec. 104) Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary) to exchange specified Federal lands for non-Federal lands in the Salt Lake Meridian, Utah.Requires the Secretary to determine that title to the non-Federal land is acceptable based on Federal land acquisit... | A bill to provide for the acquisition of land and construction of an interagency administrative and visitor facility at the entrance to American Fork Canyon, Utah, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Boat Protection Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF VESSEL HULL DESIGNS.
Title 17, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
thereof the following new chapter:
``CHAPTER 12--PROTECTION OF VESSEL HULL DESIGNS
``Sec.
``1201. Defin... | Boat Protection Act of 1996 - Sets forth copyright provisions regarding the protection of vessel hull designs.
Defines: (1) "plug" as a device or model used to make a mold for the purpose of exact duplication, regardless of whether the device or model has an intrinsic utilitarian function that is not only to portray ... | Boat Protection Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Land Remote Sensing
Outreach Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Program.--The term ``Program'' means the National Land
Remote Sensing Outreach Program established in section 3.
(2) Educational institut... | National Land Remote Sensing Outreach Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish and maintain a national land remote sensing outreach program within the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to advance the availability, timely distribution, and widespread use of geospatial imagery for education, research... | To authorize a national cooperative geospatial imagery program through the United States Geological Survey to promote use of remote sensing data. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Brevard County Beach Equity Act of
2000''.
SEC. 2. EROSION MITIGATION, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.
(a) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) Canaveral harbor project.--The term ``Canaveral Harbor
Project''... | Requires the Secretary to: (1) take into account the effects of each previously implemented measure designed to mitigate erosion or property damage attributable to the Project, except those measures implemented under the Shoreline Protection Project; (2) determine whether any measures are necessary to prevent or mitiga... | Brevard County Beach Equity Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest
Land Adjustment Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND DEFINITION.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) certain National Forest System land in the State of
Georgia consists of isolated tracts th... | . Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015 (Sec. 3) This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to may sell or exchange any or all interest of the United States in 30 tracts of National Forest System land in Georgia totaling approximately 3,841 acres. USDA may modify the boundarie... | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Tribal Forest Protection Act of
2004''.
SEC. 2. TRIBAL FOREST ASSETS PROTECTION.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means--
(A) land of the National Forest System (as defined
... | Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior (with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management) or the Secretary of Agriculture (with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service), upon request of an Indian tribe to enter into an agreement o... | A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement or contract with Indian tribes meeting certain criteria to carry out projects to protect Indian forest land. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Reforming Alternatives to
Incarceration and Sentencing to Establish a Better Path for Youth Act
of 2015'' or the ``RAISE Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. SAFETY VALVE FOR NONVIOLENT YOUTH.
Section 3553 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding
at th... | Reforming Alternatives to Incarceration and Sentencing to Establish a Better Path for Youth Act of 2015 or the RAISE Act of 2015 This bill amends the federal criminal code to permit a court to impose a sentence below the mandatory minimum for certain nonviolent youth offenses if the mandatory minimum is unjust to the y... | RAISE Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ocean Habitat Protection Act of
2002''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The fish and other marine species that are associated
with three-dimensional structurally complex seafloor habitats
within the excl... | Ocean Habitat Protection Act of 2002 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to place size limits on ground gear used on bottom trawls. Treats as unlawful the use of rollers, bobbins, tires, rockhoppers, or any other devices attached to a trawl's foot rope that are more than eight inches i... | A bill to protect diverse and structurally complex areas of the seabed in the United States exclusive economic zone by establishing a maximum diameter size limit on rockhopper, roller, and all other ground gear used on bottom trawls. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Military Patron Protection Act of
2017''.
SEC. 2. MILITARY RESALE PATRON BENEFITS ADVISORY COMMISSION.
(a) Establishment.--There is established a commission to be known
as the ``Military Resale Patron Benefits Advisory Commission'' (in this
Act referr... | Military Patron Protection Act of 2017 This bill establishes the Military Resale Patron Benefits Advisory Commission to advise the Department of Defense (DOD) on: the effects of military commissary and exchange operations on their patrons and on morale, welfare, and recreation programs; the sources and uses of commiss... | Military Patron Protection Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Children from Electronic
Cigarette Advertising Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) According to the Food and Drug Administration, because
electroni... | Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act of 2015 Prohibits electronic cigarette advertisements that appeal to children younger than 18 years of age in states in which the sale of an electronic cigarette to such children is prohibited by federal or state law. Bars electronic cigarette advertisements... | Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act of 2015 |
That this Act may be
cited as the ``Small Business and Minority Small Business Procurement
Opportunities Act of 1994''.
SEC. 2. FUNCTIONS OF SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.
The Small Business Act is amended by adding the following new
section:
``Sec. 29. The Administrator of the Small Business Administratio... | Small Business and Minority Small Business Procurement Opportunities Act of 1994 - Amends the Small Business Act (the Act) to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to: (1) develop plans to coordinate and promote the use of the Federal Acquisition Computer Network by small businesses that ... | Small Business and Minority Small Business Procurement Opportunities Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Employment Reduction
Assistance Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
For the purpose of this Act--
(1) the term ``agency'' means an Executive agency (as
defined by section 105 of title 5, United States Code), but
doe... | Federal Employment Reduction Assistance Act of 1996 - Authorizes the head of an agency to submit a plan to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to pay voluntary separation incentives to employees of the agency who agree to separate from the agency by retirement or resignation.
(Sec. 4) Provides that a v... | Federal Employment Reduction Assistance Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Economic Growth and Jobs Act of
1994''.
SEC. 2. TAX RELIEF IN THE EVENT OF LOW GROWTH.
(a) Low-Growth Report.--
(1) In general.--At any time, the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget (hereafter in this section referred to... | Economic Growth and Jobs Act of 1994 - Grants the President authority to declare temporary tax reductions based on economic growth and the rate of national unemployment.
Provides for a temporary surtax when the economic growth requirements are subsequently satisfied. | Economic Growth and Jobs Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Food for Peace Reform Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. FOOD FOR PEACE PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Title XII of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating section 300 (22 U.S.C. 2... | Food for Peace Reform Act of 2015 Establishes the Food for Peace program in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. (Repeals authority for the current program under title II of the Food for Peace Act, including certain U.S. commodity purchase, U.S. cargo, and mon... | Food for Peace Reform Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bioenergy Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that bioenergy has potential to help--
(1) meet the Nation's energy needs;
(2) reduce reliance on imported fuels;
(3) promote rural economic development;
... | Bioenergy Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to conduct environmental research and development, scientific and energy research, development, and demonstration, and commercial application of energy technology programs, projects, and activities related to bioenergy, including biopower energy systems, biofue... | To authorize appropriations for environmental research and development, scientific and energy research, development, and demonstration, and commercial application of energy technology bioenergy programs, projects, and activities of the Department of Energy, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Obstetric Fistula Surgical Repair,
Assistance, and Prevention Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Obstetric fistula is a devastating condition that
occurs during childbirth w... | Obstetric Fistula Surgical Repair, Assistance, and Prevention Act of 2004 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to provide assistance for the establishment in developing countries of at least twelve obstetric fistula treatment centers. States that in selecting sites the President should... | To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide for the establishment of centers for the treatment of obstetric fistula in developing countries. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Communities Investment Act of
2006''.
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FOR INTEREST ON LOANS SECURED BY AGRICULTURAL REAL
ESTATE AND RURAL HOUSING .
(a) In General.--Part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (rela... | Rural Communities Investment Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income interest received by a bank or savings association insured under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act on a loan acquired to purchase or improve rural housing and secured by rural housing or by a leasehold mortgage on s... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income interest received on loans secured by agricultural real estate and rural housing. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Meaningful Petition
Outreach While Enhancing Rights of States Act of 2018'' or the
``EMPOWERS Act of 2018''.
SEC. 2. GREATER COUNTY AND STATE INVOLVEMENT.
(a) County and State Consultation on Petitions.--Section 4(b)(3) of
the Endangered Spec... | Ensuring Meaningful Petition Outreach While Enhancing Rights of States Act of 2018 or the EMPOWERS Act of 2018 This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to revise the process for listing, delisting, or reclassifying a species under the Act. Before submitting to the Department of the Interior or the Department... | Ensuring Meaningful Petition Outreach While Enhancing Rights of States Act of 2018 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND PURPOSE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``National Economic
Council Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) domestic and international economic policy are
essential elements of our national security. America's
leadership... | National Economic Council Act - Establishes the National Economic Council within the Executive Office of the President to advise the President about integration of domestic and international policies relating to the economy and international competitiveness in order to enable the Federal Government to operate more effe... | National Economic Council Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis
Management Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds as follows:
(1) Food allergy is an increasing food safety and public
health concern in the United States, especially among students.
... | Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and make available to local educational agencies a voluntary policy to manage the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools. Directs that such policy address: (1) a parental obligation to provide t... | A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools, to establish school-based food allergy management grants, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. INCREASE IN CERTAIN ALTERNATIVE FUEL AND VEHICLE TAX
INCENTIVES.
(a) Incentives for Alcohol Fuels.--
(1) Income tax credit.--Section 40 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to alcohol used as fuel) is amended--
(A) by striking ``60 cents'... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the tax credits for: (1) alcohol used as fuel; (2) biodiesel and renewable diesel used as fuel; (3) alternative fuels; (4) alternative motor vehicles; and (5) alternative fuel vehicle refueling property (service stations for dispensing ethanol and other alternative fuels to ... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase certain alternative fuel and vehicle tax incentives and to eliminate certain tax incentives for major integrated oil companies, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Responsible Federal Oil and Gas
Lease Act''.
SEC. 2. ISSUANCE OF NEW LEASES.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall not issue any
new lease that authorizes the exploration for or production of oil or
natural gas, under section 17 of the ... | Responsible Federal Oil and Gas Lease Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from authorizing any new lease for exploration or production of oil or natural gas unless the lessee: (1) certifies for each existing lease that the lessee has diligently developed the lands in order to produce oil or natural gas, or is... | To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing new Federal oil and gas leases to holders of existing leases who do not diligently develop the lands subject to such existing leases or relinquish such leases, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Prosecution Drug Treatment
Alternative to Prison Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. DRUG TREATMENT ALTERNATIVE TO PRISON PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY
STATE OR LOCAL PROSECUTORS.
(a) Prosecution Drug Treatment Alternative to Prison Programs.--
Title I of ... | Prosecution Drug Treatment Alternative to Prison Act of 2001 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to State or local prosecutors for the purpose of developing, implementing, or expanding drug treatment alternative to prison programs under which ... | A bill to establish grants for drug treatment alternative to prison programs administered by State or local prosecutors. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Cancer
Treatment Education Act of 2013''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
TITLE I--COMPREHENSIVE CANCER P... | Improving Cancer Treatment Education Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend Medicare coverage to comprehensive cancer patient treatment education services, including a one-hour patient treatment education session delivered, in advance of treatment, by a registered nurse to an i... | Improving Cancer Treatment Education Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Community Beaches Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF SHORES.
(a) Declaration of Policy.--The first section of the Act entitled
``An Act authorizing Federal participation in the cost of protecting
the shores of publicly owned property'', approved A... | Community Beaches Protection Act - Rewrites provisions regarding the federal shore protection program to: (1) provide for the protection and restoration of beaches and other coastal infrastructure, as well as shore protection; and (2) include the purpose of promoting healthful recreation.
Includes among areas to be g... | To ensure the continuation and improvement of coastal restoration. |
TITLE I--REAUTHORIZATION OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM;
RELATED PROVISIONS
SECTION 101. REAUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM.
(a) Assistance for Workers.--Section 245 of the Trade Act of 1974
(19 U.S.C. 2317) is amended by striking ``October 1, 1998, and ending
September 30, 2001,'' e... | Title I: Reauthorization of Trade Adjustment Assistance Program; Related Provisions - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations to the Department of Labor through FY 2003 for: (1) trade adjustment assistance for displaced workers and for firms; and (2) the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Tran... | To reauthorize the trade adjustment assistance program under the Trade Act of 1974, and for other purposes |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Renovate and Enhance Veterans'
Meeting Halls and Posts Act of 2010'' or the ``REVAMP Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS FOR
FACILITY REHABILITATION.
(a) Grants.--Section 107 of the Housing and Comm... | Renovate and Enhance Veterans' Meeting Halls and Posts Act of 2010 or the REVAMP Act of 2010 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible veterans service organizations for repairs and rehab... | To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to set-aside community development block grant amounts in each fiscal year for grants to local chapters of veterans service organizations for rehabilitation of their facilities. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES IN ACT.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Iran-Iraq Arms
Non-Proliferation Amendments of 1993''.
(b) References in Act.--Except as specifically provided in this
Act, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed as an
amendment to or repeal of a p... | Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Amendments of 1993 - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to establish mandatory sanctions (on Government procurement, U.S. imports, and export licenses) and discretionary sanctions (no financial dealings and no commerce with vessels that enter into ports o... | Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Amendments of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bridges to the Cuban People Act of
2001''.
TITLE I--FACILITATION OF THE EXPORT OF FOOD AND MEDICINES TO CUBA
SEC. 101. EXEMPTION FROM PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS ON TRADE WITH
CUBA TO PERMIT THE EXPORT OF FOOD AND MEDICINES TO CUBA.
... | Bridges to the Cuban People Act of 2001 - Exempts from the embargo on trade with Cuba (including prohibitions under the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 against the unloading at a U.S. port of vessels that previously entered a Cuban port to engage in trade) the export of any agricultural commodity, farm machinery or equipme... | A bill to provide the people of Cuba with access to food and medicines from the United States, to ease restrictions on travel to Cuba, to provide scholarships for certain Cuban nationals, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Pain Care Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Acute and chronic pain are prevalent conditions within
the population of veterans.
(2) Methods of modern warfare, including th... | Veterans Pain Care Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out at each Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care facility an initiative on pain care which shall include, for each individual receiving treatment at such facility: (1) an assessment for pain at the time of admission or initia... | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a pain care initiative in health care facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. EXPORTS OF ALASKAN NORTH SLOPE OIL.
Section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185) is amended by
amending subsection (s) to read as follows:
``exports of alaskan north slope oil
``(s)(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) through (6) of this subsection
and notwithstanding any othe... | Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to permit the export of Alaskan North Slope oil unless the President finds, within five months after enactment of this Act, that such exportation is not in the national interest. Sets forth mandatory considerations in evaluating whether such exportation is in the national interest, inclu... | To permit exports of certain domestically produced crude oil, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Claims Procedures
Improvement Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. TIME LIMITATION ON INFORMATION TO COMPLETE CLAIM.
Section 5102 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
``(c)(1) If the Secretary no... | Veterans Claims Procedures Improvement Act of 2003 - Prohibits payment or furnishing of veterans' benefits, if the Secretary of Veterans Affairs notifies a benefit claimant that certain information is necessary to complete the claimant's application and such information is not received by the Secretary within one year ... | To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the procedures for adjudication of claims for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act
of 2002''.
SEC. 2. SATISFACTION OF JUDGMENTS FROM FROZEN ASSETS OF TERRORISTS,
TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS, AND STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and... | Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act of 2002 - Mandates satisfaction of judgements against a terrorist party from the frozen assets of terrorists, terrorist organizations, and State sponsors of terrorism. Authorizes the President to waive this requirement before the enforcement of any judicial order directing attachmen... | To provide for satisfaction of judgements from frozen assets of terrorists, terrorist organizations, and State sponsors of terrorism, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-
Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. FIREARMS TRAFFICKING.
(a) In General.--Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 932. Traffickin... | Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to make trafficking in firearms a stand-alone criminal offense. A person who commits or conspires to commit a gun trafficking offense is subject to criminal penalties—a prison term ... | Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Administrative Leave Reform Act''.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.
(a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 63 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 6330. Limitation on administrative leave
... | Administrative Leave Reform Act (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits placing a federal employee on administrative leave, or any other paid non-duty status without charge to leave, for more than 14 total days for reasons relating to misconduct or performance. After an employee has been placed on administrative leave for 14 day... | Administrative Leave Reform Act |
SECTION 1. RELATIONSHIP TO OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LEASING PROGRAM AND
EXISTING LAW.
(a) Relationship to Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Program.--
Notwithstanding the Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Program maintained
by the Secretary pursuant to section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf
Lands Ac... | Directs the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to implement the Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Program consistent with the provisions of this Act.
Establishes the environmental sciences review panel for certain areas of the Outer Continental Shelf off-shore Florida in order to assess the adequacy of oceanograp... | Imposing certain restrictions and requirements on the leasing of lands offshore Florida under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Language Mastery Support Act of
2002''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to establish a program of study and
overseas training in critical foreign languages and cultures, including
the establishment of a Foreign Language and Cultural Instit... | Language Mastery Support Act of 2002 - Authorizes the President to establish a study and overseas training program in critical foreign languages and cultures to be known as the Foreign Language and Cultural Institute.Establishes an Interagency Critical Foreign Languages and Cultures Board that shall: (1) develop the cu... | A bill to authorize the President to establish and maintain the Foreign Language and Cultural Institute program. |
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF THE MEDICAL DEVICE EXCISE TAX.
(a) In General.--Chapter 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended by striking subchapter E.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Subsection (a) of section 4221 of such Code is amended
by striking the last sentence.
(2) ... | This bill repeals the excise tax on medical devices and offsets the cost of such repeal by prohibiting: (1) major integrated oil companies from using the last-in, first-out (LIFO) accounting method; and (2) the issuance of new oil or natural gas production leases in the Gulf of Mexico under the Outer Continental Shelf ... | A bill to repeal the medical device excise tax, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Anti-Atrocity Alien Deportation Act
of 2003''.
SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY OF ALIENS WHO HAVE COMMITTED
ACTS OF TORTURE OR EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS ABROAD.
(a) Inadmissibility.--Section 212(a)(3)(E) of the Immigration and
Nat... | Anti-Atrocity Alien Deportation Act of 2003 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the inadmissibility and removability of aliens who have committed, ordered, assisted, incited, or otherwise participated in acts of torture (as defined in title 18, United States Code) or extrajudicial killings abroa... | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who commit acts of torture, extrajudicial killings, or other specified atrocities abroad are inadmissible and removable and to establish within the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice an Office of Special Investigations having responsibiliti... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Temporary Tax
Holiday and Government Reduction Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--PAYROLL TAX RELIEF... | Temporary Tax Holiday and Government Reduction Act - Amends the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 to extend through 2012 the 2% reduction in employment and self-employment tax rates.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a 100% tax on excess unemployment compensation... | A bill to provide civilian payroll tax relief, to reduce the Federal budget deficit, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Local and Municipal Health Care
Choice Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. COOPERATIVE GOVERNING OF PUBLIC ENTITY GROUP HEALTH COVERAGE.
Title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg et
seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating the section... | Local and Municipal Health Care Choice Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize a local government in a secondary state to provide group health coverage to its officers, employees, or retirees and their dependents through a local government employee health benefits pool or program authori... | Local and Municipal Health Care Choice Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness in Federal Purchases Act of
1993''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Congress had high expectations for commercial
benefits from the Government Procurement Code... | Fairness in Federal Purchases Act of 1993 - Amends the Buy American Act to require Federal agency heads, upon notification in the Federal Register that the unemployment rate was five percent or higher or that the gross national product (GNP) declined during the preceding fiscal quarter, to determine whether: (1) the a... | Fairness in Federal Purchases Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Physician Assistant Higher Education
Modernization Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. INCREASING ANNUAL LOAN LIMITS FOR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STUDENTS
UNDER THE FEDERAL DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Section 455 of the Higher Education Act of 19... | Physician Assistant Higher Education Modernization Act of 2017 This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to assist qualified individuals in receiving the education and training needed to become a physician assistant. Graduate students enrolled in physician assistant education pr... | Physician Assistant Higher Education Modernization Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Deter Cyber Theft Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. ACTIONS TO ADDRESS ECONOMIC OR INDUSTRIAL ESPIONAGE IN
CYBERSPACE.
(a) Report Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, a... | Deter Cyber Theft Act of 2014 - Requires the President to report annually to Congress on foreign countries that engage in economic and industrial espionage in cyberspace with respect to U.S. trade secrets or proprietary information. Requires each report to: (1) identify countries that engage in such espionage, includin... | Deter Cyber Theft Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Food Stamp Restoration Act of
2012''.
SEC. 2. FOOD STAMP BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--For each of fiscal years 2014 through 2021, the
Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'')
shall establish a food stamp block g... | Food Stamp Restoration Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), for each of FY2014-FY2021, to establish a food stamp block grant program under which the Secretary shall make annual grants to each participating state that establishes a food stamp program and submits a specified annual report to the Sec... | A bill to repeal the nutrition entitlement programs and establish a food stamp block grant program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Biological Implant Tracking and
Veteran Safety Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING OF BIOLOGICAL IMPLANTS USED IN
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITIES.
(a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 38, ... | Biological Implant Tracking and Veteran Safety Act of 2015 Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) adopt the unique device identification system developed for medical devices by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), or implement a comparable standard identification system, for identifying biological ... | Biological Implant Tracking and Veteran Safety Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Wind Energy Research and Development
Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. WIND ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy shall carry out a program
of research and development to--
(1) improve the energy efficiency,... | Wind Energy Research and Development Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to carry out a research and development program to: (1) improve the energy efficiency, reliability, and capacity of wind energy generation; (2) optimize the design and adaptability of wind energy systems to the broadest pr... | Wind Energy Research and Development Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Widows and Orphans Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. NEW SPECIAL IMMIGRANT CATEGORY.
(a) Certain Children and Women at Risk of Harm.--Section 101(a)(27)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)) is
amended--
(1) in subparagraph (L)... | Widows and Orphans Act of 2005 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to create a new special immigrant visa category N for certain alien minors and females referred by a U.S. Government agency who have a credible fear of harm due to age or sex and who lack adequate protection.
States that special immigrant stat... | A bill to establish new special immigrant categories, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Innovation Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. GRANTEE REPORTS ON COMMERCIALIZATION STRATEGY AND RESULTS.
(a) In General.--Any institution of higher education (as such term
is defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1001(a)... | American Innovation Act of 2010 - Requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that receive one or more financial assistance grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for research to report to the NSF on: (1) the IHE's strategy for commercializing the results of the research; (2) the implementation of such ... | A bill to improve the commercialization potential of National Science Foundation grants, enhance the metrics used to assess such potential, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Commission Act of
2017''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is established in the legislative branch a commission to be
known as the ``Commission on Long Term Social Security Solvency'' (in
this Act referred to as the ``Commission'').
SEC.... | Social Security Commission Act of 2017 This bill temporarily establishes, within the legislative branch, the Commission on Long Term Social Security Solvency. The commission must submit to Congress recommendations and proposed legislation for achieving, for a period of at least 75 years, solvency in bot... | Social Security Commission Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Business With Terrorists Act of
2005''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Control in fact.--The term ``control in fact'', with
respect to a corporation or other legal entity, includes--
(A) in the case o... | Stop Business With Terrorists Act of 2005 - States that, in the case of a person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States that is prohibited from engaging in a transaction with a foreign person, such prohibition shall also apply to: (1) each subsidiary or affiliate of the person so prohibited; and (2) any other... | A bill to stop corporations from financing terrorism. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Senior Citizens Housing Safety and
Economic Relief Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY FOR PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCIES TO PROHIBIT ADMISSION OF
DRUG OR ALCOHOL ABUSERS TO ASSISTED HOUSING.
Section 16 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 ... | Senior Citizens Housing Safety and Economic Relief Act of 1995 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to permit a public housing agency (PHA) to: (1) prohibit public housing admission to drug or alcohol abusers; and (2) consider, with respect to an elderly person, whether he or she has successfully completed o... | Senior Citizens Housing Safety and Economic Relief Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to clarify the treatment of authentic
Alaska Native articles of handicraft under--
(1) the Convention between the United States and Great
Britain for the Protection of Migratory Birds, signed at
Washington, August 16, 1916 (USTS 628) (16... | This bill amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to provide that nothing in such Actprohibits possessing, selling, bartering, purchasing, shipping, and transporting any authentic Alaska Native handicraft, clothing or art on the basis that it contains a non-edible migratory bird part, so long as the bird was not taken in ... | A bill to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to clarify the treatment of authentic Alaska Native articles of handicraft containing nonedible migratory bird parts, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Credit Card Consumer Protection Act
of 1997''.
SEC. 2. FEES FOR ON-TIME PAYMENTS PROHIBITED.
Section 127 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1637) is amended
by inserting the following new subsection after subsection (h) (as
added by section 2 of t... | Credit Card Consumer Protection Act of 1997 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to: (1) prohibit fee assessment against a credit card account under an open-end consumer credit plan solely on the basis of on-time payments; (2) require advance notice of any interest rate increase for a credit card account, and of the cons... | Credit Card Consumer Protection Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Kids Developing Skills for Success
in the 21st Century Act''.
SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR LIMITED ENGLISH
PROFICIENT STUDENTS.
(a) In General.--In the case of each State educational agency that
in accordance with subse... | Kids Developing Skills for Success in the 21st Century Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to allot grants to State educational agencies to assist local educational agencies in providing supplemental assistance for elementary and secondary school students of limited English proficiency. | To establish a program of grants for supplemental assistance for elementary and secondary school students of limited English proficiency to ensure that they rapidly develop proficiency in English while not falling behind in their academic studies. |
SECTION 1. RESIDENCE STAR PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Subtitle A of title IV of the Energy Independence
and Security Act of 2007 is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 414. RESIDENCE STAR PROGRAM.
``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) High-performance energy efficiency measure.... | This bill amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a Residence Star program within the Energy Star program to recognize owners of separate residential spaces who voluntarily achieve high levels of energy efficiency. Owners recognized under... | To establish a Residence Star program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Copyright in Research Works
Act''.
SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REGARDING EXTRINSIC WORKS.
(a) In General.--Section 201 of title 17, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(f) Limitatio... | Fair Copyright in Research Works Act - Prohibits any federal agency from imposing any condition, in connection with a funding agreement, that requires the transfer or license to or for a federal agency, or requires the absence or abandonment, of specified exclusive rights of a copyright owner in an extrinsic work.
Pro... | To amend title 17, United States Code, with respect to works connected to certain funding agreements. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Evidence Request Efficiency
Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO TITLE 18.
Title 18 of the United States Code is amended--
(1) in section 2703--
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ``by a court
w... | Foreign Evidence Request Efficiency Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) allow any court of competent jurisdiction, as defined by this Act, to require the disclosure of stored wire or electronic communications for criminal investigations (currently, only a court with jurisdiction over the offense unde... | To improve title 18 of the United States Code. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Religious Freedom Protection Act of
2012''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) religious freedom and liberty of conscience are
inalienable rights enshrined in the Declaration of Independence
and the First Amendment... | Religious Freedom Protection Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit any guideline, regulation, or other requirement issued by any federal, state, or local government relating to preventive health services coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) or the Health Care an... | A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to provide conscience protections for individuals and organizations. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``U.S.S. Cruiser Olympia Commemorative
Coin Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The U.S.S. Cruiser Olympia is the world's oldest steel
war ship afloat. She is the sole surviving United States naval
... | U.S.S. Cruiser Olympia Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue during calendar year 2016 up to 500,000 $1 silver coins in commemoration of the legacy of the U.S.S. Cruiser Olympia, the sole surviving U.S. naval ship of the Spanish-American War and the world's oldest steel warshi... | To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the legacy of the U.S.S. Cruiser Olympia. |
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