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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Maritime Regulatory Reform Act of
1994''.
SEC. 2. SAFETY MANAGEMENT AND ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE.
(a) Chapter 21 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by
adding a new section 2103a to read as follows:
``SEC. 2103a. SAFETY MANAGEMENT AND ALTERNATIV... | Maritime Regulatory Reform Act of 1994 - Amends Federal maritime law to authorize the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard operates, in order to implement the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention adopted by the International Maritime Organization and... | Maritime Regulatory Reform Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. EXCISE TAX ON CERTAIN ACQUISITIONS OF INTERESTS IN INSURANCE
CONTRACTS IN WHICH CERTAIN EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS HOLD AN
INTEREST.
(a) Imposition of Tax.--
(1) In general.--Chapter 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to excise taxes involving ... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on certain tax-exempt organizations or other nonexempt persons which acquire a direct or indirect interest in any life insurance, annuity, or endowment contract for 100 percent of the acquisition costs of such interest. Allows an exception from such tax for indiv... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on amounts received under certain insurance policies in which certain exempt organizations hold an interest. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness and Transparency in
Contracting Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) the terms ``Administration'' and ``Administrator'' mean
the Small Business Administration and the Administrator
thereof, respect... | Fairness and Transparency in Contracting Act of 2009 - Amends the Small Business Act to exclude as a small business, for purposes of meeting federal agency contracting goals with small businesses, any small business (or subsidiary thereof) that is publicly traded, or any business (or subsidiary thereof) with more than ... | To amend the Small Business Act to ensure fairness and transparency in contracting with small business concerns. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Trade Enforcement Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERAGENCY TRADE ENFORCEMENT CENTER.
(a) In General.--Chapter 4 of title I of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2171) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 142. INTERAGENCY TRADE... | Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to establish within the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) an Interagency Trade Enforcement Center to: serve as the primary forum within the federal government for coordinating with specified agencies the enforcement of U.S. trade rights u... | Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; ETC.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Middle Class Tax
Cut Act''.
(b) Amendment of 1986 Code.--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,
th... | Middle Class Tax Cut Act - Title I: Temporary Extension of Tax Relief - (Sec. 101) Extends through 2013 for an individual taxpayer whose adjusted gross income is less than the applicable threshold amount (i.e., $200,000 for individual taxpayers, $225,000 for heads of household, and $250,000 for married couples filing a... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief to middle-class families. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Dependent Care Savings Account Act
of 2014''.
SEC. 2. DEPENDENT CARE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.
(a) In General.--Part VII of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating section 224
as section 225 and inserting aft... | Dependent Care Savings Account Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish tax-exempt dependent care savings accounts to pay the employment-related expenses of caring for a dependent of the taxpayer, (2) allow a deduction from gross income (above-the-line deduction) of up to $5,000 in a taxable yea... | Dependent Care Savings Account Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLICY.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Homeland Security
Policy Act of 2005''.
(b) In General.--The Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et
seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating title VI and section 601 as title
XVIII and section ... | Homeland Security Policy Act of 2005 - Amends the Homeland Security Act to establish an Under Secretary for Policy in the Department of Homeland Security to serve as the principal policy advisor to the Secretary of Homeland Security. | A bill to establish an Under Secretary for Policy in the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Harmful Nonnative Weed Control Act
of 2000''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) public and private land in the United States faces
unprecedented and severe stress from harmful, nonnative weeds;
... | Prohibits such assistance from being used to carry out projects to control or eradicate aquatic noxious weeds or animal pests. | Harmful Nonnative Weed Control Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness, Accountability, and
Certainty for Taxpayers in Coal Leasing Act''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE SENATE RELATING TO A REVIEW OF THE FEDERAL COAL
LEASING PROGRAM.
It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) the Federal coal leasi... | Fairness, Accountability, and Certainty for Taxpayers in Coal Leasing Act This bill establishes a deadline for the Department of the Interior to complete a comprehensive review of the federal coal leasing program.The review, in the form of a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, is designed to ensure that the fe... | Fairness, Accountability, and Certainty for Taxpayers in Coal Leasing Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Indian Land Probate Reform Technical
Corrections Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. PARTITION OF HIGHLY FRACTIONATED INDIAN LAND.
Section 205 of the Indian Land Consolidation Act (25 U.S.C. 2204)
is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting th... | Indian Land Probate Reform Technical Corrections Act of 2005 - Amends the Indian Land Consolidation Act to make technical amendments with regard to: (1) partition of highly fractionated Indian land; (2) tribal probate codes; (3) descent and distribution; (4) the fractional interest acquisition program; (5) establishmen... | A bill to amend the Indian Land Consolidation Act to provide for probate reform. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``ITIN Reform Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ITINS.
(a) In General.--Section 6109 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(i) Special Rules Relating to the Issuance of ITINs.--
... | ITIN Reform Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue an individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN) to an individual only if such individual: (1) submits an application for an ITIN in person at an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) taxpayer assistance center wi... | ITIN Reform Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Thrift Savings Fund Improvement
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) In order to enhance stability in the operations of the
legislative branch of the Government, it is important to
maintain a professio... | Thrift Savings Fund Improvement Act - Establishes the Precious Metals Investment Fund as an investment option for individuals participating in the Thrift Savings Plan. Requires that contributions to such Fund be invested in physical gold, silver, or platinum bullion.
Directs the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Bo... | To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of a precious metals investment option in the Thrift Savings Fund. |
SECTION 1. REPORT RELATING TO THE MURDERS OF JOHN BRANCHIZIO, MARK
PARSON, AND JOHN MARIN LINDE.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) On October 15, 2003, a convoy of clearly identified
United States diplomatic vehicles was attacked by Palestinian
t... | Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Palestinian Authority's (PA) continued inability or unwillingness to pursue and bring to justice the Palestinian terrorists who killed John Branchizio, Mark Parson, and John Marin Linde calls into question the PA's suitability as a U.S. partner in diplomatic efforts to reso... | To require the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a report on efforts to bring to justice the Palestinian terrorists who killed John Branchizio, Mark Parson, and John Marin Linde. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Weekends Without Hunger Act''.
SEC. 2. WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS WITHOUT HUNGER.
Section 18 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1769) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(j) Weekends and Holidays Without Hunger.--... | Weekends Without Hunger Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to implement a five-year pilot program providing commodities to nonprofits for the provision of nutritious food to at-risk school children on weekends and during extended school holidays during t... | A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch to establish a weekend and holiday feeding program to provide nutritious food to at-risk school children on weekends and during extended school holidays during the school year. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Coal Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) fossil fuel-fired power plants are the largest source
of carbon dioxide emissions in the United States, releasing
approximately 2,500,000,000 tons of heat... | Clean Coal Act of 2007 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require a new coal-fired electric generating unit (including a cogeneration facility) that commences construction on or after April 26, 2007, to meet, without interruption throughout the lifetime operation of the unit, a standard of performance that, at a minimum, re... | A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to establish carbon dioxide new source performance standards for new coal-fired electric generated units. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Economic Revitalization Act of
1994''.
SEC. 2. PARTICIPATION AND COOPERATION BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
SECTORS TO STIMULATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
(a) In General.--Title 31, United States Code, is amended by
redesignating subtitle VI as ... | Economic Revitalization Act of 1994 - Amends Federal law to set forth conditions under which the Secretary of the Treasury may: (1) participate in and guarantee loans made by certain participating financial institutions to specified sound business enterprises ("qualified loans"); and (2) issue securities backed by a p... | Economic Revitalization Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting
Children in the 21st Century Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--PROMOTING A SAFE INTERNET FOR CHIL... | Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act - Title I: Promoting a Safe Internet for Children - (Sec. 101) Declares that the issue of Internet safety includes issues regarding the use of the Internet in a manner that promotes safe online activity for children, protects children from cybercrimes, including crimes by onl... | A bill to protect children from cybercrimes, including crimes by online predators, to enhance efforts to identify and eliminate child pornography, and to help parents shield their children from material that is inappropriate for minors. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Financial Technology Protection
Act''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that the Federal Government should
prioritize the investigation of terrorist and illicit use of new
financial technology, including digital currencies.
SEC.... | Financial Technology Protection Act This bill provides for the investigation of new financial technologies (e.g., digital currencies) and their use in terrorism and other illicit activities. (Sec. 3) The bill establishes the Independent Financial Technology Task Force, which must research terrorist and illicit use of... | Financial Technology Protection Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Return of Certain Lands At Fort
Wingate to The Original Inhabitants Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) In January 1993, the active mission of the Fort Wingate
Activity Depot located in McKinley County, New Me... | Return of Certain Lands At Fort Wingate to The Original Inhabitants Act - Requires all U.S. interest in and to specified lands of the former Fort Wingate Depot Activity in McKinley County, New Mexico (Activity), transferred to the Secretary of the Interior to be held in trust for: (1) the Zuni Tribe as part of the Zuni... | Return of Certain Lands At Fort Wingate to The Original Inhabitants Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Aaron's Law Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. CLARIFYING THAT ``ACCESS WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION'' UNDER SECTION
1030 OF TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE, MEANS CIRCUMVENTION
OF TECHNOLOGICAL BARRIERS IN ORDER TO GAIN UNAUTHORIZED
AC... | Aaron's Law Act of 2015 Amends provisions of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) prohibiting computer fraud to replace the phrase "exceeds authorized access" with "access without authorization," which is defined as obtaining information on a protected computer that the accesser lacks authorizat... | Aaron's Law Act of 2015 |
TITLE I--MINOR BOUNDARY REVISIONS
Section 7(c) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965
(16 U.S.C. 4601-9(c)) is amended--
(1) in the first sentence by striking ``Committee on
Interior and Insular Affairs'' and inserting ``Committee on
Resources''; and
(2) by s... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Minor Boundary Revisions
Title II: Authorization for Certain Park Facilities to be
Located Outside of Units of the National Park System
Title I: Minor Boundary Revisions
- Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to allow the Secretary of the Interi... | To facilitate improved management of National Park Service Lands. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``SCORE for Small Business Act of
2014''.
SEC. 2. SCORE REAUTHORIZATION.
Section 20 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 note) is
amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (f); and
(2) by adding at the end th... | SCORE for Small Business Act of 2014 - Amends the Small Business Act, with respect to the SCORE program (Service Corps of Retired Executives), to: (1) reauthorize such program for FY2015-FY2017; (2) modify requirements of such program with respect to the role of participating volunteers, program plans and goals, and re... | SCORE for Small Business Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Make It In America Manufacturing
Communities Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Manufacturing community support program.--The term
``Manufacturing Community Support Program'' means the program
established under se... | Make It In America Manufacturing Communities Act This bill requires the Department of Commerce to establish a Manufacturing Community Support Program to improve the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing by: (1) designating consortiums as manufacturing communities, and (2) authorizing federal agencies electing to partic... | Make It In America Manufacturing Communities Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Trade Injury Compensation Act of
1999''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) United States goods and services compete in global
markets and it is necessary for trade agreements to promote
such compe... | Trade Injury Compensation Act of 1999 - Establishes in the Treasury a Trade Injury Compensation Trust Fund consisting of proceeds from additional duties on products on a retaliation list. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to invest Fund amounts in interest-bearing U.S. obligations.
Directs: (1) the Secretary of t... | Trade Injury Compensation Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Senior Financial Empowerment Act of
2010''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The proportion of the population of the United States
age 60 years or older will drastically increase in the next 30
years as ... | Senior Financial Empowerment Act of 2010 - Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC): (1) to disseminate to seniors and their families and caregivers information on mail, telemarketing, and Internet fraud targeting seniors, including on ways of referring complaints to appropriate law enforcement agencies; (2) in resp... | A bill to prevent mail, telemarketing, and Internet fraud targeting seniors in the United States, to promote efforts to increase public awareness of the enormous impact that mail, telemarketing, and Internet fraud have on seniors, to educate the public, seniors, their families, and their caregivers about how to identif... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Commercial Spectrum Enhancement
Act''.
SEC. 2. RELOCATION OF ELIGIBLE FEDERAL ENTITIES FOR THE REALLOCATION OF
SPECTRUM FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.
Subsection (g) of section 113 of the National Telecommunications
and Information Administrat... | Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act - Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to revise provisions concerning the reallocation of spectrum from governmental to commercial users.Makes any Federal entity that operates a Government station assigned within a specified band of ... | To amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to facilitate the reallocation of spectrum from governmental to commercial users. |
.
Section 512(c)(1) (21 U.S.C. 360b(c)(1)) is amended--
(1) in the first sentence--
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as
clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; and
(B) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(1)'';
(2) in the second se... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Food Amendments
Title II: Animal Drugs
Food Amendments and the Animal Drug Availability Act of 1996 -
Title I: Food Amendments
- Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) to state the mission of the Food and Drug Administration.
(Sec. 102) Modifies requirement... | Food Amendments and the Animal Drug Availability Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Efficiency and Assistance Act
of 2001''.
SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL LIHEAP FUNDING FOR STATES WITH CERTAIN PROGRAMS.
Section 2607A(b) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of
1981 (42 U.S.C. 8626a) is amended by adding the following at the end ... | Energy Efficiency and Assistance Act of 2001 - Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to redefine "leveraged resources" to include any State program which facilitates the collection of donations by electric and gas utilities to be used by public agencies or private nonprofit organizations to pay the u... | To amend the Low-Income Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to provide supplemental funds for States with programs to facilitate the collection of private donations by utilities to be used for payment of the utility bills, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. GRANTS TO ASSIST MUNICIPALITIES TO HELP LOCAL FARMERS TO
GROW FOOD CROPS OR RAISE CERTAIN LIVESTOCK TO BE SOLD
LOCALLY.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture, through the
respective State Department of Agriculture, may make a grant in
accordance with this section ... | Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to: (1) municipalities to facilitate the ability of local farmers to grow food crops or raise livestock for local community sale; (2) local nongovernmental farming associations that promote community-based farming or to qualified farmers to provide technical, advis... | To provide for grants to assist municipalities to facilitate the ability of local farmers to grow food crops and certain livestock to be sold locally, grants to enable local nongovernmental farming associations to support the formation of community-supported agricultural projects, and grants to provide start-up funds t... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Court and Law Enforcement Officers
Protection Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. SPECIAL PENALTIES FOR MURDER, KIDNAPPING, AND RELATED CRIMES
AGAINST FEDERAL JUDGES AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS.
(a) Murder.--Section 1114 of tit... | Court and Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act of 2006 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) impose mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment for homicide, manslaughter, and kidnapping crimes against federal judges and law enforcement officers; (2) allow federal judges, U.S. attorneys, and Justice Department empl... | A bill to provide adequate penalties for crimes committed against United States judges and Federal law enforcement officers, to provide appropriate security for judges and law enforcement officers, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Strict Liability for Safer Streets
Act of 1993''.
TITLE I--STRICT LIABILITY OF MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS OF HANDGUNS
AND ASSAULT WEAPONS
SEC. 101. CAUSE OF ACTION; FEDERAL JURISDICTION.
(a) In General.--Any person sufferin... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Strict Liability of Manufacturers and Importers of
Handguns and Assault Weapons
Title II: Report to Victims on Federal Crimes Committed
With Firearms
Title III: Revenue Provisions
Strict Liability for Safer Streets Act of 1993 -
Title I: Strict ... | Strict Liability for Safer Streets Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Commission to Verify Iranian Nuclear
Compliance Act''.
SEC. 2. COMMISSION TO VERIFY IRANIAN NUCLEAR COMPLIANCE.
(a) Establishment.--There is established in the legislative branch
the Commission to Verify Iranian Nuclear Compliance (hereafter in this
A... | Commission to Verify Iranian Nuclear Compliance Act This bill establishes in the legislative branch the Commission to Verify Iranian Nuclear Compliance, which shall continually: verify the Islamic Republic of Iran's compliance with its obligations under the agreement, assess the adequacy of the safeguards and other... | Commission to Verify Iranian Nuclear Compliance Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of
2004''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Many wild populations of felids and canids, once
considered common, are in decline, and many have declined to
the point that thei... | Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance for projects for the conservation of rare felids and rare canids. Authorizes the Secretary to convene an advisory group of individuals representing public and private organizations actively involved in the conservation ... | To assist in the conservation of rare felids and rare canids by supporting and providing financial resources for the conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations and projects of persons with demonstrated expertise in the conservation of rare felid and rare canid populations... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Community Employment Partnership Act
of 1997''.
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF WORK OPPORTUNITY WAGES AS PAYMENT OF EMPLOYMENT
TAX LIABILITY.
(a) In General.--Chapter 25 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to general provisions relating... | Community Employment Partnership Act of 1997 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set forth, as a general rule, that the amount equal to the work opportunity credit amount with respect to any wages paid for any calendar quarter by an eligible tax-exempt employer shall be treated as payment by such employer of such emp... | Community Employment Partnership Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Lackawanna Valley National Heritage
Area Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the industrial and cultural heritage of northeastern
Pennsylvania, including Lackawanna County, Luzerne ... | Directs the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a management compact with the Authority to determine Area goals and objectives.
Directs the Authority to develop an Area management plan that presents comprehensive recommendations for the Area's conservation, funding, management, and development. Requires the plan to... | An act to establish the Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Farmland Preservation and Land
Conservation Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER TAX EXCLUSION FOR CERTAIN FARMLAND AND LAND OF
CONSERVATION VALUE.
(a) Estate Tax.--
(1) In general.--Part IV of subchapter A of chapter 11 of
... | Farmland Preservation and Land Conservation Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an estate and gift tax exclusion for real property located in the United States which at the time of a decedent's death was being used as a farm for farming purposes or exclusively for conservation purposes. Imposes: (1)... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an unlimited exclusion from transfer taxes for certain farmland and land of conservation value, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bipartisan Earmark Reform Commission
Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is established a commission to be known as the ``Bipartisan
Earmark Reform Commission'' (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the
``Commission'').
SEC. 3. DUTIES OF CO... | Bipartisan Earmark Reform Commission Act of 2008 - Establishes the Bipartisan Earmark Reform Commission to: (1) develop a clear definition of what constitutes an earmark; and (2) report findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the President and Congress.
Requires the Majority Leaders of the House of Representativ... | To establish the Bipartisan Earmark Reform Commission. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``East Timor Self-Determination Act of
1999''.
SEC. 2. FINDING; PURPOSE.
(a) Congressional Finding.--Congress recognizes that the Government
of Indonesia took a positive and constructive step by agreeing on
September 12, 1999, to the deployment of an in... | Prohibits the provision of multilateral and bilateral economic assistance (except humanitarian assistance), or military assistance, or the licensing or delivery of exports of defense articles or defense services (except in connection with the international peacekeeping force) to the Government of Indonesia or East Timo... | East Timor Self-Determination Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Paul Revere
Freedom to Warn Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Discrimination against whistleblowers prohibited.
Sec. 3. E... | Paul Revere Freedom to Warn Act - Makes it unlawful to take any adverse personnel action against any covered individual if such individual has acted lawfully to: (1) provide information or assistance in an investigation or proceeding regarding any conduct which the covered individual reasonably believes constitutes evi... | To improve whistleblower protections. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Terrorism Risk
Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definition of act of terrorism... | Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act to revise the definition of an act of terrorism for terrorism risk insurance purposes to eliminate the requirement that the individual or individuals committing a terrorist act be acting on behalf of any fore... | An original bill to reauthorize the Federal terrorism risk insurance program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Guaranteed Bonus Act of
2007''.
SEC. 2. CONTINUATION OF ENTITLEMENT TO BONUSES AND SIMILAR BENEFITS FOR
MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES WHO DIE, ARE SEPARATED
OR RETIRED FOR DISABILITY, OR MEET OTHER CRITERIA.
(a... | Veterans Guaranteed Bonus Act of 2007 - Veterans Guaranteed Bonus Act of 2007 - Requires a member of the Armed Forces who receives a bonus or similar benefit subject to the condition that the member continue to satisfy certain eligibility requirements to repay the unearned portion of the bonus or similar benefit if the... | To amend title 37, United States Code, to require the continued payment to a member of the uniformed services who dies or is retired or separated under chapter 61 of title 10, United States Code, bonuses and similar benefits that the member was entitled to before the death, retirement, or separation of the member and w... |
SECTION 1. EXPENSING OF QUALIFIED DISASTER EXPENSES.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 198A(b) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
(1) by striking ``before January 1, 2010'' in subparagraph
(A) and inserting ``before January 1, 2010, or during September
2013'', ... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to tax relief for federally-declared disasters, to: (1) allow the expensing of qualified disaster expenses (i.e., for removal of debris, demolition, and repair of business-related property) for a disaster occurring during September 2013; (2) allow individual taxpayers... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief for damages relating to federally declared disasters during September 2013, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Caddo Lake National Heritage Area
Act of 2018''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Caddo lake heritage area commission.--The term ``Caddo
Lake Heritage Area Commission'' means the management entity for
the Heritage Area... | Caddo Lake National Heritage Area Act of 2018 This bill establishes the Caddo Lake National Heritage Area in Louisiana and Texas. The bill designates the Caddo Lake Heritage Area Commission as the management entity for the area. The commission shall submit a management plan for the area. Such plan must contain a... | Caddo Lake National Heritage Area Act of 2018 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Limestone Hills Training Area
Withdrawal Act''.
SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION OF PUBLIC LANDS FOR LIMESTONE HILLS
TRAINING AREA, MONTANA.
(a) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights and except as
provided in this Act, the publ... | Limestone Hills Training Area Withdrawal Act - (Sec. 2) Withdraws from all forms of appropriation under public land laws, including the mining laws and the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, 18,644 acres of public lands and interests in Broadwater County, Montana, identified on the map titled the "Limest... | Limestone Hills Training Area Withdrawal Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Breastfeeding Promotion and
Employers' Tax Incentive Act''.
SEC. 2. ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT FOR EMPLOYER EXPENSES FOR PROVIDING
APPROPRIATE ENVIRONMENT ON BUSINESS PREMISES FOR EMPLOYED
MOTHERS TO BREASTFEED OR EXPRESS MILK FOR THEI... | Breastfeeding Promotion and Employers' Tax Incentive Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a limited credit to employers for expenses incurred in enabling employed nursing mothers to breastfeed. | Breastfeeding Promotion and Employers' Tax Incentive Act |
SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO CITY OF MESQUITE, NEVADA.
Section 3 of Public Law 99-548 (100 Stat. 3061; 110 Stat. 3009-202)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Fifth Area.--
``(1) Right to purchase.--For a period of 12 years after
the date of enactment of this Act, the... | Grants the City of Mesquite, Nevada, the exclusive right, for 12 years, to purchase specified parcels of public land in Mount Diablo Meridian. Requires the proceeds of the sale of each parcel to be deposited into, and disposed of by the Secretary of the Interior from, the special account established under the Southern... | A bill to give the city of Mesquite, Nevada, the right to purchase at fair market value certain parcels of public land in the city. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Save Our Seniors' Social Security
Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. RELIEF PAYMENTS TO RECIPIENTS OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND RAILROAD
RETIREMENT BENEFITS.
(a) Authority To Make Payments.--
(1) Eligibility.--
(A) In genera... | Save Our Seniors' Social Security Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to disburse a $280 payment to each individual who, for any of the months of December 2009, January 2010, or February 2010, is entitled to a Social Security or railroad retirement benefit payment.
Rescinds certain appropriations under... | To provide relief payments to recipients of Social Security and railroad retirement benefits, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rapid Deployment Strike Force Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.
(a) In General.--The Attorney General shall establish in the
Federal Bureau of Investigation a unit, to be known as the Rapid
Deployment Force, which shall be made available to assist units of... | Rapid Deployment Strike Force Act - Directs the Attorney General to establish in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) a Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) to assist units of local government in combating crime.
Provides that: (1) the RDF shall be headed by a Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI and comprised of approx... | Rapid Deployment Strike Force Act |
PROCEDURES.
(a) In General.--Title 38, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after chapter 7 the following new chapter:
``CHAPTER 8--EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
``Sec.
``801. Scope of chapter.
``802. Office of Employment Discrimination Complaints Resolution.
``803. Informal complaint resolu... | Department of Veterans Affairs Employment Discrimination Prevention Act - Establishes in the Department of Veterans Affairs an Office of Employment Discrimination Complaints Resolution headed by a Director who shall be solely responsible for resolving complaints of unlawful employment discrimination (UED) within the De... | Department of Veterans Affairs Employment Discrimination Prevention Act |
SECTION 1. NOTIFICATION OF GRANTS; PUBLICATION OF GRANT AMOUNTS.
Section 29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(o) Notification of Grants; Publication of Grant Amounts.--The
Administrator shall disburse funds to a women's business center ... | Amends the Small Business Act relating to the women's business centers program to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to: (1) disburse funds to a women's business center (center) no later than one month after its application is approved; (2) annually publish on the SBA website informati... | To amend the Small Business Act to modify certain provisions relating to women's business centers, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``International Malaria Control Act of
2000''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The World Health Organization estimates that there are
300,000,000 to 500,000,000 cases of malaria each year.
(2) ... | Directs the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development to take appropriate steps to provide recipient countries with information concerning: (1) the development of vaccines and therapeutic agents for HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis; and (2) participation in, and the results of, clinical trials conduc... | International Malaria Control Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ending Secret Law Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Secret law is inconsistent with democratic governance.
In order for the rule of law to prevail, the requirements of
the law must be publicly discov... | Ending Secret Law Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that each decision, order, or opinion ("decision," for purposes of this Act) issued by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review that includes significant construction or interpretation of Foreig... | Ending Secret Law Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Enhanced Border Security Act''.
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act to protect United States citizens
from external threats by establishing and applying appropriate
counterinsurgency tactics under a coordinated and targeted stra... | Enhanced Border Security Act - Directs the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a counterinsurgency strategy that: (1) outlines the transnational criminal organizations in Mexico; (2) assesses Mexico's capabilities to counter such organizations; (3) describes such organizations' operations in the United States and ... | To apply counterinsurgency tactics under a coordinated and targeted strategy to combat the terrorist insurgency in Mexico waged by transnational criminal organizations, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Truth in Settlements Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. INFORMATION REGARDING SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO BY
FEDERAL AGENCIES.
(a) Requirements for Settlement Agreements.--
(1) In general.--Chapter 3 of title 5, United States Code, ... | Truth in Settlements Act of 2014 - Sets forth new requirements for the public disclosure of any covered settlement agreement entered into by a federal executive agency. Defines "covered settlement agreement" as a settlement agreement (including a consent decree) that: (1) is entered into by an executive agency, (... | Truth in Settlements Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Aid Transparency and
Accountability Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. GUIDELINES FOR UNITED STATES FOREIGN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.
(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to evaluate the
performance of United States foreign development assistance and... | Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 - Directs the President to establish guidelines regarding the establishment of measurable goals, performance metrics, and monitoring and evaluation plans for U.S. foreign assistance.
Requires such guidelines to provide direction to federal departments and agencie... | To direct the President to establish guidelines for United States foreign development assistance, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Produce the Note Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. REQUIRED INFORMATION AND NOTICE.
Notwithstanding any other provision of State or Federal law, no
foreclosure, whether judicial or nonjudicial, may be commenced with
respect to a covered residential mortgage unles... | Produce the Note Act of 2009 - 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 subseq... | To require the filing of certain information regarding a residential mortgage in any proceeding for foreclosure of the mortgage. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Flood Insurance Fairness Act of
2010''.
SEC. 2. 5-YEAR DELAY IN EFFECTIVE DATE OF MANDATORY PURCHASE
REQUIREMENT FOR NEW FLOOD HAZARD AREAS.
(a) In General.--Section 102 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act
of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4012a) is a... | Flood Insurance Fairness Act of 2010 - Amends the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 to delay, for certain areas not previously designated as having special flood hazards, the effective date for the mandatory purchase of flood insurance until the expiration of the five-year period beginning upon the date that revisi... | To revise the National Flood Insurance Program to more fairly treat homeowners who purchase insurance under the program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Preparedness Standards
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The Second Report of the Advisory Panel to Assess
Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons
of Mass Destruc... | National Preparedness Standards Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish clearly defined standards and guidelines for Federal, State, and local government emergency preparedness and response capability, including standards and guidelines for training, inte... | To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish clearly defined standards and guidelines for Federal, State, and local government emergency preparedness and response capability, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Boating Improvement Act of 1994''.
SEC. 2. BOATING SAFETY GRANTS.
(a) Transfer of Amounts for State Boating Safety Programs.--
(1) Transfers.--Section 4(b) of the Act of August 9, 1950
(16 U.S.C. 777c(b)), is amended to read as follo... | Boating Improvement Act of 1994 - Amends the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to increase the amounts transferred from State fish restoration and management project appropriations for grants for recreational boating safety programs. Revises funding from the same appropriations for grants to coastal and inland... | Boating Improvement Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. CONVERSION OF PROPERTY AND FACILITIES AT CLOSED OR REALIGNED
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS INTO YOUTHFUL OFFENDER BOOT CAMPS.
(a) Bases Closed or Realigned Under 1990 Base Closure Law.--Section
2905 of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of
title XXIX of Public Law 101... | Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 and the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act to require the Secretary of Defense, before any action is taken with respect to the disposal or transfer of real property at a military facility being closed or realigned, to notify ... | To establish a priority in the disposal of real property resulting from the closure or realignment of military installations toward States and other entities that agree to convert the property into correctional facilities for youthful offenders to be operated as military-style boot camps and to require the Secretary of... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pennsylvania Battlefields Protection
Act of 1999''.
TITLE I--PAOLI AND BRANDYWINE BATTLEFIELDS
SEC. 101. PAOLI BATTLEFIELD PROTECTION.
(a) Paoli Battlefield.--The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter
referred to as the ``Secretary'') ... | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Paoli and Brandywine Battlefields Title II: Valley Forge National Historical Park Pennsylvania Battlefields Protection Act of 1999 - Title I: Paoli and Brandywine Battlefields - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide funds to, and enter into a cooperative management ag... | Pennsylvania Battlefields Protection Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Congress Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. BAN ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES IN ELECTIONS FOR FEDERAL
OFFICE BY PERSONS OTHER THAN INDIVIDUALS AND POLITICAL
PARTY COMMITTEES.
Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971... | Clean Congress Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit contributions to candidates for Federal office by persons other than individuals or political party committees.
(Sec. 3) Prohibits congressional candidates from accepting contributions from persons other than political party comm... | Clean Congress Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Lumbee Recognition Act''.
SEC. 2. PREAMBLE.
The preamble to the Act of June 7, 1956 (70 Stat. 254), is
amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of each clause;
(2) by striking ``: Now, therefore,'' at the end of the
... | Lumbee Recognition Act - Amends federal law relating to the Lumbee Indians of North Carolina to extend federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.
Authorizes appropriations. | A bill to provide for the acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Furthering Education and Research
through Mantis Improvements Act'' or the ``FERMI Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) One-third of the Nobel Prizes awarded to citizens of
the United States have been won by fo... | Furthering Education and Research through Mantis Improvements Act or FERMI Act - Requires the Secretary of State to: (1) provide consular officers with improved guidance regarding the operational structure and requirements of the Visas Mantis security check program (which protects against illegal transfers of sensitive... | To preserve the preeminence of the United States in scientific research by improving the Visas Mantis security check program through a reduction of processing times and improvement in efficiency under such program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Kosova Peace, Democracy, and Human
Rights Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The Constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia, adopted in 1946, and the amended Constitution of
... | Kosova Peace, Democracy, and Human Rights Act of 1995 - Bars specified sanctions, prohibitions, or requirements with respect to Serbia or Montenegro under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 from ceasing to be effective unless: (1) the President first submits to the Congress the certification d... | Kosova Peace, Democracy, and Human Rights Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Trade Accessibility and
Accountability Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE TO SMALL FIRMS TO FILE PETITIONS FOR COUNTERVAILING
DUTY INVESTIGATIONS AND ANTIDUMPING DUTY INVESTIGATIONS
UNDER THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930.
(a) In ... | Fair Trade Accessibility and Accountability Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Commerce to provide financial assistance to small firms to assist them in preparing and filing petitions to obtain the remedies and benefits available under the Tariff Act of 1930 relating to the imposition of countervailing and... | Fair Trade Accessibility and Accountability Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Disaster Recovery Personal
Protection Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Second Amendment to the Constitution states that a
``well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a
... | Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act of 2006 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to prohibit any U.S. officer or employee or any person operating under federal authority, while acting in support of relief from a major disaster or emergency, from: (1) seizing or prohibiting ... | To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Accountability in Foreign Aid Act of
2014''.
SEC. 2. REIMBURSEMENT FOR STATES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish a
program for the purpose of reimbursing States, and political
subdivisions of Sta... | Accountability in Foreign Aid Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program to reimburse states and their political subdivisions for qualifying education, incarceration, and public benefit expenses related to the presence of aliens having no lawful U.S. immigration status within their geogr... | Accountability in Foreign Aid Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Commission to Universally Reduce and
Eradicate Disease Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) During the 20th century the United States led the world
in defeating totalitarianism and communis... | Commission to Universally Reduce and Eradicate Disease Act of 2001 - Establishes the National Commission for the New National Goal: The Advancement of Global Health to: (1) recommend a national strategy for coordinating governmental, academic, and public and private health care entities for the purpose of the global er... | To establish a commission to recommend a strategy for the global eradication of disease. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Human Space Flight Independent
Investigation Commission Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act--
(1) the term ``incident'' means either an accident or a
deliberate act;
(2) the term ``NASA'' means t... | Human Space Flight Independent Investigation Commission Act of 2003 - Directs the President to establish an independent, nonpartisan commission within the executive branch to investigate and report to the President, Congress, and the public on any accident or deliberate act that results in the loss of: (1) a space shut... | To provide for the establishment of an independent, Presidentially-appointed investigative Commission in the event of incidents in the Nation's human space flight program that result in loss of crew, passengers, or the spacecraft, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``New United States Global HIV
Prevention Strategy to Address the Needs of Women and Girls Act of
2004''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Globally, the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/
AIDS (UNAIDS) estimates... | New United States Global HIV Prevention Strategy to Address the Needs of Women and Girls Act of 2004 - States that it shall be U.S. policy to: (1) pursue an HIV prevention strategy for each country for which the United States provides assistance to combat HIV/AIDS that emphasizes the needs of women and girls; and (2) s... | To require the President to establish a comprehensive, integrated, and culturally appropriate HIV prevention strategy that emphasizes the needs of women and girls for each country for which the United States provides assistance to combat HIV/AIDS, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Middle Class Savings and Capital
Gains Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. LIFETIME NET CAPITAL GAIN DEDUCTION FOR INDIVIDUALS.
(a) In General.--Part I of subchapter P of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to treatment of capital gains)
is am... | Middle Class Savings and Capital Gains Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals, in computing their adjusted gross income, a deduction of 100 percent of their net capital gain. Sets a $100,000 lifetime limit on the deduction and adjusts for inflation the balance of this amount remaining afte... | Middle Class Savings and Capital Gains Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Border Security,
Cooperation, and Act Now Drug War Prevention Act of 2011''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
... | Border Security, Cooperation, and Act Now Drug War Prevention Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Attorney General to provide to a state on a U.S. border up to 500 additional U.S. Border Patrol agents, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fi... | To provide for emergency deployments of United States Border Patrol agents and to increase the number of DEA and ATF agents along the international border of the United States to increase resources to identify and eliminate illicit sources of firearms into Mexico for use by violent drug trafficking organizations and fo... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Information Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. ANNUAL MEDICARE BENEFICIARY PART A CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS
STATEMENTS.
(a) In General.--Part A of title XI of the Social Security Act is
amended by inserting after section 1143 (42 U.S.C. 132... | Medicare Information Act of 2011 - Amends part A of title XI of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide to each eligible individual annually a statement of Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) contributions and benefits in coordination with the annual mailing of Soc... | A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for the annual mailing of statements of Medicare beneficiary part A contributions and benefits in coordination with the annual mailing of Social Security account statements. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``World War I
Centennial Commission Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Establishment o... | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on December 21, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
World War I Centennial Commission Act - Establishes the World War I Centennial Commission to: (1) plan, develop, and execute programs, projects, and activities to commemorate the ce... | To establish a commission to ensure a suitable observance of the centennial of World War I, to provide for the designation of memorials to the service of members of the United States Armed Forces in World War I, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Telecommunications Services
Enhancement Act of 1994''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) competition in telecommunications and cable services
will encourage infrastructure development, have beneficial
effects ... | Telecommunications Services Enhancement Act of 1994 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit any State or local governmental entity, statute, or regulation from: (1) prohibiting the ability of an entity to provide interstate or intrastate telecommunications services; or (2) unreasonably discriminating among... | Telecommunications Services Enhancement Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``TPS Act''.
SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF GRANTS OF TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS.
Section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(j) Termination.--
``(1) In general.--Beginning ... | TPS Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to terminate new grants of temporary protected status (TPS) to aliens except for individuals with a pending TPS application. (TPS designations permit eligible nationals of designated counties affected by armed conflict or natural disasters to temporarily resi... | TPS Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Accelerating Innovation in Medicine
Act of 2017'' or the ``AIM Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds as follows:
(1) Innovation in health care technology is necessary to
improve health outcomes and depends in part on the a... | Accelerating Innovation in Medicine Act of 2017 or the AIM Act of 2017 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to develop, maintain, and make publicly available a list of medical devices that shall be voluntarily excluded from payment under the Medicare program. A Medicare be... | Accelerating Innovation in Medicine Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Capital Construction Fund Qualified
Withdrawal Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF THE MERCHANT MARINE ACT OF 1936 TO ENCOURAGE
RETIREMENT OF CERTAIN FISHING VESSELS AND PERMITS.
(a) In General.--Section 607(a) of the Merchant Marine Act,... | Capital Construction Fund Qualified Withdrawal Act of 2003 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act and the Internal Revenue Code to permit as qualified withdrawals from fishing capital construction funds money used by retiring fishermen for the following purposes: (1) paying the net proceeds to a person retiring related comme... | To provide for qualified withdrawals from the Capital Construction Fund for fishermen leaving the industry and for the rollover of Capital Construction Funds to individual retirement plans, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Joint Antitrust Consultative
Commission Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Antitrust laws are an important legal tool for opening
markets to international competition and defusing trade
tension.
... | Joint Antitrust Consultative Commission Act - Establishes the United States-Japan Joint Antitrust Consultative Commission to: (1) discuss and make recommendations on long-term structural differences in antitrust policy and short-term antitrust disputes; and (2) serve as an open forum to promote more coherent enforceme... | Joint Antitrust Consultative Commission Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Spokane Tribe of Indians of the
Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) From 1927 to 1931, at the direction of Congress, the
Corps of Eng... | Directs the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) to deposit into the Account a sum equal to 39.4 percent of the lump sum paid to the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, pursuant to the Confederated Tribes Act, adjusted for inflation, as payment and satisfaction of the Spokane Tribe's claim for use of its ... | Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Independence Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. DOMESTIC ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENCY PLAN.
(a) Strategic Plan.--The Secretary of Energy shall develop, and
transmit to the Congress within 1 year after the date of the enactment
of this Act, a strategic plan to en... | Energy Independence Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) develop and transmit to Congress a strategic plan to ensure that the United States is energy self-sufficient by the year 2011; and (2) develop a program for the acquisition of certain commercially available fuel cell power plants and power genera... | To ensure the energy self-sufficiency of the United States by 2011, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hardrock Mining Royalty Act of
1997''.
SEC. 2. ROYALTY.
(a) Reservation of Royalty.--Each person producing locatable
minerals (including associated minerals) from any mining claim located
under the general mining laws, or mineral concentrates derived ... | Hardrock Mining Royalty Act of 1997 - Requires the payment of a royalty to the Federal Government of five percent of the net smelter return from the production of locatable minerals or mineral concentrates produced from any mining claim located under the general mining laws. Establishes the Abandoned Minerals Mine Rec... | Hardrock Mining Royalty Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Early-Stage Business Investment and
Incubation Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. EARLY-STAGE BUSINESS INVESTMENT AND INCUBATION GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall esta... | Early-Stage Business Investment and Incubation Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish an early-stage business investment and incubation grant program (program) to support the development of early-stage businesses engaged primarily in the research, development, manufacturing, production, or marketi... | To direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish an early-stage business investment and incubation grant program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Women's Suffrage
Centennial Commission Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Establishment of Women's Suffr... | Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission Act This bill establishes a Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission to develop and execute programs and activities to commemorate the centennial of the passage and ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, which prohibits the federal government and states from denying U.S. citizens... | Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional Tribute to Constance
Baker Motley Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds as follows:
(1) Constance Baker Motley was born in 1921, in New Haven,
Connecticut, the daughter of immigrants from the Caribbean
... | Congressional Tribute to Constance Baker Motley Act of 2006 - Authorizes the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to make appropriate arrangements for the posthumous presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design in commemoration of Constance Ba... | A bill to posthumously award a congressional gold medal to Constance Baker Motley. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Enhanced Incentives for Charitable
Giving Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO CERTAIN LOW INCOME SCHOOLS MAY BE
MADE IN NEXT TAXABLE YEAR.
(a) In General.--Section 170(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to d... | Permits non-itemizers to deduct a portion of their charitable contributions.
Increases the percentage limitations applicable to individual and corporate charitable contributions.
Sets forth a limited exception to the excess business holdings rule. | Enhanced Incentives for Charitable Giving Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Women Immigrants Safe Harbor Act of
2001''.
SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC BENEFITS OF ALIENS SUFFERING
FROM DOMESTIC ABUSE.
(a) Exemption From SSI and Food Stamps Ban.--Section 402(a)(2) of
the Personal Responsibility and Work O... | Women Immigrants Safe Harbor Act of 2001 - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) to exempt battered aliens from the ban on receiving benefits under specified Federal programs, such as Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) (titles XIX and XVI of the Social ... | To amend title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide for the eligibility of certain aliens suffering from domestic abuse for SSI, food stamps, TANF, Medicaid, SSBG, and certain other public benefit programs, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Mortgage Credit Repair Act of
2008''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The United States housing bubble effectively burst
towards the end of 2005, when default rates on subprime and
adjustable rate mortg... | Mortgage Credit Repair Act of 2008 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to define "front end ratio" as a ratio that indicates what portion of an individual's income is used to make mortgage payments, calculated by dividing an individual's gross monthly income by their housing expenses, particularly the mortgage princ... | To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act with respect to requirements relating to information contained in consumer reports, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
(a) The Congress finds that--
(1) fraudulent activity in the United States has a
devastating effect on the elderly;
(2) as the fears of the elderly over financial security
have increased over the years, so too have the deceptive
tactics of uns... | Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to participate in, and receive products from, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Center of the Department of the Treasury.
Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to allow the FTC to bring criminal contempt actions for violations of court orders in the same manner as civil pena... | A bill to protect the elderly against fraudulent practices, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Endangered Species
Conservation Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) numerous species of fauna and flora in foreign
countries have continued to decline to the point that the l... | Foreign Endangered Species Conservation Act of 1999 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to use amounts in the Foreign Endangered and Threatened Species Conservation Account (established by this Act) to provide financial assistance for projects for the conservation of foreign endangered or threatened species in fore... | Foreign Endangered Species Conservation Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Tule Lake National Historic Site
Establishment Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Historic site.--The term ``Historic Site'' means the
Tule Lake National Historic Site established by section 3(a).
(2) M... | Tule Lake National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2015 This bill establishes the Tule Lake National Historic Site in California as a unit of the National Park System in order to preserve, protect, and interpret the site of incarceration and segregation of U.S. citizens of Japanese descent and resident immigrants of... | Tule Lake National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. PROVISIONS RELATING TO OFFICES AND POSITIONS IN THE
EXECUTIVE OR LEGISLATIVE BRANCH.
(a) Applicability.--This section shall apply with respect to each
office or position under subparagraph (A), (B), or (D) of section
225(f) of the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 356), as last in
e... | Applies this Act to the Vice President, Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and certain offices and positions of the legislative as well as executive (Executive Schedule) branch.
Declares that, on and after the first day of the first Congress beginning after the next election of Representatives, th... | To nullify the 25 percent pay increase that was afforded to Members of Congress and certain other Government officials by the Ethics Reform Act of 1989; to repeal section 225 of the Federal Salary Act of 1967, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening Democratic
Institutions Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) An elected legislature that represents a nation's
citizens is a critical element of a democratic government that
... | Strengthening Democratic Institutions Act of 2002 - Establishes an international legislative staff training program that will bring legislative staff working for foreign legislative bodies and their elected members to the United States for seminars, workshops, discussions, and meetings concerning techniques, standards,... | To strengthen democratic institutions and promote good governance overseas by contributing to the development of professional legislative staff. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Lowering Oil Price
Speculation for Infrastructure Dedicated to Economic Development Act of
2009'' or the ``LOPSIDED Oil Prices Act of 2009''.
(b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The price of oil has ri... | Lowering Oil Price Speculation for Infrastructure Dedicated to Economic Development Act of 2009 or the LOPSIDED Oil Prices Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose an excise tax on transactions in oil futures and options, to be paid by the trading facility on which the transactions occur or the buy... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a tax on transactions in oil futures and options and to deposit the revenues from the tax into the Highway Trust Fund. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Military Family Support Act of
2008''.
SEC. 2. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES PROGRAM FOR USE OF LEAVE BY CAREGIVERS FOR
FAMILY MEMBERS OF INDIVIDUALS PERFORMING CERTAIN MILITARY
SERVICE.
(a) Federal Employees Program.--
(1)... | Military Family Support Act of 2008 - Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish a program to authorize a caregiver (a federal employee at least 18 years of age capable of providing care to a child or other dependent family member of a member of the Armed Forces) to use: (1) any available sick leave ... | To provide for a Federal employees program to authorize the use of leave by caregivers for family members of certain individuals performing military service, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Salmon Lake Land Selection
Resolution Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) Salmon Lake and the water upstream and downstream from
Salmon Lake contain important fisheries resources of
si... | Salmon Lake Land Selection Resolution Act - Ratifies the Salmon Lake Area Land Ownership and Consolidation Agreement, which was executed by the Department of the Interior, the state of Alaska, and the Bering Straits Native Corporation on July 18, 2007. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to carry out all actions p... | A bill to resolve the claims of the Bering Straits Native Corporation and the State of Alaska to land adjacent to Salmon Lake in the State of Alaska and to provide for the conveyance to the Bering Straits Native Corporation of certain other public land in partial satisfaction of the land entitlement of the Corporation ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Global Tsunami Detection and Warning
System Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF TSUNAMI SENSORS.
(a) Responsibilities of Secretary of Commerce.--The Secretary of
Commerce shall--
(1) identify deficiencies in the existing sy... | Global Tsunami Detection and Warning System Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary of Commerce, working with other specified Federal agency heads, to: (1) identify and eliminate (with international cooperation) deficiencies in existing systems of worldwide seismic stations that can identify in real or near real time pote... | To provide for the development of a global tsunami detection and warning system, to improve existing communication of tsunami warnings to all potentially affected nations, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pioneer National Historic Trails
Studies Act''.
SEC. 2. REVISION OF FEASIBILITY AND SUITABILITY STUDIES OF EXISTING
NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAILS.
The National Trails System Act is amended by inserting after
section 5 (16 U.S.C. 1244) the fo... | Pioneer National Historic Trails Studies Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to require specified revisions of feasibility and suitability studies of certain existing National Historic Trails.Directs the Secretary to study the feasibility of designating certain routes and cutoffs for inclusion within the Oregon... | To amend the National Trails System Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to update the feasibility and suitability studies of four national historic trails, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. TAX CREDIT FOR MARGINAL DOMESTIC OIL AND NATURAL GAS WELL
PRODUCTION.
(a) Credit for Producing Oil and Gas From Marginal Wells.--Subpart
D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (relating to business credits) is amended by adding at the end
the fol... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business tax credit for producing crude oil and natural gas from marginal wells of: (1) $3 per barrel of qualified crude oil production; and (2) $.50 per 1,000 cubic feet of qualified natural gas production. Provides: (1) a formula for reducing such credit in years in whic... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well production. |
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