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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Water Infrastructure Security and Research Development Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Act-- (1) the term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; (2) the term ``...
Water Infrastructure Security and Research Development Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program of research, development, and demonstration activities to achieve improvements to technologies and related processes for the security of water supply systems. Requires the...
To authorize the Environmental Protection Agency to provide funding to support research and development projects for the security of water infrastructure.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Healthy Children and Families Act of 2007''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings: (1) Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program have collectively provided health insura...
Healthy Children and Families Act of 2007 - Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to provide states with the option to provide evidence-based nurse home visitation services under Medicaid and the SCHIP programs.
To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide States with the option to provide nurse home visitation services under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
SECTION 1. RATES OF BASIC PAY FOR THE UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE UNIFORMED DIVISION. (a) New Rates of Basic Pay.--Section 501 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, (District of Columbia Code, section 4-416), is amended-- (1) in subsection (b)(1), by str...
Amends the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 to set forth the annual rates of basic pay for officers and members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division. Sets a limitation on certain pay period earnings with respect to premium pay paid to and compensatory time authorized for s...
A bill to simplify and consolidate the pay system for the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, and for other purposes.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Regional Ground and Surface Water Enhancement Program Act of 2007''. SEC. 2. PURPOSE AND GOALS. (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to authorize a regional water enhancement program, within the environmental quality incentives program, to enhance...
Regional Ground and Surface Water Enhancement Program Act of 2007 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) identify areas in which protecting or improving water quality or water quantity, or both, is a priority; (2) establish (within the environmental quality incentives prog...
A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize a regional water enhancement program in the environmental quality incentives program.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Abby Honold Act''. SEC. 2. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ON TRAUMA-INFORMED TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. (a) Definitions.--In this section-- (1) the term ``Attorney General'' means the Attorney General, acting through the Dir...
Abby Honold Act This bill directs the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women to make competitive grants to law enforcement agencies and victim services organizations to implement evidence-based, trauma-informed approaches in responding to and investigating domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as...
Abby Honold Act
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``American Voting Standards and Technology Act''. SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF VOTING SYSTEMS STANDARDS PROGRAM. (a) In General.--Section 2(c) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 272(c)) is amended-- (1) in paragr...
American Voting Standards and Technology Act - Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to direct the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) develop standard practices, codes, specifications, and voluntary consensus standards needed to assure the accuracy, integrity, and security of voting systems used in t...
To develop voluntary consensus standards to ensure the accuracy and validation of the voting process, to direct the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to study voter participation and emerging voting technology, to provide grants to States to improve voting methods, and for other purposes.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Targeted Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Act of 2000''. (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 r...
Provides for a decreased phaseout percentage of the earned income credit (thereby increasing the benefits of such credit) for individuals with qualifying children.
Targeted Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Act of 2000
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Food Stamp Fairness and Benefit Restoration Act of 2007''. SEC. 2. ENDING BENEFIT EROSION. Section 5(e)(1) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(1)) is amended-- (1) in subparagraph (A)(ii)-- (A) by striking ``...
Food Stamp Fairness and Benefit Restoration Act of 2007 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 with respect to: (1) inflation adjustments for standard deductions and for household resources; (2) retirement account and education account exclusions; (3) eligibility for unemployed adults; (4) dependent care deduction cap eli...
A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to end benefit erosion, support working families with child care expenses, encourage retirement and education savings, and for other purposes.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as ``Networking and Information Technology Research and Development for Department of Energy Missions Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) The Department of Energy, especially in its Office of Science research progr...
Authorizes laboratories administered by the National Nuclear Security Administration to compete for funding authorized in this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY2001through 2005.
Networking and Information Technology Research and Development for Department of Energy Missions Act
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care Safety Net Amendments Technical Corrections Act of 2003''. SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. (a) Health Centers.-- (1) In general.--Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b) is amended to read as if-- ...
Health Care Safety Net Amendments Technical Corrections Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002 to make technical and conforming amendments respecting: (1) health centers; (2) rural health outreach; (3) telehealth; (4) mental health services via telehealth; (...
A bill to make certain technical and conforming amendments to correct the Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening Physical Education Act of 2007''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) State educational agency.--The term ``State educational agency'' has the meaning given such term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Se...
Strengthening Physical Education Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include physical education among the subjects for which states are required to have academic content and achievement standards for all public school students, beginning in school year 2007-2008. Requires physica...
To amend section 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding challenging academic content standards for physical education, and for other purposes.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This act may be cited as the ``National Defense Rail Connection Act of 2002''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. (a) A comprehensive rail transportation network is a key element of an integrated transportation system for the North American continent, and Federal leadership is required to address t...
National Defense Rail Connection Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, for purposes of national defense and economic development, to identify a proposed national defense railroad-utility corridor linking the existing corridor of the Alaska Railroad to the vicinity of the proposed National Missile Defense...
A bill to facilitate the extension of the Alaska Railroad for national defense purposes.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Affordable Medicine Safety and Access Act''. TITLE I--INTERNET AND MAIL-ORDER PHARMACIES SEC. 101. VOLUNTARY CERTIFICATIONS REGARDING INTERNET AND MAIL-ORDER PHARMACIES. (a) In General.--Chapter 5 of the Federal Food, Drug,...
Affordable Medicine Safety and Access Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, directly or through contract with one or more public or nonprofit private entities, to establish a voluntary program to certify Internet and mail-order pharmacies. Sets condi...
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a program to provide for the voluntary certification of Internet and mail-order pharmacies, to amend such Act to authorize, subject to certain conditions, the importation by individuals of prescription drugs from Canada for personal use, and for other purpo...
to repeal sections 2, 3, and 6 of the Neutrality Act of 1939, and for other purposes (Public Law 77-294; 55 Stat. 764) repealed section 6 of the Neutrality Act of 1939 (related to the arming of United States vessels) and authorized the President during the national emergency to arm ...
World War II Merchant Mariner Service Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to consider certain methods for verifying that an individual performed honorable service as a member of the merchant marine during the period beginning on December 7, 1941, and ending on December 31, 1946, for purposes of eligibility for...
To direct the Secretary of Defense to accept additional documentation when considering the application for veterans status of an individual who performed service in the merchant marines during World War II, and for other purposes.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Act of 2001''. SEC. 2. SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA RESOURCES. Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6801 et seq.) is amended-- (1) by redesignating part E as part F; a...
Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Act of 2001 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a program of assistance to school libraries to improve literacy through: (1) mandatory allotments to States for library media resources; and (2) discretionary grants for school library access...
A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide up-to-date school library media resources and well-trained, professionally certified school library media specialists for elementary schools and secondary schools, and for other purposes.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Legal Reform Commission Act of 1998''. SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION. (a) Establishment.--There is established a commission to be known as the Legal Reform Commission (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ``Commission''). (b) Membership....
Legal Reform Commission Act of 1998 - Establishes the Legal Reform Commission to study, develop recommendations regarding, and report to the President and the Congress on the reform and simplification of the U.S. legal system. Requires matters studied by the Commission to include reform of: (1) Federal, State, crimin...
Legal Reform Commission Act of 1998
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Security Verification for Refugees Act''. SEC. 2. REVIEW OF REFUGEES TO IDENTIFY SECURITY THREATS TO THE UNITED STATES. (a) Background Investigation.--In addition to the screening conducted by the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Dire...
Security Verification for Refugees Act This bill requires that, in addition to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) screening, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shall take all actions necessary to ensure that each covered alien receives a background investigation before U.S. refugee admission. A "cove...
Security Verification for Refugees Act
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States Act of 2015'' or the ``CARERS Act of 2015''. SEC. 2. FEDERALISM IN DRUG POLICY. Section 708 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 903) is amended-- (1) by striking ``No pro...
Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States Act of 2015 or the CARERS Act of 2015 Amends the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to provide that control and enforcement provisions of such Act relating to marihuana shall not apply to any person acting in compliance with state law relating to the production,...
CARERS Act of 2015
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``National Drought Policy Act of 1998''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds that-- (1) the United States often suffers serious economic and environmental losses from severe regional droughts and there is no coordinated Federal strategy to ...
National Drought Policy Act of 1998 - Establishes a National Drought Commission which shall: (1) review Federal, State, local, and tribal laws and programs and provide recommendations on a national drought policy; and (2) report to the President and the Congress. Terminates the Commission 90 days after submission of s...
National Drought Policy Act of 1998
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Corporate Politics Transparency Act''. SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE TO SHAREHOLDERS OF CERTAIN POLITICAL EXPENDITURES. (a) Quarterly and Annual Reports.--Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m) is amended by adding at the end the follo...
Corporate Politics Transparency Act - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require that quarterly and annual reports of an issuer, any proxy solicitation or consent or authorization in respect of any security, and the issuer's registration statement disclose total political expenditures in support of or in opp...
To amend the securities laws to require that registration statements, quarterly and annual reports, and proxy solicitations of public companies include a disclosure to shareholders of any expenditure made by that company in support of or in opposition to any candidate for Federal, State, or local public office.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Inefficient Defense Elimination Act of 2013''. SEC. 2. TERMINATION OR RETIREMENT OF AIRCRAFT AND SHIP PROGRAMS. (a) C-27J Aircraft.-- (1) Prohibition on procurement.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds aut...
Inefficient Defense Elimination Act of 2013 - Prohibits any funds made available for the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY2014 or thereafter from being obligated or expended to procure C-27J aircraft. Directs the Secretary of Defense, with respect to any such aircraft procured on or before the date of enactment of thi...
Inefficient Defense Elimination Act of 2013
[Congressional Bills 106th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Printing Office] [H.R. 437 Referred in Senate (RFS)] 1st Session H. R. 437 _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES ...
Presidential and Executive Office Financial Accountability Act of 1999 - Provides, within the Executive Office of the President, for the designation or appointment of a Chief Financial Officer. Requires the Chief Financial Officer, to the extent that the President determines appropriate and in the interest of the Unit...
Presidential and Executive Office Financial Accountability Act of 1999
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) The Yazoo-Mississippi Delta, located in Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Warren, Washington, and Yazo...
Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish as the Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge certain lands, waters, and interests the Secretary shall acquire in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta, located in Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Warren, Wash...
To establish the Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge and the Holt Collier Wildlife Interpretation and Education Center.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Interim Consolidated Storage Act of 2015''. SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF INTERIM CONSOLIDATED STORAGE FACILITY. Section 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ``(35)...
Interim Consolidated Storage Act of 2015 This bill amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to authorize the Department of Energy (DOE) to enter into new contracts (or modify existing contracts) with the licensee of an interim consolidated storage facility in order to take title to and store in it either high-level ...
Interim Consolidated Storage Act of 2015
SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY. The Act entitled ``An Act to define the exterior boundary of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in the State of Utah, and for other purposes'', approved March 11, 1948 (62 Stat. 72), as amended by the Act entitled ``An Act to amend the Act extending the exterior bound...
Authorizes Utah to relinquish for the benefit of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation certain of its school trust or subsurface mineral lands south of the border between Grand County and Uintah County, Utah, in exchange for certain federal subsurface mineral lands north of that border. Directs the ...
A bill to clarify authority granted under the Act entitled "An Act to define the exterior boundary of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in the State of Utah, and for other purposes".
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Crooked River Collaborative Water Security Act''. SEC. 2. WILD AND SCENIC RIVER; CROOKED, OREGON. Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (72) and inserting the following: ``(72) C...
Crooked River Collaborative Water Security Act - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to modify the boundary of the Crooked River, Oregon. Requires an applicant, in any application submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) relating to hydropower development at Bowman Dam (including turbines and appu...
A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to adjust the Crooked River boundary, to provide water certainty for the City of Prineville, Oregon, and for other purposes.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Communities of Color Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2011''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds as follows: (1) Teenage pregnancy is one of the most critical issues facing the Nation today. The United States has the highest ...
Communities of Color Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants for programs to provide youth in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities the information and skills needed to avoid teen pregnancy a...
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out programs to provide youth in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities the information and skills needed to reduce teenage pregnancies.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Women's Health Research Act of 1993''. SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF RESEARCH ON WOMEN'S HEALTH. (a) In General.--Title IV of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by section 2 of Public Law 101-613, is amended-- (1) by redesignati...
Women's Health Research Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish within the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) the Office of Research on Women's Health (Office). Establishes in the Office the Coordinating Committee on Research on Women's Health and the Advisory Com...
Women's Health Research Act of 1993
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Runaway and Homeless Youth Reauthorization Act of 1996''. SEC. 2. JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION ACT OF 1974. (a) Runaway and Homeless Youth.--Section 385 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5733) is ...
Runaway and Homeless Youth Reauthorization Act of 1996 - Reauthorizes the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act and the Missing Children's Assistance Act for FY 1997 through 2000. Sets priorities and permissible uses with respect to funds in excess of specified amounts allocated under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act. Aut...
Runaway and Homeless Youth Reauthorization Act of 1996
SECTION 1. EXECUTIVE ORDER 12898. The provisions of Executive Order 12898, dated February 11, 1994, pertaining to Federal actions to address environmental justice in minority populations and low-income populations, shall remain in force until changed by law. In carrying out such executive order, the provisions...
States that Executive Order 12898 (pertaining to Federal actions to address environmental justice in minority and low-income populations) shall remain in force until changed by law. Makes the provisions of this Act applicable to such Executive Order. Defines environmental justice. Establishes criteria for defining an ...
To require Executive Order 12898 to remain in force until changed by law, to expand the definition of environmental justice, to direct each Federal agency to establish an Environmental Justice Office, and for other purposes.
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDING OF NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO AND RADIO CONTENT ACQUISITION. (a) In General.--No Federal funds may be made available-- (1) to an organization that is incorporated as of the date of the enactment of this Act for each of the purposes described ...
Prohibits federal funding to organizations incorporated for specified purposes related to: (1) broadcasting, transmitting, and programming over noncommercial educational radio broadcast stations, networks, and systems; (2) cooperating with foreign broadcasting systems and networks in international radio programming and...
To prohibit Federal funding of National Public Radio and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Do Not Track Online Act of 2015''. SEC. 2. REGULATIONS RELATING TO ``DO-NOT-TRACK'' MECHANISMS. (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall promulgate-- (1) regulatio...
Do Not Track Online Act of 2015 This bill requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate: (1) regulations that establish standards for the implementation of a mechanism by which individuals can indicate whether they prefer to have personal information collected by providers of online services, including by p...
Do Not Track Online Act of 2015
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Communications Privacy and Consumer Empowerment Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) As our Nation's communications networks continue to grow and become ever more sophisticated, more individuals and ...
Communications Privacy and Consumer Empowerment Act - Directs the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission to take action through proceedings to ensure that consumer privacy rights are protected in new telecommunications services and systems.
Communications Privacy and Consumer Empowerment Act
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Bosnia and Herzegovina Self-Defense Act of 1994''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress makes the following findings: (1) For the reasons stated in the conference report on the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 19...
Bosnia and Herzegovina Self-Defense Act of 1994 - Directs the President to terminate the U.S. arms embargo of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina upon receipt of a request from such government for assistance in exercising its right of self-defense under the United Nations Charter. Authorizes the President to dire...
Bosnia and Herzegovina Self-Defense Act of 1994
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Pollution Prevention Opportunity Act of 2001''. SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR DRY OR WET CLEANING EQUIPMENT USING NONHAZARDOUS PRIMARY PROCESS SOLVENTS. (a) In General.--Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to am...
Small Business Pollution Prevention Opportunity Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a dry or wet cleaning equipment credit for any taxable year equivalent to 20 percent of the basis of each qualified dry or wet cleaning property placed in service during the year (40 percent of such basis in the ...
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for dry and wet cleaning equipment which uses non-hazardous primary process solvents.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``National Pediatric Research Network Act of 2012''. SEC. 2. NATIONAL PEDIATRIC RESEARCH NETWORK. Section 409D of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 284h; relating to the Pediatric Research Initiative) is amended-- (1) by redesignating ...
National Pediatric Research Network Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in carrying out the Pediatric Research Initiative, to act through the Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Developme...
To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to provide for a National Pediatric Research Network, including with respect to pediatric rare diseases or conditions.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Chattahoochee National Forest Act of 2006''. SEC. 2. MOUNTAINTOWN NATIONAL SCENIC AREA, CHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL FOREST, GEORGIA. (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established in the Chattahoochee National Forest in the State of Georgia ...
Chattahoochee National Forest Act of 2006 - Establishes the Mountaintown National Scenic Area in the Chattahoochee National Forest in Georgia. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a management plan for the Scenic Area as an amendment to the land and resource management plan for the Forest. Designates speci...
To establish the Mountaintown National Scenic Area in the Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia, and to designate additional National Forest System land in the State of Georgia as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
S. Section 304 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows: ``permissible revisions of budget resolutions ``Sec. 304. At any time after the joint resolution on the budget for a fiscal year has been enacted pursuant to section 301, and before the end of such fiscal ye...
Legally Binding Budget Act of 2013 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) to require joint budget resolutions signed by the President instead of the concurrent resolutions now required (which do not have to be signed by the President). Revises accordingly the congressional procedures for considering joint ...
Legally Binding Budget Act of 2013
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2012''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. Sec. 2. Purposes. Sec. 3. Definitions. Sec. 4. Au...
Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), with respect to National Forest System lands, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public lands, (the Secretaries) to implement authorized wildfire prevention projects in at-risk forests and threatened and endan...
To address the forest health, public safety, and wildlife habitat threat presented by the risk of wildfire, including catastrophic wildfire, on National Forest System lands and public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management by requiring the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to expedite f...
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Senior Citizen Consumer Protection Act of 1993''. SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT AND CLARIFICATION OF PROVISIONS PROHIBITING MISUSE OF SYMBOLS, EMBLEMS, OR NAMES IN REFERENCE TO SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS AND AGENCIES. (a) Prohibition o...
Senior Citizen Consumer Protection Act of 1993 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to revise the prohibitions and penalties against misleading mailings. Requires penalties relating to misleading mailings to be deposited in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund. Confers responsibility upon th...
Senior Citizen Consumer Protection Act of 1993
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT AND EXTENSION OF IRISH PEACE PROCESS CULTURAL AND TRAINING PROGRAM. (a) Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Act.-- (1) Program participant requirements.--Section 2(a) of the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998 (8 U.S.C. 1...
Amends the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998 (IPPCTPA) and the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to revise the nonimmigrant alien eligibility qualifications for participants in the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program. Sets a minimum age of 21 (retaining the current age 35 m...
To amend and extend the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCE. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``OSHA Reform Act of 1994''. (b) Reference.--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 reference shall be considered to be made to a s...
OSHA Reform Act of 1994 - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to repeal provisions for: (1) inspections, investigations, and recordkeeping; (2) citations; (3) enforcement procedures; (4) judicial review; and (5) civil and criminal penalties. Requires a continuing comprehensive economic analys...
OSHA Reform Act of 1994
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Pharmaceutical Testing Fairness Act''. SEC. 2. NEW DRUG CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS. Section 505(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(4)(A) Clinical investigations submitted as part of an app...
Pharmaceutical Testing Fairness Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to require the inclusion of women and minorities in clinical investigations of new drugs, biological products, and medical devices.
Pharmaceutical Testing Fairness Act
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Alternative Routes to Teacher Certification Act of 1998''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) If current trends continue, American schools will need to hire more than two million teachers in the next decade to ...
Alternative Routes to Teacher Certification Act of 1998 - Amends title V (Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Development) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to add a new part G, Alternative Routes to Teacher Certification, to increase the supply of well-qualified elementary school and secondary school teachers. Aut...
Alternative Routes to Teacher Certification Act of 1998
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE, REFERENCE. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``S Corporation Modernization Act of 2015''. (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...
S Corporation Modernization Act of 2015  Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the tax treatment of S corporations by: (1) permanently reducing from 10 to 5 years the period during which S corporation built-in gains are subject to tax, (2) repealing mandatory termination of S corporation elections for excessi...
S Corporation Modernization Act of 2015
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Procurement Protest Clarification Act of 1993''. SEC. 2. SHORT TITLES OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF FEDERAL PROPERTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES ACT OF 1949. (a) Automatic Data Processing Equipment Provisions.--Section 111 of the Federal Prop...
Procurement Protest Clarification Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (FPASA) to: (1) designate FPASA provisions regarding automatic data processing equipment and architectural and engineering services as, respectively, the Brooks Automatic Data Processing Act (BADPA) and ...
Procurement Protest Clarification Act of 1993
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Families and Communities Involved in Improving Our Schools Act''. SEC. 2. FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GRANTS. Section 1003(g) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6303(g)) is amended by inserting at...
Families and Communities Involved in Improving Our Schools Act - Amends title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require local educational agencies (LEAs) receiving school improvement funds to engage families and community members in the ...
A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to promote family and community engagement in school improvement.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Today's Entrepreneurs are America's Mentors Act'' or the ``TEAM Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act-- (1) the terms ``Administration'' and ``Administrator'' mean the Small Business Administration and the Administrator t...
Today's Entrepreneurs are America's Mentors Act or TEAM Act - Amends the Small Business Act to establish in the Small Business Administration (SBA) an Office of Entrepreneurial Education, headed by a Director, to develop and provide innovative entrepreneurial information, education, and resources to promote prospective...
To strengthen entrepreneurial education, and for other purposes.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Homeowners' Defense Act of 2013''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings and purposes. Sec. 3. Establishment; status; princ...
Homeowners' Defense Act of 2013 - Establishes the National Catastrophe Risk Consortium, as a non-federal, non-profit entity, to ensure the availability and affordability of homeowners' insurance coverage for catastrophic events. Directs the Consortium to: (1) maintain an inventory of catastrophe risk obligations held...
Homeowners' Defense Act of 2013
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2013''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Distracted driving prevention. Sec. 3. Research p...
Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to withhold a certain percentage of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway funds for FY2016-FY2018, and each succeeding fiscal year, if the state has not enacted or is not enforcing a law that: (1) prohibits a dri...
Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2013
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``World Class Military Medical Facilities Act''. (b) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings: (1) The Department of Defense lacks a complete plan for the entirety of facilities at the new Walter Reed...
World Class Military Medical Facilities Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to disestablish the Joint Task Force National Capital Region Medical. Requires the Secretary to establish an office responsible for implementing all recommendations and requirements regarding military medical facilities in the Nationa...
To establish within the Office of the Secretary of Defense an office responsible for implementing all recommendations and requirements regarding military medical facilities in the National Capital Region, and for other purposes.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Yellowstone National Park 125th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act''. SEC. 2. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK COMMEMORATIVE COIN. The Secretary of the Treasury (in this Act referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall mint and issue coins in accordance with this ...
Yellowstone National Park 125th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) mint and issue coins to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Yellowstone National Park; and (2) distribute 25 percent of the surcharges received from coin sales to the Secretary of the Interior for the Pa...
Yellowstone National Park 125th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``21st Century Community Learning Centers Act of 2007''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) More than 28,000,000 children in the United States have parents who work outside the home and 14,300,000 children in...
21st Century Community Learning Centers Act of 2007 - Amends the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program under title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include the provision of service learning and nutrition education and, in place of recreation programs, physical fitness and wellness p...
A bill to amend part B of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve 21st Century Community Learning Centers.
SECTION 1. INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL PORTION OF THE LITTLE SANDY RIVER WATERSHED IN THE BULL RUN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT UNIT, OREGON. (a) In General.--Public Law 95-200 (16 U.S.C. 482b note) is amended by striking section 1 and inserting the following: ``SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF SPEC...
Amends Federal law to reestablish and add acreage to the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit in Oregon. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture or the Interior, as applicable, to prohibit the cutting of trees on Federal land in the entire unit. Repeals a provision of the: (1) Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 1996 whi...
A bill to provide further protections for the watershed of the Little Sandy River as part of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit, and for other purposes.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``No Social Security Numbers and Benefits for Illegal Aliens Act of 2014''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ASSIGNMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBERS TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS SEEKING EMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED STATES. Section 205(c)(2...
No Social Security Numbers and Benefits for Illegal Aliens Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Commissioner of Social Security from assigning a Social Security account number to any individual who, according to the Secretary of H...
No Social Security Numbers and Benefits for Illegal Aliens Act of 2014
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Our Workers from Exploitation and Retaliation Act'' or the ``POWER Act''. SEC. 2. VICTIMS OF SERIOUS LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT VIOLATIONS OR CRIME. (a) Protection for Victims of Labor and Employment Violations.-- Section 101(a)(15)(U) of the Immigrat...
Protect Our Workers from Exploitation and Retaliation Act or the POWER Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from the definition of "immigrant" under such Act a nonimmigrant alien who files a petition for status if the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) determines that the alien: (1) has suffere...
To protect victims of crime or serious labor violations from deportation during Department of Homeland Security enforcement actions, and for other purposes.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Airline Deregulation and Disclosure Act of 1999''. SEC. 2. AIRLINE PASSENGER PROTECTION. (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 417 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Sec. 41716. Air carrier passenger pr...
Airline Deregulation and Disclosure Act of 1999 - Amends Federal aviation law to require any announcement by an air carrier of a delay or cancellation of a flight, or a diversion to an airport other than the airport at which the flight is scheduled to land, to include an explanation of each reason for such delay, cance...
Airline Deregulation and Disclosure Act of 1999
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Crop Insurance Fairness Act''. SEC. 2. LEVELS OF COVERAGE IN EXCESS OF 75 PERCENT OF RECORDED OR APPRAISED AVERAGE YIELD. Subsection (a) of section 508 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(a)) is amended to read as fo...
Federal Crop Insurance Fairness Act - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act with respect to: (1) yield averages; (2) late planting coverage; (3) prevented planting coverage; and (4) de minimis yield penalties.
Federal Crop Insurance Fairness Act
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Child Care Investment Act of 2008''. SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR CHILD CARE. (a) Main Program.--Section 418 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)-- (A) in paragraph (3)-- ...
Child Care Investment Act of 2008 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) of title IV of the Social Security Act to increase appropriations for child care assistance grants for FY2009-FY2014. Makes appropriations for FY2009-FY2014 for grants to states to establish: (1) a Quality Rating and Improvemen...
A bill to amend the Social Security Act to enable States to carry out quality initiatives, and for other purposes.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``World War II War Crimes Accountability Act of 2008''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Surviving Nazi war criminals are becoming increasingly rare. (2) The identities of many of the remaining criminals...
World War II War Crimes Accountability Act of 2008 - Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the United States should encourage extradition and prosecution of the remaining Nazi war criminals; (2) the Simon Wiesenthal Center should be commended for its historic work in bringing to light the atrocities of the Holoca...
A bill to hold the surviving Nazi war criminals accountable for the war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity they committed during World War II, by encouraging foreign governments to more efficiently prosecute and extradite wanted criminals.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Food Stamp Anti-Fraud Act of 1995''. SEC. 2. EXPANDED DEFINITION OF COUPON. Section 3(d) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2012(d)) is amended by striking ``or type of certificate'' and inserting ``type of certificate, authorization card, cash or...
Food Stamp Anti-Fraud Act of 1995 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to expand the definition of "coupon." Increases penalties for specified food stamp program (program) violations. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to establish specific time periods for: (1) retail food stores and wholesale food concerns (st...
Food Stamp Anti-Fraud Act of 1995
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Tsunamis Temporary Protected Status Act of 2005''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds as follows: (1) On December 26, 2004, an undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 on the Richter scale and a depth of 10 kilometers ...
Tsunamis Temporary Protected Status Act of 2005 - Requires Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Somalia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Maldives, Tanzania, Seychelles, Bangladesh, and Kenya to be treated as if such countries had been designated for purposes of the temporary protected status (TPS) provisions of the Immigration an...
To designate Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Somalia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Maldives, Tanzania, Seychelles, Bangladesh, and Kenya under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to render nationals of such foreign states eligible for temporary protected status under such section.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Synthetic Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 2012''. SEC. 2. ADDITION OF SYNTHETIC DRUGS TO SCHEDULE I OF THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT. (a) Cannabimimetic Agents.--Schedule I, as set forth in section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act (2...
Synthetic Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 2012- Amends the Controlled Substances Act to add as schedule I controlled substances: (1) any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains specified cannabimimetic agents (or the salts, isomers, or salts of isomers thereof); and (2) specified additional hallucinogen...
A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to place synthetic drugs in Schedule I.
SECTION 1. CREDIT FOR PURCHASE OF PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE BY FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER. (a) In General.--Subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to nonrefundable personal credits) is amended by inserting after section 22 the following new section: ...
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a first-time homebuyer who purchases a principal residence a tax credit of ten percent of the purchase price of such residence. Requires such residence to be purchased during the one-year period after the date of enactment of this Act. Limits the credit to $2,500.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit for the purchase of principal residence by a first-time homebuyer.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Small Communities Assistance Act of 2001''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds that-- (1) small communities are concerned about improving the environmental quality of their surroundings; (2) many small communities are unce...
Small Communities Assistance Act of 2001 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a small community advisory committee or reconstitute an existing small community advisory committee.Directs the Administrator to develop and implement a plan to increase the involvement of sma...
To enhance the services provided by the Environmental Protection Agency to small communities that are attempting to comply with national, State, and local environmental regulations.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Act of 2013''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) An estimated 13,500 children and adolescents under age 20 are diagnosed with cancer each year. (2) In 1960, o...
Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to eligible entities to establish pilot programs to develop, study, or evaluate model systems for monitoring and caring for childhood cancer survivors...
Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Act of 2013
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Transportation Infrastructure Grants and Economic Reinvestment Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means-- (A) a State; (B) an Indian tribe; ...
Transportation Infrastructure Grants and Economic Reinvestment Act The bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a program under which DOT shall provide competitive grants of between $10 million and $200 million to the District of Columbia, to a state, Indian tribe, U.S. territory, local governme...
Transportation Infrastructure Grants and Economic Reinvestment Act
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Life Patenting Moratorium Act of 1993''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) The rapid advances in biotechnology and biomedical research capabilities are creating a wide range of ethical, legal, economic...
Life Patenting Moratorium Act of 1993 - Amends Federal patent law to prohibit human beings, organs, or organ subparts or genetically engineered animals from being considered patentable subject matter. Imposes a two-year moratorium on the patentability of human tissues, fluids, cells, genes or gene sequences, or animal...
Life Patenting Moratorium Act of 1993
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Imported Fire Ant Control, Management, and Eradication Act of 1997''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds that-- (1) imported fire ants infest at least 13 southern and southeastern States and over 275,000,000 acres; (2) the...
Imported Fire Ant Control, Management, and Eradication Act of 1997 - Amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a National Advisory and Implementation Board on Imported Fire Ant Control, Management, and Eradication. Directs ...
Imported Fire Ant Control, Management, and Eradication Act of 1997
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Securing Expedited Screening Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) The Aviation and Transportation Security Act (Public Law 107-71) authorized the Transportation Security Administration to ``establish re...
Securing Expedited Screening Act (Sec. 3) The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the Department of Homeland Security shall, within 180 days after enactment of this Act, limit access to expedited airport security screening at airport security checkpoints to only a passenger who: voluntarily submits biograp...
Securing Expedited Screening Act
SECTION 1. DISABILITY MOBILITY ADVISORY COUNCIL. (a) Establishment.--Subject to the availability of appropriations, not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration a Disability Mobility Advisor...
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration a Disability Mobility Advisory Council. The council shall undertake information gathering activities, develop technical advice, and present best practices or recommendations to DOT regarding advan...
To establish in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration a Disability Mobility Advisory Council to make recommendations regarding advancing mobility access for the disabled community with respect to the deployment of automated driving systems.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Railroad Safety and Positive Train Control Extension Act''. SEC. 2. IMPLEMENTATION DEADLINE. (a) Technology Implementation Plan.--Section 20156(e)(4) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ``(4) Positive train contr...
Railroad Safety and Positive Train Control Extension Act - Revises the railroad safety risk reduction program. Extends from December 31, 2015, to December 31, 2020, the deadline for submission to the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) by each Class I railroad carrier and each entity providing regularly scheduled interci...
Railroad Safety and Positive Train Control Extension Act
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Telemedicine Act of 1995''. SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROJECT. (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services (hereafter referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall establish not more than 10 pilot projects not later than 9 months after t...
Rural Telemedicine Act of 1995 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish up to ten pilot projects to investigate, over a three-year period, the effectiveness of the use of rural health care provider telemedicine networks to provide coverage of physician consultative services to individuals in ru...
Rural Telemedicine Act of 1995
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Low-Emission Authorization Nationwide (CLEAN) Ports Act of 2009''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) According to the United States Census Bureau, United States ports handled $3.95 trillion in international t...
Clean Low-Emission Authorization Nationwide (CLEAN) Ports Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to award competitive grants to seaport governing bodies (including harbor commissions and port authorities) for the acquisition of fuel efficient and low-emission equipment and systems at port facilities, wit...
To provide for a competitive program making grants to seaport governing bodies for the acquisition of fuel efficient and low emission equipment and systems at port facilities.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``National Security Professionals Act of 2008''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) In order to enhance the national security of the United States, including preventing, protecting against, responding to, and...
National Security Professionals Act of 2008 - Directs the President to establish a National Security Career Development Program to provide national security professionals access to integrated education, training, and professional experience interagency opportunities. Requires: (1) the Program to establish policies to ...
To provide for the establishment and implementation of a National Security Career Development Program.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Honoring the Passengers and Crew of United Flight 93 Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds that-- (1) on September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked 4 separate airliners with the intention of using the planes as weapons to ...
Honoring the Passengers and Crew of United Flight 93 Act - Authorizes the President to award posthumously the Congressional Gold Medal to the passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 which was hijacked and crashed as part of the terrorist attack on the United States on September 11, 2001.
To authorize the President to award posthumously the Congressional Gold Medal to the passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the United States on September 11, 2001.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Regulatory Sunset Act of 1993''. SEC. 2. PURPOSE. The purposes of this Act are the following: (1) To require agencies to regularly review their regulations and make recommendations to terminate, continue in effect, or modify...
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Sunset Reviews Title II: Agency Role in Sunset Reviews Regulatory Sunset Act of 1993 - Title I: Sunset Reviews - Establishes the Regulatory Sunset Commission to review regulations of executive agencies and determine in accordance with specified criteria whether they should...
Regulatory Sunset Act of 1993
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area Act of 1999''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) Findings.--Congress finds that-- (1) certain events that led to the establishment of the Yuma Crossing as a natural crossing place on the Colorad...
Requires the management entity to develop and submit to the Secretary for approval a management plan for the Heritage Area. Describes duties of the management entity, including to: (1) assist governments and organizations in increasing public awareness, and developing recreational resources, of the Heritage Area; and (...
Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area Act of 1999
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Consumer Auto Safety Enhancement Act of 2010''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Event data recorders offer important benefits for motor vehicle safety, such as enabling automatic crash notification syste...
Consumer Auto Safety Enhancement Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to promulgate a rule that: (1) requires each motor vehicle manufacturer to equip each motor vehicle manufactured in model year 2012 or later with an event data recorder (EDR) that meets certain specifications; and (2) establish...
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate rules requiring that motor vehicles of model year 2012 or later be equipped with event data recorders compatible with a universal data retrieval method and that the data in event data recorders on motor vehicles prior to mod...
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Education Survey Act of 2014''. SEC. 2. SURVEY OF INDIVIDUALS USING THEIR ENTITLEMENT TO EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. (a) Surve...
Veterans Education Survey Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into a contract with a non-government entity to conduct a survey of a statistically valid sample of individuals who have used or are using their entitlement to veterans educational assistance to pursue a program of education...
Veterans Education Survey Act of 2014
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. The Congress makes the following findings: (1) Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D. was born on September 7, 1908 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to Shaker and Raheeja DeBakey. (2) Dr. DeBakey, at the age of 23 and still a medical student, reported a major inventio...
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D. (who performed the first successful coronary bypass, pioneered the field of telemedicine, was elected the first President of Baylor...
To award a congressional gold medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Crags, Colorado Land Exchange Act of 2015''. SEC. 2. PURPOSES. The purposes of this Act are-- (1) to authorize, direct, expedite and facilitate the land exchange set forth herein; and (2) to promote enhanced public outdo...
. Crags, Colorado Land Exchange Act of 2015 (Sec. 4) This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA), if the Broadmoor Hotel, Inc., (BHI) offers to convey to the USDA 320 acres of specified nonfederal land in the Pike National Forest in Teller County, Colorado, and a permanent trail easement for the Barr Trail ...
Crags, Colorado Land Exchange Act of 2015
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Nazi Social Security Benefits Termination Act of 2014''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) The United States of America serves as a beacon of refuge to thousands of victims fleeing religious, ethnic, racia...
Nazi Social Security Benefits Termination Act of 2014 - Makes any participant in Nazi persecution ineligible for: (1) Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits under title II of the Social Security Act (SSA), and (2) Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits under SSA title XVI. Requires the Attorn...
Nazi Social Security Benefits Termination Act of 2014
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Protective Service Reform Act of 1998''. SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF POLICE OFFICERS. The Act of June 1, 1948 (40 U.S.C. 318-318d), is amended-- (1) by striking ``special policemen'' each place it appears in the Act and inserting...
Federal Protective Service Reform Act of 1998 - Amends the Act of June 1, 1948, to redesignate special policemen of the General Services Administration (GSA) as police officers. (Sec. 3) Extends the powers of sheriffs and constables granted to such police officers upon Federal property under the GSA Administrator's co...
Federal Protective Service Reform Act of 1998
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Alternative Water Sources Act of 2000''. SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCE PROJECTS. Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 220. GRANTS FOR ALTERNATI...
Makes projects that have received funds under the reclamation and reuse program under the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 ineligible for grant assistance under this Act. Directs the Administrator, in making such grants, to consider whether a project is located within the boundaries of a St...
Alternative Water Sources Act of 2000
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Energy Security Oversight Improvement Act of 2000''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds that-- (1) internal Department of Energy oversight of safeguards and security has suffered over the years from inconsistent ...
Prohibits both the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator from impeding the actions of the Director pursuant to this Act. Denies the Office any authority to establish or require the implementation of any change to Administration policies, programs, or practices. Authorizes the Director to use experts and consultants...
National Nuclear Security Administration Security Oversight Improvement Act of 2000
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Beneficiary Freedom To Contract Act of 1997''. SEC. 2. USE OF PRIVATE CONTRACTS BY MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. (a) In General.--Section 1802 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395a) is amended by striki...
Medicare Beneficiary Freedom To Contract Act of 1997 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise provisions added by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 regarding the use of private contracts by Medicare beneficiaries for professional services. Outlines specific requirements for private contracts b...
Medicare Beneficiary Freedom To Contract Act of 1997
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Refinery Expansion Act of 2005''. SEC. 2. 100 PERCENT EXPENSING OR 5-YEAR DEPRECIATION OF COSTS OF REFINERY PROPERTY WHICH INCREASE REFINERY OUTPUT BY AT LEAST 5 PERCENT. (a) Expensing.--Subsection (a) of section 179C of the...
Refinery Expansion Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) revise the tax deduction for certain liquid fuels refinery property to allow expensing of the entire cost of such property if the property allows for a production capacity increase of five percent or more on an average daily basis; (2) allow, in ...
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for oil refineries, oil and gas pipelines, and petroleum storage facilities.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Development Centers Modernization Act of 2009''. SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS OPERATIONAL CHANGES. (a) Accreditation Requirement.--Section 21(a)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(1)) is amended as follows: ...
Small Business Development Centers Modernization Act of 2009 - Amends the Small Business Act relating to small business development centers (SBDCs) (centers established through the Small Business Administration [SBA] to provide advisory, operational, and technical assistance to small businesses) to: (1) require institu...
To amend the Small Business Act to modernize Small Business Development Centers, and for other purposes.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Native American Psychiatric and Mental Health Care Improvement Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration concludes the rate of serious mental il...
Native American Psychiatric and Mental Health Care Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award a five-year grant to one department of psychiatry in, or one non-profit entity affiliated with, an accredited medical school in this country to carry out a demonstration program to recr...
Native American Psychiatric and Mental Health Care Improvement Act
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Indian Reservation Economic Investment Act of 2001''. SEC. 2. INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT FOR PROPERTY ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS. (a) Allowance of Indian Reservation Credit.--Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to investment credits) is a...
Indian Reservation Economic Investment Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an Indian reservation investment credit based on specified amounts. Includes qualified personal property and qualified real property used or located outside an Indian reservation which is connected to existing tribal infrastr...
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax credits for investment in Indian reservation economic development, and for other purposes.
SECTION. 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following: (1) Thousands of computer systems, software programs, and semiconductors are not capable of recognizing certain ...
Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure Act - Provides that, in any civil action arising under Federal or State law, no Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure (a statement concerning Year 2000 computer compliance information) (Y2K problem) shall be admissible unless the proponent of admissibility establishes that the Disclosure was mat...
Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure Act
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) By April 1942, nearly 12,000 soldiers from the United States and 67,000 soldiers from the Philippines based at Bataan, Philippines, had bravely and staunchly fought off enemy attacks for more than 4 months under ...
Authorizes the award of a single Congressional Gold Medal to collectively honor the American soldiers who were prisoners of war in Bataan, Philippines, during World War II, in recognition of their personal sacrifice and service to their country. Provides for the Medal's display at the Smithsonian Institution. Expresse...
A bill to grant the Congressional Gold Medal to the soldiers from the United States who were prisoners of war at Bataan during World War II.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``SAVE for Small Businesses Act'' or the ``Savings Accounts for a Variable Economy for Small Businesses Act''. SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. (a) In General.--Chapter 77 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the ...
SAVE for Small Businesses Act or the Savings Accounts for a Variable Economy for Small Businesses Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for tax-exempt small business savings accounts. Allows tax deductible contributions to such accounts of not more than 10% of the gross profits of an eligible small business...
Savings Accounts for a Variable Economy for Small Businesses Act
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``First Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) During the winter of Valley Forge, from 1777-1778, the Continental Army had difficulty recruiting the necessary...
First Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal Act Requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the First Rhode Island Regiment, collectively, in recognition of their service during the Revolutionary War. Authorizes the Se...
First Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal Act
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Taxpayer Bill of Rights III''. SEC. 2. BURDEN OF PROOF. (a) In General.--Chapter 76 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to judicial proceedings) is amended by adding at the end the following new subchapter: ``Subchapter ...
Taxpayer Bill of Rights III - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to, among other things: (1) place the burden of proof, with respect to any factual issue relevant to ascertaining tax liability, on the Secretary of the Treasury; (2) require the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), upon the request of a taxpayer, to provide a ...
Taxpayer Bill of Rights III
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``National Forest Fire Fuels Reduction Act''. SEC. 2. ACTIONS TO ADDRESS FIRE HAZARDS DUE TO INSECT AND DISEASE INFESTATION AND TREE OVERCROWDING IN NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: ...
National Forest Fire Fuels Reduction Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to cut additional timber within or outside existing cutting units for National Forest System timber sales and within related analysis areas to reduce insect infestation or fire hazard. Sets forth treatment priority criteria.Directs the S...
To authorize and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to take actions to promptly address the risk of fire and insect infestation in National Forest System lands, and for other purposes.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans' Hospital Emergency Repair Act''. SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS FOR PATIENT CARE IMPROVEMENTS. (a) In General.--(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs is authorized to carry out major medical facility p...
Veterans' Hospital Emergency Repair Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out major medical facility projects at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers for improving, renovating, and updating patient care facilities. Requires the Secretary to use FY 2002 or 2003 appropriated funds for such...
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating patient care facilities at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act of 2016''. SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT. There is established in the executive branch a commission to be known as the ``Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking'' (in this Act referred to as the ``Commission''). SEC. ...
Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill establishes in the executive branch a Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking. (Sec. 3) The bill provides for a 15 member Commission appointed by the President and congressional leaders with consideration given to individuals with expertise in eco...
Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act of 2016
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Orphan Product Extensions Now Accelerating Cures and Treatments Act of 2014''. SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF EXCLUSIVITY PERIODS FOR A DRUG APPROVED FOR A NEW INDICATION FOR A RARE DISEASE OR CONDITION. (a) In General.--Chapter V of the Federal Fo...
Orphan Product Extensions Now Accelerating Cures and Treatments Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to extend by six months the exclusivity period for a drug or biological product approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) whe...
Orphan Product Extensions Now Accelerating Cures and Treatments Act of 2014