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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Summer Meals and Learning Act of
2018''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Eligible local educational agency.--The term ``eligible
local educational agency'' means a local educational agency, as
defined in section 8101 ... | Summer Meals and Learning Act of 2018 This bill directs the Department of Education to award grants to state library administrative agencies to enable them to award subgrants to eligible local educational agencies for summer early reading programs held at schools with a summer lunch site. | Summer Meals and Learning Act of 2018 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Asthma Inhaler Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. ASSESSMENTS RELATED TO TRANSITION FROM USE OF
CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS IN METERED-DOSE INHALERS.
(a) Assessments.--Before beginning rulemaking to issue a regulation
described in section 3(a), the Commis... | Asthma Inhaler Protection Act - Requires the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, before beginning the rulemaking mandated below, to conduct specified assessments regarding: (1) health and environmental risks and benefits; and (2) whether measures and recommendations adopted by the Tenth Meeting of the Parties to the Montr... | Asthma Inhaler Protection Act |
SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF CHARITABLE TRUSTS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Members of the Armed Forces of the United States defend
the freedom and security o... | Sets forth requirements a charitable corporation, fund, foundation, or trust must meet to designate itself as a Johnny Micheal Spann Patriot Trust (a charitable trust for the spouses, dependents, and relatives of military and Federal personnel who lose their lives in the battle against terrorism that is named after the... | A bill to encourage the establishment of Johnny Micheal Spann Patriot Trusts. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Know Your Caller Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF INTERFERENCE WITH CALLER IDENTIFICATION
SERVICES.
Section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227) is
amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) a... | Know Your Caller Act of 2001 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to make it unlawful for any person making a telephone solicitation to: (1) interfere with or circumvent a caller identification service from accessing or providing the call recipient with identifying information about the call; or (2) fail to provide ... | To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit telemarketers from interfering with the caller identification service of any person to whom a telephone solicitation is made, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Zero Downpayment Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. INSURANCE FOR ZERO-DOWNPAYMENT MORTGAGES.
(a) Mortgage Insurance Authority.--Section 203 of the National
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709) is amended by inserting after subsection
(k) the following new subsection:
... | Zero Downpayment Act of 2004 - Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure first-time homeowner zero-downpayment mortgages for one-family residences, including one- to three-unit dwellings, condominiums, cooperatives, and manufactured housing.
Limits the princi... | To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure zero-downpayment mortgages for one-unit residences. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Predatory Lending Sunset Act''.
SEC. 2. COVERED LENDING.
(a) In General.--Chapter 2 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C.
1631 et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating the second section 129 (as so
designated by section 201(b) of... | Predatory Lending Sunset Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to limit the maximum interest rate which a creditor may charge on a covered consumer credit loan of up to $3,000 to an annual percentage rate (APR) of 36%.
Prohibits a creditor from extending a covered loan with respect to which the creditor uses as securi... | To amend the Truth in Lending Act to provide an interest rate cap and other requirements for creditors making covered loans, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare
Medication Therapy Management Services Coverage Act of 2002''.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to provide coverage of
medication therapy management services under the medicare program for
beneficiaries at ris... | Medicare Medication Therapy Management Services Coverage Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of medication therapy management services for certain patients at high risk for potential medication problems, including: (1) beneficiaries taking multiple med... | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of medication therapy management services, including disease specific management services, for certain high-risk patients under the Medicare Program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Coast Guard Academy Opportunity
Act''.
SEC. 2. ACADEMY NOMINATIONS.
(a) Appointment.--Subsection (a) of section 182 of title 14, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(a) Nominations.--
``(1) Congressional nominations.--
... | Coast Guard Academy Opportunity Act Modifies the Coast Guard Academy cadet nomination process by requiring that half of each incoming class be composed of cadets nominated by: (1) the Vice President or, if there is no Vice President, the President pro tempore of the Senate; (2) a Senator; (3) a Member of the House of... | Coast Guard Academy Opportunity Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young
Adult Cancer Survivorship Research and Quality of Life Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds as follows:
(1) An estimated 12,400 children and adolescents under age
20 are diagnosed with can... | Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancer Survivorship Research and Quality of Life Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow 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... | A bill to improve and enhance research and programs on childhood cancer survivorship, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``The United States Call Center Worker
and Consumer Protection Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' means a Federal or State
executive agency or a military department.
(2) Busin... | United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act of 2012 - Requires a business enterprise that employs 50 or more employees, excluding part-time employees, or 50 or more employees who in the aggregate work at least 1,500 hours per week, exclusive of overtime, in a call center to notify the Secretary of Labo... | A bill to require the Secretary of Labor to maintain a publicly available list of all employers that relocate a call center overseas, to make such companies ineligible for Federal grants or guaranteed loans, and to require disclosure of the physical location of business agents engaging in customer service communication... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fossil Creek Wild and Scenic River
Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the restoration of stream flow to Fossil Creek
resulting from the decommissioning of the Childs-Irving
Hydroelectric Project by t... | Fossil Creek Wild and Scenic River Act of 2005 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of Fossil Creek, a tributary to the Verde River in Arizona, as components of the national wild and scenic rivers system. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to submit a river management plan for the ... | A bill to designate segments of Fossil Creek, a tributary to the Verde River in the State of Arizona, as wild and scenic rivers. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Paperless Enrollment for School
Meals Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. DATA-BASED ELIGIBILITY FOR SCHOOL MEALS PROGRAMS.
(a) Eligibility.--Section 11(a)(1) of the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1759a(a)(1)) is amended by adding
at the e... | Paperless Enrollment for School Meals Act of 2009 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow schools and local educational agencies (LEAs) to receive special assistance payments for free or reduced price meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs that are based not on applications for su... | To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve paperless enrollment and efficiency for the national school lunch and school breakfast programs, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. ENERGY INFORMATION FOR COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
(a) Requirement of Benchmarking and Disclosure for Leasing
Buildings Without Energy Star Labels.--Section 435(b)(2) of the Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17091(b)(2)) is
amended--
(1) by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and i... | Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to revise exceptions to the requirement that federal agencies must lease space in buildings that have earned the Energy Star label. Requires a space leased by an agency in a building that has not earned the Energy Star label to be benchmarked under a nationally re... | A bill to encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Southern Nevada Public Land
Management Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) The Bureau of Land Management has extensive land
ownership in small and large parcels intersper... | Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1996 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to dispose of certain Federal lands within the area under the jurisdiction of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management in Clark County, Nevada.
Allows a unit of local government in whose jurisdiction the lands a... | Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. FHA-INSURED MULTIFAMILY HOUSING MORTGAGE AND HOUSING
ASSISTANCE RESTRUCTURING.
(a) OMHAR.--The Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and
Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended--
(1) in section 571, by inserting ``Federal Housing
Administration of t... | Amends the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (Act) to extend the Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring. Sites the Office within the Federal Housing Administration of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Transfers authority to appoint the Director of the... | A bill to extend FHA-insured multifamily housing mortgage and housing assistance restructuring authority, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional Reform and Compliance
Act of 1992''.
SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF LAWS RELATING TO PART-TIME CAREER EMPLOYEES.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, sections 3401 through
3408 of title 5, United States Code, shall apply to the House of
R... | Congressional Reform and Compliance Act of 1992 - Applies provisions of Federal laws relating to part-time career employment opportunities to the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the instrumentalities of the Congress in the same manner and to the same extent as they apply to executive agencies.
Applies provis... | Congressional Reform and Compliance Act of 1992 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Savage Rapids Dam Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.
This Congress finds that--
(1) the Savage Rapids Dam has provided water since 1921
from the Rogue River in the State of Oregon to the Grants Pass
Irrigation Di... | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the Dam and remove it and to correct any deficiencies in the design, specification, and installation of the pumps.
Vests title to the pumping facilities in the District.
Requires the Bureau of Reclamation to monitor any impacts downstream from the Dam resulting from d... | Savage Rapids Dam Act of 2000 |
SECTION. 1. LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY AT BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
FACILITIES.
(a) Public Safety Regulations.--The Secretary of the Interior shall
issue regulations necessary to maintain law and order and protect
persons and property within Reclamation projects and on Reclamation
lands.
(b) Viola... | Directs the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations necessary to maintain law and order and protect persons and property within reclamation projects and on reclamation lands. Prescribes criminal penalties for knowingly and willfully violating such regulations and provides that any person charged with a violation... | To amend the Reclamation Recreation Management Act of 1992 in order to provide for the security of dams, facilities, and resources under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Reclamation. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Edward William Brooke III
Congressional Gold Medal Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Edward William Brooke III was the first African
American elected by popular vote to the United States Senate
and... | Edward William Brooke III Congressional Gold Medal Act - Awards a congressional gold medal to Edward William Brooke III, the first African American elected by popular vote to the U.S. Senate, in recognition of his unprecedented and enduring service to our Nation. | To award a congressional gold medal to Edward William Brooke III in recognition of his unprecedented and enduring service to our Nation. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Tax Equity for Health Plan
Beneficiaries Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF ACCIDENT AND HEALTH PLANS TO ELIGIBLE
BENEFICIARIES.
(a) Exclusion of Contributions.--Section 106 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to contributi... | Tax Equity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from an employee's gross income employer-provided accident and health plan benefits extended to a domestic partner or non-dependent, non-spouse beneficiary eligible to receive such benefits under an employer plan (i.... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage for employees' spouses and dependent children to coverage provided to other eligible designated beneficiaries of employees. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Women Veterans Access to Quality
Care Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF STRUCTURAL STANDARDS TO MEET GENDER-SPECIFIC
HEALTH CARE NEEDS IN MEDICAL FACILITIES OF DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS.
(a) Establishment.--
... | Women Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2015 Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) establish standards to ensure that all VA medical facilities have the structural characteristics necessary to adequately meet the gender-specific health care needs of veterans at such facilities, including privacy,... | Women Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Patient-Focused Critical Care
Enhancement Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to optimize the delivery of critical
care medicine and expand the critical care workforce.
SEC. 3. FINDINGS.
Based on the Health Resources and Services A... | Patient-Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), to conduct research to assess: (1) the standardization of critical care protocols, intensive care unit layout, equipment interoperability, and medica... | A bill to optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Technology Bill of Rights for the
Blind Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Rapid advances in microchip and digital technology have
led to increasingly complex user interfaces for everyday
pro... | Technology Bill of Rights for the Blind Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to study and report to Congress on methods by which blind consumers can gain nonvisual access to consumer electronic devices, electronic kiosks, home appliances, or office technology devices. Requires the Secretary to promulgate a m... | To provide for a study and report on access by blind consumers to certain electronic devices and to provide for the establishment of minimum nonvisual access standards for such devices and for the establishment of an office within the Department of Commerce to enforce such standards, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Japan Currency Manipulation Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Japanese yen is, by any measure, in fundamental
misalignment with every major currency and, according to the
Bank of Japan, is now tr... | Japan Currency Manipulation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to report to Congress on: (1) currency intervention by Japan with respect to the rate of exchange of the Japanese yen and the U.S. dollar and other currencies since 2000; and (2) any effort by Japan to create an exchange-rate misalignment of the Ja... | A bill to address the exchange-rate misalignment of the Japanese yen with respect to the United States dollar, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Prescription Drug Equity for Seniors
Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Manufacturers of prescription drugs engage in price
discrimination practices that compel many older A... | Prescription Drug Fairness for Seniors Act of 2003 - Requires each participating manufacturer of a covered outpatient drug to make it available for purchase by each pharmacy: (1) in an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the drug sold or distributed by the pharmacy to Medicare beneficiaries; and (2) at a price equa... | A bill to provide substantial reductions in the price of prescription drugs for medicare beneficiaries. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Guaranteed Access for SCHIP's Target
Population Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL ALLOTMENTS TO ADDRESS SCHIP FUNDING SHORTFALLS FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2007.
(a) In General.--Section 2104(h) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1397dd(h)), as ... | Guaranteed Access for SCHIP's Target Population Act of 2007 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance (SCHIP) of the Social Security (SSA) Act to provide additional allotments to address SCHIP FY2007 funding shortfalls.
Amends SSA title XIX to eliminate the state option to increase cap amount on individual... | To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to make available additional amounts to address the funding shortfalls in the State Children's Health Insurance Program for fiscal year 2007. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Regional Presidential Primary and
Caucus Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Caucus.--The term ``caucus'' means any convention,
meeting, or series of meetings held for the selection of
delegates to a nation... | Regional Presidential Primary and Caucus Act of 2007 - Divides the United States into four regions of specified states (including the District of Columbia) for holding presidential primaries in each presidential election year. Requires four successive presidential primaries in each such year, to be held during the peri... | A bill to provide for a rotating schedule for regional selection of delegates to a national Presidential nominating convention, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. 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, the reference shall be considered to
be made to a section or other provision of the Internal Revenue Code o... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase and make permanent the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax credits; (2) make permanent the tax deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers; (3) make permanent the issuance authority for qualified zone academy bonds and qualified sch... | A bill to make permanent certain education tax incentives, to modify rules relating to college savings plans, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Health Freedom Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
The second sentence of subparagraph (1) of section 201(g) of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(g)) is amended by
inserting ``including a claim to cure, mitigate, treat, or prev... | Health Freedom Protection Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to provide that a food or dietary supplement is not a drug solely because the label or labeling contains a claim to cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent disease.
Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from: (1) restricti... | To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act concerning foods and dietary supplements, to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act concerning the burden of proof in false advertising cases, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of
2018''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to save the lives of people who
intentionally or inadvertently overdose on heroin or other opioids by
providing certain protections from civil liability with respect ... | Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of 2018 This bill limits an individual's civil liability for harm caused by the emergency administration of an opioid overdose reversal drug (e.g., naloxone) if the individual is one of the following: a licensed health care professional who prescribes or provides the drug to an individua... | Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of 2018 |
SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN AMOUNTS RECEIVED BY A COOPERATIVE
TELEPHONE COMPANY.
(a) Nonmember Income.--
(1) In general.--Paragraph (12) of section 501(c) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to list of exempt
organizations) is amended by adding at the end... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the tax-exempt status of a cooperative telephone company to provide for the tax treatment of income received from a nonmember telephone company for services by the cooperative which are indirectly paid for by members of the cooperative. Includes billing and collection se... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of certain amounts received by cooperative telephone companies. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Helping Our Veterans with Chronic
Pain and Opioid Addiction Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Many veterans and their families have been affected by
the nat... | Helping Our Veterans with Chronic Pain and Opioid Addiction Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct a three-year pilot program to provide health and social services and coordination of care and case management to covered veterans in need of treatment for opioid addiction and ch... | Helping Our Veterans with Chronic Pain and Opioid Addiction Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``East Saint Louis Jefferson National
Expansion Memorial Architectural Design Competition Act''.
SEC. 2. ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN COMPETITION.
(a) Commission.--
(1) Establishment.--There is established a commission to be
composed of 7 mem... | East Saint Louis Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Architectural Design Competition Act - Establishes a commission to: (1) conduct an architectural competition to solicit design proposals for a museum to be built on the East Saint Louis portion of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial; and (2) study and report ... | East Saint Louis Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Architectural Design Competition Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rare Disease Fund Act'' or the ``RaD
Fund Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) That biomedicine is far more advanced today than even a
decade ago is indisputable, but breakthroughs require years of
... | Rare Disease Fund Act or the RaD Fund Act This bill requires the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to organize the Rare Disease Therapeutics Corporation to purchase rights to, fund the development of, and sell ownership interests in drugs, biological products, and medical devices for rare diseases. The NIH must sell ... | RaD Fund Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Airline Passenger Fair Treatment Act
of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FAIR TREATMENT OF AIRLINE PASSENGERS.
Section 41712 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``On the initiative'' and inserting ``(a)
Duty of the Secretar... | Airline Passenger Fair Treatment Act of 2001 - Amends Federal aviation law to revise provisions prohibiting an air carrier, foreign air carrier, or ticket agent from engaging in unfair or deceptive practices or unfair methods of competition in air transportation. Extends such prohibition to any action of an air carrier... | To establish a national policy of basic consumer fair treatment for airline passengers. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Responsible and Effective Solutions
for Children Using and Entering Online Services Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. DATA RELATING TO CRIMES OF CHILD EXPLOITATION.
Section 227(b) of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
13032(b)) is amended--
... | Responsible and Effective Solutions for Children Using and Entering Online Services Act of 2007 - Amends the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 to: (1) specify the types of information that providers of electronic communication or remote computing services (providers) should include, if available, in reports of apparen... | To improve the collection and use of data related to crimes of child exploitation, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Health Insurance Equity Act of
2000''.
SEC. 2. CERTAIN GRANTS BY PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS TO QUALIFIED HEALTH
BENEFIT PURCHASING COALITIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 4942 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to taxes on failure to d... | Provides for the establishment of qualified health benefit purchasing coalitions which shall enter into agreements with small business employers to provide health benefits to employees of such employers. | Health Insurance Equity Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. ENTRIES OF CERTAIN FIBERBOARD.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other provision of law, the Bureau of
Customs and Border Protection shall, not later than 90 days after the
receipt of the request described in subsection (b), liquidate or
r... | Directs the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries relating to fiberboard. | A bill to provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries relating to fiberboard entered in April through August, 2001. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veteran Medic Corpsmen Physician
Assistant Demonstration Program Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT MILITARY PATHWAYS PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Subject to the availability of appropriations
provided for such purpose, the Secretary of Veterans A... | Veteran Medic Corpsmen Physician Assistant Demonstration Program Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a program to examine methods of enabling individuals with military medical or health professional work experience to build on such skills by entering into the physician assistant wo... | To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a program to assist military medics and corpsmen in making transitions to civilian physician assistant jobs. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Support for Iraq Oil Trust Act of
2008''.
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY.
It is the policy of the United States that--
(1) the people of Iraq should benefit directly from a share
of the revenues generated by the hydrocarbon resources o... | Support for Iraq Oil Trust Act of 2008 - Withholds specified percentages of Economic Support Fund assistance for Iraq unless the Secretary of State certifies within specified time periods to the appropriate congressional committees that U.S. government representatives have presented an oil trust plan to Iraqi governmen... | A bill to require United States Government representatives to present to the Government of Iraq a plan to establish an oil trust. |
SECTION 1. COMMEMORATIVE WORK TO HONOR BRIGADIER GENERAL FRANCIS MARION
AND HIS FAMILY.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that:
(1) Francis Marion was born in 1732 in St. John's Parish,
Berkeley County, South Carolina. He married Mary Esther Videau
on April 20th, 1786. ... | Authorizes the Marion Park Project, a committee of the Palmetto Conservation Foundation to establish a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor Brigadier General Francis Marion.
Prohibits the use of federal funds to pay any expense of its establishment.
Makes the Marion... | To authorize the Marion Park Project, a Committee of the Palmetto Conservation Foundation, to establish a commemorative work on Federal land in the District of Columbia, and its environs to honor Brigadier General Francis Marion. |
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Seven-Year
Balanced Budget Enforcement Act of 1995''.
(b) Purpose.--This Act extends and reduces the discretionary
spending limits and extends the pay-as-you-go requirements.
SEC. 2. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.
(a) Limits... | Seven-Year Balanced Budget Enforcement Act of 1995 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide for the enforcement of deficit reduction by reducing and extending the discretionary spending limits through FY 2002 and permanently extending the... | Seven-Year Balanced Budget Enforcement Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Platform Equality and Remedies for
Rights Holders in Music Act of 2006'' or the ``Perform Act of 2006'' .
SEC. 2. RATE SETTING STANDARDS.
(a) Section 112 Licenses.--Section 112(e)(4) of title 17, United
States Code, is amended in the third sentence by ... | Platform Equality and Remedies for Right Holders in Music Act of 2006 or the Perform Act of 2006 - Requires Copyright Royalty Judges (CRJs) to establish rates for a statutory license for the transmission of sound recordings by organizations that most clearly represent the fair market value of the rights licensed.
Repl... | To harmonize rate setting standards for copyright licenses under sections 112 and 114 of title 17, United States Code, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Institutes of Health EPSCoR
Program Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. EPSCOR PROGRAM AT NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.
Part A of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 281
et seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 402--
... | National Institutes of Health EPSCoR Program Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the program for enhancing the competitiveness of entities conducting biomedical and behavioral research in obtaining funds from the National Research Institutes. Establishes a new experimental program to stimulate ... | To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the operation by the National Institutes of Health of an experimental program to stimulate competitive research. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. REVISION OF MEDICARE PAYMENTS FOR INDIRECT MEDICAL EDUCATION
(IME) COSTS IN TEACHING HOSPITALS.
(a) In General.--Section 1886 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395ww) is amended--
... | Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise Medicare payment for indirect medical education (IME) costs in teaching hospitals. (Teaching hospitals receive IME payments to account for various factors that increase costs in such hospitals.) Under current law... | Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Promoting Partnerships to Transform
Opportunities Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act to provide resources to eligible
institutions to prepare individuals with multiple barriers to
employment, including underrepresented minorities, t... | Promoting Partnerships to Transform Opportunities Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Labor to make competitive grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, eligible institutions, preferably in partnership with a nonprofit organization, to provide support s... | Promoting Partnerships to Transform Opportunities Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Legal Employee Verification Act''.
SEC. 2. DOCUMENT AND VISA REQUIREMENTS.
(a) In General.--Section 221(a) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Visas and Immigration Related D... | Legal Employee Verification Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require visas issued by the Secretary of State and immigration related documents issued by the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security to comply with authentication and biometric standards recognized by domestic and interna... | To establish a mandatory system for employers to verify the employment eligibility of potential employees, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Compassionate Assistance for Rape
Emergencies Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) It is estimated that 25,000 to 32,000 women become
pregnant each year as a result of rape or incest. Timely access
... | Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act of 2007 - Prohibits any federal funds from being provided to a hospital under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act or to a state, with respect to hospital services, under title XIX (Medicaid) of such Act, unless the hospital meets certain conditions related... | A bill to provide for the provision by hospitals receiving Federal funds through the Medicare program or Medicaid program of emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Agency Data Privacy
Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SENSITIVE DATA.
In this Act--
(1) Sensitive data.--The term ``sensitive data'' includes
the following:
(A) Social security numbers.
... | Federal Agency Data Privacy Protection Act - Sets forth requirements: (1) for the use of encryption for sensitive data maintained by the federal government; (2) relating to access by agency personnel to sensitive data; and (3) relating to government contractors and their employees involving sensitive data. | To increase the security of sensitive data maintained by the Federal Government. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Regional Jet Air Service Improvement
Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE.
Subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end thereof the following:
``Part E.--Regional Air Service Incentive Pr... | Regional Jet Air Service Improvement Act - Amends Federal aviation law to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to guarantee loans to certain air carriers, including commuter and intrastate air carriers, for the purchase of regional jet aircraft that provide service to underserved markets. Sets forth certain requi... | Regional Jet Air Service Improvement Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Regulatory Flexibility Amendments
Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. JUDICIAL REVIEW.
(a) Amendment.--Section 611 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 611. Judicial review
``(a)(1) Not later than one year, notwithstanding any o... | Regulatory Flexibility Amendments Act of 1996 - Permits an affected small business, within one year after the effective date of a final rule, to petition for judicial review of an agency's: (1) certification that such rule would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small businesses; or (2)... | Regulatory Flexibility Amendments Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Education Affordability Act of
1996''.
SEC. 2. DEDUCTION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION EXPENSES.
(a) In General.--Part VII of subchapter B of chapter I of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to additional itemized
deductions for individuals) is amended... | Education Affordability Act of 1996 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual a deduction for the amount of qualified higher education expenses paid by the individual. Limits the amount allowed to $5,000 ($2,500 in case of a married individual filing separately). Provides for a limitation based on mod... | Education Affordability Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Student Loan Affordability Act''.
SEC. 2. INTEREST RATE EXTENSION.
Section 455(b)(7)(D) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1087e(b)(7)(D)) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ``and
before Jul... | Student Loan Affordability Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend until June 30, 2015, existing interest rates for loans made to undergraduate students under the Federal Direct Stafford Loan program. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify rules for required distributions from tax-exempt pension pla... | Student Loan Affordability Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Deficit Reduction Through Fair Oil
Royalties Act''.
SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY FOR NEW LEASES AND THE TRANSFER OF LEASES.
(a) Issuance of New Leases.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall not issue any new
lease that authorizes the produc... | Deficit Reduction Through Fair Oil Royalties Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing new oil or natural gas production leases in the Gulf of Mexico under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to a person that does not renegotiate its existing leases in order to require royalty payments if oil... | To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing any new lease that authorizes the production of oil or natural gas under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to a person that does not renegotiate existing leases held by the person to incorporate limitations on royalty relief based on market price that are equal... |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Air medical critical care transport is an essential
component of the healthcare system.
(2) The presence of air medical services in rural areas
provides tens of millions of rural Americans with access to
c... | This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with respect to air ambulance services furnished during 2017 or any subsequent year, to reduce the mandatory percentage increase (inflation adjustment) for payments under the fee schedule by 2.0% for... | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require reporting of certain data by providers and suppliers of air ambulance services for purposes of reforming reimbursements for such services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Trafficking
Victims Protection 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.
TITLE I--AUTHORIZATIONS O... | Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to authorize trafficking victims-related appropriations for activities of: (1) the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking; (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services; (3) the Secretar... | To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2010 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes. |
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Arsenic-Treated Residential-Use
Lumber Prohibition Act''.
SEC. 2. HAZARDOUS WASTE CLASSIFICATION.
Section 3001(e) of the Solid Waste Dispos... | Arsenic-Treated Residential-Use Lumber Prohibition Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to: (1) list lumber treated with a pesticide that is a chromated copper arsenical (CCA lumber) as a hazardous waste; (2) require disposal of discarded CCA lumber, notwithstanding regulations exempting certain solid wastes from ... | A bill to prohibit the use of arsenic-treated lumber to manufacture playground equipment, children's products, fences, walkways, and decks, and for all other residential purposes, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Reconstructive Surgery Act of
1999''.
SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
(a) Group Health Plans.--
(1) Public health service act amendments.--
(A) In general.--Section 2706 of the Public Health
Se... | Reconstructive Surgery Act of 1999 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require a group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage in connection with a plan providing surgical coverage to provide coverage for reconstructive surgery.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to p... | Reconstructive Surgery Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Life Insurance Improvement
Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. PAYMENT OF INSURANCE PROCEEDS TO AN ALTERNATE BENEFICIARY WHEN
FIRST BENEFICIARY CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED.
(a) NSLI--Section 1917 of title 38, United States Code, is amended
by addin... | Veterans Life Insurance Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends Federal provisions concerning the National Service Life Insurance and United States Government Life Insurance programs to allow payment of their insurance proceeds to: (1) another beneficiary if the first designated beneficiary has not made a claim to such paymen... | To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance life insurance program for members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Cost of Living Adjustment for
Seniors Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT OF CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR THE ELDERLY BY
CONGRESSIONALLY APPOINTED REVIEW COMMITTEE.
(a) Establishment of Consumer Price Index Review Committee.--
... | Outlines a BLS pilot program to test CPIE accuracy.
Provides for interim application of the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for cost-of-living computation quarters from January 1, 2000, to implementation of the Official Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (Official CPIE) to calculate cost-of-living adjust... | Fair Cost of Living Adjustment for Seniors Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project
Facilities Conveyance Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Control board.--The term ``Control Board'' means the
Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project Board of Control organized
... | Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project Facilities Conveyance Act of 1999 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, upon acceptance by the appropriate parties of required Federal obligations, to convey the respective portions of the Yellowstone Irrigation Project, the Intake Irrigation Project, and the Savage Unit (irrigat... | Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project Facilities Conveyance Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FOUNDATION.
(a) In General.--Section 3 of the National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation Establishment Act (16 U.S.C. 3702) is amended--
(1) i... | National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Reauthorizes and revises the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act. Increases the number of directors appointed by the Secretary of the Interior to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Board of Directors. Makes uniform the exp... | National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care Freedom of Choice Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Current law confers a tax benefit for health insurance
provided as an employee fringe benefit, but no similar tax
benefit for healt... | Health Care Freedom of Choice Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the tax deduction for medical expenses without the gross income percentage limitation. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve health care choice by providing for the tax deductibility of medical expenses by individuals. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``ALS Registry Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (referred to in this
section as ``ALS'') is a fatal, progressive neurodegenerative
disease that affects motor ner... | ALS Registry Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) develop a system to collect data on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other motor neuron disorders that can be... | To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as ``Kansas Disaster Tax Relief Assistance
Act''.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY TAX RELIEF FOR KIOWA COUNTY, KANSAS AND SURROUNDING
AREA.
The following provisions of or relating to the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 shall apply, in addition to the areas descr... | Kansas Disaster Tax Relief Assistance Act - Extends to businesses and individuals in certain Kansas counties declared by the President as major disaster areas under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (FEMA-1699-DR, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act) by reason of severe s... | To extend tax relief to the residents and businesses of an area with respect to which a major disaster has been declared by the President under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (FEMA-1699-DR) by reason of severe storms and tornados beginning on May 4, 2007, and determin... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Housing for Domestic Violence
and Sexual Assault Survivors Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Cities, towns, and rural communities in the United
States continue to face enormous challeng... | Fair Housing for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivors Act of 2016 This bill amends the Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination against or regarding survivors of domestic violence or sexual assault in: the sale or rental of housing and related activities, residential real estate-related transactions, an... | Fair Housing for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivors Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Expanding Entrepreneurship Act of
2009''.
SEC. 2. EXPANDING ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
Section 4 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 633) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(g) Management and Direction.--
``(1) Plan for entreprene... | Expanding Entrepreneurship Act of 2009 - Amends the Small Business Act relating to small business entrepreneurial development programs (programs) to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to: (1) develop and submit to Congress a plan for using the programs as a catalyst for job creation for... | To amend the Small Business Act to improve the Small Business Administration's entrepreneurial development programs, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Energy Research
Infrastructure Act of 2018''.
SEC. 2. ADVANCED LIGHT SOURCE UPGRADE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy shall provide for the
upgrade to the Advanced Light Source described in the publication
approved by the Basic E... | Department of Energy Research Infrastructure Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to: (1) provide for the upgrade to the Advanced Light Source described in the publication titled "Report on Facility Upgrades" approved by the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee on June 9, ... | Department of Energy Research Infrastructure Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF TREE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Subchapter C of chapter 3 of subtitle B of title XXII of the Food,
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-624; 7
U.S.C. 1421 note) is amended to read as follows:
``Subchapter C--Forest Crops and Perennial Plants
``SEC. 2261. ... | Amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to expand forest crop emergency disaster assistance to include commercially grown ornamental or other perennial plants. | To expand the Tree Assistance Program of the Department of Agriculture to assist agriculture producers to pay the costs of replanting commercially grown trees and seedlings, ornamental plants, and other perennial plants that are destroyed by damaging weather or related condition and to change the manner of determining ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Domestic Violence Victim
Notification Act''.
SEC. 2. VICTIM NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.
(a) Amendment.--Subtitle A of the Violence Against Women Act of
1994 is amended by adding at the end the following:
``CHAPTER 6--VICTIM NOTIFICAT... | National Domestic Violence Victim Notification Act - Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to private non-profit entities to create and operate a national victim notification (VINE) system to serve as a comprehensive community and individual awareness program tha... | National Domestic Violence Victim Notification Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Full-Service Community Schools Act
of 2004''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are the following:
(1) Providing support for the planning, implementation, and
operation of full-service community schools.
(2) Im... | Full-Service Community Schools Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to: (1) eligible entities to assist public elementary or secondary schools to function as full-service community schools; and (2) State collaboratives to support development of full-service community school programs.
Req... | A bill to award grants for the support of full-service community schools, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Better Oversight of Secondary Sales
and Accountability in Concert Ticketing Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. RULES ON TRANSPARENCY OF TICKET MARKETING, DISTRIBUTION, AND
PRICING BY PRIMARY TICKET SELLERS.
Not later than 180 days after the date of e... | Better Oversight of Secondary Sales and Accountability in Concert Ticketing Act of 2009 - Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate rules regarding the primary sale, distribution, and pricing of tickets, including regarding: (1) disclosing the number of tickets and the distribution method; (2) printing ... | To direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules to protect consumers from unfair and deceptive acts and practices in connection with primary and secondary ticket sales. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Rural Call Quality and
Reliability Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. ENSURING THE INTEGRITY OF VOICE COMMUNICATIONS.
Part II of title II of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.
251 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 262... | Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require intermediate providers that offer the capability to transmit voice communications and signaling information from one destination to another, and that charge a rate to any other entity (including ... | Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Center for Excellence in
Research and Development Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The end of the Cold War has resulted in a cessation of
underground nuclear testing at the Department o... | National Center for Excellence in Research and Development Act of 1993 - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Energy for the underground nuclear testing facilities and infrastructure of the Nevada Test Site.
Establishes within the Department of Energy a National Test and Demonstration Center for Excellence at... | National Center for Excellence in Research and Development Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``E. coli Traceability and Eradication
Act''.
SEC. 2. SHIGA TOXIN-PRODUCING E. COLI ERADICATION IN GROUND BEEF.
(a) Amendment.--Title I of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21
U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 26. ... | E. coli Traceability and Eradication Act - Amends the the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require that specified slaughterhouses, processing establishments, and grinding facilities perform specified tests for the presence of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli in beef.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to make gran... | To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to develop an effective sampling and testing program to test for E. coli in boneless beef manufacturing trimmings and other raw ground beef components, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Beef Checkoff Modernization Act of
2008''.
SEC. 2. IMPORTERS QUALIFIED BEEF COUNCIL.
(a) Definition of Qualified Beef Council.--
(1) In general.--Section 3 of the Beef Research and
Information Act (7 U.S.C. 2902(14)) is amended by s... | Beef Checkoff Modernization Act of 2008 - Amends the Beef Research and Information Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain (as a subcommittee of the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board) an importers qualified beef council to promote nondomestic beef or to pursue any other authoriz... | A bill to amend the Beef Research and Information Act to allow the promotion of beef that is born and raised exclusively in the United States, allow the establishment of an importers qualified beef council to promote nondomestic beef, and to establish new referendum requirements. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Anti-Cash Smuggling Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. ADDITION OF MEANS OF ACCESS TO FUNDS OR THE VALUE OF FUNDS.
Chapter 53 of subtitle IV of title 31, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by inserting after section 5316 the following new
sec... | Anti-Cash Smuggling Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to require reports concerning means of access to funds or the value of funds belonging or credited to a person, including electronic means and prepaid or stored cards (but not debit or credit cards).
Requires such reports to be filed when a person... | To amend title 31, United States Code, to include means of access to funds or the value of funds in certain records and reports on monetary instrument transactions, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Low Volume Motor Vehicle
Manufacturers Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FROM VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS FOR LOW VOLUME
MANUFACTURERS.
Section 30114 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``The'' and insert... | Low Volume Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to exempt from certain federal motor vehicle safety and labeling standards (except any standard relating to motor vehicle equipment) up to: (1) 1,000 replica motor vehicles per year manufactured or imported by a low volum... | To direct the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to establish a program allowing low volume motor vehicle manufacturers to produce a limited number of vehicles annually within a regulatory system that addresses the unique safety and financial issues associated with limited production, and to direct the Envi... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Research Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION-ENERGY.
(a) Establishment.--There is established the Advanced Research
Projects Administration-Energy (referred to in this section as ``ARPA-
E'').
(b) Goals.--The goal... | Energy Research Act of 2007 - Establishes the Advanced Research Projects Administration - Energy (ARPA-E) to reduce foreign energy imports and to improve the competitiveness of the U.S. economy by: (1) promoting revolutionary changes in the critical technologies that would promote energy competitiveness; (2) turning cu... | A bill to establish an Advanced Research Projects Administration-Energy to initiate high risk, innovative energy research to improve the energy security of the United States, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Caring Start Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Neglect, hunger, abuse, and other forms of trauma
present significant challenges to young children's learning and
social-emotional developme... | Caring Start Act of 2015 This bill amends the Head Start Act to require that in providing and allocating resources for training and technical assistance, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) give priority consideration to activities that: support the implementation of evidence-based trauma-informed practi... | Caring Start Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. INDIRECT SUPPORT.
(a) In General.--For the purpose of enhancing the availability of
private financing for clean energy technology deployment, the Secretary
of Energy may--
(1) provide credit support to portfolios of taxable debt
obligations originated by State, local, and private ... | Authorizes the Secretary of Energy, for the purpose of enhancing the availability of private financing for clean energy technology development, to provide credit support and facilitate financing transactions to enable owners and users of buildings and industrial facilities to increase energy efficiency and generate ele... | To authorize the Secretary of Energy to provide credit support to enhance the availability of private financing for clean energy technology deployment. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Living Organ Donor Job Security
Act''.
SEC. 2. LEAVE FOR LIVING ORGAN DONATION.
(a) Leave Requirement.--
(1) Non-federal employees.--Section 102(a)(1) of the Family
and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(a)) is amended by
... | Living Organ Donor Job Security Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to entitle employees covered by FMLA to leave to provide a living organ donation, including for time spent for: (1) tests to determine medical suitability of the employee for donation; (2) physical, psychological, and social ev... | To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United States Code, to allow leave for individuals who provide living organ donations. |
s Described.--For purposes of subsection
(a)(1), a joint resolution is described in this paragraph if it is a
joint resolution of the 2 Houses of Congress and the matter after the
resolving clause of such joint resolution is as follows: ``That the
Congress approves the proposal of the President, submitted on ____, ... | Stand With American Workers Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to: (1) declare that the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is the primary government official responsible for dispute settlement proceedings before the World Trade Organization (WTO) that involve the United States; and (2) designate a Deputy USTR to... | A bill to improve United States litigation efforts at the WTO, establish a WTO Dispute Settlement Review Commission, promote reform of the WTO dispute settlement process, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
The Act may be cited as the ``State and Local Funding Flexibility
Act''.
SEC. 2. FLEXIBILITY TO USE FEDERAL FUNDS.
(a) In General.--Subpart 2 of part A of title VI of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7305 et seq.) is amended
to read as follows:
``Su... | State and Local Funding Flexibility Act - Amends part A of title IV (Flexibility and Accountability) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to replace the existing program under subpart 2 with a new Funding Flexibility for State and Local Educational Agencies program.
Allows states to use funds t... | To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide States and local educational agencies with maximum flexibility in using Federal funds provided under such Act, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Reducing Barriers to Learning Act of
2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Interventions to increase students' bonding to school
promote academic success by reducing barriers to learning.
(2) In... | Reducing Barriers to Learning Act of 2007 - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to create an Office of Specialized Instructional Support Services within the Department of Education to improve specialized instructional support services in schools.
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 196... | To establish an Office of Specialized Instructional Support Services in the Department of Education and to provide grants to State educational agencies to reduce barriers to learning. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Safeguarding American Families and
Expanding Social Security Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. DETERMINATION OF TAXABLE WAGES AND SELF-EMPLOYMENT INCOME ABOVE
CONTRIBUTION AND BENEFIT BASE AFTER 2015.
(a) Determination of Taxable Wages Above Contrib... | Safeguarding American Families and Expanding Social Security Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe special rules for the determination of taxable wages and self-employment income above the contribution and benefit base after 2015. Title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OAS... | Safeguarding American Families and Expanding Social Security Act of 2015 |
AND MEDIATION PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Education is authorized to make
grants to local educational agencies to provide assistance to schools
served by the agency that are most directly affected by conflict and
violence.
(b) Model Project.--The Secretary shall develop a written m... | Conflict Resolution and Mediation Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for the development and implementation of conflict resolution and mediation programs for students, teachers, and other school personnel at their schools most directly affected by co... | To provide assistance to local educational agencies for the prevention and reduction of conflict and violence. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fair and Independent Federal
Judiciary Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. SALARY ADJUSTMENTS.
(a) Restoration of Statutory Cost-of-Living Adjustments.--The
annual salaries for justices and judges are the following:
(1) Chief Justice of the Supreme Cour... | Fair and Independent Federal Judiciary Act of 2003 - Increases salaries for justices of the Supreme Court and for district court and other specified judges. Repeals Federal law that requires specific congressional authorization for salary increases for Federal judges and Supreme Court justices.Modifies provisions regar... | A bill to provide for the fair treatment of the Federal judiciary relating to compensation and benefits, and to instill greater public confidence in the Federal courts. |
SECTION 1. EDUCATION SCHOLARS BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.
Part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1070 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Subpart 9--Education Scholars Block Grant Program
``SEC. 420G. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSE; AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
... | Teacher Investment Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish the Education Scholars Block Grant Program. Authorizes appropriations.
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award such grants to States according to an allotment formula.
Requires the use of such grant funds to provide scholarships to ... | Teacher Investment Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Collegiate Learning and Student
Savings Act''.
SEC. 2. ELIGIBLE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS PERMITTED TO MAINTAIN
QUALIFIED TUITION PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--Section 529(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (defining qualified State ... | Collegiate Learning and Student Savings Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) permit private higher educational institutions, in addition to currently permitted State institutions, to establish qualified tuition programs; and (2) exclude from gross income such program distributions used for qualified higher ed... | Collegiate Learning and Student Savings Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Water Conservation Incentive Act of
2004''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) a severe to extreme drought affected approximately 15
percent of the contiguous United States as of the end of April
2004,
... | Water Conservation Incentive Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit for the cost of qualified water conservation property installed in a principal residence and which has a useful life of at least five years. Defines "qualified water conservation property" to include smart dual ... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for the conservation of water. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Access to Emergency Medical
Care Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR MEDICARE MANAGED CARE.
(a) Access to Emergency Services.--Section 1876(c) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395mm(c)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:... | Medicare Access to Emergency Medical Care Act of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish requirements for Medicare managed care regarding access to emergency services. | Medicare Access to Emergency Medical Care Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Interests in Rural Highways
Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) a national surface transportation system that includes
a national network of highways and that provides for efficient
and safe ... | National Interests in Rural Highways Act of 1997 - Amends Federal highway provisions to direct the Secretary of Transportation, for FY 1998 and thereafter, to increase and set aside an additional amount of Federal highway funds for allocation (according to a specified formula) to States that: (1) have population densi... | National Interests in Rural Highways Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Umpqua National Forest Land
Management Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Agriculture.
(2) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Oregon.... | Umpqua National Forest Land Management Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary, under any terms and conditions that the Secretary may prescribe, to sell or exchange any U.S. interest in specified National Forest System lands in Douglas County, Oregon.
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) solicit offers for the sale or exch... | A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange certain National Forest System land in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``SAFE Port
Reauthorization Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Extension of port security programs.
Sec. 3. Customs-Trade Pa... | SAFE Port Reauthorization Act - Amends the SAFE Port Act to authorize appropriations for FY2011-FY2016 for: (1) the automated targeting system for identifying and inspecting high-risk oceanborne container cargo, (2) the Container Security Initiative, and (3) the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT).
Pe... | A bill to reauthorize certain port security programs, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``America's Beautiful National Parks
Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008''.
TITLE I--NATIONAL SITE QUARTER DOLLARS
SEC. 101. ISSUANCE OF REDESIGNED QUARTER DOLLARS EMBLEMATIC OF NATIONAL
PARKS OR OTHER NATIONAL SITES.
Section ... | America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 - Requires quarter dollars, issued beginning in 2010, to have designs on the reverse emblematic of one national site in each state, the District of Columbia, and specified U.S. territories.
Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to select in each stat... | A bill to provide for a program for circulating quarter dollar coins that are emblematic of a national park or other national site in each State, the District of Columbia, and certain territories and insular areas of the United States, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Earned Income Credit Information Act
of 2008''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--The Congress hereby finds:
(1) President Gerald Ford and Congress created the earned
income credit (EIC) in 1975 to offset the adverse effe... | Earned Income Credit Information Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require certain employers (with more than 25 employees) to provide their employees with a notice explaining the earned income tax credit and eligibility rules for such credit. | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require employers to notify their employees of the availability of the earned income credit. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``College Access and Affordability
Act''.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF HOPE AND LIFETIME LEARNING CREDITS.
(a) Increase in Per Student Limitation for Hope Scholarship
Credit.--
(1) In general.--Subparagraph (B) of section 25A(b)(1) of
the In... | College Access and Affordability Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase to $4,000 the maximum amount of qualified tuition and related expenses eligible for the Hope Scholarship Credit and adjust such amount for inflation beginning in 2006; (2) increase to $58,000 the modified adjusted gross income thre... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand and enhance the HOPE and Lifetime Learning Credits, and to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide loan forgiveness opportunities for public service employees. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Unemployed Worker
Investment Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR EMPLOYERS WHO HIRE INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.
(a) In General.--Subsection (d) of section 51 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (defining memb... | American Unemployed Worker Investment Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a small business employer (i.e., an employer that employs more than 10 but fewer than 25 full-time employees throughout the taxable year) a work opportunity tax credit for hiring a qualified unemployment compensation recipient... | American Unemployed Worker Investment Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Screening Applied Fairly and
Equitably to Truckers Act of 2008'' or the ``SAFE Truckers Act of
2008''.
TITLE I--SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY
SEC. 101. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY.
(a) In General.--The Homeland Security Act of 20... | Screening Applied Fairly and Equitably to Truckers Act of 2008, or the SAFE Truckers Act of 2008 - Amends the Homeland Security Act 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) designate security sensitive material; and (2) prohibit an individual from operating a motor vehicle in commerce while transporti... | To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require motor vehicle operators transporting security sensitive material in commerce to obtain a transportation security card from the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. |
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