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SECTION 1. COMMEMORATIVE COINS IN HONOR OF THE FOUNDING OF BILOXI,
MISSISSIPPI.
(a) Coin Specifications.--The Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter
in this section referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall mint and issue
each of the following coins:
(1) $10 gold coins.--Not more than 100,... | Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue the following coins emblematic of the landing of Pierre LeMoyne Sieur D'Iberville on the shores of present day Biloxi, Mississippi, on February 13, 1699: (1) ten-dollar gold coins; (2) one-dollar silver coins; and (3) half dollar clad coins.
Mandates payment o... | A bill to authorize the minting and issuance of a commemorative coin in honor of the founding of Biloxi, Mississippi. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Constitutional Rights Oversight
Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR FEDERAL
COUNTERTERRORISM ACTIVITIES.
(a) Establishment as Independent Agency.--There is established as
an independent agency in the executive... | Constitutional Rights Oversight Act - Establishes the Office of the Inspector General for Counterterrorism Activities as an independent agency in the executive branch of the Government. Mandates that the Office assure that counterterrorism activities of Federal agencies are carried out in a manner consistent with the ... | Constitutional Rights Oversight Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Hospice Benefit Amendments
of 1996''.
SEC. 2. HOSPICE CARE BENEFIT PERIODS.
(a) Restructuring of Benefit Period.--Section 1812 of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395d) is amended in subsections (a)(4) and
(d)(1), by striking ``, a subsequ... | Medicare Hospice Benefit Amendments of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to hospice care to: (1) restructure the hospice care benefit period; (2) cover ambulance services, diagnostic tests, and anticancer chemotherapy and radiation therapy services; (3) permit contracting wit... | Medicare Hospice Benefit Amendments of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SIMPLIFICATION OF EMPLOYMENT TAXES ON DOMESTIC SERVICES.
(a) Increase in Threshold Requirement.--
(1) Subparagraph (B) of section 3121(a)(7) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (defining wages) is amended by striking
``$50'' and inserting ``$300''.
(2) Subparag... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to raise the threshold (from $50 to $300 a quarter) for paying and withholding social security taxes on wages paid for domestic service in a private home.
Sets forth rules for filing returns with respect to domestic service employment taxes and requires such returns to be made on a cal... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify the application of employment taxes in the case of domestic services. |
SECTION 1. CONSOLIDATION OF CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Amendment to Title 10.--
(1) In general.--Chapter 141 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after section 2381 the following
new section:
``Sec. 2382. Consolidation of contract requirements: policy and
... | Directs the Secretary of Defense to require the Secretary of each military department and the head of each defense agency and Department of Defense (DOD) Field Activity to ensure that decisions made regarding the consolidation of contract requirements (bundling) are made with a view to providing small businesses with a... | A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to restrict bundling of Department of Defense contract requirements that unreasonably disadvantages small businesses, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Civic Participation Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The right to vote is the most basic constitutive act of
citizenship and regaining the right to vote reintegrat... | Specifies that: (1) nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit a State from enacting any State law that affords the right to vote in any election for Federal office on terms less restrictive than those terms established by this Act; and (2) the rights and remedies established by this Act shall be in addition to... | Civic Participation Act of 2000 |
SECTION. 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Organ Procurement Organization
Certification Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Organ procurement organizations play an important role
in the effort to increase organ donation in the United States.
... | Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to set forth in regulations the process and performance standards by which an organization shall be so certified or recertified consistent with the following: (1) certification or recertification shall be made no more frequently than once every four years; (2) perform... | Organ Procurement Organization Certification Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Atlantic Menhaden Conservation
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Atlantic menhaden are a key piece of the Atlantic
ecosystem, from Florida to Maine.
(2) Serving as a vital link in the food ch... | Atlantic Menhaden Conservation Act - Imposes a fishing moratorium regarding Atlantic menhaden that are reduced to meal and oil for the coastal waters of each coastal state north of South Carolina, including Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, and the Potomac River Fisheries Commission.
Requires studies and reports... | To prohibit commercial fishing of Atlantic menhaden for reduction purposes in inland, State, and Federal waters along the Atlantic coast of the United States, and for other purposes. |
TITLE I--NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION ASSISTANCE
SEC. 101. NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION ASSISTANCE.
Part A of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6621 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``SEC. 2104. NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION ASSISTANCE.
``(a) S... | Teaching Excellence in America's Classrooms and Homerooms Act (TEACH) - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to provide financial assistance to the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NB) for: (1) helping States and local school districts provide... | A bill to provide for teaching excellence in America's classrooms and homerooms. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fusion Energy Research
Accountability Act of 1994''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) the Federal fusion research program represents an
important national investment;
(2) over the last 40 years, United Sta... | Fusion Energy Research Accountability Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to convene a fusion policy advisory panel to report to the Congress on: (1) a single narrow approach to fusion power; and (2) develop recommendations for a plan for the future of domestic fusion energy research, ensuring attention to a... | Fusion Energy Research Accountability Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) railroad activity has significantly increased in recent
years;
(2) rail intermodal traffic has increased by 40 percent
over the last decade;
(3) more than 9,000,000 containers and trailers traveled
the Nat... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an eligible taxpayer (rail carrier that owns property adjacent to railroad tracks) to take a general business tax credit in an amount equal to 50 percent of the eligible railroad noise abatement expenditures for the taxable year. Defines "eligible railroad noise abatement expen... | A bill to provide for the abatement of noise and other adverse effects of idling train engines, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Congaree National Park Act of
2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) Congaree Swamp National Monument, consisting of 22,200
acres, was established in 1976 to preserve the finest remaining
... | Congaree National Park Act of 2003 - Establishes Congaree National Park, which shall be composed of the Congaree Swamp National Monument and approximately 4,576 acres of adjacent land in South Carolina.
Authorizes the Secretary to acquire land for inclusion in the Park by donation, purchase from a willing seller, tran... | A bill to establish the Congaree Swamp National Park in the State of South Carolina, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Solicitation Disclosure Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) American consumers collectively spend millions of hours
opening and reading mail they are induced into falsely
believing is from a government entity ... | Solicitation Disclosure Act - Requires that any mailed unsolicited commercial offer for any financial product or service (including loans or other credit, insurance, debt refinancing or cancellation, mortgages, and investments) include, on the outside envelope (or if mailed without an envelope, at the top of the solici... | To require certain labeling of unsolicited commercial mail. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Airport and Airway Trust Fund Taxes
Short Term Reinstatement Act''.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY REINSTATEMENT OF AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND TAXES.
(a) Fuel Tax.--
(1) Subparagraph (A) of section 4091(b)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1... | Airport and Airway Trust Fund Taxes Short Term Reinstatement Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restore the Airport and Airway Trust Fund excise taxes. | Airport and Airway Trust Fund Taxes Short Term Reinstatement Act |
TITLE I--SHORT TITLE
This Act may be cited as the ``Juvenile Misuse of Firearms
Prevention Act''.
TITLE II--RESTRICTING JUVENILE ACCESS TO CERTAIN FIREARMS
SECTION 1. PENALTIES FOR UNLAWFUL ACTS BY JUVENILES.
(a) Juvenile Weapons Penalties.--Section 924(a) of title 18, United
States Code, is amende... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Short Title
Title II: Restricting Juvenile Access to Certain Firearms
Title III: Enhanced Penalties for Federal Crimes Involving
Firearms
Title IV: Providing Incentives to States that Prosecute
Juveniles as Adults for Certain Offenses Involving
... | Juvenile Misuse of Firearms Prevention Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Postal Civil Service Retirement
System Funding Reform Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
(a) Definitions.--Section 8331 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (17)--
(A) by str... | Postal Civil Service Retirement System Funding Reform Act of 2003 - (Sec. 2) Amends Federal civil service law to revise the statutory formula for funding benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System for U.S. Postal Service employees (according to the model for funding the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS)... | To amend chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, to reform the funding of benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System for employees of the United States Postal Service, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Home Health Access Preservation Act
of 1999''.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS TO AGENCIES FOR MOST EXPENSIVE CASES.
(a) Payments for Outliers.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), from amounts
appropriated pursuant to subsectio... | Addresses overpayments to home health agencies, giving them a repayment option over a 36-month period, and prohibiting interest accrual on the outstanding balance of the overpayment amount during such period. Prohibits home health agencies from electing to make such a repayment for all or portions of cost reporting per... | Home Health Access Preservation Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Fraud and Fairness Reform
Act''.
TITLE I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
SEC. 101. INVESTIGATION OF GASOLINE PRICES.
(a) Investigation.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commissi... | Energy Fraud and Fairness Reform Act - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate and report to Congress on whether the price of gasoline is being artificially manipulated by speculation in the oil markets, specifically at the Intercontinental Exchange in Atlanta, Georgia.
Amends the Internal Revenue Co... | To direct the Federal Trade Commission to investigate how speculators are driving up the cost of gasoline in the financial markets, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Abstinence Education Reallocation
Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE EDUCATION.
(a) Grants.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting
through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services
Administration, may award grants o... | Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to award grants for qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents. Requires such education to meet certain criteria, including: (1) being age-appropriate, medica... | To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants on a competitive basis to public and private entities to provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Advocacy Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ON PROVISION OF LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO ASSIST
VETERANS AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES RECEIVE HEALTH
CARE, BENEFITS, AND SERVICES.
(a) Pilot Program Required.--
... | Veterans Advocacy Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a program to assess the feasibility and advisability of utilizing legal entities to provide legal services to assist veterans and members of the Armed Forces in applying for and receiving health care, benefits, and services. Requires... | A bill to establish a pilot program on the provision of legal services to assist veterans and members of the Armed Forces receive health care, benefits and services, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. CHIEF VETERINARY OFFICER OF DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
(a) In General.--Title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6
U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
``SEC. 317. CHIEF VETERINARY OFFICER.
``(a) In General.--There is in the Department a Chi... | Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a Chief Veterinary Officer, who shall: (1) head the division of DHS with primary responsibility for veterinary issues, food defense, and agriculture security; and (2) have primary responsibility within DHS for responsibil... | To establish a Chief Veterinary Officer in the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Eliminate
Colorectal Cancer Act of 2001''.
(b) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer
deaths in the United States for men and women combined... | Eliminate Colorectal Cancer Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require coverage of colorectal cancer screening according to certain guidelines by a group health plan, a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage, and a heal... | To amend the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require coverage for colorectal cancer screenings for group health plans and group and individual health insurance coverage. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Notch Baby Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. NEW GUARANTEED MINIMUM PRIMARY INSURANCE AMOUNT WHERE
ELIGIBILITY ARISES DURING TRANSITIONAL PERIOD.
Section 215(a) of the Social Security Act is amended--
(1) in paragraph (4)(B), by inserting... | Notch Baby Act of 1997 - Amends title II (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act with respect to the benefit computation formula for individuals who reached age 65 in or after 1982 and to whom applies the period of transition to the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the So... | Notch Baby Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicaid Foster Care Coverage Act of
2007''.
SEC. 2. INDEPENDENT FOSTER CARE ADOLESCENTS ESTABLISHED AS MANDATORY
CATEGORY (AND NOT OPTIONAL CATEGORY) OF INDIVIDUALS FOR
MEDICAID COVERAGE.
(a) Establishment as Mandatory Cat... | Medicaid Foster Care Coverage Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to establish independent foster care adolescents as a mandatory category of individuals for coverage under state Medicaid programs. | To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to establish independent foster care adolescents as a mandatory category (and not an optional category) of individuals for coverage under State Medicaid programs. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Egypt Accountability and Democracy
Promotion Act''.
SEC. 2. DECLARATION OF POLICY.
The policy of the United States shall be to use its foreign
assistance for Egypt, including the ``Foreign Military Financing''
program, to advance United States nationa... | Egypt Accountability and Democracy Promotion Act - States that U.S. policy shall be to use its foreign assistance for Egypt to advance U.S. national security interests in Egypt, including encouraging the advancement of political, economic, and religious freedom in Egypt.
Limits specified security and economic assistan... | To condition security assistance and economic assistance to the Government of Egypt in order to advance United States national security interests in Egypt, including encouraging the advancement of political, economic, and religious freedom in Egypt. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Halt Index Trading of Energy
Commodities (HITEC) Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Investment in our commodities markets has grown
dramatically in recent years. While the volume of futures
contr... | Halt Index Trading of Energy Commodities (HITEC) Act - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to declare unlawful for: (1) a commodity index fund to engage in an energy commodity transaction if any person investing in the fund is an excluded investor, (2) an energy commodity index fund to accept an investment from a person... | Halt Index Trading of Energy Commodities (HITEC) Act |
SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF REHABILITATION CREDIT UNDER PASSIVE ACTIVITY
LIMITATIONS.
(a) General Rule.--Paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 469(i) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to $25,000 offset for rental
real estate activities) are amended to read as follows:
``(2) Dollar... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the offset for rental real estate activities under passive activity rules to increase the rehabilitation credit under such rules. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to the treatment of the rehabilitation credit under the passive activity limitations. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act
of 2007''.
SEC. 2. REVISED STANDARDS FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE IN SCREENING AND
EVALUATION OF GYNECOLOGIC CYTOLOGY PREPARATIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 353(f)(4)(B)(iv) of the Public Health
Service Act ... | Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise national quality assurance standards to assure consistent performance by laboratories of valid and reliable cytology services, to include requirements that each clinical la... | A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. EXCLUSION FROM FEDERAL EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY ACT AND RAILWAY
LABOR ACT.
LIRR police officers shall not be considered employees of a common
carrier by railroad for purposes of the Act entitled ``An Act relating
to the liability of common carriers by railroad to their employees in
certain... | Excludes police officers employed by The Long Island Rail Road Company (LIRR) from coverage under the Employers' Liability Act, Railway Labor Act, Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, Railroad Retirement Tax Act, and Railroad Unemployment Repayment Tax provisions of the Internal Revenue... | To remove police officers employed by The Long Island Rail Road Company from coverage under the Employer's Liability Act, the Railway Labor Act, the Railroad Retirement Act, and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``U.S.A. AAA Credit Restoration Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO TITLE 31.
Section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended to read
as follows:
``(b) Limit.--
``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, th... | U.S.A. AAA Credit Restoration Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, on the same day the President submits an annual budget proposal to Congress, to submit to Congress a message on the public debt limit. Requires the Secretary to: (1) include an estimate of the amount that the public debt limit will need to be in... | A bill to establish a timely and expeditious process for voting on the statutory debt limit. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``North Korea Nonproliferation and
Accountability Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) On February 12, 2013, the Government of North Korea
declared that it had conducted its third test of a nucle... | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on February 14, 2013. North Korea Nonproliferation and Accountability Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: the test of a nuclear device by North Korea on February 12, 2013, and the missile launch of December 12, 2012, represent flag... | North Korea Nonproliferation and Accountability Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Influenza Containment
Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to ensure that American workers are able
to follow, without financial harm, the recommendations of their
employer and public health authorities to stay home when they h... | Emergency Influenza Containment Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to ensure that American workers are allowed to follow, without financial harm, employer and public health authority recommendations to stay home when they have symptoms of a contagious disease that may put co-workers, customers, or the pu... | To ensure that American workers are able to follow, without financial harm, the recommendations of their employer and public health authorities to stay home when they have symptoms of a contagious disease that may put co-workers, customers, or the public at risk. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``State Bioterrorism Preparedness
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) State governments are viewed as strong partners in the
United States' national security efforts, particularly as
related to... | State Bioterrorism Preparedness Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States to enable them to prepare for and respond to bioterrorism.Sets forth requirements regarding: (1) State plans which shall include a description of the State process to detect and respond to bioterrorism an... | A bill to assist States in preparing for, and responding to, biological or chemical terrorist attacks. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Freedom to Establish State High Air
Quality (FrESH AIR Quality) Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) on August 27, 2003, the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) finalized ... | Freedom to Establish State High Air Quality (FrESH AIR Quality) Act - Retains to States, Indian tribes, municipalities, and air pollution control agencies the right to decide whether or not to implement the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) August 27, 2003 new source review revisions. | To preserve the ability of States, Indian tribes, municipalities, and air pollution control agencies to protect the public health and the environment by affording them discretion as to whether or not to implement new source review revisions promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency on August 27, 2003. |
SECTION 1. AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN AREAS FOR LEASING.
Section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(q) Availability of Certain Areas for Leasing.--
``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
``(A) Atlantic coa... | Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorize the governor of Virginia to petition the Secretary of the Interior for authorization to conduct natural gas or crude oil (or both) exploration and extraction activities in any area that is at least 50 miles beyond the state's coastal zone.
Requires the Secretar... | To authorize the State of Virginia to petition for authorization to conduct natural gas or crude oil (or both) exploration and extraction activities in any area that is at least 50 miles beyond the coastal zone of the State, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. RELIQUIDATION OF CERTAIN ENTRIES OF VANADIUM CARBIDES AND
VANADIUM CARBONITRIDE.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding sections 514 and 520 of the Tariff
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514 and 1520) or any other provision of law and
subject to the provisions of subsection (b), the United States Cus... | Requires the U.S. Customs Service to liquidate or reliquidate certain entries of vanadium carbines and vanadium carbonitride at a special rate and refund any amounts owed. | A bill to provide for the reliquidation of certain entries of vandium carbides and vandium carbonitride. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``SCHIP Extension Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF SCHIP.
Section 2104 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph
(... | SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) extend SCHIP through FY2008 and the first six months of FY2009; (2) provide additional allotments to states to address SCHIP funding shortfalls for the same period of time; and (3) authori... | A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend funding for 18 months for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. NATIONAL CENTER FOR BIOTERRORISM PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE.
Title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``PART R--NATIONAL CENTER FOR BIOTERRORISM PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
``SEC. 399Z-1. NATIONAL CENTER FOR BIOTERRORISM PREPARED... | Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention a National Center for Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response.Requires the Director of such Center to: (1) administer grants to State and local public health entities to upgrade public health core capacities including... | A bill to amend the Public Health Act to create a Center for Bioterrorism Preparedness within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Income Tax Fairness Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Working people provide about 65 percent of Federal
revenue through social security taxes on their earnings and
through income taxes on th... | Income Tax Fairness Act of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the income tax rates imposed on individual taxpayers by three percentage points.
Repeals the current requirement that property acquired from a decedent be valued, generally, at its fair market value at the date of the decedent's death or, aft... | Income Tax Fairness Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Private Property Rights Protection
Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON EMINENT DOMAIN ABUSE BY STATES.
(a) In General.--No State or political subdivision of a State shall
exercise its power of eminent domain, or allow the exercise of such
power by a... | Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2006 - Prohibits any state or political subdivision, if it receives federal economic development funds during the fiscal year, from exercising, or allowing a delegate to exercise, the power of eminent domain: (1) for economic development; or (2) over property of a religious or ... | A bill to protect private property rights. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Lifetime Pension Annuity for You Act
of 2005''.
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FOR LIFETIME INCOME PAYMENTS.
(a) Lifetime Income Payments Under Annuity Contracts.--Subsection
(b) of section 72 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by
adding at the end th... | Lifetime Pension Annuity for You Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an exclusion from gross income for 50 percent of the amount otherwise includible in gross income as lifetime income payments from certain annuity contracts. Limits the amount of such exclusion to $5,000 in any taxable year. Provide... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments by excluding from income a portion of such payments. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Caregiver Financial Relief Act of
2008''.
SEC. 2. REFUNDABLE CREDIT FOR LONG-TERM CARE.
(a) General Rule.--Subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter
1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to refundable credits)
is amended by redesignat... | Caregiver Financial Relief Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow caregivers of family members with long-term care needs a refundable tax credit of $3,000 for up to two such family members each year through 2010; (2) allow in 2009 and 2010 the tax credit for dependent care expenses for parents (or... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit against tax for certain caregivers, to expand the dependent care credit, and to increase the exclusion limitation for dependent care assistance programs. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Crude Oil Export Equality
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the United States has enjoyed a renaissance in energy
production--
(A) increasing domestic investment and jobs; and
... | American Crude Oil Export Equality Act Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to repeal the authority of the President to restrict exports of: coal, petroleum products, natural gas, or petrochemical feedstocks; and materials or equipment which he determines necessary for either exploration, production, r... | American Crude Oil Export Equality Act |
SECTION 1. TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTES.
Title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1021 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``PART C--TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTES
``SEC. 241. SHORT TITLE.
``This part may be cited as the `Teacher Profe... | Teacher Professional Development Institutes Act - Amends the the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a program for Teachers Institutes (TIs).
Requires a TI to: (1) be a partnership or joint venture between or among one or more institutions of higher education (IHEs) and one or more local educational agencies (LE... | A bill to provide a grant program to support the establishment and operation of Teachers Institutes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Startup Innovation Credit Act of
2012''.
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF RESEARCH CREDIT FOR CERTAIN STARTUP COMPANIES.
(a) In General.--
(1) In general.--Section 41 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended by adding at the end the foll... | Startup Innovation Credit Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a qualified small business, other than a tax-exempt organization, to use a portion of its tax credit for increasing research expenditures as an offset against its payroll tax liability under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA).... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for startup businesses to use a portion of the research and development credit to offset payroll taxes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Union Transparency and
Accountability Act''.
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.
Section 208 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of
1959 (29 U.S.C. 438) is amended--
(1) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting ``(a) The
... | Union Transparency and Accountability Act - Amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to revise specified current reporting requirements to require every labor organization to file annually with the Secretary of Labor (currently, the Office of Labor Management Standards of the Department of Labor... | Union Transparency and Accountability Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fuel Energy Affordability and
Conservation Act''.
TITLE I--DRAWDOWN OF STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
SEC. 101. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) a sharp, sustained increase in the price of crude oil
would negatively aff... | Mandates that proceeds from sales of petroleum drawn down pursuant to such determinations be: (1) deposited in the SPR Petroleum Account; and (2) used only for specified purposes.
Directs the President to report to certain congressional committees on causes and potential consequences if the price of a barrel of crude o... | Fuel Energy Affordability and Conservation Act |
PROCEDURES.
(a) In General.--Title 38, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after chapter 7 the following new chapter:
``CHAPTER 8--EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
``Sec.
``801. Scope of chapter.
``802. Office of Employment Discrimination Complaints Resolution.
``803. Informal complaint resolu... | Department of Veterans Affairs Employment Discrimination Act - Requires consideration under procedures applicable to the Merit Systems Protection Board of any allegation by an employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs of unlawful employment discrimination if the action (or failure to act) of which the employee com... | Department of Veterans Affairs Employment Discrimination Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``School Food Fresh Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Commodity program.--The term ``commodity program''
means any of--
(A) the commodity supplemental food program
established und... | School Food Fresh Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish in the office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services a task force to coordinate commodity programs.
Directs the Secretary to provide five (for each of five specified food categories) competitive grants to nonpr... | A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to provide coordination and direction for commodity programs, and to ensure the distribution of fresh fruits and vegetables to schools and service institutions in the United States. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Apprehension of Tainted Money Act of
1997''.
SEC. 2. SPECIAL RULES FOR TREATMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO BE RETURNED TO
DONORS BY POLITICAL COMMITTEES.
(a) In General.--Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et ... | Apprehension of Tainted Money Act of 1997 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to require a political committee intending to return any contribution given to the committee in an amount of $500 or more to the person making the contribution (other than a contribution returned within 60 days of receip... | Apprehension of Tainted Money Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening Veterans Health Care
Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of
2014 (Public Law 113-146) established the Veterans Choice
... | Strengthening Veterans Health Care Act of 2017 This bill authorizes and appropriates funds to increase veterans access to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care, including by: (1) hiring primary and specialty care physicians and other medical staff, (2) establishing medical residency programs and increasing re... | Strengthening Veterans Health Care Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Huntington's Disease Parity Act of
2015''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Huntington's Disease is a progressive degenerative
neurological disease that causes total physical and mental
deteriora... | Huntington's Disease Parity Act of 2015 Directs the Commissioner of Social Security, for purposes of determining cognitive, behavioral, and physical disability under titles II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act (SSAct), to amend specified L... | Huntington's Disease Parity Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``International Conservation Corps Act
of 2012''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) There is a significant deficit in the capability of
many developing countries to manage their natural resources
sustainably... | International Conservation Corps Act of 2012 - Directs: (1) the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to provide grants to qualifying nonprofit organizations to assign and support volunteers to assist foreign countries in the administration of their natural resources in an environmentally sustainable manner,... | To establish a program to provide grants to nonprofit organizations to enable such organizations to assign and support volunteers to assist foreign countries in the administration of their natural resources in an environmentally sustainable manner. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Children First
Child Support Reform Act of 2001''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Modification of rule requiring assignment of... | Children First Child Support Reform Act of 2001 - Amends parts A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) and D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to: (1) modify the rule requiring assignment of support rights as a condition of receiving TANF; (2) increase chil... | A bill to provide more child support money to families leaving welfare, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ```Whatever It Takes' To Rebuild Act
of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Major disasters, including disasters caused by
terrorist acts, often result in a decline in economic activity
in areas affect... | Whatever It Takes To Rebuild Act of 2003 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to: (1) authorize the President to make community disaster loans to State governments; (2) eliminate the $5 million limit on the amount of any such loan; and (3) prohibit the President from requiring th... | To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to modify the terms of the community disaster loan program, to authorize assistance under that program for losses related to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. REINSTATEMENT OF APPLICANTS AS TENTATIVE SELECTEES.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding the order of the Federal
Communications Commission in the proceeding described in subsection
(c), the Commission shall--
(1) reinstate each applicant as a tentative selectee under
the covered rura... | Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), notwithstanding its order in the proceeding in re Applications of Cellwave Telephone Services L.P., Futurewave General Partners L.P., and Great Western Cellular Partners, to: (1) reinstate each of three specified applicants as a selectee under the covered rural servi... | To improve cellular telephone service in selected rural areas and to achieve equitable treatment of certain cellular license applicants. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medically Fragile Children's Act of
2008''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM OF ALL-INCLUSIVE CARE FOR MEDICALLY
FRAGILE CHILDREN AS A MEDICAID STATE OPTION.
(a) In General.--Title XIX of the Social Security Act is amended--
(... | Medically Fragile Children's Act of 2008 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to establish a program of all-inclusive care for medically fragile children as a Medicaid state plan option.
Makes a child eligible if he or she is: (1) medically fragile based on health status and related indicators or i... | To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to establish a State plan option under Medicaid to provide an all-inclusive program of care for children who are medically fragile or have one or more chronic conditions that impede their ability to function. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Melanie Stokes Postpartum Depression
Research and Care Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Postpartum depression is a devastating mood disorder
which strikes many women during and after pregnancy.
... | Melanie Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to organize a series of national meetings to develop a research plan for postpartum depression and psychosis.Directs the Secretary to make grants to provide for projects for the establishment, operation, and ... | A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Furthering International Nuclear
Safety Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are as follows:
(1) To recognize the paramount importance of international
nuclear safety cooperation for operating power reactors.
... | Furthering International Nuclear Safety Act of 2011 - Directs the President to instruct the U.S. delegate to the Convention on Nuclear Safety to encourage: (1) parties to more systematically assess their progress in improving safety; (2) parties to increase the number of national reports and related answers to question... | To underscore the importance of international nuclear safety cooperation for operating power reactors, encouraging the efforts of the Convention on Nuclear Safety, supporting progress in improving nuclear safety, enhancing the public availability of nuclear safety information, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Partnerships for Wellness Act''.
SEC. 2. GRANTS TO SUPPORT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND NUTRITION.
(a) In General.--From the amounts appropriated to carry out this
section, the Secretary of Agriculture shall award grants to eligible
entities, on a competitive... | Partnerships for Wellness Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to award competitive matching grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) participating in the school lunch and breakfast programs for projects that leverage community resources to increase student access to physical activity, nutrition education, and... | To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to award grants to eligible entities for projects that leverage community resources and support student access to physical activity, nutrition education, and nutritious foods during the regular school calendar. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Weather Mitigation Research and
Technology Transfer Authorization Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act to develop and implement a
comprehensive and coordinated national weather mitigation policy and a
national cooperative Fede... | Weather Mitigation Research and Technology Transfer Authorization Act of 2007 - Establishes in the Department of Commerce the Weather Mitigation Advisory and Research Board to promote and fund research and development (R&D), studies, and investigations with respect to: (1) improved forecast and decisionmaking technolog... | To establish the Weather Mitigation Operations and Research Board, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Leadership Invests
in the Future Through Helping Individuals Gain Higher Education and
Retraining Act of 2012'' or as the ``LIFT HIGHER Act of 2012''.
(b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The median stu... | Leadership Invests in the Future Through Helping Individuals Gain Higher Education and Retraining Act of 2012 or the LIFT HIGHER Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow applicants to a graduate school program an income-based refundable tax credit for expenses in connection with a graduate school program... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a refundable tax credit for certain expenses of applying to graduate school. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Death Tax Repeal Act''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF ESTATE AND GENERATION-SKIPPING TRANSFER TAXES.
(a) Estate Tax Repeal.--
(1) In general.--Subchapter C of chapter 11 of subtitle B
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at ... | Death Tax Repeal Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and (2) make conforming amendments related to the gift tax. | Death Tax Repeal Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
The Act may be cited as the ``Smart Technologies for Communities
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Congestion on our roadways is hampering American's
daily lives, slowing down commerce, polluting the environment
we live in, a... | Smart Technologies for Communities Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish the Smart Communities Technology Initiative to provide grants to eligible entities to develop pilot programs to serve as model deployment sites for large scale installation and operation of intelligent transportation sys... | To optimize transportation through efficient operations and maintenance programs. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Evacuees Assistance Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR EVACUATION EXPENSES IN MANDATORY EVACUATION.
(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 a... | Evacuees Assistance Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a tax credit, up to $2,000, for uncompensated travel expenses (including meals and lodging) incurred due to a mandatory evacuation of a disaster area. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a credit against income tax for expenses paid or incurred by reason of a mandatory evacuation. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Colombian Temporary Protected Status
Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) Colombia has been embroiled in a 38-year internal
conflict, resulting in the death of tens of thousands civilians
and combatant... | Columbian Temporary Protected Status Act of 2003 - Expresses the sense of Congress in favor of extending temporary protected status to Columbian nationals in the United States.
Designates Columbia under the Immigration and Nationality Act as a country undergoing an ongoing armed conflict in order to make qualifying Co... | To designate Colombia under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to make nationals of Colombia eligible for temporary protected status under such section. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Student Loan Debt Protection Act of
2015''.
TITLE I--BORROWERS' RIGHT TO BASIC CONSUMER PROTECTIONS
SEC. 101. DISCHARGEABILITY OF STUDENT LOANS IN BANKRUPTCY CASES.
Section 523(a) of title 11 of the United States Code is amended--
(... | Student Loan Debt Protection Act of 2015 This bill amends the federal bankruptcy code to permit a borrower to discharge in bankruptcy a nonprofit, government, or private student loan, or an obligation to repay an educational benefit, scholarship, or stipend. It amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Educa... | Student Loan Debt Protection Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stop CEO Excessive Pay Act''.
SEC. 2. DENIAL OF DEDUCTION FOR PAYMENTS OF EXCESSIVE COMPENSATION.
(a) In General.--Section 162 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended by inserting after subsection (h) the following new
subsections:
``(i) Ex... | Stop CEO Excessive Pay Act The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the deduction for trade or business expenses, to prohibit a deduction for excessive compensation for any employee of the taxpayer. "Excessive compensation" is the amount by which the compensation for services performed by ... | Stop CEO Excessive Pay Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Simplified Small Business Telephone
Tax Relief Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF FILING PERIOD AND SAFE HARBOR FOR CERTAIN
TAXPAYERS FOR REFUNDS OF THE EXCISE TAX ON TOLL TELEPHONE
SERVICE.
(a) Extension of Filing Deadlin... | Simplified Small Business Telephone Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Allows an extension through 2007 for filing refunds for excise tax paid on nontaxable toll telephone service billed after February 28, 2003, and before August 1, 2006.
Allows taxpayers eligible for such refunds to elect a specified refund amount based on adj... | A bill to provide an extension for filing a refund for the excise tax on toll telephone service, and to provide for a safe harbor for businesses claiming such a refund. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act
of 2013''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF EMPLOYER HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE MANDATE TO
PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.
(a) Large Employers Not Offering Health Coverage.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (a) of sect... | Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the large employer health insurance coverage mandate to part-time employees (as well as full-time employees, currently covered). Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to make an employee eligible for coverage under such A... | Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``War Funding Accountability Act''.
SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO IRAQ.
(a) Initial Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of an Act (enacted after the date of the enactment of this
Act) making appropriations for mil... | War Funding Accountability Act - Requires the President, within 30 days of enactment of an appropriations Act that funds military operations or reconstruction in Iraq, to prepare and transmit to Congress a report (as well as subsequent progress reports) detailing U.S. goals with respect to such operations or reconstruc... | To establish reporting requirements relating to funds made available for military operations in Iraq or the reconstruction of Iraq and for military operations in Afghanistan or the reconstruction of Afghanistan, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Safer Workplaces Act''.
TITLE I--PROTECTING EMPLOYEES FROM REPRISALS
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Safety and Health Whistleblower
Protection Act''.
SEC. 102. EMPLOYEE ACTIONS.
Section 11(c)(1) of the Occup... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Protecting Employees from Reprisals
Title II: Miscellaneous Amendments
Safer Workplaces Act -
Title I: Protecting Employees from Reprisals
- Safety and Health Whistleblower Protection Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to prohibit employer repri... | Safer Workplaces Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Health Service Corps
Reinvestment Act of 2001''.
TITLE I--REVISION AND EXTENSION OF PROGRAM FOR NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
CORPS
SEC. 101. GENERAL PROGRAM.
(a) Additional Authorizations of Appropriations.--Sectio... | National Health Service Corps Reinvestment Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend from FY 2001 through FY 2006 the authorization of appropriations for certain programs of the National Health Service Corps.Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consider certain grant-receiving healt... | To amend the Public Health Service Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to the National Health Service Corps. |
SECTION 1. RURAL EDUCATION.
Part J of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 8271 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:
``PART J--RURAL EDUCATION INITIATIVE
``SEC. 10951. SHORT TITLE.
``This part may be cited as the `Rural Education Initiative Act of
1... | Establishes an REI subpart 1 Small and Rural School Program.
Makes an local educational agency (LEA) eligible for alternative use formula grants from States, and for direct grants from the Secretary of Education if: (1) the total number of students in average daily attendance at all of the schools served by the LEA is ... | Rural Education Initiative Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bear Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) there are 8 extant species of bear: Asian black bear,
brown bear, polar bear, American black bear, spectacled bear,
giant panda, sun bear, and sloth bear;
... | Bear Protection Act - Prohibits any person from: (1) importing bear viscera into, or exporting it from, the United States; or (2) selling bear viscera, bartering, offering it for sale or barter, purchasing, or possessing it with intent to sell or barter, transporting, acquiring, or receiving it in interstate or foreig... | Bear Protection Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Article V Records Transparency Act
of 2016''.
SEC. 2. COMPILATION AND TRANSMISSION TO CONGRESS OF APPLICATIONS AND
RESCISSIONS OF APPLICATIONS TO CALL A CONVENTION FOR
PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION AND RESCISSIONS
... | Article V Records Transparency Act of 2016 This bill directs the Archivist of the United States to make and transmit to Congress an organized compilation of all applications and rescissions of applications ever made by states under article V of the Constitution to call a convention for proposing amendments to the Const... | Article V Records Transparency Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Investment Tax Credit Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT.
(a) Allowance of Credit.--Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (relating to amount of investment credit) is amended by
striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (2), by strik... | Investment Tax Credit Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an investment credit for certain investment credit property acquired, completed, or placed in service within 18 months of enactment. Covers tangible personal property and other non-building tangible property as specified.Makes such property i... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a temporary incentive for investing in tangible property in the United States. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Low-Income Gasoline Assistance
Program Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to create new emergency assistance
programs to assist families receiving assistance under part A of title
IV of the Social Security Act and low-income working fa... | Low-Income Gasoline Assistance Program Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to enable States to establish emergency assistance programs to make certain payments to eligible households for the purchase of gasoline.Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title ... | A bill to provide emergency assistance for families receiving assistance under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act and low-income working families. |
SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT FOR PRESENTATION OF DOCUMENTATION PROVING BOTH
CITIZENSHIP AND IDENTITY IN ORDER TO RECEIVE BENEFITS
UNDER SCHIP, TAA, AND ATAA.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, as a
condition of receiving benefits under SCHIP, TAA, and ATAA, an
in... | Requires any applicant for benefits under title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act, the trade adjustment assistance (TAA) program under the Trade Act of 1974 (TA74), or the alternative trade adjustment assistance program (ATAA) under TA74 to present satisfactory documenta... | To require those applying for, and renewing, SCHIP, TAA, and ATAA benefits to present documentation proving both citizenship and identity in order to receive those benefits. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Internet Freedom Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Department of Commerce and the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration (in this
section referred to as the ``NTIA'... | Protecting Internet Freedom Act This bill prohibits the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information from allowing the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's responsibility for Internet domain name system functions, including the authoritative root zone file and the performan... | Protecting Internet Freedom Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE, FINDINGS, AND PURPOSE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Stimulating
Leadership in Limiting Expenditures (or `SLICE') Act of 2007''.
(b) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the Congressional Budget Office has projected that
unless current laws and p... | Stimulating Leadership in Limiting Expenditures Act (or SLICE Act) of 2007 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to authorize the President to propose, at any time and in any manner provided in this Act, the rescission of any budget authority in an appropriation Act.
Prohibits funds mad... | To provide for expedited rescissions of budget authority. |
SECTION 1. RESEARCH TO EVALUATE TECHNOLOGY FOR DEPOSITING CERTAIN WASTE
ON DEEP OCEAN SEABED.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``____ Act of
1995''.
(b) Research Program.--Title II of the Marine Protection, Research,
and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1441 et seq.) is ame... | Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to mandate a research program to demonstrate the feasibility of disposing of authorized waste by depositing it on the deep seabed by means of a closed container that isolates the waste from the water column through which it passes. Provides for permit... | To amend title II of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to direct the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to conduct a research program to evaluate technology for depositing certain waste on the deep ocean seabed. |
SECTION 1. HUMAN TISSUE.
(a) In General.--Section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(hh)(1) The term `human tissue' means a collection of similar
human cells which--
``(A) is intended for use in the diagnosis, cure,
... | Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to establish a specific definition for "human tissue" which expressly excludes vascularized human organs, gene therapy, blood, soluble blood components, milk, or products made by combining human tissue with biomaterials. Declares that human tissue is not a drug, ... | A bill to provide for the regulation of human tissue for transplantation to ensure that such tissue is handled in a manner to preserve its safety and purity, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act shall be known as the ``Cotton Shirt Industry Tariff
Relief and Technical Corrections Act''.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY DUTY REDUCTIONS FOR CERTAIN COTTON SHIRTING FABRIC.
(a) Certain Cotton Shirting Fabrics.--
(1) In general.--Subchapter II of chapter 99 is amended by
... | Cotton Shirt Industry Tariff Relief and Technical Corrections Act - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce, through December 31, 2005 or 2006 (as appropriate), the duty on certain cotton shirting fabrics.
Limits the quantity of imported cotton woven fabric entered by or on behalf of each ... | A bill to provide relief for the cotton shirt industry. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Law Enforcement Officers Pay
Equity and Reform Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON PREMIUM PAY.
(a) In General.--Section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``5545a,'';
(... | Federal Law Enforcement Officers Pay Equity and Reform Act of 2002 - Excludes availability pay for Federal criminal investigators from premium pay limitations.Requires a study by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) regarding the need for, and potential benefits of, the establishment of a separate pay, evaluation, ... | A bill to amend chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, to exclude availability pay for certain Federal law enforcement officers from the limitation on premium pay, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stable Oil Supply Home Heating
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) more than 35 percent of families in the northeastern
United States depend on oil to heat their homes each winter,
... | Directs the Secretary to: (1) issue an order requiring the establishment of a private home heating oil reserve for the Northeast if a certified plan has not been implemented within a specified time frame for an importer, refiner, or wholesaler that stores heating oil for sale in the Northeast; (2) periodically monitor ... | Stable Oil Supply Home Heating Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``America's Commitment to Clean Water
Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are as follows:
(1) To reaffirm the original objective of Congress in
enacting the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of
1972... | America's Commitment to Clean Water Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to replace the term "navigable waters," for waters subject to the Act, with the term "waters of the United States," defined to mean: (1) all waters that are currently used, were used in the p... | To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reaffirm the jurisdiction of the United States over waters of the United States. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Community Rail Line Relocation
Assistance Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. RAIL LINE RELOCATION GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--
(1) Authority.--Chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code,
is amended by inserting after section 206 the follo... | Community Rail Line Relocation Assistance Act of 2001 - Amends Federal highway law to direct the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a grant program to provide financial assistance to States for up to 90 percent of the cost of local rail line relocation projects. | A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a grant program for providing financial assistance for local rail line relocation projects, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL MILITARY MUSEUM FOUNDATION.
(a) In General.--(1) Part B of subtitle II of title 36, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 1519 the following
new chapter:
``CHAPTER 1520--NATIONAL MILITARY MUSEUM FOUNDATION
``Sec.
``151951. Establishment.
``1519... | Establishes as a nonprofit corporation the National Military Museum Foundation to: (1) preserve military artifacts having historical or technological significance; (2) facilitate research on military history; (3) promote partnerships between the Federal Government and the private sector for the preservation of such art... | A bill to establish the National Military Museum Foundation, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pipeline Safety Enhancement Act of
1995''.
SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS IN PIPELINE SAFETY
(a) Toughness Standards.--Section 60102 of title 49, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections:
``(l) Toughness Standards.--
... | Pipeline Safety Enhancement Act of 1995 - Amends Federal pipeline safety law to direct the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe minimum standards: (1) for toughness for new pipes installed in gas and hazardous liquid pipeline facilities (with particular attention to new pipes in high-density population areas); (2)... | Pipeline Safety Enhancement Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.
(a) In General.--The Department of Energy Organization Act is
amended by inserting after section 212 (42 U.S.C. 7143) the following
new section:
``nuclear security administration
``Sec. 213. (a) There shall be within the Department an agency to... | Directs the Secretary to assign to the Administrator direct authority over and responsibility for the nuclear weapons production facilities and the national laboratories.
Establishes in DOE an Under Secretary for National Security who is specially qualified to: (1) manage a program designed to ensure the safety and rel... | To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to establish a Nuclear Security Administration and an Office of Under Secretary for National Security in the Department of Energy. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Welfare Dependency Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND POLICY.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds:
(1) In the period since 1960 the average annual caseload of
the aid to families with dependent children program (hereafter
ref... | Welfare Dependency Act of 1993 - Amends title IV of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop indicators, rates, and predictors or welfare dependency.
Establishes an Advisory Board on Welfare Dependency to advise the Secretary on their development.
Requires the Secretary... | Welfare Dependency Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening the Chafee Foster Care
Independence Program Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) In 2002, 19,500 youth ``aged out'' of the foster care
system.
(2) In 1999, Congress passed historic... | Strengthening the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program Act - Amends the Social Security Act to revise requirements for the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (Program).
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to distribute to states and localities information on access to federal programs (o... | To help children make the transition from foster care to self-sufficiency by addressing weaknesses in the implementation of the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Prescription Drug Competition Act of
2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) prescription drug costs are increasing at an alarming
rate and are a major concern of senior citizens and American
families;
... | Prescription Drug Competition Act of 2001 - Requires brand name drug companies and generic drug applicants to file with the Federal Trade Commission and the Secretary of Health and Human Services specified information regarding any agreement regarding the sale or manufacture of a generic drug which the Secretary has de... | To ensure the timely availability of generic drugs through enhancement of drug approval and antitrust laws enforced by the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission regarding brand name drugs and generic drugs. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Health Equity Act of
2003''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY FOR QUALIFYING STATES TO USE SCHIP FUNDS FOR MEDICAID
EXPENDITURES.
Section 2105 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397ee) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
`... | Children's Health Equity Act of 2003 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to grant authority for qualifying States to use SCHIP funds for Medicaid (SSA title XIX) expenditures. | A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to allow qualifying States to use allotments under the State children's health insurance program for expenditures under the medicaid program. |
TITLE I--UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Unemployment Compensation
Extension Act of 2008''.
SEC. 102. ADDITIONAL FIRST-TIER BENEFITS.
Section 4002(b)(1) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (26
U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended--
(1) in subp... | Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to revise the formula for Tier-1 amounts a state credits to an applicant's emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA) for a benefit year. Increases the figures in the formula (the lesser of which shall be the amou... | A bill to provide for additional emergency unemployment compensation, to amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to authorize loans to automobile manufacturers and component suppliers, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``First Response Broadcasters Act of
2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) in the periods before, during, and after major
disasters that occurred not long before the date of enactment
of this Act (including Hurr... | First Response Broadcasters Act of 2007 - Authorizes appropriations to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for facility and equipment expenses to construct an additional 25 Primary Entry Point stations (radio broadcast stations designated to provide public information following emergenci... | To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to support efforts by local or regional television or radio broadcasters to provide essential public information programming in the event of a major disaster, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. ENTITLEMENT AND DETERMINATION OF BENEFITS FOR AFFECTED
PARTICIPANTS.
(a) Entitlement of Affected Participants.--Any affected participant
described in subsection (b) is entitled to a one-time lump sum payment
to be determined by the Secretary of Energy (hereinafter referred to as
the ``... | Entitles to a one-time lump sum payment any persons (affected participants) who: (1) retired from active employment at one of the gaseous diffusion plants of the U.S. Enrichment Corporation (USEC) on or before USEC's privatization date as vested participants in a pension plan maintained either by USEC's operating contr... | To entitle affected participants under a pension plan referred to in the USEC Privatization Act to payment for benefit increases not received. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Secure Government
Buildings from Espionage Act of 2017''.
(b) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the Government Accountability Office has reported that
the Federal Government often leases high-security sp... | Secure Government Buildings from Espionage Act of 2017 This bill instructs the General Services Administration, the Architect of the Capitol, or any other federal agency (other than the Department of Defense), before entering into a lease agreement with a public or private entity to accommodate a federal agency in a bu... | Secure Government Buildings from Espionage Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Preserving Social Security Act of
2001.''
SEC. 2. INTEREST BORNE BY, AND INCREASES IN PAR VALUE OF, SPECIAL
OBLIGATIONS ISSUED TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS.
Section 201(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401(d)) is
amended--
... | Preserving Social Security Act of 2001 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with regard to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund to revise requirements for the issuance of obligations for purch... | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to establish an effective real annual rate of interest at 6 percent for special obligations issued to the Social Security trust funds. |
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