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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Guantanamo Bay Detainee Transfer
Suspension Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO TRANSFER OR RELEASE
INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION,
GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA.
(a) In General.--Exce... | Guantanamo Bay Detainee Transfer Suspension Act of 2014 - Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds to transfer or release any covered detainee at the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Guantanamo) to the custody or control of such individual's country of origin, any other foreign country, or any other for... | Guantanamo Bay Detainee Transfer Suspension Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hydrogen Future Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
Section 102(b) of the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research,
Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12401(b)) is
amended by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following:
... | Hydrogen Future Act of 2001 - Amends the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 to include among its purposes the development of a hydrogen production methodology that minimizes greenhouse gas production, and the promotion of hydrogen as a major energy source.Instructs the Secr... | A bill to reauthorize and amend the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Currency Optimization, Innovation,
and National Savings Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. SAVING TAXPAYERS MONEY BY SUSPENDING PRODUCTION OF THE PENNY.
(a) Policy of the United States.--It is the policy of the United
States that--
(1) sufficient one-c... | Currency Optimization, Innovation, and National Savings Act of 2017 This bill suspends the production of one-cent coins, other than collectible coins, for a 10-year period. The Government Accountability Office shall study the effect of this temporary suspension and report on whether production should remain suspen... | Currency Optimization, Innovation, and National Savings Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Supervisor Training Act of
2011''.
SEC. 2. MANDATORY TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR SUPERVISORS.
(a) In General.--Section 4121 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by inserting before ``In consultation with'' the
followi... | Federal Supervisor Training Act of 2011 - Expands requirements relating to specific training programs for federal agency supervisors by requiring the head of each federal agency to establish: (1) a program to train supervisors in carrying out their duties, including mentoring and motivating employees, fostering a emplo... | A bill to provide for mandatory training for Federal Government supervisors and the assessment of management competencies. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Angel Tax Credit Act''.
SEC. 2. ANGEL INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT.
(a) In General.--Subpart B of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end
the following new section:
``SEC. 30E. ANGEL INVESTMEN... | Angel Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a new business-related tax credit for 25% of equity investments of $25,000 or more in a domestic corporation or partnership that: (1) has its headquarters in the United States, (2) has gross revenues for the taxable year of less than $1 million,... | Angel Tax Credit Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ready Schools Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. READY SCHOOLS.
Section 1112(b)(1)(E) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6312(b)(1)(E)) is amended to read as follows:
``(E) a description of how the local educational... | Ready Schools Act of 2011 - Amends part A of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require local educational agencies to describe how they will assist each of their elementary schools that receive school improvement funds in conducting... | A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding ready school needs reviews. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act
of 2017''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Child welfare service providers, both individuals and
organizations, have the inherent, fundamental, and... | Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the federal government, and any state or local government that receives federal funding for any program that provides child welfare services under part B (Child and Family Services) or part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social... | Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Five-Star Generals Commemorative
Coin Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the United States Army Command and General Staff
College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas (in this Act referred to as
the ``CGSC'') has, in... | Five-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins in recognition of five United States Army Five-Star Generals: George Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Henry "Hap" Arnold, and Omar Bradley, alumn... | A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of 5 United States Army Five-Star Generals, George Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Henry "Hap" Arnold, and Omar Bradley, alumni of the United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth Kansas, to coincide w... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Payment Reauthorization Act
of 1994''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF ANNUAL FEDERAL PAYMENT TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996.
Section 503 of the District of Columbia Self-Government and
Governmental Reorganization Act (sec. 47-3406.1, D.C... | Federal Payment Reauthorization Act of 1994 - Amends the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to authorize $660 million to be appropriated as the Federal payment to the District of Columbia (DC) for FY 1996.
Requires the Mayor, by March 1 of each year, to develop and submit to speci... | Federal Payment Reauthorization Act of 1994 |
entitled ``Joint Resolution to approve the
`Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
in Political Union with the United States of America', and for other
purposes'' approved March 24, 1976 (48 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), is
amended--
(1) by adding at the end the following new secti... | United States-Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Human Dignity Act - Amends Federal law to prohibit the affixation of the "Made in the USA" label to a textile fiber product from the Northern Mariana Islands unless: (1) each worker producing such product was paid a minimum wage equal to or greater than a specified am... | United States-Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Human Dignity Act |
SECTION 1. REDUCTION OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP VOTING INTEREST OWNERSHIP
REQUIREMENT.
Title IV of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. App. 1371-
1389) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 420. REDUCTION OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP VOTING INTEREST OWNERSHIP
REQU... | Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize foreign persons to purchase more than a specified percentage of the voting interests of a U.S. air carrier. | To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to reduce under certain circumstances the percentage of voting interests of air carriers which are required to be owned or controlled by persons who are citizens of the United States. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Freedom to Invest Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY DIVIDENDS RECEIVED DEDUCTION ALLOWED FOR 2011 OR
2012.
(a) Election.--Subsection (f) of section 965 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to election) is amended to read as
foll... | Freedom to Invest Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend the election allowed to a U.S. corporation to deduct dividends received from a controlled foreign corporation to the corporation's last taxable year beginning before the enactment of this Act or the first taxable year beginning during the o... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a temporary dividends received deduction for 2011 or 2012. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Belated Thank You to the Merchant
Mariners of World War II Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. MONTHLY BENEFIT FOR WORLD WAR II MERCHANT MARINERS AND
SURVIVORS UNDER TITLE 46, UNITED STATES CODE.
(a) Monthly Benefit.--Chapter 112 of title 46, United S... | Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a monthly benefit of $1,000 to certain honorably-discharged veterans of the U.S. Merchant Marine who served between December 7, 1941, and December 31, 1946 (or to their survivors). Includes service ... | A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the United States merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) during World War II, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Regulatory Review Act
of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) a vibrant and growing small business sector is critical
to creating jobs in a dynamic economy;
(2) uniform Federal regulatory an... | Small Business Regulatory Review Act of 2007 - Requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), before approving any final rule of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (established under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), to conduct and complete a regulatory flexibility analysis of such rule.
Requires the... | A bill to require assessment of the impact on small business concerns of rules relating to internal controls, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Free Flow of Information Act of
2006''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to guarantee the free flow of
information to the public through a free and active press as the most
effective check upon Government abuse, while protecting the right o... | Free Flow of Information Act of 2006 - Prohibits federal courts in criminal or civil proceedings from compelling journalists to disclose their confidential sources or information which they obtain in a professional newsgathering capacity. Allows exceptions if a court finds that: (1) alternative means of obtaining such ... | A bill to guarantee the free flow of information to the public through a free and active press while protecting the right of the public to effective law enforcement and the fair administration of justice. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Netizens Protection Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF INITIATION OF TRANSMISSION OF UNSOLICITED
ELECTRONIC MAIL.
(a) In General.--No person may initiate, or cause to be initiated,
the transmission of an unsolicited electronic mail mes... | Requires each interactive computer service provider to make available to each of its customers its policy regarding unsolicited e-mail, including options for the customer to elect to receive or not receive such e-mail. Prohibits customers from using the equipment or facilities of the provider to initiate the bulk trans... | Netizens Protection Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Commission to Study and Develop
Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) approximately 4,000,000 Africans and their descendants
were enslaved in the... | Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act This bill establishes the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans to examine slavery and discrimination in the colonies and the United States from 1619 to the present and recommend appropriate remedies. | Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Total Overhaul of Totalization
Agreements Law of 2007''.
SEC. 2. RESTRICTION OF TOTALIZATION AGREEMENTS TO PROVIDING FOR
APPROPRIATE EXCHANGE OF SOCIAL SECURITY TAXES OR
CONTRIBUTIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 233(c)(1) of ... | Total Overhaul of Totalization Agreements Law of 2007 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to revise requirements for agreements establishing a totalization arrangement between the United States and another country with respect to the exchange of funds and i... | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restrict totalization agreements between the United States and other countries to providing for appropriate exchange of Social Security taxes or contributions between the parties to such agreements, and to prohibit crediting of individuals under such title with earnings f... |
SECTION 1. ABOVE-THE-LINE DEDUCTION FOR INTEREST ON INDEBTEDNESS WITH
RESPECT TO THE PURCHASE OF CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 163(h) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (E),
... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a deduction from gross income for: (1) interest paid on indebtedness (up to $49,500) incurred after November 12, 2008, and before January 1, 2010, for the purchase of a motor vehicle (i.e., passenger automobile or light truck) with a gross vehicle weight ra... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line deduction against individual income tax for interest on indebtedness and for State sales and excise taxes with respect to the purchase of certain motor vehicles. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Military Retiree Health Care Task
Force Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is established a task force to be known as the ``Medicare
Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force'' (in this
Act referred to as the ``Task Force'').... | Military Retiree Health Care Task Force Act of 1998 - Establishes the Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force to study and report to the Congress on matters relating to health care coverage of retired military personnel and their families, Federal sharing agreements relating to such care, an... | Military Retiree Health Care Task Force Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Chronic Wasting Disease State
Support Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE.
In this Act, the term ``chronic wasting disease'' means the animal
disease afflicting deer and elk that--
(1) is a transmissible disease of ... | Chronic Wasting Disease State Support Act of 2002 - Defines "chronic wasting disease" as a transmissible disease of the nervous system afflicting deer and elk. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a modeling program to predict the spread of the disease.Directs the Secretary of the Interior (through the U.... | A bill to provide for a multi-agency cooperative effort to encourage further research regarding the causes of chronic wasting disease and methods to control the further spread of the disease in deer and elk herds, to monitor the incidence of the disease, to support State efforts to control the disease, and for other pu... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Middle East Peace Commitments Act of
2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) In 1993, the Palestine Liberation Organization
(hereinafter in this title referred to as the ``PLO'') made the
follow... | Middle East Peace Commitments Act of 2001 - Imposes specified sanctions with respect to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) or the Palestinian Authority if the President determines that such entities have not complied with certain commitments made with Israel. Authorizes the President to waive such sanctions in... | To require the imposition of sanctions with respect to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) or the Palestinian Authority if the President determines that these entities have not complied with certain commitments made by the entities, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Worker Recovery Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this act are to accelerate the reemployment and
employment of individuals affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and
provide such individuals with enhanced flexibility, choice, and cont... | Worker Recovery Act of 2005 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish a temporary program to provide worker recovery accounts to workers affected by a Gulf hurricane disaster.
Directs the Secretary of Labor to make grants to eligible entities to provide such accounts to eligible individuals affected b... | To accelerate the reemployment and employment of individuals affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita by establishing grants to eligible entities to provide worker recovery accounts to eligible individuals. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stopping Over-Criminalization Act of
2015''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to reduce the size, scope and complexity
of the Federal criminal code. In order to ensure that honest mistakes
by individuals who are not morally blameworthy do n... | Stopping Over-Criminalization Act of 2015 This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish a default mens rea (guilty mind) standard for a federal criminal offense, unless the provision of law that defines such offense specifically provides otherwise. A federal criminal offense conviction requires proof that a d... | Stopping Over-Criminalization Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Advancing U.S.-India Defense
Cooperation Act''.
SEC. 2. ENHANCING DEFENSE AND SECURITY COOPERATION WITH INDIA.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States and India face mutual security
threats and a robust de... | Advancing U.S.-India Defense Cooperation Act This bill expresses the sense of Congress that: the U.S.-India defense partnership is vital to regional and international stability and security, and the President's commitment to enhancing defense and security cooperation with India should be considered a priority with r... | Advancing U.S.-India Defense Cooperation Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Enemy Belligerent Interrogation,
Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. PLACEMENT OF SUSPECTED UNPRIVILEGED ENEMY BELLIGERENTS IN
MILITARY CUSTODY.
(a) Military Custody Requirement.--Whenever within the United
States, its terr... | Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010 - Requires an individual who is suspected of engaging in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners through an act of terrorism and who may be an unprivileged enemy belligerent to be placed in military custody for purposes of i... | To provide for the interrogation and detention of enemy belligerents who commit hostile acts against the United States, to establish certain limitations on the prosecution of such belligerents for such acts, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans' Benefits Programs
Modification Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN ADDITIONAL INCOME FROM DETERMINATIONS OF
ANNUAL INCOME FOR PENSION PURPOSES.
(a) Life Insurance Proceeds.--Section 1503(a) of title 38, United
States Co... | Veterans' Benefits Programs Modification Act of 2001 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to: (1) exclude from annual income, for purposes of eligibility for veterans' pension, the proceeds of any life insurance policy or any other non-recurring income from any source; (2) repeal a provision providing an effe... | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to exclude certain income from annual income determinations for pension purposes, to limit provision of benefits for fugitive and incarcerated veterans, to increase the home loan guaranty amount for construction and purchase of homes, to modify and enhance other authorities... |
SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO THE CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
(a) In General.--(1) Chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 8339 the following new section:
``Sec. 8339a. Survivor elections; deposit; offsets
``(a)(1) An individual who makes an election under section
833... | Revises Civil Service and Federal Employees' Retirement Systems provisions with respect to the deposit required in the case of an election to provide a survivor annuity to a spouse by a post-retirement marriage or to a former spouse. | To amend the provisions of chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, which relates to the deposit required in the case of an election to provide a survivor annuity to a spouse by a post-retirement marriage or a former spouse. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Community Choice in Real Estate
Act'' .
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION THAT REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE AND MANAGEMENT
ACTIVITIES ARE NOT BANKING OR FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES.
(a) Bank Holding Company Act of 1956.--Section 4(k) of the Bank
Holding Company A... | Community Choice in Real Estate Act - Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, and the Revised Statutes of the United States, to prohibit the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Secretary of the Treasury, respectively, from determining that real estate brokerage activity or real estate manageme... | A bill to amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and the Revised Statutes of the United States to prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Firearms Rights, Responsibilities,
and Remedies Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the manufacture, distribution, and importation of
firearms is inherently commercial in nature;
... | Firearms Rights, Responsibilities, and Remedies Act of 1999 - Authorizes States, units of local government, organizations, businesses, or other persons that have been injured by or incurred costs as a result of gun violence, notwithstanding Federal, State, or local laws, to bring civil actions in Federal or State court... | Firearms Rights, Responsibilities, and Remedies Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Iranian Destabilization
of Iraq Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY.
It shall be the policy of the United States to impose sanctions
with respect to terrorist organizations and foreign countries,
including the Government of Iran, tha... | Preventing Iranian Destabilization of Iraq Act of 2016 This bill declares it shall be the policy of the United States to impose sanctions with respect to terrorist organizations and foreign countries, including the government of Iran, that threaten the peace or stability of Iraq. The bill directs the President to impos... | Preventing Iranian Destabilization of Iraq Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Sea Grant College Program
Act Amendments of 2002''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO FINDINGS.
Findings.--Section 202(a)(6) of the National Sea Grant College
Program Act (33 U.S.C. 1121(a)(6)) is amended by striking the period at
the end and inserting `... | National Sea Grant College Program Act Amendments of 2002 - Amends the National Sea Grant College Program Act to include an emphasis on management and collaboration between academia and the scientists and programs of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).Requires the Secretary of Commerce's strateg... | A bill to amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Energy Carbon Capture
and Storage Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
Section 963 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 ... | Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Storage Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2007 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary of Energy to: (1) carry out fundamental science and engineering research to develop and document new approaches to capture and store carbon dioxide; (2) ens... | A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize and improve the carbon capture and storage research, development, and demonstration program of the Department of Energy and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Government Propaganda Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Since 1951, the following prohibition on the use of
appropriated funds for propaganda purposes has been enacted
annually: ``No pa... | Stop Government Propaganda Act - Imposes a civil penalty on a senior official of an Executive branch agency who authorizes or directs funds appropriated to such agency for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States.
Instructs the Attorney General to diligently investigate such a violation, and if the At... | A bill to stop taxpayer funded Government propaganda. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Work-Life Balance Award Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Employer.--The term ``employer''--
(A) means any person (as defined in section 3(a) of
the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C.
... | Work-Life Balance Award Act - Establishes in the Department of Labor an annual Work-Life Balance Award for employers that have developed and implemented work-life balance policies.
Establishes a Work-Life Balance Advisory Board to develop criteria to determine recipients of the Award. | To establish the Work-Life Balance Award for employers that have developed and implemented work-life balance policies. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States-Cuba Trade Act of
2017''.
SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF PROVISIONS RESTRICTING TRADE AND OTHER RELATIONS
WITH CUBA.
(a) Authority for Embargo and Sugar Quota.--
(1) In general.--Section 620(a) of the Foreign Assistance
... | United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2017 This bill repeals the embargo on trade with Cuba. The bill: (1) makes ineffective certain prohibitions on exports to Cuba; (2) extends nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations) to Cuban products; (3) prohibits regulation or banning of travel to and from Cuba by U.S. citiz... | United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Marine Energy Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF MARINE AND HYDROKINETIC RENEWABLE ENERGY.
Section 632 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42
U.S.C. 17211) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by
striking ``electrical''.
SEC. 3.... | Marine Energy Act This bill amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to revise and reauthorize through FY2022 the program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application to accelerate the introduction of marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy production. The program must give priori... | Marine Energy Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protection of Young Consumers Act of
2006''.
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF YOUNG CONSUMERS FROM PRESCREENED CREDIT OFFERS.
(a) In General.--Section 604(c)(1)(B) of the Fair Credit Reporting
Act (15 U.S.C. 1681(c)(1)(B)) is amended--
(1) in clause (... | Protection of Young Consumers Act of 2006 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit consumer reporting agencies from furnishing reports in connection with firm offers of credit or insurance that are not initiated by consumers under age 21. Allows consumers who are at least 18, but not yet 21, to elect, in writ... | A bill to protect consumers, and especially young consumers, from skyrocketing consumer debt and the barrage of credit card solicitations, to establish a financial literacy and education program in elementary and secondary schools to help prepare young people to be financially responsible consumers, and for other purpo... |
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... | 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. PROVISIONS RELATING TO TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE.
(a) Additional Plans.--
(1) In general.--Section 8903 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(5) High deductible health plans.--One or more plans
... | Amends Federal law relating to health insurance for Federal employees to authorize the Office of Personnel Management to contract for or approve one or more high deductible plans providing specified benefits. Allows the Government contribution for high deductible plans to be 100 percent of the subscription charge. Re... | To make medical savings accounts available in connection with certain health plans under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. DECEPTIVE GAMES OF CHANCE MAILINGS ELIMINATION.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Deceptive Games of
Chance Mailings Elimination Act of 1998''.
(b) Nonmailable Matter.--
(1) In general.--Section 3001 of title 39, United States
Code, is amended--
... | Deceptive Games of Chance Mailings Elimination Act of 1998 - Amends Federal postal law concerning nonmailable matter with respect to otherwise legally acceptable matter constituting a solicitation or offer in connection with the promotion of a game of chance that contains words or symbols suggesting the recipient will,... | Deceptive Games of Chance Mailings Elimination Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Jobs for America Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE WORKER ADJUSTMENT AND RETRAINING NOTIFICATION
ACT.
(a) Definition.--Section 2(a) of the Worker Adjustment and
Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2101(a)) is amended--
... | Jobs for America Act of 2004 - Amends the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to provide protections for employees relating to the offshoring of jobs.
Revises the definition of mass layoff to mean a reduction in force which is not the result of a plant closing and results in an employment loss at the sin... | To amend the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to provide protections for employees relating to the offshoring of jobs. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Consumer Utilities Turnback (CUT)
Trust Fund Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The overall net income for the production of
electricity for California consumers increased 3... | Consumer Utilities Turnback (CUT) Trust Fund Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on the windfall profit from the sale of electricity produced from a facility located in the United States at a rate equal to 100 percent of such windfall profit.Establishes the Consumer Utilities Turnback... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a windfall profits adjustment on the production of domestic electricity and to use the resulting revenues to fund rebates for individual and business electricity consumers. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Alternative Liquid Transportation
Fuel Promotion Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Biomass.--The term ``biomass'' means any organic
material other than oil and natural gas (or any product
thereof).
... | Alternative Liquid Transportation Fuel Promotion Act of 2006 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to declare eligible for a federal loan guarantee commitment large-scale coal-to-liquid facilities that use coal resources of the United States to produce at least 5,000 barrels a day of liquid transportation fuel.
Direc... | To promote coal-to-liquid fuel activities. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Investment Tax Simplification Act of
2005''.
SEC. 2. PERMANENT REDUCTION IN CAPITAL GAINS RATES FOR INDIVIDUALS AND
CORPORATIONS.
(a) Repeal of Sunset of Reduction in Capital Gains Rates for
Individuals.--Section 303 of the Jobs and Grow... | Investment Tax Simplification Act of 2005 - Makes permanent the reduction in individual capital gains tax rates enacted by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the maximum capital gains tax rates for individuals and corporations. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the 2003 reduction in the individual capital gains tax rates permanent and to further reduce and simplify such rates and to reduce the corporate capital gains rate. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Health Literacy Act of
2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Low health literacy is a problem for half of all
American adults, or 100,000,000 individuals.
(2) Health literacy probl... | National Health Literacy Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to establish within the Agency a Health Literacy Implementation Center to enhance efforts to eliminate low health literacy by improving measurements, research, developmen... | A bill to ensure that all Americans have basic health literacy skills to function effectively as patients and health care consumers. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Rural
Ambulance Service Improvement 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. Payment increases for rural ambulan... | Medicare Rural Ambulance Service Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to increase by 20 percent the payment under Med... | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase by 20 percent the payment under the Medicare Program for ambulance services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas, to determine rural areas based on population density, and to require the use of recent data in determining payment adjustments. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cross-Border Cooperation in Northern
Europe Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Northern Europe is a vital part of Europe and one that
offers continuing opportunities for Uni... | Cross-Border Cooperation in Northern Europe Act of 2005 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should support a wide-ranging strengthening of democratic and civic institutions in Northern Europe (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) to provide a foundation for pol... | To foster cross-border cooperation in Northern Europe. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Informed Health Care Decision Making
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) National randomized controlled trials have found that
replacing the brief summary of drug advertisements with a drug
facts box ... | Informed Health Care Decision Making Act - Requires the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA) to: (1) determine whether standardized, quantitative summaries of the benefits and risks of drugs in a tabular or drug facts box format would improve health care decisionmaking by clinicians, patients, and consumers; and (2) es... | A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to inclusion of effectiveness information in drug and device labeling and advertising. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Prescription Drug Benefit Equity Act
of 1997''.
SEC. 2. EQUITY IN PROVISION OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG COVERAGE.
(a) Group Health Plans.--
(1) Public health service act amendments.--(A) Subpart 2 of
part A of title XXVII of the Public Hea... | Prescription Drug Benefit Equity Act of 1997 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to prohibit a group health plan (and a health insurance issuer offering group coverage) from providing mail-order prescription drug coverage without also providing non-mail-order p... | Prescription Drug Benefit Equity Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Prescription Reimportation,
Improvement, Correction, and Enhancement Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO PROGRAM FOR IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN PRESCRIPTION
DRUGS BY PHARMACISTS AND WHOLESALERS.
Section 804 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Ac... | Prescription Reimportation, Improvement, Correction, and Enhancement Act - Amends Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act provisions concerning the importation by pharmacists and wholesalers of certain prescription drugs with respect to: (1) testing and labeling; (2) nondiscrimination; and (3) a study and report. Authoriz... | To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the importation of certain prescription drugs by pharmacists and wholesalers. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sportfishing and Recreational
Boating Safety Amendments Act of 2005''.
TITLE I--CORRECTIONS TO THE SPORTFISHING AND RECREATIONAL BOATING
SAFETY ACT OF 2005
SEC. 101. EFFECTIVE DATE OF AMENDMENTS.
(a) In General.--The Spor... | Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety Amendments Act of 2005 - Title I: Corrections to the Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2005 - (Sec. 101) Amends the Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2005 (SRBA) to make October 1, 2005, the effective date of such Act in its entirety, not ... | To ensure funding for sportfishing and boating safety programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund through the end of fiscal year 2005, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. RECOGNITION AND GRANT OF FEDERAL CHARTER.
The American GI Forum of the United States, a nonprofit corporation
organized under the laws of the State of Texas, is recognized as such
and granted a Federal charter.
SEC. 2. POWERS.
The American GI Forum of the United States (in this Act referred to
... | Grants a Federal charter to the American GI Forum of the United States (a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of Texas). | A bill to grant a Federal charter to the American GI Forum of the United States. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Parents as First Teachers Act of
1997''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) New scientific research shows that experiences in the
first 3 years of life have a dramatic impact on brain
dev... | Parents as First Teachers Act of 1997 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible counties to carry out programs to provide: (1) early childhood development and education training to parents in families that receive assistance under State programs funded under part A (Temporary A... | Parents as First Teachers Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Community Character Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Inadequate land use planning at the State level
contributes to increased public and private capital costs for
infrastructure developm... | Community Character Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a program to provide grants to States (including tribal governments and Native Hawaiian organizations) to assist in the development or revision of land use planning legislation and the creation or revision of State and... | To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to assist States, tribal governments, and Native Hawaiian organizations in their efforts to develop or update land use planning legislation in order to promote more environmentally compatible and effective urban development, improved quality of ... |
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT
RELATING TO HUMAN SEX TRAFFICKING.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--
(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated
$2,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 for the purpose of establishing
an office... | Authorizes appropriations to establish an office in the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to focus on violations of tax law by individuals under investigation for criminal commercial sex activity.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) revise requirements for making awards to individuals who disclose tax law violations... | To authorize appropriations for the purpose of establishing an office within the Internal Revenue Service to focus on violations of the internal revenue laws by persons who are under investigation for conduct relating to commercial sex acts, to establish a Whistleblower Office within the Internal Revenue Service, and t... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``SCHIP Expansion for Kids in Need Act
of 2009''.
SEC. 2. REQUIRING PRIORITY FOR SCHIP COVERAGE OF CHILDREN IN FAMILIES
WITH INCOME UNDER 200 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY
LEVEL.
(a) Data Collection Requirement.--Section 210... | SCHIP Expansion for Kids in Need Act of 2009 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) to require states to provide SCHIP priority to children in families with gross income below 200% of the federal poverty level.
Declares that no state child health plan shall be considered approved for a ... | To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require States to provide priority under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to children in families with gross income below 200 percent of the Federal poverty level. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ask Veterans Act''.
SEC. 2. SURVEY OF VETERAN EXPERIENCES WITH DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS MEDICAL CARE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall seek to
enter into a contract with a non-government entity with significa... | Ask Veterans Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to contract with an experienced non-government entity to conduct an annual survey, over a five-year period, of a statistically significant sample of veterans who reside in the geographic area served by each VA medical facility to determine the experience... | Ask Veterans Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Thurgood Marshall Commemorative Coin
Act''.
SEC. 2. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.
(a) $1 Silver Coins.--The Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in
this Act referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall mint and issue not
more than 500,000 1 dollar coins, which shal... | Thurgood Marshall Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue one-dollar coins emblematic of the tenure of Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall on the Supreme Court of the United States.
Mandates that all surcharges received from the sale of such coins be paid to the Supreme Court Historical... | Thurgood Marshall Commemorative Coin Act |
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.
(a) Definitions.--As used in this Act:
(1) The term ``locatable mineral'' means any mineral not
subject to disposition under any of the following:
(A) the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 and
following);
(B) the... | Mandates annual claim maintenance fees of $100 per claim per calendar year (except shale claims subject to claim maintenance fees under the Energy Policy Act of 1992). Reduces such fees by the amount of the claim maintenance fees paid under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993. Allows the Secretary of the In... | To provide for claim maintenance fees and royalties on hardrock mining claims, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Prescription Drug Program
Integrity and Transparency Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER STANDARDS UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Section 1860D-12(b) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395w-112(b)) is amended by ... | Medicare Prescription Drug Program Integrity and Transparency Act of 2013 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require each contract entered into with a prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsor with respect to a PDP the sponsor offers to prohi... | Medicare Prescription Drug Program Integrity and Transparency Act of 2013 |
That chapter 59 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof
the following new section:
``SEC. XX. VOLUNTARY SEPARATION FOR REASON OF OBJECTION TO MILITARY
POLICY ON HOMOSEXUALS.
``(a) Generally.--A member of the armed forces may request
separation from the armed forc... | Allows a member of the armed forces to request and receive separation from the armed forces if such member: (1) became a member of the armed forces before the Department of Defense policy that homosexuality is incompatible with military service is changed to a policy that homosexuality is not incompatible; (2) has not... | A bill to provide a right for a member of the Armed Services to be voluntarily separated from military service if the existing policy concerning military service by homosexuals is changed so that homosexuality is no longer incompatible with military service and if such member has religious, moral, or personal morale ob... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Student and Student Athlete Opioid
Misuse Prevention Act''.
SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR OPIOID MISUSE PREVENTION.
Part A of title V of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290aa
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 506B. GRANTS FO... | Student and Student Athlete Opioid Misuse Prevention Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to support programs for schools, athletic programs, or communities to prevent prescription drug misuse and addiction related to opio... | Student and Student Athlete Opioid Misuse Prevention Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Voting Opportunity Through
Technology and Education Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. VOLUNTARY ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS FOR POLLING PLACES AND VOTING
EQUIPMENT.
(a) Revision and Expansion of Current Voting System Standards.--
(1) In gene... | Voting Opportunity Through Technology and Education Act of 2001 - Directs the Office of Election Administration of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to: (1) develop and publish revisions to the most recent version of voting system standards issued by FEC; and (2) expand the scope of such standards to include volunt... | To direct the Federal Election Commission to issue voluntary standards to promote the accessibility and effective use of voting systems, voting equipment, and polling places, to make grants to assist States in complying with such standards and carrying out other activities to promote accessibility in voting, and for ot... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Generating Real Opportunities for
Workers and Transitional Help Act'' or the ``GROWTH Act''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF MODIFIED FIRST-TIER EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION.
(a) Extension.--
(1) In general.--Section 4007 of the S... | Generating Real Opportunities for Workers and Transitional Help Act or GROWTH Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to declare that nothing in the Act shall prevent the commencement or continued payment of first-tier emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) to the extent that it: represents amounts ... | GROWTH Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Young Adults Financial Literacy
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress find as follows:
(1) Eighty percent of parents believe schools are teaching
money management and budgeting, while over 70 percent of
teachers are not tea... | Young Adults Financial Literacy Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make competitive grants to, and enter contracts with, eligible institutions to establish centers of excellence to support research, development and planning, implementation, and evaluation of effective programs in financial literacy educa... | To establish a grant program in the Department of the Treasury to fund the establishment of centers of excellence to support research, development and planning, implementation, and evaluation of effective programs in financial literacy education for young adults and families ages 15-24 years old, and for other purposes... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as ``Savanna's Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) On some reservations, Indian women are murdered at more
than 10 times the national average.
(2) American Indians and Alaska Nati... | Savanna's Act This bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to update the online data entry format for federal databases relevant to cases of missing and murdered Indians to include a new data field for users to input the victim's tribal enrollment information or affiliation. In addition, DOJ must: make standard... | Savanna’s Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Green Jobs and
Infrastructure Act of 2009''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary.
TITLE I--CLEAN TEC... | Green Jobs and Infrastructure Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to provide loans to manufacturers to help finance the cost of: (1) re-equipping, expanding, or establishing (including applicable engineering costs) a manufacturing facility in the United States to produce clean technology products... | A bill to promote economic recovery through green jobs and infrastructure, and for other purposes. |
on the Budget.--The last
sentence of section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is
amended by inserting before the period the following: ``, but shall
separately set forth an estimate of benefit payments under the old-age,
survivors, and disability insurance programs under title II of the
Social Securi... | Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to exclude the administrative expenses of the old-age, survivors and disability insurance programs from Federal budget calculations. Exempts such expenses from sequestration under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings A... | To amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to clarify that the expenses of administering the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance programs are not included in the budget of the United States Government, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Restrict and Eliminate the Delivery
of Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Mail or Spam Act of 2003'' or the
``REDUCE Spam Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Commercial electronic mail message.--
(A) In... | Restrict and Eliminate the Delivery of Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Mail or Spam Act of 2003 or REDUCE Spam Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the initiation of a transmission of any unsolicited commercial electronic mail (spam) message with the knowledge that such message contains or is ac... | A bill to reduce unsolicited commercial electronic mail and to protect children from sexually oriented advertisements. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Supporting Future Educators Act of
2017''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) ESEA definitions.--The terms ``dual or concurrent
enrollment program'', ``elementary school'', ``local
educational agency'', and ``secondary s... | Supporting Future Educators Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to establish the Strengthen-Our-Schools Grant Program, which shall award competitive, renewable five-year grants to local education agencies to fund: teaching residency programs, including distance-learning facilities or infras... | Supporting Future Educators Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Office of Rural Education Policy
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The Secretary of Education has recognized that
``[r]ural schools have unique challenges and benefits'', but a
... | Office of Rural Education Policy Act - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish an Office of Rural Education Policy (Office) in the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Requires the Office to be headed by a Director who advises the Secretary of Education on th... | A bill to establish an Office of Rural Education Policy in the Department of Education. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Restoring the Doctors of Our Country
through Scholarships Act of 2012'' or the ``RDOCS Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Due to an aging population, the retirement of a
generation of physicians, ... | Restoring the Doctors of Our Country through Scholarships Act of 2012 or the RDOCS Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants under which states provide RDOCS scholarships, paying all costs of a student's undergraduate medical education,... | To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to States for the purpose of assisting the States in operating an RDOCS program in order to provide for the increased availability of primary health care services in health professional shortage areas. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States Library Trust Fund
Act''.
SEC. 2. UNITED STATES LIBRARY TRUST FUND.
(a) Designation of Overpayments and Contributions for United States
Library Trust Fund.--Subchapter A of chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended by ad... | United States Library Trust Fund Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer to designate that one dollar of any tax overpayment and any cash contribution shall be paid to the United States Library Trust Fund. Establishes the Fund. Provides for grants to applying public libraries and public... | United States Library Trust Fund Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS AND PURPOSES; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``America's
Affordable Health Care Act of 2008''.
(b) Findings and Purposes.--
(1) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(A) The regulation of the practice of ins... | America's Affordable Health Care Act of 2008 - Authorizes a health insurance issuer to apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to certify health insurance coverage policies offered in the individual market in any state as Health Benefit Plans. Allows certified plans to be offered to individuals in all state... | To provide for the offering of Health Benefit Plans to individuals, to increase funding for State high risk health insurance pools, and to promote best practice protocols for State high risk pools. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``ROTC and Military Recruiter Equal
Access to Campus Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program is
the most common path for undergraduates to become U... | ROTC and Military Recruiter Equal Access to Campus Act of 2004 - Amends Federal armed forces provisions to direct the Secretary to annually request, from each institution of higher education that has students participating at that institution in a Senior ROTC program during that academic year, a certification that the ... | To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the ability of the Department of Defense to establish and maintain Senior Reserve Officer Training Corps units at institutions of higher education, to improve the ability of students to participate in Senior ROTC programs, and to ensure that institutions of higher educa... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Full Faith and Credit in Our
Communities Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. GUARANTEES FOR BONDS AND NOTES ISSUED FOR COMMUNITY OR ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.
The Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of
1994 (12 U.S.C. 470... | Full Faith and Credit in Our Communities Act of 2007 - Amends the Community Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to guarantee payments on tax-exempt bonds or notes issued by any approved issuer if their proceeds are used to make loans to eligible community development ... | A bill to authorize guarantees for bonds and notes issued for community or economic development purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Decabromine Elimination and Control
Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. BAN ON DECABDE, DECABDE MIXTURES, AND DECABDE PRODUCTS.
Beginning January 1, 2013, it shall be unlawful for any entity to
produce for distribution in commerce, distribute in commerce, import,
... | Decabromine Elimination and Control Act of 2009 - Makes it unlawful, beginning January 1, 2013, to produce for distribution in commerce, distribute in commerce, import, or export decabromodiphenyl ether, CAS No. 1163-19-5, either pure or in commercial mixtures which are predominantly decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE) o... | To provide for a phased ban on decabrominated diphenylether and mixtures or products containing that chemical, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Appalachian Regional Development Act
Amendments of 2008''.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON AVAILABLE AMOUNTS; MAXIMUM COMMISSION
CONTRIBUTION.
(a) Grants and Other Assistance.--Section 14321(a) of title 40,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph... | Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 2008- Limits the amount of Appalachian regional development grants and loans for projects in at-risk counties to 70% of project costs. Directs the Appalachian Regional Commission to designate as "at-risk" those counties in the Appalachian region that are most at risk o... | A bill to reauthorize and improve the program authorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Combating BDS Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. NONPREEMPTION OF MEASURES BY STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO
DIVEST FROM ENTITIES THAT ENGAGE IN CERTAIN BOYCOTT,
DIVESTMENT, OR SANCTIONS ACTIVITIES TARGETING ISRAEL.
(a) State and Local ... | Combating BDS Act of 2017 This bill allows a state or local government to adopt and enforce measures to divest its assets from, prohibit investment of its assets in, or restrict contracting with: (1) an entity that engages in a commerce- or investment-related boycott, divestment, or sanctions activity targeting Is... | Combating BDS Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. ACTION PLAN ON RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES UNDER MEDICARE
AND MEDICAID TO PREVENT OPIOIDS ADDICTIONS AND ENHANCE
ACCESS TO MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT.
(a) In General.--Not later than January 1, 2019, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services (in this section referred t... | This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to develop an action plan to provide recommendations on changes to the Medicare and Medicaid programs to enhance: (1) the treatment and prevention of opioid addiction, and (2) the coverage and reimbursement of medication-assisted treatment for op... | A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for an action plan on recommendations for changes under Medicare and Medicaid to prevent opioids addictions and enhance access to medication-assisted treatment, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Forever Act of
2005''.
SEC. 2. TAX IMPOSED ON WAGES IN EXCESS OF CONTRIBUTION AND BENEFIT
BASE.
(a) Tax on Employees.--Section 3101 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to rate of tax) is amended by adding at th... | Social Security Forever Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose on employers, employees, and self-employed individuals an additional employment tax for wages in excess of the social security contribution and benefit base.
Declares that it is not in order in the Senate or the House of Representatives t... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a tax on the amount of wages in excess of the contribution and benefit base, to extend the pay-as-you-go requirement of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act
of 2006''.
SEC. 2. INCLUDING COSTS INCURRED BY THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, A
FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER, AN AIDS DRUG
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, CERTAIN HOSPITALS, OR A
PHARMACE... | Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2006 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), with respect to the annual out of pocket threshold, to count costs incurred in providing prescription drugs by the Indian Health Service, a federally-qua... | To include costs incurred by the Indian Health Service, a federally qualified health center, an AIDS drug assistance program, certain hospitals, or a pharmaceutical manufacturer patient assistance program in providing prescription drugs toward the annual out of pocket threshold under part D of title XVIII of the Social... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Workplace Safety and Health
Transparency Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. ADOPTION OF NONGOVERNMENTAL STANDARDS UNDER THE OCCUPATIONAL
HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT.
(a) Adoption by OSHA.--The Occupational Health and Safety Act of
1970 (29 U.S.C. 651 et s... | Workplace Safety and Health Transparency Act of 2006 - Amends the Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1970 and the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to prohibit the Secretary of Labor from promulgating or incorporating by reference, or approving occupational safety and health standards under a state plan tha... | To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to prohibit the promulgation of safety and health standards that do not meet certain requirements for national consensus standards. |
SECTION 1. EXPENSING OF ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION COSTS.
(a) In General.--Part VI of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
``SEC. 198. EXPENSING OF ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION COSTS.
``(a) In General.--A taxpayer may elect to... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the expensing for tax deduction purposes of certain environmental remediation costs. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage the cleanup of contaminated brownfield sites. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Health Benefits Claims Prompt
Payment Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. PROMPT PAYMENT OF CLAIMS.
(a) Group Health Plans.--
(1) Public health service act amendments.--Subpart 2 of
part A of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act is
... | Health Benefits Claims Prompt Payment Act of 2002 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code, and the Public Health Service Act to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide for prompt payment for health benefits claims. | To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide for prompt payment for health benefits claims. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Canyon Ferry Recreation, Tourism,
and Economic Development Management Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds and declares that--
(1) there is a Federal responsibility to provide
opportunities for public recreation, tourism, and eco... | Canyon Ferry Recreation, Tourism, and Economic Development Management Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to enter into cooperative management agreements necessary to manage the Canyon Ferry Recreation Area, Montana.
Di... | Canyon Ferry Recreation, Tourism, and Economic Development Management Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Liability Reform for Volunteer
Services Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the increasingly litigious nature of the legal
profession in the United States has created an unnecessary and
... | Liability Reform for Volunteer Services Act - Applies provisions of this Act to claims for damages in any Federal or State court civil action relating to: (1) volunteer services performed by the defendant for either a governmental entity or a volunteer service organization; or (2) activities or services performed by a... | Liability Reform for Volunteer Services Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Notification of Origin of
Telecommunications and Internet Consumer Exchanges Act of 2011'' or the
``NOTICE Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Business entity.--The term ``business entity'' means
any organization, ... | Notification of Origin of Telecommunications and Internet Consumer Exchanges Act of 2011 or the NOTICE Act of 2011 - Requires a business entity that initiates or receives a customer service communication to require each of its employees or agents participating in the communication to disclose their physical location at... | A bill to require disclosure of the physical location of business agents engaging in customer service communications, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Students in Business Development in
Africa Assistance Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) There is a growing need in developing countries in
Africa to educate and properly train future business leaders... | Students in Business Development in Africa Assistance Act of 2007 [sic] - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to provide assistance for partnerships between businesses and postsecondary educational institutions in ... | To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to provide assistance to establish partnerships between businesses and postsecondary educational institutions in developing countries in Africa to increase economic freedom and competitiveness, promote civil society, and improve the quality of life ... |
SECTION 1. YELLOWSTONE BUFFALO PRESERVATION.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Yellowstone
Buffalo Preservation Act''.
(b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) More than any other animal, the American buffalo (Bison
bison) is a wildlife icon of the United States... | Yellowstone Buffalo Preservation Act - Prohibits an individual from killing, hazing, or capturing any buffalo on Federal lands or land held under Federal conservation easements or using any form of bait to lure buffalo from any Federal land onto private land until the Secretary of the Interior and other appropriate Fed... | To provide for the protection of the last remaining herd of wild and genetically pure American buffalo. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Lyme Disease Prevention, Control,
and Research Amendments of 1993''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAMS FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF LYME
DISEASE.
Title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.),
as amended by section ... | Lyme Disease Prevention, Control, and Research Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to make: (1) grants to public and private nonprofit entities for the preventio... | Lyme Disease Prevention, Control, and Research Amendments of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Menstrual Equity For All Act of
2017''.
SEC. 2. MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS REIMBURSEMENT FROM HEALTH FLEXIBLE
SPENDING ARRANGEMENTS.
(a) In General.--Section 106 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended by adding at the end the fo... | Menstrual Equity For All Act of 2017 This bill establishes a tax credit, a tax exclusion, and requirements that apply to the purchase or distribution of menstrual hygiene products. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) expand the tax exclusion for reimbursements from a health flexible spending arrangement ... | Menstrual Equity For All Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Prescription Drug Comparative
Effectiveness Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. NIH RESEARCH AND AHRQ STUDY ON EFFECTIVENESS OF CERTAIN
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
(a) In General.--
(1) Research by nih.--The Director of the National
Insti... | Prescription Drug Comparative Effectiveness Act of 2003 - Directs the Director of the National Institutes of Health, in coordination with the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to conduct research to develop valid scientific evidence regarding the comparative effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, ... | To require the National Institutes of Health to conduct research, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to conduct studies, on the comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of prescription drugs that account for high levels of expenditures or use by individuals in federally funded health programs, a... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans' ID Theft Protection Act of
2006''.
SEC. 2. ACTIONS REQUIRED WITH RESPECT TO VETERANS ADMINISTRATION DATA
BREACH.
(a) In General.--With respect to the breach of data security that
occurred, or is likely to have occurred, in May,... | Veterans' ID Theft Protection Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take specified actions in response to the May 2006 breach of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) data security, including: (1) repairing the breach, restoring the security and confidentiality of the sensitive financial personal inf... | To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take certain actions to mitigate the effects of the breach of data security that occurred, or is likely to have occurred, in May, 2006, at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``College Access Act''.
SEC. 2. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
(a) Program Established.--From amounts made available to the
Secretary pursuant to section 6(a), the Secretary shall award grants to
eligible organizations to enable such organizations to conduct the
a... | College Access Act - Establishes an endowment grant program to support college access programs nationwide.
Directs the Secretary of Education to award endowment grants to eligible organizations in amounts based on specified mandatory award amount formulae. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to such organizations... | College Access Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Responsible
Parenthood Act of 1995''.
(b) Amendments to the Social Security Act.--Except as otherwise
specifically provided, whenever in this Act an amendment is expressed
in terms of an amendment to ... | Responsible Parenthood Act of 1995 - Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act to provide for various specified program changes, including: (1) an increase in funding under such program, as well as a corresponding increase in Federal set-asides; (2) provision and promotion of absti... | Responsible Parenthood Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Earnings Reinvestment Act''.
SEC. 2. ALLOWANCE OF TEMPORARY DIVIDENDS RECEIVED DEDUCTION FOR
DIVIDENDS RECEIVED FROM A CONTROLLED FOREIGN CORPORATION.
(a) Applicability of Provision.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (f) of... | Foreign Earnings Reinvestment Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend the election allowed to a domestic corporation to deduct current and accumulated dividends received from a controlled foreign corporation to the corporation's last taxable year beginning before the enactment of this Act or the first tax... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a temporary dividends received deduction for dividends received from a controlled foreign corporation. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Teaming with Wildlife Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) a diverse array of species of fish and wildlife is of
significant value to the United States for many reasons,
incl... | Teaming with Wildlife Act of 2008 - Amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer to the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for deposit in the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account for each of FY2010-FY2015 specified funds from: (1) amounts rece... | A bill to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to ensure adequate funding for conservation and restoration of wildlife, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cybersecurity Systems and Risks
Reporting Act''.
SEC. 2. CYBERSECURITY AND INFORMATION SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Definitions.--Section 2(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
(15 U.S.C. 7201(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting... | Cybersecurity Systems and Risks Reporting Act This bill amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to apply to cybersecurity systems and cybersecurity systems officers the same requirements regarding corporate responsibility for financial reports and managements assessments of internal control structures and procedures for ... | Cybersecurity Systems and Risks Reporting Act |
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