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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Patient
Communications Protection Act of 1996''.
(b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Patients need access to all relevant information to
make appropriate decisions, with their physicians, about... | Patient Communications Protection Act of 1996 - Prohibits an entity offering a health plan from prohibiting or restricting any communication by a health care provider with a patient regarding the patient's physical or mental condition or treatment options. Mandates a civil monetary penalty. Allows related State requi... | Patient Communications Protection Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Community Bank Mortgage Servicing
Asset Capital Requirements Study Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) Banking institution.--The term ``banking institution''
means a bank holding company, insured deposi... | Community Bank Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Study Act of 2014 - Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) (federal banking agencies) to study jointly the appropriate capital requireme... | Community Bank Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Study Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Dietary Supplement Information
Act''.
SEC. 2. REGISTRATION, REPORTING, AND POSTMARKET SURVEILLANCE REGARDING
DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS.
(a) In General.--Chapter IV of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act (21 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended ... | Dietary Supplement Information Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require a person owning or operating an establishment engaged in the business of manufacturing, packing, or distributing a dietary supplement to register with the Secretary of Health and Human the name of the person, places of busin... | To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that manufacturers of dietary supplements register with the Food and Drug Administration, to require the submission to such Administration of reports on adverse experiences regarding such supplements, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Preservation Act of
1996''.
SEC. 2. INVESTMENT OF THE FEDERAL OLD-AGE AND SURVIVORS INSURANCE TRUST
FUND AND THE FEDERAL DISABILITY INSURANCE TRUST FUND.
(a) In General.--Section 201(d) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.... | Social Security Preservation Act of 1996 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance)(OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require the Managing Trustee of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (trust funds) to e... | Social Security Preservation Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Teacher Paperwork Reduction Act of
2002''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The amount of paperwork special education teachers are
required to complete is burdensome, takes valuable time away
from the cla... | Teacher Paperwork Reduction Act of 2002 - Directs the Comptroller General to study the causes of the paperwork burden of special education teachers and report to Congress with recommendations for reducing it.Requires the Department of Education, along with State and local educational agencies, to reduce such burden by ... | A bill to reduce the amount of paperwork for special education teachers, to make mediation mandatory for all legal disputes related to individualized education programs, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Real Access to College Education Act
of 2007''.
SEC. 2. DEDUCTION FOR QUALIFIED POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES.
(a) In General.--Part VII of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to additional itemized
deduction... | Real Access to College Education Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers (and their spouses if a joint return is filed) a tax deduction from gross income for post-secondary educational expenses, including tuition and related expenses and room and board. Limits the annual amount of s... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a deduction for the cost of attendance at an eligible educational institution. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Teachers for Tomorrow's Careers Act
of 2005''.
SEC. 2. QUALIFIED TUITION AND RELATED EXPENSES.
(a) Extension.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (e) of section 222 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to termination) is
... | Teachers for Tomorrow's Careers Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2006 the tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses; and (2) allow an unlimited deduction for the expenses of certified science, technology, engineering, or math teachers and professionals. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses and to expand such deduction for certain science, technology, engineering, and math professionals who become certified teachers. |
SECTION. 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Indian Contracting and Federal Land
Management Demonstration Project Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to expand the provisions of the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 ... | Indian Contracting and Federal Land Management Demonstration Project Act - Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to contract with an applying Indian tribe for the provision of certain services or deliverables that would otherwise be procured from the p... | A bill to encourage contracting by Indians and Indian tribes for the management of Federal land, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Child Care Public-Private
Partnership Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF BUSINESS INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM.
The Secretary shall establish a program to make grants to--
(1) businesses and consortia--
(A) to pay start-u... | Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a business-incentive grant program to provide child care through public-private partnerships.
Provides program grants to cover not more than one-third of the costs for: (1) businesses or consortia (two ... | Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Child Poverty Reduction Act of
2017''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKING GROUP.
There is established in the Administration for Children and
Families of the Department of Health and Human Services a group which
shall be known as the Federal Interagency ... | Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2017 This bill establishes, within the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Child Poverty. The primary goal of the working group shall be to develop a national plan for reducing to z... | Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Small Businesses Can Export
Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
(a) In General.--Congress finds that--
(1) the Export-Import Bank of the United States
administers--
(A) the Working Capital Loan Guarantee Pr... | Ensuring Small Businesses Can Export Act of 2015 This bill declares that it is the policy of this Act: that, should the statutory authority for the export loan programs administered by the Export-Import Bank of the United States lapse, the Small Business Administration (SBA) shall serve the Bank's small business clie... | Ensuring Small Businesses Can Export Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pain Relief Promotion Act of 1999''.
TITLE I--USE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES CONSISTENT WITH THE CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCES ACT
SEC. 101. REINFORCING EXISTING STANDARD FOR LEGITIMATE USE OF
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.
S... | Prohibits the Attorney General, in determining whether a controlled substance manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser registration is consistent with the public interest under the Act, from giving force and effect to State law permitting assisted suicide or euthanasia.
Authorizes certain educational and research progra... | Pain Relief Promotion Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of
2015''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) According to the Centers for Disease Control, about 34
percent of adults aged 65 and over were obese in the period of
2009... | Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in addition to qualified primary care physicians and other primary care practitioners, to cover intensive behavioral therapy for obesity furnished by: (1) a physi... | Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Consumers' Access to
Credit Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the contractual doctrine of valid when made which, as
applied to lending agreements, provides that a loan that is
valid at in... | . Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017 (Sec. 3) This bill amends the Revised Statutes, the Home Owners' Loan Act, the Federal Credit Union Act, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to state that bank loans that are valid when made as to their maximum rate of interest in accordance with federal law shal... | Protecting Consumers’ Access to Credit Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Windstorm Hazard Reduction Plan Act
of 1993''.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) in 1992, the property and casualty insurance industry
suffered more losses caused by natural disasters than in any
... | Windstorm Hazard Reduction Plan Act of 1993 - Directs the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to: (1) develop a plan for establishing and carrying out a national windstorm insurance program; and (2) submit it along with other specified information to specified congressional committees. | Windstorm Hazard Reduction Plan Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Senior Citizen Capital Gains Rate
Reduction Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN CAPITAL GAINS RATE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS.
(a) General Rule.--Section 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to tax imposed on individuals) is amended by adding at t... | Senior Citizen Capital Gains Rate Reduction Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the individual capital gains rate for the sale of retirement assets by a taxpayer who has attained the age of 60 or older. Allows such reduced rate, in the case of a joint tax return, if either person has attained such... | Senior Citizen Capital Gains Rate Reduction Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Philippines Human
Rights Accountability and Counternarcotics Act of 2017''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. ... | Philippines Human Rights Accountability and Counternarcotics Act of 2017 This bill prohibits exporting defense articles or services, or issuing licenses for export of any item controlled by the United States for law enforcement, riot control, or related purposes, for use by the Philippine National Police or associated ... | Philippines Human Rights Accountability and Counternarcotics Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Marine Mammal Capture, Export, and
Public Display Protection Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF MARINE MAMMALS UNDER ANIMAL WELFARE ACT.
(a) Penalties; Relationship to State Law.--The Animal Welfare Act
(7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.) is amended by adding at... | Marine Mammal Capture, Export, and Public Display Protection Act of 1993 - Amends the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) to require, instead of the penalty applicable under the AWA for a violation regarding a marine mammal, that a person be liable for a civil or criminal penalty under specified provisions of the Marine Mammal Pr... | Marine Mammal Capture, Export, and Public Display Protection Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF HAZARDS RELATED TO HIGHWAY FACILITIES.
(a) Definition of Safety Improvement Project.--Section 101(a)(30)
of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``installs or
maintains fluorescent, yellow-green signs at pedestrian or bicycle
crossings or school zones,'' after ``call b... | Amends Federal highway provisions to include within the definition of "safety improvement project" a project that installs or maintains fluorescent, yellow-green signs at pedestrian or bicycle crossings or school zones.Authorizes the payment from apportioned funds for the entire cost of construction projects involving ... | To amend title 23, United States Code, to improve roadway safety for motor vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians and workers in proximity to vehicle traffic. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Northern Uganda Crisis Response
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The United States and the Republic of Uganda enjoy a strong
bilateral relationship and continue to work closely together in
fighting th... | Northern Uganda Crisis Response Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should: (1) support efforts for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in northern and eastern Uganda; (2) work with the Government of Uganda and the international community to make available sufficient resources to meet the rel... | A bill to require a report on the conflict in Uganda, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Alien Terrorist Removal Act of
1995''.
SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF ALIEN TERRORISTS.
The Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) is
amended by inserting the following new section:
``removal of alien terrorists
``Sec. 2... | Alien Terrorist Removal Act of 1995 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish procedures for the removal of alien terrorists, including a special court to hear such cases. | Alien Terrorist Removal Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States Life-Saving Service
Heritage Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States Life-Saving Service was organized by
the Congress by enactment of the Act entitle... | United States Life-Saving Service Heritage Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the National Maritime Initiative of the National Park Service, to establish a program to inventory, evaluate, document, and assist efforts to preserve surviving U.S. Life-Saving Service stations.Requires the Secretary to: (1... | To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to inventory, evaluate, document, and assist efforts to preserve surviving United States Life-Saving Service stations. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Musconetcong Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation and
consultation with appropriate Federal, State, regional, and local
agencies, is conducting a study ... | Musconetcong Wild and Scenic Rivers Act - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (the Act) to designate specified segments of the Musconetcong River, New Jersey, as scenic and recreational rivers. Prohibits such designated river segments from being administered as part of the National Park System.
Directs the Secretary... | A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate portions of the Musconetcong River in the State of New Jersey as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE, FINDINGS, AND PURPOSE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Rocky Flats
Minerals Acquisition Act''.
(b) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) Pursuant to the Rocky Flats Wildlife Refuge Act of 2001
(subtitle F of Public Law 107-107), upon com... | Rocky Flats Minerals Acquisition Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to purchase, at fair market value from willing sellers, rights to minerals located within the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge.
Withdraws such rights from disposal under federal mining and mineral leasing laws.
Authorizes the Secretary to u... | To authorize the acquisition of certain mineral rights in Colorado, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. ENCOURAGEMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS OF CAPITAL GAIN REAL PROPERTY
MADE FOR CONSERVATION PURPOSES.
(a) In General.--
(1) Individuals.--Paragraph (1) of subsection 170(b) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to percentage
limitations) is amended by redesig... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) taxpayers making charitable contributions of real property for conservation purposes (qualified conservation contributions) to deduct up to 50% (currently, 30%) of their income for such contributions (100% for certain farmers or ranchers); and (2) a 15-year carryover of ex... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage charitable contributions of real property for conservation purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Court of Appeals
Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SOCIAL SECURITY
CIRCUIT.
(a) Number and Composition of Circuits.--Section 41 of title 28,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) by strik... | Social Security Court of Appeals Act - Amends the Federal judicial code to provide for the establishment of a United States Court of Appeals for the Social Security Circuit.
Grants exclusive jurisdiction to such court over specified interlocutory orders or decrees and over appeals from final decisions of a U.S. distri... | Social Security Court of Appeals Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Fairness for Fishermen
Act''.
SEC. 2. PAYMENT OF COSTS, FEES, AND EXPENSES INCURRED BY CERTAIN
PREVAILING PARTIES.
(a) Use of Sums Received as Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures.--
Section 311(e) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Co... | Ensuring Fairness for Fishermen Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require the payment of costs, fees, and expenses incurred by certain prevailing parties in proceedings under such Act from sums received as fines, penalties, and forfeitures.
Directs the Secretary of Commerce t... | To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require payment of costs, fees, and expenses incurred by certain prevailing parties in proceedings under such Act from sums received as fines, penalties, and forfeitures, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Regulatory Responsibility for our
Economy Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) the term ``agency'' means any authority of the United
States that is--
(A) an agency as defined under section 3502(1... | Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2011 - Sets forth general requirements for the federal regulatory system, including the protection of public health, welfare, safety, and the environment, the promotion of predictability in the regulatory process, and the consideration of benefits and costs of regulation... | A bill to codify and modify regulatory requirements of Federal agencies. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hazardous Materials Cooperative
Research Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
Congress finds the following:
(1) There are more than 1,000,000 shipments per day in the
United States of materials identified as hazardous by t... | Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to obligate for each fiscal year certain hazardous materials transportation funds to develop and administer a hazardous materials cooperative research program. Directs the Secretary to establish an independent governing bo... | To provide for the establishment of a hazardous materials cooperative research program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Anti-Terrorism, Anti-Hijacking, and
Federal Criminal Investigators' Empowerment Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO RESPOND TO CRIMES OF VIOLENCE AND ACTS OF
TERRORISM.
(a) In General.--Chapter 203 of title 18, United States Code, is
ame... | Anti-Terrorism, Anti-Hijacking, and Federal Criminal Investigators' Empowerment Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize a criminal investigator employed by any Government agency to: (1) carry firearms within U.S. jurisdiction and the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States; and (2) respon... | To amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent or mitigate crimes of violence or acts of terrorism by authorizing Federal criminal investigators to carry firearms and respond to such crimes of violence or acts of terrorism committed in their presence and to amend section 5545a of title 5, United States Code, to expa... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Empowerment Zone Job Creation Act of
1995''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to reduce crime and poverty in poor
neighborhoods by providing employment opportunities leading to
permanent unsubsidized employment for disadvantaged young adult... | Empowerment Zone Job Creation Act of 1995 - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to provide grants to States for programs that provide employment opportunities leading to permanent unsubsidized employment for disadvantaged young adults (aged 16 through 25) in poor neighborhoods (which are located in empowerment zones desi... | Empowerment Zone Job Creation Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Special Inspector General for
Hurricane Katrina Recovery Act''.
SEC. 2. SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR HURRICANE KATRINA RECOVERY.
(a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are as follows:
(1) To provide for the independent and objective co... | Special Inspector General for Hurricane Katrina Recovery Act - Establishes the Office of the Special Inspector General for Hurricane Katrina Recovery. Places at the head of such Office a Special Inspector General for Hurricane Katrina Recovery, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
Provides for... | To establish an Office of Special Inspector General for Hurricane Katrina Recovery. |
SECTION 1. ALEXANDER CREEK VILLAGE RECOGNITION.
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 43. ALEXANDER CREEK VILLAGE RECOGNITION.
``(a) Recognition of the Village of Alexander Creek.--Subject to
the limitations of this section an... | Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) to recognize the village of Alexander Creek, Alaska, as eligible for land and benefits under the Act, notwithstanding specified provisions of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.
Establishes in the Treasury the Alexander Creek account and makes the... | To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to recognize Alexander Creek as a Native village, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Underserved Adult and Adolescent
Immunization Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) While the United States achieved record levels of
immunization in the 1990s and childhood immunization coverage
... | Underserved Adult and Adolescent Immunization Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 2002 through 2005 for project grants for preventive health services. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to give priority to adults and adolescents who are medically underse... | To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for increased funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to carry out activities toward increasing the number of medically underserved, at-risk adults and adolescents who are immunized against vaccine-preventable diseases, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Quadrennial Energy Review Act of
2014''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the President's Council of Advisors on Science and
Technology recommends that the United States develop a
Governmentwide Federal energy po... | Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2014 - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to direct the President to establish an interagency energy coordination council to coordinate the Quadrennial Energy Review to provide an integrated view of national energy objectives and federal energy policy, including maximum pr... | Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Auto Industry Emergency Bridge Loan
Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Automobile manufacturer or component supplier.--The
term ``automobile manufacturer or component supplier'' means an
automobile manufacturer or... | Auto Industry Emergency Bridge Loan Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to make loans to automobile manufacturers or component suppliers that have: (1) operations in the United States, the failure of which would have a systemic adverse effect on the overall U.S. economy or a significant loss of U.S. jobs, as determ... | A bill to provide for emergency bridge loan assistance to automobile manufacturers and component suppliers. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Early Pest Detection and
Surveillance Improvement Act''.
SEC. 2. SUPPORT FOR COMMODITY INSPECTION EFFORTS TO PREVENT
INTRODUCTION OR SPREAD OF PESTS.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Department of agriculture.--The term ... | Early Pest Detection and Surveillance Improvement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a cooperative agreement with any state department of agriculture for assisting early pest (plant pest) detection and surveillance efforts by such department through an array of methods, including survey, pest t... | To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into cooperative agreements with State and local governments to augment their efforts to conduct early detection and surveillance to prevent the establishment or spread of plant pests that endanger agriculture, the environment, and the economy of the United States. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Racial Justice Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF DEATH PENALTY IN DISPROPORTIONATE PATTERN.
(a) In General.--A government shall not impose or carry out the
penalty of death in criminal cases in a racially disproportionate
pattern. An individual sha... | Racial Justice Act of 1993 - Prohibits: (1) a government from imposing or carrying out the death penalty in a racially disproportionate pattern; and (2) an individual from being put to death in execution of a death sentence imposed under law administered in violation of such provision.
Specifies that ordinary methods... | Racial Justice Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``State and Local Brownfields
Revitalization Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Brownfield site.--The term ``brownfield site'' means a
parcel of real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse
of which... | Permits assistance only for project sites that are publicly-owned. Limits the Federal share of project costs to 65 percent. Sets forth provisions regarding the non-Federal share of project costs. Requires the non-Federal interest to pay 100 percent of operation and maintenance costs of a remediated site. Limits the tot... | State and Local Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Nursing Education Opportunities
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The American Hospital Association reported in July 2007
that United States hospitals need approximately 116,000
registered nurses to... | Nursing Education Opportunities Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include accelerated degree nursing students who pursue a second baccalaureate degree or a master's degree as an entry level nursing degree as eligible for financial assistance through nursing programs in the Act, including the Nursing Student... | A bill to amend title VIII of the Public Health Service Act to expand the nurse student loan program, to establish grant programs to address the nursing shortage, to amend title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for a nurse faculty pilot project, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Equal Opportunity Protection and
Civil Rights Restoration Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AND PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the Federal
Government nor any officer, employee, or age... | Equal Opportunity Protection and Civil Rights Restoration Act of 2007 - Prohibits discrimination or preferences in federal employment and contracting and other federal programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex. Prohibits requiring or encouraging any federal contractor or subcontractor... | To provide for equal protection of the law and to prohibit discrimination and preferential treatment on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex in Federal actions, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hunger Relief Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF FOOD STAMP BENEFITS FOR ALIENS.
(a) Limited Eligibility of Qualified Aliens for Certain Federal
Programs.--
(1) In general.--Section 402(a) of the Personal
Responsibility and Work ... | Exempts food stamp provisions respecting aliens from: (1) the five-year waiting period for Federal means-tested public benefits eligibility; (2) inclusion of sponsor income and resources to an alien for State benefits eligibility; and (3) sponsor reimbursement requirements in cases of hardship.
Sets forth effective dat... | Hunger Relief Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Media Marketing Accountability Act
of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Children have easy access to a variety of media and
entertainment options without leaving their own homes. The vast
... | Media Marketing Accountability Act of 2001 - Declares that targeted marketing to minors of an adult-rated motion picture, music recording, or electronic game shall be treated as a deceptive act or practice within the meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act, and considered unlawful unless the producer or distributor... | A bill to prohibit the targeted marketing to minors of adult-rated media as an unfair or deceptive practice, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Homeland Security Community
Mobilization Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) There has been a substantial increase in poverty within
the United States during the past five years. The greatest
... | Homeland Security Community Mobilization Act of 2006 - Establishes the Homeland Security Community Mobilization Program, under which the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall make grants to local entities in 10 metropolitan areas (including New Orleans, Louisiana) to carry out pilot projects that provide: (1) em... | To establish the Homeland Security Community Mobilization Program. |
SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) since the late 18th century, the United States textile
machinery industry has played an important role in the
development of the world textile industry;
(2) the United States textile machinery industry curren... | Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to establish in the Treasury the Textile Machinery Modernization Fund. Appropriates to such fund revenues from customs duties imposed on textile machinery and parts imported into the United States in order to provide grants for research projects for the modernization of the U.S. textile m... | To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to require that certain revenues attributable to tariffs levied on imports of textile machinery and parts thereof be applied to support research for the modernization of the American textile machinery industry. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Honest, Everyday
Americans from Senseless And Needless Taxes (PHEASANT) Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) The individual right to keep and bear arms protected by
... | Protecting Honest, Everyday Americans from Senseless And Needless Taxes (PHEASANT) Act of 2013 - Prohibits a state or local government from imposing a new tax, or increasing the rate of an existing tax: (1) on the sale of ammunition or firearms that have moved in or that otherwise affect interstate commerce, or (2) pay... | Protecting Honest, Everyday Americans from Senseless And Needless Taxes (PHEASANT) Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Guidance Out Of Darkness Act'' or
the ``GOOD Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act to increase the transparency of
agency guidance documents and to make guidance documents more readily
available to the public.
SEC. 3. PUBLICATION OF G... | Guidance Out Of Darkness Act or the GOOD Act (Sec. 3) This bill requires an agency to: (1) publish guidance documents online on the dates they are issued, (2) publish all of its guidance documents that are in effect in a single location on an online portal designated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and (3... | Guidance Out Of Darkness Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE, ETC.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business/
Family Farm and Investment Fairness Act of 1997''.
(b) Amendment of 1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly
provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in
terms of an amendment to, or repeal... | Small Business-Family Farm and Investment Fairness Act of 1997 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) phaseout the capital gains tax for individuals; (2) phasedown the capital gains rate for corporations; (3) increase the unified estate and gift tax credit; and (5) increase the maximum benefit under the special es... | Small Business-Family Farm and Investment Fairness Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) increased parental involvement in the education of
their children appears to be the key to long-term gains for
youngsters;
(2) providing seed money is an appropriate role for the
Federal Government to play in educ... | Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to States and eligible entities for parents as teachers programs.
Makes any State eligible for such a grant, except that the grant must be made directly to an eligible entity already operating a parents as teachers program if such an entity exists in the State on th... | A bill to establish parents as teachers programs. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Genetic Information
Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF HEALTH INSURANCE DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF
GENETIC INFORMATION.
(a) In General.--An insurance provider may not deny or cancel
health ins... | Genetic Information Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance Act of 1995 - Prohibits insurance providers from: (1) denying or canceling health insurance coverage or varying the premiums, terms, or conditions of coverage on the basis of genetic information or on the basis that the individual or family involved has request... | Genetic Information Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Postal Service Accountability Act of
2012''.
SEC. 2. CLOSING OR CONSOLIDATION OF POST OFFICES.
(a) Economic Effects.--Section 404(d)(2)(A)(i) of title 39, United
States Code, is amended by striking the semicolon and inserting ``,
including any economi... | Postal Service Accountability Act of 2012 - Directs the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), in making a determination whether to close or consolidate a post office, to consider the economic effects on the community served by such post office.
Increases from 60 to 120 days the waiting period during which the USPS is prohibited... | To amend title 39, United States Code, to allow the Postal Regulatory Commission to set aside determinations by the United States Postal Service to close or consolidate postal facilities that would deny essential postal services to rural areas, communities, or small towns, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. WASHOE TRIBE LAND CONVEYANCE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the ancestral homeland of the Washoe Tribe of Nevada
and California (referred to in this Act as the ``Tribe'')
included an area of approximately 5,000 square miles in and
around Lake Tahoe, Cali... | Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Nevada, to the Secretary of the Interior, in trust for the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California.Reserves for the United States a nonexclusive easement for public and administrative access to National Forest System land... | A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Nevada, to the Secretary of the Interior, in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California. |
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
by adding at the end the following new sections:
``SEC. 7. LA... | 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 product (including textile fiber product) from the Northern Mariana Islands unless: (1) each worker producing such product was paid a minimum wage equal to or greater... | To provide certain requirements for labeling textile fiber products and for duty-free and quota-free treatment of products of, and to implement minimum wage and immigration requirements in, the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``225th Anniversary of the American
Revolution Commemoration Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The American Revolution, inspired by the spirit of
liberty and independence among the ... | 225th Anniversary of the American Revolution Commemoration Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to be known as the 225th Anniversary of the American Revolution Commemoration. Requires the Secretary to: (1) produce and disseminate educational materials related to the Anniversary; (2) enter ... | To establish within the National Park Service the 225th Anniversary of the American Revolution Commemorative program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY OF INDIVIDUALS IN A DISASTER
AREA.
Title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act is amended by inserting after section 408 (42 U.S.C.
5174) the following:
``SEC. 409. PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY OF INDIVIDUALS IN A
... | Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President, upon determining that at least one harmful substance is being or has been released in a presidentially declared disaster area, to carry out a program for the protection, assessment, monitoring, and study of the health... | A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to carry out a program for the protection of the health and safety of community members, volunteers, and workers in a disaster area. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Domestic Partnership Benefits and
Obligations Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. BENEFITS TO DOMESTIC PARTNERS OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.
(a) In General.--A domestic partner of an employee shall be
entitled to benefits available to and obligations imposed upon a spouse... | Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 1998 - Entitles domestic partners of Federal employees to benefits available to spouses of Federal employees.
Expresses the sense of the Congress that any funds necessary for the implementation of this Act should be funded from reductions in unnecessary tax benefits... | Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Green Infrastructure for Clean Water
Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Many water resources in the United States are
declining, particularly in urban areas.
(2) This decline of water reso... | Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Act of 2009 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make competitive grants to eligible higher education institutions and research institutions to establish and maintain between three and five centers of excellence for green infrastructure. Defin... | To establish centers of excellence for green infrastructure, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. LAND EXCHANGE WITH CITY OF GREELEY, COLORADO, AND THE WATER
SUPPLY AND STORAGE COMPANY.
(a) In General.--If the city of Greeley, Colorado, and The Water
Supply and Storage Company, a Colorado mutual ditch company, offer to
transfer all their right, title, and interest in and to lands de... | Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer specified Federal lands to the city of Greeley, Colorado, and The Water Supply and Storage Company, a Colorado mutual ditch company, if the city and the company offer to transfer specified lands to the United States (Rockwell Ranch and Timberline Lake properties and spec... | To provide for an exchange of lands with the city of Greeley, Colorado, and The Water Supply and Storage Company to eliminate private inholdings in wilderness areas, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``George Washington Commemorative Coin
Act''.
SEC. 2. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.
(a) Five Dollar Coins.--The Secretary of the Treasury (in this Act
referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall mint and issue not more than
100,000 $5 coins, each of which shall--
... | George Washington Commemorative Coin Act - Requires the Secretary of Treasury to mint and issue five-dollar gold coins emblematic of George Washington.
Mandates that the design for the coins shall be: (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation with the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association and the Commission of Fine... | George Washington Commemorative Coin Act |
of April 6, 1937 (56 Stat.
57, chapter 69; 7 U.S.C. 148 et seq.).
(F) The Act of January 31, 1942 (56 Stat. 40,
chapter 31; 7 U.S.C. 149).
(G) The Act of August 20, 1912 (commonly known as
the ``Plant Quarantine Act'') (37 Stat. ... | Fruit, Vegetable, and Plant Smuggling Prevention Act of 2001 - Subjects violators of certain plant quarantine-related provisions to specified criminal and civil penalties. | A bill to strengthen the penalties for violations of plant quarantine laws. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Partial Hospitalization Services
Integrity Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON LOCATION OF PROVISION OF SERVICES.
(a) In General.--Section 1861(ff)(2) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395x(ff)(2)) is amended in the matter following subparagraph ... | Partial Hospitalization Services Integrity Act of 1999 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for the following: (1) denial of Medicare coverage for partial hospitalization services (for psychiatric treatment) furnished in a skilled nursing facility, a residential treatment facility, or a... | Partial Hospitalization Services Integrity Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act
of 2013''.
SEC. 2. INDIAN GENERAL WELFARE BENEFITS.
(a) In General.--Part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting before section
140 the following new section:
... | Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, the value of an Indian general welfare benefit. Defines "Indian general welfare benefit" as any payment made or services provided to or on behalf of a member of an Indian trib... | Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fisheries Management Reform Act of
2004''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT REFERENCES.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal
of, a section or other provision, the re... | Fisheries Management Reform Act of 2004 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (currently, the Secretary of Commerce) to appoint members to the Regional Fishery Management Councils who, by reason of... | To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide for stewardship of fishery resources for the American public, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act my be cited as the ``School Safety Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT.
(a) Placement in Alternative Educational Settings.--Section 615(k)
of the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1415(k))
is amended--
... | Authorizes school personnel to discipline (including expel or suspend), in the same manner in which such personnel may discipline a child without a disability, a child with a disability who: (1) carries or possesses a weapon to or at a school, on school premises, or to or at a school function under the jurisdiction of ... | School Safety Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Reporting
Improvements Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Social Security Advisory Board, the Technical Panel
on Assumptions and Methods of the Social Security Advisory
... | Expresses the sense of Congress that Congress and the President should not miss a critical opportunity to enact comprehensive bipartisan social security reform legislation that meets the standard of 75-year actuarial solvency, and also addresses outlined issues, including the permanent sustainability of the social secu... | Social Security Reporting Improvements Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Private Education Loan Modification
Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) as of 2015, the Federal Reserve Consumer Credit Report
stated that there is more than $1,300,000,000,000 in
... | Private Education Loan Modification Act of 2015 This bill temporarily authorizes the Department of the Treasury to establish credit facilities, at no net cost to the federal government, to refinance private student loans to ensure lower interest rates for borrowers. Treasury must first determine that existing borrowers... | Private Education Loan Modification Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Treatment for Experienced
Pilots Act''.
SEC. 2. AGE STANDARDS FOR PILOTS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 447 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 44729. Age standards for pilots
``(a) In General.--Subje... | Fair Treatment for Experienced Pilots Act - Amends federal transportation law to allow a pilot who has attained 60 years of age to serve as a passenger airline pilot until the age of 65, provided that a pilot who has attained age 60 may serve as pilot-in-command on international flights only if there is another pilot i... | To amend title 49, United States Code, to modify age standards for pilots engaged in commercial aviation operations. |
SECTION 1. NOTIFICATION, NONDISTRIBUTION, AND RECALL OF ADULTERATED OR
MISBRANDED DRUGS.
(a) Prohibited Acts.--Section 301 of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 331) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(uu) The failure to comply with--
``(1) the notifi... | Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require any registered producer of a drug or device to notify the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), as soon as practicable, of the identity and location of a drug, if such person has reason to believe: (1) that such drug is adulterated or misbranded; and (2... | To provide for the mandatory recall of adulterated or misbranded drugs. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``The White House Conference on Food
and Nutrition''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Hunger and undernutrition are political conditions that
can be solved.
(2) Access to healthy food and good nutri... | The White House Conference on Food and Nutrition - Directs: (1) the President to call the White House Conference on Food and Nutrition to be convened in order to make fundamental policy recommendations on ways to end hunger and to improve nutrition in the United States; and (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Service... | A bill to require the President to call a White House Conference on Food and Nutrition. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Education Technology
Funding Corporation Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Corporation.--There has been established in the
District of Columbia a private, nonprofit ... | National Education Technology Funding Corporation Act of 1995 - Recognizes the National Education Technology Funding Corporation as a nonprofit corporation independent of the Federal Government and operating under the laws of the District of Columbia. Authorizes Federal departments and agencies to provide assistance t... | National Education Technology Funding Corporation Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Seafood Safety Enforcement Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS
(a) Chloramphenicol, a potent antibiotic, can cause severe toxic
effects in humans, including hypo-aplastic anemia, which is usually
irreversible and fatal. The drug is administered to humans only in
... | Seafood Safety Enforcement Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to refuse admission to seafood that either appears to contain impermissible substances or originates from a country identified as a likely source of articles subject to refusal of admission (because... | A bill to protect the health and safety of American consumers under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act from seafood contaminated by certain substances. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Justice for Amy Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. MANDATORY RESTITUTION.
Section 2259 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:
``Sec. 2259. Mandatory restitution
``(a) Mandatory Restitution.--
``(1) In general.--Notwithstandi... | RETURNED FOR REVISIONS Justice for Amy Act of 2014 - Amends federal criminal code provisions concerning mandatory restitution to require a court to apply the principle of aggregate causation to determine the full amount of the victim's losses caused by a child pornography offense and all related sexual abuse offenses c... | Justice for Amy Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. PERIODIC PENSION BENEFITS STATEMENTS.
(a) In General.--Section 105(a) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1025(a)) is amended by striking ``shall
furnish'' and all that follows through the period and inserting
``shall--
``(1) in the case of a plan other than ... | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require furnishing of pension benefits statements: (1) annually by plans other than defined benefit plans; (2) triennially by defined benefit plans; and (3) upon written request by any plan.
Requires a plan administrator to disclose certain informa... | A bill to provide employees with more access to information concerning their pension plans and with additional mechanisms to enforce their rights under such plans. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Education Advancement (NEA)
and Teacher Relief Act''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
(a) In General.--Subpart B of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Reven... | National Education Advancement (NEA) and Teacher Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 75 percent of charitable contributions made by a taxpayer: (1) to a school tuition organization that provides certain scholarship aid; (2) for the improvement, renovation, or construction of an eleme... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for teacher classroom supply expenses, for improving elementary and secondary education, and for contributions for scholarships to attend elementary and secondary schools, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Restoring America's Commitment to
Consumers Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL CREDIT CARD USURY RATE.
Section 107 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1606) is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(f) National Consumer Credi... | Restoring America's Commitment to Consumers Act of 2009 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit the annual percentage rate (APR) applicable to an extension of credit on a credit card account under an open end consumer credit plan from exceeding 16%.
Includes in an APR any compensation fee (including a membership... | To amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish a national usury rate for consumer credit card accounts under open end consumer credit plans, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia Fair Federal
Compensation Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds as follows:
(1) A General Accounting Office (GAO) report of May 2003
found that the District of Columbia has a su... | District of Columbia Fair Federal Compensation Act of 2004 - Provides for an annual Federal infrastructure support contribution to the District of Columbia.
Establishes the Dedicated Infrastructure Account in the general fund of the District. | To establish an annual Federal infrastructure support contribution for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Promoting Fully Informed Investment
Decision Making Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM DEFINED.
In this Act, the term ``state sponsor of terrorism'' means any
country, the government of which has been determined by the Secretary
of Stat... | Promoting Fully Informed Investment Decision Making Act of 2007 - Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to: (1) report to Congress on business activities carried out with state sponsors of terrorism; and (2) issue regulations to require disclosure by all persons required to make filings under the Securit... | A bill to increase the economic pressure on terror sponsoring states, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Annual Mammogram and Prostate Cancer
Screening Coverage Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF ANNUAL MAMMOGRAMS AND ANNUAL PROSTATE CANCER
SCREENING TESTS
(a) Group Health Plans.--
(1) Public health service act amendments.--(A) S... | Annual Mammogram and Prostate Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 1998 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group coverage, to provide coverage for annual screening mammograms for participants a... | Annual Mammogram and Prostate Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Broadband Infrastructure Inventory
Act of 2018''.
SEC. 2. INVENTORY OF FEDERAL ASSETS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall--
(1) establish and maintain an invento... | Broadband Infrastructure Inventory Act of 2018 This bill requires the Department of Commerce to establish and maintain an inventory of federal real property or federal interest in real property on which a communications facility could be constructed or that is suitable for deployment of communications facilities o... | Broadband Infrastructure Inventory Act of 2018 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Holley Lynn James Act''.
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLICY ON SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE.
(a) In General.--Chapter 3 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 130e. Pol... | Holley Lynn James Act - Directs the Deputy Inspector General for Policy and Oversight of the Department of Defense (DOD) to: (1) develop a DOD-wide sexual assault prevention and response policy and domestic violence policy, and (2) provide oversight within DOD with respect to such policies.
Requires the Deputy Inspect... | To amend titles 10 and 28, United States Code, to provide for military sexual assault and domestic violence accountability, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Don't Track Me Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds as follows:
(1) Tracking the location of vehicles and the identities of
owners for the purpose of taxation, fines or fees has the
potential to... | Don't Track Me Act - Declares that it is contrary to U.S. public policy to require the placement or use of any global positioning satellite (GPS), location, or distance tracking system to collect identities of vehicle owners by remote means. Prohibits the federal gasoline excise tax from being replaced or supplemented ... | Don't Track Me Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Wildlife Trafficking Enforcement Act
of 2015''.
SEC. 2. WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING VIOLATIONS AS PREDICATE OFFENSES UNDER
RACKETEERING AND MONEY LAUNDERING STATUTES.
(a) Travel Act.--Section 1952 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended--
... | Wildlife Trafficking Enforcement Act of 2015 This bill applies provisions of the federal criminal code concerning money laundering and racketeering to wildlife trafficking violations of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the African Elephant Conservation Act, and the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, if t... | Wildlife Trafficking Enforcement Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bipartisan Health Care Reform
Commission Act of 1994''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.
(a) Establishment.--There is established an independent commission
to be known as the Bipartisan Health Care Reform Commission (in this
Act referred to as the... | Bipartisan Health Care Reform Commission Act of 1994 - Establishes an independent Bipartisan Health Care Reform Commission to: (1) conduct an analysis of the health care systems of the States, as well as proposed or enacted reforms of such systems, and of the problems relating to Federal programs and policies relating... | Bipartisan Health Care Reform Commission Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Water Authority Restoration
Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Water is a unique and precious resource that is
necessary to sustain human life and the life of animals and
plants.
... | Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to replace the term "navigable waters," throughout the Act, with the term "waters of the United States," defined to mean all waters subject to the ebb and flow of the tide, the territorial seas, and all interstate and intrast... | To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the United States over waters of the United States. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act
of 2017''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The public has a right to know the benefits and costs
of regulation. Effective regulatory programs provide important
benefi... | Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act of 2017 This bill revises rulemaking requirements under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) to: (1) require federal agencies to prepare and publish in the Federal Register an initial and final regulatory impact analysis prior to promulgating any proposed or final rule th... | Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Vaccine Shortage Preparedness Act of
2008''.
SEC. 2. SALES FROM 6-MONTH SUPPLY.
Section 1928(d)(6) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1396s(d)(6)) is amended by inserting before the last sentence the
following: ``The Secretary may sell such quantit... | Vaccine Shortage Preparedness Act of 2008 - Amends the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to sell to public health departments or back to the manufacturers such quantities of the six-month supply of pediatric vaccines acquired for unanticipated needs as the Secretary determines ... | A bill to amend the Social Security Act, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and the Public Health Service Act to ensure a sufficient supply of vaccines, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Targeted Revenue Sharing
Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Federal grants to State and local governments predate
the Constitution. Early grants included land grants for public
scho... | Emergency Targeted Revenue Sharing Act of 2003 - Authorizes and makes appropriations for FY 2003 through 2005 for financial assistance to States and their local governments for: (1) assistance for education; and (2) general revenue sharing.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make allotments of such funds to Stat... | To provide for general revenue sharing and assistance for education for States and their local governments. |
SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF GOODS EXPORTED FOR MODIFICATION AND REIMPORTED.
(a) Textile and Apparel Goods.--
(1) In general.--Subchapter II of chapter 98 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by
inserting in numerical sequence the following subheading, with
... | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to prescribe requirements for the duty treatment of certain textile and apparel goods exported for processing abroad and subsequently reimported into the United States. Revises requirements granting duty-free treatment of previously imported articles, for which... | To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States with respect to goods exported for processing abroad and reimported, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``SCORE (Strengthening Community
Opportunities through Rural Education) Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is established in the Department of Education an advisory
committee to be known as the ``National Advisory Committee on Rural
Education''... | SCORE (Strengthening Community Opportunities through Rural Education) Act of 2009 - Establishes, in the Department of Education, the National Advisory Committee on Rural Education to study, and make policy recommendations for overcoming, the unique challenges faced by rural public elementary and secondary school system... | To establish the National Advisory Committee on Rural Education in the Department of Education. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``USEC Privatization Amendments Act of
2009''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION AND DETERMINATION OF BENEFITS FOR AFFECTED
PARTICIPANTS.
(a) Authorization for Payment to Affected Participants.--To the
extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts... | USEC Privatization Amendments Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a program for paying certain affected participants a one-time lump sum payment.
Defines affected participants as persons who retired from active employment at one of the gaseous diffusion plants of the United States Enrichment Cor... | A bill to amend the USEC Privatization Act to authorize the Secretary of Energy to pay affected participants under a pension plan referred to in the USEC Privatization Act for benefit increases not received. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as ``Department of Energy University Nuclear
Science and Engineering Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS
The Congress finds the following:
(1) U.S. university nuclear science and engineering
programs are in a state of serious decline. The supply of
... | Sets forth the duties of such Office in implementing the program. Targets university research and training reactors and associated infrastructure as recipients of authorized appropriations.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) promote interactions between university and Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories; and (2) provide... | Department of Energy University Nuclear Science and Engineering Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Individuals From Mass
Aerial Surveillance Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act, the following definitions apply:
(1) Mobile aerial-view device, or mavd.--The terms ``mobile
aerial-view device'' and ``MAVD'' mea... | Protecting Individuals From Mass Aerial Surveillance Act of 2015 This bill prohibits a federal entity from using unmanned aircraft or other mobile aerial-view devices (MAVDs) to: (1) surveil property, persons, or their effects; or (2) gather evidence pertaining to known or suspected criminal conduct, or ... | Protecting Individuals From Mass Aerial Surveillance Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Western Shoshone Claims Distribution
Act''.
SEC. 2. DISTRIBUTION OF DOCKET 326-K FUNDS.
The funds appropriated on December 19, 1979, in satisfaction of an
award granted to the Western Shoshone Indians in Docket Number 326-K
before the Indian Claims Co... | Requires that such funds and specified funds appropriated in satisfaction of the awards granted to such Indians in Docket Numbers 326-A-1 and 326-A-3 before the U.S. Court of Claims be credited to and distributed from a Western Shoshone Educational Trust Fund to be established by the Secretary for educational and other... | Western Shoshone Claims Distribution Act |
of Disapproval.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
this section, a certification described in subsection (a) shall
not have any effect if, within 15 calendar days after the date
on which Congress receives the certification, there is enacted
into law... | Syrian Refugee Verification and Safety Act This bill declares that: (1) no alien who is a refugee because of the conflict in Syria (covered alien) may be admitted to the United States as a refugee, (2) no funds may be expended to process refugee applications for covered aliens, and (3) no funds may be expended by the D... | Syrian Refugee Verification and Safety Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Act of 1994''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Of the 400,000 square miles of tallgrass prairie that
once covered the North American Continent, less... | Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Act of 1994 - Establishes the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve to provide for the preservation, restoration, and interpretation of the Spring Hill Ranch area of the Flint Hills of Kansas.
Considers the Preserve a designated unit of the National Park System, including for purposes... | Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pups for Patriots Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) According to the Department of Veterans Affairs about
11 to 20 of every 100 veterans (11 to 20 percent) who served in
Operation Ir... | Pups for Patriots Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a pilot program under which it shall enter into contracts with qualified nonprofit organizations to provide service dogs to eligible veterans who: served on active duty in the Armed Forces on or after September 11, 20... | Pups for Patriots Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Endangered Species Management Self-
Determination Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF ESA.
In this Act, the term ``ESA'' means the Endangered Species Act of
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
SEC. 3. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the ESA wa... | Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) to require the consent of the governor of a state in which a species is present for: (1) a determination of endangered or threatened species status by regulation, and (2) listing of the species as endangered or threat... | Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act |
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.
There is established in the legislative branch the Independent
Commission on Intelligence about Iraq (in this Act referred to as the
``Commission'').
SEC. 2. DUTIES.
The Commission shall carry out the following duties:
(1) Examine and evaluate executive b... | Creates the Independent Commission on Intelligence about Iraq. Gives the Commission responsibility for: (1) evaluating executive branch intelligence collection, assessment, and representations concerning the threats posed by Iraq; (2) evaluating the effectiveness of collaborative arrangements between the United States ... | To establish the Independent Commission on Intelligence about Iraq. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``North Korean Human Rights
Reauthorization Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) In 2014, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry (COI) on
Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
... | North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2017 (Sec. 4) This bill provides for increased dissemination of news and information access to North Korea. The North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 is amended to include news rebroadcasting in supported broadcasting to North Korea. (Sec. 5) The President may: (1) dis... | North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Acupuncture for Our Heroes Act''.
SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF ACUPUNCTURIST SERVICES AT VETERANS HEALTH
FACILITIES.
(a) Acupuncturist Services.--
(1) In general.--Subchapter II of chapter 17 of title 38,
United States Code, i... | Acupuncture for Our Heroes Act This bill provides access to qualified acupuncturist services for veterans enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system. The VA shall carry out such program at in at least one VA facility in each Veterans Integrated Service Network in both urban and rural areas.... | Acupuncture for Our Heroes Act |
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