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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Credit Union Audit Improvement Act
of 1997''.
SEC. 2. FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS.
Paragraph (6) of section 202(a) of the Federal Credit Union Act (12
U.S.C. 1782(a)(6)) is amended to read as follows:
``(6) Financial statemen... | Credit Union Audit Improvement Act of 1997 - Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to mandate that: (1) each insured credit union prepare an annual financial statement in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP); (2) each credit union supervisory committee have an annual independent audit of such ... | Credit Union Audit Improvement Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Seniors Mental Health Access
Improvement Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST SERVICES AND MENTAL
HEALTH COUNSELOR SERVICES UNDER PART B OF THE MEDICARE
PROGRAM.
(a) Coverage of Services.--
... | Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services generally, and particularly such services provide... | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under part B of the medicare program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Commonsense Contracting Act of
2015''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that, when used appropriately, reverse
auctions may improve the Federal Government's procurement of
commercially available commodities by increasing competit... | Commonsense Contracting Act of 2015 This bill expresses the sense of Congress that, when used appropriately, with respect to federal agency procurement, an auction between a group of offerors who compete against each other by submitting offers for a contract or task or delivery order with the ability to submit revised ... | Commonsense Contracting Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Clyde-Hirsch-Sowers RESPECT Act'' or
the ``Restraining Excessive Seizure of Property through the
Exploitation of Civil Asset Forfeiture Tools Act''.
SEC. 2. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE SEIZURE REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO
STRUCTURING TRANSACTION... | Clyde-Hirsch-Sowers RESPECT Act or the Restraining Excessive Seizure of Property through the Exploitation of Civil Asset Forfeiture Tools Act This bill revises the authority and procedures that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) uses to seize property that has been structured to avoid Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reporting ... | Clyde-Hirsch-Sowers RESPECT Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Iranian Digital Empowerment Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND SENSE OF CONGRESS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The Government of Iran is engaged in a range of
activities that interfere with and infringe upon the right of... | Iranian Digital Empowerment Act - States that the export of the following software and related services to Iran by U.S. persons may not be prohibited or restricted: (1) software and related services that allow private Iranian citizens to circumvent online censorship and monitoring efforts imposed by the government of I... | To support the democratic aspirations of the Iranian people by enhancing their ability to access the Internet and communications services. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Multi-Cultural Domestic Violence
Minority Education Campaigns Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Nearly one-third of women in the United States report
being physically or sexually abused by a husband or b... | Multi-Cultural Domestic Violence Minority Education Campaigns Act - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to States and public or private nonprofit entities to carry out public information campaigns for the purpose of educating racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence, including its effects, preven... | To provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Enhanced Supply and Price Reduction
Act of 2011'' or the ``Enhanced SPR Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION.
In this Act, the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Energy.
SEC. 3. PETROLEUM PRODUCT RESERVE.
Section 154(a) of the Energy Policy and Conser... | Enhanced Supply and Price Reduction Act of 2011 or Enhanced SPR Act - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to require the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to include refined petroleum products within its required capacity of 1 billion barrels of petroleum products.
Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to... | To provide for the sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and acquisition of refined petroleum product, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Forest Emergency Response
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) forest health and human safety in certain national
forests have deteriorated dangerously due to pine beetle
infestation, disease, storm d... | National Forest Emergency Response Act - Declares that the fire hazard and human endangerment in national forests to be designated by the Secretary of Agriculture constitute emergency circumstances. Directs the Secretary to designate (for up to 10 years) at least one national forest in each state that is experiencing c... | To respond to the extreme fire hazard and unsafe conditions resulting from pine beetle infestation, drought, disease, or storm damage by declaring a state of emergency and directing the Secretary of Agriculture to immediately implement hazardous fuels reduction projects in the manner provided in title I of the Healthy ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Water Research and
Development Initiative Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL WATER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE.
(a) Initiative and Purpose.--The President shall implement a
National Water Research and Development Initiative (in this Act
... | National Water Research and Development Initiative Act of 2008 - Directs the President to implement a National Water Research and Development Initiative to improve the federal government's role in designing and implementing federal water research, development, demonstration, data collection and dissemination, education... | To implement a National Water Research and Development Initiative, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The United States has run persistent trade deficits
since 1978, and many of such trade deficits since 2000 have
been especially large.
(2) There appeared to be some improvements in the United
States t... | Establishes the Emergency Trade Deficit Commission to examine, and report to the President and Congress on, the causes of the U.S. trade deficit, together with recommendations on how to address and reduce trade imbalances, such as the U.S. merchandise trade deficit, in order to promote sustainable economic growth that ... | To establish the Emergency Trade Deficit Commission. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Surface Transportation Board Reform
Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I--RAILROAD COMPETITION
Sec. 101. Clarification of rail transportation policy.
Sec. 102. Fostering rail... | Surface Transportation Board Reform Act of 2003 - Declares as primary objectives for U.S. rail transportation policy: (1) ensuring effective competition among rail carriers at origin and destination; (2) maintaining reasonable rates in the absence of such competition; (3) maintaining consistent and efficient rail trans... | To authorize appropriations for the Surface Transportation Board, to enhance railroad competition, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Independent Office of Advocacy and
Small Business Regulatory Reform Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to ensure that the Office of Advocacy of the Small
Business Administration (referred to in this ... | Independent Office of Advocacy and Small Business Regulatory Reform Act of 2008 - Requires the Office of Advocacy (Office) of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to carry out responsibilities concerning the analysis of regulatory functions, including regulatory flexibility analyses.
Requires: (1) each federal budg... | A bill to ensure the independent operation of the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration, ensure complete analysis of potential impacts on small entities of rules, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. CREDIT FOR DONATION OF LICENSE AND OTHER ASSETS OF
COMMERCIAL RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS TO NONPROFIT
CORPORATIONS.
(a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to general business
credits) is amended b... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow income tax credits to the owner of a commercial radio station donating the station's license and other assets (a 125 percent credit for the license and a 100 percent credit for the assets) to a tax-exempt organization which agrees to operate the radio broadcasting station being... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow credits against income tax for an owner of a radio broadcasting station which donates the license and other assets of such station to a nonprofit corporation for purposes of supporting nonprofit fine arts and performing arts organizations, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as ``Deamonte's Law'' .
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports
that tooth decay in baby teeth has increased 15 percent among
United States toddlers and preschoolers... | Deamonte's Law - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to federally qualified health centers to expand and improve the provision of pediatric dental services to medically underserved populations by: (1) recruiting dentists, pediatric dentists, or dent... | To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand and improve the provision of pediatric dental services to medically underserved populations, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Use of Assisted Housing by Aliens
Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. ACTIONS IN CASES OF TERMINATION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
(a) In General.--Section 214(c)(1) of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a(c)) is amended--
(1) ... | Use of Assisted Housing by Aliens Act of 1995 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 with respect to certain housing assistance to aliens to: (1) make specified assistance termination procedures mandatory; (2) prorate continued assistance on the basis of individual eligibility; and (3) reduce the a... | Use of Assisted Housing by Aliens Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Motor Vehicle Industry
Competitiveness Act''.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) A strong United States motor vehicle sector is critical
to our international competitiveness and to the health of ou... | Motor Vehicle Industry Competitiveness Act - Establishes the Motor Vehicle Industry Competitiveness Commission to study, and make policy recommendations to the President and the Congress, with respect to the financial condition of the domestic motor vehicle industry, including the laws, regulations, and foreign trade b... | Motor Vehicle Industry Competitiveness Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Compensating Legacy Artists for
their Songs, Service, and Important Contributions to Society Act'' or
the ``CLASSICS Act''.
SEC. 2. UNAUTHORIZED DIGITAL PERFORMANCE OF PRE-1972 SOUND RECORDINGS.
(a) Amendment.--Title 17, United States Code, is amended ... | Compensating Legacy Artists for their Songs, Service, and Important Contributions to Society Act or the CLASSICS Act This bill provides federal copyright protection for sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972, specifically the right to make digital transmissions. Currently, pre-1972 recordings are only covered ... | Compensating Legacy Artists for their Songs, Service, and Important Contributions to Society Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Intern Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act--
(1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission.
(2) Employer.--The term ``employer'' means--
... | Intern Protection Act Prohibits certain employers from refusing to employ, discriminating against, or harassing interns because of age, race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, military status, disability, gender identity, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, or status as a vict... | Intern Protection Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Blue Alert Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) the term ``Coordinator'' means the Blue Alert
Coordinator of the Department of Justice designated under
section 4(a);
(2) the term ``Blue ... | National Blue Alert Act of 2010 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish a national Blue Alert communications network within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disseminate information when a law enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty; and (2) assign a DOJ officer to act as the na... | A bill to encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout the United States in order to disseminate information when a law enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Funding for
Student Scholarships for the 1890s Land-Grant African-American Colleges
and Universities Act''.
(b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The Act of August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 419, chapter 841;
... | Funding for Student Scholarships for the 1890s Land-Grant African-American Colleges and Universities Act This bill amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to establish and provide funding for a grant program within the Department of Agriculture (USDA) for scholarships for ... | Funding for Student Scholarships for the 1890s Land-Grant African-American Colleges and Universities Act |
SECTION 1. WINTER MOTORIZED ACCESS TRAILS.
Section 206 of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Snowmachine.--The term `snowmachine' means a
motorized off-road vehicle intended to operate on snow, and
wh... | Directs the Secretary of Transportation to annually estimate revenues to the Highway Trust Fund derived from fuel purchased in each State for use in a snowmachine (defined as a motorized off-road vehicle intended to operate on snow, propelled by means of a revolving track or tracks), using information submitted by the ... | A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to require the use of a certain minimum amount of funds for winter motorized access trails. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fighting Fraud to Protect Care for
Seniors Act of 2018''.
SEC. 2. MEDICARE SMART CARD PILOT PROGRAM.
Part E of title XVIII of the Social Security Act is amended by
inserting after section 1866E the following new section:
``SEC. 1866F. SMART CARD PILOT... | Fighting Fraud to Protect Care for Seniors Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a pilot program that evaluates the feasibility of using smart card technology to address Medicare fraud. Under the program, smart card technology must be issued free-of-... | Fighting Fraud to Protect Care for Seniors Act of 2018 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Gerardo Hernandez Airport Security
Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Assistant secretary.--The term ``Assistant Secretary''
means the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation
Security) of the Department ... | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on August 5, 2015. Gerardo Hernandez Airport Security Act of 2015 (Sec. 3) Directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the Department of Homeland Security to: (1) conduct outreach to all U.S. airports at which the TSA performs, or o... | Gerardo Hernandez Airport Security Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Virtual Screening for Colorectal
Cancer Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. COVERING SCREENING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY COLONOGRAPHY AS A
COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING TEST UNDER MEDICARE..
(a) In General.--Section 1861(pp)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 ... | Virtual Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act of 2010 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide Medicare coverage for screening computed tomography colonography (CTC) as a colorectal cancer (CRC) screening test; and (2) exclude screening CTC from the meaning of "imaging services" for whic... | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to cover screening computed tomography colonography as a colorectal cancer screening test under the Medicare Program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Supplemental Trade Review,
Oversight, Noncompliance and General Enforcement Resources Act of
2015'' or ``STRONGER Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. TRADE AGREEMENTS ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND.
(a) Establishment; Source of Funds.--There is established in the
Treasury... | Supplemental Trade Review, Oversight, Noncompliance and General Enforcement Resources Act of 2015 or the STRONGER Act of 2015 Establishes in the U.S. Treasury the Trade Agreements Enforcement Trust Fund. Directs the Department of the Treasury to transfer to the Trust Fund an amount equal to $15 million of the counterva... | STRONGER Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Anti-Electronic Racketeering Act of
1995''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.
(a) Definitions.--Section 1961(1) of title 18, United States Code,
is amended--
(1) by striking ``1343 (relating to wire fraud)'' and
inserting ``1343 (rela... | Anti-Electronic Racketeering Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal criminal code to revise the definition of "racketeering" to include any act indictable as a crime which is related to wire and computer fraud. Adds to the definition of racketeering any act indictable as fraud and related activity in connection with compute... | Anti-Electronic Racketeering Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Mosquito Abatement for Safety and
Health Act''.
SEC. 2. GRANTS REGARDING PREVENTION OF MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASES.
Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 243
et seq.), as amended by section 4 of Public Law 107-84 and section 312
of... | Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act - (Sec. 2) 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 grants to States for the purposes of: (1) coordinating mosquito control programs; a... | A bill to authorize grants through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Jacob Sexton Military Suicide
Prevention Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. ANNUAL MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES.
(a) Mental Health Assessments.--
(1) In general.--Chapter 55 of title 10, United States
... | Jacob Sexton Military Suicide Prevention Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD), at least once each year, to: (1) provide a person-to-person mental health assessment for each member of the Armed Forces on active duty and for each member of the Ready Reserve of an Armed Force for the purpose of identifying... | Jacob Sexton Military Suicide Prevention Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Smartphone Theft Prevention Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) mobile device theft costs consumers $30,000,000,000
each year, according to the Federal Communications Commission;
(2) 1 in 3 robberies includ... | Smartphone Theft Prevention Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require commercial mobile service providers to make available on mobile devices a function that an account holder may use remotely to: (1) delete or render inaccessible all information relating to the account holder that has been placed on the d... | Smartphone Theft Prevention Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Violence Reduction Training Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Domestic violence and sexual assault represent serious
threats to the health and well-being of millions of women in
the United States... | Violence Reduction Training Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to entities for demonstration projects in which health care providers are trained to: (1) interview and identify victims of domestic violence or sexual assault; and (2) refer s... | Violence Reduction Training Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Mutual Fund Transparency Act of
2003''.
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BROKERS AND
MUTUAL FUND COMPANIES.
(a) In General.--Section 15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (15 U.S.C. 78o(b)) is amended by addin... | Mutual Fund Transparency Act of 2003 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require brokers to disclose in writing to purchasers of mutual funds the amount of any compensation received or to be received by the broker in connection with the transaction.
Prohibits such disclosure from appearing exclusively in e... | A bill to require disclosure of Financial relationships between brokers and mutual fund companies and of certain brokerage commissions paid by mutual fund companies. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Community Lending Enhancement and
Regulatory Relief Act of 2013'' or the ``CLEAR Relief Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. COMMUNITY BANK EXEMPTION FROM ANNUAL MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT OF
INTERNAL CONTROLS REQUIREMENT OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT
... | Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act of 2013 or CLEAR Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to exempt from its rules regarding management assessment of internal controls the following institutions which, as of the end of the preceding fiscal year, had total consolidated assets of... | Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. EXCEPTION FROM PASSIVE LOSS RULES FOR INVESTMENTS IN HIGH
TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH SMALL BUSINESS PASS-THRU ENTITIES.
(a) In General.--Subsection (c) of section 469 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating paragraphs (4) through
(7) as paragraphs (5) through (8), resp... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from passive loss rules any activity of a taxpayer carried on by a high technology research small business pass-thru entity. Defines "high technology research small business pass-thru entity" as any domestic pass-thru entity that: (1) spends a specified percentage of its incom... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exception from the passive loss rules for investments in high technology research small business pass-thru entities. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness in Immigration Litigation
Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. APPROPRIATE REMEDIES FOR IMMIGRATION LITIGATION.
(a) Limitation on Civil Actions.--No court may certify an action as
a class action under Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in
any ... | Fairness in Immigration Litigation Act of 2006 - Prohibits any court from certifying an action as a class action under Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in any civil immigration action.
Sets forth the requirements under which a court may order prospective relief in such an action. Provides that prelimina... | To reform immigration litigation procedures. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Eliminate the Magnet for Illegal
Immigration Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN INS INVESTIGATORS TO ENFORCE EMPLOYER SANCTIONS.
(a) In General.--In addition to such amounts as are otherwise
authorized to be appropriated, there are authorized to be app... | Eliminate the Magnet for Illegal Immigration Act of 1997 - Authorizes additional appropriations for increases in: (1) Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) investigators to enforce employer sanctions; (2) Department of Labor investigators to enforce labor standards; and (3) Office of Special Counsel for Immigra... | Eliminate the Magnet for Illegal Immigration Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as ``Drive to Stay Alive Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. WITHHOLDING FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY FUNDS FOR STATES FAILING TO
ENACT AND IMPLEMENT LAWS ESTABLISHING PENALTIES FOR USING
A CELL PHONE WHILE DRIVING WITH A MINOR IN THE VEHICLE.
(a) In Gene... | Drive to Stay Alive Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to withhold 5% of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway funds for FY2012, and each succeeding fiscal year, if the state has not enacted and implemented a law that: (1) prohibits a driver from using a personal wireless comm... | To amend title 23, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Transportation to withhold a portion of Federal-aid Highway funds apportioned to a State unless the State enacts and implements a law establishing penalties for using a cell phone to make telephone calls or text while driving with a minor in the vehicle... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Private Property Rights
Implementation Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. JURISDICTION IN CIVIL RIGHTS CASES.
Section 1343 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
``(c) Whenever a district court exercises jurisdiction un... | Specifies that: (1) if the district court has jurisdiction over such an action in which the operative facts concern the uses of real property and which cannot be decided without resolution of an unsettled question of State law, it may certify the State law question to the highest appellate court of that State; and (2) ... | Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Global Electoral Exchange Act''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) recent elections globally have illustrated the urgent
need for the promotion and exchange of international best
election prac... | Global Electoral Exchange Act (Sec. 3) This bill authorizes the Department of State to establish and administer a Global Electoral Exchange Program to promote the utilization of sound election administration practices around the world. | Global Electoral Exchange Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Developmental Disability Endowment
Act''.
SEC. 2. STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ENDOWMENT PROGRAMS
(a) In General.--Subchapter F of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to exempt organizations) is amended by adding at
the end th... | Sets forth the tax and estate tax treatment of designated beneficiaries and contributors. | Developmental Disability Endowment Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Trade Agreement Compliance Act of
1993''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) the United States has entered into numerous trade
agreements with foreign country trading partners;
(2... | Trade Agreement Compliance Act of 1993 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the United States Trade Representative (USTR), at the request of an interested person, to determine whether a foreign country is complying with any agreement it has with the United States. Requires the USTR to take specified action under t... | Trade Agreement Compliance Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. PAYMENT OF INSURANCE PROCEEDS TO AN ALTERNATE BENEFICIARY
WHEN FIRST BENEFICIARY CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED.
(a) NSLI.--Section 1917 of title 38, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(f)(1) Following the death of the insured--
``(A... | Authorizes the payment of proceeds following the death of the insured under the National Life Insurance Program and the United States Government Life Insurance Program: (1) to another beneficiary designated by the insured, if the first beneficiary does not make a claim for such insurance within two years; or (2) to any... | To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the payment of National Service Life Insurance and United States Government Life Insurance proceeds to an alternate beneficiary when the first beneficiary cannot be identified, to improve and extend the Native American veteran housing loan pilot program, and to elimin... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Defend and Save Social Security
Act''.
SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT TO NORMAL AND EARLY RETIREMENT AGE.
(a) In General.--Section 216(l) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 416(l)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) in subpa... | Defend and Save Social Security Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) increase the normal retirement age by specified graduated stages to 67 by 2019 and to 69 after December 31, 2026, and the early retirement age to 63 by 2019 and to 64 after Dece... | A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to extend the solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds by increasing the normal and early retirement ages under the Social Security program and modifying the cost-of-living adjustments in benefits. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Universal Higher Education and
Lifetime Learning Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. CONSOLIDATION OF EDUCATION TAX INCENTIVES INTO HIGHER EDUCATION
TAX CREDIT.
(a) In General.--Section 25A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to Hope and L... | Universal Higher Education and Lifetime Learning Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to replace the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Tax Credits with a partially refundable Higher Education Tax Credit covering: (1) up to 50% of a taxpayer's higher education expenses for a taxable year that do n... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to consolidate the current education tax incentives into one credit against income tax for higher education expenses, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare, Medicaid, and MCH Smoking
Cessation Promotion Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF COUNSELING FOR CESSATION OF TOBACCO USE UNDER THE
MEDICARE PROGRAM.
(a) Coverage.--Section 1861(s)(2) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395x(... | Medicare, Medicaid, and MCH Smoking Cessation Promotion Act of 2001 - Amends titles V (Maternal and Child Health Services), XVIII (Medicare), and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of counseling for cessation of tobacco use under the Maternal and Child Health Services, Medicare, and Medic... | To amend titles V, XVIII, and XIX of the Social Security Act to promote smoking cessation under the Medicare Program, the Medicaid Program, and the maternal and child health program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``College Learning Access Simplicity
and Savings Act of 2009'' or the ``CLASS Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. CREATION OF COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY CREDIT AND SIMPLIFICATION OF
EDUCATION TAX BENEFITS.
(a) College Affordability Credit.--
(1) ... | College Learning Access Simplicity and Savings Act of 2009 or the CLASS Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the Hope Scholarship tax credit with the College Affordability Credit, which shall allow: (1) a partially refundable tax credit of up to $1,200 for qualified tuition and related expenses (in... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify and improve the current education tax incentives. |
SECTION 1. HUBZONE SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.
Section 3(p)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(3)) is
amended to read as follows:
``(3) Hubzone small business concern.--The term `HUBZone
small business concern' means--
``(A) a small business concern that is owned a... | Includes for participation in the HUBZone pilot program for sparsely populated areas, during the period beginning on the date of enactment of the Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000 and ending on September 30, 2003, a small business concern the principal office of which is in Alaska, an Alaska Native Corporation... | A bill to ensure and enhance participation in the HUBZone program by small business concerns in Native America, to expand eligibility for certain small businesses on a trial basis, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fracturing Responsibility and
Awareness of Chemicals Act'' or the ``FRAC Act''.
SEC. 2. REGULATION OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING.
(a) Underground Injection.--Section 1421(d) of the Safe Drinking
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300h(d)) is amended by striking paragraph ... | Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act or FRAC Act - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to repeal the exemption from restrictions on underground injection of fluids or propping agents granted to hydraulic fracturing operations relating to oil and natural gas production activities under such Act. Amen... | FRAC Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Truth in Regulations Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. AGENCY STANDARDS FOR GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulator... | Truth in Regulations Act of 2017 This bill requires agencies to have written procedures to ensure that an issuance of policy guidance documents (other than regulatory actions) is approved by each appropriate senior agency official unless a supervisor or agency head has agreed to an employee's justification to deviate f... | Truth in Regulations Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Automobile Industry
Promotion Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. ADVANCED ENERGY INITIATIVE FOR VEHICLES.
(a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are--
(1) to enable and promote, in partnership with industry,
comprehensive developm... | American Automobile Industry Promotion Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) offer to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to assess state-of-the-art battery technologies with potential application for electric drive transportation; (2) conduct a program of research, developme... | A bill to promote the future of the American automobile industry, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Lighthouse Museum Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.
There is established a commission to be known as the ``National
Lighthouse Museum Commission'' (in this Act referred to as the
``Commission'').
SEC. 3. DUTIES OF COMMISSION.
(... | National Lighthouse Museum Act - Establishes a National Lighthouse Museum Commission to: (1) develop a fund raising plan, acquire a site, and draft an operational proposal for establishing a National Lighthouse Museum at a lighthouse-related site within the United States and listed on the National Register of Historic... | National Lighthouse Museum Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Conservation
Incentives Program Act of 1995''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Sec. 3. Establishment and administr... | Conservation Incentives Program Act of 1995 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a conservation incentives program to provide technical assistance, cost-sharing payments, and incentive payments to participating agricultural operators. Establishes a special rule and funding obligations for livestock opera... | Conservation Incentives Program Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Kick OPIC Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION.
(a) Termination of Authority To Make New Obligations.--
(1) Termination of authority.--Effective 60 days after the
date of the enactment of this... | Kick OPIC Act of 2010 - Prohibits the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) from issuing insurance, guaranties, or reinsurance, making loan, acquiring securities, or entering into risk sharing arrangements under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, effective 60 days after enactment of this Act. Abolishes OPIC 1... | To terminate the authorities of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Government Transformation Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is established a commission to be known as the ``Commission
on Government Transformation'' (in this Act referred to as the
``Commission'').
SEC. 3. DUTIES OF COMMISSION.
(a) In General... | Government Transformation Act - Establishes the Commission on Government Transformation. Directs the Commission to: (1) review work done by governmental and non-governmental entities and conduct research on the organizational practices, operations, and reform efforts of federal agencies; (2) analyze organizational prac... | Government Transformation Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Standard Merger and Acquisition
Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE CLAYTON ACT.
The Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12 et seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 4F--
(A) in the heading by inserting ``o... | . Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2014 - Amends the Clayton Act with respect to actions brought by the Attorney General for violations of antitrust laws. Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), but only under the Clayton Act, to exercise the same authority and procedures of the ... | Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2014 |
PROVISIONS RELATED TO
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM.
(a) In General.--Section 40122(a)(2) of title 49, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(2) Dispute resolution.--
``(A) Mediation.--If the Administrator d... | Provides that, with respect to disputes arising after July 10, 2005, between the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and its employees in attempting to reach an agreement concerning the implementation of proposed changes to the FAA personnel management system: (1) the services of the Federal Medi... | A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to improve dispute resolution provisions related to the Federal Aviation Administration personnel management system. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Education Stability for Foster Youth
Act''.
SEC. 2. EDUCATIONAL STABILITY FOR FOSTER CHILDREN.
(a) State Plans.--Section 1111(b) of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
... | Education Stability for Foster Youth Act This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require a state plan for academic content and achievement standards to describe how the state will ensure the educational stability of children in foster care. Specifically, a state plan must include assuranc... | Education Stability for Foster Youth Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Seniors Mental Health Access
Improvement Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST SERVICES AND MENTAL
HEALTH COUNSELOR SERVICES UNDER PART B OF THE MEDICARE
PROGRAM.
(a) Coverage of Services.--
... | Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance). Includes coverage of: (1) certain mental health ... | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under part B of the Medicare Program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthen AmeriCorps Program Act''.
SEC. 2. PROCESS OF APPROVAL OF NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS.
(a) Definitions.--In this Act, the terms ``approved national
service position'' and ``Corporation'' have the meanings given the
terms in section 101 of the Na... | Strengthen AmeriCorps Program Act - Revises the manner in which the Corporation for National and Community Service (Corporation) approves, and records obligations relating to, national service positions (positions) under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (NCSA) and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 197... | A bill to improve the manner in which the Corporation for National and Community Service approves, and records obligations relating to, national service positions. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Managed Care Integrity Act of
2000''.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES AND PROFITS OF MANAGED
CARE ENTITIES.
(a) Application To Managed Care Entities.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
... | Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop formal investigation and compliance procedures with respect to complaints concerning failures of health benefits plans to comply with this Act.
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to apply the requirements of the Managed Care Integrity ... | Managed Care Integrity Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Securities Litigation Attorney
Accountability and Transparency Act''.
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURES OF PAYMENTS, FEE ARRANGEMENTS, CONTRIBUTIONS, AND
OTHER POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST BETWEEN PLAINTIFF
AND ATTORNEYS.
(a) Securiti... | Securities Litigation Attorney Accountability and Transparency Act - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Securities Act of 1933 to require plaintiff and plaintiff's attorney to provide sworn, signed certifications that identify any actual or promised payment by the attorney to the plaintiff, beyond the p... | A bill to protect investors by fostering transparency and accountability of attorneys in private securities litigation. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Supporting
Colorectal Examination and Education Now Act of 2015'' or the ``SCREEN
Act of 2015''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. ... | Supporting Colorectal Examination and Education Now Act of 2015 or the SCREEN Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to maintain calendar year 2015 Medicare reimbursement rates for colonoscopy procedures for providers participating in colorectal cancer screening quality i... | SCREEN Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) A native of New Jersey, Jerry Lewis is a gifted
comedian and has been a fixture in the entertainment community
for more than 5 decades.
(2) Born Joseph Levitch on March 16, 1926, in Newark, New
Jersey... | Authorizes the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design to comedian Jerry Lewis in recognition of his outstanding service to the Nation. | A bill to authorize Congress to award a gold medal to Jerry Lewis, in recognition of his outstanding service to the Nation. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness
Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS OF CERTAIN HAITIAN NATIONALS.
(a) Adjustment of Status.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 245(c) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, the s... | Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1997 - Provides for the permanent resident status adjustment of certain Haitian nationals (and their spouses and children) who were paroled into the United States or filed for amnesty before a specified date.
Sets forth stay of removal and work authorization provisions. | Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Employee Compensation
Protection Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. CONTINUANCE OF CIVILIAN PAY DURING PERIODS OF LAPSED
APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) Continuance of Pay.--Subchapter III of chapter 55 of title 5,
United States Code, is amended by rede... | Federal Employee Compensation Protection Act of 1995 - Amends Federal civil service and armed forces law to provide for the temporary continuance of basic civilian and military pay and associated benefits and allowances of Federal and District of Columbia personnel during any period of lapsed appropriations in which th... | Federal Employee Compensation Protection Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Drivers Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) hand-held personal wireless devices are not only
instrumentalities and channels of interstate commerce, but
products of interstate commerce;
... | Safe Drivers Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to study distracted driving, including cognitive distraction when driving and driver distraction impacts on young, inexperienced drivers.
Requires the Secretary to withhold 25% of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway program fun... | To enhance safety of individuals by banning the use of hand-held mobile devices while driving, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Economic Growth and Reducing
Unemployment Act''.
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS.
The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2012.
Corpor... | Economic Growth and Reducing Unemployment Act - Appropriates additional amounts in FY2012 for the Corporation for National and Community Service for carrying out the National and Community Service Act of 1990. Requires appropriated funds to be used to increase the number of national service positions under such Act to ... | To make supplemental appropriations to provide additional funds to Americorps for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify payroll tax forgiveness. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital
Requirements Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. STUDY OF MORTGAGE SERVICING ASSETS.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Banking institution.--The term ``banking institution''
means an insured depository insti... | Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Act of 2015 This bill directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the National Credit Union Administration to study jointly the appropriate capital requirements ... | Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Retirement Security for Life Act of
2004''.
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FOR LIFETIME ANNUITY PAYMENTS.
(a) Lifetime Annuity Payments Under Annuity Contracts.--Section
72(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to exclusion
ratio) is amended by adding ... | Retirement Security for Life Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an exclusion from gross income for 50 percent of the amount otherwise includible in gross income as guaranteed payments from certain annuity or life insurance contracts. Limits the amount of such exclusion to $20,000 in any taxable yea... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death by excluding from income a portion of such payments. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Victims of Agent Orange Relief Act
of 2011''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) From 1961 to 1971, approximately 19,000,000 gallons of
15 different herbicides, including 13,000,0... | Victims of Agent Orange Relief Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of State to provide assistance to address the health care needs of covered individuals. Defines a "covered individual" as an individual who is: (1) a resident of Vietnam, and (2) affected by health issues related to exposure to Agent Orange during the V... | To direct the Secretary of State to provide assistance for certain individuals affected by exposure to Agent Orange and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enhance the availability of medical care for descendants of veterans of the Vietnam era, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Register America to Vote Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to require every State to develop and implement a
system to ensure that every eligible person is automatically
registered to vote when they ... | Register America to Vote Act This bill directs each state that has a voter registration requirement for federal elections to automatically register eligible individuals when they turn 18 years old. Such states that do not implement automatic registration must permit eligible individuals to register to vote and vote on ... | Register America to Vote Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Firearms Heritage Protection Act of
1999''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) Citizens have a right, under the Second Amendment to
the United States Constitution, to keep and bear arms.... | Firearms Heritage Protection Act of 1999 - Prohibits civil actions from being brought against a manufacturer or seller of a firearm or ammunition, or a component thereof, that has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce (a firearm), or a trade association of such manufacturers or sellers, for dama... | Firearms Heritage Protection Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Disaster Response and
Loan Improvements Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. PRIVATE DISASTER LOANS.
(a) In General.--Section 7 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
636) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsecti... | Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2007 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to: (1) guarantee the payment of principal and interest on private lender loans to small businesses located in a disaster area; and (2) make disast... | To improve the disaster loan program of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF SUSPENSION OF DUTY ON CERTAIN CHEMICALS.
Each of the following headings of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States is amended by striking ``12/31/92'' and inserting
``12/31/94''.
(1) 9902.29.04 (relating to p-Toluenesulfonyl chloride).
(2) 9902.29.13 (r... | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1994, the duty on certain organic chemicals. | A bill to extend temporarily the suspension of duty on certain chemicals. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Recreation Lakes Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) Lakes created by Federal dam projects have become
powerful magnets for diverse recreation activities, drawing
... | Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide for the participation of the Bureau of Reclamation and the Army Corps of Engineers in an existing recreation fee demonstration program.
Establishes the National Recreation Lakes Demonstration Program.
Authorizes the Federal share of costs to construct, ... | National Recreation Lakes Act |
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.
Section 7 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635f) is
amended by striking ``1997'' and inserting ``2001''.
SEC. 2. TIED AID CREDIT FUND AUTHORITY.
(a) Section 10(c)(2) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12
U.S.C. 635i-3(c)(2)) is amended by striking ``th... | Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to extend the authority of the Export-Import Bank of the United States through FY 2001. Reauthorizes the Bank's tied aid credit program. (Sec. 3) Extends, through FY 2001, the Bank's authority to extend credit for the sale to a foreign country of nonlethal defense articles or s... | To reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``National Parks
Capital Improvements Act of 1999''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Sec. 3. Fundraising organizatio... | Exempts the United States from liability for such bonds unless the surcharge is not imposed for any reason or if it is reduced or eliminated in which case the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged to bond payment.
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) permit the Superintendent of the park to charge and colle... | National Parks Capital Improvements Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
The Act may be cited as the ``Biometric Exit Improvement Act of
2013''.
SEC. 2. BIOMETRIC EXIT DATA SYSTEM.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall--
(1) not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, submit to the Commi... | Biometric Exit Improvement Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS): (1) within 180 days, to submit an implementation plan to establish a biometric exit data system in accordance with the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004; (2) within 2 years, to establish such a system at th... | Biometric Exit Improvement Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. RECOGNITION AS CORPORATION AND GRANT OF FEDERAL CHARTER.
The Congressional Medal of Honor Museum of the United States, a
nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the State of New
York, is recognized as such and is granted a Federal charter.
SEC. 2. POWERS.
The Congressional Medal of Hon... | Grants a Federal charter to the Congressional Medal of Honor Museum of the United States. | A bill to grant a Federal charter to the Congressional Medal of Honor Museum of the United States. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Emergency Management Agency
Buy American Compliance Act''.
SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY OF BUY AMERICAN REQUIREMENTS TO FEMA ASSISTANCE.
(a) Definitions.--In this Act:
(1) Agency.--The term ``Agency'' means the Federal
Emergency Ma... | Provides authorized waivers of such requirement. Prohibits the application of the authorized waivers with respect to a product of a foreign country that is a signatory country to the Agreement on Government Procurement but that has violated such Agreement by discriminating against a covered U.S. product.
Prohibits the ... | Federal Emergency Management Agency Buy American Compliance Act |
SECTION 1. SUMMER CAMPS.
(a) Program.--
(1) In general.--The Director shall carry out a program to
award grants to institutions of higher education or eligible
nonprofit organizations (or consortia of such institutions and
organizations) to develop and operate summer science ... | Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to award grants to institutions of higher education or eligible nonprofit organizations to develop and operate summer camps designed to interest and instruct middle and high school students in science, mathematics, and technology. Conditions a nonprofit organizat... | To provide for the National Science Foundation to make grants for the establishment of summer science and mathematics camps for middle school and high school students. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Dog Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS ON DOG FIGHTING VENTURES.
(a) In General.--Section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C.
2156) is amended to read as follows:
(1) in subsection (a)(1)--
(A) by striking ... | Federal Dog Protection Act - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to make it unlawful to knowingly: (1) sponsor or exhibit an animal in, or knowingly attend, a dog fighting venture; (2) sell, buy, possess, train, transport, deliver, or receive for purposes of transportation any dog or other animal for the purpose of having th... | To amend the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit dog fighting ventures. |
to provide for annexing the
Hawaiian Islands to the United States of July 7, 1898 (30 Stat.
750), and which were later transferred to the State of Hawaii
in the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the admission of
the State of Hawaii into the Union'' approved March 18, 1959
... | Establishes the U.S. Office for Native Hawaiian Relations (Office) within the Office of the Secretary of the Interior.Recognizes the right of the Native Hawaiian people to adopt organic governing documents. Provides that following the organization and election of a Native Hawaiian government and the adoption of such do... | A bill expressing the policy of the United States regarding the United States relationship with Native Hawaiians and to provide a process for the recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian governing entity, and of other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Late-Term Abortion Limitation Act of
1998''.
SEC. 2. BAN ON CERTAIN ABORTIONS.
(a) In General.--Title 18, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after chapter 73 the following:
``CHAPTER 74--BAN ON CERTAIN ABORTIONS
``Sec.
``153... | Late-Term Abortion Limitation Act of 1998 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit a physician from intentionally aborting a viable fetus unless the physician, prior to performing the abortion, and an independent physician who will not perform nor be present at the abortion and who was not previously involved in ... | Late-Term Abortion Limitation Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Private Activity Renewable Energy
Bonds Act''.
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF BONDS ISSUED TO FINANCE RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCE
FACILITIES AND CONSERVATION AND EFFICIENCY FACILITIES AND
OTHER SPECIFIED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION TECHNOLOGIES... | Private Activity Renewable Energy Bonds Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the purposes for which tax-exempt facility bonds may be issued to include renewable energy resource facilities, conservation and efficiency facilities and projects, and high efficiency vehicles and related facilities or projects. L... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of bonds issued to finance renewable energy resources facilities, conservation and efficiency facilities, and other specified greenhouse gas emission technologies. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicaid Physician Self-Referral Act
of 2014''.
SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENTS TO RESTRICTION ON SELF-REFERRAL UNDER MEDICAID.
(a) Repeal of Restriction on Receipt of Federal Funds in the Case
of Self-Referral.--Subsection (s) of section 1903 of the Social
Secur... | Medicaid Physician Self-Referral Act of 2014 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to physician self-referral limitations to repeal the prohibition against payment of federal funds to a state for medical assistance expenditures for a designated health service furnished to an indivi... | Medicaid Physician Self-Referral Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Justice for Uncompensated Survivors
Today (JUST) Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORTING ON HOLOCAUST ERA ASSETS AND RELATED ISSUES.
(a) In General.--For covered countries, the Secretary of State
shall annually include within either the relevant Annual... | Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today (JUST) Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of State, with respect to covered countries, to annually include within either the relevant Annual Country Report on Human Rights Practices, the International Religious Freedom Report, or other appropriate report an assessment... | Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today (JUST) Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as ``The Small Business 503 Loan Refinancing
Assistance Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. PAYMENT AND PREPAYMENT OF DEVELOPMENT COMPANY DEBENTURES.
(a) In General.--Title V of the Small Business Investment Act of
1958 (15 U.S.C. 695 et seq.) is amended by adding at the en... | Small Business 503 Loan Refinancing Assistance Act of 1993 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to permit a qualified State or local development company that issues a debenture purchased by the Federal Financing Bank (Bank) and guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA), at the election of the ... | Small Business 503 Loan Refinancing Assistance Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Domesticated Salmonid Broodstock and
Seedstock Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) The terms ``salmonid'' means a specie in the family
salmonidae, including each specie of salmon and trout.
(2) The term ... | Domesticated Salmonid Broodstock and Seedstock Act of 1996 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, in cooperation with producers of domesticated salmonid seedstock, to establish a comprehensive program with regard to domesticated salmonid broodstock and seedstock to: (1) provide effective and efficient diagnostic and ... | Domesticated Salmonid Broodstock and Seedstock Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Puerto Rico
Emergency Financial Stability Act of 2015''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings and purposes.
Sec. 3. Effecti... | Puerto Rico Emergency Financial Stability Act of 2015 This bill grants a temporary stay (until April 1, 2016, with specified exceptions) of any litigation, liens, or other collection actions to recover debts owed by the government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and allows relief from such stay only in limited circu... | Puerto Rico Emergency Financial Stability Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Judicially Enforceable Terrorism
Subpoenas Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATIVE SUBPOENAS IN TERRORISM INVESTIGATIONS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 113B of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 2332f the following:
``Sec. 233... | Judicially Enforceable Terrorism Subpoenas Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the Attorney General, in any investigation concerning a Federal crime of terrorism, to subpoena the production of relevant records or materials or testimony by the custodian concerning those materials.
Provides that ... | A bill to authorize the use of judicially enforceable subpoenas in terrorism investigations. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Windstorm Impact Reduction
Act Reauthorization of 2014''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
(a) Director.--Section 203(1) of the National Windstorm Impact
Reduction Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 15702(1)) is amended by striking
``Director of the Office of Scienc... | National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act Reauthorization of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act of 2004 to revise provisions governing the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program. Defines the "Director" of the Program to mean the Director of the National Institute of Standar... | National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act Reauthorization of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Access to Higher Education
Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN FEDERAL PELL GRANTS.
(a) Amendment.--Section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1070a) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``2004'' and
... | Improving Access to Higher Education Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the maximum Pell Grant award to $5,100 for the 2007-2008 academic year. Raises the minimum Pell Grant award from $400 to $500.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to raise: (1) the maximum student loan interest deductio... | A bill to provide an increase in funding for Federal Pell Grants, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in order to expand the deduction for interest paid on student loans, raise the contribution limits for Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, and make the exclusion for employer provided educational assistance pe... |
SECTION 1. TEMPORARY INCREASE OF MEDICAID FMAP.
(a) Permitting Maintenance of Fiscal Year 2007 FMAP for Last 2
Calendar Quarters of Fiscal Year 2008.--Subject to subsection (e), if
the FMAP determined without regard to this section for a State for
fiscal year 2008 is less than the FMAP as so determined for fisc... | Provides that, if the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) determined under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act without regard to this Act for a state for FY2008 is less than the FMAP as so determined for FY2007, the FY2007 FMAP shall be substituted for the FMAP for the third and fourth calendar qua... | A bill to provide for a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Environment from Countries
Under Repression and Emergency Act'' or the ``SECURE Act''.
SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS OF CERTAIN FOREIGN NATIONALS.
(a) Adjustment of Status.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 245(c) of the
... | Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency Act or the SECURE Act This bill permits a qualifying alien who is not inadmissible or deportable under certain criminal or security grounds or who did not participate in persecution to apply for adjustment to lawful permanent resident status if such alien: ... | Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Broad-Based Stock Option Plan
Transparency Act of 2003.''
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Innovation and entrepreneurship, particularly in the
high technology industry, helped propel the economic ... | Broad-Based Stock Option Plan Transparency Act of 2003 - Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require companies to include within certain mandatory reports details regarding stock option plans, stock purchase plans, and other arrangements involving employee acquisition of an equity interest in the co... | To direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to require enhanced disclosures of employee stock options, and to require a study on the economic impact of broad-based employee stock option plans, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare IVIG
Access Act of 2008''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Medicare payment for intravenous immune g... | Medicare IVIG Access Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, upon collection of data and completion of a review, to provide, if appropriate, to physicians and hospitals furnishing intravenous immune globulins (IVIGs), an additional pay... | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access of Medicare beneficiaries to intravenous immune globulins. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE, FINDINGS, AND PURPOSE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Oak Park Medical
Center Property Acquisition''.
(b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The Department of Commerce owns and operates about 205
acres of property located in Boulder, Col... | Oak Park Medical Center Property Acquisition - Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Commerce to acquire the Oak Park Medical Center, which is contiguous to the northeast boundary of the Department of Commerce's Boulder research campus in Boulder, Colorado. | To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Department of Commerce to acquire a professional services building and property adjacent to the Department of Commerce's Boulder research campus. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``YWCA Retirement Plan Preservation
Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF BENEFIT ACCRUAL STANDARDS.
(a) Rules Relating to Reduction in Accrued Benefits Because of
Attainment of Any Age.--
(1) Comparison to similarly situated, younger
... | YWCA Retirement Plan Preservation Act of 2005 - Sets forth rules for treating retirement benefits provided by the Young Women's Christian Association Retirement Fund, under benefit accrual standards of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code, as not violating certain ag... | To clarify the status of retirement benefits provided by the Young Women's Christian Association Retirement Fund under the benefit accrual standards of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sportsmen's Bill of Rights Act of
1997''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; POLICY.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) fishing is an important and traditional recreational
activity in which 36,000,000 Americans 16 years old and older
... | Sportsmen's Bill of Rights Act of 1997- Requires Federal public land to be open to access and for use for fishing and hunting if: (1) the responsible State agency in which Federal public land is located limits access to and use of the land as part of wildlife management by the State; or (2) the Federal agency responsi... | Sportsmen's Bill of Rights Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Anti-Cash Smuggling Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. ADDITION OF MEANS OF ACCESS TO FUNDS OR THE VALUE OF FUNDS.
Chapter 53 of subtitle IV of title 31, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by inserting after section 5316 the following new
sec... | Anti-Cash Smuggling Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to require reports concerning means of access to funds or the value of funds belonging or credited to a person (or agent or bailee), including prepaid or stored value cards (but not debit or credit cards), that can be used electronically to: (1) in... | A bill to prevent the use of stored value cards and other electronic fund access means as methods for currency smuggling or money laundering. |
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