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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Physician Access in
Teaching Hospitals (PATH) Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. DISTRIBUTION OF ADDITIONAL RESIDENCY SLOTS.
Section 1886(h) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(h)) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (7)(E), by inserting `... | Improving Physician Access in Teaching Hospitals (PATH) Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to distribution of additional resident positions as they affect calculation of payments for direct graduate medical education (DME) costs.
States that, if a hospital's resident le... | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide opportunities for additional residency slots in participating teaching hospitals and to expand the primary care bonus to certain underserved specialties and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for practicing-teaching physicians. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Nonprofit Capacity Building Act of
2009''.
SEC. 2. NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM.
Title III of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) is amended--
(1) by striking the title heading and inserting the
... | Nonprofit Capacity Building Act of 2009 - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a Nonprofit Capacity Building program requiring the Corporation for National and Community Service to award matching grants to intermediary nonprofit organizations for the delivery of organizational development ... | A bill to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a Nonprofit Capacity Building Program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Secure Airport Terminal Act of
2010''.
SEC. 2. SCREENING LOCATION AND STERILE AREA DEFINED.
In this Act, the terms ``screening location'' and ``sterile area''
have the meanings given those terms in section 1540.5 of title 49, Code
of Federal Regulatio... | Secure Airport Terminal Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to prescribe regulations that: (1) require the use of security cameras at all screening locations and all locations where passengers exit the sterile area at airports in the United States; (2) prescribe requirements for the use, main... | A bill to increase the use of security cameras at airport security screening checkpoints and exits, to impose increased penalties on individuals who circumvent security screening at airports, and for other purposes. |
OF APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR ADMISSION OF
REFUGEES.
Section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157)
is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by amending paragraphs (1) and (2) to read as
follows:
``(1) Before the beginning ... | Refugee Resettlement Oversight and Security Act of 2015 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the President, after appropriate consultation with certain congressional committees, to recommend to Congress the number of refugees who may be admitted into the United States in a fiscal year. Except... | Refugee Resettlement Oversight and Security Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Voting Integrity and Verification
Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. PROMOTING ACCURACY, INTEGRITY, AND SECURITY THROUGH
PRESERVATION OF A VOTER-VERIFIED PERMANENT PAPER RECORD.
(a) In General.--Section 301 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002
(42 U... | Voting Integrity and Verification Act of 2007 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require each voting system purchased after December 31, 2012, and used in an election for federal office to produce an individual permanent paper record for each ballot that is cast.
Requires the Director of the National Instit... | A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require new voting systems to provide a voter-verified permanent record, to develop better accessible voting machines for individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Mercury Reduction and Energy
Security Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') was
required by the terms of the Clean Air Act Amendme... | Mercury Reduction and Energy Security Act of 2010 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require affected units (coal-fired electric steam generating units that have nameplate capacities greater than 25 megawatts and generate electricity for sale) to reduce mercury emissions by the less stringent limitation of: (1) 80% capture ... | To amend the Clean Air Act to require reductions in mercury emissions from electric utility steam generating units, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL PROCLAMATION AUTHORITY.
The United States-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act of 1985
(19 U.S.C. 2112 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
``SEC. 9. ADDITIONAL PROCLAMATION AUTHORITY.
``(a) Elimination or Modifications of Duties.--The President is
au... | Amends the United States-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act of 1985 to authorize the President to proclaim the elimination or modification of any existing duty in order to exempt any article from duty if: (1) the article is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, or a qualif... | To amend the United States-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act of 1985 to provide the President with additional proclamation authority with respect to articles of the West Bank or Gaza Strip or a qualifying industrial zone. |
SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF SAINT HELENA ISLAND LIGHT STATION.
(a) Authority to Convey.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Transportation (referred
to in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall convey to the
Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association by an appropriate
means of... | Directs the Secretary of Transportation to convey all right, title, and interest of the United States in the Saint Helena Island Station, Mackinac County, Moran Township, Michigan, to the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association. Subjects such conveyance to the condition that the station maintain its navigational fu... | To direct the Secretary of Transportation to convey the Saint Helena Island Light Station to the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Safe and Affordable Prescription
Drugs Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. SAFE AND AFFORDABLE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
Chapter VIII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
381 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 810. IMPORTATI... | Safe and Affordable Prescription Drugs Act of 2015 Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to promulgate regulations within 180 days permitting individuals to import a prescription drug purchased from an approved foreign pharmacy that: is di... | Safe and Affordable Prescription Drugs Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. CREDIT FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYER-PROVIDED RETIREE HEALTH CARE
COVERAGE.
(a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to business-related
credits) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 45N. EMPLOYER-PROVIDED... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers eligible for the tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities a tax credit for 10% of the health care expenses of retired employee between age 55 and 66 who are not Medicare-eligible. Terminates such tax credit after 2009. | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a tax credit for certain employer-provided retiree health care coverage, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening Research in Adult
Education Act''.
SEC. 2. STRENGTHEN RESEARCH IN ADULT EDUCATION.
(a) Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002.--The Education Sciences
Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9501 et seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 102 ... | Strengthening Research in Adult Education Act - Amends the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to revise the mission statement for the Institute of Education Sciences of the Department of Education to ensure access to, and opportunities for, adult education and literacy activities. Revises the composition of presiden... | Strengthening Research in Adult Education Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Long-Term
Caregivers Assistance Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. REFUNDABLE CREDIT FOR LONG-TERM CARE.
(a) General Rule.--Subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter
1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to refundable credits)
i... | Prohibits a credit allowance for less than the full tax year, except in the case of a taxpayer's death. | Long-Term Caregivers Assistance Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants
Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. NUMERICAL LIMITATION TO ANY SINGLE FOREIGN STATE.
(a) In General.--Section 202(a)(2) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1152(a)(2)) is amended--
(1) in the paragraph ... | Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the per country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, and (2) increase the per country numerical limitation for family based immigrants from 7% to 15% of the total number of family-sponsored v... | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, to increase the per-country numerical limitation for family-sponsored immigrants, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protection Against Sexual
Exploitation of Children Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR SEXUAL OFFENSES AGAINST CHILDREN.
(a) Sexual Abuse.--
(1) Aggravated sexual abuse of children.--Section 2241(c)
of title 18, United St... | Protection Against Sexual Exploitation of Children Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal criminal code to increase mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment for sexual offenses against children, including: (1) aggravated sexual abuse of children; (2) abusive sexual contact with children under age 12; (3) sexual abuse of child... | To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide increased penalties for sexual offenses against children, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Access to Credit Scores Act of
2016''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT SCORES INCLUDED IN FREE ANNUAL DISCLOSURES.
(a) In General.--Section 609 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15
U.S.C. 1681g) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1)--
... | Fair Access to Credit Scores Act of 2016 This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require certain consumer reporting agencies to disclose, upon request and without charge, as part of a consumer's free annual disclosure, a current credit score generated using the scoring methodology most frequently used to gene... | Fair Access to Credit Scores Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the
State of Georgia is a nationally significant resource;
(2) the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area has been
adversely affected by land use changes oc... | Allows the Secretary of the Interior, no sooner than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, to modify the boundaries of the Area to include other lands within the Chattahoochee River corridor by submitting a revised map or other boundary description to specified congressional committees. Prohibits such revised bound... | To improve protection and management of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the State of Georgia. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Technology Transfer Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. LICENSING FEDERALLY OWNED OR PATENTED INVENTIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 209 of title 35, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 209. Licensing federally patented or owned inventions
``... | Requires a Federal agency to treat any required periodic invention utilization report as privileged and confidential commercial and financial information obtained from a person, and not subject to public disclosure.
Prohibits an agency from granting an exclusive or partially exclusive license on a federally-owned inven... | Technology Transfer Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Minnesota Education Investment and
Employment Act''.
SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE, BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA WILDERNESS AND
SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST, MINNESOTA.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The State of ... | Minnesota Education Investment and Employment Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to complete a land exchange involving National Forest System land in Minnesota and Minnesota state lands.
Requires the exchange to be consummated pursuant to specified Minnesota law. Makes Minnesota responsible for the cost... | To authorize and expedite a land exchange involving National Forest System land in the Laurentian District of the Superior National Forest and certain other National Forest System land in the State of Minnesota that has limited recreational and conservation resources and lands owned by the State of Minnesota in trust f... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Independent Film Small Business Job
Creation Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. DEDUCTION FOR INDEPENDENT FILM PRODUCTION INVESTMENTS.
(a) In General.--Part VI of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to itemized deduction for
i... | Independent Film Small Business Job Creation Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction for expenditures relating to the production, promotion and distribution of U.S. independent motion picture films with budgets between $2 and $20 million (adjusted for inflation). Requires that not less t... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage the production of independent motion picture films in the United States. |
SECTION 1. NATIONAL PARK RANGER SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
(a) Program Authorized.--
(1) In general.--Part D of title V of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7241 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Subpart 22--National Park ... | Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to establish the National Park Ranger School Partnerships program authorizing the Secretary of Education to award competitive, three-year grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to enter into partnerships that include the National Park Service (NPS), ... | A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a partnership between the Department of Education and the National Park Service to provide educational opportunities for students and teachers, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Geothermal Exploration Act of
2010''.
SEC. 2. GEOTHERMAL EXPLORATORY DRILLING LOAN PROGRAM.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Fund.--The term ``Fund'' means the Geothermal
Investment Fund established under subsection (h).
... | Geothermal Exploration Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to: (1) establish a direct loan program for high risk geothermal exploration wells; (2) give preference to loan applicants to carry out projects for previously unexplored, underexplored, or unproven geothermal resources in a variety of ge... | A bill to promote the mapping and development of United States geothermal resources by establishing a direct loan program for high risk geothermal exploration wells. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Tapoco Project Licensing Act of
2004''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) APGI.--The term ``APGI'' means Alcoa Power Generating
Inc., its successors and assigns.
(2) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Fed... | Tapoco Project Licensing Act of 2004 - (Sec. 1) Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to engage in a specified simultaneous land exchange with the Alcoa Power Generating Inc. (APGI).
(Sec. 3) Identifies the land within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to be conveyed by APGI.
Identifies the land to be conveye... | To authorize and facilitate hydroelectric power licensing of the Tapoco Project, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``International Communications Privacy
Act''.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF PURPOSE.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986
(Public Law 99-508; 100 Stat. 1848) (referred... | International Communications Privacy Act This bill amends the federal criminal code by allowing a governmental entity to require providers of electronic communication services or remote computing services to disclose the contents of communications in electronic storage (e.g., the cloud), regardless of where those commu... | International Communications Privacy Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Repairing Our Aging Roads Act''.
SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION BONDS AND TRUST FUNDS.
(a) Authority To Issue Transportation Bonds.--Section 3102 of title
31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
``(f) Transport... | Repairing Our Aging Roads Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to issue Transportation Bonds in the aggregate of up to $2 billion to each state for transportation infrastructure projects. Establishes in the Treasury 50 separate State Transportation Trust Funds consisting of amounts derived from the sa... | Repairing Our Aging Roads Act |
SECTION 1. INCREASED PERSONNEL FOR INVESTIGATING AND COMBATING ALIEN
SMUGGLING.
The Attorney General in each of the fiscal years 2001, 2002, 2003,
2004, and 2005 shall increase the number of positions for full-time,
active duty investigators or other enforcement personnel within the
Immigration a... | (Sec. 2) Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to promulgate revised sentencing guidelines for alien smuggling-related activities so as to: (1) double specified minimum prison terms for smuggling, transporting, harboring, or inducement; (2) increase minimum fines; and (3) increase by at least two offense leve... | To amend section 274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to impose mandatory minimum sentences, and increase certain sentences, for bringing in and harboring certain aliens and to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide enhanced penalties for persons committing such offenses while armed. |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The estimated veteran population of the Nation is
22,328,000.
(2) Nearly 30 percent of veterans live in rural areas, with
younger veterans who served in support of Operation Iraqi
Freedom and Operatio... | Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a grant program to provide innovative transportation options to veterans in highly rural areas in order to assist such veterans in traveling to VA medical centers for medical care. Requires the Secretary to conduct outreach to educate veterans and their family... | To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a grant program and pilot program designed to improve the delivery of health care to veterans residing in rural areas, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Life Care Act''.
SEC. 2. LIFE CARE: PUBLIC INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR NURSING HOME CARE.
(a) In General.--The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et
seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating title XXVII (42 U.S.C. 300cc et seq.)
as ti... | Life Care Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add a new title, title XXVII: Life Care: Public Insurance Program for Nursing Home Care. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, under such new title, to establish a voluntary insurance program for individuals 45 years of age and over to cover the n... | Life Care Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Weather Service Modernization
Performance Review Act of 1994''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the safety and welfare of the public depends on the
provision of accurate and timely weather information;
(2) in... | Weather Service Modernization Performance Review Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) ensure that the implementation of the National Implementation Plan (Plan) for modernization of the National Weather Service does not result in service degradation in any specific geographic area; and (2) provide fo... | Weather Service Modernization Performance Review Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS.
(a) Authorized Projects.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may
carry out the major medical facility leases for the Department of
Veterans Affairs for which funds are requested in the budget of the
President for fiscal year 1994 a... | Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out the major medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs for which funds are requested in the FY 1994 budget. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out certain major medical facility projects in specified amounts. Directs the Secretary, in selectin... | An Act to authorize major medical facilitiy projects and leases for the Department of Veterans' Affairs, to revise and extend the authority of the Secretary of Veterans' Affairs to enter into enhanced-use leases, to revise certain authorities relating to Pershing Hall, France, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Democracy in Presidential Debates
Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DEBATE AND PRESIDENTIAL
PRIMARY DEBATE.
Section 9002 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by
adding at the end the following new par... | Democracy in Presidential Debates Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require as a condition of eligibility to receive payments from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund that presidential candidates agree to participate in at least one primary election debate and two general election debates sponsored ... | Democracy in Presidential Debates Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Day Laborer Fairness and Protection
Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act the following definitions apply:
(1) Day laborer.--The term ``day laborer'' means an
individual who contracts for employment with a day labor
servi... | Sets forth requirements for: (1) agency payments to day laborers for excessive processing time; (2) civil damages and criminal penalties for certain employer violations; (3) itemized wage statements, annual earnings summaries, and optional payment schedules; (4) no charges for cashing wage payment checks or for overpay... | Day Laborer Fairness and Protection Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Pacific Insular
Areas Fisheries Empowerment Act of 1995''.
(b) Reference.--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... | Pacific Insular Areas Fisheries Empowerment Act of 1995 - Amends the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act to declare that it is the policy of the Congress in the Act to assure that fishery resources adjacent to Pacific insular areas (PIAs) be explored, exploited, conserved, and managed for the benefit of th... | Pacific Insular Areas Fisheries Empowerment Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Computer Security Enhancement Act of
2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) The National Institute of Standards and Technology has
responsibility for developing standards and guid... | Computer Security Enhancement Act of 2001 - Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to require the Institute to provide assistance to Federal agencies in the protection of computer networks, promote Federal compliance with computer information security and privacy guidelines, and assist Federal re... | To amend the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to enhance the ability of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to improve computer security, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Meeting the Housing and Service
Needs of Seniors Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The senior population (persons 65 or older) in this
country is rapidly growing, and is expected to increase from
... | Meeting the Housing and Service Needs of Seniors Act of 2005 - Establishes in the executive branch the independent Interagency Council on Meeting the Housing and Service Needs of Seniors, which shall identify and promote coordination of senior citizen housing, health care, and service needs.
Defines "senior" as an ind... | A bill to establish the Interagency Council on Meeting the Housing and Service Needs of Seniors, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Made in America Manufacturing
Communities Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. PROGRAM TO DESIGNATE AND SUPPORT MANUFACTURING COMMUNITIES.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Institution of higher education.--The term
``institution of higher e... | Made in America Manufacturing Communities Act of 2016 This bill establishes a program to improve the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing by designating consortiums as manufacturing communities and authorizing federal agencies to provide them with financial and technical assistance. The Department of Commerce must d... | Made in America Manufacturing Communities Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Passport and Travel Cost
Reimbursement Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Department of State has failed to anticipate the
increased level of demand for passports after implementing new
W... | Passport and Travel Cost Reimbursement Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of State to refund to a U.S. citizen, upon refund application: (1) passport processing fees for a passport applied for in 2007 if processing took 12 or more weeks for a regular application or three or more weeks for an expedited application; and... | To refund passport processing fees and international travel costs as a result of unreasonable delays in passport application processing times, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Entrepreneurial Investment Act of
1996''.
SEC. 2. EQUITY CAPITAL INVESTMENTS BY SMALLER BANK HOLDING COMPANIES.
Section 4(c) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C.
1843(c)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new
paragrap... | Entrepreneurial Investment Act of 1996 - Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to prescribe conditions and requirements exempting certain smaller-sized bank holding companies from its proscription against the acquisition of interests (equity capital investments) in certain nonbanking organizations. Sets forth re... | Entrepreneurial Investment Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Marijuana Justice Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. DE-SCHEDULING MARIHUANA.
(a) Marihuana Removed From Schedule of Controlled Substances.--
Subsection (c) of schedule I of section 202(c) of the Controlled
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812) is amended--
(1... | Marijuana Justice Act of 2017 This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act: to remove marijuana and tetrahydrocannabinols from schedule I; and to eliminate criminal penalties for an individual who imports, exports, manufactures, distributes, or possesses with intent to distribute marijuana. It prohibits and redu... | Marijuana Justice Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Communities Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Land use and public facility planning at both the State
and local levels have not had adequate financial resources to
fully incorporate ... | Safe Communities Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide grants to assist states and local governments in: (1) the development or revision of land use planning statutes and state or local comprehensive planning documents, (2) the creation or revision of state land use planning... | Safe Communities Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance
Amendments of 2009''.
SEC. 2. STRANDING AND ENTANGLEMENT RESPONSE.
(a) Collection and Updating of Information.--Section 402(b)(1)(A)
of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1421a(b)(1)(A))
is amended by i... | Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Amendments of 2009 - Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to require the collection and updating of existing practices and procedures for rescuing and rehabilitating stranded or entangled (under current law, only stranded) marine mammals. Authorizes entanglement response agree... | A bill to amend the provisions of law relating to the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. COMMUNITY INFORMATION STATEMENT.
(a) Amendment of Subtitle D.--Subtitle C of the Solid Waste
Disposal Act is amended by adding the following new section at the end
thereof:
``SEC. 3024. COMMUNITY INFORMATION STATEMENT.
``(a) Regulations.--Not later than one year after the enactment of
this sect... | Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to require the preparation of a community information statement as part of the permitting process applicable to any new off-site hazardous waste treatment or disposal facility. Requires such statement to describe: (... | To amend subtitle C of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the preparation of a community information statement for new hazardous waste treatment or disposal facilities. |
SECTION 1. OVERSIGHT OF BROKERS AND DEALERS.
(a) Definitions.--Title I of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 110. DEFINITIONS.
``For the purposes of this title, and notwithstanding section 2:
``(1) Audit.--The term `audit' means an ex... | Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to extend the regulatory jurisdiction of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to audit reports prepared by a domestic registered or foreign public accounting firm regarding issuers, brokers and dealers, and any companies subject to securities laws (currently only issuers a... | To amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to provide oversight of auditors of brokers and dealers by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and for other purposes. |
SECTION. 1. EXEMPTION FOR ASBESTOS-RELATED SETTLEMENT FUNDS.
(a) Exemption for Asbestos-Related Settlement Funds.--Subsection
(b) of section 468B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(6) Exemption from tax for asbestos-related settlement ... | Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions concerning designated settlement funds to exempt from tax any designated settlement fund established for the principal purpose of resolving and satisfying present and future claims relating to asbestos. Sets forth special rules concerning asbestos liability losses. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims. |
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this act, the following definitions apply:
(1) Jicarilla apache nation.--The term ``Jicarilla Apache
Nation'' means the Jicarilla Apache Nation, a tribe of American
Indians recognized by the United States and organized under
section... | States that the ratification and approval of the Jicarilla Apache Nation's deed for specified settlement lands and the issuance of a patent pursuant to this Act shall not take effect until the Secretary of the Interior finds the following events have occurred: (1) the Board of Commissioners of the Rio Arriba County, Ne... | To ratify a conveyance of a portion of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation to Rio Arriba County, State of New Mexico, pursuant to the settlement of litigation between the Jicarilla Apache Nation and Rio Arriba County, State of New Mexico, to authorize issuance of a patent for said lands, and to change the exterior boundar... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; ETC.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Tax Rate Reduction
Act of 1999''.
(b) Section 15 Not To Apply.--The amendments made by section 2
shall not be treated as a change in a rate of tax for purposes of
section 15 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
SEC. 2. 5 PERCENT... | Tax Rate Reduction Act of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the 15 and 28 percent individual income tax rates to 10 and 23 percent over a ten-year period. | Tax Rate Reduction Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bosnia and Herzegovina-American
Enterprise Fund Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE AND FINDINGS.
(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to support economic
opportunity and political progress in Bosnia and Herzegovina through
the creation of an enterprise fund t... | Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund Act This bill authorizes the President to designate a private, nonprofit organization as the Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund to promote the private sector, job creation, and creation of a middle class in Bosnia and Herzegovina. | Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity
Expansion Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR FREIGHT RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY EXPANSION
PROPERTY.
(a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of ... | Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a tax credit for 25% of the cost of new qualified freight rail infrastructure property and qualified locomotive property; and (2) a taxpayer election to expense the cost of qualified freight rail infrastructure p... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives to encourage investment in the expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and to enhance modal tax equity. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Naturalization At Training Sites Act
of 2017'' or the ``NATS Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT AND USE OF NATURALIZATION OFFICES AT INITIAL
MILITARY TRAINING SITES.
(a) Definitions.--In this Act, the term ``Secretary concerned'' has
the meani... | Naturalization at Training Sites Act of 2017 or the NATS Act This bill directs the Department of Defense, and the Department of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard, to establish a naturalization office with trained personnel at each initial military training site of the Armed Forces. Each military depa... | Naturalization At Training Sites Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Monetary Policy and Treasury Finance
Enhancement Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are to facilitate the inference of
inflation expectations by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System and by investors, to assist th... | Monetary Policy and Treasury Finance Enhancement Act of 1993 - Requires at least ten percent of the aggregate face amount of longer-term public debt obligations (bonds or notes which mature at least five years after the date of issue) issued during a fiscal year to be in the form of indexed obligations. Specifies a hi... | Monetary Policy and Treasury Finance Enhancement Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rail Worker Emergency Training Act
of 2005''.
SEC. 2. RAIL WORKER EMERGENCY TRAINING GRANTS.
(a) Rail Worker Emergency Training Grants.--The Secretary of
Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary of
Transportation, is authorized to make gr... | Rail Worker Emergency Training Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation, to make grants to railroad carriers for costs incurred in instituting a rail worker emergency training program.
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue detailed gui... | To provide for a rail worker emergency training program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rex Brewer Social Security
Disability Fairness and Equity Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. WAITING PERIOD FOR SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFICIARIES
INAPPLICABLE TO INDIVIDUALS WITH TERMINAL ILLNESSES.
(a) In General.--Section 223(a)(1) of the So... | Rex Brewer Social Security Disability Fairness and Equity Act of 1998 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to waive the waiting period otherwise required for disability beneficiaries in the case of individuals with terminal illnesses with not more than... | Rex Brewer Social Security Disability Fairness and Equity Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Individual Assistance Improvement
Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO FEDERAL DISASTER RELIEF AND EMERGENCY
ASSISTANCE.
(a) Report on Small State and Rural Area Assistance.--Not later
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of t... | Individual Assistance Improvement Act of 2015 This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to submit to Congress an annual report on recommendations for improving federal assistance for small states and rural areas under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and additi... | Individual Assistance Improvement Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Aviation Administration Fair
Labor Management Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. IMPASSE PROCEDURES.
(a) Mediation.--Section 40122(a)(2) of title 49, United States
Code, is amended by striking the second sentence and all that follows
and inserting the fol... | Federal Aviation Administration Fair Labor Management Act of 2007 - Requires, after May 31, 2007, that where the services of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service have led to an impasse between the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and its employees in reaching an agreement with respect to the implementing... | To amend title 49, United States Code, to facilitate the resolution of disputes between the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and employees of the Administration in the course of collective negotiations. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Missile Defense Defend and Deter Act
of 2016''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) It is in the highest strategic interest of the United
States to field a fully operational missile defense system to
... | Missile Defense Defend and Deter Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) Missile Defense Agency to administer an intercept flight test of the ground-based midcourse defense element of the ballistic missile defense system at least once each fiscal year. Each test shall provide for: validation o... | Missile Defense Defend and Deter Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. DECONTAMINATION AND USE OF FORMER BOMBARDMENT AREA ON ISLAND
OF CULEBRA.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, is located approximately
17 miles from the east coast of Puerto Rico's main island, and
the Navy co... | Amends the Military Construction Act, 1974 to repeal the prohibition against use of the former bombardment area on the island of Culebra (Puerto Rico) for any purpose that would require decontamination of the area at U.S. expense. | To amend the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1974 to repeal the limitation on the authorized uses of the former bombardment area on the island of Culebra and the prohibition on Federal Government responsibility for decontamination of the area. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Palestinian Peace Promotion and
Anti-Incitement Act''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the Palestinian Authority has not fully lived up to its
prior agreements with Israel to end incitement; and
... | Palestinian Peace Promotion and Ant-Incitement Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has not lived up to its agreements with Israel to end incitement and should do more to prepare the Palestinian people for peace with Israel. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to make funds a... | Palestinian Peace Promotion and Anti-Incitement Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Equal Access to Medicare Home Health
Care Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Over 30,000,000 beneficiaries under the medicare
program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act rely on
... | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to Congress on the feasibility and advisability of including home health services furnished by telecommunications systems as a home health service for purposes of payment for such services under the PPS, and of requirements with respect to physician certifica... | Equal Access to Medicare Home Health Care Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Secure Rural Schools and Payment in
Lieu of Taxes Repair Act''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF-
DETERMINATION PROGRAM.
(a) Definition of Full Funding Amount.--Section 3(11) of the Secure
Rural Schools and Com... | Secure Rural Schools and Payment in Lieu of Taxes Repair Act This bill extends the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Program through FY2016 at FY2011 funding levels. This Program provides payments to state jurisdictions to compensate for the cost of providing services in tax-exempt federal lands wi... | Secure Rural Schools and Payment in Lieu of Taxes Repair Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pigford and Individual Indian Money
Account Litigation Settlement Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. PIGFORD SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.
(a) There is hereby appropriated to the Department of Agriculture,
$1,150,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out t... | Pigford and Individual Indian Money Account Litigation Settlement Act of 2010 - Appropriates to the Department of Agriculture $1.15 billion to carry out the terms of a Settlement Agreement executed by In re Black Farmers Discrimination Litigation that is approved by a court order that has become final and nonappealable... | A bill to provide funding for the settlement of lawsuits against the Federal government for discrimination against Black Farmers and the mismanagement of Native American trust accounts. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cherry Valley National Wildlife
Refuge Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The scenic Cherry Valley area of Northeastern
Pennsylvania is blessed with more than 80 special-concern
animal and plant ... | Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to to acquire necessary lands, waters, and other property interests to establish a national wildlife refuge in northeastern Pennsylvania to be known as the Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge. | To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Northeastern Pennsylvania, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Energy Veterans'
Health Initiative Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Department.--The term ``Department'' means the
Department of Energy.
(2) National laboratory.--The term ``National Laboratory'... | Department of Energy Veterans' Health Initiative Act (Sec. 4) This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a research program in artificial intelligence and high-performance computing that is focused on the development of tools to: (1) solve big data challenges associated with veterans' health care, an... | Department of Energy Veterans’ Health Initiative Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Crime Doesn't Pay Prison Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The Supreme Court has held that the Constitution does
not mandate comfortable prison conditions; only those
depr... | Crime Doesn't Pay Prison Act - Prohibits a court from granting relief in an action or proceeding challenging conditions of confinement of a correctional institution, unless such conditions constitute the unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain due to the deliberate indifference of the administrators of the institutio... | Crime Doesn't Pay Prison Act |
SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS FROM
IN RE BLACK FARMERS DISCRIMINATION LITIGATION.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Pigford claim.--The term ``Pigford claim'' has the
meaning given the term in section 14012(a) of the Food,
Conserv... | Appropriates funds to the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to carry out the Settlement Agreement (dated February 18, 2010, between plaintiffs and the Secretary to resolve claims that were raised or that could have been raised in the cases consolidated in In re Black Farmers Discrimination Litigation, including Pigford c... | A bill to appropriate funds for the final settlement of lawsuits against the Federal Government for discrimination against Black Farmers and to provide relief for discrimination in a credit program of the Department of Agriculture under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. |
SECTION 1. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) properly conducted intercollegiate athletic programs
contribute to the beneficial development of student athletes
and the vibrancy of campus life at institutions of higher
education;
(2) recent e... | Establishes the Presidential Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics to review, analyze, and report to the President and Congress on the following issues related to intercollegiate athletics: the interaction of athletics and academics, the financing of intercollegiate athletics, the recruitment and retention of studen... | To establish a commission to identify and examine issues of national concern related to the conduct of intercollegiate athletics, to make recommendations for the resolution of the issues, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pirate Fishing Vessel Disposal Act
of 2011''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Stateless vessels forfeited to the United States for
engaging in illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing are of
little i... | Pirate Fishing Vessel Disposal Act of 2011 - Directs the head of a U.S. agency with administrative control over a forfeited vessel to transfer such vessel to the Commandant of the Coast Guard for use in live-fire sinking exercises if the Commandant determines that the vessel would be useful for such exercises. Requires... | To prevent forfeited fishing vessels from being transferred to private parties and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Central Intelligence Agency
Voluntary Separation Incentive Act''.
SEC. 2. VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
(a) Program Authority.--The Director of Central Intelligence may in
the Director's discretion establish and administer a program under
wh... | Central Intelligence Agency Voluntary Separation Incentive Act - Authorizes the Director of Central Intelligence to establish a program to encourage voluntary separations, by retirement or resignation, from Central Intelligence Agency employment. | Central Intelligence Agency Voluntary Separation Incentive Act |
SECTION 1. TARIFF TREATMENT OF CERTAIN SILVER AND GOLD BARS.
(a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 71 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended--
(1) by striking subheading 7106.92.00 and inserting in
numerical sequence the following new subheadings and superior
... | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment of certain imported silver and gold bars.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude certain bullion (currently, coins only) from treatment as a collectible subject to tax as a distribution from an individual retirement account. | To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to correct the tariff treatment of certain silver and gold bars, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Electric Consumer Choice Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) the opportunity for all consumers to purchase electric
energy in interstate commerce from the supplier of choice is
essential to a dynamic, full... | Declares that no supplier of electric energy, who would otherwise have a right of access to a transmission or local distribution facility because such facility is essential for the conduct of interstate commerce in electric energy, shall be denied access to transmission or local distribution facilities or precluded fro... | Electric Consumer Choice Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Intermediary Lending
Pilot Program Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Small and emerging businesses, particularly startups
and businesses that lack sufficient or conventional collateral... | Small Business Intermediary Lending Pilot Program Act of 2005 - Establishes a three-year small business intermediary lending pilot program under which the Small Business Administration (SBA) may make direct loans to eligible nonprofit lending intermediaries for the purpose of making fixed interest rate and mid-size loa... | A bill to establish a pilot program to provide low interest loans to nonprofit, community-based lending intermediaries, to provide midsize loans to small business concerns, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``San Francisco Bay Shipping and
Fisheries Enhancement Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) San Francisco Bay is a vital environmental, industrial,
and recreational resource to the San Francisco Bay a... | San Francisco Bay Shipping and Fisheries Enhancement Act of 1997 - Requires: (1) a navigation project in San Francisco Bay, California, to remove underwater hazards to navigation near Alcatraz Island; (2) modification of navigation lanes and rerouting of vessel traffic to improve safety and efficiency; and (3) a surve... | San Francisco Bay Shipping and Fisheries Enhancement Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Free Burma Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA.
Except as provided in section 4, the following sanctions shall
apply to Burma, effective 90 days after the date of enactment of this
Act (or on such other date as is specified in this section):... | Free Burma Act of 1995 - Imposes specified sanctions against Burma, unless the President certifies to appropriate congressional committees that Burma has: (1) unconditionally released all political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi; (2) implemented the results of the 1990 elections, including the transfer of power... | Free Burma Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Identity Theft Prevention Act of
2000''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the crime of identity theft has become one of the major
law enforcement challenges of the new economy, as vast
quantities of sensitive, pe... | (Sec. 3) Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require a consumer reporting agency to submit notification of potential fraud to each creditor using a consumer report whenever the agency learns of a card application bearing a different address for the consumer than the one in the consumer's file.
States that complianc... | Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture Competition Enhancement
Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON MERGERS.
It shall be unlawful for a person in the business of purchasing
livestock, poultry, or a basic agricultural commodity for wholesale
resale either unprocessed or processe... | Agriculture Competition Enhancement Act of 2001 - Makes it unlawful for a business purchaser of livestock, poultry, or a basic agricultural commodity for (wholesale) resale, either unprocessed or processed, to acquire the voting assets of any person if: (1) the total amount of such assets or annual sales of each person... | To prohibit excessive concentration resulting from mergers among certain purchasers, processors, and sellers of livestock, poultry, and basic agricultural commodities; to require the Attorney General to establish an Office of Special Counsel for Agriculture, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``ATM Consumer Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. ATM SECURITY MEASURES.
The Electronic Fund Transfer Act (15 U.S.C. 1693 et seq.) is
amended--
(1) by redesignating sections 918, 919, 920, and 921 as
sections 919, 920, 921, and 922, respective... | ATM Consumer Protection Act - Amends the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to instruct the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to prescribe minimum mandatory standards for automated teller machine operator compliance with installation, maintenance, and operation of security devices and procedures to: (1) discou... | To amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to ensure the convenience of automated teller machines and the safety of the machines and the customers by establishing security measures for the machines, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND REFERENCE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Medical
Technology, Public Health, and Innovation Act of 1997''.
(b) Reference.--Whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is
expressed in terms of an amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or
other provision, the refe... | Medical Technology, Public Health, and Innovation Act of 1997 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to identify and list nationally and internationally recognized performance standards for which persons may self-certify a device's conformity in ... | Medical Technology, Public Health, and Innovation Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Secure And Fair Enforcement Banking
Act of 2017'' or the ``SAFE Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. SAFE HARBOR FOR DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS.
A Federal banking regulator may not--
(1) terminate or limit the deposit insurance or
sh... | Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2017 or the SAFE Act of 2017 This bill prohibits a federal banking regulator from: (1) terminating or limiting the deposit insurance or share insurance of a depository institution solely because the institution provides financial services to a legitimate marijuana-re... | Secure And Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. PRICE SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR MILK.
(a) In General.--Effective January 1, 1996, section 204 of the
Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446e) is amended to read as
follows:
``SEC. 204. MILK PRICE SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR CALENDAR YEARS 1996 THROUGH
2002.
``(a) In General.--During the period... | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to establish milk price support provisions for calendar years 1996 through 2002.
Mandates establishment of a special milk marketing order to equalize returns on all milk used in the 48 contiguous States to produce Class IV final products (butter, nonfat dry milk, and dry whole milk)... | To modify the price support program for milk; to establish a class IV account applicable to the products of milk; to modify the dairy export incentive program; and to consolidate and reform Federal milk marketing orders. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Common Sense Hazardous Waste
Facilities Siting and Permitting Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT.
(a) In General.--Subtitle C of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42
U.S.C. 6921 and following) is amended by adding the following ne... | Common Sense Hazardous Waste Facilities Siting and Permitting Act of 1996 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to add to standards applicable to hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities under the Act and under State and local law the requirement that States and local permitting authorities develop s... | Common Sense Hazardous Waste Facilities Siting and Permitting Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Empowering More Productive and
Lasting Opportunity Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE VOUCHER PROGRAMS.
(a) Use of Unemployment Fund for Employment Assistance Voucher
Program.--
(1) State law.--Section 3304(a)(4) of t... | Empowering More Productive and Lasting Opportunity Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow states, for a five-year period, to implement an employment assistance voucher program, in lieu of paying unemployment compensation directly to employees, under which an individual who is eligible for unemployment ... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to authorize an unemployment assistance voucher program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Family Planning Amendments Act of
1995''.
SEC. 2. PROJECT GRANTS AND CONTRACTS FOR FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES.
(a) Requiring Certain Nondirective Counseling and Referral
Services.--Section 1001 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
300) is amended... | Family Planning Amendments Act of 1995- Amends the Public Health Service Act to require family planning grant and contract recipients to provide nondirective counseling and referrals regarding: (1) prenatal care and delivery; (2) infant care, foster care, and adoption; and (3) termination of pregnancy. Allows a provi... | Family Planning Amendments Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Coin and Precious Metal Disclosure
Act''.
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURES REQUIRED OF COIN AND PRECIOUS METAL DEALERS.
(a) Unlawful Conduct.--A covered coin or precious metal dealer
shall disclose to the consumer, prior to any sale of coins or precious
metal bull... | Coin and Precious Metal Disclosure Act - Requires a coin or precious metal dealer to disclose clearly and conspicuously in writing to the consumer before any sale of coins (including gold coins) or precious metal bullion: (1) any fee incurred by the customer upon sale consummation; and (2) the purchase price, the melt ... | To require disclosures to consumers by coin and precious metal bullion dealers. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND REFERENCE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Paycheck Fairness
Act ''.
(b) Reference.--Whenever in this Act (other than in section 8) an
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal
of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be ... | Paycheck Fairness Act - Amends the portion of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) known as the Equal Pay Act to revise remedies for and enforcement of prohibitions against sex discrimination in the payment of wages to: (1) add nonretaliation requirements; (2) increase penalties; and (3) authorize the Secretary ... | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Telecommunications Improvement
Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF RURAL ADVOCACY IN THE FEDERAL
COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION.
(a) Establishment.--Title I of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is amen... | Rural Telecommunications Improvement Act of 1999 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to establish within the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) the Office of Rural Advocacy, to be headed by the Rural Advocate of the FCC, to: (1) promote access to advanced telecommunications service for rural populations; and (... | Rural Telecommunications Improvement Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Animal Cruelty and
Torture Act'' or the ``PACT Act''.
SEC. 2. REVISION OF SECTION 48.
(a) In General.--Section 48 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 48. Animal crushing
``(a) Offenses.--
``... | Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act or the PACT Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the federal criminal code to revise and expand provisions with respect to animal crushing. It retains existing criminal offenses that prohibit knowingly creating or distributing an animal crush video using interstate commerce. The bill ... | PACT Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Headwaters Forest Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that:
(1) Redwoods are a significant national symbol and a
defining symbol of the State of California.
(2) Old growth redwood trees ... | Headwaters Forest Act - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to modify the boundaries of the Six Rivers National Forest, California, to include certain lands acquired under this Act and referred to as the Six Rivers National Forest Addition. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire land, with the owner's consent, within th... | Headwaters Forest Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Appalachian Communities Health
Emergency Act'' or the ``ACHE Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Communities surrounding mountaintop removal coal mining
projects, which involve surface coal mining including bl... | Appalachian Communities Health Emergency Act or ACHE Act Requires the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to conduct or support comprehensive studies on the health impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining on individuals in the surrounding communities. Directs the Secretary of Health a... | ACHE Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Lower Rio Grande Valley Water
Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS.
Section 4(a) of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources
Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-576; 114... | Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 to: (1) authorize the construction of additional specified projects in Texas; (2) require the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commi... | A bill to amend the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 to authorize additional projects under that Act, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN AREAS FOR LEASING.
Section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(q) Availability of Certain Areas for Leasing.--
``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
``(A) Atlantic coa... | Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorize the governor of Virginia to petition the Secretary of the Interior for authorization to conduct natural gas exploration and extraction activities in any area that is at least 50 miles beyond the state's coastal zone.
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to de... | A bill to authorize the State of Virginia to petition for authorization to conduct natural gas exploration and drilling activities in the coastal zone of the State. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Truth in Lending Modernization Act
of 2001''.
SEC. 2. APPLICABLE CONSUMER CREDIT AND LEASE TRANSACTIONS.
(a) Credit Transactions.--Section 104(3) of the Consumer Credit
Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1603(3)) is amended by striking ``$25,000''
and insertin... | Truth in Lending Modernization Act of 2001 - Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to: (1) apply consumer credit information and disclosure requirements to all credit and lease transactions involving real and personal property in which the total amount financed exceeds $75,000 (currently $25,000); and (2) increase ... | To amend the Truth in Lending Act to expand protections for consumers by adjusting statutory exemptions and civil penalties to reflect inflation, to eliminate the Rule of 78s accounting for interest rebates in consumer credit transactions, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act of
2008''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Section 302 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701)
is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs
(4), (5), and (6), respectively; and
... | Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act of 2008 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to revise requirements for services provided under grants from the Secretary of Health and Human Services for centers for runaway and homeless youth and their families. Limits the length of stay in such a center to 21 days.
In... | A bill to amend the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to authorize appropriations, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Zero Tolerance for Veterans
Homelessness Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Veterans are at a greater risk of becoming homeless
than other people in the United States because of
char... | Zero Tolerance for Veterans Homelessness Act of 2012 - Allows grants made by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) for homeless veterans' comprehensive services programs (outreach, rehabilitation, vocational counseling, and transitional housing assistance) to be used for the construction of new facilities. Prohibits t... | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, and the United States Housing Act of 1937 to enhance and expand the assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Housing and Urban Development to homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Citizens' Protection From Violent
Crime Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) One of the primary duties of government is to protect
its citizens from armed violent criminals. America's cherished
... | Citizens' Protection From Violent Crime Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal criminal code to set mandatory prison terms for possessing, brandishing, or discharging a firearm or destructive device during a Federal or State crime that is a serious violent felony or serious drug offense, with exceptions involving defense of ... | Citizens' Protection From Violent Crime Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Action Plan for Public Lands and
Education Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Western States, as a group, are falling behind in
education funding as measured by growth of real per pupil
expe... | Action Plan for Public Lands and Education Act of 2005 - Makes grants of land to 13 western states (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming) in lieu of receiving, for the support of the common schools, five percent of the proceeds of the s... | A bill to authorize Western States to make selections of public land within their borders in lieu of receiving five per centum of the proceeds of the sale of public land lying within said States as provided by their respective Enabling Acts. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Strength in Diversity Act of 2018''.
SEC. 2. STRONGER TOGETHER PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating part F as part G; and
... | Strength in Diversity Act of 2018 This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish the Stronger Together Program, through which the Department of Education (ED) shall award competitive grants for the development or implementation of plans to improve diversity or eliminate socioeconomic o... | Strength in Diversity Act of 2018 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hurricane, Tornado, and Related
Hazards Research Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Natural disasters cause enormous loss of life. Almost
all States and territories are at risk from the effects of 1 or
... | Hurricane, Tornado, and Related Hazards Research Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish an Interagency Group to be responsible for the development and implementation of a coordinated Federal windstorm and related hazards reduction research, development, and technology tr... | To reduce the impacts of hurricanes, tornadoes, and related hazards through a program of research and development and technology transfer, and for other purposes. |
SEC. 201. JOINT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET.
(a) Definitions.--Paragraph (4) of section 3 of the Congressional
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended to read as
follows:
``(4) The term `joint resolution on the budget' means--
``(A) a joint resolution setting forth the ... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Biennial Budget Cycle
Title II: Binding Budget Resolution
Title III: Enhanced Rescissions
Title IV: Supermajority Points of Order
Title I: Biennial Budget Cycle
- Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act ... | To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to reform the Federal budget process, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Onondaga Lake Restoration Act''.
SEC. 2. ONONDAGA LAKE, NEW YORK.
(a) Restoration, Conservation, and Management Activities.--Title I
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following new s... | Onondaga Lake Restoration Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish the Onondaga Lake Watershed Council to: (1) develop and periodically revise an Adaptive Management Plan for the re... | To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out activities for the restoration, conservation, and management of Onondaga Lake, New York, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Duty First Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The congress finds the following:
(1) The 1st Infantry Division was constituted on May 24,
1917, and is the first and oldest permanently established
combat division of the United States Ar... | Duty First Act This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to issue up to 20,000 $5 gold coins, 100,000 $1 silver coins, and 200,000 half-dollar clad coins, emblematic of the 100-year anniversary of the 1st Infantry Division. All surcharges received by Treasury from the sale of such coins shall be paid to the Soc... | Duty First Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Workplace Fairness Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED.
A covered entity shall not subject an individual to different
standards or treatment on any basis other than factors pertaining to
job performance in connection with employment or emp... | Workplace Fairness Act of 1997 - Prohibits employment discrimination on any basis other than job performance by covered entities, including entities covered under specified employment discrimination prohibitions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as well as employing authorities to which specified provisions of the Gover... | Workplace Fairness Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. INCREASE IN DEPOSIT INSURANCE COVERAGE.
(a) In General.--Section 11(a)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Act (12 U.S.C. 1821(a)(1)) is amended--
(1) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the
following new subparagraph:
``(B) Net amount of insured deposit.... | Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to increase the standard maximum amount of deposit insurance from $100,000 to: (1) $500,000, at the option of the insured depository institution; and (2) $250,000 or $500,000 for eligible retirement accounts, at the institution's option. Requires an annual inflation adjustment.
... | To reform the Federal Deposit Insurance System, and for other purposes. |
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