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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Homeland Security Gun Safety Act of
2003''.
SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS DURING PERIODS
OF HEIGHTENED THREAT CONDITION.
Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (s)... | Homeland Security Gun Safety Act of 2003 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to make certain requirements with respect to the destruction of records of firearms transfers inapplicable during periods in which the Homeland Security Advisory System threat condition is elevated, high, or severe.Prohibits a l... | A bill to enhance the security and safety of the Nation by increasing the time allowed to track terrorists during periods of elevated alert, closing loopholes that have allowed terrorists to acquire firearms, maintaining records of certain handgun transfers during periods of heightened terrorist risk, and for other pur... |
SECTION 1. STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN FURNACES.
Section 325(f)(4) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42
U.S.C. 6295(f)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(E) Restriction on final rule for residential
non-weatherized gas furnaces and mobile home
... | This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit the Department of Energy (DOE) from prescribing a final rule amending the efficiency standards for residential non-weatherized gas furnaces or mobile home furnaces until each of the following has occurred: DOE convenes a representative advisory group... | A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing a final rule amending the efficiency standards for residential non-weatherized gas furnaces or mobile home furnaces until an analysis has been completed, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Private Mortgage Insurance Consumer
Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION OF CANCELLATION RIGHTS FOR PRIVATE MORTGAGE
INSURANCE.
(a) In General.--Chapter 2 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C.
1631 et seq.) is amended by inserting aft... | Private Mortgage Insurance Consumer Protection Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prescribe guidelines under which a creditor must notify a consumer in writing of any cancellation rights with respect to private mortgage insurance if the consumer was required to obtain such insurance as a condition for entering in... | Private Mortgage Insurance Consumer Protection Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Worksite Child Care Development
Center Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT FOR EMPLOYER EXPENSES FOR CHILD CARE
ASSISTANCE.
(a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (r... | Worksite Child Care Development Center Act of 1998 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a limited tax credit for employers who provide child care assistance for dependents of their employees. Terminates such credit for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008. | Worksite Child Care Development Center Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``End Radon in Schools Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Subject to the availability of appropriations to
carry out this Act, not later than 1 year after the date that Federal
funds are first appropriated for this Act, the A... | End Radon in Schools Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review, update, revise, and publish the Radon Measurements In Schools Guidelines with current information and guidance on radon testing in public elementary and secondary schools. Directs the Administrator, subject to t... | End Radon in Schools Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Infectious Disease Hospital Hubs
Act''.
SEC. 2. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND.
Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 243
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 319C-2 the following:
``SEC. 319C-3. T... | Infectious Disease Hospital Hubs Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in an emergency or significant potential emergency which involves a specific infectious disease that requires the isolation and specialized treatment of patients, to award grants to sta... | Infectious Disease Hospital Hubs Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Domestic Employment
Tax Simplification Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN MINIMUM AMOUNT OF CASH REMUNERATION FOR DOMESTIC
SERVICES SUBJECT TO SOCIAL SECURITY EMPLOYMENT TAXES.
(a) Determination of Wages under the Social S... | Social Security Domestic Employment Tax Simplification Act of 1993 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to raise the threshold amount of cash remuneration payable to a domestic employee in any year which is subject to social secur... | Social Security Domestic Employment Tax Simplification Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. NEEDS-BASED BANKRUPTCY.
Title 11 of the United States Code is amended--
(1) in section 101--
(A) by inserting after paragraph (10) the
following:
``(10A) `current monthly total income' means the average
monthly income derived from all... | Amends Federal bankruptcy law to prescribe guidelines for a needs-based bankruptcy system which precludes individuals from filing for complete relief in bankruptcy under chapter 7 (Liquidation) if certain current monthly income is available to pay creditors.
Sets forth formulae for income levels determinative of debto... | To amend title 11 of the United States Code to modify the application of chapter 7 relating to liquidation cases. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``1995 Special Olympics World Games
Commemorative Coin Act''.
SEC. 2. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.
(a) One Dollar Silver Coins.--
(1) Issuance.--The Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in
this Act referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall issu... | 1995 Special Olympics World Games Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue one-dollar silver coins emblematic of the 1995 Special Olympics World Games.
Mandates that the surcharges collected from the sale of such coins be paid to the 1995 Special Olympics World Games Organizing Committee... | 1995 Special Olympics World Games Commemorative Coin Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Helping to
Encourage Real Opportunity for Veterans Transitioning from Battlespace
to Workplace Act of 2014'' or the ``HERO Transition from Battlespace to
Workplace Act of 2014''.
(b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
... | Helping to Encourage Real Opportunity for Veterans Transitioning from Battlespace to Workplace Act of 2014 or the HERO Transition from Battlespace to Workplace Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business-related tax credit for $1,000 times the number of veterans (not more than 25 in a t... | HERO Transition from Battlespace to Workplace Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sunset Inefficient and Unaccountable
Government Act''.
SEC. 2. ABOLISHMENT OF AGENCIES.
(a) In General.--Each agency listed in subsection (c) shall be
abolished on the date set forth in subsection (c), unless a Federal law
disapproving of the abolishm... | Sunset Inefficient and Unaccountable Government Act This bill requires the abolishment of the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Labor, the Interior, the Treasury, Veterans Affairs, and Transportation on specified dates of between 2 years a... | Sunset Inefficient and Unaccountable Government Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Advancement of
Geriatric Education Act of 2001''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Disregard of certain geriatric residents and ... | Advancement of Geriatric Education Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to payment to hospitals for inpatient hospital services to: (1) provide that, with respect to specified cost reporting periods, in applying the limitations regarding the total number of full-time... | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act and title Vll of the Public Health Service Act to expand medical residency training programs in geriatrics, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act
of 2013''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) There is a unique Federal legal and political
relationship between the United States and Indian tribes.
(2) Indian t... | Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to include Indian tribal governments in an annual allocation of a national tax-exempt bond volume cap. Repeals the condition limiting an Indian tribal government's eligibility to issue tax-exempt bonds or to be exempt from specified e... | Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Beneficiary Protection Act
of 2008''.
SEC. 2. MEDICARE PLAN COMPLAINT SYSTEM.
(a) System.--Section 1808 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395b-9) is amended--
(1) in subsection (c)(2)--
(A) in subparagraph ... | Medicare Beneficiary Protection Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and maintain a Medicare plan complaint system.
Requires non-network Medicare Advantage private fee-for-service plans to disclose providers that refuse t... | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to enhance beneficiary protections under parts C and D of the Medicare program. |
SECTION 1. RECLAMATION FEE.
(a) Rates.--Section 402(a) of the Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(a)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``35 cents per ton'' and inserting ``28
cents per ton'';
(2) by striking ``15 cents per ton'' and inserting ``12
... | Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to reduce reclamation fees required to be paid by operators of coal mining operations.
Revises the statutory formula under which the Secretary of the Interior is required to transfer funds from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund to: (1) United Mine Workers... | A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to reduce the amounts of reclamation fees, to modify requirements relating to transfers from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Gila River Indian Community--
Phelps Dodge Corporation Water Rights Settlement Act of 1999'' and is
herein referred to as ``this Act''.
SEC. 2. CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY.
The Constitutional authority upon which this Act rests is the power
of Congress ... | Gila River Indian Community-Phelps Dodge Corporation Water Rights Settlement Act of 1999 - Ratifies, approves, and confirms the May 4, 1998, settlement agreement among Phelps Dodge Corporation, the Gila River Indian Community, and the United States (agreement). Directs the Secretary of the Interior or his lawful desig... | Gila River Indian Community-Phelps Dodge Corporation Water Rights Settlement Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Play Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) June 23, 1997, marks the 25th anniversary of the
signing of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20
U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) into law, and on... | Fair Play Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require: (1) each institution of higher education to provide the Secretary of Education with information regarding men's and women's athletic programs; and (2) the Secretary to prepare a report based on such information, which shall be made available on the Int... | Fair Play Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Utah Recreational Lands Exchange
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds and declares that--
(1) Areas surrounding the Colorado River in Grand County,
Utah, Dinosaur National Monument in Uintah County, Ut... | Utah Recreational Lands Exchange Act - Directs the State of Utah to convey to the United States specified Utah State school trust lands located in the Colorado River Corridor of Grand County, in the vicinity of Dinosaur National Monument in Uintah County, and in the Book Cliffs area of Uintah County, Utah. Requires the... | To authorize and direct the exchange of lands in Grand and Uintah Counties, Utah, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Unemployment Benefits
Extension Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROVISIONS.
(a) In General.--(1) Section 4007 of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is
amended--
... | Emergency Unemployment Benefits Extension Act of 2010 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal-state agreement under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) ... | A bill to extend emergency unemployment benefits without adding to the Federal budget deficit, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Public Good IRA Rollover Act of
2007''.
SEC. 2. TAX-FREE DISTRIBUTIONS FROM INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS FOR
CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (8) of section 408(d) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to tax tr... | Public Good IRA Rollover Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income distributions from individual retirement accounts for certain charitable purposes. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes. |
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF VOTING ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE ELDERLY AND
HANDICAPPED ACT.
(a) Purpose.--Section 2 of the Voting Accessibility for the Elderly
and Handicapped Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ee) is amended by--
(1) striking ``It'' and inserting ``(a) It''; and
(2) adding at the en... | Makes amendments to such Act regarding the accessibility of polling places and registration facilities and services, enforcement, and the relationship of such Act with other laws (providing that nothing in this Act shall be construed to invalidate or limit the laws of any State or political subdivision that provide gre... | A bill to amend the Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act to ensure the equal right of individuals with disabilities to vote, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Greater Accountability in the
Lending Fund Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. REPAYMENT DEADLINE UNDER THE SMALL BUSINESS LENDING FUND
PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Section 4103(d)(5)(H) of the Small Business Jobs
Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 4741 note) is am... | Greater Accountability in the Lending Fund Act of 2011 - Amends the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 relating to the Small Business Lending Fund Program to: (1) remove a requirement that the capital investment received by an eligible small business under the Program be evidenced by stock or other financial instrument th... | A bill to provide greater accountability in the Small Business Lending Fund. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pay Our Protectors Not Our
Politicians Act of 2018''.
SEC. 2. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND
EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
(a) In General.--There are hereby appropriated for fiscal year
... | Pay Our Protectors Not Our Politicians Act of 2018 This bill provides FY2018 appropriations for military pay during any period in which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2018 are not in effect. The appropriations provided by this bill are available until the earlier of: (1) the enactment into law of specified... | Pay Our Protectors Not Our Politicians Act of 2018 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Council on Integration of Health
Care Education Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Behavioral health provider.--The term ``behavioral
health provider''--
(A) means an individual who provides cli... | Council on Integration of Health Care Education Act of 2010 - Establishes the Council on Integration of Health Care Education in the Office of the Secretary in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop recommendations for the purpose of strengthening the capacity of health care professionals and beha... | To establish a Council on Integration of Health Care Education, to provide for implementation of the recommendations of the Council, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Ag Science Center Act of
2007''.
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL AG SCIENCE CENTER IN STANISLAUS COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the State of California is a preeminent producer of
... | National Ag Science Center Act of 2007 - Designates the facility under development by the Stanislaus Ag Center Foundation in Stanislaus county, California, as the "National Ag Science Center." | A bill to designate the facility under development by the Stanislaus Ag Center Foundation, in Stanislaus County, California, as the National Ag Science Center. |
SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT OF POLICY.
It is the sense of the Congress that the President should make
freedom of religion one of the major objectives of United States
foreign policy with respect to China. As part of this policy, the
Department of State should raise in every relevant bilateral and
multil... | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should make freedom of religion one of the major objectives of U.S. foreign policy with respect to China. Prohibits the use of funds made available to the Department of State, the United States Information Agency, and the United States Agency for International Deve... | To prohibit the use of United States funds to provide for the participation of certain Chinese officials in international conferences, programs, and activities and to provide that certain Chinese officials shall be ineligible to receive visas and excluded from admission to the United States. |
SECTION 1. SURVIVOR ANNUITY FOR CERTAIN EX-SPOUSES OF CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY EMPLOYEES.
(a) Survivor Annuity.--
(1) Entitlement of former wife or husband.--Any person who
was divorced on or before December 4, 1991, from a participant
or retired participant in the C... | Entitles to a survivor annuity a former spouse who was divorced on or before December 4, 1991, from a participant in the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System (CIARDS) and who was married to that participant for not less than ten years during such participant's creditable service, at least five y... | To provide for the payment of retirement and survivor annuities to, and to improve access to health insurance for, certain ex-spouses of employees of the Central Intelligence Agency. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Commercial Revitalization Tax Act of
1999''.
SEC. 2. COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION TAX CREDIT.
(a) Allowance of Credit.--Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (relating to investment credit) is amended by striking ``and''
at the end of paragraph... | Imposes a State ceiling on the availability of the credit. | Commercial Revitalization Tax Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Drinking Water Act Improved
Compliance Awareness Act''.
SEC. 2. ENFORCEMENT OF DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS.
Section 1414(c) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g-
3(c)) is amended--
(1) in the header, by inserting ``States, the ... | Safe Drinking Water Act Improved Compliance Awareness Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require public water systems to notify their customers when a lead action level under national drinking water regulations is exceeded in more than 10% of customer taps sampled. (An action level is a level ... | Safe Drinking Water Act Improved Compliance Awareness Act |
SECTION 1. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.
In this Act, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives.
TITLE I--TRANSFER OF EXCESS U... | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on December 4, 2014. Title I: Transfer of Excess United States Naval Vessels - Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2013 - (Sec. 102) Authorizes the President to transfer on a grant basis to Mexico, the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class guided missile frigates CURTS... | A bill to provide for the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign recipients, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Disclosure; and Encouragement of
Verification, Innovation, Cleaning, and Efficiency Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR DESIGN AND REPROCESSING INSTRUCTION
CHANGES.
(a) Adulteration.--Section 501 of the Federal Food, Drug, an... | Disclosure; and Encouragement of Verification, Innovation, Cleaning, and Efficiency Act of 2016 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act by requiring a manufacturer of a medical device to give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) premarket notification of changes to the design or reprocessing instruc... | Disclosure; and Encouragement of Verification, Innovation, Cleaning, and Efficiency Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. EARNED IMPORT ALLOWANCE PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Title IV of the Dominican Republic-Central
America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Public
Law 109-53; 119 Stat. 495) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``SEC. 404. EARNED IMPORT ALLOWANCE PROGRAM.
``(a) Prefere... | Amends the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish an earned import allowance program, which shall provide earned import allowance certificates to any producer or entity controlling production of eligible apparel articles ... | To establish an earned import allowance program under Public Law 109-53, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Assistant United States Attorney
Retirement Benefit Equity Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. RETIREMENT TREATMENT OF ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS.
(a) Civil Service Retirement System.--
(1) Assistant united states attorney defined.--Section 8331
... | Assistant United States Attorney Retirement Benefit Equity Act of 2005 - Grants an assistant United States attorney the same civil service retirement benefits as a law enforcement officer, except as specified.
Includes within the definition of "assistant United States attorney" any other attorney employed by the Depar... | A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide to assistant United States attorneys the same retirement benefits as are afforded to Federal law enforcement officers. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bilingual Education and
Technological Advancement Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR BILINGUAL EDUCATION.
(a) Grants Authorized.--Subject to the availability of
appropriations, the Secretary of Education may award grants, on a
com... | (Sec. 3) Authorizes the Secretary to make competitive grants to LEAs to provide financial assistance to elementary and secondary schools for obtaining computers. Requires such grants to be awarded to any applicant LEA that serves elementary or secondary schools in which, cumulatively, a majority of the students are fro... | Bilingual Education and Technological Advancement Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance
Enhancement Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. REPEALER.
Effective as of August 31, 2005, section 1012 of division A of the
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War
on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2... | Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Enhancement Act of 2005 - Repeals, as of August 31, 2005, section 1012 of Division A of P.L. 109-13 which increased the maximum amount of coverage under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) program to $400,000 and, for members serving in certain areas or operations, allow... | To amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Undocumented Alien Emergency Medical
Assistance Amendments of 2004''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The provision of medical care by public or private
health care providers to undocumented aliens is appropriate... | Undocumented Alien Emergency Medical Assistance Amendments of 2004 - Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to: (1) prohibit Federal reimbursement of hospital-provided emergency and certain transportation services to undocumented aliens unless the hospital provides the Secreta... | To amend section 1011 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to impose conditions on Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Florida National Forest Land
Adjustment Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. RELEASE OF DEED RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN LANDS ACQUIRED UNDER
THE BANKHEAD-JONES FARM TENANT ACT IN FLORIDA.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Certai... | Florida National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2010 - (Sec. 2) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to release, convey, and quitclaim to the state of Florida, without monetary consideration, all interest of the United States in and to those lands within or adjacent to the Blackwater River and Withlacoochee State... | To release Federal reversionary interests retained on certain lands acquired in the State of Florida under the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, to authorize the interchange of National Forest System land and State land in Florida, to authorize an additional conveyance under the Florida National Forest Land Management Ac... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of
2010''.
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLICY CONCERNING HOMOSEXUALITY IN THE
ARMED FORCES.
(a) Comprehensive Review on the Implementation of a Repeal of 10
U.S.C. 654.--
(1) In general.--On... | Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 - Provides for repeal of the current Department of Defense (DOD) policy concerning homosexuality in the Armed Forces, to be effective 60 days after the Secretary of Defense has received DOD's comprehensive review on the implementation of such repeal, and the President, Secretary... | A bill to provide for the repeal of the Department of Defense policy concerning homosexuality in the Armed Forces known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Prevention of Frivolous Ethanol
Lawsuits Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Ethanol is currently widely distributed in commerce for
general use in all conventional gasoline-powered onroad and
... | Prevention of Frivolous Ethanol Lawsuits Act of 2010 - Immunizes a covered entity from suit and liability under federal and state law with respect to all claims for personal or property loss resulting from, or being aggravated by, the use of any renewable fuel containing ethanol in concentrations greater than 10% to op... | To provide targeted liability protections for claims based on damages resulting from, or aggravated by, the inclusion of ethanol in certain fuel, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Junior College for Deaf and
Blind at the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds as follows:
(1) The United States has low rates of college completion
by high school graduates who are de... | National Junior College for Deaf and Blind at the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind Act - Amends the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 to direct the Secretary of Education to enter into an agreement with the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind for the establishment and operation of the National Junior College for D... | A bill to amend the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 to authorize the Secretary of Education to establish the National Junior College for Deaf and Blind at the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) It is in the national interest that all citizens,
including active-duty service members, be allowed to vote in
Federal elections.
(2) Since 1977, active-duty service members serving
overseas or on the United S... | Declares that it is necessary to state that the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act supersedes American Samoa law and American Samoa must comply with it.Requires a primary election to be held in American Samoa on the first Tuesday of August of any general election year when three or more eligible indivi... | To provide that American Samoa hold a primary election when more than 2 eligible individuals file for candidacy to be elected to the office of Delegate representing American Samoa in the United States House of Representatives, and to provide that active duty members of the military be able to fully pariticipate in Fede... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Timber Management Improvement Act of
1993''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Under the timber management policy of nondeclining even
flow, articulated in section 13(a) of the Forest and Rangeland... | Timber Management Improvement Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior, acting through the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, respectively, to prepare a report displaying the yields and costs (financial and environmental) of timber management investment opportunities for F... | Timber Management Improvement Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Investment
Competitiveness Act of 1999''.
(b) Amendment of 1986 Code.--Whenever in this Act an amendment or
repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a
section or other provision, the reference shall be considered ... | Revises provisions concerning: (1) the estate tax treatment of stock in certain regulated investment companies owned by a nonresident; and (2) the distribution of U.S. property by a qualified investment entity (currently, a real estate investment trust). | Investment Competitiveness Act of 1999 |
SECTION. 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``All-Terrain
Vehicle Standards and Compliance Act of 2007''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Adoption of ANSI ATV standard as ... | All-Terrain Vehicle Standards and Compliance Act of 2007 - Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to issue a consumer product safety standard for all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) that is, subject to exception, identical to a specified publication by the American National Standards Institute/Specialty Vehicle... | A bill to assure compliance with basic standards for all-terrain vehicles in the United States, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Local and Municipal Health Care
Choice Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. COOPERATIVE GOVERNING OF PUBLIC ENTITY GROUP HEALTH COVERAGE.
Title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg et
seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating the section... | Local and Municipal Health Care Choice Act of 2015 Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize a local government in a secondary state to provide group health coverage to its officers, employees, or retirees (and their dependents) through a local government employee health benefits pool or program authorized unde... | Local and Municipal Health Care Choice Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Financial Literacy Act of
2009''.
SEC. 2. FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMS.
Section 804 of the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (12 U.S.C.
2903) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(d) Direct Support for Financial ... | National Financial Literacy Act of 2009 - Amends the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to require federal financial supervisory agencies jointly to prescribe regulations establishing: (1) minimum standards to be met by a community-based financial literacy program in order to be eligible for consideration as a qualifie... | To provide incentives to encourage financial institutions and small businesses to provide continuing financial education to customers, borrowers, and employees, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Reform Americans Can Afford Act of
2010''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (referred
to in this section as the ``CBO'') predicts that health
insurance premiums... | Reform Americans Can Afford Act of 2010 - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of their enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Acts.
Enacts the Common Sense Health Care Reform and Affordability Act (H.R. 4038), ... | To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and enact the Common Sense Health Care Reform and Affordability Act. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Office of Correctional Public Health
Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDING.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Approximately 2.1 million people are incarcerated in
the United States.
(2) The number of inmates held in Federal, S... | Office of Correctional Public Health Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Office of Correctional Public Health (OCPH) within the Office of Public Health and Science. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of OCPH, to carry out public health activi... | To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of Correctional Public Health. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Coordinate to Educate Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Growing numbers of children live in an environment of
social and economic conditions that greatly increase thei... | Coordinate to Educate Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies to develop and implement coordinated services programs.
Requires special consideration to be given to: (1) geographic distribution of awards, including urban, suburban, and rural districts; (2) districts wit... | Coordinate to Educate Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Affordable Housing Credit
Improvement Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. INCREASES IN STATE ALLOCATIONS.
(a) Phase-In of Increases.--
(1) In general.--Clause (ii) of section 42(h)(3)(C) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
... | Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the low-income housing tax credit, to: (1) expand the credit by increasing the state housing credit ceiling, (2) modify the cost-of-living adjustment required for the state housing credit ceiling, (3) establis... | Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) According to the most recent United States Census,
employer-based health insurance is the largest source of health
insurance coverage in the United States. Of those employed, 70
percent re... | This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to eliminate the funding mechanism for the transitional reinsurance program. Currently, issuers of individual, group, and self-funded plans are required to pay a fee in 2014, 2015, and 2016 to fund the three-year transitional reinsurance program. Under the... | To amend section 1341 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal the funding mechanism for the transitional reinsurance program in the individual market, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Multifamily Housing Energy
Efficiency Improvement Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. STUDY OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENERGY SAVINGS IMPROVEMENTS AND
MORTGAGE PERFORMANCE.
(a) Study.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, ... | Multifamily Housing Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2014 - Requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to analyze and report on the relationship between energy savings improvements to homes and buildings, utility and energy expenses, and mortgage performance. Directs HUD to make the results of t... | Multifamily Housing Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Northern Border States Council
Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNCIL.
(a) Establishment.--There is established a council to be known as
the Northern Border States-Canada Trade Council (hereafter in this Act
referred to as the ``Council'').
(b) M... | Northern Border States Council Act - Establishes the Northern Border States-Canada Trade Council.
Sets forth the duties of the Council, including: (1) advising the President, the Congress, the United States Trade Representative, the Secretary of Commerce, and other appropriate Federal and State officials with respect... | Northern Border States Council Act |
SECTION 1. UNITED STATES PENSION PLANS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States and the international community face
no greater threat to their security than the prospect of rogue
regimes who support international terrorism obtaining weapons
of mass... | Directs the President to ensure publication in the Federal Register of all U.S. and foreign entities that have invested more than $20 million in Iran's energy sector between August 5, 1996, and the date of such publication.
Requires such list to include an itemization of individual investments of each such entity.
Ex... | To encourage divestiture of current investments in Iran and discourage future investments in Iran and to require disclosure to investors of information relating to such investments. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Jerusalem Embassy Relocation
Implementation Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Each sovereign nation, under international law and
custom, may designate its own capital.
(2) Si... | Jerusalem Embassy Relocation Implementation Act of 1995 - Declares it is U.S. policy that: (1) Jerusalem should be recognized as the capital of the State of Israel; and (2) construction of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem should begin no later than December 31, 1996, and officially open no later than May 31, 1999.
State... | Jerusalem Embassy Relocation Implementation Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Acquisition Workforce Improvement
Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. GOVERNMENT-WIDE ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT FELLOWS PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment of Program.--
(1) In general.--The Office of Federal Procurement Policy
Act (41 U.S.C. 403 et seq.) i... | Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to direct the Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) to establish a government-wide acquisition management fellows program for the purpose of investing in the long-term improvement and sustained... | A bill to improve the acquisition workforce through the establishment of an acquisition management fellows program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Solicitation Enhancement Act of
1993''.
SEC. 2. SOLICITATION EVALUATION AND AWARD.
(a) Solicitation Requirements.--Section 303A of the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253a) is
amended--
(1) in subsection... | Solicitation Enhancement Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to revise solicitation, evaluation, and award procedures for public contracts.
Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to pay for non-Federal employees to evaluate or analyze proposals submitted for an acquisitio... | Solicitation Enhancement Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Demanding Accountability for
Veterans Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. SCORING OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by
reference to the latest sta... | Demanding Accountability for Veterans Act of 2014 - (Sec. 3) Requires the Inspector General (IG) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), upon determining that the VA Secretary has not appropriately responded to an IG report that recommends actions to be taken by the Secretary to address a VA public health or safety... | Demanding Accountability for Veterans Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Women Vietnam
Veterans' Children's Birth Defects Benefits Act.''
(b) References to Title 38, United States Code.--Except as
otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or
... | Directs the Secretary to pay a monthly allowance, based on the degree of disability, to any child of a woman Vietnam veteran who suffers from a disability resulting from a covered birth defect which results in permanent impairment of a physical or mental function. Prohibits such allowance from affecting the right to re... | Women Vietnam Veterans' Children's Birth Defects Benefits Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Eliminating Disparities in Diabetes
Prevention, Access, and Care Act of 2015''.
TITLE I--NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
SEC. 101. RESEARCH, TREATMENT, AND EDUCATION.
(a) In General.--Subpart 3 of part C of title IV of the Public
Health... | Eliminating Disparities in Diabetes Prevention, Access, and Care Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institutes of Health to: (1) expand, intensify, and support activities regarding prediabetes and diabetes, particularly type 2, in minority populations; (2) award grants fo... | Eliminating Disparities in Diabetes Prevention, Access, and Care Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Torture Survivors Relief Act of
1998''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The American people abhor torture by any government or
person. The existence of torture creates a climate of fear and
inte... | Torture Survivors Relief Act of 1998 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to provide grants to treatment centers and programs in foreign countries carrying out projects or activities specifically designed to treat and rehabilitate victims of torture for the physical and psychological e... | Torture Survivors Relief Act of 1998 |
That except as
otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment is
expressed in terms of an amendment to a section or other provision, the
reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other
provision of title 38, United States Code.
Section 1. Short Title.--This Act may be cited as th... | Department of Veterans Affairs Employment Reduction Assistance Act of 1996 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget a plan to pay voluntary separation incentives to employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Provides for the determination and... | Department of Veterans Affairs Employment Reduction Assistance Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional Pension Limitation and
Reform Act''.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION RELATING TO THE NUMBER OF YEARS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS
MAY PARTICIPATE IN A RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
(a) Provisions Relating to FERS.--
(1) In general.--Chapter 84 ... | Congressional Pension Limitation and Reform Act - Amends Federal civil service law to limit to 12 years (with certain exceptions) the number of years that a Member of Congress may participate in either the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees' Retirement System.
Prohibits an individual or his or he... | Congressional Pension Limitation and Reform Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Multiemployer Pension Plan
Procedural Fairness Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.
(a) In General.--Section 414(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (2) and insert... | Multiemployer Pension Plan Procedural Fairness Act of 2003 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions concerning the common control rules for multiemployer pension plans to establish special rules with respect to any transaction made to evade or avoid liability, and made five years or more before the date of the complet... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide procedural fairness in the application of the controlled group provisions to employers who contribute to multiemployer pension plans and who engage in bona fide corporate transactions. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as ``The Genomes to Life Research and
Development Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The Department of Energy's Genomes to Life initiative
involves the emerging fields of systems biology and proteomics,
w... | The Genomes to Life Research and Development Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to implement a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application, to be known as the Genomes to Life Program, in systems biology and proteomics (the determination of the structure, function, and expression of pr... | A bill to authorize funding for Genomes to Life Research and Development at the Department of Energy for fiscal years 2004 through 2008. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``NIST Grants for Energy Efficiency,
New Job Opportunities, and Business Solutions Act of 2010'' or the
``NIST GREEN JOBS Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Over its 20-year existence, the Hollings Manufacturin... | NIST Grants for Energy Efficiency, New Job Opportunities, and Business Solutions Act of 2010 or the NIST GREEN JOBS Act of 2010 - Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to require the themes under the competitive grant program within the Regional Centers for the Transfer of Manufacturing Technolo... | A bill to create jobs, increase energy efficiency, and promote technology transfer, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Employment and Transition
Services Act''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ON EQUITABLE RELIEF CASES.
Section 503(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``December 31, 2004'' and inserting ``December 31, 2009''.
... | Veterans Employment and Transition Services Act - Extends through 2009 (currently, 2004) a requirement for annual reports from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Congress on equitable relief provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to veterans and their dependents following a loss of benefits because of Departm... | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the requirement for reports from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on the disposition of cases recommended to the Secretary for equitable relief due to administrative error and to provide improved benefits and procedures for the transition of member of the Armed F... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of
2013''.
SEC. 2. FIREARMS TRAFFICKING.
(a) In General.--Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 932. Trafficking in firearms
``(a) Offenses.--It shall be unl... | Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit: (1) transferring two or more firearms to, or receiving two or more firearms from, a person in interstate or foreign commerce knowing or with the reasonable belief that such transfer, possession, or receipt of a firearm would violate ... | Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Expedited Remedy for Persistent
Dumping Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. EXPEDITED REMEDY WHERE PERSISTENT DUMPING IS PRESENT.
Section 732(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1673a(a)(2))
is amended--
(1) by striking subparagraph (A) and inser... | Expedited Remedy for Persistent Dumping Act of 2001 - Revises federal tariff law provisions concerning monitoring cases of suspected persistent dumping to: (1) provide for an expedited antidumping investigation of merchandise from an additional supplier country if the Commerce Department discerns imports of merchandise... | To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for an expedited antidumping investigation when imports increase materially from new suppliers after an antidumping order has been issued, and to amend the provision relating to adjustments to export price and constructed export price. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) According to the University of North Carolina's Center
for Health Services Research, 55 rural hospitals have closed in
the Unite... | Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital Act This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to designate as a rural emergency hospital any facility that as of December 31, 2014, was: a critical access hospital (CAH) or a hospital with at most 50 beds located in a county in a rural area or treated as l... | Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital Act |
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 ... | Strengthen AmeriCorps Program Act - Revises the manner in which the Corporation for National and Community Service approves, and records obligations relating to, national service positions under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973. | 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 ``Youth Access to Sexual Health
Services Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS TO SUPPORT THE ACCESS OF MARGINALIZED
YOUTH TO SEXUAL HEALTH SERVICES.
(a) Grants.--The Secretary may award grants on a competitive basis
to eligible e... | Youth Access to Sexual Health Services Act of 2016 This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to support the access of marginalized youth to sexual health services such as sexual health education and contraception. Marginalized youth are disadvantaged individuals under the age of 2... | Youth Access to Sexual Health Services Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. FINANCIAL LITERACY COUNSELING.
Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092) is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(n) Financial Literacy Counseling.--
``(1) In general.--Each eligible institution shall, through
financial aid offices... | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) to provide at least four hours of financial literacy counseling to each student borrower: (1) under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program, at or prior to their receipt of such loan; and (2) under the FFEL, Direct Loan,... | To require financial literacy counseling for borrowers, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Iran Diplomatic Accountability Act
of 2008''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) On December 3, 2007, the National Intelligence
Estimate, representing the consensus view of 16 intelligence
agencies, conclud... | Iran Diplomatic Accountability Act of 2008 - Directs: (1) the President to appoint a high-level U.S. representative or special envoy for Iran for the purpose of easing tensions and normalizing relations between the United States and Iran; and (2) the Secretary of State to establish a Department of State office to suppo... | To provide for the appointment of a high-level United States representative or special envoy for Iran for the purpose of easing tensions and normalizing relations between the United States and Iran. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat
Conservation and Restoration Act of 2018''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Covered vegetation management activity.--
(A) In general.--The term ``covered vegetation
... | Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Interior to categorically exclude vegetative management activities that establish or improve habitat for greater sage-grouse and mule deer from environmental review requirements under the National Environmenta... | Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Mental Health
Accessibility Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. EXPANDING THE MEDICAID HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES WAIVER
TO INCLUDE YOUTH IN NEED OF SERVICES PROVIDED IN A
PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY.
(a... | Children's Mental Health Accessibility Act of 2012 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to: (1) expand the Medicaid home and community-based services waiver to include youth in need of services provided in a psychiatric residential treatment facility; (2) limit, under the waiver, the total number of... | A bill to expand the Medicaid home and community-based services waiver to include young individuals who are in need of services that would otherwise be required to be provided through a psychiatric residential treatment facility, and to change references in Federal law to mental retardation to references to an intellec... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Responsive and Efficient Appeals
Courts for Heroes Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. CLASS ACTIONS BEFORE COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS.
(a) Authority for Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims To Hear
Class Actions.--Subchapter II of chapter 72 of title 38,... | Responsive and Efficient Appeals Courts for Heroes Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, acting as a panel or en banc, to hear class action appeals in accordance with specified procedures. Allows one or more appellants to bring such a class action as the representative party on behalf of al... | Responsive and Efficient Appeals Courts for Heroes Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Broadband Deployment
Streamlining Act''.
SEC. 2. STREAMLINING THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND THE FOREST
SERVICE PROCESS FOR BROADBAND FACILITY LOCATION
APPLICATIONS.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
... | Rural Broadband Deployment Streamlining Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior, for public lands, and the Department of Agriculture, for National Forest System lands, to issue regulations to: (1) streamline the process for the consideration of applications to locate or modify broadband facilities on such ... | Rural Broadband Deployment Streamlining Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Los Padres National Forest Land
Exchange Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE, LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST, CALIFORNIA.
(a) Exchange Authorized.--
(1) In general.--If the United Water Conservation District
of California (in this sec... | Los Padres National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2003 - Authorizes an exchange of approximately 340 acres held by the United Water Conservation District of California and approximately 420 acres of National Forest System lands. Allows the Secretary of Agriculture to reserve easements in the conveyance of National Forest... | To provide for an exchange of lands with the United Water Conservation District of California to eliminate private inholdings in the Los Padres National Forest, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. RESTORATION OF LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM FOR DEFENSE DEPENDENT
SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESS CONCERNS.
(a) DELTA Loan Guarantee Program.--(1) Chapter 148 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by inserting before section 2525 the
following new section:
``Sec. 2524. Loan guarantees f... | Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to support through the provision of loan guarantees programs sponsored by the Federal Government, regional entities, State and local governments, private entities, and nonprofit organizations that assist small and medium-sized businesses that are economically dependent on defense exp... | To amend title 10, United States Code, to restore the Department of Defense loan guarantee program for small and medium-sized business concerns that are economically dependent on defense expenditures. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``EHR Regulatory Relief Act''.
SEC. 2. 90-DAY EHR REPORTING PERIOD FOR DETERMINATION OF WHETHER AN
ELIGIBLE PROFESSIONAL OR ELIGIBLE HOSPITAL IS A
MEANINGFUL EHR USER.
(a) For an Eligible Professional for the 2016 EHR Reportin... | EHR Regulatory Relief Act This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: establish a 90-day reporting period with respect to determining whether an eligible professional or hospital is a meaningful electronic health record (EHR) user, allow the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS... | EHR Regulatory Relief Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Prevention and Recovery of Missing
Children Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) An improved registration system for sex offenders and
others who commit predatory acts against children will provide
... | Prevention and Recovery of Missing Children Act of 2002 - Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require each State reporting on missing children to: (1) ensure that no law enforcement agency within the State establishes or maintains any policy that requires the removal of an entry from its State law enforcement syste... | A bill to assist law enforcement in their efforts to recover missing children and to clarify the standards for State sex offender registration programs. |
SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF POLICY.
(a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The People's Liberation Army is the principal
instrument of repression within the People's Republic of China,
responsible for occupying Tibet since 1950, massacri... | Directs the Secretary of Defense to compile and publish in the Federal Register a list of Communist Chinese military companies that are operating directly or indirectly in the United States or its territories and possessions.
Prohibits the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to goo... | To ensure that commercial activities of the People's Liberation Army of China or any Communist Chinese military company are not extended normal tariff treatment by the United States or treated as normal commercial intercourse with the United States. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Increasing the Safety of
Prescription Drug Use Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING PROGRAM.
(a) Controlled Substance Monitoring Program.--Section 399O of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 243g-3) is amended--
(1) in s... | Increasing the Safety of Prescription Drug Use Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, with respect to state databases for controlled substance monitoring programs, to require the state to: (1) ensure that its database is interoperable with other such programs and electronic health records and provides upda... | Increasing the Safety of Prescription Drug Use Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Preserving Access to Manufactured
Housing Act''.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO DEFINITIONS.
(a) Loan Originator Definition.--Section 1503(4) of the S.A.F.E.
Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5102(4)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A)-... | Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act - Amends the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 to exclude a seller of manufactured homes from the definition of loan originator subject to such Act, unless such individual or entity is engaged in the business of a loan originator or receives compensation or gain for e... | A bill to amend the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 to provide an exception from the definition of loan originator for certain loans made with respect to manufactured homes, to amend the Truth in Lending Act to modify the definition of a high-cost mortgage, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Presidential Allowance Modernization
Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.
(a) Former Presidents.--The first section of the Act entitled ``An
Act to provide retirement, clerical assistants, and free mailing
privileges to former Presidents of the United S... | Presidential Allowance Modernization Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Former Presidents Act of 1958 to to revise provisions governing the compensation provided to a former President. Each former President shall receive from the United States an annuity of $200,000 per year. The General Services Administration ... | Presidential Allowance Modernization Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Tax Compliance Enforcement Act of
1994''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) The term ``person'' includes an individual,
partnership, corporation, association, or public or private
organization.
(2) The term ... | Tax Compliance Enforcement Act of 1994 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a delinquent taxpayer from receiving Federal benefits or from being hired as an officer or employee of the Government of the United States, including the legislative and judicial branches.
Increases certain tax-related criminal fines... | Tax Compliance Enforcement Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Price-Anderson Amendments Act of
2003''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF INDEMNIFICATION AUTHORITY.
(a) Indemnification of Nuclear Regulatory Commission Licensees.--
Section 170 c. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210(c)) is
amended--
(1) ... | Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2003 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to extend from August 1, 2002 to August 1, 2017 the indemnification authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) with respect to certain licensees, Department of Energy (DOE) contractors, and non... | To extend indemnification authority under section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Home Heating Fuels Cost Relief Act
of 2008''.
SEC. 2. REFUNDABLE CREDIT FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS USING HOME HEATING
FUELS.
(a) In General.--Subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating t... | Home Heating Fuels Cost Relief Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income-based refundable tax credit for up to $1,000 ($2,000 in the case of a joint return) of the cost of heating oil, natural gas, and propane to heat a principal residence. Terminates such credit after 2009.
Directs the Secreta... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a refundable tax credit for heating fuels and to create a grant program for States to provide individuals with loans to weatherize their homes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Code Like a Girl Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Growth in the STEM workforce is dominated by new
computing jobs, and the Nation needs to leverage all of its
human capital to meet the demand. T... | Code Like a Girl Act This bill directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to award competitive grants to institutions of higher education, local educational agencies, or nonprofit organizations to accelerate research efforts to increase understanding of the factors that contribute to the willingness or unwillingness... | Code Like a Girl Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``World Trade Center Worker and
Contractor Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. INDEMNIFICATION, LIABILITY LIMITATION, AND FACILITATION OF
INSURANCE PROCUREMENT FOR CONTRACTORS FOR THE RESPONSE TO
THE WORLD TRADE CENTER ATTACKS.
(a) In ... | World Trade Center Worker and Contractor Protection Act - Provides for Federal indemnification and liability protection to contractors or volunteers in connection with their response to the World Trade Center attacks by undertaking rescue and evacuation, recovery of bodies, clean up, environmental remediation, removal ... | To provide indemnification and liability protection to, and facilitate the procurement of insurance for, contractors responding to the World Trade Center attacks. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans' Education, Transition, and
Opportunity Prioritization Plan Act of 2018'' or the ``VET OPP Act of
2018''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF VETERANS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND TRANSITION
ADMINISTRATION.
(a) Veterans Economic Opportunity an... | Veterans' Education, Transition, and Opportunity Prioritization Plan Act of 2018 or the VET OPP Act of 2018 This bill establishes in the Department of Veterans Affairs: (1) the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration to administer economic opportunity assistance programs for veterans and their depen... | Veterans' Education, Transition, and Opportunity Prioritization Plan Act of 2018 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Multinational Species Conservation
Funds Reauthorization Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF AFRICAN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION ACT.
Section 2306(a) of the African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C.
4245(a)) is amended by striking ``2007 through 201... | Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2015 This bill reauthorizes the African Elephant Conservation Act, the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997, the Great Ape Conservation Fund, and the Marine Turtle Conservation Fund through FY2020. This... | Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Job Creation Act''.
SEC. 2. EMPLOYER PAYROLL INCREASE CREDIT.
(a) In General.--Subchapter B of chapter 65 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 6433. EMPLOYER PAYROLL INCRE... | Small Business Job Creation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an employer a credit against payroll tax liability equal to 10% of the increase of such employer's payroll in a calendar quarter over a corresponding quarter in the previous calendar year. Limits the total credit amount available for all quarte... | Small Business Job Creation Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Elementary and Secondary School
Library Media Resources, Training, and Advanced Technology Assistance
Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to improve academic achievement of students by
providing students with... | Directs the Secretary of Education to make such allotments to applicant State educational agencies (SEAs) according to a specified formula. Allows the SEA and the Secretary to reserve specified amounts for certain statewide and national activities, including information dissemination. Requires SEAs to make allocations ... | Elementary and Secondary School Library Media Resources, Training, and Advanced Technology Assistance Act |
SECTION 1. PENALTY-FREE DISTRIBUTIONS FROM CERTAIN RETIREMENT PLANS TO
REPAIR OR REPLACE CERTAIN PROPERTY DAMAGED IN
PRESIDENTIALLY-DECLARED DISASTERS.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 72(t) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to exceptions to 10-percent additiona... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow penalty-free distributions from certain retirement plans to pay for the repair or replacement of qualified disaster-damaged property. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow penalty-free withdrawals from certain retirement plans for the repair or replacement of certain property damaged in a Presidentially-declared disaster. |
SECTION 1. COMPENSATION FOR WORK INJURIES.
Section 8133 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
``(g)(1) This subsection applies in the case of any employee who
has died as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury
sustained in the line of duty as a public s... | Provides that the pay used to compute monthly compensation based on the death of a federal employee who died from personal injury sustained in the line of duty as a public safety officer, or any survivor annuity under such circumstances, shall be determined based on the pay grade or level which is one grade higher than... | To amend chapters 81, 83, and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for enhanced benefits for survivors of Federal public safety officers killed in the line of duty. |
OF ASSENT.
(a) Conditions Prerequisite to Transfer.--To satisfy the conditions
necessary for transfer of the Railroad Grant Lands, Wagon Road Grant
Lands, interspersed federally owned timberlands managed by the Bureau
of Land Management, and related property under section 4, the
resolution of assent by the leg... | O&C Forest Transfer Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, subject to a qualifying legislative resolution of assent from the State of Oregon filed on or before December 31, 1999, to transfer to Oregon specified real property constituting the Oregon and California (O&C) Railroad Grant Lands, the Coos Bay Military... | O&C Forest Transfer Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``21st Century Energy Workforce Act of
2018''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Board.--The term ``Board'' means the 21st Century
Energy Workforce Advisory Board established under section 3(a).
(2) Department.--The te... | 21st Century Energy Workforce Act of 2018 This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a 21st Century Energy Workforce Advisory Board to develop a strategy for the support and development of a skilled energy workforce. Based on the board's recommendations, DOE shall establish a clearinghouse to: maint... | 21st Century Energy Workforce Act of 2018 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Unemployed Worker
Investment Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT.
(a) In General.--Section 51(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended by striking ``December 31, 2014'' and inserting
``December 31, 201... | American Unemployed Worker Investment Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend the work opportunity tax credit through 2017; (2) allow a small business employer (i.e., an employer who employs more than 10 but fewer than 25 full-time employees throughout the taxable year) an increased work o... | American Unemployed Worker Investment Act of 2015 |
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