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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Gold Star Families Equality Act''.
SEC. 2. LAPEL BUTTON FOR NEXT OF KIN OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES.
(a) Service-Wide Adoption of Next of Kin Lapel Button.--Section
1126 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
... | Gold Star Families Equality Act - Requires a lapel button to be designed to identify widows, parents, and next of kin of members of the Armed Forces who die, under circumstances not already prescribed for under existing eligibility standards for a gold star lapel button, while serving on active duty or while assigned t... | Gold Star Families Equality Act |
SECTION. 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Animal Enterprise Protection Act of
1993''.
SEC. 2. FREEDOM OF ACCESS TO ANIMAL ENTERPRISES.
Chapter 13 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at
the end the following:
``Sec. 248. Blocking access to animal enterprises
``(a) Prohibi... | Animal Enterprise Protection Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit and set penalties for intentionally: (1) injuring, intimidating, or interfering with any person by force, threat of force, or physical obstruction because that person is engaging in activities in an animal enterprise; or (2) damagi... | Animal Enterprise Protection Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Notch Fairness Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. NEW GUARANTEED MINIMUM PRIMARY INSURANCE AMOUNT WHERE
ELIGIBILITY ARISES DURING TRANSITIONAL PERIOD.
(a) In General.--Section 215(a) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 415(a)) is amended--
... | Notch Fairness Act of 2003 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to revise the formula for the computation of minimum Old Age Insurance benefits for individuals who reached age 65 in or after 1979, and to whom applies the 15-year transition period for the cha... | A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow workers who attain age 65 after 1981 and before 1992 to chose either lump sum payments over four years totaling $5,000 or an improved benefit computation formula under a new 10-year rule governing the transition to the changes in benefits computation rules en... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Restoration Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is established a commission to be known as the National
Commission on Medicare Reform (referred to in this Act as the
``Commission'').
SEC. 3. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
... | Medicare Restoration Act of 1996 - Establishes the National Commission on Medicare Reform to: (1) review relevant analyses of the current, short-term, and long-term financial condition of the Medicare trust funds; (2) identify problems that threaten their solvency; (3) analyze potential solutions to such problems that... | Medicare Restoration Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Trading With the Communist Chinese
Military Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND POLICY.
(a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The People's Liberation Army is the principal
instrument of repression within the ... | Trading With the Communist Chinese Military Act of 1998 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to compile, publish, and update continuously a list of Communist Chinese military companies owned or controlled by the People's Liberation Army and operating directly or indirectly in the United States or any of its territories a... | Trading With the Communist Chinese Military Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Homeland Security Civil Rights and
Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. MISSION OF DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
Section 101(b)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C.
111(b)(1)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (F... | Homeland Security Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2004 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to include within the primary mission of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that civil rights are not diminished by efforts aimed at securing the homeland.
Requires DHS's Officer for C... | To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify the mission and responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security with respect to the protection of civil rights and civil liberties, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SPECIAL DEPRECIATION ALLOWANCE AND RECOVERY PERIOD FOR
NONCOMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT PROPERTY.
(a) In General.--Section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(o) Special Allowance for Noncommercial Airplanes.--
``(1) Additional... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) increased depreciation of qualified noncommercial aircraft property placed in service in 2010 or 2011; and (2) a three-year recovery period for the depreciation of such property placed in service before 2015. Defines "qualified noncommercial aircraft property" as any aircr... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a special depreciation allowance and recovery period for noncommercial aircraft property. |
SYSTEM.
(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall modify the
Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (as described in Revenue
Procedure 2013-12) to achieve the results specified in the succeeding
subsections of this section and... | Secure Annuities for Employee Retirement Act of 2013 or the SAFE Retirement Act of 2013 - Title I: Public Pension Reform - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for annuity accumulation retirement plans for state and local government employees beginning after 2014. Directs the Comptroller General (GOA) to condu... | SAFE Retirement Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes
Act''.
SEC. 2. PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE UNDER SECRETARIAL DESIGNEE PROGRAM OF
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR TRAUMATIC INJURIES SUFFERED BY
VICTIMS OF TERRORISM.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is th... | Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes Act This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to expand eligibility for its Secretarial Designee Program to include the provision of health care at military treatment facilities for: (1) victims of acts of terror that occur in the United States, and (2) U.S. residents who are ... | Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Home Health Equity Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF AUTOMATIC 15 PERCENT REDUCTION IN HOME HEALTH
PAYMENTS.
(a) In General.--
(1) Contingency reduction.--Section 4603 of the Balanced
Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law... | Provides for: (1) outlier payments to home health agencies (agencies) in spite of applicable per beneficiary payment limits when a provider demonstrates to the Secretary that an individual was furnished appropriate home health services at a reasonable cost that significantly exceeded such applicable per beneficiary lim... | Home Health Equity Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``USDA Year 2000
Compliance Enhancement Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Sec. 3. Purpose and findings.
Sec. 4.... | USDA Year 2000 Compliance Enhancement Act - Establishes the position of Chief Information Officer within the Department of Agriculture. States that such Officer shall: (1) serve as vice-chairperson of the Executive Information Technology Review Board or other Department information-acquisition related body; and (2) de... | USDA Year 2000 Compliance Enhancement Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Economic
Revitalization Tax Act of 2001''.
(b) Amendment of 1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly
provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in
terms of an amendment to, or repeal of,... | Economic Revitalization Tax Act of 2001 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions concerning investment of earnings in U.S. property to set forth a separate rule governing any foreign corporation which is a controlled foreign corporation and is created or organized under the laws of, or engaged in the active conduct of... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an appropriate and permanent tax structure for investments in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the possessions of the United States, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Criminal Alien Deportation and
Native Country Confinement Act of 1994''.
SEC. 2. INCARCERATION OF OR PAYMENT FOR CRIMINAL ALIENS BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
(a) Definition.--In this section, ``criminal alien who has been
convicted of a fe... | Criminal Alien Deportation and Native Country Confinement Act of 1994 - Requires the Federal Government to incarcerate, or to reimburse State and local governments for the cost of incarcerating, specified criminal aliens.
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the expedited deportation or exclusion ... | Criminal Alien Deportation and Native Country Confinement Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO IMPACT AID PROGRAM.
(a) Payments Relating to Federal Acquisition of Real Property.--
Section 8002 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 7702) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``shall be eligible''
and inserting ``is entitled''... | Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to entitle certain local educational agencies (LEAs) to specified payment amounts under Impact Aid programs: (1) relating to Federal acquisition of real property; and (2) for basic support for eligible federally-connected children. (Current law makes such LEAs e... | To amend the impact aid program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve the delivery of payments under the program to local educational agencies. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Improving the Nation's Visitors'
International Travel Experience Act of 2014'' or the ``INVITE Act of
2014''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to create a welcoming experience at United States ports
of entry;
... | Improving the Nation's Visitors' International Travel Experience Act of 2014 or INVITE Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to explore the feasibility of: (1) coordinating the enrollment and interview processes for individuals who are nationals of countries with whic... | INVITE Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This act may be cited as the ``Management and Conflict of Interest
Reform Amendments of 1993''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
(a) Section 202 of the Depository Institution Management Interlocks
Act (12 U.S.C. 3201) is amended--
(1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
... | Management and Conflict of Interest Reform Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Depository Institution Management Interlocks Act to include foreign banks within the administrative and enforcement purview of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Prohibits an outside counsel or outside accountant of a deposit... | Management and Conflict of Interest Reform Amendments of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Breast Cancer Patient Education Act
of 2013''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2013,
about 232,340 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in
A... | Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide for the planning and implementation of an education campaign to inform breast cancer patients anticipating surgery regarding the availability and coverage of breast re... | Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Indian Transportation
Improvement Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the Federal Government has a responsibility to promote
the general welfare of the United States by supporting
interstate,... | American Indian Transportation Improvement Act of 1997 - Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to: (1) extend and increase through FY 2002 the authorization of appropriations for Indian reservation roads under the Federal lands highway program; (2) permit up to three percent of the funds ... | American Indian Transportation Improvement Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF 1986.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Earned Income Tax
Credit Fraud Prevention Act''.
(b) Amendment of 1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly
provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in
terms of an amendment to, or repeal of... | Earned Income Tax Credit Fraud Prevention Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to define "eligible individual," for earned income credit (EIC) provisions, to exclude any individual who does not include on their return their taxpayer identification number (TIN) and, if married, the TIN of their spouse. Adds to the de... | Earned Income Tax Credit Fraud Prevention Act |
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Sets forth provisions regar... | Sterling Forest Protection Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bonus Depreciation and Small
Business Expense Extension Act''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF BONUS DEPRECIATION; TEMPORARY 100 PERCENT
EXPENSING FOR CERTAIN BUSINESS ASSETS.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 168(k) of the Internal
Revenue... | Bonus Depreciation and Small Business Expense Extension Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend for one year: (1) bonus depreciation; (2) the 100% expensing allowance for depreciable business assets; (3) the election to accelerate the alternative minimum tax (AMT) credit in lieu of bonus depreciation; and (4) ... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for 1 year the allowance for bonus depreciation and the increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Regional Investments for National
Growth Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the economic infrastructure of metropolitan regions
assists businesses in those regions in providing quality goods
and serv... | Regional Investments for National Growth Act of 1997 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a regional investments for national growth program (RING program) in order to identify and fund large multi-State and regional transportation projects that are essential to global U.S. competitiveness. Makes eli... | Regional Investments for National Growth Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Indian River Lagoon Nutrient Removal
Assistance Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. INDIAN RIVER LAGOON NUTRIENT REMOVAL ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmen... | Indian River Lagoon Nutrient Removal Assistance Act of 2014 - Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish an Indian River Lagoon Nutrient Removal Assistance Grant Program to assist projects related to the protection and restoration of the Indian River Lagoon in Florida. Directs the EPA to issue regu... | Indian River Lagoon Nutrient Removal Assistance Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY OF UNITED STATES NAVAL POSTGRADUATE
SCHOOL TO ADMIT CIVILIAN STUDENTS.
(a) Admission on Space-Available Basis.--Section 7047 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 7047. Admission of civilians
``(a) Admission Pursuant to Reciproc... | Authorizes the Superintendent of the Naval Postgraduate School (currently, the Secretary of the Navy) to enter into agreements with higher educational institutions whereby certain civilian students receive instruction at the School on a tuition-free basis in exchange for officers receiving instruction at the participat... | To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the authority of the United States Naval Postgraduate School to admit civilians as students and to authorize the United States Air Force Institute of Technology to admit civilians as students. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Colorado Canyons National
Conservation Area and Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that certain areas located in the
Grand Valley in Mesa County, Colorado, and Grand County, Utah, s... | Designates certain lands in Mesa County, Colorado, and Grand County, Utah, as wilderness and designates such area as the Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness.
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to manage both the Conservation Area and the Wilderness. Withdraws all lands within the Conservation Area and Wilderness from al... | Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area and Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``New Mothers' Breastfeeding Promotion
and Protection Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Women with infants and toddlers are the fastest growing
segment of today's labor force.
(2) At le... | New Mothers' Breastfeeding Promotion and Protection Act of 1998 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include breastfeeding or expression of milk from the breast to feed a child among those activities for which a woman may not be discriminated against in employment.
(Sec. 4) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allo... | New Mothers' Breastfeeding Promotion and Protection Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. MINING CLAIMS ON STOCK RAISING HOMESTEAD ACT LANDS.
(a) Mineral Entry Under the Stock Raising Homestead Act.--Section 9
of the Act of December 29, 1916, entitled ``An Act to provide for stock-
raising homesteads, and for other purposes'' (43 U.S.C. 29), is amended
by adding the following at the end th... | (Sec. 1) Amends Federal law regarding stock-raising homesteads to require a written notice to the surface owner before a person may enter lands for exploration purposes or to locate a mining claim. Provides for an authorized exploration period during which exploring and locating a mining claim may be conducted with min... | To amend the Stock Raising Homestead Act to resolve certain problems regarding subsurface estates, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Teachers Recruitment Act of
2001''.
SEC. 2. TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION GRANTS.
(a) Program Authorized.--The Secretary is authorized to provide
grants to rural eligible local educational agencies to enable the
agencies to recruit and retai... | Rural Teachers Recruitment Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to eligible rural local educational agencies to recruit and retain qualified teachers for elementary and secondary schools.Includes among authorized uses of such teacher incentive program funds: (1) salary increases; (2) reimb... | To authorize recruitment and retention incentive programs, student loan forgiveness, and professional development programs for teachers in rural areas. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Wetlands Loan Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS FOR CONSERVATION OF MIGRATORY WATERFOWL
AND HABITAT.
The first section of Public Law 87-383 (16 U.S.C. 715k-3) is
amended--
(1) by striking ``That in'' and inserting ... | Wetlands Loan Act of 2007 - Amends the Wetlands Loan Act to increase and extend funding for conservation of migratory waterfowl and habitat essential to the preservation of such waterfowl for FY2009-FY2018.
Requires such appropriated funds to be treated as advances to the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund, which shall ... | A bill to amend Public Law 87-383 to reauthorize appropriations to promote the conservation of migratory waterfowl and to offset or prevent the serious loss of important wetland and other waterfowl habitat essential to the preservation of migratory waterfowl, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; ETC.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``AMT Rate Reduction
Act of 2001''.
(b) Amendment of 1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly
provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in
terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provisio... | AMT Rate Reduction Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a reduction in tax rates for individuals for calendar year 2002, as well as further reductions through calendar year 2006.Provides for a reduction in the alternative minimum tax for individuals. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide individual income tax rate reductions. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pre-Claims Undermine Seniors' Health
Act of 2016'' or the ``PUSH Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. DELAY IN THE MEDICARE DEMONSTRATION FOR PRE-CLAIM REVIEW OF
HOME HEALTH SERVICES.
(a) In General.--In the case of the demonstration for pre-claim
rev... | Pre-Claims Undermine Seniors' Health Act of 2016 or the PUSH Act of 2016 This bill delays the Medicare demonstration for pre-claim review of home health services and requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to report on such pre-claim review. Specifically, CMS shall delay or suspend the demo... | PUSH Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Textiles and Apparel China Safeguard
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Since January 1, 2001, the United States textiles and
apparel industries have lost 345,000 jobs.
(2) Under the terms of ... | Textiles and Apparel China Safeguard Act - Requires the President to modify the procedures for considering requests from the public for safeguard actions on imports of textiles and apparel products of the People's Republic of China (PRC), as published in the Federal Register on May 21, 2003, so that import relief will ... | To require the President to take certain actions to enforce the textiles and apparel safeguard with respect to imports from the People's Republic of China. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE, ETC.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Charity
Enhancement Act of 2008''.
(b) Amendment of 1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly
provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in
terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provisi... | Charity Enhancement Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify rules and definitions relating to the excise tax on distributions from donor advised funds (charitable funds in which a donor has, or reasonably expects to have, advisory privileges with respect to the distribution or investment of amounts hel... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to enhance charitable giving and improve disclosure and tax administration. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Welfare-to-Work Incentives Act of
1994''.
SEC. 2. APPLICATION FOR WAIVERS NECESSARY TO DISREGARD PRIVATE SECTOR
INCOME.
Any entity that administers a welfare program in a State or a
political subdivision of a State may submit to the Secr... | Welfare-to-Work Incentives Act of 1994 - Authorizes any State or local welfare program administering entity to apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for a waiver of compliance with any Federal statutory or regulatory requirement to the extent necessary to enable the applicant in determining eligibility fo... | Welfare-to-Work Incentives Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``TSA Opportunities to Pursue Expanded
Networks for Business Act'' or the ``TSA OPEN for Business Act''.
SEC. 2. STRATEGY.
(a) In General.--Subtitle B of title XVI of the Homeland Security
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 563 et seq.) is amended by adding at the en... | TSA Opportunities to Pursue Expanded Networks for Business Act or the TSA OPEN for Business Act. (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to submit to Congress a strategy to diversify the technology stakeholder marketplace that the TSA relie... | TSA Opportunities to Pursue Expanded Networks for Business Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medical Foods Equity Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Newborns are screened for inborn errors of metabolism,
but treatment for such conditions is not uniformly covered by
insurance.
... | Medical Foods Equity Act of 2013 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XXI (Children's Health Insurance) (CHIP) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of medically necessary food and food modified to be low protein formulated to be consumed or administered under the supervision of a qualified me... | Medical Foods Equity Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicaid Coverage for Addiction
Recovery Expansion Act''.
SEC. 2. STATE OPTION TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR RESIDENTIAL
ADDICTION TREATMENT FACILITY SERVICES; MODIFICATION OF
THE IMD EXCLUSION.
(a) In General.--Section... | Medicaid Coverage for Addiction Recovery Expansion Act This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow states to provide medical assistance to adults for residential addiction treatment facility services under the Medicaid program if such services are offered as part of a full continuum of evi... | Medicaid Coverage for Addiction Recovery Expansion Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Windfall Profits and Consumer
Assistance Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. WINDFALL PROFITS TAX.
(a) In General.--Subtitle E of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to alcohol, tobacco, and certain other excise taxes) is
amended by adding at the end there... | Windfall Profits and Consumer Assistance Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose upon producers of crude oil an excise tax of 50 percent of their net windfall profit from the production of taxable crude oil in a taxable year. Defines "windfall profit" as the excess of the removal price (sales price) of... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a temporary windfall profit tax on crude oil, to establish the Consumer Energy Assistance Trust Fund, and to provide for a rebate to energy consumers. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Renewable Energy Permitting Act of
2009''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Pilot project.--The term ``Pilot Project'' means the
pilot project to improve Federal renewable energy permit
coordination established under s... | Renewable Energy Permitting Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish and carry out a pilot program in FY2009-FY2018 to improve federal renewable energy permit coordination.
Provides for the distribution of solar and wind energy rental income collected by the Bureau of Land Management in specifi... | To amend the Energy and Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize a provision relating to geothermal lease revenue, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a pilot project to streamline certain Federal renewable energy permitting processes, and for other purposes. |
OF CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES.
Section 302(b) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(3) Upon the adoption by either the Committee on Ways and
Means of the House of Representatives or the Committee on
Finance of the Senate of a resolution that--
... | Fair Trade Assurances Act of 1993 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to direct the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), in identifying market barriers and certain unfair trade actions, to: (1) identify, if for a calendar year the United States merchandise trade balance (excluding crude petroleum imports) was in deficit, each... | Fair Trade Assurances Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Parents' Tax Relief Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. MINIMUM DEPENDENT CARE CREDIT FOR PARENTS CARING FOR CHILDREN
AT HOME.
(a) In General.--Subsection (e) of section 21 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to special rules) is amended by... | Parents' Tax Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide for a minimum tax credit for household and dependent care services for dependents under the age of six; (2) increase to $5,000 the amount of the personal tax exemption; (3) eliminate the marriage penalty in all income tax brackets; (4) e... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase tax benefits for parents with children, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. EXPENSING OF PROPERTY ELIGIBLE FOR BONUS DEPRECIATION.
(a) In General.--So much of subsection (k) of section 168 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to special allowance for
certain property acquired after September 10, 2001, and before January
1, 2005) as precedes paragraph (2)(D) thereof... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction in the current taxable year for the entire adjusted basis of certain qualified property eligible for bonus depreciation allowances. Defines "qualified property" to include: (1) computer software, water utility property, or qualified leasehold improvement propert... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to expense property eligible for bonus depreciation. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Team Relocation Taxpayer Protection
Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF RELOCATING NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE FRANCHISES.
(a) Effect on Interstate Commerce.--
(1) Findings.--The Congress finds that the conduct of a
National Football L... | Team Relocation Taxpayer Protection Act of 1996 - Prohibits specified entities or persons (entities) from benefiting from any expenditure of Federal funds or from being allowed any Federal tax exclusion, deduction, credit, exemption, or allowance in connection with the relocation of a National Football League (NFL) fra... | Team Relocation Taxpayer Protection Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Cybersecurity Protection
Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) the term ``Center'' means the national cybersecurity and
communications integration center under section 226 of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002, as ... | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on December 10, 2014. National Cybersecurity Protection Act of 2014 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a national cybersecurity and communications integration center in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to carry... | National Cybersecurity Protection Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Employee Rights Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT.
(a) Unfair Labor Practices.--Section 8(b)(1) of the National Labor
Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``restrain
or'' and inserting ``interfere with,... | Employee Rights Act This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to: (1) make it an unlawful labor practice for a labor organization to interfere (currently, restrain or coerce) with the rights of employees to organize and collectively bargain; (2) require union recertification after a turnover in the workforce e... | Employee Rights Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Agency Performance Review
and Sunset Act''.
SEC. 2. SUNSET COMMISSION TO REVIEW AND MAXIMIZE THE PERFORMANCE OF ALL
FEDERAL AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS.
(a) Schedule for Review of Agencies and Programs.--The President
may submit to Con... | Federal Agency Performance Review and Sunset Act - Authorizes the President to submit to Congress a schedule for reviewing the performance of, and need for, executive branch agencies and programs at least once every 10 years. Establishes a Sunset Commission to review them. Requires: (1) the Commission to submit to the ... | To provide for the establishment of the Sunset Commission to review and maximize the performance of all Federal agencies and programs. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Advanced Cable Deployment
Authorization Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. SUPPORT FOR QUALIFIED ADVANCED ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION
MANUFACTURING PLANTS, QUALIFIED HIGH EFFICIENCY
TRANSMISSION PROPERTY, AND QUALIFIED ADVANCED ELECTRIC
... | Advanced Cable Deployment Authorization Act of 2009 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to authorize the Secretary of Energy to make loan guarantees for the development, construction, acquisition, retrofitting, or engineering integration of a qualifi... | To encourage the manufacture and use of efficient and advanced electric transmission cables, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cuba Reconciliation Act''.
SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF PROVISIONS RESTRICTING TRADE AND OTHER RELATIONS
WITH CUBA.
(a) Authority for Embargo.--Section 620(a) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370(a)) is repealed.
(b) Trading Wi... | Cuba Reconciliation Act Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to repeal the embargo placed upon all trade with Cuba. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to declare the denial of foreign tax credit inapplicable to Cuba.Permits: (1) installation and maintenance of telecommunications equipment and facilities in Cuba, in... | Cuba Reconciliation Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Rural Health Care Equity
Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. REVISIONS TO THE PRACTICE EXPENSE GEOGRAPHIC ADJUSTMENT UNDER
THE MEDICARE PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE.
Effective as if included in the enactment of the Patient Protection
and Affordabl... | Medicare Rural Health Care Equity Act of 2010 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), to revise the practice expense portion of the geographic adjustment applied in a fee schedule area for physicians' services furnished in 2010 an... | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure Medicare beneficiary access to physicians, to ensure equitable reimbursement under the Medicare program for all rural States, and to eliminate sweetheart deals for frontier States. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Post-Abortion Support and Services
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) About 3,000,000 women per year in the United States
have an unplanned or unwanted pregnancy, and approximately
1,186,000 of thes... | Post-Abortion Support and Services Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (Institute), to expand and intensify research and related activities of the Institute with resp... | A bill to provide for research on, and services for, individuals with post-abortion depression and psychosis. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Office of Financial Research
Accountability Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL RESEARCH.
Section 153 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act (12 U.S.C. 5343) is amended by adding at the end the ... | . Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to require the Office of Financial Research within the Department of the Treasury to publish annually a detailed work plan of the Office priorities for the upcoming fiscal y... | Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Wildfire Regulatory Relief Act of
2018''.
SEC. 2. USE OF LAND IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY.
Section 1233(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3833(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the
following:
``(1) harvesting,... | Wildfire Regulatory Relief Act of 2018 This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Department of Agriculture to allow harvesting, grazing, or other commercial use of the forage on conservation reserve program lands when a governor declares a state of emergency. The bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Di... | Wildfire Regulatory Relief Act of 2018 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Worker Dividend Act of 2018''.
SEC. 2. FAILURE OF EMPLOYER TO PAY WORKER DIVIDENDS.
(a) In General.--Subtitle D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended by inserting after chapter 36 the following new chapter:
``CHAPTER 37--PROVISIONS R... | Worker Dividend Act of 2018 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on certain publicly traded companies that have at least $250 million in U.S. earnings for the year, buy back securities during the year, and fail to pay employees a worker dividend. An employer covered by the bill must pay to U.S. ... | Worker Dividend Act of 2018 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Derivatives Trading Integrity Act of
2008''.
SEC. 2. REGULATION OF CERTAIN AGREEMENTS, CONTRACTS, AND TRANSACTIONS.
(a) Definitions.--Section 1a of the Commodity Exchange Act (7
U.S.C. 1a) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraphs (10), (11),... | Derivatives Trading Integrity Act of 2008 - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to: (1) repeal the exemption or exclusion from regulation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) of specified derivative transactions, swap transactions, and related electronic trading facilities; (2) restrict futures trading to c... | A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to ensure that all agreements, contracts, and transactions with respect to commodities are carried out on a regulated exchange, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fitness Integrated Into Teaching
Kids Act'' or the ``FIT Kids Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE CAROL M. WHITE PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM.
Subpart 10 of part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7261 et seq.) is ... | Fitness Integrated Into Teaching Kids Act or the FIT Kids Act This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to reauthorize and amend the Carol M. White Physical Education Program. The program is administered by the Department of Education (ED) and awards grants to local educational agencies, comm... | FIT Kids Act |
SECTION 1. PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION POLICIES OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Privacy
and Data Protection Policy Act of 2002''.
(b) Definitions.--In this Act, the term ``agency'' has the meaning
given that term under section 551(1) of title 5, United States Cod... | Federal Privacy and Data Protection Policy Act of 2002 - Requires each Federal agency to designate an employee as privacy manager to: (1) be responsible for data protection and management within that agency; (2) ensure compliance with the privacy and data security policies; and (3) be responsible for training and educa... | A bill to provide for an agency assessment, independent review, and Inspector General report on privacy and data protection policies of Federal agencies, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``21st Century Servicemembers
Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION BY SERVICEMEMBERS OF CERTAIN SERVICE
CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO BEFORE PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION
OF DEPLOYMENT ORDERS.
(a) Termination.--Title II... | 21st Century Servicemembers Protection Act - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow individuals called to military service to terminate or suspend a service contract, after the date of entry into service or the date of the military orders, if: (1) the service contract (such as phone, cable, Internet, or ut... | To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow individuals called to military service to terminate or suspend certain service contracts entered into before the individual receives notice of a permanent change of station or deployment orders and to provide penalties for violations of interest rate limitations. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Vested Worker Protection Act of
2002''.
SEC. 2. SAFE HARBOR IN EVENT OF REDUCTION IN FUTURE BENEFIT ACCRUALS
WHERE PLAN PROVIDES NOTICE AND ELECTION TO CONTINUE
BENEFIT ACCRUALS UNDER FORMER PLAN INSTEAD OF AMENDED
... | Vested Worker Protection Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to mandate that an "applicable pension plan" adopting any amendment that reduces rates of future benefits provide: (1) written notice meeting certain requirements to participants; and (2) that the participants be offered the chance to elect to cont... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit pension plan amendments reducing the rate of future benefit accrual, subject to a safe harbor where the plan provides notice of the amendment and an election to continue benefit accruals under the former plan instead of the amended plan. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Preparing Excellent Teachers Act of
2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The shortage of qualified teachers in the United States
has reached critical levels.
(2) Education experts predict that over... | Preparing Excellent Teachers Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to states and local educational agencies to establish and support teacher mentoring programs to attract and train teachers of exceptional ability who are mid-career professionals or recent college graduates. Places limits on... | To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to States and local educational agencies to establish teacher mentoring programs. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States Export Promotion Act
of 2005''.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF FEES CHARGED FOR EXPORT PROMOTION PROGRAMS.
(a) Elimination of Fees.--The Secretary of Commerce, the
International Trade Administration, and the United States and Foreign
Commercial ... | United States Export Promotion Act of 2005 - Prohibits the Secretary of Commerce, the International Trade Administration, and the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service (USFCS) from charging fees to U.S. exporters, businesses, or persons for assistance provided to them under export promotion programs.
Revises the capital... | To eliminate fees for assistance provided by the Department of Commerce and agencies thereof under export promotion programs, to authorize appropriations for such purpose, to direct the Secretary of Commerce to take certain steps to expand export promotion activities, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Equity
Act of 2003''.
(b) Table of Contents.--
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Elimination of geographic physician work adjustment factor from
geographic indices u... | Medicare Equity Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to eliminate the geographic physician work adjustment factor from the geographic indices used to adjust payments under the physician fee schedule.Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration p... | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the geographic physician work adjustment factor from the geographic indices used to adjust payments under the physician fee schedule, to provide incentives necessary to attract educators and clinical practitioners to underserved areas, and to revise th... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Ag Science Center Act of
2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The State of California is a preeminent producer of
more than 350 different agricultural commodities, including
more than 90 perc... | National Ag Science Center Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to the Ag Science Center, Inc., in Stanislaus County, California, to cover a portion of the costs of establishing the National Ag Science Center. Limits the portion of such costs covered by gra... | To authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to facilitate the establishment of the National Ag Science Center in Stanislaus County, California. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``SBA Women's
Business Programs Act of 2007''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--NATIONAL WOMEN'S BUSINESS COUNCIL... | SBA Women's Business Programs Act of 2007 - Title I: National Women's Business Council - Amends the Women's Business Ownership Act of 1988 to direct the National Women's Business Council to: (1) conduct at least one annual study that evaluates problems hindering the success of women entrepreneurs; and (2) report biannu... | To reauthorize the women's entrepreneurial development programs of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Retirement Security for Today's
Four-Year-Olds Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN THE FULL RETIREMENT AGE AND THE EARLY RETIREMENT
AGE.
(a) In General.--Section 216(l) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 416(l)) is amended to read as f... | Retirement Security for Today's Four-Year Olds Act of 2011 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to increase the age for retirement to 70 and the early retirement age to 65 as of January 1, 2069.
Revises requirements accordingly for calculation of the first ... | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to set the retirement benefits age for today's four-year-olds at age 70. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Wounded Warrior Service Dog Act of
2013''.
SEC. 2. WOUNDED WARRIOR K-9 CORPS.
(a) Grants Authorized.--Subject to the availability of
appropriations provided for such purpose, the Secretary of Defense and
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly... | Wounded Warrior Service Dog Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) to jointly establish the K-9 Companion Corps program for the awarding of grants to assist nonprofit organizations in establishing, planning, designing, and/or operating programs to provide assistance dogs to cer... | Wounded Warrior Service Dog Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Private Student Loan Disclosure
Enhancement Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF TRUTH IN LENDING ACT .
Section 104(3) of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1603(3)) is
amended by inserting before the period at the end the following ``, and
other th... | Private Student Loan Disclosure Enhancement Act of 2007 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to subject private education loans to its consumer credit disclosure requirements.
Sets forth the private student loan terms and conditions which lenders must clearly and conspicuously disclose to borrowers in any application or ... | A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act, to improve disclosures for private student loans, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Saving Access to Compounded
Medications for Special Needs Patients Act''.
SEC. 2. PHARMACY COMPOUNDING.
Section 503A of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
353a) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (e) ... | Saving Access to Compounded Medications for Special Needs Patients Act This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow drugs to be compounded (manufactured at a small scale) and distributed to practitioners for treatment of, or administration to, patients of that practitioner. Currently, drugs may be... | Saving Access to Compounded Medications for Special Needs Patients Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Farmers to Africa and the Caribbean
Basin Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Many African farmers and farmers in Caribbean Basin
countries use antiquated techniques to produce their crops,
wh... | Farmers to Africa and the Caribbean Basin Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the Farmers for Africa and Caribbean Basin Program to provide grants for exchange programs with African-American and other American farmers and other agricultural specialists and (sub-Saharan) African, Caribbean Ba... | To supplement current activities in the exchange of agricultural and farming expertise by establishing a grant program to support bilateral exchange programs whereby African American and other American farmers share technical knowledge with African and Caribbean Basin farmers regarding maximization of crop yields, use ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Uranium Enrichment Decontamination
and Decommissioning Fund Reauthorization Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND
DECOMMISSIONING FUND.
(a) Amounts in Fund.--Section 1802 of the Atomic Energy Act... | Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to reauthorize, and increase the maximum mandatory amounts in, the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommisioning Fund.
Requires the Secretary of Energy to develop, complete, and publis... | A bill to reauthorize the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund and to direct the Secretary of Energy to provide a plan for the re-enrichment of certain uranium tailings. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Railroad Administration
Performance, Personnel, and Enforcement Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. REGIONAL SAFETY OFFICES.
Section 103(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by
striking the second and third sentences.
SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATOR'S QUAL... | Federal Railroad Administration Performance, Personnel, and Enforcement Act of 1996 - Amends Federal transportation law with respect to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). Specifies general qualifications for the FRA Administrator. Makes administratively final any decision of the Administrator made in carrying... | Federal Railroad Administration Performance, Personnel, and Enforcement Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Lesser Prairie Chicken National
Habitat Preservation Area Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds as follows:
(1) The Sand Ranch Preservation Area is one of the best
strongholds of the Lesser Prairie Chicken and possibly the... | Lesser Prairie Chicken National Habitat Preservation Area Act of 2007 - Requires the exchange of certain federal and non-federal lands in New Mexico concerning the establishment under this Act of the Lesser Prairie Chicken Habitat Preservation Area in the County of Chaves, New Mexico.
Establishes the Preservation Area... | To provide for a land exchange involving State land and Bureau of Land Management land in Chaves and Dona Ana Counties, New Mexico, and to establish the Lesser Prairie Chicken National Habitat Preservation Area, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Southern Energy Access Jobs Act'' or
the ``SEA Jobs Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of
the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
(2) Institution of higher edu... | Southern Energy Access Jobs Act or the SEA Jobs Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to promulgate regulations that establish management of the surface occupancy of each portion of the South Atlantic planning area for the coastline of a state for any lease sale authorized under this Act. Requires the... | SEA Jobs Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Patient Access to Cancer
Treatment Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The National Cancer Institute estimates that
approximately 13.7 million Americans with ... | Medicare Patient Access to Cancer Treatment Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that, to ensure the future of community cancer care, Medicare reimbursement should be equal for the same service provided to a cancer patient regardless of whether the service is delivered in the hospital outpatient department (OP... | Medicare Patient Access to Cancer Treatment Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``John's Law of 2002''.
SEC. 2. LIABILITY FOR PERMITTING AN INTOXICATED ARRESTEE TO OPERATE A
MOTOR VEHICLE.
(a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 1 of title 23, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1... | John's Law of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to withhold specified Federal highway funds from a State that fails to enact and enforce a law that requires: (1) an agency to provide an individual summoned to transport or accompany a person who has been arrested for public intoxication with a written state... | A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for criminal and civil liability for permitting an intoxicated arrestee to operate a motor vehicle. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Promotion and Expansion of Private
Employee Ownership Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) on January 1, 1998--nearly 25 years after the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 was enacted and the
... | Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend to all domestic corporations, including S corporations, provisions allowing deferral of tax on gain from the sale of employer securities to an S corporation-sponsored employer stock ownership plan (ESOP).
Dir... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Small Business Act to expand the availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Integrated Risk Information System
Authorization Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Environmental Protection Agency's Office of
Research and Development met a pressing national need when it
creat... | Integrated Risk Information System Authorization Act - Requires the Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and Development of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to maintain a publicly accessible database of scientific information on the toxicity of chemicals, including hazard identification, dose res... | To increase research, the synthesis of research findings, and the production of scientific information on chemicals, and to expedite the listing of information in the Integrated Risk Information System maintained by the Office of Research and Development of the Environmental Protection Agency. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Public Investment Recovery Act of
2000''.
SEC. 2. RECOUPMENT REQUIREMENT.
Each transaction entered into by an agency of the Federal
Government under which Federal support is provided for research and
development which leads or may lead to the producti... | Establishes a Public Investment Recovery Board to: (1) determine the total amount of profits for such a product; and (2) make calculations as required by this Act of the proportion of Federal support for research and development which lead to the production and sale of such a product. Prescribes a formula for determini... | Public Investment Recovery Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``School-Based Health Clinic
Establishment Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) More than 8,000,000 children in the United States have
no form of health insurance and a... | School-Based Health Clinic Establishment Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for the cost of operating school-based health clinics (SBHCs) to provide comprehensive primary health services during school hours to children and adolescents... | A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the School-Based Health Clinic program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Adults Achieving the American Dream
Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) According to the National Assessment of Adult Literacy,
93 million adults in the United States have limited reading,
wri... | Adults Achieving the American Dream Act of 2007 - Amends the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act to reauthorize appropriations through FY2013 for adult education and literacy services, including integrated English literacy and civics education programs. Increases the maximum amounts that can be reserved from such f... | To amend the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act to establish integrated English literacy and civics education programs, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Child Care for Working Parents Act
of 1998''.
SEC. 2. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION SERVICES REFERRAL HOTLINE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services may
make a grant to a private, nonprofit entity to provide for the
operation of a na... | Child Care for Working Parents Act of 1998 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make a grant, for up to five years subject to annual approval, to a private, nonprofit entity for operation of a national, toll-free telephone hotline to provide information and assistance to families seeking quality e... | Child Care for Working Parents Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Women Veterans
Health Care Improvement Act of 2009''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--STUDIES AND ASSESSMENTS OF DEPARTMENT... | Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) report on barriers to the receipt of comprehensive health care through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) encountered by women veterans, especially those of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom; (2) prov... | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Mobile Medical Homeless Health
Improvement Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The number of people experiencing homelessness on a
single night increased by 1.1 percent from 643,067 in January
... | Mobile Medical Homeless Health Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to hospitals or other local health care facilities to improve access of homeless individuals to mobile medical... | Mobile Medical Homeless Health Improvement Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Patent Litigation and Innovation Act
of 2013''.
SEC. 2. PLEADING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 29 of title 35, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 281 the following:
``Sec. 281A. Pleading requirements for patent infringem... | Patent Litigation and Innovation Act of 2013 - Directs a party alleging infringement in a civil action arising under any Act of Congress relating to patents to include in the court pleadings: an identification of each patent and claim allegedly infringed as well as the accused apparatus, product, feature, device, met... | Patent Litigation and Innovation Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. TEMPORARY DUTY SUSPENSION FOR PERSONAL EFFECTS OF
PARTICIPANTS IN CERTAIN WORLD ATHLETIC EVENTS.
(a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting in
numerical sequence the following new heading:
`` 9902.98.... | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment, through January 1, 2003, to the personal effects of, and other equipment imported and used by, participants, their families and associated members, and officials involved in the 1999 International Special Olympics, the 1999 Women's... | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on the personal effects of participants in, and certain other individuals associated with, the 1999 International Special Olympics, the 1999 Women's World Cup Soccer, the 2001 International Special Olympics, the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, and the 2002 Winter Paralympic G... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Capital Construction Fund Qualified
Withdrawal Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF THE MERCHANT MARINE ACT OF 1936 TO ENCOURAGE
RETIREMENT OF CERTAIN FISHING VESSELS AND PERMITS.
(a) In General.--Section 607(a) of the Merchant Marine Act,... | Capital Construction Fund Qualified Withdrawal Act of 2002 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act and the Internal Revenue Code to permit as qualified withdrawals from fishing capital construction funds money used by retiring fishermen for the following purposes: (1) retiring an owner's commercial fishing vessels and related... | To provide for qualified withdrawals from the Capital Construction Fund for fishermen leaving the industry and for the rollover of Capital Construction Funds to individual retirement plans. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Homeland Security
Chief Data Officer Authorization Act''.
SEC. 2. CHIEF DATA OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
Section 703 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 343) is
amended by adding at the end the following new... | Department of Homeland Security Chief Data Officer Authorization Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to designate a career appointee of DHS as its Chief Data Officer. The bill sets forth the responsibilitie... | Department of Homeland Security Chief Data Officer Authorization Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Wireless 411 Privacy Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) there are roughly 150 million wireless subscribers in
the United States, up from approximately 15 million subscribers
just a decade ago;
(2)... | Wireless 411 Privacy Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit a provider of commercial mobile services, or any affiliate or agent of such provider (provider), from including the wireless telephone number (wireless number) of any subscriber in any wireless directory assistance service (WDAS) database unle... | A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to protect the privacy rights of subscribers to wireless communications services. |
SECTION 1. TASK FORCE ON UROTRAUMA.
(a) Establishment.--Subject to the availability of appropriations
for such purpose, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a task force
to be known as the ``Task Force on Urotrauma'' (in this section
referred to as the ``Task Force'') to continue and expand the report of
t... | Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD), in order to continue and expand the DOD report submitted in 2011, to establish the Task Force on Urotrauma to: (1) conduct a study on urotrauma (injury to the urinary tract from a penetrating, blunt, blast, thermal, chemical, or biological cause) among members of the Armed Forces... | To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a task force on urotrauma. |
SECTION. 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as ``Social Security Information Act of
1997''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) information regarding the solvency of the social
security trust funds, and personal earnings and benefits
estimates is vital for working Am... | Social Security Information Act of 1997 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to revise requirements for the social security account statements distributed annually by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Requires such statements to include: (1) a separate estimate of the interest earned on employee and... | Social Security Information Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. GO GIRL GRANTS.
Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6001 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new part:
``PART F--GETTING OUR GIRLS READY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY (GO GIRL)
``SEC. 3601. FINDINGS.
``Congress finds the following:
``(1) Wom... | Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a program for Getting Our Girls Ready for the 21st Century (Go Girl). Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to, and contracts and cooperative agreements with, local educational agencies to provide subgrants to elementary and secondary... | To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants to local educational agencies to encourage girls to pursue studies and careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Working Families Tax Relief Act of
2013''.
SEC. 2. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF AND MODIFICATIONS TO THE CHILD TAX
CREDIT.
(a) Permanent Extension of Increase in Refundable Portion.--
(1) In general.--Clause (i) of section 24(d)(1)(... | Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to: (1) make permanent the reduction in the income threshold (from $10,000 to $3,000) for determining the refundable portion of the child tax credit, (2) eliminate the inflation ... | Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Early Access to Treatment Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Section 506(a)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 356(a)(1)) requires the Secretary of
Health and Human Services, at... | Early Access to Treatment Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require a drug that is not approved for marketing, but that is under clinical investigation for a serious or immediately life-threatening disease condition in patients for whom no comparable or satisfactory alternative drug or other ther... | To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to mandate early access by desperately ill patients to treatment use of new drugs under clinical investigation for a serious or immediately life-threatening disease condition for whom no comparable or satisfactory drug or other therapy is available. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``All-Of-The-Above Federal Building
Energy Conservation Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. ENERGY PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT FOR FEDERAL BUILDINGS.
Section 543 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42
U.S.C. 8253(a)) is amended--
(1) by striking s... | All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013 - Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to extend energy performance requirements for federal buildings for each of FY2016-FY2020 (from a 33% reduction from 2003 energy consumption level for FY2015 to a 45% reduction for FY2020). Requires ag... | All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Commission on Financial
Collapse and Recovery Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is hereby established the National Commission on the
Financial Collapse and Recovery of 2008 (in this Act referred to as the
``Commission'') as an estab... | National Commission on Financial Collapse and Recovery Act of 2008 - Establishes in the legislative branch the National Commission on the Financial Collapse and Recovery of 2008 to study and report to the President and Congress on the facts, circumstances, and causes relating to the collapse of the financial markets an... | To establish a legislative commission to examine the causes of the financial crisis of 2008. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Distilled Spirits
Tax Payment Simplification Act of 1995''.
(b) Amendment of 1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly
provided, whenever an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or repea... | Distilled Spirits Tax Payment Simplification Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify or impose requirements regarding: (1) the transfer of distilled spirits between bonded premises and between importation and bonded premises; (2) operations as a bonded dealer conducted on the bonded premises of a disti... | Distilled Spirits Tax Payment Simplification Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Weakfish Conservation Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. IMPROVED COOPERATIVE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR WEAKFISH.
(a) Short Title.--Section 1 of the Atlantic Striped Bass
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 1851 note) is amended by inserting ``and
Weakfish'' after ``... | Weakfish Conservation Act of 1993 - Amends the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act to apply such Act, including prohibitions on fishing during a moratorium period, to weakfish.
Directs the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to determine whether: (1) each coastal State has adopted measures necessary to imp... | Weakfish Conservation Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Fix Gun Checks Act
of 2015''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--ENSURING THAT ALL INDIVIDUALS WHO SHOULD BE PROHIBITED FROM
... | Fix Gun Checks Act of 2015 This bill amends the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to revise an eligibility condition for a state to receive a grant under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program and a waiver of the grant match requirement under the National Criminal History Improvement Program. Specifically, it d... | Fix Gun Checks Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Access for Afghan Women Act of
2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Despite the removal of the Taliban from power, women in
Afghanistan continue to experience brutal violation of their
human ... | Access for Afghan Women Act of 2003 - Directs the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish a fund to assist women and girls in Afghanistan in the areas of political and human rights, health care, education, training, security, and shelter.
Requires the funds to support specif... | To authorize assistance for women and girls in Afghanistan, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bureau Advisory Opinion Act of
2016''.
SEC. 2. ADVISORY OPINIONS.
Section 1022(b) of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010
(12 U.S.C. 5512(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(5) Advisory opinions.--
... | Bureau Advisory Opinion Act of 2016 This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to require the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to establish a procedure and promulgate rules to provide written opinions in response to inquiries concerning conformance of specific proposed or prospective con... | Bureau Advisory Opinion Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Dignity for Military Funerals Act of
2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) article I, section 8, of the Constitution of the United
States grants Congress the power to ``provide for the common
Defence'', ``To r... | Dignity for Military Funerals Act of 2006 - Prohibits states or local governments from issuing permits for picketing during the funeral of a member or former member of the Armed Forces.
Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit persons from picketing at the funeral of a member or former member of the Armed Forces. ... | A bill to prohibit picketing at the funerals of members and former members of the armed forces. |
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