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SECTION 1. STRENGTHENING THE MEDICAID THIRD-PARTY LIABILITY
REQUIREMENT.
(a) State and Health Provider Right To Make Inquiries and Third-
Party Responsibilities.--Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1396a) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(25)--
(A) b... | Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to direct state Medicaid plans to require the state to provide the Secretary of Health and Human Services with satisfactory assurances that it has in effect laws requiring the state to make inquiries to third parties, including health insurers, self-insured plans, ... | To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to strengthen the Medicaid third-party liability requirements. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Tax Free Tips Act
of 2007''.
(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 provision,
the r... | Tax Free Tips Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt tips from the income tax, social security and railroad retirement taxes, unemployment taxes, and tax withholding. Defines "tips" as any gratuity provided to a salaried employee by a customer or client of the employer's business. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that tips shall not be subject to income or employment taxes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Smithsonian Facilities Authorization
Act''.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL SPACE AND RESOURCES FOR NATIONAL COLLECTIONS HELD BY
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
(a) In General.--Public Law 94-98 (20 U.S.C. 50 note; 89 Stat. 480)
is amended by adding at ... | Smithsonian Facilities Authorization Act - (Sec. 2) Amends Federal law to authorize the Board of Regents (Board) of the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, construct, and equip additional special use storage and laboratory space (Pod 5) at the Museum Support Facility in Suitland, Maryland, to accommodate the care,... | To provide for additional space and resources for national collections held by the Smithsonian Institution, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Microbicides Development Act of
2000''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
(a) In General.--The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Annually at least 1 billion people worldwide contracted
one of eight sexually transmitted diseases (``STDs'')--
c... | Requires NIH to establish a program to support research to develop microbicides that can substantially reduce transmission of sexually transmitted infections. Authorizes appropriations.
Title II: Microbicide Research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Amends the PHSA to require the Secretary of Health... | Microbicides Development Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Services and Activities
for Diverse Elders Act''.
SEC. 2. OBJECTIVES.
Section 101(8) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C.
3001(8)) is amended by inserting ``and supports, offered in a
culturally and linguistically competent manner''... | Improving Services and Activities for Diverse Elders Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 (OAA) to make it a duty and function of the Administration on Aging to provide technical assistance, training, and other forms of instruction to state and area agencies on aging, service providers, and community-based orga... | A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to strengthen programming, services, and outreach for diverse elders, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Workforce for the 21st
Century Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Community college.--The term ``community college'' has
the meaning given the term ``junior or community college'' in
section 312 of ... | Energy Workforce for the 21st Century Act of 2015 This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a comprehensive program to improve education and training for energy- and manufacturing-related jobs, with emphasis on increasing the number of skilled individuals from underrepresented groups trained to work in t... | Energy Workforce for the 21st Century Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Vehicles for the Future Act''.
SEC. 2. ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE.
(a) Amendment of PURPA.--Section 111(d) of the Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2621(d)) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(20) ... | Vehicles for the Future Act - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish standards for electric utilities regarding electric vehicle infrastructure. Requires electric utilities to develop a plan to support the use of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and electric vehicles that provides for th... | To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 with respect to electric vehicle infrastructure. |
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is established a commission to be known as the ``Commission
for the Deployment of Hydrogen and Fuel Cells'' (in this Act referred
to as the ``Commission'').
SEC. 2. DUTIES OF COMMISSION.
The Commission shall develop a strategic plan that identifies the
best methods availabl... | Establishes the Commission for the Deployment of Hydrogen and Fuel Cells to: (1) develop a strategic plan that identifies the best methods available to marshal the resources of the federal, state, local governments, the private sector, and academia to achieve mass commercialization of hydrogen as an energy source for s... | To provide for the establishment of the Commission for the Deployment of Hydrogen and Fuel Cells, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stronger Tobacco Warning Labels To
Save Lives Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO FEDERAL CIGARETTE AND LABELING ADVERTISING ACT.
(a) Amendment.--The Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act
(15 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) is amended by striking section 4 and i... | Stronger Tobacco Warning Labels to Save Lives Act - Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act and the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986 to make it unlawful for any person to manufacture, package, or import for sale or distribution within the United States any cigarettes or smo... | A bill to amend the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act and the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986 to require warning labels for tobacco products. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care
Infrastructure Investment Act of 2000''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Moratorium on delayed payments under contr... | Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services a Health Care Infrastructure Commission to: (1) coordinate the expertise and programs within and among Federal agencies for the purposes of designing and implementing an advanced informational infrastructure for the administration of Federal health benefits... | Health Care Infrastructure Investment Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Transportation Security and Redress
Act'' or ``TSARA''.
SEC. 2. JUDICIAL REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR PERSONS DELAYED OR PROHIBITED
FROM BOARDING.
(a) Exclusive Remedy.--Except as provided in subsection (b), no
court of the United States or of ... | Transportation Security and Redress Act or TSARA This bill grants to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and certain other U.S. courts of appeals exclusive jurisdiction to review any claims against the United States or a federal agency arising out of a decision to delay or prohibit a person f... | TSARA |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Flat Rate COLA Act
of 1993''.
SEC. 2. FLAT RATE COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT.
(a) General Rule.--Section 215(i)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 415(i)(2)(A)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause ... | Social Security Flat Rate COLA Act of 1993 - Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance), XVI (Supplemental Security Income), and XVIII (Medicare) part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of the Social Security Act and the veterans' benefits program to make changes in the method of calculating cost o... | Social Security Flat Rate COLA Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. STUDY.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security and the
Director of National Intelligence shall conduct jointly, or contract
with an entity to conduct, a study of the operations of Federal, State,
and local government entities to identify best practices for the
communication of informatio... | Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence to conduct jointly, or contract with an entity to conduct, a study of the operations of federal, state, and local government entities to identify best practices for the communication of information concerning a terrorist threat.
Requi... | To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a study to identify best practices for the communication of information concerning a terrorist threat, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN COMPENSATION.
(a) Prohibition on Certain Compensation Not Based on Performance
Standards.--Section 111 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of
2008 (12 U.S.C. 5221) is amended by redesignating subsections (e)
through (h) as subsections (f) through (i), and inserting afte... | (Sec. 1) Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to prohibit a financial institution that receives or has received a direct capital investment under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) (or with respect to the Federal National Mortgage Association [Fannie Mae], the Federal Home Loan Mortgage ... | To amend the executive compensation provisions of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Prescription Drug Comparative
Effectiveness Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. RESEARCH AND STUDY ON EFFECTIVENESS OF CERTAIN PRESCRIPTION
DRUGS.
(a) In General.--
(1) Research.--The Director of the Agency for Healthcare
Research... | Prescription Drug Comparative Effectiveness Act of 2006 - Requires the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to conduct or support reviews of existing evidence and research to develop evidence regarding comparative clinical effectiveness, outcomes, and appropriateness of prescription drugs, ... | To require the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, in consultation with the Director of the National Institutes of Health, to conduct research to develop valid scientific evidence regarding comparative clinical effectiveness, outcomes, and appropriateness of prescription drugs, medical devices, and procedures, ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protect America Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE FOR AUTHORIZING CERTAIN ACQUISITIONS OF
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION.
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 105 the ... | Protect America Act of 2007 - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to state that nothing under its definition of "electronic surveillance" shall be construed to encompass surveillance directed at a person reasonably believed to be located outside the United States.
Allows the Director of Nat... | A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide additional procedures for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence information and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Veterans Affairs
Accountability Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. REMOVAL OR DEMOTION OF EMPLOYEES BASED ON PERFORMANCE OR
MISCONDUCT.
(a) In General.--Chapter 7 of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the fol... | Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability Act of 2016 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to remove or demote a VA employee based on performance or misconduct. A determination that the performance or misconduct warrants removal or demotion may consist of any of the following: neglect ... | Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Airport Medical Assistance Act of
2000''.
SEC. 2. AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS IN AIRPORT TERMINALS.
(a) Withdrawal of Notice.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administrati... | Grants immunity from civil liability (except for harm caused by willful or criminal misconduct or gross negligence) to any person who uses an automated external defibrillator device on a victim of a perceived medical emergency at an airport. | Airport Medical Assistance Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Success in Countering Al Qaeda
Reporting Requirements Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Al Qaeda and its related affiliates attacked the United
States on September 11, 2001 in New York, New ... | Success in Countering Al Qaeda Reporting Requirements Act of 2008 - Directs the President to submit annual counterterrorism reports to the appropriate congressional committees, including an assessment of U.S. counterterrorism efforts in fighting Al Qaeda and its related affiliates. | A bill to provide for an annual comprehensive report on the status of United States efforts and the level of progress achieved to counter and defeat Al Qaeda and its related affiliates and undermine long-term support for the violent extremism that helps sustain Al Qaeda's recruitment efforts, as carried out under a bro... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Servicemember Mental Health Review
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Since September 11, 2001, approximately 30,000 veterans
have been separated from the Armed Forces on the basis of a
pers... | Servicemember Mental Health Review Act - Extends through 2014 (under current law, through 2009) the authority of the Physical Disability Board of Review (Board) to review the disability determinations of individuals who, since September 11, 2001, are separated from the Armed Forces due to unfitness for duty because of ... | Servicemember Mental Health Review Act |
SECTION 1. SIMPLIFICATION OF EARNED INCOME CREDIT.
(a) General Rule.--Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to earned income credit) is amended by striking subsections
(a) and (b) and inserting the following:
``(a) Allowance of Credit.--
``(1) In general.--In the case of an el... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow as an earned income credit an amount equal to the credit percentage of so much of the taxpayer's income for the taxable year as does not exceed $5,714, subject to a phaseout of the current percentage limits. Eliminates the consideration of the health insurance credit for self-... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code to simplify the earned income credit. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``TANF Economic and Financial
Education Promotion Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Most recipients of assistance under the Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families ... | TANF Economic and Financial Education Promotion Act of 2006 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require a state to use TANF grant funds to establish a program to provide economic and financial education directly for parents and caretakers receiving ... | A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to require a State to promote economic and financial education under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program and to allow economic and financial education to count as work activity under that program. |
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF WITHHOLDING AND REPORTING WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN
FOREIGN ACCOUNTS.
(a) In General.--The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by
striking chapter 4.
(b) Conforming Amendments for Rules for Electronically Filed
Returns.--Section 6011(e)(4) of such Code is amended--
... | This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to tax administration requirements for foreign-source income and assets, to repeal: (1) withholding requirements for payments to foreign financial institutions and other foreign entities, (2) information reporting for foreign financial assets, (3) penalties for u... | A bill to repeal the violation of sovereign nations' laws and privacy matters. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Educational Opportunities
Enhancement Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. PERMITTING AN ELECTION TO REDUCE BASIC PAY OVER A PERIOD OF TWO
YEARS.
(a) In General.--The first sentence of sections 3011(b) and 3012(c)
of title 38, United States C... | Veterans Educational Opportunities Enhancement Act of 2001 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to allow the basic pay reduction for entitlement to veterans educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill to be taken over two years (currently one year).Allows the withdrawal of an election not to receive s... | To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the period over which an individual must make payment to the Secretary to become entitled to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill, to prospectively permit any servicemember to withdraw an election not to enroll under the Montgomery GI Bill, and to provide ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States-India Energy Security
Cooperation Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
(1) The December 2004 National Intelligence Council report
entitled ``Mapping the Global Future in 2020'' states that the
single most important fa... | United States-India Energy Security Cooperation Act of 2006 - Authorizes the President to establish programs in support of greater energy cooperation between the United States and India.
Authorizes assistance for cooperation related to research, development, and deployment in selected areas, including: (1) clean coal ... | To promote global energy security through increased cooperation between the United States and India in diversifying sources of energy, stimulating development of alternative fuels, developing and deploying technologies that promote the clean and efficient use of coal, and improving energy efficiency. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ethical Pathway Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. ETHICAL PATHWAY FOR THE APPROVAL AND LICENSOR OF PHARMACEUTICAL
AND BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS.
(a) Definitions.--
(1) In general.--In this section:
(A) Applicant.--The term `... | Ethical Pathway Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA), to establish a mechanism by which an applicant for an abbreviated new drug application submitted under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, for license of a biosimilar bi... | A bill to ensure that rules for the approval of pharmaceutical and biological products do not require violations of medical ethics in the testing of products in humans and vertebrate animals. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Nuclear Renewal Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR PRODUCTION FROM NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS.
(a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to business related
credits) is amended by adding ... | Nuclear Renewal Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code provide limited business tax credits for qualified nuclear power facilities and facility upgrades through tax year 2011. Extends such credit to certain tax exempt public utilities and the Tennessee Valley Authority.Classifies property used in the generation... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax credits with respect to nuclear facilities, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. MODIFICATIONS TO SMALL ISSUE BOND PROVISIONS.
(a) Increase in Amount of Qualified Small Issue Bonds Permitted for
Facilities to be Used by Related Principal Users.--
(1) In general.--Clause (i) of section 144(a)(4)(A)
(relating to $10,000,000 limit in certain cases) is amended by
... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code regarding qualified small issue bonds to: (1) increase the cap and capital expenditure amounts from $10 million to $20 million, with an inflation adjustment beginning in 2003; and (2) expand the definition of "manufacturing facility" to include certain biotech and software production. | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the qualified small issue bond provisions. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Youth and Adult School Partnership
Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are to invite students and other young
people to engage more fully in the process of school reform and school
improvement, and to encourage effective youth an... | Provides for such student and youth involvement and partnerships with adults in schools and communities under various programs under the following ESEA titles: (1) I, disadvantaged students, (including State and local educational agency plans, assessment, and school improvement, and State administration); (2) II, the D... | Youth and Adult School Partnership Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Reforestation Tax Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. PARTIAL INFLATION ADJUSTMENT FOR TIMBER.
(a) In General.--Part I of subchapter P of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to treatment of capital gains)
is amended by adding at the end the fol... | Reforestation Tax Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction to a taxpayer who has a qualified timber gain in an amount equal to the qualified percentage of such gain. Allows a deduction, for qualified timber property, for reforestation expenditures and terminates current provisions allowing fo... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify certain provisions relating to the treatment of forestry activities. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening the Safety Net Act of
2006''.
SEC. 2. REDISTRIBUTION AND EXTENDED AVAILABILITY OF UNEXPENDED MEDICAID
DSH ALLOTMENTS.
Section 1923(f) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-4(f))
is amended--
(1) in paragra... | Strengthening the Safety Act of 2006 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for the redistribution and extended availability of unexpended Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award demonstration grants to health a... | A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for redistribution and extended availability of unexpended medicaid DSH allotments, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fall River Water Users District
Rural Water System Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) there are insufficient water supplies of reasonable
quality available to the members of th... | Fall River Water Users District Rural Water System Act of 1996 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants for the construction and operation of the Fall River Water Users District Rural Water System, Inc. Prohibits the obligation of System construction funds until: (1) Federal environmental compliance ... | Fall River Water Users District Rural Water System Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Worker Ownership, Readiness, and
Knowledge Act'' or the ``WORK Act''.
SEC. 2. WORKER OWNERSHIP, READINESS, AND KNOWLEDGE.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Existing program.--The term ``existing program'' means
a program, desig... | Worker Ownership, Readiness, and Knowledge Act or the WORK Act This bill requires the Department of Labor to: (1) establish within the Employment and Training Administration an Employee Ownership and Participation Initiative to promote employee ownership and participation in business decisionmaking; and (2) establish... | Worker Ownership, Readiness, and Knowledge Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Patient Access and
Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. REGISTRATION PROCESS UNDER CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.
(a) Definitions.--
(1) Factors as may be relevant to and consistent with the
public health and safety.--Section... | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on February 11, 2016. Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to define phrases related to the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA's) authority to register manufa... | Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Alternative Diesel Standard Act of
2006''.
SEC. 2. ALTERNATIVE DIESEL FUEL CONTENT OF DIESEL.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7535(o))
(as amended by section 1501 of the Energy... | Alternative Diesel Standard Act of 2006 - Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations to ensure that diesel sold or introduced into commerce in the United States, on an annual average basis, contains the applicable volume of alternative die... | A bill to establish an alternative diesel standard, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``September 11 Family Humanitarian
Relief and Patriotism Act''.
SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FOR CERTAIN NONIMMIGRANT VICTIMS OF
TERRORISM.
(a) Adjustment of Status.--
(1) In general.--The status of any alien described in
... | September 11 Family Humanitarian Relief and Patriotism Act - (Sec. 2) Provides permanent resident status adjustment for an applicant alien who was: (1) lawfully present in the United States on September 10, 2001, and on such date was the spouse, child, or dependent son or daughter of a lawful nonimmigrant alien who die... | To provide the nonimmigrant spouses and children of nonimmigrant aliens who perished in the September 11 terrorist attacks an opportunity to adjust their status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Streamline America's Future Energy
Nuclear Act''.
SEC. 2. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.
Nothing in this Act shall supersede, mitigate, detract from, or in
anyway decrease the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's ability to maintain
the highest possible levels ... | Streamline America's Future Energy Nuclear Act - Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to establish and implement an expedited procedure for issuing a Combined Construction and Operating License for a nuclear reactor.
Directs the NRC to: (1) reduce by one-half the time necessary for reactor design certificat... | To establish an expedited schedule for the issuance of a Combined Construction and Operating License for nuclear reactors that meet certain conditions, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``State Children's Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. STATE LAWS.
(a) Law Required.--Each State shall pass and implement a law
requiring, at a minimum--
(1) any person who knows or has reasonable cause to believe
or suspect that a child has be... | State Children's Protection Act - Requires each state to pass and implement a law: (1) requiring any person who knows or has reasonable cause to believe or suspect that a child has been subjected to child abuse or neglect, or who observes any child being subjected to conditions or circumstances that would reasonably re... | A bill to protect children from abuse and neglect. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Personal Philanthropy Account Act of
2005''.
SEC. 2. PERSONAL PHILANTHROPY ACCOUNTS.
(a) In General.--Part VII of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to additional itemized
deductions for individuals) is amended by... | Personal Philanthropy Account Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction (whether or not the taxpayer itemizes deductions) for cash contributions to a personal philanthropy account. Defines "personal philanthropy account" as a tax-exempt trust created to make distributions for charitable pu... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage private philanthropy. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``HERO Improvements Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. HERO ACT IMPROVEMENTS.
(a) In General.--Section 890A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002
(6 U.S.C. 473) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``H... | HERO Improvements Act of 2017 This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide statutory authority for the Human Exploitation Rescue Operation (HERO) Child-Rescue Corps Program within the Cyber Crimes Center of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The HERO Child-Rescue Corps Program, operated in part... | HERO Improvements Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cosmetology Tax Fairness and
Compliance Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF CREDIT FOR PORTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY TAXES PAID
WITH RESPECT TO EMPLOYEE TIPS.
(a) Expansion of Credit to Other Lines of Business.--Paragraph (2)
of section 45B... | Cosmetology Tax Fairness and Compliance Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the credit for the portion of social security taxes paid with respect to employee tips, to make such credit applicable to employers of cosmetologists.Establishes provisions concerning returns relating to cosmetology ... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and to promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector. |
SECTION 1. REDUCTION IN INDIVIDUAL CAPITAL GAINS RATE ON STOCK OF
DOMESTIC MANUFACTURERS.
(a) General Rule.--Subsection (h) of section 1 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to maximum capital gains rate) is
amended to read as follows:
``(h) Maximum Capital Gains Rate.--
... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the rate of the individual and corporate capital gains tax on the sale or exchange of stock of qualified domestic manufacturers. Provides for indexing the basis of such stock which has been held for more than three years. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the capital gains tax on stock of domestic corporations engaged in manufacturing and to index the basis of such stock for inflation. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cybersecurity Public Awareness Act
of 2013''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
(a) Congress finds the following:
(1) Information technology is central to the effectiveness,
efficiency, and reliability of industrial and commercial
services... | Cybersecurity Public Awareness Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to submit an annual report that: (1) summarizes major cyber incidents involving networks of executive agencies, except for the Department of Defense (DOD); (2) provides aggregate statistics on the number of breaches of network... | Cybersecurity Public Awareness Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Tax Compliance Act of
1994''.
SEC. 2. TAXATION OF INCOME OF CONTROLLED FOREIGN CORPORATIONS
ATTRIBUTABLE TO IMPORTED PROPERTY.
(a) General Rule.--Subsection (a) of section 954 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (defining foreig... | Foreign Tax Compliance Act of 1994 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include in the taxation of controlled foreign corporations income attributable to imported property.
Requires the separate application of limitations on the foreign tax credit for imported property income.
Expresses the sense of the Congress tha... | Foreign Tax Compliance Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Advanced Nuclear Technology
Development Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Nuclear energy generates approximately 20 percent of
the total electricity and approximately 60 percent of the
carbo... | Advanced Nuclear Technology Development Act of 2016 (Sec. 4)This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to enter into a memorandum of understanding to: ensure that DOE has sufficient technical expertise to support the civilian nuclear industry's timely development and ... | Advanced Nuclear Technology Development Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Delaware Water Gap National
Recreation Area Natural Gas Pipeline Enlargement Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Corporation.--The term ``Corporation'' means the
Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation.
(2) Pipeli... | Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Natural Gas Pipeline Enlargement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to grant the Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation an easement to enlarge the diameter of a specified pipeline from 14 inches to not more than 20 inches, consistent with the recreational values an... | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to allow the Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation to increase the diameter of a natural gas pipeline located in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Homeland Security Agency
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The security of the United States homeland from
nontraditional and emerging threats must be a primary national
security mission of... | National Homeland Security Agency Act - Establishes a National Homeland Security Agency. Requires the Agency's Director, who shall serve as an advisor to the National Security Council, to: (1) plan, coordinate, and integrate those U.S. Government activities relating to homeland security, including border security and e... | To establish the National Homeland Security Agency. |
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF RECAPTURE BOND RULE.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (6) of section 42(j) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to recapture of credit) is amended to
read as follows:
``(6) No recapture on disposition of building (or interest
therein) reasonably expected to continue ... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal provisions of the low income housing tax credit requiring a bond to cover recapture amounts from the disposition, prior to a 15-year compliance period, of a building (or interest therein) eligible for the credit. Provides for a three-year statute of limitation (from the end of... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to replace the recapture bond provisions of the low income housing tax credit program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Agricultural Water Conservation Act
of 1993''.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) the Federal Government has an historic commitment to
assisting areas of the Nation in need of developing adequate
... | Agricultural Water Conservation Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 75 percent of the water conservation system expenses for the purchase and installation of materials or equipment to substantially conserve water on farm land. | Agricultural Water Conservation Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Drug Overdose Reduction Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports
that 28,723 deaths in the United States in 2003 were
attributable to drug-induced caus... | Drug Overdose Reduction Act - Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to award grants or cooperative agreements to enable public health agencies or community-based organizations to reduce deaths occurring from overdoses of drugs or controlled substances, including by: (1) providing... | A bill to reduce deaths occurring from overdoses of drugs or controlled substances. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife
Restoration Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The Great Lakes Fishery Resources Restoration Study,
for which a report was submitted to the Congress in 1995, was a
... | Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1996 - Amends the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990 to: (1) include among the Act's purposes to develop and implement proposals for the restoration of fish and wildlife resources in the Great Lakes Basin (Basin); and (2) include microorganisms within... | Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Radiological Materials Security
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDING AND PURPOSES.
(a) Finding.--The Congress finds that radiological materials used
in medical, industrial, academic, and other facilities must be secured
to prevent theft for possible use in a radiol... | Radiological Materials Security Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to enhance domestic preparedness for and collective response to terrorism by conducting a risk assessment regarding the threat of, vulnerability to, and consequences of theft or other procurement ... | To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to secure domestic sources of radiological materials that could be used to make a radiological dispersion device against access by terrorists, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``DACA Compromise Act of 2018''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) In general.--Any term used in this Act that is used in
the immigration laws (as defined in section 101(a)(17) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S... | DACA Compromise Act of 2018 This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to permanent resident status the status of, an alien: (1) who has been continuously present in the United States since June 15, 2012; (2) who was granted deferred removal as an undocumented alien... | DACA Compromise Act of 2018 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Educating Tomorrow's Workforce Act
of 2014.''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
Section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act
of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (9), (10)
thr... | Educating Tomorrow's Workforce Act of 2014 - Amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to revise the requirements for the plan of a state seeking federal assistance for career and technical education programs. Requires the state plan to describe how the eligible state agency will ensure the ... | Educating Tomorrow's Workforce Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Telephone Billing Act of
2013''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) For years, telephone users have complained that their
wireline telephone bills included unauthorized third-party
charges.
... | Fair Telephone Billing Act of 2013 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit local exchange carriers or providers of interconnected VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service from placing, or causing to be placed, a third-party charge that is not directly related to the provision of telephone services on the... | Fair Telephone Billing Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cutting Earmarks And Savings
Enforcement (CEASE) Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF DISCRETIONARY DEFICIT REDUCTION ACCOUNT.
(a) Discretionary Deficit Reduction Account.--Title III of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end th... | Cutting Earmarks And Savings Enforcement (CEASE) Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require each of the chairs of the congressional budget committees to maintain a deficit reduction Discretionary Account and a deficit reduction Mandatory Account.
Prescribes procedures for the crediting to such accoun... | To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish discretionary and mandatory deficit reduction accounts. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Community Connect Grant Program Act
of 2018''.
SEC. 2. COMMUNITY CONNECT GRANT PROGRAM.
Title VI of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 604. COMMUNITY CONNECT GRANT PROGR... | Community Connect Grant Program Act of 2018 This bill amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to provide statutory authority for the existing Community Connect Grant Program, which is a Department of Agriculture program that provides grants to finance broadband transmission in rural areas where broadband service ... | Community Connect Grant Program Act of 2018 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Government Accountability Office
Improvement Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO OBTAIN RECORDS.
(a) Authority To Obtain Records.--Section 716 of title 31, United
States Code, is amended in subsection (a)--
(1) by striking ``(a)'' and inser... | Government Accountability Office Improvement Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Comptroller General to: (1) obtain federal agency records required to discharge his or her duties, including through bringing civil actions under this Act; (2) interview agency officers and employees to get information about agency duties, powers... | To provide additional authorities to the Comptroller General of the United States, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF PROVISION WHICH INCLUDES ONE-HALF OF SOCIAL
SECURITY AND RAILROAD RETIREMENT BENEFITS IN GROSS
INCOME.
(a) Repeal of Provision Including Benefits in Gross Income.--
Section 86 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to inclusion
of social security and tier... | Repeals, except with respect to nonresident aliens, Internal Revenue Code provisions that include social security and tier I railroad retirement benefits in the gross (taxable) income of certain taxpayers. | To repeal the provisions in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 relating to the inclusion of Social Security and certain railroad retirement benefits in gross income to the extent such provisions do not apply to nonresident aliens. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Wildfire Presuppression Fuels
Management Pilot Program Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) private grazing land in the United States has
experienced dramatic increases in the levels of cheatgrass and
... | Wildfire Presuppression Fuels Management Pilot Program Act of 2007 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend the environmental quality incentives program.
Includes private land fire presuppression activities in the program.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make FY2008-FY2012 cost-share and incentive pay... | A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make cost-share and incentive payments for innovative fuels management conservation practices, including prescribed grazing management on private grazing land and practices that complement commensurate public land, to prevent the o... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Disaster Area Health and
Environmental Monitoring Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY OF INDIVIDUALS IN A DISASTER
AREA.
Title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act is amended by ins... | Disaster Area Health and Environmental Monitoring Act of 2003 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President, if one or more chemicals or substances associated with potential acute or chronic human health effects (substances of concern) are being or have... | A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to carry out a program for the protection of the health and safety of residents, workers, volunteers, and others in a disaster area. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Insurance Non-Discrimination for
Survivors Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act, except as otherwise expressly provided:
(1) Course of conduct.--The term ``course of conduct''
means a course of repeatedly maintaining a visual or ... | Insurance Non-Discrimination for Survivors Act - Prohibits an insurer from denying or terminating an insurance policy or health benefit plan, restricting or excluding coverage for losses or denying a claim, or adding a premium differential to any policy or health benefit plan on the basis that the insured (or any emplo... | To prohibit discrimination in insurance coverage to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Human Rights Information Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The commitment to the promotion and protection of human
rights, democracy, and the rule of law around the world has led
the United State... | Human Rights Information Act - Requires certain Federal agencies to identify, review, and organize all human rights records, for declassification and public disclosure, if the President determines bona fide a request for them by an individual or entity carrying an official mandate to investigate a pattern of gross viol... | To promote human rights, democracy, and the rule of law by providing a process for executive agencies for declassifying on an expedited basis and disclosing certain documents relating to human rights abuses in countries other than the United States. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Minority Inclusion in Clinical
Trials Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INCENTIVIZING INCLUSION OF
UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES IN CLINICAL TRIALS.
It is the sense of Congress that the National Institute on Minority
Health and ... | Minority Inclusion in Clinical Trials Act of 2015 This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities shall include within its strategic plan ways to increase representation of underrepresented communities in clinical trials. The bill directs the Department of... | Minority Inclusion in Clinical Trials Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) clear funding priorities should be laid out in case the
United States Government reaches the statutory debt limit or
experiences a funding gap, and that the top priorities should
be--
(A)... | Sets forth the priority of the payment of obligations incurred by the U.S. government in the event that U.S. debt reaches the statutory limit.
Limits certain obligations for specified departments, agencies, international organizations, and funds to 20% of the amount that would have been made available to satisfy such ... | To specify the priority of the obligations of the United States Government if the debt ceiling is reached, to provide for an emergency appropriation of funds to pay for certain defense and national security obligations during a gap in funding, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Vision Zero Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. VISION ZERO PLANNING GRANTS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to
award grants to eligible entities to develop a plan, known as a Vision
Zero plan, to eliminate transportation-related fata... | Vision Zero Act of 2015 This bill authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to award grants to a city, town, township, borough, county, parish, district, village, or other political subdivision of a state to develop a Vision Zero plan to eliminate transportation-related fatalities and serious injuries in its jurisdict... | Vision Zero Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Independent Living Act of
2009''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) There are approximately 2,200,000 wheelchair users in
the United States according to the United States Ce... | Medicare Independent Living Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the in-the-home restriction for Medicare coverage of mobility devices for individuals with expected long-term needs. Deems such devices to be durable medical equipment (DME) if they are used in customary sett... | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the in the home restriction for Medicare coverage of mobility devices for individuals with expected long-term needs. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Technology Transfer Act''.
SEC. 2. ENERGY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.
Section 917 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16197) is
amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 917. ADVANCED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CENTERS.
``(a) Grants.--Not later t... | Energy Technology Transfer Act - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary of Energy to award grants for a five-year period to nonprofit institutions, state and local governments, cooperative extension services, or institutions of higher education to establish a geographically dispersed network of Ad... | To provide for the establishment of centers to encourage demonstration and commercial application of advanced energy methods and technologies. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Internet Tax Fairness Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF INTERNET TAX FREEDOM ACT MORATORIUM.
(a) Permanent Extension; Internet Access Taxes.--Section 1101 of
the Internet Tax Freedom Act (47 U.S.C. 151 note) is amended--
(1) by s... | Internet Tax Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends the Internet Tax Freedom Act to make the three-year moratorium on State and local taxation of the Internet permanent.Revises Federal law provisions concerning state taxation of income from interstate commerce to prohibit, as a general rule, a State or subdivision thereof impos... | To make permanent the moratorium enacted by the Internet Tax Freedom Act, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Kids Vision Care Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Good vision is essential for proper physical
development and educational progress in growing children.
(2) Many serious ocular c... | Kids Vision Care Act of 2006 - Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award grants to states to: (1) provide comprehensive eye examinations by a licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist for children identified by a licens... | To establish a grant program to provide vision care to children. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Charter School Transparency,
Accountability, and Quality Act''.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal
of, a section or other provisio... | Charter School Transparency, Accountability, and Quality Act Amends part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to require a state's school improvement plan to include assurances that its authorized public chartering agencies: meet nationally recognized professional standards; annu... | Charter School Transparency, Accountability, and Quality Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Science of Stem Cell Research Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) President George W. Bush, after much thoughtful
consideration, decided to move forward with Federal funding for
human embryonic stem c... | Science of Stem Cell Research Act - Establishes the Stem Cell Research Board, a bipartisan commission in the legislative branch, for four years.Requires the Board to research: (1) the effects of the President's August 9, 2001, stem cell research directive, including progress in advancing disease cures and improving org... | To establish the Stem Cell Research Board to conduct research on the effects of the President's August 9, 2001, stem cell research directive, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of
2017''.
SEC. 2. FEDERAL EXPUNGEMENT FOR VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING.
(a) In General.--Chapter 237 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 3772. Motion to vacate; expungement;... | Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish a process to vacate convictions and expunge arrests for criminal offenses committed by trafficking victims that directly result from or relate to having been a trafficking victim. A trafficking victim may file a motion: (1)... | Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Gas Price Spike Act of 2000''.
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 thereof the following new chapt... | Establishes a credit for the purchase of U.S. made fuel efficient passenger vehicles.
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the operator of a mass transit system to assist the operator in reducing fares paid by passengers using the system which shall be paid for by revenues from the windfall prof... | Gas Price Spike Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States Coast Guard
Commemorative Coin Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States Coast Guard was founded on August 4,
1790, as the Revenue Cutter Service under the United States
... | United States Coast Guard Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue in commemoration of the United States Coast Guard: (1) $5 gold coins, (2) $1 silver coins, and (3) half-dollar clad coins. Requires the design of such coins to be emblematic of the traditions, history, and herita... | United States Coast Guard Commemorative Coin Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Global Warming Economic Oversight
Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. GLOBAL WARMING ECONOMIC OVERSIGHT COMMISSION.
(a) Establishment.--There is hereby established the Global Warming
Economic Oversight Commission (hereafter in this section referred to as
the ``Com... | Global Warming Economic Oversight Act of 2009 - Establishes the Global Warming Economic Oversight Commission to conduct ongoing oversight of, and report to the appropriate congressional committees on, the use by the federal government of funds from any auction or sale of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions allowances.
Requ... | To establish the Global Warming Economic Oversight Commission to study and report on the use by the Federal Government of funds from any auction or sale of greenhouse gas emissions allowances, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Assistance to Individuals Delivering
for America Act of 2005'' or the ``AID for America Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. EMPLOYER CREDIT FOR WAGES PAID TO EMPLOYEES WHO PERFORM
VOLUNTEER DISASTER RELIEF SERVICES.
(a) In General.--Subpart D of part ... | Assistance to Individuals Delivering for America Act of 2005 or the AID for America Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business tax credit for 50 percent of the wages paid to employees serving as disaster relief volunteers. Limits the amount of such credit to $100 per day per employee. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reward those Americans who provide volunteer services in times of national need. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Innovation Tax Credit Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. SIMPLIFICATION OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CREDIT.
(a) Transition to Fully-Implemented Simplified Credit for Qualified
Research Expanses.--
(1) Phase-out of traditional credit.--Section 41(a) of t... | Innovation Tax Credit Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the tax credit for increasing research activities by: (1) phasing in increases in the alternative simplified tax credit rate through 2009; (2) establishing a 20% alternative simplified tax credit rate in 2010 in lieu of the standard research... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives to improve America's research competitiveness, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``College Campus Alcohol Abuse
Prevention and Education Act''.
SEC. 2. HIGHER EDUCATION AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE PREVENTION.
(a) Specific Programs.--Section 1213 of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1145g) is amended--
(1) in subs... | College Campus Alcohol Abuse Prevention and Education Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise drug and alcohol abuse prevention program certification requirements (which must be met in order for a higher education institution (institution) to receive any Federal financial assistance) to require su... | College Campus Alcohol Abuse Prevention and Education Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Unemployment Compensation
Extension Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM.
(a) Extension.--Section 4007(a)(2) of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is ... | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2013 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before January 1, 2015. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Fami... | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. MODIFICATIONS OF TAX TREATMENT OF QUALIFIED STATE TUITION
PROGRAMS.
(a) Exclusion of Distributions Used for Educational Purposes.--
Subparagraph (B) of section 529(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to treatment of distributions) is amended to read as
follows:
... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to qualified State tuition programs to, among other things: (1) provide for the exclusion from gross income of distributions used for qualified higher education expenses; (2) include room and board in the definition of qualified higher education expenses; and (3) permit i... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the tax treatment of qualified State tuition programs. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Royal Hong Kong Police Anticrime
Strategy Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE ANTICRIME STRATEGY.
(a) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``Attorney General'' means the Attorney
General of the United States;
... | Royal Hong Kong Police Anticrime Strategy Act of 1997 - Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury to study and report to specified congressional committees regarding the potential recruitment, hiring, or retention of qualified former officers of the Royal Hong Kong Police by Federal law enforcement... | Royal Hong Kong Police Anticrime Strategy Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Contracting and Tax Accountability
Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. GOVERNMENTAL POLICY.
It is the policy of the United States Government that no Government
contracts or grants should be awarded to individuals or companies with
seriously delinquent Federal tax ... | . Contracting and Tax Accountability Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Declares it the policy of the U.S. government that no government contracts or grants should be awarded to individuals or companies with seriously delinquent federal tax debts. (Sec. 3) Requires the head of any executive agency that issues an invitation for bi... | Contracting and Tax Accountability Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hopewell Township Investment Act of
1994''.
SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF LAND.
(a) Administrator of General Services.--The Administrator of
General Services (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the
``Administrator'') is authorized to transfer, by negotiat... | Hopewell Township Investment Act of 1994 - Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to convey, by negotiated sale at fair market value, certain land in Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania, to the Beaver County Corporation for Economic Development.
States that if such conveyance is not made within 180 days after th... | Hopewell Township Investment Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Making College More Affordable
Act''.
SEC. 2. DIRECT FEDERAL UNDERGRADUATE LOANS AND REPAYMENT PLAN.
(a) Interest Rates.--Section 455(a) of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(a)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
... | Making College More Affordable Act This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 by creating federal interest-free education loans for undergraduate students. The loans must have the same terms and conditions and benefits to borrowers as federal direct Stafford Loans. Interest on these loans may only accrue during ... | Making College More Affordable Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States-Flag Passenger Vessel
Act of 1994''.
SEC. 2. COASTWISE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS.
(a) In General.--Section 8 of the Act of June 19, 1886 (46 U.S.C.
App. 289), is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 8. COASTWISE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSEN... | United States-Flag Passenger Vessel Act of 1994 - Amends Federal law to permit a vessel to transport passengers in coastwise trade only if: (1) the vessel meets certain requirements under the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 and the Shipping Act, 1916 for engaging in such trade; and (2) for a vessel that is at least five net... | United States-Flag Passenger Vessel Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Oil Spill Dispersant Spraying
Aircraft Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO SELL AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT PARTS FOR THE PURPOSE
OF DISPERSING OIL SPILLS.
(a) Authority.--(1) Notwithstanding section 202 of the Federal
Property and Administrat... | Oil Spill Dispersant Spraying Aircraft Act of 1998 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (Secretary), during FY 1998 through 2002, to sell excess Department of Defense aircraft and parts to a person or entity that contracts to deliver oil dispersants by air for the dispersing of oil spills. Provides sale conditions, i... | Oil Spill Dispersant Spraying Aircraft Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. ELDERLY HOMELESS VETERANS HOUSING GRANT PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall jointly establish a
pilot program to award grants to nonprofit organizations to provide
homeless veterans with non-transitional housing... | Directs the Secretaries of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to jointly establish a two-year pilot program of grants to nonprofit organizations to provide homeless veterans with non-transitional housing. Authorizes the Secretaries to award two grants of up to $25 million each under the progr... | To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a grant pilot program to provide housing to elderly homeless veterans. |
SECTION 1. TEMPORARY INCREASE OF MEDICAID FMAP.
(a) Permitting Maintenance of Fiscal Year 2001 FMAP for Last 3
Calendar Quarters of Fiscal Year 2002.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, but subject to subsection (g), if the FMAP determined
without regard to this section for a State for fiscal year 2002... | Declares that, if the Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) for a State for FY 2002 is less than the FMAP for FY 2001, the FY 2001 FMAP shall be substituted for the State's FMAP for the last three calendar quarters of FY 2002. Declares similarly that: (... | A bill to temporarily increase the Federal medical assistance percentage for the medicaid program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Code Talkers
Recognition Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Expression of recognition.
TITLE I--SIOUX... | Code Talkers Recognition Act - Title I: Sioux Code Talkers - Requires the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of commemorative medals of appropriate design to Sioux Code Talkers of World War II.... | A bill to authorize the presentation of commemorative medals on behalf of Congress to Native Americans who served as Code Talkers during foreign conflicts in which the United States was involved during the 20th century in recognition of the service of those Native Americans to the United States. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Securing Access Via Excellence for
Medicare Home Health Act of 2014'' or the ``SAVE Medicare Home Health
Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF MEDICARE HOME HEALTH REBASING REDUCTION PROVIDED
UNDER PPACA AND DETAILED ANALYSIS OF SUCH REDUCTION.
... | Securing Access Via Excellence for Medicare Home Health Act of 2014 or the SAVE Medicare Home Health Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the prospective payment system (PPS) for home health services, to repeal the rebasing reduction adjustment for 2014 and subsequent ... | SAVE Medicare Home Health Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs
Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. EQUITY INVESTMENT IN SMALL BUSINESS TAX CREDIT.
(a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to business related
credits) i... | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain investors a business tax credit for 25% of equity investments made in small businesses, up to an annual limit of $500,000. Terminates such credit after 2011. | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for qualified equity investments in certain small businesses. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Dietary Supplement Fairness in
Labeling and Advertising Act''.
SEC. 2. LABELING OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the
proposed rule entitled ``Regulations on Statements Made for Dietary
Supplements Concer... | Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit a truthful and accurate summary of one or more findings of a study or article appearing in a scientific or medical publication or textbook from being subject to regulation as labeling under such Act when used in connection with the sale of a dietary supplement... | Dietary Supplement Fairness in Labeling and Advertising Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Tax Relief
Extension Act of 2003''.
(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 sect... | Tax Relief Extension Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend provisions concerning: (1) parity in the application of certain limits to mental health benefits; (2) the credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources; (3) the work opportunity credit; (4) the welfare-to-work credit; (5) t... | A bill to provide extensions for certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Indian Needs Assessment and Program
Evaluation Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS, PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) the United States and the Indian tribes have a unique
legal and political government-to-governmen... | Indian Needs Assessment and Program Evaluation Act of 1999 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop a uniform method, criteria, and procedures for determining, analyzing, and compiling the program and service assistance needs of Indian tribes and Indians nationwide.
Requires Federal agencies to conduct India... | Indian Needs Assessment and Program Evaluation Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Expanding
Patients' Access to Quality Care Act of 2013''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Modification of Stark requirements fo... | Expanding Patients' Access to Quality Care Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to: (1) the limitation on certain physician referrals to hospitals in which the physician or an immediate family member has an ownership or investment interest exceeding a specified amount; and... | Expanding Patients' Access to Quality Care Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Justin Bailey Veterans Substance Use
Disorders Prevention and Treatment Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF VETERANS SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER PROGRAMS.
Subsection (d) of section 1720A of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the fo... | Justin Bailey Veterans Substance Use Disorders Prevention and Treatment Act of 2008 - Requires each substance use disorder treatment plan developed by a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center to ensure that such center provides ready access to a full continuum of care for substance use disorders for veteran... | To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and improve health care services available to veterans from the Department of Veterans Affairs for substance use disorders, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Caguana Indigenous
Ceremonial Park and Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center Study Act''.
(b) Findings.--Congress finds as follows:
(1) Caguana indigenous ceremonial park.--
(A) The Caguana Indigeno... | Caguana Indigenous Ceremonial Park and Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center Study Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the Caguana Indigenous Ceremonial Park and the Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center in Puerto Rico as units of the National Park Syst... | Caguana Indigenous Ceremonial Park and Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center Study Act |
.--The Secretary may not implement any revenue
raising measure recommended by the Commission in the report transmitted
under section 5(c)(1) if, within the 45-day period beginning on March
1, 1998, a joint resolution is enacted, in accordance with the
provisions of sections 8 and 10, disapproving the recommendation... | Creative Revenues Act of 1995 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to implement all revenue raising measures which are recommended by the Creative Revenues Commission (established by this Act) and may be implemented by the Secretary as regulatory reforms. Directs that information concerning implementation of suc... | Creative Revenues Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Armed Forces Suicide Prevention Act
of 2011''.
SEC. 2. ENHANCEMENT OF SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE.
(a) Enhancement.--The Secretary of Defense shall take appropriate
actions to enhance the suicide prevention pr... | Armed Forces Suicide Prevention Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to enhance the suicide prevention program of the Department of Defense (DOD) through the provision of suicide prevention information and resources to members of the Armed Forces from their initial enlistment or appointment through their fina... | To amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the suicide prevention program of the Department of Defense by specifically requiring suicide prevention training during recruit basic training, preseparation counseling, and mental health assessments. |
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