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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Elimination of Double Subsidies for
the Hardrock Mining Industry Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF PERCENTAGE DEPLETION ALLOWANCE FOR CERTAIN HARDROCK
MINES.
(a) In General.--Section 613(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating t... | Elimination of Double Subsidies for the Hardrock Mining Industry Act of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow the percentage depletion allowance for hardrock mines located on land currently subject to the general mining laws, or on land patented under such laws. Establishes the Abandoned Mine Reclamation ... | Elimination of Double Subsidies for the Hardrock Mining Industry Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative
Improvement Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; DEFINITION.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) All claims of United States citizenship and nationality
must be treated with the utmost r... | Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative Improvement Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of State to adjudicate U.S. passport applications in an individualized, evidence-based manner.
Requires the passport application adjudicatory process to be based on an assessment of individual circumstances and evidence.
Prohibits an... | To establish certain standards for the adjudication of United States passport applications, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Biological Implant Tracking and
Veteran Safety Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING OF BIOLOGICAL IMPLANTS USED IN
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITIES.
(a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 38, ... | Biological Implant Tracking and Veteran Safety Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) adopt the unique device identification system developed for medical devices by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), or implement a comparable standard identification system, for identifying biological impla... | Biological Implant Tracking and Veteran Safety Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Employment Opportunity Act of
2011''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that denial of employment
opportunities to individuals because they are or have been unemployed
is discriminatory and burdens commerce by--
... | Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2011 - Declares it an unlawful practice for certain employers with at least 15 employees for each working day in each of at least 20 calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year to: (1) refuse to consider or offer employment to an individual based on present or past unempl... | To prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of an individual's status or history of unemployment. |
SECTION 1. TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY CENTERS.
(a) Establishment.--Subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 7320 the following
new section:
``Sec. 7320A. Centers for traumatic brain injury research, education,
and clinical activities
``(a) ... | Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) establish and operate centers for traumatic brain injury (TBI) research, education, and clinical activities; (2) ensure the geographic distribution of such centers; and (3) designate no more than five centers.
Requires the: (1) official within the Veterans Health Admin... | To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish traumatic brain injury centers. |
SECTION 1. CONVERSION OF MULTIFAMILY TRANSITIONAL HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM
TO LOAN ISSUANCE PROGRAM.
(a) Authority To Issue Loans.--
(1) In general.--Section 2051 of title 38, United States
Code, is amended--
(A) in subsection (a)--
(i... | Revises the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) multifamily transitional housing loan program (program) to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to issue at least five loans for the construction, rehabilitation, or acquisition of land for multifamily transitional housing projects. Authorizes the Secretary to delega... | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the multifamily transitional housing loan program of the Department of Veterans Affairs by requiring the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to issue loans for the construction of, rehabilitation of, or acquisition of land for multifamily transitional housing projects ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Credit Information Protection Act of
2017''.
SEC. 2. SECURITY FREEZES ON CONSUMER REPORTS.
Section 605A of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681c-1)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(i) Security Freezes.--
``(1) ... | Credit Information Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require, after a data security breach, a consumer reporting agency to provide a security freeze to a consumer upon request. (A security freeze prohibits the consumer reporting agency from releasing a report without the consumer'... | Credit Information Protection Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. TRANSFER BY REGISTERED PIPELINE OR VESSEL REQUIRED FOR FUEL
TAX EXEMPTION OF BULK TRANSFERS TO REGISTERED TERMINALS
OR REFINERIES.
(a) In General.--Section 4081(a)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (relating to exemption for bulk transfers to registered
terminals... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to address issues concerning the fuel excise tax.Requires that fuel be transferred by registered pipeline or vessel to qualify for the fuel tax exemption of bulk transfers to registered terminals or refineries. Imposes civil penalties for the carrying of taxable fuels by nonregistered p... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to combat fuel excise tax fraud. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Better Buildings Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. SEPARATE SPACES WITH HIGH-PERFORMANCE ENERGY EFFICIENCY
MEASURES.
Subtitle B of title IV of the Energy Independence and Security Act
of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17081 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end... | Better Buildings Act of 2013 - Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to require the Department of Energy's (DOE) Assistant Secretary of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to study the feasibility of: (1) significantly improving energy efficiency in commercial buildings through the design and const... | Better Buildings Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Drinking Water Estrogenic
Substances Screening Program Act''.
SEC. 2. SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT; ESTABLISHMENT OF SCREENING PROGRAM FOR
ESTROGENIC SUBSTANCES.
Title XIV of the Public Health Service Act (commonly known as the
Safe Drin... | Safe Drinking Water Estrogenic Substances Screening Program Act - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to develop and, under specified conditions, implement a screening program, using appropriate validated test systems, to determine whether certain subst... | Safe Drinking Water Estrogenic Substances Screening Program Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Eurasia Foundation Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) There has been established in the District of Columbia
a private, nonprofit corporation known as the Eurasia
Foundatio... | Eurasia Foundation Act - Directs the Secretary of State to make an annual grant to the Eurasia Foundation to: (1) promote civil society, private enterprise, and public administration and policy in the countries of Eurasia; (2) strengthen indigenous institutions that foster national development, social change, economic ... | A bill to authorize grants to the Eurasia Foundation, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Burma Freedom and Democracy Act of
1995''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Since 1962, Burma has been ruled by a military
dictatorship.
(2) As part of a crackdown against the Burmese pro-
... | Burma Freedom and Democracy Act of 1995 - Imposes certain unilateral and multilateral economic sanctions against Burma until the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that an elected government of Burma has been allowed to take power. Requires the Secretary of Labor to report to the appropriat... | Burma Freedom and Democracy Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Consumer Energy Commission Act of
2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) there has been a sharp increase in the price of
gasoline, home heating oil, natural gas, and propane in the
United States;
(2... | Consumer Energy Commission Act of 2001 - Establishes the Consumer Energy Commission to conduct a nationwide study of significant price spikes in major U.S. consumer energy products during the ten years preceding the date of enactment of this Act, and report its findings to Congress. | A bill to establish a Consumer Energy Commission to assess and provide recommendations regarding recent energy price spikes from the perspective of consumers. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; ETC.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Biodiesel
Renewable Fuels 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 a repeal of a section or other provision... | Biodiesel Renewable Fuels Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax credit of between 3 and 20 cents per gallon for soy or specified vegetable based biodiesel fuel mixtures; and (2) make corresponding reductions to motor fuel excise taxes. | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief for farmers and the producers of biodiesel, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Teachers for the 21st Century Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The dawn of the 21st century will place increased
demands upon our Nation's students that can only be met with
the proper instruction f... | Teachers for the 21st Century Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide grants to up to ten high-need local educational agencies or eligible consortium, one in each of the ten regions established by the Department of Education, to establish or expand National Teachers Academies.
Requires each Academy to p... | Teachers for the 21st Century Act |
SECTION 1. PROVISION OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO MICROENTERPRISES.
Title I of the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory
Improvement Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.) is amended by adding
at the end the following new subtitle:
``Subtitle C--Microenterprise Technical Assistance and Capacity
... | Amends the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 to add to title I a new subtitle C, which may be cited as the Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs Act of 1998. Directs the Administrator of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (Administrator) to establish a microe... | A bill to authorize qualified organizations to provide technical assistance and capacity building services to microenterprise development organizations and programs and to disadvantaged entrepreneurs using funds from the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States Commission on
Rebuilding America for the 21st Century Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) In 1808, Albert Gallatin, while serving as President
Thomas Jefferson's Secretary of the Treasury, report... | United States Commission on Rebuilding America for the 21st Century Act - Establishes the United States Commission on Rebuilding America for the 21st Century to review published materials on the nation's transportation, water, energy, public lands, and housing infrastructure and assess the challenges of meeting the nat... | To establish the United States Commission on Rebuilding America for the 21st Century, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``The Entrepreneurship Tax Cut Act of
2011''.
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME OF QUALIFIED CAPITAL DISTRIBUTION
FROM TAX-FAVORED ACCOUNTS.
(a) In General.--Part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code is amended b... | Entrepreneurship Tax Cut Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income amounts distributed from tax-exempt retirement plans, health savings accounts, Roth individual retirement accounts (IRAs), and qualified tuition programs to acquire an ownership interest (at least 40%) in an entity in c... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow distributions from retirement accounts to start a business. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency
Agricultural Assistance Act of 2002''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE
S... | Emergency Agricultural Assistance Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide market loss assistance payments to owners and producers on a farm that are eligible for a final FY 2002 production flexibility contract payment.Directs the Secretary to provide assistance for: (1) soybeans and oilseeds; (2) ... | To provide emergency agricultural assistance to producers of the 2002 crop of certain agricultural commodities. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Dairy Promotion Program Improvement
Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. FUNDING OF DAIRY PROMOTION AND RESEARCH PROGRAM.
(a) Declaration of Policy.--The first sentence of section 110(b) of
the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 4501(b)) is
amende... | Dairy Promotion Program Improvement Act of 1993 - Amends the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 to increase the membership of the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board (the Board) by two members who shall be representatives of dairy product importers.
Requires dairy product importers to pay an assessment... | Dairy Promotion Program Improvement Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Head Start Quality Improvement
Act''.
SEC. 2. QUALITY IMPROVEMENT FUNDS.
Section 637(5)(B) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9832(5)(B)) is
amended by striking ``25 percent'' and inserting ``30 percent''.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
S... | Head Start Quality Improvement Act - Amends the Head Start Act to increase the portions of specified funds which are to be set aside for: (1) quality improvement activities of program grantees; (2) activities under the Head Start Transition Project Act; and (3) program improvement activities (adding monitoring and in... | Head Start Quality Improvement Act |
SECTION 1. H-1B NONIMMIGRANT STATUS FOR CERTAIN ALIENS WHOSE EMPLOYERS
MAKE SCHOLARSHIP DONATIONS FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND POST-
GRADUATE EDUCATION.
(a) In General.--The Immigration and Nationality Act is amended by
inserting after section 218 the following new section:
``h-1b nonimmi... | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide (H-1B visa) nonimmigrant status for a specified number of aliens during each of FY2008-FY2012 with a master's or Ph.D. degree whose employers make qualified scholarship payments to institutions of higher education for ... | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide status in each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012 for 65,000 H-1B nonimmigrants who have a master's or Ph.D. degree and meet the requirements for such status and whose employers make scholarship payments to institutions of higher education for undergraduate and pos... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Review EPA's Language on Agriculture
and Thoroughly Engage with the Farm Act of 2013'' or the ``RELATE with
the Farm Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. REGULATORY REVIEW BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.
(a) Review of Regulatory Agenda.--The Secretary of Agricultur... | Review EPA's Language on Agriculture and Thoroughly Engage with the Farm Act of 2013 or the RELATE with the Farm Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to review publications that may give notice that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preparing or plans to prepare any guidance, policy, mem... | Review EPA's Language on Agriculture and Thoroughly Engage with the Farm Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicaid Health Homes for Opioid-
Use-Disorder Medicaid Enrollees Encouraged Act'' or the ``Medicaid
Health HOME Act''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ENHANCED FMAP FOR CERTAIN HEALTH HOMES FOR
INDIVIDUALS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS.
Section 1945... | Medicaid Health Homes for Opioid-Use-Disorder Medicaid Enrollees Encouraged Act or the Medicaid Health HOME Act This bill extends the enhanced federal matching rate for expenditures regarding substance-use disorder health-home services under Medicaid. The bill also temporarily requires coverage of medication-assisted t... | Medicaid Health Homes for Opioid-Use-Disorder Medicaid Enrollees Encouraged Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Capital Defense
Counsel Standards Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. RIGHT TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR INDIGENT DEFENDANTS.
(a) Preconviction Representation.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, a defendant in a criminal action in a State... | Capital Defense Counsel Standards Act of 2002 - Entitles a defendant in a State capital case who is financially unable to obtain adequate representation or investigative, expert, or other necessary services before or after judgment or in a post-conviction proceeding to appointment of one or more attorneys and provision... | A bill to ensure that indigent death penalty defendants in State courts receive adequate legal representation, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Men's Health Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Risks to the health and well-being of America's men are
on the rise due to a lack of education, awareness, and pursuit
of preventative screenin... | Men's Health Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the Office of Men's Health to coordinate and promote the status of men's health in the United States. Requires the Secretary, acting... | A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of Men's Health. |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade
Center represented the single greatest act of terrorism
perpetrated against the United States;
(2) the Federal Government has responded quickly and
... | Authorizes use of certain funds appropriated to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to compensate the New York City Board of Education for operating and education-related expenses of New York City public schools, including mental health and trauma counseling and other appropriate support services, resulting from th... | A bill to authorize the use of certain funds to compensate New York City public schools for operating and education-related expenses (including expenses relating to the provision of mental health and trauma counseling and other appropriate support services) resulting from the terrorist attack on that city on September ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Young Witness Assistance Act of
2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Witness and victim intimidation at the juvenile and
young adult level is a serious, growing concern for State and... | Young Witness Assistance Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to State and local prosecutors and law enforcement agencies in support of juvenile (17 years of age or younger) and young adult (between 18 and 21 years of age) witness assistance programs. Authorizes grant... | To provide grants to assist State and local prosecutors and law enforcement agencies with implementing juvenile and young adult witness assistance programs that minimize additional trauma to the witness and improve the chances of successful criminal prosecution or legal action. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Affordable Housing Preservation Act
of 2008''.
SEC. 2. AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRESERVATION PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
shall establish a pilot program under which funds in the residual
receipts account... | Affordable Housing Preservation Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish a pilot program under which funds in the residual receipts account of an eligible multifamily housing property are transferred, at the time of a qualified sale or exchange, to preservation entities to... | A bill to establish a pilot program to preserve affordable housing options for low-income individuals. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Train the Future Act''.
SEC. 2. ENCOURAGING MENTORS TO TRAIN THE FUTURE.
(a) Early Distributions From Qualified Retirement Plans.--Section
72(t)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A)--
... | Train the Future Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an early distribution, without penalty, from a qualified retirement plan to an employee who is serving as a mentor. The bill defines "mentor" as a working individual who: (1) has attained age 55; (2) works reduced hours and engages in m... | Train the Future Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Labor Relations Board
Reform Act''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD.
(a) Composition; Terms.--Section 3(a) of the National Labor
Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 153(a)) is amended--
(1) in the first sentence--
(... | National Labor Relations Board Reform Act Amends the National Labor Relations Act to revise requirements with respect to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), and the process for appellate review. Increases NLRB membership from five to six. Requires three members to repres... | National Labor Relations Board Reform Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Continuity in Representation Act of
2004''.
SEC. 2. REQUIRING SPECIAL ELECTIONS TO BE HELD TO FILL VACANCIES IN
HOUSE IN EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Section 26 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (2 U.S.C.
8) is amended--
... | Continuity in Representation Act of 2004 - Amends Federal law concerning the election of Senators and Representatives to require States to hold special elections to fill vacancies in the House of Representatives within 45 days after a vacancy is announced by the Speaker of the House in the extraordinary circumstance th... | To require States to hold special elections to fill vacancies in the House of Representatives not later than 45 days after the vacancy is announced by the Speaker of the House of Representatives in extraordinary circumstances. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Trade Practices Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. REPORT BY THE PRESIDENT; SANCTIONS.
(a) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 6 months after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
President shall... | Fair Trade Practices Act of 1996 - Directs the President to report annually to the Congress the identities of: (1) foreign persons and concerns that engage in certain foreign corrupt trade practices; and (2) foreign countries that do not have in effect or do not enforce laws similar to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Ac... | Fair Trade Practices Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF INCOME TAX PAYMENTS TO BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
FUND.
(a) In General.--Subchapter A of chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to information and returns) is amended by adding
at the end the following new part:
``PART IX--DESIGNATION OF INCOME TAX PAYMENTS ... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow every individual (other than a nonresident alien) whose adjusted income tax liability for the taxable year is $5 or more, to designate that $5 be paid over to the Biomedical Research Fund.
Establishes in the Treasury the Biomedical Research Fund. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish, and provide a checkoff for, a Biomedical Research Fund, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Kansas Flood Recovery and Economic
Opportunity Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. INCREASED FEDERAL SHARE FOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
including any agreement, the Federal share of assistance, including
dir... | Kansas Flood Recovery and Economic Opportunity Act of 2007 - Establishes the federal share of assistance for the state of Kansas under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act for the storms and flooding in that state between June 26, 2007, and July 25, 2007, at 100% of eligible costs.
Exten... | To extend tax relief to the residents and businesses of an area with respect to which a major disaster has been declared by the President under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (FEMA-1711-DR) by reason of severe storms and flooding beginning on June 26, 2007, and determ... |
SECTION 1. ADMINISTRATOR.
Section 1103 of the Panama Canal Act of 1979 (22 U.S.C. 3613) is
amended--
(1) by adding a new subsection (c) to read as follows:
``(c) Congress consents to the Administrator of the Panama Canal
Commission accepting an appointment by the Government of Panama to the
posi... | Amends the Panama Canal Act of 1979 to consent to the Administrator of the Panama Canal Commission accepting an appointment by the Government of Panama to the position of Administrator of the Panama Canal Authority, for which congressional consent is required under the Constitution. Requires as a term of such consent ... | To amend the Panama Canal Act of 1979, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Worker Safety Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. SOCIAL WORKER SAFETY GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) Grants Authorized.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services
may award grants to States to provide safety measures to social workers
and other similar professionals (... | Social Worker Safety Act of 2017 This bill allows the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to states for providing safety measures to social workers and other similar professionals working with violent, illicit drug-using, or other at-risk populations. | Social Worker Safety Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Restoration of Emergency
Unemployment Compensation Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROVISIONS.
(a) In General.--(1) Section 4007 of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is
amend... | Restoration of Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2010 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal-state agreement under the Emergency Unemployment C... | To continue Federal unemployment programs. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Streamlining Permitting to Enable
Efficient Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure Act of 2018''.
SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FROM REVIEW FOR CERTAIN COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES.
Title I of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.)
is amended by addin... | Streamlining Permitting to Enable Efficient Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure Act of 2018 This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to exempt certain broadband infrastructure project actions, including granting a covered easement, placement and installation of a communications facility, and replace... | Streamlining Permitting to Enable Efficient Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure Act of 2018 |
SECTION 1. PURPOSES AND DEFINITIONS.
(a) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to direct the conveyance of approximately 44 acres,
more or less, of Federally owned land administered by the
Agricultural Research Service to the City of Ames, Iowa; and
(2) to authoriz... | Requires conveyance of approximately 44 acres of federally owned land administered by the Agricultural Research Service which comprises part of the National Animal Disease Center (the property) in the city of Ames, Iowa, to the city of Ames and its assigns.
Requires the city: (1) to pay to the Secretary of Agriculture... | To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain Federally owned land located in Story County, Iowa. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Project-Based Voucher Improvement
Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. UNITS OWNED BY PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCIES.
Paragraph (11) of section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(11)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``(11) Leasing of... | Project-Based Voucher Improvement Act of 2015 This bill amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 with respect to the requirement that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) require local governments or other HUD-approved entities to make inspections and rent determinations for leased dwelling units (... | Project-Based Voucher Improvement Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``NOAA Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Education, Training, and Restoration Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Center.--The term ``Center'' means the Coastal
Prediction Center for the Chesapeake Bay established under
parag... | NOAA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education, Training, and Restoration Act - Requires the Director of the Chesapeake Bay Office, within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a Coastal Prediction Center.Directs the Center to develop an Internet-based information system for integrating, interpreti... | A bill to establish programs to enhance protection of the Chesapeake Bay, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Local Railroad Rehabilitation and
Investment Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR MAINTENANCE OF RAILROAD TRACK.
(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... | Local Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2003- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a railroad track maintenance credit for qualified railroad track maintenance expenditures with respect to which the expenditures were paid or incurred by the taxpayer for the taxable year for Class II or Class III ra... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit against income tax for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of Class II and Class III railroads. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States Efficient Currency Act
of 1997''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress hereby finds the following:
(1) The Government's inventory of $1 dollar coins bearing
the likeness of Susan B. Anthony has declined to 164,100,000
... | United States Efficient Currency Act of 1997 - Amends Federal currency law to prescribe the color and content of one-dollar coins.
Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) place certain authorized one-dollar coins into circulation before the government's current inventory of one-dollar coins bearing the likene... | United States Efficient Currency Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as ``Armed Forces Voluntary Immunization and
Health Justice Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. CONSENT OF SERVICEMEMBER REQUIRED FOR SMALLPOX AND ANTHRAX
IMMUNIZATIONS.
(a) Smallpox Vaccine Immunization Program.--A member of the Armed
Forces may not be requi... | Armed Forces Voluntary Immunization and Health Justice Act of 2005 - Prohibits requiring a member of the Armed Forces to participate in either of the smallpox or anthrax vaccine immunization programs of the Department of Defense. Permits administering either vaccine to any such member without the informed consent of th... | To prohibit the Department of Defense from requiring members of the Armed Forces to receive the anthrax and smallpox immunizations without their consent, to correct the records of servicemembers previously punished for refusing to take these vaccines, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hypersonic Research Airplane
Authorization Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The timely development in the United States of a
single-stage-to-orbit, air-breathing aerospace plane is
expe... | Hypersonic Research Airplane Authorization Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to submit jointly to the Congress a plan for the National Aerospace Plane Program, including development plans (and capped costs) for a hypersonic research... | Hypersonic Research Airplane Authorization Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Supporting Success for High Need
Students Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. HIGH COST FUND FOR LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.
Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20
U.S.C. 1411 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 62... | Supporting Success for High Need Students Act of 2003 - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) to establish high-cost funds from which local educational agencies (LEAs) are paid a portion of: (1) the costs of... | A bill to amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide grants to State educational agencies to establish high cost funds from which local educational agencies are paid a percentage of the costs of providing a free appropriate public education to high need children and other high costs associated wit... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Regulatory Time-Out Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) As stated in Executive Order 13563 (76 Fed. Reg. 3821;
relating to improving regulation and regulatory review), ``Our
regulatory system m... | Regulatory Time-Out Act of 2011 - Prohibits covered regulations from being in effect or from taking effect during the period beginning on the enactment of this Act and ending on January 21, 2013 (time-out period). Prohibits publication of any general notice of a proposed rulemaking for what would be a covered regulatio... | To provide for a time-out on certain regulations, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT FOR EMPLOYER EXPENSES FOR CERTAIN ON-
SITE DAY-CARE FACILITIES.
(a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to business related
credits) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new
se... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make available to an employer an income tax credit for expenses paid or incurred to acquire, construct, rehabilitate, or expand a qualified on-site day care facility operated by the employer for the care of enrollees, at least 30 percent of whom must be dependents of the employer's e... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit against tax for employers who provide on-site day-care facilities for dependents of their employees, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Northern Front Range Roadless Area
and Mountain Backdrop Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. PROTECTED ROADLESS AREAS.
(a) Areas Designated.--Subject to the requirements of subsection
(c), the following lands within the Arapaho and Roosevelt National
Forests in... | Requires the Secretary to review, and report to Congress on, appropriate actions for preserving the open and undeveloped character of certain lands within the Rocky Flats Front Range Mountain Backdrop west of the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site in Jefferson County, Colorado. | Northern Front Range Roadless Area and Mountain Backdrop Protection Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care Consumers Assistance
Fund Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) All consumers need information and assistance to
understand their health insurance choices and to facilitate
effectiv... | Health Care Consumers Assistance Fund Act - Directs: (1) the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Health Care Consumer Assistance Fund for State grants to provide consumers with health insurance information, assistance, and referrals; and (2) States, from such amounts, to establish health care consum... | A bill to provide for the establishment of an assistance program for health insurance consumers. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Matthew Boisvert
Help Extend Respect Owed to Every Soldier (HEROES) Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TI... | Matthew Boisvert Help Extend Respect Owed to Every Soldier (HEROES) Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense to allow certain military and veterans' service organizations access to veterans being furnished hospital care and medical services, subject to the consent of such veterans, f... | To provide improved benefits and procedures for the transition of members of the Armed Forces from combat zones to noncombat zones and for the transition of veterans from service in the Armed Forces to civilian life. |
SECTION 1. TEMPORARY DUTY SUSPENSION.
(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 headings:
`` 9902.32.12 3-acetoxy-2- ... | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through March 30, 1997, the duty on certain chemicals used in the formulation of an HIV protease inhibitor. | To suspend temporarily the duty on certain chemicals used in the formulation of an HIV Protease Inhibitor. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Urban Flooding Awareness Act of
2015''.
SEC. 2. URBAN FLOODING DEFINED.
(a) In General.--In this Act, the term ``urban flooding'' means the
inundation of property in a built environment, particularly in more
densely populated areas, caused by rain fal... | Urban Flooding Awareness Act of 2015 Directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to conduct a study on urban flooding. Defines "urban flooding" as the inundation of property in a built environment, particularly in more densely populated a... | Urban Flooding Awareness Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Veterans Affairs
Health Care Expansion Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. IMPROVED EFFICIENCY IN HEALTH CARE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.
(a) Repeal of Sunset Provision.--Section 204 of the Veterans Health
Care Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-585; 106 Stat. 4950... | Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Expansion Act of 1996 - Repeals a provision of the Veterans Health Care Act of 1992 which terminates the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary) to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Defense for the sharing of health care.
Entitles the United Sta... | Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Expansion Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Neurotechnology Initiative
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) While the field of neuroscience is highly advanced, our
understanding of how the brain works still has many gaps and
our abi... | National Neurotechnology Initiative Act - Defines "neurotechnology" to mean the science and technology that allows an individual to analyze, understand, treat, and heal the brain and nervous system.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement a National Neurotechnology Initiative, under which the ... | To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement a National Neurotechnology Initiative, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``COBRA Coverage Extension and
Affordability Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF BASIC COBRA CONTINUATION PERIOD FROM 18 MONTHS TO
5 YEARS.
(a) Internal Revenue Code Amendments.--Section 4980B(f)(2) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is ... | COBRA Coverage Extension and Affordability Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISSA), and the Public Health Service Act to: (1) extend basic COBRA health care continuation coverage to 60 months; and (2) permit a further extension of continuation coverag... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Public Health Service Act to extend the basic period for health care continuation coverage from 18 months to 5 years, to permit a further extension of continuation coverage for individuals age 55 or older, and to pr... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Veterans Credit Act of
2018''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to rectify problematic reporting of
medical debt included in a consumer report of a veteran due to
inappropriate or delayed payment for hospital care, medical servic... | Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2018 This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to limit, and establish a dispute process and verification procedures with respect to, the inclusion of a veteran's medical debt in a consumer credit report. | Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Child Care Worker Incentive Act of
2001''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL CHILD CARE PROVIDER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment of Program.--Section 658G of the Child Care and
Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858e) is amended--
(1) by... | Child Care Worker Incentive Act of 2001 - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to establish a national child care provider scholarship program.Requires: (1) the scholarship applicant's demonstrated commitment to a child care career; (2) cost sharing by the applicant and employer; and (3) the em... | To establish a child care provider scholarship program. |
SECTION 1. CENTENNIAL OF FLIGHT COMMISSION.
The Centennial of Flight Commemoration Act (36 U.S.C. 143 note; 112
Stat. 3486 et seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 4--
(A) in subsection (a)--
(i) in paragraphs (1) and (2) by striking ``or his
designee'';
... | (Sec. 1) Repeals the Commission's duty to represent the United States and take a leadership role with other nations in recognizing the importance of aviation history in general, the centennial of powered flight in particular, and promoting participation by the United States in such activities.
Requires the Commission, ... | A bill to make certain technical and other corrections relating to the Centennial of Flight Commemoration Act (36 U.S.C. 143 note; 112 Stat. 3486 et seq.). |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Mountains to Sound Greenway National
Heritage Area Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Heritage area.--The term ``Heritage Area'' means the
Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area established
in this Act... | Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area Act - (Sec. 3) Establishes the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area in the state of Washington, consisting of specified land in King and Kittitas counties. Allows King or Kittitas county to elect at any time to be excluded from the Heritage Area. Requir... | Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Foster Care Reform Commission Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is established a commission to be known as the ``Foster Care
Reform Commission'' (in this Act referred to as the ``Commission'').
SEC. 3. DUTIES OF COMMISSION.
The Commission shall ... | Foster Care Reform Commission Act - Establishes the Foster Care Reform Commission to study and report to the President, Congress, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the ongoing foster care crisis in the United States as well as individual efforts undertaken by States, localities, and through privately ad... | To establish a Foster Care Reform Commission to study the foster care crisis in the United States. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; DEFINITIONS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Native American
Sacred Lands Act''.
(b) Definitions.--For the purposes of this Act, the following
definitions shall apply:
(1) Federal lands.--The term ``Federal lands'' means any
land or interests in l... | Native American Sacred Lands Act - Requires managers of Federal lands to: (1) accommodate access and use by Indian religious practitioners; (2) prevent significant damage to Indian sacred lands; and (3) consult with Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations before taking significant actions concerning such lands.... | To protect sacred Native American Federal lands from significant damage. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Border Jobs for Veterans Act of
2015''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Customs and Border Protection officers at United States
ports of entry carry out critical law enforcement duties associated
with screening foreign... | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on September 28, 2015. Border Jobs for Veterans Act of 2015 (Sec. 3) Directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to consider the expedited hiring of qualified candidates who have the ability to perform the essential functions of the position of ... | Border Jobs for Veterans Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Aviation Research and
Competitiveness Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) for every dollar increase in shipments of United States
aircraft internationally, the United States economy output
... | National Aviation Research and Competitiveness Act of 1993 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to jointly establish a research program on aviation technologies that applies to both military and civil aviation vehicles and airports and that en... | National Aviation Research and Competitiveness Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. INELIGIBILITY OF ALIENS NOT LAWFULLY IN THE UNITED STATES
FOR PUBLIC WELFARE ASSISTANCE.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law and
except as provided in subsection (b), any alien who is not lawfully in
the United States shall be ineligible for any program referred ... | Makes aliens not lawfully in the United States ineligible for specified types of public welfare assistance, including Medicaid (except emergency medical assistance), Aid to Families with Dependent Children, and child welfare services. | To prohibit public welfare assistance to aliens not lawfully in the United States. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Port of Entry Personnel
and Infrastructure Funding Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Northern border.--The term ``Northern border'' means
the international border between the United States and Canada.
... | Emergency Port of Entry Personnel and Infrastructure Funding Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to hire, by the end of FY2016, an additional: (1) 5,000 full-time U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers to serve on all inspection lanes and enforcement teams at U.S. land ports of ent... | A bill to provide additional resources and funding for construction and infrastructure improvements at United States land ports of entry, to open additional inspection lanes, to hire more inspectors, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Public Lands Forever Wild Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The Constitution of the State of New York (Article XIV,
Section I) contains a prohibition on extraction on State-owned
public lan... | Public Lands Forever Wild Act - Prohibits, without exception, certain actions on Federal public lands, including: (1) tree cutting; (2) road building; (3) logging; (4) mining; and (5) drilling. Forbids the leasing, sale, or exchange of such lands or the sale, removal, or destruction of any resource from such lands, inc... | To protect public assets, natural heritage, and native biodiversity on Federal public lands by banning all further degradation, development, and extraction on such lands, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ratepayer Protection Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. EXTENDING COMPLIANCE DATES OF RULES ADDRESSING CARBON DIOXIDE
EMISSIONS FROM EXISTING POWER PLANTS PENDING JUDICIAL
REVIEW.
(a) Extension of Compliance Dates.--
(1) Ext... | Ratepayer Protection Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill extends compliance deadlines for rules under the Clean Air Act that address carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired power plants pending final judicial review. This extension applies to any final rule that succeeds either: the proposed rule entitl... | Ratepayer Protection Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. BAN ON DISCLOSURE OF MEDICAL QUALITY ASSURANCE INFORMATION.
Subsection (a) of section 5705 of title 38, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(a)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(2)(A) Except as provided in subsection (b), no part... | Prohibits Department of Veterans Affairs medical quality assurance records from being subject to discovery or admitted into evidence in any judicial or administrative proceeding. Prohibits an individual who participates in the production of such records from being required to testify at such a proceeding.
Allows test... | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the coverage and protection provided to medical quality assurance records by section 5705 of that title. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Women's Investment and Savings
Equity Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. INDIVIDUAL'S ELIGIBILITY FOR DEDUCTIBLE IRA NOT DETERMINED BY
REFERENCE TO SPOUSE'S PARTICIPATION IN PENSION PLAN.
(a) In General.--Section 219(g)(1) of the Internal Revenue Cod... | Women's Investment and Savings Equity Act of 1997 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to limitations on the deduction for active participants in certain pension plans to provide that an individual's participation in a plan is not treated as participation by the individual's spouse.
Permits retirement contr... | Women's Investment and Savings Equity Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Helping Veterans Exposed to Toxic
Chemicals Act''.
SEC. 2. CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, MITIGATION,
TREATMENT, AND REHABILITATION OF HEALTH CONDITIONS
RELATING TO EXPOSURE TO OPEN BURN PITS AND OTHER EXPOSURE ... | Helping Veterans Exposed to Toxic Chemicals Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish within the Department of Defense (DOD) three centers of excellence in the prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and rehabilitation of health conditions relating to exposure to open burn pits and other environmental e... | Helping Veterans Exposed to Toxic Chemicals Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stanislaus River Native Anadromous
Fish Improvement Act''.
SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM TO PROTECT ANADROMOUS FISH IN THE STANISLAUS
RIVER.
(a) Establishment of Non-Native Predator Fish Removal Program.--The
Commissioner and districts, in consu... | Stanislaus River Native Anadromous Fish Improvement Act - Directs the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, the Oakdale Irrigation District, and the South San Joaquin Irrigation District to jointly develop and conduct a pilot non-native predator fish removal program to remove non-native striped bass, smallmouth ba... | Stanislaus River Native Anadromous Fish Improvement Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Border
Reinforcement and Violence Reduction 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--BORDER LAW ENFORCEME... | Border Reinforcement and Violence Reduction Act of 2009 - Authorizes and directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security to expand resources, make grants, and take other actions to protect U.S. citizens and property and to identify, investigate, and prosecute firearms trafficking and other unlawful ... | To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General to increase resources to identify and eliminate illicit sources of firearms smuggled into Mexico for use by violent drug trafficking organizations and for other unlawful activities by providing for border security grants to local law enforcement a... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of State Special Agents
Retirement Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND
DISABILITY SYSTEM.
(a) Definition of a Special Agent.--
(1) In general.--Section 804 of the Foreign Ser... | Department of State Special Agents Retirement Act of 1998 - Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to redefine (diplomatic security) "special agent" to mean an employee of the Department of State with a primary skill code of 2501 performing certain investigative or protective duties, or having been transferred directly... | Department of State Special Agents Retirement Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. CONTINUATION OF MEDICAID EMERGENCY PSYCHIATRIC DEMONSTRATION
PROJECT.
(a) Original States.--Paragraph (2) of section 2707(d) of Public
Law 111-148 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note) is amended to read as follows:
``(2) Extension of participation eligibility for originally
select... | This bill: (1) continues the Medicaid emergency psychiatric demonstration project; (2) authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to replace with another state, on a competitive basis, any originally selected state that elects not to resume its participation in the project; and (3) modifies other requi... | A bill to continue the Medicaid emergency psychiatric demonstration project. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Up the Department of Veterans
Affairs Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON EMPLOYMENT BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OF
INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN FELONIES AND MEDICAL
PERSONNEL WHO HAVE HAD THEIR MEDICAL LICENSES... | Clean Up the Department of Veterans Affairs Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from: (1) hiring or transferring to any VA position a person who has been convicted of a state or federal criminal offense that substantially relates to the position and for which the minimum prison term ... | Clean Up the Department of Veterans Affairs Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cocopah Lands Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The reservation of the Cocopah Tribe of Arizona is
located in Yuma County, Arizona.
(2) That reservation was created by an Executive order
... | Cocopah Lands Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to take certain land in Yuma County, Arizona, into trust for the Cocopah Indian Tribe, if the Tribe transfers title of the land to the Secretary and there are no recognized environmental problems with, or adverse legal claims to, the land.
Considers such land ... | To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take lands in Yuma County, Arizona, into trust as part of the reservation of the Cocopah Tribe of Arizona, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Iraqi Police Service Improvement Act
of 2008''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) In 2004, National Security Presidential Directive 36
(NSPD-36) transferred responsibility from the Department of
S... | Iraqi Police Service Improvement Act of 2008 - Directs: (1) the Secretary of State to assume responsibility from the Department of Defense (DOD) over the Police Training Teams being used in Iraq to provide advisory support, training and development, and equipment for the Iraqi Police Service; (2) the Secretary to ensur... | To restore to the Department of State responsibility over the Police Training Teams being used to provide advisory support, training and development, and equipment for the Iraqi Police Service, to require the Department of State to provide the majority of members for the Police Training Teams, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Reduce and Cap the Federal Workforce
Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. REDUCTION AND LIMITATION ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES.
(a) Definition.--In this Act--
(1) the term ``agency''--
(A) means an executive... | Reduce and Cap the Federal Workforce Act of 2010 - Requires the head of each executive agency: (1) to determine the number of full-time agency employees on February 16, 2009 (2009 number) and the number of full-time agency employees on the date occurring 90 days after enactment of this Act (current number); (2) if the ... | A bill to provide for a reduction and limitation on the total number of Federal employees, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicaid Flexibility Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. BLOCK GRANTS TO THE STATES FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO NEEDY
INDIVIDUALS.
Title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396-1396V) is
amended to read as follows:
``TITLE XIX--BLOCK GRANTS T... | Medicaid Flexibility Act of 1995 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to replace the Medicaid program with a program of block grants to States for health care services to needy individuals. | Medicaid Flexibility Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Women Veterans Health Improvements
Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR WOMEN.
(a) Ensuring Provision of Services.--The Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall ensure that each health-care facility under the direct
jurisdiction of the Secretary... | Women Veterans Health Improvements Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that each health care facility under the jurisdiction of the Department of Veterans Affairs is able to provide in a timely and appropriate manner all authorized health care services to women veterans. Requires the prov... | Women Veterans Health Improvements Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Patient Freedom from Restraint Act
of 1999''.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL RESTRAINTS AND
SECLUSION IN CERTAIN MEDICARE OR MEDICAID FUNDED
TREATMENT FACILITIES.
(a) In General.--Part B of title XI of t... | Patient Freedom from Restraint Act of 1999 - Amends part D (Peer Review) of title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to specify Medicare and Medicaid (SSA titles XVIII and XIX) program beneficiaries' rights to freedom from restraint and other abuse while in a psychiatric hospital or other care facility or treatment ce... | Patient Freedom from Restraint Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Businesses Educating Students in
Technology (BEST) Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Technological progress is the single most important
determining factor in sustaining growth in the Nation's
econo... | Businesses Educating Students in Technology (BEST) Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a business taxpayer with a credit for technology-based education and training costs on behalf of employee-students in skills related to the taxpayer's business. Limits such credit to $100,000 annually based upon 40 per... | Businesses Educating Students in Technology (BEST) Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Integrity in
Offshore Energy Resources Act of 2008''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
TITLE I... | Integrity in Offshore Energy Resources Act of 2008 - Prohibits any employee of the Minerals Management Service of the Department of the Interior from: (1) knowingly accepting a gift from an entity engaged in the business of mineral mining or from being employed by such an entity while employed in the Service; and (2) a... | A bill to improve the administration of the Minerals Management Service, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Gulf States Red Snapper Management
Authority Act''.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER TO STATES OF MANAGEMENT OF RED SNAPPER FISHERIES IN
THE GULF OF MEXICO.
(a) In General.--The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et... | Gulf States Red Snapper Management Authority Act (Sec.2)This bill amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to direct the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)to establish a Gulf States Red Snapper Management Authority (GSRSMA) that consists of the principal fisheries manager of each of th... | Gulf States Red Snapper Management Authority Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Personal Responsibility in Food
Consumption Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to allow Congress, State legislatures,
and regulatory agencies to determine appropriate laws, rules, and
regulations to address the problems of weight gain,... | Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act - Prohibits new and dismisses pending civil actions by any person against a manufacturer or seller of food or a trade association for any injury resulting from a person's consumption of food and weight gain, obesity, or any associated health condition, excluding actions a... | To prevent legislative and regulatory functions from being usurped by civil liability actions brought or continued against food manufacturers, marketers, distributors, advertisers, sellers, and trade associations for claims of injury relating to a person's weight gain, obesity, or any health condition associated with w... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Intelligence Gathering Act of
2002''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to require the Secretary of Homeland Security, for the
first 5 years after the date of enactment of the National
Homeland Security a... | Intelligence Gathering Act of 2002 - Requires the Department of Homeland Security to study and report to Congress on the following issues semi-annually for five years following enactment of the National Homeland Security and Combating Terrorism Act of 2002: (1) Department policies and procedures for obtaining and shari... | A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit a semi-annual report to Congress regarding the effectiveness with which information is exchanged between the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and State and local law enforcement authorities. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Maritime Law Enforcement
Improvement Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. MARITIME LAW ENFORCEMENT.
(a) In General.--Subtitle VII of title 46, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``CHAPTER 707--MARITIME LAW ENFORCEME... | Maritime Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 2007 - Makes it unlawful for a person to transport, harbor, or conceal an alien on board a vessel if such person knows or has reason to believe that such alien is attempting to unlawfully enter the United States on the vessel. Sets forth both criminal and civil penalties for ... | To amend title 46, United States Code, to improve maritime law enforcement. |
SECTION 1. SMALL QUANTITIES PROTOCOL.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) There are 87 countries that are signatories to the
Small Quantities Protocol as part of their existing safeguards
and inspection agreement with the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA)... | Directs the President to use all available political, economic, and diplomatic tools to ensure that each U.S. ally or recipient of certain U.S. assistance that has signed a Small Quantities Protocol with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) also signs and implements the Additional Protocol and provides immedia... | To ensure that countries that have signed a Small Quantities Protocol also sign, ratify, and implement the Additional Protocol and provide access by IAEA inspectors to their nuclear-related facilities and to direct the United States Permanent Representative to the IAEA to make every effort to rescind and eliminate the ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Omnibus Right to Equitable Means of
Ensuring Damages for Injuries are Efficiently Secured Act of 2010'',
also known as the ``REMEDIES Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the Deepwater Horizon explosion and its collapse in the... | Omnibus Right to Equitable Means of Ensuring Damages for Injuries are Efficiently Secured Act of 2010 or the REMEDIES Act - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to: (1) increase (doubling, in most cases) the limits on the total of the liability of, and the removal costs incurred by or on behalf of, the party responsibl... | To provide equitable means for ensuring that damages for injuries are efficiently secured, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Parent PLUS Loan Improvement Act of
2016''.
SEC. 2. APPLICABLE RATE OF INTEREST FOR PLUS LOANS.
Section 455(b)(8) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1087e(b)(8)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``and before Ju... | Parent PLUS Loan Improvement Act of 2016 This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the applicable terms and conditions with respect to Federal Direct PLUS Loans to parent borrowers (i.e., parent PLUS loans). Specifically, it reduces the interest rate and eliminates the... | Parent PLUS Loan Improvement Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) According to the United Nations, economic and social
factors contribute to the spread of HIV/AIDS, which now infects
an average of 16,000 people every day.
(2) Due to the debt crisis in the majority of impoverished... | Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to use the U.S. voice, vote, and influence to call for a vote by such institutions on: (1) negotiating a strategy to cancel d... | To encourage the provision of multilateral debt cancellation for countries eligible to be considered for assistance under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative or heavily affected by HIV/AIDS, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. REIMPORTATION OF CERTAIN GOODS.
(a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 98 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting in
numerical sequence the following new subheading:
`` 9801.00.26 Articles, ... | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide duty-free treatment of previously imported goods for which a duty was paid if they are: (1) exported within three years after the date of such previous importation; (2) sold for exportation and exported to individuals for personal use; (3) reimporte... | A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide that certain goods may be reimported into the United States without additional duty. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Visa and Protection Act of
2017''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Crime of violence.--The term ``crime of violence''
means an offense defined in section 16 of title 18, United
States Code--
... | Veterans Visa and Protection Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) establish a program to permit an eligible deported noncitizen veteran to enter the United States as a lawful permanent resident alien and permit an eligible noncitizen veteran in the United States to adjust to... | Veterans Visa and Protection Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Magnetic Levitation (MAGLEV)
Transportation Technology Deployment Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND POLICY.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1)(A) new transportation technologies are needed to
develop new modes of transportat... | Magnetic Levitation (MAGLEV) Transportation Technology Deployment Act of 1997 - Declares that it is U.S. policy to establish a MAGLEV transportation technology system (i.e., a transportation system employing magnetic levitation that would be capable of safe use by the public at a speed in excess of 240 miles per hour) ... | Magnetic Levitation (MAGLEV) Transportation Technology Deployment Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction
Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS.
Congress finds and declares that operating or embarking in a
submersible or semi-submersible vessel without nationality and on an
international voyage is a serious ... | Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 15 years for knowingly operating or embarking in any submersible or semisubmersible vessel that is without nationality and that is navigating in, or has navigated into, through, or from, wate... | To enhance drug trafficking interdiction by creating a Federal felony relating to operating or embarking in a submersible or semi-submersible vessel without nationality and on an international voyage. |
SECTION 1. ACQUISITION OF PROJECTS AND REMOVAL OF DAMS.
(a) In General.--The Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries
Restoration Act (106 Stat. 3173) is amended by striking section 3 and
inserting the following:
``SEC. 3. ACQUISITION OF PROJECTS.
``(a) In General.--As soon as practicable after sums are
approp... | Amends the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior, as soon as sums are appropriated, to acquire the Elwha and Glines Canyon Projects (Clallam County, Washington, hydroelectric power projects) for a purchase price of $29.5 million. Conditions such acquisition on a re... | A bill to amend the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act to provide further for the acquisition and removal of the Elwha dam and acquisition of Glines Canyon dam and the restoration of the Elwha River ecosystem and native anadromous fisheries, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Driver Education and Licensing
Improvement Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR SUPPORT OF ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING COUNTERMEASURES.
(a) Revised Eligibility Requirements.--Subparagraph (D) of section
410(b)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended t... | Driver Education and Licensing Improvement Act of 2004 - Modifies eligibility requirements for grants for support of alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures to require a multiple-stage graduated licensing system for young drivers that: (1) authorizes the issuance of an initial license or learner's permit no earlier th... | A bill to amend title 23 and 49, United States Code, to improve national highway traffic safety through improved motor vehicle driver education and licensing programs, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Supporting Our Seniors COLA Act of
2011''.
SEC. 2. RELIEF PAYMENTS FOR NON-COLA YEARS TO RECIPIENTS OF SOCIAL
SECURITY, SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME, RAILROAD
RETIREMENT BENEFITS, AND VETERANS DISABILITY COMPENSATION
... | Seniors Protection Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, for each non-cost-of-living (non-COLA) year, to disburse a cash payment to recipients of Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) under title XVI of the Social Security Act, railroad retirement benefits, and veterans disability compensat... | To provide relief payments for non-COLA years to recipients of social security, supplemental security income, railroad retirement benefits, and veterans disability compensation or pension benefits. |
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