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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Assistance Act of
2001''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Eligible small business concern.--The term ``eligible
small business concern'' means an entity that--
(A) is a small business concern... | Small Business Assistance Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a program to make no-interest loans to certain small businesses that: (1) are not covered by a State program limiting retail electricity rates; and (2) are located in California, are business customers of specified utilities, and hav... | A bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a program to make no-interest loans to eligible small business concerns to address economic harm resulting from shortages of, and increases in the prices of, electricity and natural gas. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Indian Dams Safety Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) in 1980, the Secretary of the Interior established a
department-wide dam safety program to correct deficiencies
identified by inspections of d... | Indian Dams Safety Act of 1993 - Establishes a dam safety operation and maintenance program (program) within the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) develop a comprehensive list of dams located on Indian lands in New Mexico that are in fair, conditionally poor, poor, or unsat... | Indian Dams Safety Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. DISALLOWANCE OF DEDUCTION FOR EXCESS NON-TAXED REINSURANCE
PREMIUMS PAID TO AFFILIATES.
(a) In General.--Subsection (b) of section 832 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(9) Limitation on deduction for excess n... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for excess reinsurance premiums with respect to U.S. risks paid to affiliated insurance companies that are not subject to U.S. taxation. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to disallow the deduction for excess non-taxed reinsurance premiums with respect to United States risks paid to affiliates. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Timber Fair Trade and Forest
Conservation Act of 1994''.
SEC. 2. EXPORT CONTROLS ON UNPROCESSED TIMBER.
Section 7 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App.
2406) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(1) Unprocessed Timber... | Timber Fair Trade and Forest Conservation Act of 1994- Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to require the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), in order to determine whether a critical shortage exists of unprocessed timber, or of any species or grade of unprocessed timber, for domestic manufacturing, to monitor: ... | Timber Fair Trade and Forest Conservation Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Smart Electronics Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The International Energy Agency estimates new
electronic gadgets have the potential to triple their energy
consumption by 2030 to 1,700 terawatt ho... | Smart Electronics Act - Requires the Secretary of Energy (DOE) and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to submit a report that: (1) assesses the potential for cost-effective integration of smart electronics technologies and capabilities in all products that are reviewed for potential designat... | To assess the potential of smart electronics to reduce home and office electricity demand, to incorporate smart electronics into the Energy Star Program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. PERMANENT JUDGESHIPS.
Section 152(a)(2) of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the item relating to the eastern and western
districts of Arkansas by striking ``3'' and inserti... | Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal judicial code to: (1) authorize the appointment of additional permanent and temporary bankruptcy judges in various States and Puerto Rico; and (2) extend certain temporary office of bankruptcy judges previously authorized for Alabama and Tennessee. | To amend title 28 of the United States Code to authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bipartisan Rural Law Enforcement
Crime-Fighting Scholarship Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) the organization of illegal gangs and many systems of
illegal drug trafficking and distribution have become
... | Bipartisan Rural Law Enforcement Crime-Fighting Scholarship Act - Directs the Attorney General, through the Office of Justice Programs and in consultation with the National Center for Rural Law Enforcement at the University of Arkansas, to establish a rural law enforcement scholarship program by providing grants to rur... | Bipartisan Rural Law Enforcement Crime-Fighting Scholarship Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Biofuels Energy Independence Act of
2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The over reliance of the United States on imported
petroleum creates a major strategic vulnerability for the
Nation, with near... | Biofuels Energy Independence Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to administer a Biofuels Feedstocks Energy Reserve to: (1) provide feedstocks in furtherance of biofuel-based energy production; and (2) support the biofuels energy industry when production is at risk due to reductions in feedstocks or c... | To provide for a Biofuels Feedstocks Energy Reserve, and to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make and guarantee loans for the production, distribution, development, and storage of biofuels. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Critical Thinking, Collaboration,
Communication, and Creativity for Careers Act'' or the ``Four C's for
Careers Act''.
SEC. 2. DELIVERING HIGH-QUALITY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
OPPORTUNITIES.
Section 135 of the Carl D. Perkins Caree... | Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Communication, and Creativity for Careers Act or the Four C's for Careers Act This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to revise requirements for the local use of funds received by eligible recipients under the Act to support their career and tech... | Four C's for Careers Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Wrongful Convictions Tax Relief Act
of 2007''.
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FOR WRONGFULLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS.
(a) In General.--Part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after section
139A the follow... | Wrongful Convictions Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow wrongfully incarcerated individuals: (1) an exclusion from gross income for compensation received relating to their incarceration and for the first $50,000 of annual income received by such an individual after release from incarcera... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax benefits to individuals who have been wrongfully incarcerated. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Deceased Beneficiary
Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. CONTINUATION OF BENEFITS THROUGH MONTH OF BENEFICIARY'S DEATH.
(a) Old-Age Insurance Benefits.--Section 202(a) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(a)) is amended by striking ``the month ... | Social Security Deceased Beneficiary Act of 2003 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to continue an individual's entitlement to benefits through the month of his or her death, without affecting any other person's entitlement to benefits for that month.
Pro... | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that an individual's entitlement to any benefit thereunder shall continue through the month of his or her death (without affecting any other person's entitlement to benefits for that month). |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``After School Education and Anti-
Crime Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to improve academic and social outcomes
for students and reduce both juvenile crime and the risk that youth
will become victims of crime by providing prod... | After School Education and Anti-Crime Act of 2001 - Amends the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Act to extend the maximum grant duration to five years.Revises grant application provisions to require: (1) information demonstrating that the grant recipient will provide a certain minimum portion of annual cost of a... | A bill to improve academic and social outcomes for students and reduce both juvenile crime and the risk that youth will become victims of crime by providing productive activities during after school hours. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fiscal Accountability, Integrity,
and Responsibility in SCHIP Act of 2006'' or the ``FAIR-SCHIP Act of
2006''.
SEC. 2. FUNDING OF THE SCHIP ALLOTMENT SHORTFALLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007.
(a) In General.--Section 2104 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
... | Fiscal Accountability, Integrity, and Responsibility in SCHIP Act of 2006, or FAIR-SCHIP Act of 2006 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) to set forth special rules to fund the FY2007 SCHIP allotment shortfalls, including through a redistribution of certain unused FY2005 allotments.
Extends a... | A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reduce funding shortfalls for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) for fiscal year 2007. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND DEFINITIONS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Colorado
Wilderness Act of 2001''.
(b) Definitions.--As used in this Act, the term ``Secretary'' means
the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as
appropriate.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONS TO THE WILDERNESS ... | Colorado Wilderness Act of 2001 - Designates additional specified lands in the State of Colorado as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Provides for the reservation and protection of U.S. water rights for such areas. | To designate certain lands in the State of Colorado as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Internet Freedom and Family
Empowerment Act''.
SEC. 2. ONLINE FAMILY EMPOWERMENT.
Title II of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 201 et seq.)
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 230. PROTECTION FOR PRIVATE BLOCKING... | Internet Freedom and Family Empowerment Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to establish Government policy promoting continued development of the Internet and other interactive computer services and media and preserving the competitive free market existing for them.
Addresses concerns over objectionable materi... | Internet Freedom and Family Empowerment Act |
SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF SCHEME FOR PAYMENT OF DEATH GRATUITY PAYABLE
WITH RESPECT TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The death gratuity authorized under sections 1475 to
1480 of title 10, United States Code, was intended,... | Expresses the sense of Congress that all members of the Armed Forces should be permitted to select who shall receive the death gratuity (awarded for members who die while on active duty or inactive duty training), and that the Secretaries of Defense and the military departments should take appropriate action to afford ... | A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the statutory designation of beneficiaries of the $100,000 death gratuity under section 1477 of title 10, United States Code, and to permit members of the Armed Forces to designate in writing their beneficiaries of choice in the event of their death while serving ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Nazi and Japanese War Crimes
Disclosure Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) In 1999, Congress adopted the Nazi War Crimes
Disclosure Act (Public Law 105-246) requiring the executive
branch to identify... | Changes the name Nazi War Criminal Records Interagency Working Group to Nazi and Japanese War Criminal Records Interagency Working Group.
Authorizes appropriations.
Expresses the sense of Congress that foreign nations, and in particular Japan, should make every effort possible to cooperate with the Nazi and Japanese Wa... | Nazi and Japanese War Crimes Disclosure Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be referred to as the ``Rural Case Management Act of
1999''.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL PAYMENT AMOUNT TO RURAL PROVIDERS OF SERVICES WHO
FURNISH CASE MANAGER SERVICES.
(a) Authority To Provide Additional Payment for Rural Case Manager
Services.--In the case of a... | Rural Case Management Act of 1999 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for an additional payment under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to rural service providers or physicians who furnish rural case manager services to Medicare beneficiaries.
Prohibits any payment for su... | Rural Case Management Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES IN ACT.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Runaway and
Homeless Youth Amendments of 1996''.
(b) Except where otherwise specifically provided, references in
this Act shall be considered to be made to the Runaway and Homeless
Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.),... | Runaway and Homeless Youth Amendments of 1996 - Renames the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act the Comprehensive Runaway and Homeless Youth Services Act (the Act). Revises findings of the Act, including by specifying that services for runaway and homeless youth are needed in urban, suburban, and rural areas.
Modifies the... | Runaway and Homeless Youth Amendments of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medical Rights Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON RESTRICTIONS ON THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE AND
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS.
(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), no Federal funds shall
be used to permit any Federal officer or e... | Medical Rights Act of 2009 - Prohibits federal funds from being used to permit any federal officer or employee to exercise any supervision or control over: (1) the practice of medicine, the practice of other health care professions, or the manner in which health care services are provided; (2) the provision by a physic... | To guarantee the rights of patients and doctors against Federal restrictions or delay in the provision of privately-funded health care. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of
1996''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Migratory Bird Treaty Act was enacted in 1918 to
implement the 1916 Convention for the Protection of Migratory
... | Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 1996 - Amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (the Act) to prohibit persons from taking migratory game birds: (1) with a trap, snare, net, rifle, pistol, swivel gun, shotgun larger than 10 gauge, punt gun, battery gun, machine gun, fish hook, poison, drug, explosive, or stupefying sub... | Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pollinator Protection Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) many of the crops that humans and livestock consume
rely on pollinators for healthy growth;
(2) pollination by honey and native bees adds mo... | Pollinator Protection Act of 2007 - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Agricultural Research Service, for: (1) personnel, facilities improvement, and additional research at Department of Agriculture Bee Research Laboratories; (2) research on honey bee physiology, insect pathology, in... | A bill to authorize resources for sustained research and analysis to address colony collapse disorder and the decline of North American pollinators. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of
2010''.
SEC. 2. DIESEL EMISSIONS REDUCTION PROGRAM.
(a) Definitions.--Section 791 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42
U.S.C. 16131) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (3)--
(A) in subparagra... | Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2010 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize and extend funding for a grant program for reducing diesel emissions. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) provide contracts and rebates to eligible entities to achieve significant r... | To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize and modify provisions relating to the diesel emissions reduction program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``21st Century Buy American Act''.
SEC. 2. INCREASE OF DOMESTIC CONTENT PERCENTAGE TO 60 PERCENT.
Section 8301 of title 41, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) Substantially all.--Articles, ma... | 21st Century Buy American Act - Deems articles, materials, or supplies as made substantially all from articles, materials, or supplies mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States if the cost of the domestic components of such articles, materials, or supplies exceeds 60% of the total cost of all components of ... | 21st Century Buy American Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Partnership for
Academic Success in the States Act'' or the ``PASS Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Pilot program requir... | Partnership for Academic Success in the States Act, or the PASS Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to implement a competitive pilot program, in up to 10 states, under which, pursuant to a performance agreement with each state, the Secretary: (1) directly provides the grant amount that such state would otherwise r... | To establish a pilot program under which the Secretary of Education allows selected States to combine certain funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve the academic achievement of its students. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Credit for New Cars Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR NEW MOTOR VEHICLE PURCHASES.
(a) In General.--Subpart B of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to other credits) is
amended by adding at the end the f... | Credit for New Cars Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a $3,000 tax credit for the purchase of a qualified motor vehicle through December 31, 2009. Defines "qualified motor vehicle" as a manufactured motor vehicle that complies with emission standards established by the Clean Air Act, that has a gr... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for the purchase of new motor vehicles. |
SECTION 1. PRESERVATION LEASING OF INDIAN LAND.
(a) In General.--Section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(u) Preservation Leasing of Indian Land.--
``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
``(A) Ind... | This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to allow a permittee under the Act to satisfy compensatory mitigation requirements for discharging dredged or fill material into the waters of the United States (permitted activity) by entering into a preservation lease wit... | A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow preservation leasing as a form of compensatory mitigation for discharges of dredged or fill material affecting Indian land, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Drunk Driving Repeat Offender
Prevention Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. USE OF IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES TO PREVENT REPEAT INTOXICATED
DRIVING.
(a) In General.--Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 15... | Drunk Driving Repeat Offender Prevention Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to withhold specified graduated percentages of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway funds for FY2016-FY2018 if the state has not enacted and is not enforcing a law requiring the installation of an igni... | Drunk Driving Repeat Offender Prevention Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SMALL AGRI-BIODIESEL PRODUCER CREDIT.
(a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 40A of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
``(a) General Rule.--For purposes of section 38, the biodiesel
fuels credit determined under this section for the taxable year is an
amount equa... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the tax credit for biodiesel used as fuel to include a credit for the production of agri-biodiesel fuel equal to 10 cents for each gallon produced. Limits: (1) the amount of qualified agri-biodiesel production of a producer to 15 million gallons for any taxable year; and (2) e... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a small agri-biodiesel producer credit and to improve the small ethanol producer credit. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``California Reclaimed Water Act for
the 21st Century''.
SEC. 2. COORDINATION OF PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS.
Section 1602 of the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study
and Facilities Act (43 U.S.C. 390h) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
... | Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Castaic Lake Water Agency reclaimed water project, the Clear Lake Basin water reuse project, the Inland Empire regional water recycling project, the San Pablo Baylands water reuse projects, the Lower Chino Area desalination de... | California Reclaimed Water Act for the 21st Century |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Medical School
Accountability Fairness Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
To establish consistent eligibility requirements for graduate
medical schools operating outside of the United States and Canada in
order to increase accountability and prot... | Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2015 This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require all foreign medical schools to meet minimum requirements for percentage of foreign students and for percentage of students passing exams administered by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical ... | Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Methane Hydrate Research and
Development Reauthorization Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. METHANE HYDRATE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
The Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act of 2000 (30 U.S.C.
1902 note; Public Law 106-193) is amended to read as follows:
... | Methane Hydrate Research and Development Reauthorization Act of 2005 - Amends the Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act of 2000 to reauthorize the methane hydrate research and development program through FY 2010.
Extends the current grant, contract, and cooperative agreement program to research to: (1) identify... | A bill to amend the Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act of 2000 to reauthorize that Act and to promote the research, identification, assessment, exploration, and development of methane hydrate resources. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Radio and Concert Disclosure and
Competition Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE REGULATIONS.
(a) Modification of Regulations.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Federal Communica... | Radio and Concert Disclosure and Competition Act of 2005 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to modify its regulations concerning disclosure of payments made to broadcasters to prohibit the licensee or permittee (licensee) of any radio station from receiving money or other valuable consideration from ... | A bill to promote transparency and reduce anti-competitive practices in the radio and concert industries. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``White Bluffs Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The White Bluffs, located on the Columbia River from
river mile 354 to river mile 376 in the State of Washington,
are a scenic example of... | Directs the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to study and report to specified congressional committees on the land use options for the Wahluke Slope. Prohibits any change in the management or use of the Slope until one year after submission of such report. Authorizes appropriat... | White Bluffs Protection Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; FINDINGS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Catalyst to Better
Diabetes Care Act of 2007''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents; findings.
Sec. 2. Diabetes screening collabor... | Catalyst to Better Diabetes Care Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to: (1) review uptake and utilization of diabetes screening benefits to identify and address problems with utilization and data collection mechanisms; (2) establish an outreach program to identify existing... | A bill to catalyze change in the care and treatment of diabetes in the United States. |
SECTION 1. ENTRIES OF CERTAIN HIGH-DENSITY FIBERBOARD-CORE, LAMINATE
PANELS EXCEEDING 0.8 GRAMS PER CUBIC CENTIMETER ENTERED
FROM 2001 THROUGH 2002.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other provision of law, the Bureau of
C... | Directs the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries relating to high-density fiberboard-core, laminate panels exceeding 0.8 grams per cubic centimeter entered from 2001 through 2002. | A bill to A bill to provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries relating to high-density fiberboard-core, laminate panels exceeding 0.8 grams per cubic centimeter entered from 2001 through 2002. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Labor Union Slowdowns Act
of 2015'' or the ``PLUS Act''.
SEC. 2. DETERRING LABOR SLOWDOWNS.
(a) Amendments to the National Labor Relations Act.--The National
Labor Relations Act is amended--
(1) in section 1 (29 U.S.C. 151), by a... | Preventing Labor Union Slowdowns Act of 2015 or the PLUS Act This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 to make it an unlawful labor practice for a labor organization or its agents while representing, or seeking to represent, employees engaged in maritime employment t... | PLUS Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY OFFICE OF BANKRUPTCY JUDGES IN CERTAIN
JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.
(a) Temporary Office of Bankruptcy Judges Authorized by the
Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2005.--Section 2(a)(2) o... | Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill reauthorizes 14 temporary bankruptcy judgeships in specified judicial districts in Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Michigan, Puerto Rico, Virginia, Nevada, and North Carolina. (Sec. 3) It authorizes the appointment of four additional temporary bankruptcy judges in Delaw... | Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States-Israel Anti-Tunnel
Defense Cooperation Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad are
United States-designated terrorist organizations.
(2... | United States-Israel Anti-Tunnel Defense Cooperation Act This bill authorizes the President, upon request of the government of Israel, and acting through the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State, to: carry out research, development, and test activities on a joint basis with Israel to establish an anti-tun... | United States-Israel Anti-Tunnel Defense Cooperation Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness and Incarceration
Responsibility (FAIR) Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) violent criminals often serve only a portion of the
terms of imprisonment to which they are sentenced;
... | Fairness and Incarceration Responsibility (FAIR) Act - Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to require a State, to be eligible for a violent offender incarceration grant, to have enacted and implemented a State law (victim damages law) providing that a victim (or in the case of a homicide, t... | Fairness and Incarceration Responsibility (FAIR) Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States Coast Guard
Commemorative Coin Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(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 of 2017 This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue in commemoration of the U.S. Coast Guard: (1) $5 gold coins, (2) $1 silver coins, and (3) half-dollar clad coins. The design of such coins shall be emblematic of the traditions, history, and heri... | United States Coast Guard Commemorative Coin Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Science Integrity Act''.
SEC. 2. PEER REVIEW REQUIREMENT.
(a) In General.--Not later than January 1, 1999, the head of each
Federal department or agency which issues or may issue regulations
supported by scientific data shall issue regulations under th... | Science Integrity Act - Requires each Federal agency that issues or may issue regulations supported by scientific data, not later than January 1999, to issue regulations establishing procedures to ensure that the acquisition, interpretation, incorporation, and application of all such scientific data is subject to peer ... | Science Integrity Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Commission on Professional
Baseball Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is hereby established the National Commission on Professional
Baseball (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ``Commission'').
SEC. 3. MEMBERSHIP.
(a) Num... | National Commission on Professional Baseball Act of 1995 - Establishes the National Commission on Professional Baseball to oversee and investigate any aspect of major and minor league baseball where, in the opinion of the Commission, it is in the best interests of baseball to intervene, including: (1) conduct of bindi... | National Commission on Professional Baseball Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Consumer Product Safety Commission
Enhanced Enforcement Act''.
SEC. 2. COMMISSION PUBLIC INTEREST DETERMINATION WITH REGARD TO REPAIR,
REPLACEMENT, OR REFUND ACTIONS.
(a) Product Safety Amendment.--Section 15(d) of the Consumer
Product S... | Revises civil and criminal penalties, including removing the existing cap on the maximum civil penalty that can be assessed to companies that market products in violation of federal consumer product safety regulations. | Consumer Product Safety Commission Enhanced Enforcement Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Environmental Improvement Timber
Contract Extension Act''.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF LONG-TERM CONTRACT REGARDING TONGASS NATIONAL
FOREST.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``board feet'' means net scribner long-lo... | Environmental Improvement Timber Contract Extension Act - Extends and modifies the timber contract between the United States and the Ketchikan Pulp Company with regard to the Tongass National Forest, Alaska. | Environmental Improvement Timber Contract Extension Act |
SECTION 1. COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC SECURITY.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Economic
Security Defense Act of 2010''.
(b) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the recent financial crisis could serve as a road map
for actors seeking to destabilize economic systems;
... | Economic Security Defense Act of 2010 - Establishes a Security Threats to Financial Markets and Economic Recovery Commission to examine and report to Congress on security threats and vulnerabilities to the U.S. economic recovery and financial markets.
Requires the Commission to make legislative recommendations to Cong... | A bill to address national security threats and vulnerabilities that could undermine economic recovery and financial markets. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Letter of Estimated Annual Debt for
Students Act of 2017'' or the ``LEADS Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. ANNUAL ESTIMATE OF STUDENT LOAN BORROWING COSTS.
Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092) is
amended by adding at the end the follo... | Letter of Estimated Annual Debt for Students Act of 2017 or the LEADS Act of 2017 This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require an institution of higher education that participates in federal student aid programs to provide an annual estimate of borrowing costs to each en... | Letter of Estimated Annual Debt for Students Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hurricane Katrina Emergency Health
Workforce Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Corps.--The term ``Corps'' means the National Emergency
Health Professionals Volunteer Corps established under section
3.
... | Hurricane Katrina Emergency Health Workforce Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the National Emergency Health Professionals Volunteer Corps to provide for an adequate supply of health professionals in the event of an emergency.
Requires the Director of the Centers for Diseas... | A bill to provide for the establishment of programs and activities to assist in mobilizing an appropriate healthcare workforce in the event of a health emergency or natural disaster. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Public Private Partnership Act of
2003''.
SEC. 2. FEDERAL REAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT.
(a) In General.--Part A of subtitle II of title 40, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``CHAPTER 39--FEDERAL REAL PROPERTY... | Public Private Partnership Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to enter into agreements with non-Federal entities for: (1) the acquisition, lease, construction, rehabilitation, operation, maintenance, or use of real property under the jurisdiction of the General Services Administration (GSA) ... | To amend title 40, United States Code, to make reforms in the management and development of Federal real property. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; DEFINITIONS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Online Investor
Protection Act of 1999''.
(b) Definitions.--In this Act--
(1) the term ``Commission'' means the Securities and
Exchange Commission;
(2) the term ``Internet'' means the interna... | Amends the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to: (1) authorize the SEC to require an investment adviser to file requisite fees and documents with an SEC designee; and (2) require the SEC to require a designee to establish and maintain a readily accessible electronic process to receive inquiries regarding disciplinary act... | Online Investor Protection Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Access to Capital Act
of 2014''.
SEC. 2. NEW TRANCHES OF CAPITAL FOR SUCCESSFUL STATE PROGRAMS.
Section 3003 of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C.
5702) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Additional Allo... | Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2014 - Amends the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 to extend for an additional eight fiscal years the State Small Business Credit Initiative to assist participating states to give collateral support and other innovative credit access and guarantee initiatives for small businesses... | Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Medication Access for
Veterans Act''.
SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF MEDICARE-ELIGIBLE VETERANS FOR OUT-PATIENT
MEDICATION BENEFIT.
(a) Restatement of Current Law on Drugs and Medications and
Provision of Out-Patient Medication Benefit... | Improving Medication Access for Veterans Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish certain prescribed drugs and medicines (i.e., only drugs and medicines included on the National Prescription Drug Formulary of the Department of Veterans Affairs) as specific therapy in the treatment of any illness or in... | To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit Medicare-eligible veterans to receive an out-patient medication benefit, to provide that certain veterans who receive such benefit are not otherwise eligible for medical care and services from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Education Assessment Technical
Corrections Act''.
SEC. 2. HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS.
(a) Extension of Deadline To Satisfy Requirements Relating to
Highly Qualified Teachers.--Section 1119(a) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.... | Education Assessment Technical Corrections Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 to except teachers in hard to staff areas from the requirement that all teachers teaching in core academic subjects within a state be highly qualified not later than the end of the 2005-2006 school year. Requires teachers i... | To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to clarify Federal requirements under that Act. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Air Carrier Access Amendments Act''.
SEC. 2. ACCESSIBILITY OF IN-FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMING.
(a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 417 of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 41705 the following:
``Sec. 41705a. Ac... | Air Carrier Access Amendments Act - Requires domestic and foreign air carriers to ensure that all visually displayed entertainment programming available to flight passengers is accessible to individuals with disabilities, including by making available open captioning (openly displaying text on a shared video monitor), ... | Air Carrier Access Amendments Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Truth in Caller ID Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION REGARDING MANIPULATION OF CALLER IDENTIFICATION
INFORMATION.
Section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227) is
amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (e)... | Truth in Caller ID Act of 2007 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to make it unlawful for any person in the United States, in connection with any telecommunication service or VOIP (voice over Internet protocol) service, to cause any caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identifi... | To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit manipulation of caller identification information, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``End Gun Trafficking Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST MULTIPLE HANDGUN SALES OR PURCHASES.
(a) Prohibition.--Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(aa) Prohibition Against Multiple Han... | End Gun Trafficking Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) prohibit a firearms dealer from selling a handgun to an unlicensed individual if such dealer knows or has reasonable cause to believe that such individual has purchased another handgun within the previous 30 days; (2) prohibit an unlicensed buye... | A bill to reduce gun trafficking by prohibiting bulk purchases of handguns. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Air Traffic Controller Hiring
Improvement Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. HIRING OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS.
(a) In General.--Section 44506 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Hiring of Certain Air Traffic C... | Air Traffic Controller Hiring Improvement Act of 2016 This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in appointing air traffic controllers, to give preferential consideration to qualified individuals maintaining 52 consecutive weeks of experience involving the active separation of air traffic after receip... | Air Traffic Controller Hiring Improvement Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Toxic Drywall Homeowner Relief Act
of 2010''.
SEC. 2. DEDUCTION FOR COSTS TO REMEDIATE THE PRESENCE OF DRYWALL
CONTAINING ELEVATED LEVELS OF SULPHUR OR STRONTIUM IN THE
PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE OF THE TAXPAYER AND FOR TEMPORARY
... | Toxic Drywall Homeowner Relief Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction from gross income for the cost of removing and remediating drywall installed in a principal residence between 2004 and 2009 which is reasonably believed to have been manufactured in China and which contains elevated level... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a deduction for costs incurred to remediate the presence of drywall containing elevated levels of sulphur or strontium in the principal residence of the taxpayer, a deduction for alternative living costs incurred by reason of the need to vacate such reside... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Procurement Efficiency Act of
1993''.
SEC. 2. ON-LINE DATA BASE OF FEDERAL PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
(a) Establishment of Data Base.--Section 18 of the Office of
Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 416) is amended by adding at
the end the follo... | Procurement Efficiency Act of 1993 - Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a computerized data base regarding procurements to be conducted by executive agencies and subcontracts to be awarded pursuant to those procurements.
Requires each executive agency ... | Procurement Efficiency Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Unemployment Compensation
Expansion Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FIRST-TIER EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.
(a) In General.--Section 4002(b)(1) of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) i... | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA).
Revises the formula for making Tier-1 credits in an applicant's EUCA for a benefit year. Increases the figure... | To amend title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for additional weeks of first-tier emergency unemployment compensation, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Improvement of the National Program
of Cancer Registries Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds as follows:
(1) The National Program of Cancer Registries, established
in 1992 by the Cancer Registries Amen... | Improvement of the National Program of Cancer Registries Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise requirements for statewide cancer registries and require the inclusion in such registries of information on: (1) the highest level of education attained by adults with cancer; (2) sources of payment by individu... | A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the National Program of Cancer Registries by expanding data collection and allowing data sharing for public health objectives, while preserving the confidentiality of patients, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Treaty Land Claims Act of 1997''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions and findings.
Sec. 3. Establish... | Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty Land Claims Act of 1997 - Establishes the Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty Land Claims Commission to determine the validity of land claims arising out of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo of 1848. Authorizes to petition the Commission, on behalf of themselves and all other descendants, ten or more eligi... | Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty Land Claims Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. CHILD OPPORTUNITY ZONE FAMILY CENTERS.
Title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 8001 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``PART L--CHILD OPPORTUNITY ZONE FAMILY CENTERS
``SEC. 10995A. SHORT TITLE.
``This part may be cited as the `Ch... | Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to eligible partnerships for the Federal share of costs of establishing and expanding such child opportunity zone family centers.
Sets forth requirements for grant funded activities, applications, Federal share, continuation of funding, and evaluations a... | Child Opportunity Zone Family Center Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Outsourcing Banking Enforcement
and Examination Act''.
SEC. 2. USE OF CONSULTANTS IN CONSENT ORDERS.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1811) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 51. USE OF CONSULTANTS IN CONSENT ORDERS... | Stop Outsourcing Banking Enforcement and Examination Act - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prescribe requirements with which a federal banking agency must comply in order to use an independent consultant in implementing a consent order with a person it regulates. Requires the agency to: (1) make specified i... | Stop Outsourcing Banking Enforcement and Examination Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Working Students Act''.
SEC. 2. INCREASING SUPPORT FOR WORKING STUDENTS BY 35 PERCENT.
(a) Dependent Students.--Section 475(g)(2)(D) of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087oo(g)(2)(D)) is amended to read as
follows:
``(D... | Working Students Act This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the income protection allowance levels used to calculate a student's expected family contribution and need for financial assistance. (An income protection allowance is an amount for basic living expenses that is protected from being consid... | Working Students Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Digital Coast Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Digital Coast is a model approach for effective
Federal partnerships with State and local government,
nongovernmental organization... | Digital Coast Act of 2014 - Requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish a constituent-driven Digital Coast program. (This program currently exists under NOAA to provide data, tools, and training that communities use to manage their coastal resources.) Directs the program to: (1) pro... | Digital Coast Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Interest Checking Act
of 1998''.
SEC. 2. INTEREST-BEARING TRANSACTION ACCOUNTS AUTHORIZED FOR ALL
BUSINESSES.
Section 2 of Public Law 93-100 (12 U.S.C. 1832) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and... | Small Business Interest Checking Act of 1998 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide that any depository institution may permit: (1) the owner of any interest-bearing or dividend-earning account to make up to 24 transfers per month, for any purpose, to another account of the owner in the same institution... | Small Business Interest Checking Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pension Technical Modifications
Act''.
SEC. 2. ELECTIVE EXCLUSION OF PLAN INVESTMENT EXPENSES IN DETERMINING
TARGET NORMAL COST.
(a) Amendment to ERISA.--Section 303(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29... | Pension Technical Modifications Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the formula for the target normal plan cost element in the larger formula for determining the minimum required employer contribution for a plan year of a single-employer... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to make technical modifications relating to the Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 and the Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States Financial System
Protection Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS, SENSE OF CONGRESS, AND STATEMENT OF POLICY.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) On November 8, 2011, the Department of the Treasury
identified t... | . United States Financial System Protection Act of 2016 (Sec. 3) This bill applies to transfers of funds to or from Iran, or for the direct or indirect benefit of an Iranian person or the government of Iran, for a specified period only, the existing authorization for U.S. depository institutions and registered brokers... | United States Financial System Protection Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Big Cats and Public Safety
Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The global illicit trade in wildlife may be worth up to
$20,000,000,000 annually and the value of legal wildlife trade
in the ... | Big Cats and Public Safety Protection Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit any person from importing, exporting, transporting, selling, receiving, acquiring, purchasing in interstate or foreign commerce, breeding, or possessing any prohibited wildlife species (current law prohibits importing, expor... | Big Cats and Public Safety Protection Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Prepare, Ready, Equip, and Prevent
Areas at Risk of Emergency Wildfires Act of 2013'' or the ``PREPARE Act
of 2013''.
SEC. 2. WILDFIRE MITIGATION.
Title II of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5131 et seq.)... | Prepare, Ready, Equip, and Prevent Areas at Risk of Emergency Wildfires Act of 2013 or the PREPARE Act of 2013 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the President, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to establish a pilot pr... | PREPARE Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Lending for Jobs Act
of 2012''.
SEC. 2. FOCUS ON CREDIT AVAILABILITY.
(a) Mission Modification.--
(1) In general.--In addition to the missions of the Federal
banking agencies included in other law, the Federal banking... | Small Business Lending for Jobs Act of 2012 - Directs federal banking agencies to focus upon: (1) facilitating credit availability to customers of insured depository institutions, and (2) using regulatory policies and procedures that promote credit availability in a safe and sound manner in order to assist insured depo... | To include focusing on credit availability in the mission of each Federal banking regulator, to provide insured depository institutions with certain amortization authority and authority to include allowances for loan and lease losses when calculating the institution's capital, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF ADVANCE REFUNDING BONDS.
(a) In General.--Section 149(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``to advance refund
another bond'' and inserting ``as part of an issue described in
paragraph (2), (3), or (4)'';
... | This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the requirements for tax-exempt bonds, to reinstate the exclusion from gross income for interest on certain bonds issued to advance refund another bond. The exclusion was repealed for bonds issued after 2017. (A refunding bond is a bond used to pay principal,... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reinstate advance refunding bonds. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Agricultural Work Force Stability
and Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. CONSIDERATIONS IN THE APPROVAL OF H-2A PETITIONS.
Section 218(a) (8 U.S.C. 1188(a)) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as pa... | Agricultural Work Force Stability and Protection Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the admission of temporary agricultural (H-2A visa) workers and related labor certification provisions. | Agricultural Work Force Stability and Protection Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Deficit Reduction Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Senate finds the following:
(1) At a time when our Nation has a $14.2 trillion national
debt and a $1.6 trillion annual deficit, moving aggressively
toward deficit red... | Emergency Deficit Reduction Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose an additional 5.4% tax on individual taxpayers whose modified adjusted gross income exceeds $1 million ($2 million in the case of a joint return); (2) repeal the amortization of intangible and drilling and development costs for oil, gas, ... | A bill to reduce the Federal budget deficit by creating a surtax on high income individuals and eliminating big oil and gas company tax loopholes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Liberty Coinage and Deficit
Reduction Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The 50 State Quarters Program showed that a circulating
commemorative coinage program that incorporates recurring
... | American Liberty Coinage and Deficit Reduction Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to study the estimated effect of coinage under this Act on the federal budget deficit over the 10-year period beginning on January 1, 2015. Directs the Secretary, if the study estimates a deficit reduction of $100 million... | American Liberty Coinage and Deficit Reduction Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Fuels and Vehicles Act of
2007''.
SEC. 2. FUEL WITH LOW LIFECYCLE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSION REDUCTIONS.
Title II of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7581 et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
... | Clean Fuels and Vehicles Act of 2007 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) establish a process for determining the lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of a fuel; and (2) determine the average quantity of lifecycle GHG emissions per unit of ener... | A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to promote the use of fuels with low lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, to establish a greenhouse gas performance standard for motor vehicle fuels, to require a significant decrease in greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Enhancement Act of
1993''.
TITLE I--INCREMENTAL INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT FOR PRODUCTIVE PROPERTY
SEC. 101. INCREMENTAL INVESTMENT CREDIT.
(a) Allowance of Credit.--Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (relating to amount of i... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Incremental Investment Tax Credit for Productive
Property
Title II: Increase in Expensing for Productive Property
Small Business Enhancement Act of 1993 -
Title I: Incremental Investment Tax Credit for Productive Property
- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow small b... | Small Business Enhancement Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Family Building
Act of 2001''.
(b) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Infertility is a disease affecting more than 6,000,000
American women and men, about 10 percent of the reproductive
... | Family Building Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan to require health plans to provide benefits for treatment of infertility in accord with specified standards. | To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to require coverage for the treatment of infertility. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rejection of Social Security
Privatization Act of 2002.''
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) President Bush promised to partially privatize Social
Security, and appointed a commission to develop a plan on his
... | Rejection of Social Security Privatization Act of 2002-States that Congress hereby commits: (1) to preserve the guaranteed, lifelong, inflation-protected benefits provided under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to retirees, disabled workers and their famili... | To reject proposals to partially or completely substitute private saving accounts for the lifelong, guaranteed, inflation-protected insurance benefits provided through Social Security. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness and Accountability in
International Taxation Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. DENIAL OF TREATY BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN DEDUCTIBLE PAYMENTS.
(a) In General.--Section 894 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to income affected by treaty) is amended... | Fairness and Accountability in International Taxation Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny reduced withholding tax treaty benefits to a foreign entity on any deductible foreign payment (deductible payment made by a domestic entity to a related foreign entity) unless such entity is predominantly owned ... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade taxation of United States income and to prevent manipulation of transfer prices by deflection of income to tax havens. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening Domestic Nuclear
Security Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE.
(a) In General.--Title XIX of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6
U.S.C. 591 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new
sections:
``SEC... | Strengthening Domestic Nuclear Security Act of 2014 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize appropriations for the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office for FY2015-FY2016. Requires the Director for Domestic Nuclear Detection: (1) in developing and implementing the enhanced global nuclear detection architec... | Strengthening Domestic Nuclear Security Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sustainable States Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) local government leadership is critical in crafting and
implementing effective, long-term solutions to regionally
distinct challenges, such as--
... | Sustainable States Act of 2010 - Establishes a program under which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall provide grants to sustainable state consortia (partnerships consisting of local governments, states, public universities, and other municipal organizations, businesses, or nonprofit or... | A bill to establish a program under which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall provide grants to eligible State consortia to establish and carry out municipal sustainability certification programs, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Health Insurance
Affordability Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. REFUNDABLE CREDIT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES PROVIDING HEALTH
INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR EMPLOYEES.
(a) In General.--Subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Inte... | Small Business Health Insurance Affordability Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a limited tax credit for employers of 15 or fewer employees based on premiums paid for health insurance for employees. Denies an employer the credit if the relevant employee earned at least $40,000 or worked less than... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives to small businesses to provide health insurance to their employees. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Teachers For Tomorrow Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. REVISION OF TEACHER LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAMS.
(a) Guaranteed Student Loans.--Part B of title IV of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 is amended by--
(1) redesignating section 428K (20 U.S.C. 1078-... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that amounts of student loan forgiveness for teachers, under both the current HEA programs and those added by this Act, shall not be included in an individual's gross income for income tax purposes. | Teachers For Tomorrow Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Interstate Doxxing Prevention Act''.
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH THE INTENT TO CAUSE
HARM.
(a) In General.--Chapter 41 of title 18, United State Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 881. Publicat... | Interstate Doxxing Prevention Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to use the mail or any facility or means of interstate commerce to knowingly publish (or attempt or conspire to publish) personally identifiable information of another person with the intent to threaten, intimidate, harass, ... | Interstate Doxxing Prevention Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional Subpoena Compliance
and Enforcement Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. ENFORCEMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL SUBPOENAS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 85 of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 1365 the following:
``Sec. 1365a. Congre... | Congressional Subpoena Compliance and Enforcement Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the federal judicial code to establish certain rules that apply in a civil action by the Senate, House of Representatives, or a congressional committee or subcommittee against an individual who receives, but fails to comply with, a ... | Congressional Subpoena Compliance and Enforcement Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Ocean
Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2008'' or the ``FOARAM
Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Find... | Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2008 or FOARAM Act - (Sec. 3) Defines "ocean acidification," for this Act, as the decrease in pH of the Earth's oceans and changes in ocean chemistry caused by chemical inputs from the atmosphere, including carbon dioxide.
(Sec. 4) Requires that the Joint Subc... | To establish an interagency committee to develop an ocean acidification research and monitoring plan and to establish an ocean acidification program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Anti-Lunch Shaming Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON STIGMATIZATION OF CHILDREN WHO ARE UNABLE TO PAY
FOR MEALS.
Section 9(b)(10) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch
Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(10)) is amended--
(1)... | Anti-Lunch Shaming Act of 2017 This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish requirements for the treatment of a child who is a student at a school participating in the National School Lunch Program or the School Breakfast Program and is unable to pay for a meal at the school. The bill... | Anti-Lunch Shaming Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Supporting Mitigation Activities and
Resiliency Targets for Rebuilding Act'' or the ``SMART Rebuilding
Act''.
SEC. 2. FEDERAL COST-SHARE ADJUSTMENTS FOR REPAIR, RESTORATION, AND
REPLACEMENT OF DAMAGED FACILITIES.
Section 406(b) of the Ro... | Supporting Mitigation Activities and Resiliency Targets for Rebuilding Act or the SMART Rebuilding Act This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide incentives to invest in measures that increase readiness for, and resilience from, a major dis... | Supporting Mitigation Activities and Resiliency Targets for Rebuilding Act |
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(a) In General.--There shall be in the Department an Office of
Peaceful Coexistence and Nonviolent Conflict Resolution, the head of
which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Peaceful Coexistence and
Nonviolent Conflict Resolution. The Assistant Secretary for Peaceful
Coexistence and Nonviolent Conflict Reso... | Department of Peace Act - Establishes a Department of Peace, which shall be headed by a Secretary of Peace (Secretary).
Sets forth the mission of the Department, including: (1) cultivation of peace as a national policy objective; and (2) development of policies that promote national and international conflict preventi... | To establish a Department of Peace. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Insurance Premiums for Disabled
Veterans Act''.
SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS INSURANCE PREMIUMS.
(a) In General.--Section 1922(a) of title 38, United States Code,
is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(a)''; a... | Fair Insurance Premiums for Disabled Veterans Act - Amends Federal provisions concerning service-disabled veterans' life insurance to state that the premium rates for such insurance: (1) for months beginning before the date of enactment of this Act shall be based upon the Commissioners 1941 Standard Ordinary Table of M... | To amend title 38, United States Code, to make improvements to certain life insurance programs, administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for veterans with service-connected disabilities, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
(a) Amendments.--
(1) Section 325 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 1993 (Public Law 102-392) is repealed.
(2) Section 504(d) of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural
Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1854(d)) is amended to read... | Repeals provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 which amended the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act with respect to applicable State workers' compensation laws.
Amends the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSAWPA) to make State workers' compensation la... | A bill respecting the relationship between workers' compensation benefits and the benefits available under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act. |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) employees working on Cold War-era nuclear weapons were
employed in hundreds of facilities owned by the Federal
Government and private sector producing and processing
radioactive materials for use in the nuclear weapons program of... | Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include certain former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort under the energy employees occupational illness compensation program.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) modify regulations ... | To amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include certain former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort under the energy employees occupational illness compensation program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Security Contractor Accountability
Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. LEGAL STATUS OF CONTRACT PERSONNEL.
(a) Clarification of the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
Act.--
(1) Inclusion of contractors.--Subsection (a) of section
3261 of t... | Security Contractor Accountability Act of 2007 - Provides that persons who, while employed under a federal agency contract in or in close proximity to an area where the Armed Forces are conducting a contingency operation, engage in conduct that would constitute an offense punishable by imprisonment for more than one ye... | A bill to require accountability for contractors and contract personnel under Federal contracts, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Las Cienegas Enhancement Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Conservation area.--The term ``Conservation Area''
means the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area.
(2) County.--The term ``County'' means Pima Count... | Las Cienegas Enhancement Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, if Las Cienegas Conservation, LLC offers to convey to the Secretary title to the Empirita-Simonson parcel of land (the non-federal land), to accept the offer and simultaneously convey to Las Cienegas Conservation, LLC the Sahuarita parcel of land (t... | A bill to provide for the exchange of certain Bureau of Land Management land in Pima County, Arizona, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Reducing Duplicative and Ineffective
Federal Funding Act''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF THE PROGRAM OF BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES FOR SOCIAL
SERVICES.
(a) Repeals.--Sections 2001 through 2007 of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1397-1397f) are repea... | Reducing Duplicative and Ineffective Federal Funding Act (Sec. 2) This bill repeals the program of block grants to states for social services under title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act, except those for: demonstration projects to address health professions workforce needs, a... | Reducing Duplicative and Ineffective Federal Funding Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``RFS Reform Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I--RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD AMENDMENTS
Sec. 101. Amendments to the Clean Air Act.
S... | RFS Reform Act of 2015 This bill amends the Clean Air Act to revise the renewable fuel standard program. Beginning on January 1, 2015, the renewable fuel that is required to be blended into gasoline must be advanced biofuel, which cannot be ethanol derived from corn starch. This bill revises the renewable fuel standard... | RFS Reform Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``The Metropolitan Planning
Enhancement Act''.
SEC. 2. METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.
(a) Development of Transportation Plan.--Section 134(i) of title
23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as ... | The Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act This bill requires that projects, especially the highest performing projects, included in an adopted metropolitan area transportation plan be selected through a publicly available transparent process using criteria that directly support specified factors, national transportatio... | Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Family and Medical Leave Inclusion
Act''.
SEC. 2. LEAVE TO CARE FOR A DOMESTIC PARTNER, PARENT-IN-LAW, ADULT
CHILD, SIBLING, OR GRANDPARENT.
(a) Definitions.--
(1) Inclusion of same-sex spouses.--Section 101(13) of the
... | Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide for employee leave to care for a same-sex spouse, as determined under applicable state law, domestic partner, child, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent (as well as for a spouse, child, or parent), if suc... | To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to permit leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent who has a serious health condition. |
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