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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Arbitration Fairness Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The Federal Arbitration Act (now enacted as chapter 1
of title 9 of the United States Code) was intended to apply to
disputes betwee... | Arbitration Fairness Act of 2011 - Declares that no predispute arbitration agreement shall be valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, or civil rights dispute.
Declares, further, that the validity and enforceability of an agreement to arbitrate shall be determined by a court, under f... | To amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care Access Improvement
Act''.
SEC. 2. NONREFUNDABLE CREDIT FOR CERTAIN PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICES
PROVIDERS SERVING HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREAS.
(a) In General.--Subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Intern... | Health Care Access Improvement Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a limited tax credit to qualified primary health services providers who establish practices in health professional shortage areas. | Health Care Access Improvement Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Emerald Ash Borer Municipality
Assistance Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. EMERALD ASH BORER REVOLVING LOAN FUND.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Authorized equipment.--
(A) In general.--The term ``authorized equipment''
... | Emerald Ash Borer Municipality Assistance Act of 2007 - Establishes in the Treasury the Emerald Ash Borer Revolving Loan Fund.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use Fund amounts for loans to eligible local government units for purchases of equipment to monitor, dispose of, and replace infested trees on local gov... | A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Deputy Chief of State and Private Forestry organization, to provide loans to eligible units of local government to finance purchases of authorized equipment to monitor, remove, dispose of, and replace infested trees that are located on land under the ju... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited the ``Student Loan Auction Market Act''.
SEC. 2. MARKET-BASED DETERMINATION OF LENDER RETURNS.
(a) Joint Planning Study To Select Auction Mechanisms for
Testing.--
(1) Planning study.--The Secretaries of Education and
Treasury jointly shall ... | Student Loan Auction Market Act - Directs the Secretary of Education (Secretary) and the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct a planning study of alternative market-based mechanisms for setting lenders' yields on Federal Family Education Loans under part B of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
Requires such... | To study, pilot, and implement a comprehensive, structural, market-based reform to the Federal Family Education Loan Program to reduce costs to taxpayers and improve program efficiency. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Propane Supply and Security Act of
2014''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator of the Energy Information Administration.
(2) Commission.--The term ``Co... | Propane Supply and Security Act of 2014 - Directs the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration (EIA) to publish weekly inventory data on propane storage and propane markets, including pricing data for residential customers in states that voluntarily choose to participate in the State Heating Oil and Propa... | Propane Supply and Security Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Government Settlement Transparency
and Reform Act''.
SEC. 2. DENIAL OF DEDUCTION FOR CERTAIN FINES, PENALTIES, AND OTHER
AMOUNTS.
(a) In General.--Subsection (f) of section 162 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as f... | Government Settlement Transparency and Reform Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand provisions relating to the nondeductibility of fines and penalties to prohibit a tax deduction for any amount paid or incurred to any governmental entity relating to the violation of any law or the investigation or inquiry in... | Government Settlement Transparency and Reform Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF OCEANS AND HUMAN HEALTH ACT.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Oceans and Human
Health Reauthorization Act of 2011''.
(b) Amendment of Oceans and Human Health Act.--Except as otherwise
expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is
expr... | Oceans and Human Health Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Expands the interagency oceans and human health research program established under the Oceans and Human Health Act to: (1) direct the President, through the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), to deliver information, products, and services to reduce publ... | To promote ocean and human health and for other purposes. |
.
Subsection (a) of section 300112 of title 36, United States Code,
is amended to read as follows:
``(a) Establishment.--The corporation shall establish an Office of
the Ombudsman to enhance dispute resolution regarding concerns raised
to the Office of the Ombudsman by internal and external stakeholders
re... | American Red Cross Sunshine Act This bill authorizes the Comptroller General to review the involvement of the American National Red Cross (the corporation) in any federal program or activity the corporation carries out (current law), including in connection with events for which the government provides leadership or su... | American Red Cross Sunshine Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rigs to Reefs Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO USE DECOMMISSIONED OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS PLATFORMS
FOR MARICULTURE, ARTIFICIAL REEF, OR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
(a) In General.--The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1301 et seq.) ... | Rigs to Reefs Act of 2003 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to instruct the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations authorizing the use for culture of marine organisms, an artificial reef, or scientific research of any offshore oil and gas platform decommissioned from service for oil and gas purpose... | To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations under which the Secretary may authorize use of a decommissioned offshore oil and gas platform for culture of marine organisms, an artificial reef, or scientific research, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON CITIZEN SUIT PROVISION.
Section 505 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.
1365) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ``subsection (b)'' and
inserting ``subsections (b) and (i)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(... | Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit a citizen suit from being commenced against a publicly owned treatment works (POTW): (1) to enforce an effluent standard or limitation unless the POTW is in significant non-compliance as defined in the Environmental Prote... | To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to limit citizens suits against publicly owned treatment works, to provide for defenses, to extend the period of a permit, to limit attorneys fees, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Office of the Homeowner Advocate Act
of 2010''.
SEC. 2. OFFICE OF THE HOMEOWNER ADVOCATE.
(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Department of the
Treasury an office to be known as the ``Office of the Homeowner
Advocate'' (in this Act referre... | Office of the Homeowner Advocate Act of 2010 - Establishes in the Department of the Treasury the Office of the Homeowner Advocate to assist homeowners, housing counselors, and housing lawyers in resolving problems with the Home Affordable Modification Program of the Making Home Affordable initiative of the Secretary of... | To establish in the Department of the Treasury the Office of the Homeowner Advocate to assist homeowners, housing counselors, and housing lawyers in resolving problems with the Home Affordable Modification Program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Preserving Educational Opportunities
for Immigrant Children Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Many children are brought to the United States at a
very young age b... | Preserving Educational Opportunities for Immigrant Children Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to define "transplanted child" as an alien who has been granted cancellation of removal or who has such an application pending.Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act of 1996 to elim... | To assist aliens who were transplanted to the United States as children in continuing their education and otherwise integrating into American society. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home
Front National Historical Park Establishment Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. ROSIE THE RIVETER/WORLD WAR II HOME FRONT NATIONAL HISTORICAL
PARK.
(a) Establishment.--In order to preserve for the benefit and
insp... | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, in administering the Park, to enter into cooperative agreements with owners of the World War II Child Development Centers, the World War II worker housing, the Kaiser Permanente Field Hospital, and Fire Station 67A, pursuant to which the Secretary may mark, interpret, improve, ... | Rosie the Riveter-World War II Home Front National Historical Park Establishment Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``NOAA Scholarship Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment of Program.--
(1) In general.--The Administrator is authorized to
establish a Science and Technology Scholarship Program to award
... | NOAA Scholarship Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish a Science and Technology Scholarship Program to award scholarships to students at institutions of higher education to recruit and prepare them for careers in the National Weather Servic... | A bill to establish a Science and Technology Scholarship Program to award scholarships to recruit and prepare students for careers in the National Weather Service and in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration marine research, atmospheric research, and satellite programs and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Disability Waiting
Period Elimination Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF 5-MONTH WAITING PERIOD FOR BENEFITS BASED ON
DISABILITY.
(a) Disability Insurance Benefits.--
(1) In general.--The first sentence of s... | Social Security Disability Waiting Period Elimination Act of 1993 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five-month waiting period which is a prerequisite of eligibility for widow's or widower's insurance benefits on the basis of a disability and for ... | Social Security Disability Waiting Period Elimination Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as ``The Reclamation Rural Water Supply Act
of 2003''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Construct.--The term ``construct'' means to--
(A) install new infrastructure; and
(B) upgrade or replace existing fac... | The Reclamation Rural Water Supply Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a rural water supply program in Reclamation States.
Directs the Secretary to develop and publish in the Federal Register criteria for determining the eligibility of a water supply project for assistance under this Ac... | A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a rural water supply program in the Reclamation States to provide a clean, safe, affordable, and reliable water supply to rural residents. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rural America Preservation Act''.
SEC. 2. PAYMENT LIMITATIONS.
Section 1001 of the Food Security of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``$40,000'' and
inserting ``$20,000'';
(2) in su... | Rural America Preservation Act - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to reduce maximum annual direct and counter-cyclical commodity payments to $20,000 and $30,000, respectively. Revises limitation provisions for marketing loan gains, loan deficiency payments, and commodity certificate transactions, and establishes an... | A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to restore integrity to and strengthen payment limitation rules for commodity payments and benefits. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Shrimp Importation Financing
Fairness Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States domestic shrimping industry is a
vital social and economic force for many coastal communities
across t... | Shrimp Importation Financing Fairness Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Commerce from imposing any new restrictive regulations on the domestic shrimping industry within the area that is under the jurisdiction of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council.Prohibits the Overseas Private Investment Corporation from issu... | To support the domestic shrimping industry by eliminating taxpayer subsidies for certain competitors, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``AMT and Tax Deduction Fairness Act
of 2001''.
SEC. 2. ALLOWANCE OF STATE AND LOCAL INCOME TAXES AGAINST ALTERNATIVE
MINIMUM TAX.
(a) In General.--Section 56(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to limitation on ded... | AMT and Tax Deduction Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) the State and local income tax deduction against the alternative minimum tax; and (2) the deduction of State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes. | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes and to allow the State and local income tax deduction against the alternative minimum tax. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care Reform Assessment Act of
1994''.
SEC. 2. IDENTIFYING STRATEGIES FOR ASSESSING IMPACT OF HEALTH CARE
REFORM.
(a) In General.--Within 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Servic... | Health Care Reform Assessment Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to seek to enter into an agreement with the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences (or another nonprofit, nongovernmental organization or consortium of institutions) to study and report on the impact of hea... | Health Care Reform Assessment Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Wider Incentives for Non-Gasoline
Small Electric Vehicles Act of 2002'' or the ``WINGS EV Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF CREDIT FOR QUALIFIED ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
(a) Amount of Credit.--
(1) In general.--Section 30(a) of the Internal R... | Wider Incentives for Non-Gasoline Small Electric Vehicles Act of 2002 or the WINGS EV Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, concerning the electric motor vehicle credit, to: (1) redefine the term "qualified electric vehicle"; (2) increase the credit according to vehicle type; (3) make the credit available for... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the electric motor vehicle credit, including an expansion of the credit to certain 3-wheeled vehicles. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
The Act may be cited as the ``Community Action Opioid Response Act
of 2018''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMMUNITY ACTION OPIOID RESPONSE GRANT
PROGRAM.
(a) Authorization of Grant Program.--The Secretary of Health and
Human Services, acting through the Office of Com... | Community Action Opioid Response Act of 2018 This bill requires the Office of Community Services within the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a grant program that helps low-income individuals, families, and communities affected by the national opioid epidemic. Grants must be awarded to Community Acti... | Community Action Opioid Response Act of 2018 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``World War I American Veterans
Centennial Commemorative Coin Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) The year 2017 is the 100th Anniversary of America's
entrance into World War I.
... | World War I American Veterans Centennial Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) mint and issue $1 silver coins in commemoration of the centennial of America's involvement in World War I, and (2) hold a competition and provide compensation for its winner to design the obverse and reverse ... | To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of World War I. |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Internal Revenue Service currently administers 47
tax provisions under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act.
(2) The Internal Revenue Service and its employees will
have significantly greater acc... | Prohibits the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from implementing or enforcing any requirement of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) or title I of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 until the Secretary of the Treasury certifies under penalty of perjury that: (1) taxpayer informati... | To prohibit the implementation or enforcement of any requirement of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act until certifications are made that taxpayer information is not and will not be used for targeting any individual or group that provides information to the Internal Revenue Service for political reasons or ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Child Protection Act of
1993''.
SEC. 2. REPORTING CHILD ABUSE CRIME INFORMATION.
(a) In General.--In each State, an authorized criminal justice
agency of the State shall report child abuse crime information to, or
index child abuse crime info... | National Child Protection Act of 1993 - Establishes a national criminal history background check system (System) to which a designated agency in each State is required to report child abuse crime information, or index such information in the System, for purposes of background checks of child care providers.
(Sec. 2) D... | National Child Protection Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``21st Century Teacher Training Act of
1999''.
SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR CLASSROOM-RELATED COMPUTER TRAINING FOR TEACHERS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Education, through the Office of
Educational Technology established under section 216 of the Department ... | 21st Century Teacher Training Act of 1999 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education, through the Office of Educational Technology, to award competitive grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to provide intensive classroom-related computer training for teachers.
Requires grantees to enter into contracts with institu... | 21st Century Teacher Training Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Access to Community Pharmacy
Preservation Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. DISPENSING FEES FOR MEDICAID COVERED OUTPATIENT DRUGS.
(a) In General.--Section 1927(e) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1396r-8(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following new... | Access to Community Pharmacy Preservation Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require states to pay dispensing fees for Medicaid covered outpatient drugs.
Directs a state which provides medical assistance for covered outpatient drugs to establish a minimum Medicaid dispensing ... | To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to establish a minimum State dispensing fee for covered outpatient multiple source drugs under the Medicaid Program, to modify the application of the average manufacturer price (AMP) methodology to drug rebates, to eliminate the State option to increase the cap amount on th... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Safeguard Tribal Objects of
Patrimony Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. ENHANCED PROTECTIONS FOR NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL OBJECTS.
(a) Enhanced Penalties.--Section 1170 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by striking ``5 years'' each place it appears and ... | Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act of 2016 This bill increases the maximum term of imprisonment from 5 years to 10 years for individuals convicted more than once of illegal trafficking in Native American human remains or cultural items. This bill bans the export of illegally obtained Native American cultural obj... | Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Veterans Health Care Act of
2006''.
SEC. 2. OUTREACH PROGRAM TO VETERANS IN RURAL AREAS.
(a) Program.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall conduct an
extensive outreach program to identify and provide information to
veterans who served in th... | Rural Veterans Health Care Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) conduct an outreach program to identify and provide information to veterans who served in Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom and who reside in rural communities in order to enroll those veterans in the Department of Vet... | To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve health care for veterans in rural areas, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Jurisdictional Certainty Over
Digital Commerce Act''.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) the Internet is increasingly used to conduct commercial
transactions in digital goods and digital services wholly
... | Jurisdictional Certainty Over Digital Commerce Act - Reserves solely to the Federal Government the responsibility and authority to regulate digital commercial transactions. Prohibits: (1) any State or political subdivision from enacting or enforcing any provision regulating such transactions; or (2) the delegation of s... | To exercise authority under Article I, section 8, clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States to clearly establish jurisdictional boundaries over the commercial transactions of digital goods and services conducted through the Internet, and to foster stability and certainty over the treatment of such transactions. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Victims of Crime Act of 1994''.
TITLE I--VICTIMS' RIGHTS
SEC. 101. VICTIM'S RIGHT OF ALLOCUTION IN SENTENCING.
Rule 32 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure is amended by--
(1) striking ``and'' following the semi... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Victims' Rights
Title II: Crime Victims' Fund
Title III: Report on Battered Women's Syndrome
Victims of Crime Act of 1994 -
Title I: Victims' Rights
- Amends Rule 32 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to require the court, before imposing sentence for a crime... | Victims of Crime Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 405 of the Ethics in Government Act of
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by striking ``1997 through 1999'' and
inserting ``2000 through 2003''.
(b) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on October 1,
1999.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO D... | Amends the Federal criminal code provisions concerning bribery, graft, and conflicts of interest to include within the definition of "special Government employee" a Reserve officer or officer in the National Guard who is serving voluntarily for not to exceed 130 days during any period of 365 consecutive days. Includes ... | To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to reauthorize funding for the Office of Government Ethics. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Access to Complete Education Act''.
SEC. 2. NEW PART I (CORE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT).
(a) In General.--Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 is amended by redesignating part I as J and inserting after
part H the following:
... | Access to Complete Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to promote and strengthen as an integral part of the curriculum one or more of the subjects of music and arts, foreign languages, civi... | To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants for core curriculum development. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Child Status Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. USE OF AGE ON PETITION FILING DATE, PARENT'S NATURALIZATION
DATE, OR MARRIAGE TERMINATION DATE, IN DETERMINING STATUS
AS IMMEDIATE RELATIVE.
Section 201 of the Immigration and Nationali... | Child Status Protection Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that the determination of whether an unmarried alien son or daughter of a U.S. citizen is considered an "immediate relative child" (under 21 years old) shall be made at the time an immigration visa petition is filed for such classificat... | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to determine whether an alien is a child, for purposes of classification as an immediate relative, based on the age of the alien on the date the classification petition with respect to the alien is filed, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Generic Complex Drugs Safety and
Effectiveness for Patients Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. GAO STUDY OF SCIENTIFIC ISSUES REGARDING THE CURRENT REGULATORY
PATHWAY FOR REVIEWING GENERIC VERSIONS OF CERTAIN COMPLEX
DRUG PRODUCTS.
(a)... | Generic Complex Drugs Safety and Effectiveness for Patients Act of 2015 This bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study whether generic versions of certain complex drugs or certain biological drugs face significantly different challenges in meeting the approval standards of the Food and Drug Admi... | Generic Complex Drugs Safety and Effectiveness for Patients Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Oil Displacement Act of
2010''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the strategic interests of the United States would be
served by a reduction in the Nation's dependence upon imported
oil to produce transpo... | Foreign Oil Displacement Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax credit for investment in a carbonaceous fuels facility; (2) allow a new 30% tax credit for investment in a carbonaceous fuels conversion facility; and (3) exempt from the manufacturer's excise tax on fuels carbonaceous fuel or a... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit to promote the conversion of United States coal and domestic carbonaceous feedstocks into synthetic fuels and synthetic gas. |
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY CREDIT.
Section 45(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
qualified facilities) is amended by striking ``January 1, 2006'' each
place it appears and inserting ``January 1, 2011''.
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF PERSONS NOT ABLE TO USE ENTIRE CREDIT.
(a) In Gener... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2010 the tax credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (e.g., wind, biomass, poultry waste); (2) allow certain organizations, including tax-exempt organizations, State and local governments, and Indian tribal governments, to sell unused amou... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue code of 1986 to extend for 5 years the credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Child Welfare Workforce Study Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1)(A) Research indicates that child welfare staff face a
variety of obstacles that hinder their effective work with
children and families ... | Child Welfare Workforce Study Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to study and report to the Secretary and Congress on child welfare staff.
Requires the Secretary, based on recommendations in the report, to issue regulations th... | A bill to examine and improve the child welfare workforce, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``No More Terror in New York Act of
2002''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Yasser Arafat, in a letter sent to then Israeli Prime
Minister Rabin on September 9, 1993, stated that the PLO
``ren... | No More Terror in New York Act of 2002 - Urges the: (1) Secretary of State to designate the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), appropriate PLO constituent groups, and appropriate arms of the Palestinian Authority as a foreign terrorist organization; (2) President to direct the U.S. Representative to the United Na... | To provide for restrictions on travel by diplomatic representatives of the Palestine Liberation Organization while in the United States, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. PURCHASE OF SETTLEMENT COMMON STOCK OF COOK INLET REGION.
(a) In General.--Section 7(h) of the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1606(h)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
``(4)(A) As used in this paragraph, the term `Cook Inlet Regional
Corporation' means ... | Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to authorize the Cook Inlet Regional Corporation (Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated) to purchase its shareholder-held common stock.
States that neither Cook Inlet Regional Corporation nor a member of the board of directors or officers of Cook Inlet Regional Corporation shal... | To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for the purchase of common stock of Cook Inlet Region, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as ``Michelle's Law''.
SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF DEPENDENT STUDENTS ON MEDICALLY NECESSARY LEAVE OF
ABSENCE.
(a) Amendments of ERISA.--
(1) In general.--Subpart B of part 7 of title I of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1185 et ... | Michelle's Law - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a group health plan from terminating coverage of a dependent child due to a medically necessary leave of absence from, or any other change in enrollment at, a pos... | To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``America Works Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Recent data show that United States manufacturing
companies cannot fill as many as 600,000 skilled positions,
even as unemployment numbers hover at his... | America Works Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require state or local workforce investment systems to use youth activities funds for programs that provide training, which may include priority consideration for training programs that lead to recognized postsecondary credentials aligned with in-demand... | America Works Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Lighthouse Center and
Museum Act''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE CENTER AND MUSEUM.
Part B of subtitle II of title 36, United States Code, is amended
by inserting after chapter 1519 the following new chapter:
``CHAPTER 1520--NATIONAL ... | National Lighthouse Center and Museum Act - Grants a Federal charter to the National Lighthouse Center and Museum, incorporated in New York. | To amend title 36, United States Code, to grant a Federal charter to the National Lighthouse Center and Museum. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Sickle Cell
Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of
2014''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Sickle ce... | Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to states to: (1) collect data on the prevalence and distribution of sickle cell disease, (2) conduct sickle cell disease pu... | Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hurricane and Flood Protection Tax
Credit Act''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR EXPENSES INCURRED IN HURRICANE OR FLOOD PROTECTION
PROJECTS.
(a) In General.--Subpart B of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is a... | Hurricane and Flood Protection Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 30% of expenditures for a hurricane or flood protection project which is authorized but unfunded (or partially funded) under federal law. | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit against the income tax for expenses incurred in any hurricane or flood protection project. |
That section 404 of the
Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-
624; 7 U.S.C. 1444f(q)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the
following new paragraph:
``(3) Reduced quality of high moisture recourse loan.--(A)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effec... | Amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to provide recourse loans for the 1992 through 1995 crops of high moisture feed grains. | To provide assistance to certain producers of high-moisture feed grains through a recourse loan program; establishing a period to allow for the orderly repayment of such loans; and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Non-Discrimination of Israel in
Labeling Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Prior to the issuance of Trade Directive (T.D.) 95-25
and T.D. 97-16, the Customs Service had taken the position
that, in o... | Non-Discrimination of Israel in Labeling Act This bill requires that, for purposes of marking imported articles and containers under the Tariff Act of 1930, every article of origin from the geographical area known as the West Bank (or its container) imported into the United States shall include the words: "West ... | Non-Discrimination of Israel in Labeling Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``401(k) Protection Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. QUALIFIED EMPLOYER PLANS PROHIBITED FROM MAKING LOANS THROUGH
CREDIT CARDS AND OTHER INTERMEDIARIES.
(a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 401 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended b... | 401(k) Protection Act of 1996 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to qualified employer plans to: (1) prohibit loans made through credit cards or other intermediaries; and (2) treat loans as distributions unless used to purchase a first-time home, pay higher education or financially devastating medical cos... | 401(k) Protection Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Metal Theft Prevention Act of
2012''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) the term ``critical infrastructure'' has the meaning
given the term in section 1016(e) of the Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing Appro... | Metal Theft Prevention Act of 2012 - Prohibits stealing specified metal being used in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, the theft of which harms critical infrastructure, including metal used as part of an electrical substation, power line, cellular tower, telephone land line, highway equipment and facilities... | A bill to prohibit and deter the theft of metal, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY OF PUERTO RICO, THE UNITED STATES VIRGIN
ISLANDS, AND GUAM FOR THE TANF SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT FOR
POPULATION INCREASES.
(a) In General.--Section 403(a)(3)(D)(iii) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(3)(D)(iii)) is amended by striking ``and the
District o... | Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to make Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and Guam eligible for: (1) the TANF supplemental grant for population increases; (2) the TANF contingency fund; and (3) child care entitlement funds.Amends SSA title XI ... | To provide access to welfare tools to help Americans get back to work. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Helping Educators Support All
Students Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Approximately 1 in 5 children have a diagnosable mental
illness.
(2) Fifty percent of all lifetime cases of mental illness... | Helping Educators Support All Students Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to support or develop programs that will train teachers, school personnel, and specializ... | Helping Educators Support All Students Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Teachers and First Responders Back
to Work Act of 2012''.
TITLE I--TEACHER STABILIZATION
SEC. 101. GRANTS AUTHORIZED.
Subject to the availability of appropriations to carry out this
title, the Secretary of Education (referred to i... | Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to states to prevent teacher layoffs and support the creation of additional jobs in early childhood, elementary, and secondary public education in the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 school years. Directs the Secretary to... | To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to hire teachers and prevent layoffs, to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to make grants to hire firefighters and prevent layoffs, and to direct the Attorney General to make grants to hire law enforcement officers and prevent layoffs, and for other ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Urban Homestead Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Community development corporation.--The term
``community development corporation'' means a nonprofit
organization whose primary purpose is to promote commu... | Urban Homestead Act of 1999 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to: (1) semiannually publish in the Federal Register a list of unoccupied multifamily housing projects, substandard housing projects, and other residential property owned by the Department of Housing and Urban Development for at least ... | Urban Homestead Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cleaner, Secure, and Affordable
Thermal Energy Act''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR CONVERSION OF HOME HEATING USING OIL FUEL TO USING
NATURAL GAS OR BIOMASS FEEDSTOCKS.
(a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 25C of the Internal
Revenue Code of... | Cleaner, Secure, and Affordable Thermal Energy Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax credit for residential energy property expenditures to convert a home heating system using oil fuel to a system using natural gas boilers and furnaces and biomass heating appliances; (2) allow bonus depreciation of... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit for the conversion of heating using oil fuel to using natural gas or biomass feedstocks, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Disarm Hate Act''.
SEC. 2. PREVENTION OF PERSON WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A MISDEMEANOR
HATE CRIME, OR RECEIVED AN ENHANCED SENTENCE FOR A
MISDEMEANOR BECAUSE OF HATE OR BIAS IN ITS COMMISSION,
FROM OBTAINING A FIR... | Disarm Hate Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit firearm sale or transfer to and receipt or possession by an individual who has: (1) been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor hate crime, or (2) received from any court an enhanced hate crime misdemeanor sentence. The term "convicted in any cour... | Disarm Hate Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Research to Accelerate Cures and
Equity for Children Act'' or the ``RACE for Children Act''.
SEC. 2. REQUIRED PEDIATRIC ASSESSMENTS.
(a) Molecular Targets Regarding Cancer Drugs.--Section 505B of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355c... | Research to Accelerate Cures and Equity for Children Act or the RACE for Children Act This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to expand requirements for assessing the use of medications in pediatric populations. Applications and supplements to applications for certain drugs and biological products, in... | RACE for Children Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Returning Investment to America Act
of 2011''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF DIVIDENDS RECEIVED DEDUCTION FOR DIVIDENDS
RECEIVED FROM CONTROLLED FOREIGN CORPORATIONS BY
CORPORATIONS INCREASING PAYROLL.
(a) Extension.--Subsection (f)... | Returning Investment to America Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an extension of the election allowed to domestic corporations to deduct dividends received from controlled foreign corporations (election may be made for any taxable year beginning before December 31, 2012). Limits the amount of su... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the deduction for dividends received from a controlled foreign corporation by any corporation that has increased wages or placed property in service for the year. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``International Child Marriage
Prevention and Assistance Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Research shows that child marriage in developing
nations is often associated with adverse economic an... | International Child Marriage Prevention and Assistance Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of State to develop a comprehensive strategy to reduce the incidences of child marriage around the world by further integrating this issue into U.S. development efforts. Requires the Secretary to submit reports to Congress on su... | A bill to reduce child marriage, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Job Access and Reverse Commute
Program Improvements Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE PROGRAM.
(a) Combined Applications.--Section 5316(b) of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
`... | Job Access and Reverse Commute Program Improvements Act of 2008 - Revises the job access and reverse commute (JARC) program to authorize a state to accept a single combined application for a project funded from at least two of the following programs that provide individuals with transportation to and from a job: (1) th... | A bill to improve the job access and reverse commute program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Health Insurance Rate Review Act''.
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF CONSUMERS FROM EXCESSIVE, UNJUSTIFIED, OR
UNFAIRLY DISCRIMINATORY RATES.
(a) Protection From Excessive, Unjustified, or Unfairly
Discriminatory Rates.--The first section 2794 of th... | Health Insurance Rate Review Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to declare that federal requirements that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) review unreasonable premium increases in health care coverage do not prohibit a state from imposing additional rate requirements on health insurance... | Health Insurance Rate Review Act |
TITLE I--VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL EDUCATION CENTER
SEC. 101. EDUCATION CENTER.
Public Law 96-297, as amended (16 U.S.C. 431 note), is further
amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
``sec. 6. education center.
``(a) Authorization.--
``(1) The Vietnam Veterans ... | Title I: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Education Center - Authorizes the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc., to construct at or near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial site an education center for informing and educating the public about the Memorial. Considers the Center a commemorative work, but waives location and final ap... | A bill to authorize construction of an education center at or near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hazard Mitigation and Flood Damage
Reduction Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. HAZARD MITIGATION.
(a) Federal Share.--Section 404 of The Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c) is amended by
striking ``50 percent'' and i... | Hazard Mitigation and Flood Damage Reduction Act of 1993 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to increase from 50 to 75 percent of the cost of hazard mitigation measures the amount authorized to be contributed by the President when determined to be cost-effective while substantia... | Hazard Mitigation and Flood Damage Reduction Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Lena Horne Recognition Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Lena Mary Calhoun Horne was born on June 30, 1917, in
Brooklyn, New York. At the age of 16, Lena Horne was hired as a
dancer in the chorus of... | Lena Horne Recognition Act Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of Lena Horne in recognition of her achievements and contributions to American culture and the civil rights... | Lena Horne Recognition Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Transit Rail Accommodation
Improvement and Needs Act for the 21st Century''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) modern and efficient fixed guideway transportation is
important to the viability and well-being of metropol... | Transit Rail Accommodation Improvement and Needs Act for the 21st Century - Amends Federal rail transportation law with respect to a situation where, after negotiation, a mass transportation authority cannot reach agreement with a rail carrier to use its trackage, and have it provide related services, for fixed guidewa... | To designate the Surface Transportation Board as a forum to improve passenger rail and other fixed guideway passenger transportation by allowing improved access to freight track and rights-of-way for fixed guideway transportation in consideration for just and reasonable compensation to freight railroads. |
SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) the Martin Luther King, Junior, Historic Site and
Preservation District is one of the most significant places in
the country dedicated to African-American history;
(2) the Martin Luther King, Junior, Historic... | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to the Collections of Life and Heritage, Inc., a nonprofit corporation of the African-American Panoramic Experience Museum in Atlanta, Georgia, to rehabilitate and expand their present facility.
Authorizes appropriations. | To authorize the rehabilitation and expansion of The African American Panoramic Experience Center within the Martin Luther King, Junior, Historic Site and Preservation District. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Responsibility in Drug Advertising
Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER DRUG ADVERTISING.
The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is
amended--
(1) in section 301, by adding at the end the following:
``(hh) ... | Responsibility in Drug Advertising Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit any person from conducting direct-to-consumer advertising of a prescription drug for three years after approval of such drug.
Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) waive such prohibition if ... | To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to drug advertising, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. PREVENTION OF DISCRIMINATION DURING AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF
LABOR DISPUTES.
Section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking the period at the end of paragraph
(5) and inse... | Amends the National Labor Relations Act to make it an unfair labor practice for an employer to promise, threaten, or take other action to hire a permanent replacement for an employee who: (1) at the beginning of a labor dispute was in a bargaining unit in which a labor organization either was the certified or recogniz... | A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes. |
.
The district courts of the United States shall have original
jurisdiction over civil actions to enforce the provisions of this Act,
including authority to issue declaratory judgments pursuant to section
2201 of title 28, United States Code, and, notwithstanding the
provisions of section 1341 of such title, i... | No Regulation Without Representation Act of 2017 This bill prohibits a state from taxing or regulating a person's activity in interstate commerce unless the person is physically present in the state during the period in which the tax or regulation is imposed. A person is physically present if the person's business act... | No Regulation Without Representation Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Comprehensive Problem Gambling Act
of 2009''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Problem gambling is a public health disorder
characterized by increasing preoccupation with gambling, loss
of contro... | Comprehensive Problem Gambling Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to establish and implement programs for the identification, prevention, and tr... | To amend the Public Health Service Act to specifically include problem and pathological gambling in programs of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and to establish a national program to address the harmful consequences of problem gambling. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``David Jayne Homebound Reform Act of
2003''.
SEC. 2. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT TO CLARIFY THE DEFINITION OF HOMEBOUND.
(a) Demonstration Project.--Not later than January 1, 2004, the
Secretary shall conduct a demonstration project under which medicare
bene... | David Jayne Homebound Reform Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary to conduct a demonstration project under which Medicare beneficiaries with a permanent and severe condition meeting specified criteria are deemed to be homebound for purposes of receiving home health services under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Sec... | To establish a demonstration project to clarify the definition of homebound for purposes of determining eligibility for home health services under the Medicare Program, and to conditionally authorize that clarification. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia Budget Autonomy
Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF FEDERAL MANDATES OVER LOCAL BUDGET PROCESS AND
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
(a) Termination of Mandates.--
(1) In general.--Part D of ... | District of Columbia Budget Autonomy Act of 2007 - Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to eliminate, with respect to each fiscal year that is not a control year, all federally-imposed mandates over the District of Columbia's: (1) local budget process, financial management, audits, and accountability requireme... | To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to eliminate all Federally-imposed mandates over the local budget process and financial management of the District of Columbia and the borrowing of money by the District of Columbia. |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of the Armed
Forces is the element of the Armed Forces of the United States
that has the capability quickly to augment the active duty
forces of the Armed Forces successf... | Expresses the sense of Congress that steps should be taken to ensure that every member of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve and such member's family have health care benefits that are adequate to: (1) ease the member's transition from civilian to full-time military life during a mobilization; (2) minimize the a... | A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to carry out a study of the extent to the coverage of members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces under health benefits plans and to submit a report on the study of Congress, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Koby Mandell Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Numerous American citizens have been murdered or maimed
by terrorists around the world, including more than one hundred
murdered since 1968 ... | Koby Mandell Act of 2003 - Directs the President to establish within the Department of Justice an office which shall assume responsibility for administration of the Rewards for Justice program and its website to ensure that rewards are offered to capture all terrorists involved in harming American citizens overseas, re... | To create an office within the Department of Justice to undertake certain specific steps to ensure that all American citizens harmed by terrorism overseas receive equal treatment by the United States government regardless of the terrorists' country of origin or residence, and to ensure that all terrorists involved in s... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE.
Section 118(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33
U.S.C. 1268(c)) is amended by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the
following:
`... | . Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to authorize the Environmental Protection Agency's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative for FY2015-FY2019. Requires that the Initiative carry out programs and projects for Great Lake... | Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Education Research & Development To
Improve Achievement Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. EDUCATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
Subpart 1 of part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7243 et seq.) is amended by adding at
th... | Education Research & Development To Improve Achievement Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award grants to research and development entities to develop, evaluate, and encourage the replication of innovations in core activities under title I (I... | A bill to encourage the development of research-proven programs funded under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``North Unit Irrigation District Act
of 2006''.
SEC. 2. NORTH UNIT IRRIGATION DISTRICT.
The Act of August 10, 1954 (68 Stat. 679, chapter 663), is
amended--
(1) in the first section--
(A) by inserting ``(referred to in thi... | North Unit Irrigation District Act of 2006 - Modifies a repayment contract between the Secretary of the Interior and the North Unit Irrigation District, Oregon, to permit the District to engage in, or take advantage of, conserved water projects authorized by Oregon law.
Authorizes the Secretary to renegotiate in the f... | A bill to provide for the modification of an amendatory repayment contract between the Secretary of the Interior and the North Unit Irrigation District, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Space Commercial Human Ascent
Serving Expeditions Act'' or the ``Space CHASE Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) the goal of opening space to the American people and
their private commercial, scientific, and cultu... | Space Commercial Human Ascent Serving Expeditions Act (Space CHASE Act) - Amends Federal law concerning commercial space transportation to specify that the Secretary of Transportation shall carry out commercial space launch activities through the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation.
Provides ... | A bill to promote the development of the emerging commercial human space flight industry, to extend the liability indemnification regime for the commercial space transportation industry, to authorize appropriations for the Office of the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation, and for other purposes... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) the terms ``abuse'', ``elder'', ``elder justice'',
``exploitation'', and ``neglect'' have the meanings given those
terms in section 2011 of the Social... | Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2011 - Establishes within the Department of Justice (DOJ) an Office of Elder Justice, which shall address issues relating to elder abuse. Requires the Director of such Office to: (1) provide information, training, and technical assistance to assist states and local governments in preventing, ... | A bill to better protect, serve, and advance the rights of victims of elder abuse and exploitation by establishing a program to encourage States and other qualified entities to create jobs designed to hold offenders accountable, enhance the capacity of the justice system to investigate, pursue, and prosecute elder abus... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bear Protection Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) all 8 extant species of bear--Asian black bear, brown
bear, polar bear, American black bear, spectacled bear, giant
panda, sun bear, and sloth bear--... | Bear Protection Act of 1999 - Prohibits any person from: (1) importing bear viscera into, or exporting it from, the United States; or (2) selling bear viscera, bartering, offering it for sale or barter, or purchasing, possessing, transporting, delivering, or receiving it in interstate or foreign commerce. Subjects per... | Bear Protection Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.
Section 102(16) of the Controlled Substances Act is amended by
adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: ``Such term also
does not include tetrahydrocannabinols not derived, extracted, or
prepared from plant Cannabis sativa L.''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZING THE MEDICAL PRESCRIPTION ... | Amends the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to authorize the medical prescription of marihuana, subject to regulations to be promulgated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services the Office for the Supply of Internationally Controlled Drugs which shall be ... | To provide for the therapeutic use of marihuana in situations involving life-threatening or sense-threatening illnesses and to provide adequate supplies of marihuana for such use. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Customer Non-Discrimination Act''.
SEC. 2. PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS.
(a) Prohibition on Discrimination or Segregation in Public
Accommodations.--Section 201 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C.
2000a) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), ... | Customer Non-Discrimination Act This bill amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity among the prohibited categories of discrimination or segregation in places of public accommodation. It defines: "sex" to include a sex stereotype, sexual orientation or gender identity... | Customer Non-Discrimination Act |
TITLE I--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION ORGANIC ACT OF
2004
SECTION 101. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Organic Act of 2004''.
SEC. 102. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is established within the Departme... | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Organic Act of 2004 - Re-establishes in the Department of Commerce (DOC) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), administered by the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. Establishes additional positions within NOAA.
Repeals Reorganiz... | To establish the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to amend the organization and functions of the NOAA Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Parental Freedom of Information
Act''.
SEC. 2. INFORMATION ACCESS AND CONSENT.
(a) In General.--Section 444 of the General Education Provisions
Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(j) Instructional and Testing Mat... | Parental Freedom of Information Act - Amends the General Education Provisions Act to require educational agencies or institutions, as a condition for receiving funds for applicable programs, to: (1) neither deny nor prevent the exercise of parental rights to review and inspect instructional materials used in their chil... | To amend the General Education Act to allow parents access to certain information about their children. |
SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF LAND.
(a) Administrator of General Services.--Subject to sections 2 and
4, the Administrator of General Services (hereinafter in this Act
referred to as the ``Administrator'') shall convey, for $12,800,000 to
be paid in accordance with the terms set forth in subsection (d)(2) and
other... | Directs the Administrator of General Services to convey specified lands in the District of Columbia to the Columbia Hospital for Women for the construction of a National Women's Health Resource Center.
Directs the Hospital to establish and operate three satellite health centers to provide health and counseling service... | A Bill to authorize the conveyance to the Columbia Hospital for Women of certain parcels of land in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. LEVY PERMITTED ONLY AFTER APPROVAL OF PRIVATE, VOLUNTEER
PANEL OF ATTORNEYS, CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, AND
ENROLLED AGENTS.
(a) In General.--Section 6331 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to levy and distraint) is amended by redesignating subsection
(i) a... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize a levy on wages or property for failure to pay taxes only if the levy is approved by the appropriate internal revenue district's levy review panel. Exempts a levy from such review if there is a finding that the collection of the tax is in jeopardy.
Directs a levy review p... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that property may be seized for the collection of taxes only with the approval of a private, volunteer panel of attorneys, certified public accountants, and enrolled agents. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Patient Abuse Prevention Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL REGISTRY OF ABUSIVE WORKERS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish, under the health
care fraud and abuse data collection program established under section
1128E of the Social S... | Patient Abuse Prevention Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish under the Social Security Act (SSA) title XI health care fraud and abuse data collection program the National Registry of Abusive Workers, which shall collect and maintain data from State registries and other entities on cove... | Patient Abuse Prevention Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``ARPA-E Act of 2018''.
SEC. 2. ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY-ENERGY.
(a) Establishment.--Section 5012(b) of the America COMPETES Act (42
U.S.C. 16538(b)) is amended by striking ``development of energy
technologies'' and inserting ``development of tr... | ARPA-E Act of 2018 This bill amends the America COMPETES Act to require the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) in the Department of Energy (DOE) to overcome the long-term and high-risk technological barriers in the development of transformative science and technology solutions to address energy, environm... | ARPA–E Act of 2018 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
Amendments of 2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE; APOLOGY.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Ninety-nine percent of the Iodine-131 (hereinafter
referred to as ``I-131'') in the atmos... | Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2005 - Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to include specified counties in Montana among affected areas for purposes of payments to individuals with certain medical conditions who were exposed to fallout emitted during the U.S. government's atmospheric nucle... | A bill to include claims for injuries and death due to exposure during certain time periods from fallout emitted during the Government's above-ground nuclear tests in Nevada that exposed individuals who lived in the downwind affected area in the State of Montana. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Athletic Trainers' Equal Access to
Medicare Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. ACCESS TO PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION SERVICES
PROVIDED INCIDENT TO A PHYSICIAN.
Section 1862(a)(20) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395y(a)(20)) is amend... | Athletic Trainers' Equal Access to Medicare Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) access to outpatient occupational and physical therapy services provided incident to a physician's professional services if furnished by an educated or credentialed therapist who does n... | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide improved access to physical medicine and rehabilitation services under part B of the Medicare Program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia
Research and Control Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) the recent outbreak of the harmful microbe Pfiesteria
piscicida in the coastal waters of the United States is one
... | Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 - Directs the President to establish an Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia. Requires the Task Force to develop action plans on harmful algal blooms and on hypoxia. Directs the President to: (1) disestablish such Task Force afte... | Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Education and Training for Health
Act of 2015'' or the ``EAT for Health Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) According to 2013 national health expenditure data,
United States health care spending increa... | Education and Training for Health Act of 2015 or the EAT for Health Act of 2015 Directs the Department of Health and Human Services to issue guidelines to federal agencies for developing procedures and requirements to ensure that every primary care health professional employed full-time for such agencies have continui... | EAT for Health Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Start-up Savings
Accounts Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF SMALL BUSINESS START-UP SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.
(a) In General.--Subpart A of part I of subchapter D of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting af... | Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for tax-preferred Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts to pay for trade or business expenses, including the purchase of equipment or facilities, marketing, training, incorporation, and accounting fees. The bil... | Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cuban Humanitarian Trade Act of
1997''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO EMBARGO AUTHORITY IN THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF
1961.
Section 620(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2370(a)(1)) is amended by inserting before the perio... | Cuban Humanitarian Trade Act of 1997 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to exempt from the embargo on trade with Cuba the export of food, medicines, or medical supplies, instruments, or equipment, or any travel incident to delivery of such items. Exempts the same items from the President's authority to restri... | Cuban Humanitarian Trade Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Apollo Lunar Landing Legacy Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) on July 20, 1969, Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E.
``Buzz'' Aldrin Jr. became the first people to set foot on
another celestial body, during the Ap... | Apollo Lunar Landing Legacy Act - Establishes the Apollo Lunar Landing Sites National Historical Park on the Moon as a unit of the National Park System. Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to complete jointly a general management plan... | Apollo Lunar Landing Legacy Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Project SEARCH Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) small communities often struggle to meet environmental
goals because of difficulty in securing funding;
(2) often, sources of funding for environme... | Project SEARCH Act of 2001 - Establishes the SEARCH Grant (grants for special environmental assistance for the regulation of communities and habitat) Program.Authorizes independent citizens' councils established by this Act to recommend the award of a SEARCH grant for an environmental project to small communities that:... | To provide grants for special environmental assistance for the regulation of communities and habitat ("SEARCH grants") to small communities. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Colorado Forest Insect Emergency
Response Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. RESPONSE TO SEVERE INFESTATIONS OF BARK BEETLES AND OTHER
INSECTS ON FEDERAL LAND IN COLORADO.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) Fire and bark... | Colorado Forest Insect Emergency Response Act of 2008 - Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior to designate an area of federal land in Colorado as an insect-emergency area if the area is: (1) subject to a widespread infestation of ba... | To amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to take expedited action to reduce the increased risk of severe wildfires to Colorado communities, water supplies, and infrastructure in or near forested areas most severely affected by infes... |
SECTION 1. TEMPORARY EXPANSION OF FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER CREDIT TO ALL
HOMEBUYERS.
(a) In General.--Section 36 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to first-time homebuyer credit) is amended by redesignating
subsections (g) and (h) as subsections (h) and (i), respectively, and
by insertin... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow until June 30, 2010: (1) a first-time homebuyer tax credit for all purchasers of a principal residence (not just first-time homebuyers); and (2) a refundable tax credit, up to $3,000, for the costs of refinancing a principal residence. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to temporarily expand the credit for first-time homebuyers to all homebuyers and to allow individuals a temporary refundable credit against income tax for the costs of refinancing acquisition indebtedness secured by their principal residence. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Seafood Marketing and
Development Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The fishery resources of the United States are valuable
and renewable natural resourc... | National Seafood Marketing and Development Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish Regional Seafood Marketing Boards. Designates states eligible to have members appointed to Boards of the: (1) Northeast Atlantic, (2) Mid and South Atlantic, (3) Gulf and Caribbean, (4) Pacific, and (5) West and Nort... | A bill to enhance national seafood marketing efforts through the creation of a National Seafood Marketing and Development Fund, Regional Seafood Marketing Boards and a National Coordinating Committee and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``J. Dennis Hastert Scholar Athlete
Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.
Part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended
by inserting after subpart 8 (20 U.S.C. 1070f) the following new
subpart:
``Subpart 9--J. Dennis H... | J. Dennis Hastert Scholar Athlete Act of 2002 - Amends part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to award scholarships for one to four years of study at institutions of higher education to individuals who have demonstrated outstanding academi... | To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a scholarship program to recognize scholar athletes, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Affordability Is Access Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to ensure timely access to affordable
birth control by requiring coverage without cost-sharing for oral birth
control for routine, daily use that is approved by, or otherwise
l... | Affordability Is Access Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require health insurance and group health plans to cover, as preventive care for women, over-the-counter oral contraceptives for daily use, regardless of whether an enrollee has a prescription for the contraceptive. (Insurers and plans cannot... | Affordability Is Access Act |
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