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SECTION 1. REPEAL OF PPACA AND HEALTH CARE-RELATED PROVISIONS OF HCERA.
(a) PPACA.--Effective as of the enactment of the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148), such Act is repealed, and
the provisions of law amended or repealed by such Act are restored or
revived as if such Act had not... | Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of the enactment of such Act and provisions. Restores provisions of law amended by such Act and provisions.
Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to... | To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and to amend title 5, United States Code, to establish a national health program administered by the Office of Personnel Management to offer Federal employee health... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Tribal HUD-VASH Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR HOMELESS OR AT-RISK INDIAN VETERANS.
Section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437f(o)(19)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(D)... | Tribal HUD-VASH Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill provides statutory authority for the Tribal HUD-VASH program, which provides rental assistance and supportive services to Indian veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and living in or near an Indian area. The United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended to ... | Tribal HUD-VASH Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Diabetes Coordinator Act of
2008''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act to provide leadership for the
development and implementation of a national strategy for reducing the
incidence, progression, and impact of diabetes and its com... | National Diabetes Coordinator Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish within the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the position of National Diabetes Coordinator, whose duties shall be to: (1) serve as the Secretary's principal advisor on reducing the ra... | To reduce the incidence, progression, and impact of diabetes and its complications and establish the position of National Diabetes Coordinator. |
SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT RELATING TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) without the cooperation of other countries, the United
States cannot reverse global climate change to ensure the
recovery of species that are listed as threatened or endangered
... | Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from considering global climate change as a natural or manmade factor in the determination as to whether a species is threatened or endangered until the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) notifies the Secretary t... | A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to temporarily prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from considering global climate change as a natural or manmade factor in determining whether a species is a threatened or endangered species, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federalism Enforcement Act of
1998''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) federalism is rooted in the knowledge that political
liberties are best assured by limiting the size and scope of
the national government;
... | Federalism Enforcement Act of 1998 - Directs executive agencies, when formulating and implementing policies that have federalism implications, to: (1) strictly adhere to constitutional principles and closely examine the constitutional and statutory authority supporting any Federal action that would limit the policy ma... | Federalism Enforcement Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Government Ownership Exit Plan Act
of 2009''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION.
In this Act--
(1) the term ``ownership interest'' means an interest in a
troubled asset described in section 3(9)(B) of the Emergency
Economic Stabilization ... | Government Ownership Exit Plan Act of 2009 - Prohibits the federal government from acquiring, directly or indirectly, any ownership interest in a troubled asset described in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) that was purchased from a financial institution by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Requir... | A bill to prohibit the Federal Government from holding ownership interests, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Convict Service Labor Prohibition
Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) the United States exists in a changed international
economic environment;
(2) one part of this c... | Convict Service Labor Prohibition Act of 1993 - Amends Federal law to establish penalties and fines for persons who knowingly transport in interstate commerce or import from a foreign country goods on which services are performed wholly or in part by convicts or prisoners. Requires all packages containing such goods t... | Convict Service Labor Prohibition Act of 1993 |
entitled ``Joint Resolution to establish the
Fort Sumter National Monument in the State of South Carolina'',
approved April 28, 1948 (62 Stat. 204, chapter 239; 16 U.S.C.
450ee), to commemorate historic events in the vicinity of Fort
Sumter, the site of the first engagement of the Ci... | Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park Act of 2002 - Establishes Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park in South Carolina as a unit of the National Park System to preserve, maintain, and interpret the nationally significant historical values and cultural resources associated with the for... | A bill to establish Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park in the State of South Carolina, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. EXCLUSION OF GAIN FROM SALE OF A PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE BY
CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.
(a) In General.--Subparagraph (A) of section 121(d)(9) of the
Internal Revenue Code (relating to exclusion of gain from sale of
principal residence) is amended by striking ``duty'' a... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain employees of the intelligence community to exclude from their gross income the gain from the sale of their principal residences without regard to otherwise applicable five-year residential use and holding requirements. | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income the gain from the sale of a principal residence by certain employees of the intelligence community. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``College Cost Reduction Act of
2012''.
SEC. 2. HIGHER EDUCATION REGULATORY REFORM TASK FORCE.
(a) Task Force Established.--Not later than 6 months after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall establish
the Higher Education ... | College Cost Reduction Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish the Higher Education Regulatory Reform Task Force to prepare a report, that is to be submitted to Congress and made available on a publicly accessible website, on federal regulatory requirements for institutions of higher education (IH... | To establish the Higher Education Regulatory Reform Task Force, to establish procedures for the presentation and expedited consideration by Congress of the recommendations of the Higher Education Regulatory Reform Task Force, to establish requirements for college cost reduction, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Remote Monitoring Access
Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. REMOTE PATIENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR CHRONIC HEALTH
CONDITIONS UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.
(a) Coverage of Remote Patient Management Services for Certain
Chronic Health Condition... | Medicare Remote Monitoring Access Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover remote patient management services for certain chronic health conditions.
Directs the Secretary to establish a demonstration project for evaluating the impact and benefits of covering under the Medicare pr... | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to cover remote patient management services for certain chronic health conditions under the Medicare Program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Industrial Regulatory Relief
Commission Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is established an independent commission to be known as the
``Industrial Regulatory Relief Commission'' (hereinafter in this Act
referred to as the ``Commission'').
SEC. 3. P... | Industrial Regulatory Relief Commission Act - Establishes the Industrial Regulatory Relief Commission to develop and submit to the President and the Congress recommendations for reducing the regulatory burden to the manufacturing, housing, and biotechnology industries nationwide so as to promote investment in those ind... | Industrial Regulatory Relief Commission Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Internet Consumer
Information Protection Act''.
(b) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) Internet technology is evolving and increasingly used
as a medium for interaction between consumers and b... | Internet Consumer Information Protection Act - Prohibits, with limited exceptions, an interactive computer service from disclosing to a third party any personally identifiable information provided by a subscriber without such subscriber's consent.
Prohibits such service or its employee from knowingly disclosing to a t... | Internet Consumer Information Protection Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Mine Communications Technology
Innovation Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The failure of miner tracking and communications
devices or lack thereof in mines severely hampers rescue
efforts in the e... | Mine Communications Technology Innovation Act - Requires the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to establish a program of research, development, and demonstration that includes the establishment of best practices, adaptation of existing technology, and efforts to accelerate the development o... | A bill to require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to establish an initiative to promote the research, development, and demonstration of miner tracking and communications systems and to promote the establishment of standards and other measurement services regarding underground communic... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sexual Harassment Prevention Act of
1994''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) Sexual harassment in employment persists widely in the
workplace, although it violates title VII of the ... | Sexual Harassment Prevention Act of 1994 - Directs employers (including Federal and congressional agencies) to keep posted in conspicuous places a notice prepared or approved by the appropriate primary enforcement agency (the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Office of Fair Employment Practices of the House ... | Sexual Harassment Prevention Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Mark-to-Market
Extension Act of 2006''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Purposes.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Extension of Ma... | Mark-to-Market Extension Act of 2006 - Amends the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 to reauthorize through FY2011: (1) the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-insured MultifamilyHousing Mortgage and Housing Assistance Restructuring (Mark-to-Market) program; and (2) the Office of Multifa... | A bill to extend for 5 years the Mark-to-Market program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. |
SECTION 1. LIMITATIONS OF HEALTH CARE COVERAGE FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) an estimated 81,000,000 United States citizens suffer
from some type of preexisting medical condition that could make
it difficult to obtain health coverage, especially... | Amends Federal law to require that a contract for a health insurance plan offered to a Member of Congress or a former Member of Congress shall provide that a carrier may: (1) include preexisting condition exclusions and impose a limitation or exclusion of benefits relating to treatment based on the fact that the condi... | A bill to amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to end health insurance portability for Members of Congress and eliminate continued coverage for departing Members of Congress until health insurance portability for other United States citizens is enacted into law, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Targeted Employment Areas
Improvement Act''.
SEC. 2. TARGETED EMPLOYMENT AREAS.
Section 203(b)(5)(B) (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(5)(B)) is amended to read as
follows:
``(B) Set aside for targeted employment areas.--
... | Targeted Employment Areas Improvement Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase the number of fiscal year EB-5 (employment creation) visas for qualified immigrants who invest in a new commercial enterprise which, in addition to creating jobs in a targeted employment area, will invest the requ... | Targeted Employment Areas Improvement Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Securing Success for Veterans on
Campus Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE FOR VETERAN STUDENT SUCCESS.
Title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1133 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new part:
``PA... | Securing Success for Veterans on Campus Act of 2008 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award three-year grants to institutions of higher education to develop model programs that require each grantee to establish a campus Center of Excellence for Veteran Student Success tha... | To encourage model programs to support veteran student success in postsecondary education by coordinating services to address the academic, financial, physical, and social needs of veteran students. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Advance Directive
Promotion Act of 2008''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Improvement of policies related to the use and porta... | Advance Directive Promotion Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require a service provider, Medicare+Choice organization, or prepaid or eligible organization to include the content of an advanced directive in a prominent part of an individual's current medical re... | To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to promote the use of advance directives, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF POLICY.
The Congress finds and declares the following:
(1) The Joint Federal-State Commission on Policies and Programs
Affecting Alaska Natives (hereafter in this Act referred to as the
``Alaska Natives Commission'') was established by Public L... | Provides for the Alaska Federation of Natives to further investigate and report to the Congress with proposals to implement the recommendations of the Alaska Natives Commission.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make a grant to the Alaska Federation of Natives to carry out a study, conduct hearings... | To provide for a study of the recommendations of the Joint Federal-State Commission on Policies and Programs Affecting Alaska Natives. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Energy and Infrastructure
Jobs Financing Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TRUST FUND EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY.
(a) Highway Trust Fund.--Section 9503 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 is amended--
(1) by striking ``April 1, 2012'... | American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Financing Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through September 30, 2016, the expenditure authority for the Highway Trust Fund; and (2) extend through September 30, 2018, current excise tax rates on motor fuels (i.e., gasoline, diesel fuel and kerosene, ... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend authorities relating to the Highway Trust Fund, to provide revenues for highway programs, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND DEFINITION.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``National Park
Revitalization Act''.
(b) Definition.--As used in this Act, the term ``National Park
Service Concessions Policy Act'' means the Act entitled ``An Act
relating to the establishment of concession policies in ... | National Park Revitalization Act - Amends the National Park Service Concessions Policy Act (the Act) to limit the period of a concession contract in a National Park System unit to ten years to a maximum of 15 years if the Secretary of the Interior finds that a longer period is necessary for the acquisition of possessor... | National Park Revitalization Act |
SECTION 1. TEACHER ACCULTURATION.
Title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1021 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``PART C--TEACHER ACCULTURATION
``SEC. 231. SHORT TITLE.
``This part may be cited as the `Teacher Acculturation Act of
2005'.
``SEC. 2... | Teacher Acculturation Act of 2005 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to carry out a demonstration program to investigate, develop, and test methods to attempt to ameliorate the cultural mismatch between teachers and the students they teach.
Directs the Secretary to develo... | A bill to provide for teacher acculturation, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of
2017''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) White supremacists and other right-wing extremists are
the most significant domestic terrorism threat facing the
United States... | Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2017 This bill authorizes: (1) a Domestic Terrorism Unit within the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which shall be responsible for monitoring and analyzing domestic terrorism activity; (2) a Domestic Terrorism Office in the Counterte... | Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Community Health Center Employee
Health Coverage Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Federally Qualified Health Centers (referred to in this
section as ``FQHCs'') are required under section 33... | Community Health Center Employee Health Coverage Act of 2006 - Expands the definition of "employee" for purposes of the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program to include an individual who is an employee of a federally qualified heath center, or a grantee providing technical or other assistance to such a cente... | A bill to permit individuals who are employees of a grantee that is receiving funds under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act to enroll in health insurance coverage provided under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. |
SECTION 1. ALASKA STATE JURISDICTION OVER SMALL HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS.
Part I of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 792 et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 32. ALASKA STATE JURISDICTION OVER SMALL HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS.
``(a) Discontinuance of Regulation by the Commission.--
Notwi... | Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to discontinue its licensing and regulatory authority over certain new, small (power production capacity of 5,000 kilowatts or less) qualifying hydroelectric project works in Alaska effective upon FERC certification that Alaska has a... | A bill to provide for Alaska state jurisdiction over small hydroelectric projects. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Border and Homeland
Security Act''.
SEC. 2. PRIORITY DISTRIBUTIONS UNDER THE STATE CRIMINAL ALIEN
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Section 241(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1231(i)) is amended by adding at the end the f... | National Border and Homeland Security Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to give state criminal alien assistance program (SCAAP) funding priority to: (1) northern or southern border states, or (2) state political subdivisions having one of the four largest populations of unlawfully present aliens for the ... | National Border and Homeland Security Act |
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION OF NARCO-TERRORISM.
Part A of the Controlled Substance Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C.
951 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 1010 the following:
``narco-terrorists who aid and support terrorists or terrorist
organizations
``Sec. 1010A. (... | Amends the Controlled Substance Import and Export Act to prohibit manufacturing, distributing, importing, exporting, or possessing with intent to distribute or manufacture a controlled substance knowing or intending that such activity aids or provides support to: (1) a foreign terrorist organization; or (2) any person ... | A bill to prohibit narco-terrorists from aiding and supporting terrorists and terrorist organizations. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction
Act of 2008''.
TITLE I--CRIMINAL PROHIBITION
SEC. 101. FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS.
Congress finds and declares that operating or embarking in a
submersible vessel or semi-submersible vessel with... | Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 15 years for knowingly operating or attempting or conspiring to operate by any means, or for embarking in, any submersible or semi-submersible vessel that is without nationality and that is n... | To amend titles 46 and 18, United States Code, with respect to the operation of submersible vessels and semi-submersible vessels without nationality. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Former Civilian Prisoners of War
Benefits Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. MEDICAL CARE AND DISABILITY BENEFITS.
(a) Eligibility.--A former civilian prisoner of war is entitled to
receive necessary medical care and is entitled to receive disability
benefits und... | Former Civilian Prisoners of War Benefits Act of 1996 - Entitles a former civilian prisoner of war (CPOW) to receive necessary medical care and disability benefits for any injury or disability resulting from the period of internment or hiding. Requires any presumptive medical or dental condition related to a period of... | Former Civilian Prisoners of War Benefits Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Water Advanced Technologies for
Efficient Resource Use Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. WATERSENSE.
(a) In General.--There is established within the Environmental
Protection Agency a WaterSense program to identify and promote water
efficient products, buildings... | Water Advanced Technologies for Efficient Resource Use Act of 2009 - Establishes within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a WaterSense program to identify and promote water efficient products, buildings and landscapes, and services to reduce water use, conserve energy, and preserve water resources. Sets forth t... | To encourage water efficiency. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Achievements of the GI Bill Gold
Medal Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The life of Harry W. Colmery of Topeka, Kansas, was
marked by exemplary service to his country.
(2) Harry Colmery... | Achievements of the GI Bill Gold Medal Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a single gold medal in honor of the recipients of assistance under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (commonly known as the GI Bill of R... | To award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of the recipients of assistance under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (commonly referred to as the "GI Bill of Rights") in recognition of the great contributions such recipients made to the Nation in both their military and civilian service and the contributions of... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Concussion Treatment and Care Tools
Act of 2009'' or the ``ConTACT Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Concussions are mild traumatic brain injuries, the
long-term effects of which are not well underst... | Concussion Treatment and Care Tools Act of 2009 or the ConTACT Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) establish concussion management guidelines that address the prevention, identification, treatment, and management of concussions in school-... | A bill to amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment and implementation of concussion management guidelines with respect to school-aged children, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bisti PRLA Dispute Resolution Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
It is the purpose of this Act to--
(1) resolve a conflict among the Navajo Nation, the Bureau
of Land Management and a coal preference right lease applicant
that is prev... | Directs the Secretary: (1) no later than July 15, 2000, to verify the selection of current Bureau of Land Management lands in New Mexico made by the Navajo Indian Nation pursuant to a resettlement plan for the Navajo Tribe; and (2) within 30 days thereafter, to issue patents to the Navajo Nation to the relinquished coa... | Bisti PRLA Dispute Resolution Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Money Services Business Compliance
Facilitation Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. OFFICE OF MONEY SERVICES BUSINESS COMPLIANCE ESTABLISHED.
(a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 3 of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 313 the f... | Money Services Business Compliance Facilitation Act of 2009 - Establishes within the Department of the Treasury the Office of Money Services Business Compliance (Office), whose Director shall assure compliance by money services businesses with federal recordkeeping requirements governing monetary instruments transactio... | To amend title 31, United States Code, to establish the Office of Money Services Business Compliance within the Department of the Treasury for the purpose of assuring compliance with subchapter II of chapter 53 of such title by money services businesses and such other duties as the Secretary of the Treasury may delegat... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Make It in America Tax Credit Act of
2011''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF THE ADVANCED ENERGY PROJECT
CREDIT.
(a) Extension.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (d) of section 48C of the
Internal Revenue Code of 19... | Make It in America Tax Credit Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the qualifying advanced energy project credit by allocating $5 billion of grants or tax credit amounts in 2011 to manufacturers in the United States of goods and components that are used in alternative energy projects (other than for... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the qualifying advanced energy project credit. |
SECTION. 1. ELIM NATIVE CORPORATION LAND RESTORATION.
Section 19 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C.
1618) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(c)(1) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
``(A) approximately 350,000 acres of land were withdrawn by
Exec... | Authorizes appropriations.
Authorizes an Alaska Native to transfer Settlement Common Stock to a descendant notwithstanding an adoption, relinquishment, or termination of parental rights that may have altered or severed the legal relationship between the donor and recipient.
Redefines a Settlement Trust as any trust ope... | To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to restore certain lands to the Elim Native Corporation, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stopping Assault while Flying
Enforcement Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. AIR CARRIER DEFINED.
In this Act, the term ``air carrier'' means an air carrier or
foreign air carrier, as those terms are defined in section 40102 of
title 49, United States Code.
SEC.... | Stopping Assault while Flying Enforcement Act of 2017 This bill requires air carriers and foreign air carriers to provide initial and recurrent training for certain flight personnel who are employees or contractors about responding to sexual assault and sexual harassment of passengers, employees, and contractors onboar... | Stopping Assault while Flying Enforcement Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding
Improvement Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. REQUIRING BID SURETY BONDS AND STATE LICENSURE FOR ENTITIES
SUBMITTING BIDS UNDER THE MEDICARE DMEPOS COMPETITIVE
ACQUISITION PROGRAM.
(a) Bid Surety Bo... | Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the Medicare durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program. Prohibits an entity from submitting a bid for a competitive acquisit... | Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Concussion Awareness and Education
Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Findings; purposes.
Sec. 4. Surveillance of sports-related concussions... | Concussion Awareness and Education Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) establish and oversee a national system to accurately determine the incidence of sports-related concussions, and (2) begin implementation of such ... | Concussion Awareness and Education Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``No Dollars for Ayatollahs Act''.
SEC. 2. EXCISE TAX ON DOLLAR CLEARING TRANSACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO
IRAN.
(a) In General.--Subtitle D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended by adding at the end the following new chapter:
... | No Dollars for Ayatollahs Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on any U.S. person who clears or transfers more than $1 million U.S. dollars per year for the direct or indirect benefit of the government of Iran or any Iranian person. The tax is equal to 100% of the amount that is clear... | No Dollars for Ayatollahs Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Middle Income Tax
Relief Act of 1995''.
(b) Amendment of 1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly
provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in
terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a ... | Middle Income Tax Relief Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a capital gains deduction for individuals of 50 percent of the qualified gain for the taxable year. Limits such gain to $400,000 reduced by the aggregate amount of such gain taken into account for prior years. Makes such deduction unavail... | Middle Income Tax Relief Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Securing America's Veterans
Insurance Needs and Goals Act of 2010'' or the ``SAVINGS Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. FINANCIAL COUNSELING AND DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR
SERVICEMEMBERS' GROUP LIFE INSURANCE BENEFICIARIES.
(a) Financial Counseling a... | Securing America's Veterans Insurance Needs and Goals Act of 2010 or SAVINGS Act of 2010 - Requires a life insurance company, in order to provide life insurance for veterans under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program, to: (1) provide financial counseling to the beneficiary or other person entitled to paymen... | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that beneficiaries of Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance receive financial counseling and disclosure information regarding life insurance payments, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Connecticut Old
State House Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act''.
(b) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) the history of the Old State House in Hartford,
Connecticut, is intrinsically linked to the hi... | Connecticut Old State House Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue one-dollar silver coins emblematic of the Old State House in Hartford, Connecticut, and its role in history.
Mandates that all coin sales include a ten-dollar surcharge which shall be paid to the O... | Connecticut Old State House Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Next STEP Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. STATE TRADE AND EXPORT PROMOTION GRANT PROGRAM.
The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating section 47 as section 48; and
(2) by inserting after section 46 the ... | Next STEP Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act to provide for the permanent establishment of the three-year pilot State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program originally established under the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010. Requires the Associate Administrator for International Trade within the Small Busines... | Next STEP Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Credit and Development Act of
1994''.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO THE FARM CREDIT ACT OF 1971.
Whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the
reference shall be con... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Credit for Rural Business Enterprises
Title II: Credit for Rural Infrastructure
Title III: Credit for Rural Housing
Rural Credit and Development Act of 1994 -
Title I: Credit for Rural Business Enterprises
- Amends the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to permit farm credit ba... | Rural Credit and Development Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Need-Based Educational Aid Act of
2001''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.
Section 568(d) of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 (15
U.S.C. 1 note) is amended by striking ``2001'' and inserting ``2008''.
SEC. 3. GAO STUDY AND REPORT.
(a) Study.--
... | Need-Based Educational Aid Act of 2001 - Amends the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 to extend through FY 2008 the antitrust exemption for the award of need-based educational aid.Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the effect of the exemption, including by examining the needs analysis methodolo... | An act to amend the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 to extend the favorable treatment of need-based educational aid under the antitrust laws, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Board of Certification Act
of 2008''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act to establish a Federal Board of
Certification, which shall certify that the mortgages within a security
instrument meet the underlying standards they claim to... | Federal Board of Certification Act of 2008 - Establishes a Federal Board of Certification to certify that the mortgages within a security instrument meet the underlying standards they claim to meet with regards to such mortgage characteristics as: (1) documentation; (2) loan to value ratios; (3) debt service to income ... | A bill to establish a Federal Board of Certification to enhance the transparency, credibility, and stability of financial markets, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Minerals Reclamation Foundation
Establishment Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF MINERALS RECLAMATION FOUNDATION.
(a) In General.--There is established the Minerals Reclamation
Foundation. The Foundation is a charitable and nonprofit corporation
... | Minerals Reclamation Foundation Establishment Act of 2007 - Establishes the Minerals Reclamation Foundation as a charitable, nonprofit, non-federal entity to: (1) obtain gifts, devises, and bequests of real and personal property for abandoned mine lands projects that further the conservation of natural, scenic, histori... | To establish the Minerals Reclamation Foundation, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Disaster Loan
Reporting Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) the terms ``Administration'' and ``Administrator'' mean
the Small Business Administration and the Administrator
thereof, respectiv... | Small Business Disaster Loan Reporting Act of 2007 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to: (1) amend the 2006 hurricane season disaster response plan to apply to major disasters; (2) report monthly to the congressional small business committees on the operation of the SBA disaster loa... | A bill to require reporting regarding the disaster loan program of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare+Choice Accountability Act
of 2001''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF INITIAL MEDICARE+CHOICE CONTRACT PERIOD TO 3
YEARS.
(a) Requirement for 3-Year Contracts.--Section 1857(c)(1) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-27(c)(1)) is ame... | Medicare + Choice Accountability Act of 2001 - Amends the Social Security Act to: (1) extend the Medicare + Choice contract period to three years; and (2) permit continuous open enrollment or disenrollment. | To amend part C of title XVIII to require Medicare+Choice organizations to offer Medicare+Choice plans for a minimum period of three years, and to permit Medicare beneficiaries to enroll and disenroll from such plans at any time. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Truth in Water Transportation
Budgeting Act''.
SEC. 2. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF INLAND WATERWAYS TRUST FUND AND HARBOR
MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the receipts and
disbursements of the Inland Waterwa... | Truth in Water Transportation Budgeting Act - Prohibits the receipts and disbursements of the Inland Waterways Trust Fund and the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund from being counted as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, or deficit or surplus for purposes of the Federal budget as submitted by the President, the congr... | To provide off-budget treatment for the Inland Waterways Trust Fund and the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business
Health Relief Act of 2015''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--MAKING COVERAGE AFFORDABLE FOR SMALL BUSI... | Small Business Health Relief Act of 2015 Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that: (1) impose fines on large employers (those with 50 or more full-time employees) who fail to offer their full-time employees the opportunity to enroll in minimum essential health insurance coverage, and (2) require large emplo... | Small Business Health Relief Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``CT Colonography Screening for
Colorectal Cancer Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY COLONOGRAPHY SCREENING AS A
COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING TEST UNDER MEDICARE.
(a) In General.--Section 1861(pp)(1) of the Social Securit... | CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act of 2012 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide Medicare coverage for screening computed tomography colonography (CTC) as a colorectal cancer (CRC) screening test, and (2) exclude screening CTC from the meaning of "imaging services" ... | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to cover screening computed tomography colonography as a colorectal cancer screening test under the Medicare program. |
TITLE I--SHORT TITLE
Sec. 101. This Act may be cited as the ``Protection and Reduction
of Government Secrecy Act''.
TITLE II--COMMISSION ON PROTECTING AND REDUCING GOVERNMENT SECRECY
purpose
Sec. 201. It is the purpose of this title to establish a study
commission which ... | Title I: Short Title
- Protection and Reduction of Government Secrecy Act - Sets forth the short title of this Act.
Title II: Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy
- Establishes a commission to recommend ways to reduce the volume of information classified and to increase protection of classified... | Protection and Reduction of Government Secrecy Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``No Windfalls for Bailed Out
Executives Act''.
SEC. 2. REQUIRED REPAYMENT OF CERTAIN NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED
COMPENSATION IN CASE OF EXTRAORDINARY GOVERNMENTAL
ASSISTANCE.
(a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 409A of the... | No Windfalls for Bailed Out Executives Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny deferred compensation to, or to require repayment of deferred compensation received by, key employees, members of the board of directors or other officers of a corporation, or any other employee having annual compen... | No Windfalls for Bailed Out Executives Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Critical Care Assessment and
Improvement Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Critical care medicine is the care for patients whose
illnesses or injuries present a significant d... | Critical Care Assessment and Improvement Act of 2014 - Requires studies on critical care health services by the Institute of Medicine and the Health Resources and Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Directs HHS to establish the Critical Care Coordinating Working Group wit... | Critical Care Assessment and Improvement Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Credit Card Minimum Payment
Notification Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. ENHANCED DISCLOSURE UNDER AN OPEN END CREDIT PLAN.
Section 127(b) of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1637(b)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(13) Enhanced... | Credit Card Minimum Payment Notification Act of 2008 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act regarding disclosures required with each billing cycle under an open end consumer credit plan to require a credit card issuer to include in specified type a written statement in the following form: "Minimum Payment Warning: Making on... | A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan. |
SECTION 1. PAYMENTS FOR FUTURE LOSSES IN A HEALTH CARE LIABILITY
ACTION.
(a) In General.--In any health care liability action, brought under
Federal law or in a Federal court, in which the damages awarded to a
claimant for future economic and noneconomic loss combined exceed
$50,000, the claimant... | Provides that in a health care liability action brought under Federal law or in Federal court in which damages awarded to a claimant for future economic and noneconomic loss combined exceed $50,000, the claimant shall not be required to receive such damages in a single, lump-sum payment.
Entitles such claimant to requ... | To establish rules for the payment of damage awards for future losses in certain health care liability actions. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Export Enhancement
Act of 1994''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) United States exports are concentrated very heavily
among a very few large companies. Only 2 percent of United
... | Small Business Export Enhancement Act of 1994 - Authorizes appropriations to provide: (1) grants to qualified entities under the Market Development Cooperator Program to promote the export of goods and services of U.S. small businesses; and (2) assistance to U.S. small businesses to increase their participation in U.S... | Small Business Export Enhancement Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Superior National Forest Fund Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The anticipated number of persons using the facilities
of the Superior National Forest requires additional funding to... | Superior National Forest Fund Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to collect recreation use fees and sell recreation use passes on a temporary basis within the Superior National Forest, Minnesota. | Superior National Forest Fund Act |
SECTION 1. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION.
The International Development Association Act (22 U.S.C. 284-284s)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 22. TWELFTH REPLENISHMENT.
``(a) Contribution Authority.--
``(1) In general.--The United States Governor may agree on
... | Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to vote to: (1) approve the sale of up to 10 million ounces of IMF gold and transfer the earnings on the invested profits of such sale to the Trust for Spec... | To authorize the United States participation in and appropriations for United States contributions to various international financial institutions, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Community Broadband Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) the term ``advanced telecommunications capability'' has
the meaning given the term in section 706(d) of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. ... | Community Broadband Act of 2017 This bill bars state, local, or tribal governments from prohibiting or inhibiting such government entities or their affiliates from serving as "public providers" of telecommunications services or advanced telecommunications capabilities to any person or any public or private en... | Community Broadband Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF POLICY.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Americans cherish the continued existence of diverse
wilderness ecosystems and wildlife found on their Fede... | Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2002 - Designates certain lands in the Skykomish River valley, Washington, as the Wild Sky Wilderness, to be managed by the Secretary of Agriculture.Directs the Secretary to establish a hiking trail plan. Authorizes the use of helicopter access to construct and maintain a joint Forest Service... | To enhance ecosystem protection and the range of outdoor opportunities protected by statute in the Skykomish River valley of the State of Washington by designating certain lower-elevation Federal lands as wilderness, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Arms Sale Responsibility Act of
2012''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS PROVISIONS.
(a) Transfer of Conventional Arms.--It is the sense of Congress
that it should be the policy of the United States to maintain adherence
to a policy of restraint in transferr... | Arms Sale Responsibility Act of 2012 - Expresses the sense of Congress that it should be U.S. policy to adhere to a policy of restraint in transferring conventional arms if evidence exists of substantial risk that such arms will be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of international human rights law or int... | To prohibit the transfer of defense articles and defense services to the governments of foreign countries that are engaging in gross violations of internationally-recognized human rights, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``No More Land Act''.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FROM LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION
FUND.
The Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 is amended--
(1) in section 1(b)(2) (16 U.S.C. 460l-4(b)(2)) by striking
``... | No More Land Act - Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to prohibit the Land and Water Conservation Fund from being used for acquisition. Directs the heads of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Forest Service, and the National Park Service to reduce the value of ... | No More Land Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Brownfields Remediation and Economic
Development Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that:
(1) The General Accounting Office has estimated that
between 130,000 and 425,000 abandoned indust... | Brownfields Remediation and Economic Development Act of 1996 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to certify any State program for brownfields (abandoned industrial sites in need of hazardous waste remediation before they may be returned to productive use) if the program: (1) covers only ... | Brownfields Remediation and Economic Development Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. CARRYOVER OF UNUSED BENEFITS FROM
CAFETERIA PLANS AND FLEXIBLE SPENDING
ARRANGEMENTS.
(a) In General.--Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to cafeteria plans) is amended by redesignating subsections
(h) and (i) as subsections (i) and (j), respective... | Exempts a health care reimbursement rollover account from Federal income tax unless such account ceases to be that type of account. Subjects such account to taxation on unrelated business income. Outlines account qualification requirements. Considers as nontaxable income any amounts paid out of such accounts when used ... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow unused benefits from cafeteria plans to be carried over into later years and used for health care reimbursement rollover accounts and certain other plans, arrangements, or accounts. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Convicted Child Sex Offender DNA
Index System Support Act''.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF CHILD SEX OFFENDER DNA BACKLOG.
(a) Development of Plan.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 45 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the... | Convicted Child Sex Offender DNA Index System Support Act - Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to develop a plan to assist States in performing DNA analyses of samples collected from convicted child sex offenders, with the objective of eliminating the backlog of samples awaiting analysis in St... | To eliminate the backlog in performing DNA analyses of DNA samples collected from convicted child sex offenders, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Early Educator Loan Forgiveness Act
of 2007''.
SEC. 2. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR SERVICE AS AN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR.
Section 428K (20 U.S.C. 1078-11) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 428K. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR SERVICE AS AN EARLY CHILDHOOD
... | Early Educator Loan Forgiveness Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to replace the loan forgiveness demonstration program for child care providers with a program providing student loan forgiveness or cancellation under the Federal Family Education Loan or Direct Loan programs to borrowers who are empl... | To provide for a loan forgiveness program for certain individuals who serve as early childhood educators. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Japanese American
Memorial Act of 2007''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--ESTABLISHMENT OF MINIDOKA NATIONAL HISTORIC S... | Japanese American Memorial Act of 2007 - Adjusts the boundary of the Minidoka Internment National Monument located in Idaho to include the Nidoto Nai Yoni ("Let it not happen again") memorial that commemorates the Japanese Americans of Bainbridge Island, Washington, who were the first to be forcibly removed from their ... | To modify the boundary of the Minidoka Internment National Monument, to establish the Minidoka National Historic Site, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land and improvements of the Gooding Division of the Minidoka Project, Idaho, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Career and Technical Education
Expansion Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR TEACHING CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
COURSEWORK AT RURAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
(a) FFEL Program.--Section 428J of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ... | Rural Career and Technical Education Expansion Act of 2009 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to assume or cancel a loan made under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) or the Direct Loan programs to an individual who: (1) has been employed as a teacher at a rural second... | To provide loan forgiveness to teachers of integrated career and technical education coursework at rural secondary schools. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Emergency Management
Improvement Act of 2006''.
TITLE I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF AGENCY AND DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
(a) Establishment.--The Federal Emergency Management Agency is
estab... | Federal Emergency Management Improvement Act of 2006 - Reestablishes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as an independent establishment in the executive branch. Requires FEMA to be headed by a Director appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Requires FEMA to: (1) inclu... | A bill to establish the Federal Emergency Management Agency as an independent agency, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm
National Heritage Corridor Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm transportation
corridor is a major gateway to Alaska a... | Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Corridor Act of 2001 - Establishes in Alaska the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Corridor.Requires: (1) the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Board of Directors of the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage C... | A bill to establish the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Corridor in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF FISCAL YEAR 2009 MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY
PROJECTS.
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the following major
medical facility projects in fiscal year 2009, with each project to be
carried out in the amount specified for each project:
(1) Constructio... | Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out major medical facility projects (projects) in FY2009 in: (1) Palo Alto, California; (2) Lee County, Florida; (3) San Juan, Puerto Rico; and (4) San Antonio, Texas.
Authorizes the Secretary to carry out projects in FY2009, as originally authorized under the Vete... | A bill to authorize major medical facility projects and major medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2009, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Domestic Explosives Detection Canine
Capacity Building Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Behavioral standards.--The term ``behavioral
standards'' means standards for the evaluation of explosives
detection... | Domestic Explosives Detection Canine Capacity Building Act of 2017 (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to establish a working group to determine ways to develop a decentralized domestic canine breeding network to produce high quality explosives detection canines and modernize can... | Domestic Explosives Detection Canine Capacity Building Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Insurance Competitive Pricing Act of
2002''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.
Section 2 of the Act of March 9, 1945 (59 Stat. 34; 15 U.S.C.
1012), commonly known as the McCarran-Ferguson Act, is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) ... | Insurance Competitive Pricing Act of 2002 - Amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to eliminate the antitrust exemption applicable to the business of insurance where the conduct involves: (1) price fixing; (2) allocating with a competitor a geographical area in which, or persons to whom, insurance will be offered for sale; (... | To modify the antitrust exemption applicable to the business of insurance. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Health Care
Fairness and Medicare Equity Act of 2003''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Equalizing urban and rural standa... | Rural Health Care Fairness and Medicare Equity Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, for discharges occurring in a fiscal year beginning with FY 2004, to compute a standardized amount for hospitals in rural and small urban area... | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for national standardized payment amounts for inpatient hospital services furnished under the medicare program and to make other rural health care improvements. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Drug Addiction Treatment Expansion
Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Addiction to and abuse of opiates has devastating
repercussions for individuals, families, and the country. The
health a... | Drug Addiction Treatment Expansion Act of 2003 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to eliminate the 30-patient limit for medical practitioners in group practices that may dispense specified narcotic drugs for maintenance or detoxification treatment. | To amend the Controlled Substances Act to lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Community
Development Financial Institutions Fund Amendments Act of 1998''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Technical correct... | Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Amendments Act of 1998 - Modifies the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to expand its purposes to include promotion of economic revitalization and community development through incentives to insured depository institutions that increas... | Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Amendments Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Enhanced 529 - Setting Aside for a
Valuable Education Act'' or the ``Enhanced 529 - S.A.V.E. Act''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO 529 PLANS.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 25B(d) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by strik... | Enhanced 529 - Setting Aside for a Valuable Education Act or the Enhanced 529 - S.A.V.E. Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax credit for contributions to a qualified tuition program (529 tuition program); and (2) allow an exclusion, up to $600, from the gross income of an employee for employer con... | Enhanced 529 - S.A.V.E. Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Puerto Rico Status Resolution Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) In 1898, Puerto Rico became a United States territory
and persons born in Puerto Rico have been granted United States... | Puerto Rico Status Resolution Act - Authorizes the State Elections Commission of Puerto Rico to provide for a ratification vote on the admission of Puerto Rico as a state of the United States on an equal footing with the several states in all respects. Requires (if a majority of votes cast in the ratification vote are ... | Puerto Rico Status Resolution Act |
SECTION 1. ENHANCED SUPERVISION OF CERTAIN BANK HOLDING COMPANIES.
(a) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for the Dodd-Frank
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (12 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.)
is amended by striking the item relating to section 113 and inserting
the following:
``Sec. 113. Authority ... | Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) to authorize the Financial Stability Oversight Council to determine that a bank holding company shall be subject to enhanced supervision and prudential standards by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, if the Council make... | To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Atlantic Coastal Fisheries
Cooperative Management Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. STATE-FEDERAL COOPERATION IN ATLANTIC COASTAL FISHERIES
MANAGEMENT.
(a) Federal Support for State Coastal Fisheries Programs.--The
Secretaries shall develop and imp... | Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior to develop and implement a program to support the fisheries management programs of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, including elements to support and enhance State cooperation in: (1) co... | Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act of 1993 |
PROCEDURES.
Subsection (a) of section 7123 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended to read as follows:
``(a) Referral to Appeals Procedures.--The Secretary shall
prescribe procedures by which any taxpayer may request--
``(1) early referral of 1 or more unresolved issues from
the ... | This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish new procedures and requirements for administrative appeals of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) deficiency determinations. If the IRS determines that there is a deficiency with respect to a tax imposed, it may send a notice of deficiency to a taxpayer after: the ... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to preserve taxpayers' rights to administrative appeal of deficiency determinations, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. CAPITOL POWER PLANT CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS DEMONSTRATION
PROGRAM.
Section 118 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7418) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(e) Capitol Power Plant Carbon Dioxide Emissions Demonstration
Program.--
``(1) Definitions.--In this su... | Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a competitive grant demonstration program to carry out projects to demonstrate the capture and storage or use of carbon dioxide emitted from the Capitol power plant in Washington, D.C., as a result of burning ... | A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide from the Capitol power plant. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
The Act may be cited as the ``Comprehensive Recycling Act of
1993''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds and declares the following:
(1) The United States failure to manage its solid waste has
resulted in critical regional and nationa... | Comprehensive Recycling Act of 1993 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide technical assistance and guidance to States on recycling methods and opportunities.
Directs States to develop and implement comprehensive multimaterial recycling programs. Requires such programs to be de... | Comprehensive Recycling Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cabin Air Safety Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. COMMERCIAL AIR CARRIER DEFINED.
In this Act, the term ``commercial air carrier'' means an air
carrier operating under part 121 or 135 of title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations.
SEC. 3. TRAINING TO RESPOND TO SMOK... | Cabin Air Safety Act of 2017 This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to prescribe regulations: requiring flight attendants, pilots, aircraft maintenance technicians, and airport first responders to receive annual training on how to respond to incidents involving smoke or fumes on board aircraft, a... | Cabin Air Safety Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
Infrastructure Development Trust Fund Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) under the Act of December 22, 1944, commonly known as the
``Flood Control Act of 1944'' (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665; 33 U.S.C.
... | Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund into which, beginning with FY 1998, 25 percent of the receipts from the power program of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River basin program shall be deposited until ... | Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Presidential Innovation Fellows
Program Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) It is in the national interest for the Federal
Government to attract the brightest minds skilled in technology
or in... | Presidential Innovation Fellows Program Act of 2016 This bill establishes in the General Services Administration (GSA) the Presidential Innovation Fellows Program to enable exceptional individuals with proven track records to serve time-limited appointments in executive agencies as Presidential Innovation Fellows to ad... | Presidential Innovation Fellows Program Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Lewis and Clark Rural Water System
Act of 1994''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act (unless the context clearly requires
otherwise):
(1) Environmental enhancement.--The term ``environmental
enhancement'' means the wetland an... | Lewis and Clark Rural Water System Act of 1994 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, for the planning and construction of a water supply system to provide service to specified counties in South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa.
Re... | Lewis and Clark Rural Water System Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Seafood Safety and Mercury Screening
Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT OF ESTABLISHMENT OF TOLERANCE FOR METHYL MERCURY IN
SEAFOOD.
Chapter IV of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
341 et seq.) is amended--
... | Requires the Secretary to: (1) ensure that such tolerance is safe and to modify or revoke any tolerance found to be unsafe; and (2) ensure that there is a reasonable certainty that no harm will result to pregnant women, infants, and children from aggregate exposure to methyl mercury.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) estab... | Seafood Safety and Mercury Screening Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``TIFIA Expansion Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. TIFIA FUNDING OF QUALIFIED TRANSIT CAPITAL PROJECTS.
(a) Definition of Master Credit Agreement.--Section 601(a) of title
23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (8)--
(... | TIFIA Expansion Act of 2011 - Revises Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) program requirements to make eligible for TIFIA funding any projects that: (1) are for the design, acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of one or more transportation projects that reduce emissions of greenhous... | To amend title 23, United States Code, to revise certain infrastructure finance provisions. |
SECTION 1. REDUCTION IN LOAN RATES FOR PEANUTS.
(a) Loan Rate Reduction.--Subsection (a) of section 155 of the
Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7271) is amended by
striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph:
``(2) Loan rate.--The national average quota loan rate for ... | Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to: (1) reduce quota peanut price support levels through crop year 2003; (2) extend marketing assessment services through 2003; and (3) make nonrecourse loans available to all peanut producers at 85 percent of estimated market value as of crop year 2004.Amends the Agricultu... | To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to gradually reduce the loan rate for peanuts, to repeal peanut quotas for the 2004 and subsequent crops, and to require the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase peanuts and peanut products for nutrition programs only at the world market price, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Interstate Distribution of State-
Inspected Meat Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. WAIVER OF INTRASTATE DISTRIBUTION LIMITATION.
(a) Meat.--Section 301(a) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21
U.S.C. 661(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
... | Interstate Distribution of State-Inspected Meat Act of 1997 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to permit the interstate distribution of State-inspected meat and poultry where State inspection requirements are at least equal to Federal ... | Interstate Distribution of State-Inspected Meat Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Presidential Commission to Study
Employment and Economic Insecurity in the American Workforce Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.
There is established a commission to be known as the Presidential
Commission to Study Employment and Economic Inse... | Presidential Commission to Study Employment and Economic Insecurity in the American Workforce Act - Establishes the Presidential Commission to Study Employment and Economic Insecurity in the American Workforce, which shall examine and report to the President and the Congress on: (1) the issues of economic and psycholo... | Presidential Commission to Study Employment and Economic Insecurity in the American Workforce Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States Physician Shortage
Elimination Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The average life expectancy in the United States has
increased to 80 years of age, causing an ever-increasing demand
... | United States Physician Shortage Elimination Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY2007-FY2011 to: (1) carry out the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program and Loan Repayment Program to assure an adequate supply of physicians and other health professionals to pr... | To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of primary care physicians serving health professional shortage areas, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Equity for Visual Artists Act of
2011''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
Section 101 of title 17, United States Code, is amended by--
(1) inserting after the definition of ``architectural
work'' the following:
``For purposes of section... | Equity for Visual Artists Act of 2011 - Requires, whenever a work of visual art is sold for at least $10,000 at an auction by someone other than the authoring artist, that the entity collecting the money or other consideration pay a royalty equal to 7% of the price to a visual artists' collecting society.
Defines an "... | To amend the copyright law to secure the rights of artists of works of visual art to provide for royalties, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Accountability in Deferred
Prosecution Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) the term ``deferred prosecution agreement'' means an
agreement between a Federal prosecutor and an organization to
conditionally d... | Accountability in Deferred Prosecution Act of 2008 - Requires the Attorney General to: (1) issue public written guidelines for deferred prosecution agreements and nonprosecution agreements; (2) establish rules for the selection of independent monitors for deferred prosecution agreements; and (3) place the text of defer... | To regulate certain deferred prosecution agreements and nonprosecution agreements in Federal criminal cases. |
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