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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sales Tax Holiday Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. STATE AND LOCAL SALES TAX RELIEF FOR CONSUMERS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall reimburse each State for 60
percent of the amount of State and local sales tax payable and not
collected during the sales tax ... | Sales Tax Holiday Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to reimburse each state that elects to partipicapte in a sales tax holiday period (beginning after April 3, 2008, and ending before April 14, 2008) for 60% of the amount of state and local sales tax payable and not collected during such period. | A bill to provide Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for a limited sales, use, and retailers' occupation tax holiday. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Election Protection & Integrity
Certification Act'' or the ``EPIC Act''.
SEC. 2. CERTIFICATION THAT FOREIGN FUNDS WILL NOT BE USED TO MAKE ANY
CONTRIBUTION OR EXPENDITURE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY
ELECTION IN THE UNITED STATES.
... | Election Protection & Integrity Certification Act or the EPIC Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require an organization applying for tax-exempt status to certify that it will not: (1) use foreign funds to make certain expenditures in connection with an election, a political party, or an electioneer... | Election Protection & Integrity Certification Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Colon Cancer Screening and
Prevention Act''.
SEC. 2. MEDICARE COVERAGE OF COLORECTAL SCREENING.
(a) In General.--Section 1834 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395m) is amended by inserting after subsection (c) the following new
subsection:
`... | Colon Cancer Screening and Prevention Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prescribe frequency and payment limits under Medicare part B for screening fecal-occult blood tests, flexible sigmoidoscopies, and colonoscopy. | Colon Cancer Screening and Prevention Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Northeastern Nevada Public Lands
Transfer Act''.
SEC. 2. AIR FORCE LAND CONVEYANCE, WENDOVER AIR FORCE BASE AUXILIARY
FIELD, NEVADA.
(a) Conveyance.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactme... | Northeastern Nevada Public Lands Transfer Act - Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to convey specified lands within the Wendover Air Force Base Auxiliary Field to the City of West Wendover, Nevada, for development for economic and public purposes. Directs the Secretary to: (1) make such conveyance without regard... | Northeastern Nevada Public Lands Transfer Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``School Anti-Violence Empowerment
Act''.
TITLE I--SCHOOL SAFETY PROGRAMS
SEC. 101. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
The Secretary of Education is authorized to provide grants to local
educational agencies to establish or enhance crisis intervent... | School Anti-Violence Empowerment Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for: (1) crisis intervention programs, including school counselors; and (2) school safety programs for students, staff, and school facilities.Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and... | To develop programs that enhance school safety for our children. |
SECTION 1. OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INDIAN HEALTH.
(a) Establishment.--There is established within the Department of
Health and Human Services the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Indian Health in order to, in a manner consistent with the government-
to-government relationship between the United St... | Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Health to: (1) facilitate advocacy for the development of appropriate Indian health policy; and (2) promote consultation on matters related to Indian health. Requires such Assistant Secretary to perfor... | To elevate the position of Director of the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services to Assistant Secretary for Indian Health, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Great Cats Conservation Act of
2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Many wild populations of felids, once considered common
are in decline, and many have declined to the point that their
long-term sur... | Great Cats Conservation Act of 2007 - Defines "great cat" to mean any lion, leopard, jaguar, snow leopard, clouded leopard, cheetah, or Spanish lynx.
Establishes the Great Cats Conservation Fund as a separate account in the Multinational Species Conservation Fund. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to use amounts i... | To assist in the conservation of great cats by supporting and providing financial resources for the conservation programs of nations within the range of great cats and projects of persons with demonstrated expertise in the conservation of great cats. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Southern New Jersey Veterans
Comprehensive Health Care Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; DEFINITION.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The current and future health care needs of veterans
residing in the eight southern countie... | Southern New Jersey Veterans Comprehensive Health Care Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to determine, and notify Congress, whether the needs of veterans in southern New Jersey (the counties of Ocean, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland, Atlantic, and Cape May) for full-service medical care ... | To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to expand the capability of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide for the medical care needs of veterans in southern New Jersey. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Job Creation and
Urban Revitalization Act of 2011''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Increased investment in job creating smal... | Job Creation and Urban Revitalization Act of 2011 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to expand the new markets venture capital program (currently, a program under which venture capital companies provide equity capital investments and operational assistance to small businesses in low-income geographic ar... | To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to improve the New Markets Venture Capital Program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Asset Management Improvement
Act of 1999''.
TITLE I--IMPROVED PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
SEC. 101. PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT.
(a) Performance Measures Required.--
(1) In general.--The Administrator, in consultation with
... | Title II: Public-Private Partnerships
- Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to authorize the Administrator to enter into agreements for the creation of one or more public-private partnerships to: (1) lease Federal real property; and (2) develop, rehabilitate, or renovate facilities on s... | Federal Asset Management Improvement Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Land
Conservation Act of 1993''.
(b) Amendment of 1986 Code.--Except as otherwise provided, whenever
in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or repeal of, a section or ... | Rural Land Conservation Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross estate tax the value of land subject to a qualified conservation easement (less the amount of any indebtedness secured by such land). Includes in the gross estate tax the value of each development right retained by the don... | Rural Land Conservation Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Nuclear Family Priority Act''.
SEC. 2. CHANGE IN FAMILY-SPONSORED IMMIGRANT CATEGORIES.
Section 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1153(a)) is amended to read as follows:
``(a) Preference Allocation for Spouses and Children of P... | Nuclear Family Priority Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to replace existing family-sponsored immigrant categories with a single preference allocation for spouses and children of permanent resident aliens.
Reduces the number of, and revises the calculation for, fiscal year family-sponsored immigrant en... | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make changes related to family-sponsored immigrants and to reduce the number of such immigrants, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Airport and Airway
Extension Act of 2016''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--AIRPORT AND AIRWAY PROGRAMS
Se... | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on March 17, 2016. Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2016 TITLE I--AIRPORT AND AIRWAY PROGRAMS (Sec. 101) This bill reauthorizes for the period March 31, 2016, through July 15, 2016, the airport improvement program and specified related authoritie... | Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Community Lending
Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act of 2013'' or the ``CLEAR Relief
Act of 2013''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents... | Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act of 2013 or CLEAR Relief Act of 2013 - Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) to publish in the Federal Register proposed revisions to the Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement on the Assessment of Financial and Managerial Factor... | CLEAR Relief Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Research Product
Commercialization Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROCESS REGARDING REASONABLE PRICES FOR
PRODUCTS DEVELOPED AS CONSEQUENCE OF FUNDING BY NATIONAL
INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.
Part G of title IV of the Pub... | Federal Research Product Commercialization Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require that a biomedical research project relating to the development of a drug, device, or other tangible product may not be supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) unless there is in effect an agreement ensuring tha... | Federal Research Product Commercialization Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Support of American Eagle Silver
Bullion Program Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the American Eagle silver bullion coin leads the global
market, and is the largest and most popular silver coin program
in ... | Support of American Eagle Silver Bullion Program Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to obtain silver from other available sources when the U.S. silver stockpile is depleted. Prohibits the Secretary from paying more than the average world price for silver under any circumstances. | To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase silver on the open market when the silver stockpile is depleted, to be used to mint coins. |
SECTION 1. TEMPORARY DUTY SUSPENSION FOR PERSONAL EFFECTS OF 1995
SPECIAL OLYMPICS WORLD GAMES PARTICIPANTS.
(a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting in
numerical sequence the following new headings:
`` 99... | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment, through August 1, 1995, to the personal effects of, and other equipment and materials intended for use by, participants, their immediate families, and officials involved in the 1995 Special Olympics World Games. | To suspend temporarily the duty on the personal effects of participants in, and certain other individuals associated with, the 1995 Special Olympics World Games. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Office of Inspector General
Oversight Council Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OVERSIGHT COUNCIL.
The Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-452; 5 U.S.C.
App.) is amended by adding at the end the following new ... | Office of Inspector General Oversight Council Act of 1998 - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to establish an Office of Inspector General Oversight Council as an independent establishment in the executive branch to oversee and review the actions and activities of the Offices of Inspector General of establishment... | Office of Inspector General Oversight Council Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Nonviolent Futures for Children
Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act to reduce and prevent the incidence
of violence involving children through grant programs that encourage
prevention, intervention, and the rehabilitation of youth of... | Nonviolent Futures for Children Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to eligible local educational agencies for preventive services and interventions to reduce the incidence of violence. Gives priority to areas with high concentrations of disadvantaged students and high rates of violenc... | Nonviolent Futures for Children Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Open EAJA Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The Equal Access to Justice Act, established in 1980 to
provide small businesses, individuals, and public interest
groups the opportunity to re... | Open EAJA Act of 2010 - Directs the Attorney General to issue an annual online report to Congress and the public on the amount of attorney fees and other expenses awarded during the preceding fiscal year pursuant to the law commonly known as the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA).
Directs the Comptroller General to co... | To require the Attorney General of the United States to compile, and make publically available, certain data relating to the Equal Access to Justice Act, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Early Childhood Nutrition
Improvement Act''.
SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY CERTIFICATION CRITERIA FOR PROPRIETARY CHILD CARE
CENTERS.
Section 17(a)(6) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch
Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(a)(6)) is amended--
... | Early Childhood Nutrition Improvement Act This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to revise several provisions related to the child and adult care food program. Under current law: (1) an institution that provides child or day care under the program may be reimbursed for up to two meals an... | Early Childhood Nutrition Improvement Act |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The political relationship between the United States
Territory of American Samoa and the United States is embodied
in two separate treaties of cessions: one that was signed on
April 17, 1900, between the traditional l... | Gives the High Court of American Samoa the jurisdiction over any criminal case arising under any law of the United States applicable to American Samoa in which a defendant resides in American Samoa and the violation occurred in the territory of American Samoa.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to appoint: (1) two ... | To confer certain Federal jurisdiction on the High Court of American Samoa, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Prohibition on Cloning of Human
Beings Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) it has been reported that an adult sheep has been
cloned using a technique called somatic cell nuclear transfer;
(2) the N... | Prohibition on Cloning of Human Beings Act of 1998 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to make it unlawful for any person or other legal entity to: (1) implant or attempt to implant the product of somatic cell nuclear transfer into a woman's uterus; (2) ship the product of somatic cell nuclear transfer in interstat... | Prohibition on Cloning of Human Beings Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Toll Credit Marketplace Act''.
SEC. 2. TOLL CREDIT MARKETPLACE PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Pilot program.--The term ``pilot program'' means the
toll credit marketplace pilot program established under
... | Toll Credit Marketplace Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish and implement a pilot program to develop a toll credit marketplace for states to buy and sell toll credits. States may use funds from the sale of toll credits to offset the nonfederal share of the cost of any transportation proj... | Toll Credit Marketplace Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Renewable Fuel Standard Extension
Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. RENEWABLE CONTENT OF GASOLINE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the renewable fuel standard established under section
211(o) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)) i... | Renewable Fuel Standard Extension Act of 2007 - Amends the Clean Air Act to redefine the term "cellulosic biomass ethanol" to mean ethanol derived from any cellulose, hemicellulose, or lignin that is derived from renewable biomass. Redefines the term "renewable fuel" to include motor vehicle fuel that is derived from r... | A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to increase the renewable content of gasoline, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``State Trade and Export Promotion
Utilization Program for American Small Businesses Act'' or the ``STEP
UP for American Small Businesses Act''.
SEC. 2. STATE TRADE AND EXPORT PROMOTION.
(a) In General.--Section 22 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
6... | State Trade and Export Promotion Utilization Program for American Small Businesses Act or the STEP UP for American Small Businesses Act Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Associate Administrator for International Trade within the Small Business Administration to establish a State Trade and Export Promotion Gr... | STEP UP for American Small Businesses Act |
SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON DISBURSEMENTS FROM THE EXCHANGE STABILIZATION
FUND TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES.
Section 5302 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
``(e) Limitation on Disbursements to Countries Not in Compliance
With Certain IMF Commit... | Amends Federal law governing the Department of the Treasury Exchange Stabilization Fund to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from making any expenditure or loan, incurring any other obligation, or making any guarantee over $500 million through the Fund for the purpose of engaging in a coordinated international res... | To impose certain limitations on disbursements from the Exchange Stabilization Fund to certain countries, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Professor Peter F. Drucker, the father of modern
management, is one of the most influential and widely read
philosophers and writers on modern organizations and
management.
(2) Peter F. Drucker was born in... | Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell bronze duplicates. Requires deposit of sale proceeds in the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund. | To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Peter F. Drucker, the father of modern management, in recognition of his accomplishments as a journalist, a writer, an economist, and a philosopher. |
OF BOUNDARY CONFLICTS, VICINITY OF MARK TWAIN
NATIONAL FOREST, BARRY AND STONE COUNTIES, MISSOURI.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``appropriate Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Army or the Secretary of Agriculture.
(2) The term ``boundary confl... | Establishes procedures for resolving the status of Federal land in Barry and Stone County, Missouri, claimed by private property owners based on land surveys subsequent to the Public Land Survey System land surveys upon which the original land patents were issued. Requires claimants to submit notice to the Secretary of... | To resolve boundary conflicts in the vicinity of the Mark Twain National Forest in Barry and Stone Counties, Missouri, that resulted from private landowner reliance on a subsequent Federal survey, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Farm Freedom Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN TARGET PRICES AND TERMINATION OF DEFICIENCY
PAYMENTS AND MARKETING LOANS FOR WHEAT, FEED GRAINS,
RICE, AND COTTON.
(a) Wheat.--
(1) Reduction in target prices.--In... | Farm Freedom Act of 1995 - Extends and reduces target prices for wheat, feed grains (corn, oats, grain sorghums, barley), rice, and cotton. Eliminates deficiency payments and marketing loans for such crops beginning with crop year 2001.
Eliminates acreage reduction programs and 0-85 and 50-85 programs beginning with ... | Farm Freedom Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Agency for International Development
Efficiency and Effectiveness Act of 1994''.
SEC. 2. REDUCTIONS IN SPENDING FOR DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE BY THE AGENCY
FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
For fiscal years 1995 through 1999, budget authority a... | Agency for International Development Efficiency and Effectiveness Act of 1994 - Reduces budget authority and outlays for development assistance by specified amounts below the Congressional Budget Office baseline in FY 1995 through 1999.
Requires the Agency for International Development (AID) to narrow its focus and fu... | Agency for International Development Efficiency and Effectiveness Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Farm Income and Trade Equity Act of
1999''.
SEC. 2. TRANSITIONAL INTERNATIONAL MARKETING EQUITY PAYMENTS.
Subtitle B of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7211
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 119. TRANSITIO... | Farm Income and Trade Equity Act of 1999 - Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to authorize agricultural owners or producers subject to production flexibility contracts to permanently elect to receive payments and marketing assistance loans which factor in European Union (EU) support levels in lieu of contrac... | Farm Income and Trade Equity Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. PROMOTING YOUTH FINANCIAL LITERACY.
Title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 8001 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new
part:
``PART L--PROMOTING YOUTH FINANCIAL LITERACY
``SEC. 10993. SHORT TITLE AND FINDINGS.
``(a) Short Title... | Youth Financial Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a new part L, Promoting Youth Financial Literacy, under title X (Programs of National Significance).
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) to develop and integra... | Youth Financial Education Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Former Soviet Union State Pension
Fairness Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) According to the 2009 American Community Survey, over
1.1 million immigrants from the fifteen states of the former
... | Former Soviet Union State Pension Fairness Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of State and the Commissioner of Social Security to continue to work with the governments of the states of the former Soviet Union to encourage them to adopt policies that would allow receipt of pensions for individuals who worked in any suc... | To authorize and direct the Secretary of State and the Commissioner of Social Security to continue to work with the governments of the states of the former Soviet Union to encourage such states to adopt policies that would allow receipt of pensions for individuals who worked in any such state and earned a pension and c... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care Consumer Assistance
Act''.
SEC. 2. GRANTS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services
(referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall award grants to
States to enable such States to enter into contracts for the
estab... | Health Care Consumer Assistance Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to enable States to contract for the establishment of consumer assistance programs designed to assist consumers of health insurance in understanding their rights, responsibilities, and choices among health insurance... | Health Care Consumer Assistance Act |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds as follows:
(1) Each year, in every corner of the Nation, the 850,000
first responders of Emergency Medical Services answer more than
30,000,000 calls to serve 22,000,000 patients in need of life
saving care and comfort at a moment's notice... | Authorizes the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to commemorate the commitment and service represented by emergency medical services. Prohibits the use of federal funds to pay any expense of the establis... | To authorize the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Family Caregiver Relief Act of
2003''.
SEC. 2. LONG-TERM CARE TAX CREDIT.
(a) Allowance of Credit.--
(1) In general.--Paragraph (1) of section 24(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to allowance of child
tax c... | Family Caregiver Relief Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise and rename the Child Tax Credit as the Family Care Credit. Includes within such credit (in addition to the child care credit) a $3,000 credit for each qualifying individual for whom an eligible taxpayer is a long-term care provider.
Defin... | A bill to provide a partially refundable tax credit for caregiving related expenses. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Historic Tax Credit Improvement Act
of 2017''.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN THE REHABILITATION CREDIT FOR CERTAIN SMALL
PROJECTS.
(a) In General.--Section 47 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended by adding at the end the following new s... | Historic Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for the rehabilitation of buildings and historic structures, to: (1) allow an increased 30% credit, up to $750,000, for projects with rehabilitation expenditures not exceeding $3.75 million, for which ... | Historic Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Marine Debris Emergency Act of
2012''.
SEC. 2. MARINE DEBRIS EMERGENCIES.
Section 3 of the Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction
Act (33 U.S.C. 1952) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Marine Debris Emergency.--
... | Marine Debris Emergency Act of 2012 - Amends the Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act to authorize the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to declare a marine debris emergency upon determining that marine debris: (1) is an immediate threat to living marine resour... | To amend the Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act to establish an expedited award process for grants to address marine debris emergencies, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States Capitol Police
Administrative Technical Corrections Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES OF THE CHIEF OF THE CAPITOL POLICE.
(a) Clarification of Certain Hiring Authorities.--
(1) Chief administrative officer.--Sec... | United States Capitol Police Administrative Technical Corrections Act of 2008 - Makes technical amendments to the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 with respect to the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of the Capitol Police. Requires the CAO to report to and serve at the pleasure of the Chief of the Capitol ... | A bill to make technical corrections to the laws affecting certain administrative authorities of the United States Capitol Police, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention for Persons with Disabilities Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION
PROGRAM FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 ... | Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for Persons with Disabilities Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements for the promotion of good health and the prevention of secondary conditions in persons with disabi... | To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program for promoting good health, disease prevention, and wellness and for the prevention of secondary conditions for persons with disabilities, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Diplomacy and Development
Strategy Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL DIPLOMACY AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY.
(a) Strategy Required.--
(1) Initial strategy.--
(A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the
... | National Diplomacy and Development Strategy Act of 2017 The Department of State, in coordination with the U.S. Agency for International Development and other relevant federal agencies, shall submit to Congress a comprehensive report on the national diplomacy and development strategy (NDDS) of the United States. The Qua... | National Diplomacy and Development Strategy Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Israel Against Economic
Discrimination Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has
long targeted Israel with systematic, politically motivated,
... | Protecting Israel Against Economic Discrimination Act of 2016 This bill declares that Congress opposes politically motivated boycotts, divestment from, and sanctions against Israel. The bill amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to declare that it shall be U.S. policy to oppose: requests by foreign countries ... | Protecting Israel Against Economic Discrimination Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. REDUCTION OF MAXIMUM CAPITAL GAINS RATES.
(a) Taxpayers Other Than Corporations.--Section 1(h) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to maximum capital gains rate)
is amended to read as follows:
``(h) Maximum Capital Gains Rate.--
``(1) In general.--If a taxpayer has a net cap... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise capital gains rates for corporate and noncorporate taxpayers.
(Sec. 2) Substitutes the indexed basis (inflation-increased adjusted basis) for the adjusted basis with respect to gain and loss of disposed indexed assets (corporate stock and tangible capital assets or business p... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the maximum capital gains rates, to index capital assets for inflation, and to repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes and the tax on generation-skipping transfers. |
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is established in the Congress an office to be known as the
``Congressional Office for Public Opinion Research and Assessment'',
hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ``Office''.
SEC. 2. OFFICE AND GOVERNING BOARD.
The Office will consist of a nonvoting Director and a B... | Establishes the Congressional Office for Public Opinion Research and Assessment to set out research priorities and methods for choosing research topics.
Requires the Board of the Office to establish an Advisory Council to advise the Board on research priorities and methods which are the most promising and cost effecti... | To establish a Congressional Office for Public Opinion Research and Assessment. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Restoring
Confidence Through Smarter Campaigns Act''.
(b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The Supreme Court decision in Buckley v. Valeo failed
to recognize that unlimited spending on elections... | Restoring Confidence Through Smarter Campaigns Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to limit expenditures by candidates for the House of Representatives to $500,000 during the election cycle ($250,000 for a primary election and $250,000 for a general election). Sets at $250,000 the maximum amount of e... | To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for limitations on expenditures in elections for the House of Representatives. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Assessing Progress in Haiti Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) On January 12, 2010, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the
Richter magnitude scale struck the country of Haiti.
(2) According to the Unit... | Assessing Progress in Haiti Act - Directs the President to report to Congress on the status of post-earthquake humanitarian, reconstruction, and development efforts in Haiti, including efforts to prevent the spread of cholera and treat persons infected with the disease. | A bill to measure the progress of relief, recovery, reconstruction, and development efforts in Haiti following the earthquake of January 12, 2010, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Reemployment Tax Credit Act of
1998''.
SEC. 2. WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT.
(a) Qualified Dislocated Workers Treated as Members of Targeted
Groups.--
(1) In general.--Paragraph (1) of section 51(d) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1... | Reemployment Tax Credit Act of 1998 - Amends the Internal Revenue Act to extend the employer work opportunity tax credit to include qualified dislocated workers. | Reemployment Tax Credit Act of 1998 |
findings and declaration of policy
Sec. 2. The Congress hereby finds that the security and welfare of
the United States requires that this and future generations of American
youth be assured ample opportunity for the fullest development of their
intellectual capacities, and that this opportunity will be jeopard... | Federal Student Loan Act -
Title I: Loans for College Students
- Authorizes the Secretary of Education to enter into agreements with institutions of higher education for a program of student loans. Provides for payments to such institutions during FY 1992 through 1997, for student loans to cover periods through FY ... | Federal Student Loan Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Wage and Garnishment Equity Act of
2016'' or the ``WAGE Act''.
SEC. 2. ASSIGNMENT OF EARNINGS DEFINED.
Section 302 of the Consumer Credit Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1672)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Assignment.--The term `as... | Wage and Garnishment Equity Act of 2016 or the WAGE Act This bill amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to define "assignment" (of wages and earnings) to exclude payroll deductions or preauthorized payment plans and any assignment applicable only to earnings already earned. The bill adjusts the maximum p... | WAGE Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Broadband Connections for Rural
Opportunities Program Act of 2012'' or the ``B-CROP Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. BROADBAND CONNECTIONS FOR RURAL OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM.
Title VI of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb
et seq.) is amended by a... | Broadband Connections for Rural Opportunities Program Act of 2012 or the B-CROP Act of 2012 - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to: (1) award grants to eligible entities for the deployment, identification, or adoption of broadband services within eligible rural c... | A bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to establish a grant program within the rural broadband program of the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medical Information and Treatment
Access Act''.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Findings.
TITLE I--FEDERAL INTERNET SITE FOR CONSOLIDATION AND TRANSL... | Medical Information and Treatment Access Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to utilize an Internet site to: (1) consolidate and translate health care information that is available to the public from federal agencies, linking the various health-r... | To establish programs that use the Internet to provide to patients and health care practitioners coordinated information on diseases and other conditions, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Community Enterprise Revitalization
Amendments Act''.
SEC. 2. SECTION 108 ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.
(a) In General.--Section 108(a) of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308(a)) is amended--
(1) in the first sentence--... | Community Enterprise Revitalization Amendments Act - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make economic development grants to enhance the security of housing loan guarantees under section 108 of such Act.
Authorizes such grants' funding... | Community Enterprise Revitalization Amendments Act |
SECTION 1. CONSTRUCTIVE SALES TREATMENT FOR APPRECIATED FINANCIAL
POSITIONS.
(a) In General.--Part IV of subchapter P of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
``SEC. 1259. CONSTRUCTIVE SALES TREATMENT FOR APPRECIATED FINANCIAL
... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that if there is a constructive sale of an appreciated financial position: (1) a taxpayer shall recognize gain as if such position were sold for its fair market value on the date of the constructive sale; and (2) for purposes of the treatment of gains and losses for periods ... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require gain recognition in the case of certain transactions that are equivalent to sales of financial instruments. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Northern Ireland Fair Employment
Practices Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Currently, overall unemployment in Northern Ireland is
approximately 13 percent, as compared to 9 percent in the rest ... | Northern Ireland Fair Employment Practices Act of 1995 - Prohibits an article from being imported into the United States from Northern Ireland unless documentation is presented at the time of entry indicating that the enterprise which manufactured or assembled such article complied at the time of manufacture with certa... | Northern Ireland Fair Employment Practices Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Flexible Pell Grant for 21st Century
Students Act''.
SEC. 2. FLEXIBLE PELL GRANTS.
(a) Purpose and Amount of Grants.--Section 401(b) of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
``(8)(A) N... | Flexible Pell Grant for 21st Century Students Act This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow an eligible student to receive more than one Federal Pell Grant award in a single award year. An eligible student is a student who: (1) has already received a Pell Grant during ... | Flexible Pell Grant for 21st Century Students Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``AIDS Orphans Relief Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) By the end of 2000, 10,400,000 children in Sub-Saharan
Africa will have lost their mother, or both parents, to
Acquired Immune D... | Amends the Agricultural Trade and Development Assistance Act of 1954 to authorize the President to provide food assistance to developing countries in order to assist them in mitigating the effects of AIDS. Authorizes appropriations. | AIDS Orphans Relief Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Advanced
Cybersecurity Enhancements Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Small businesses represent more than 97 percent of
total businesses in the United States and make up an essential ... | Small Business Advanced Cybersecurity Enhancements Act of 2017 This bill amends the Small Business Act to direct the Small Business Administration in coordination with the Department of Commerce to create a central small business cybersecurity assistance unit and small business cybersecurity assistance units in ea... | Small Business Advanced Cybersecurity Enhancements Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Emergency Medical Care and
Response Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Emergency medical services play a critically important
role in health care, public... | Improving Emergency Medical Care and Response Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting though the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, to award contracts or competitive grants to support demonstration programs that design, implement, ... | A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish demonstration programs on regionalized systems for emergency care, to support emergency medicine research, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CHARITABLE RISK POOLS.
(a) General Rule.--Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to exemption from tax on corporations, certain trusts, etc.)
is amended by redesignating subsection (n) as subsection (o) and by
inserting after subsection (m) the following new s... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax exemption for charitable risk pools organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to the treatment of certain charitable risk pools. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stable Oil Supply (SOS) Home Heating
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) more than 35 percent of families in the northeastern
United States depend on oil to heat their homes each winter,
... | Directs the Secretary of Energy to report to Congress regarding the certification status of submitted voluntary plans.
Provides a defense to an antitrust action brought against such voluntary plans.
Requires the Secretary, if a certified plan is not implemented for each such importer, refiner, and wholesaler, to establ... | Stable Oil Supply (SOS) Home Heating Act |
SECTION 1. SPECIAL RULES FOR NONBEVERAGE PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED IN A
UNITED STATES FOREIGN TRADE ZONE.
(a) In General.--Subpart E of part I of subchapter A of chapter 51
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after
section 5062 the following new section:
``SEC. 5063. EXCEPTIO... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Foreign Trade Zones Act to permit the transfer of distilled spirits used in a foreign trade zone for the manufacture or production of nonbeverage products (i.e., medicines, medicinal preparations, food products, flavors, flavoring extracts, or perfume, which are unfit for bevera... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Foreign Trade Zones Act to simplify the tax and eliminate the drawback fee on certain distilled spirits used in nonbeverage products manufactured in a United States foreign trade zone for domestic use and export. |
.--Section 301(a) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) is amended by
striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
``(4) subtotals of new budget authority and outlays for
nondefense discretionary spending, defense discretionary
spending, Medicare, Medicaid and ... | Balancing Our Obligations for the Long-Term Act of 2011 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to establish for FY2030-FY2050: (1) direct spending limits, and (2) total spending limits. Prescribes certain deficit control mechanisms (sequestration and reduction... | To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide for long-term budgeting, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Employment Protection Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. IMPACTS OF EPA REGULATORY ACTIVITY ON EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC
ACTIVITY.
(a) Analysis of Impacts of Actions on Employment and Economic
Activity.--
(1) Analysis.--Prior to issuing a r... | Employment Protection Act of 2011 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), prior to issuing a regulation, policy statement, guidance, or other requirement, implementing any new or substantially altered program, or issuing or denying any permit, to analyze its impact on employment level... | To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to consider the impact on employment levels and economic activity prior to issuing a regulation, policy statement, guidance, or other requirement, implementing any new or substantially altered program, or issuing or denying any permit, and for other pu... |
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out
the following major medical facility projects, with each project to be
carried out in the amount specified for that project:
(1) Alterations to facilitate consolidation of ser... | Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out major medical facility projects in specified amounts at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers or outpatient clinics at the following locations: (1) Long Beach, California; (2) San Juan, Puerto Rico; (3) Washington, D.C.; (4) Palo Alto, California; (5) ... | To authorize major medical facility projects and major medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1999, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``International Space Station
Authorization Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) the development, assembly, and operation of the
International Space Station is in the national interest of the
United ... | International Space Station Authorization Act of 1995 - Authorizes appropriations through FY 2002 to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for complete development and initial operations of the International Space Station. Caps appropriations for any one fiscal year. Makes appropriations contingent... | International Space Station Authorization Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Disability Insurance Protection and
Fraud Prevention Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF COOPERATIVE DISABILITY INVESTIGATIONS PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Soc... | Disability Insurance Protection and Fraud Prevention Act of 2014 - Requires the Inspector General of the Social Security Administration to increase the number of cooperative disability investigative (CDI) units to 54 and distribute them equally among the most densely populated areas. Prohibits the Commissioner of Soci... | Disability Insurance Protection and Fraud Prevention Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Nanotechnology Safety Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. NANOTECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.
Chapter X of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
391 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 1011. NANOTECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.
``(a) In General... | Nanotechnology Safety Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a program for the scientific investigation of nanoscale materials included or intended for inclusion in FDA-regulated... | A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a nanotechnology program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Engineering Accountability
Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. CIVIL LIABILITY.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 2680(a) of title 28,
United States Code, and section 3 of the Flood Control Act of 1928 (33
U.S.C. 702c), and subject to subsection (b)... | Federal Engineering Accountability Act of 2006 - Provides that an action may be brought only in federal court for actual, not punitive, damages against the Army Corps of Engineers for its failure or negligence to design, construct, or maintain a project, adversely impacted in a major disaster, for which the Corps is le... | To provide an option to proceed with an action in any Federal court to recover actual damages for physical or property damage in a major disaster that proximately results from the failure or negligence of the Army Corps of Engineers in the design, construction, or maintenance of a project for which the Corps is legally... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ocean Habitat Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Complex seafloor habitats created by geologic
structures and structure-forming organisms are essential to the
maintenance of marine biod... | Ocean Habitat Protection Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to prohibit the use of bottom trawls with rollers, bobbins, tires, rockhoppers, or any other device affixed to the footrope and in excess of eight inches in diameter, for fishing that is subject to the jurisdiction of the... | To protect diverse and structurally complex areas of the seafloor in the United States exclusive economic zone by establishing a maximum diameter size limit on rockhopper, roller, and all other groundgear used on bottom trawls, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Computer Software Privacy and
Control Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act, the following definitions apply:
(1) The terms ``computer'' and ``protected computer'' have
the meanings given such terms in section 1030(e) of t... | Computer Software Privacy and Control Act of 2004 - Makes it unlawful for any person to transmit to a protected computer owned and operated by another person, or to transmit to such computer prior to its first retail sale, any computer software, or component thereof, that: (1) collects personal information about an own... | To prevent deceptive software transmission practices in order to safeguard computer privacy, maintain computer control, and protect Internet commerce. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Shielding Against Flood Emergencies
Levee Act'' or ``SAFE Levee Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) For over 60 years, the Bureau of Reclamation has used
the channels and sloughs of the Sacramento-San... | Shielding Against Flood Emergencies Levee Act or SAFE Levee Act - Amends the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) establish a program to provide assistance to non-federal interests for stability maintenance and improvement on levees within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta t... | To amend the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to non-Federal interests for levee stability improvements located within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta related to Bureau of Reclamation Central Valley Project water deliveries, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pharmacy Technician Training and
Registration Act of 2008'' or as ``Emily's Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Common pharmacy technician tasks include calling
doctors to authorize prescription refills, putt... | Pharmacy Technician Training and Registration Act of 2008 or Emily's Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to states to establish and implement a pharmaceutical technician registration program that requires a state to: (1) prohibit an individua... | To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to States to establish and implement programs for registering pharmaceutical technicians. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Biomass Thermal Utilization Act of
2015'' or the ``BTU Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. RESIDENTIAL ENERGY-EFFICIENT PROPERTY CREDIT FOR BIOMASS FUEL
PROPERTY EXPENDITURES.
(a) Allowance of Credit.--Subsection (a) of section 25D of the
Internal Re... | Biomass Thermal Utilization Act of 2015 or the BTU Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include 30% of qualified biomass fuel property expenditures made in taxable years beginning before 2021 in the residential energy efficient property tax credit. Defines "qualified biomass fuel property expenditure&qu... | BTU Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Guard Technician Equity
Act''.
SEC. 2. TITLES 10 AND 32, UNITED STATES CODE, AMENDMENTS REGARDING
NATIONAL GUARD TECHNICIANS AND RELATED PROVISIONS.
(a) Authority To Employ Technician as Non-Dual Status Technician
After 20 Years... | National Guard Technician Equity Act - Provides a person the right to be employed as a non-dual status technician if: (1) the technician position has been designated to be filled only by a non-dual status technician, or (2) the person occupying the technician position has at least 20 years of service as a dual status m... | To amend titles 5, 10, and 32, United States Code, to eliminate inequities in the treatment of National Guard technicians, to reduce the eligibility age for retirement for non-Regular service, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Economic Stimulus
Tax Act of 1993''.
(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 sec... | Economic Stimulus Tax Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to repeal the limitation on passive activity losses and credits.
Shortens the recovery period (providing for accelerated depreciation) for residential rental property and nonresidental real property.
Restores the ten-percent general investment... | Economic Stimulus Tax Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Zero Chlorine Discharge Act''.
SEC. 2. ZERO DISCHARGE OF TOXIC PERSISTENT AND BIOACCUMULATIVE
SUBSTANCES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Substances that persist or bioaccumulate, or both, in
the envir... | Zero Chlorine Discharge Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require pulp and paper manufacturing facilities to achieve zero discharge into the navigable waters of organochlorine compounds, byproducts, or metabolites formulated as a result of the use of chlorine or any other chlorinated oxidizing age... | Zero Chlorine Discharge Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Currency Reform for Fair Trade
Act''.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION REGARDING DEFINITION OF COUNTERVAILABLE SUBSIDY.
(a) Benefit Conferred.--Section 771(5)(E) of the Tariff Act of 1930
(19 U.S.C. 1677(5)(E)) is amended--
(1) in clause (iii), by str... | Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to include as a "countervailable subsidy" requiring action under a countervailing duty or antidumping duty proceeding the benefit conferred on merchandise imported into the United States from foreign countries with fundamentally undervalued cu... | Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Birth Defects Prevention, Risk
Reduction, and Awareness Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. BIRTH DEFECTS PREVENTION, RISK REDUCTION, AND AWARENESS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish and implement a
birth defects prevention and public awareness program... | Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to establish and implement a birth defects prevention and public awareness program, which includes: (1) a ... | A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to establish and implement a birth defects prevention, risk reduction, and public awareness program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Preserve Access to Affordable
Generics Act''.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) prescription drugs make up 11 percent of the national
health care spending but ar... | Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act - Amends the Clayton Act to make it unlawful for a person, in connection with the sale of a drug product, to be a party to any agreement resolving or settling a patent infringement claim in which: (1) an abbreviated new drug (generic) application filer receives anything of val... | To prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Economic Conversion Clearinghouse
Act''.
SEC. 2. OFFICE.
(a) Establishment.--There is established, within the Department of
Commerce, the Office of Economic Conversion Information (hereinafter
referred to as ``Office'').
(b) Purpose.--It is the pu... | Economic Conversion Clearinghouse Act - Establishes within the Department of Commerce the Office of Economic Conversion Information to: (1) serve as a central information clearinghouse on matters relating to economic adjustment and defense conversion programs and activities of the Federal and State governments; and (2... | Economic Conversion Clearinghouse Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Agricultural Credit Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF DEBT FORGIVENESS.
Section 343(a)(12)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(12)(B)) is amended to read as
follows:
``(B) Exceptions.--The term... | (Sec. 3) Increases the number of occasions of permitted loan or loan guarantee debt forgiveness per borrower from one to two. Includes as an exception to such limitation an operating loan or loan guarantee to an individual whose payments are current under a specified reorganization plan.
(Sec. 4) Eliminates capital ite... | Agricultural Credit Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness in Foreclosures Act of
2011''.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR DEFICIENCY JUDGMENTS.
No action for a deficiency judgment arising from an obligation
under a residential mortgage may be brought except in accordance with
this Act.
SEC. 3. TIMING.
... | Fairness in Foreclosures Act of 2011 - Declares that no action for a deficiency judgment arising from an obligation under a residential mortgage may be brought except in accordance with this Act.
Declares that no such deficiency judgment may be issued unless the court has determined that the foreclosure sale for the p... | To ensure uniformity and fairness in deficiency judgments arising from foreclosures on mortgages for single family homes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Port of Entry Inspections
Improvement Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. ADMISSIONS FRAUD.
(a) Exclusion for Fraudulent Documents or Failure To Present
Documents.--Section 212(a)(6)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(C)) is amended--
... | Port of Entry Inspections Improvement Act of 1993 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to create grounds for exclusion of an alien who: (1) uses or attempts to use a fraudulent document to enter the United States, or to board a common carrier for such purpose; or (2) uses a document to board a common carrier a... | Port of Entry Inspections Improvement Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Visa Investigation and Social Media
Activity Act of 2017'' or as the ``VISA Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. PETITION AND APPLICATION PROCESSING FOR VISAS AND IMMIGRATION
BENEFITS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 2 of title II of the Immigration and
Nati... | Visa Investigation and Social Media Activity Act of 2017 or the VISA Act of 2017 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit a petition or application filed with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or with a consular officer for the issuance of a visa or the admission of an alien from being a... | Visa Investigation and Social Media Activity Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Business Travel Facilitation Act of
2006''.
SEC. 2. BUSINESS FACILITATION VISITORS.
Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(s) Business Facilitation Visitors.--
... | Business Travel Facilitation Act of 2006 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include business facilitation visitors from a qualifying country as nonimmigrant aliens visiting the United States temporarily for business.
Defines "business facilitation visitor" as an alien visiting the United States temporaril... | To provide for the admission to the United States of nonimmigrant business facilitation visitors. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ephedra Public Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT OF PREMARKET APPROVAL FOR DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS
CONTAINING EPHEDRINE GROUP ALKALOIDS; REPORTING OF
SERIOUS ADVERSE EXPERIENCES.
(a) In General.--Chapter IV of the Federal Fo... | Ephedra Public Protection Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to classify a food as adulterated if it is a dietary supplement that contains any ephedrine group and is unsafe within the meaning of this Act.Classifies a new ephedrine supplement (a dietary supplement containing ephedrine alkaloids not ge... | To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to dietary supplements containing natural or synthetic ephedrine group alkaloids, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Infrastructure Improvement
Act''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY FOR NATURAL GAS AND OIL PIPELINES.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any provision of the Mineral
Leasing Act (cite), the Secretary may issue permits for rights-of-way,
temporary easements, or ... | Energy Infrastructure Improvement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior (or the Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate for administrative jurisdiction over the federal lands involved) to issue permits for rights-of-way, temporary easements, or other necessary authorizations to allow a permittee to construct,... | Energy Infrastructure Improvement Act |
SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF STATE OPTION TO EXCLUDE SERVICE OF ELECTION
OFFICIALS OR ELECTION WORKERS FROM COVERAGE.
(a) Limitation on Mandatory Coverage of State Election Officials
and Election Workers Without State Retirement System.--
(1) Amendment to social security act.--Section
... | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code to raise the social security payroll tax exemption for State and local election officials and workers and index the exempt amount beginning in 1993. | A bill to exclude service of election officials and election workers from the Social Security payroll tax. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Fund for Health Research
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Nearly 4 of 5 peer reviewed research projects deemed
worthy of funding by the National Institutes of Health are not
funded.
... | National Fund for Health Research Act - Establishes the National Fund for Health Research. Transfers to the Fund amounts equivalent to amounts designated by each health plan equal to a specified percentage of all premiums received by each health plan for each calendar year and transferred to the Treasury. Mandates di... | National Fund for Health Research Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Roads to Success Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Institution of higher education.--The term
``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given the
term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act o... | Roads to Success Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Education to make a grant to a nonprofit educational organization, Roads to Success, to develop a higher education preparation program curriculum for students in grades 7-12.
Requires the curriculum to provide such students with: (1) one class hour of higher educ... | A bill to provide education to students in grades 7 through 12 about the importance of higher education. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``ILSA Enhancement
and Compliance Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
TITLE I--AMENDMENTS TO THE IRAN AND LIBYA ... | ILSA Enhancement and Compliance Act - Amends the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996 to urge the President to immediately commence diplomatic efforts to establish a multilateral sanctions regime against Libya (currently limited to Iran). Expands reporting requirements by the President to Congress to cover Libya and sp... | To amend the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996 to prevent the direct and indirect financing of the development of weapons of mass destruction programs by Iran and Libya, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. COMMISSION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW STRATEGIC
POSTURE OF THE UNITED STATES.
(a) Establishment and Members.--Subsection (a) of section 1051 of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law
109-163; 119 Stat. 3431) is amended--
(1) in paragrap... | Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 to: (1) make the chairman of the Commission on the Implementation of the New Strategic Posture of the United States responsible for all Commission financial and administrative matters; (2) extend until 18 months after its first meeting the deadline for ... | To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 to extend the deadline for the submission of the final report of the Commission on the Implementation of the New Strategic Posture of the United States, to provide for the appointment of additional members for the Commission, to ensure the availabilit... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Independent Contractor
Simplification and Relief Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. SAFE HARBOR FOR DETERMINING THAT CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT
EMPLOYEES.
(a) In General.--Chapter 25 (relating to general provisions
relating to employment taxes) is ... | Amends the Revenue Act of 1978, as amended by the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to repeal the prohibition on treating certain technical service providers as independent contractors. | Independent Contractor Simplification and Relief Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Efficiency Free Market Act of
2016''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS.
(a) Definitions.--Section 321 of the Energy Policy and Conservation
Act (42 U.S.C. 6291) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``, determ... | Energy Efficiency Free Market Act of 2016 This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to eliminate the Department of Energy's authority to set energy-efficiency and water conservation standards for consumer and commercial appliances. All existing standards are repealed. Additionally, the bill prohibitsstate... | Energy Efficiency Free Market Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Streamlined Pollution Reporting and
Technical Assistance Act''.
SEC. 2. INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING.
(a) Establishment.--The Administrator shall establish procedures
for the streamlining and integration of requirements under Federal law
for rou... | Directs the designated office to: (1) provide education, training, and technical assistance to persons required to report; (2) inform potential reporting persons of related reporting requirements administered by other Federal agencies; (3) provide information useful for identifying potential pollution; (4) provide info... | Streamlined Pollution Reporting and Technical Assistance Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Homeland Security
Clearance Management and Administration Act''.
SEC. 2. SECURITY CLEARANCE MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION.
(a) In General.--Title VII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is
amended--
(1) by inserting before se... | . Department of Homeland Security Clearance Management and Administration Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require that the designation of the sensitivity level of national security positions be conducted in a consistent manner in all Department of Homeland Security (DHS) components a... | Department of Homeland Security Clearance Management and Administration Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug
Coverage for Transplant Patients Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE DRUGS UNDER THE
MEDICARE PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Section 1861(s)(2)(J) of the Social Security Act
... | Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Transplant Patients Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, to remove time limitations on the coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for i... | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide adequate coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries under the medicare program that have received an organ transplant. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``FAA Research, Engineering, and
Development Authorization Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 48102(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (2)(J);
(2) b... | FAA Research, Engineering, and Development Authorization Act of 1997 - Amends Federal transportation law to authorize FY 1998 and 1999 appropriations for specified aviation programs. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish a grant program to utilize undergraduate and technica... | FAA Research, Engineering, and Development Authorization Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Access to Diabetes
Supplies Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. STRENGTHENING RULES IN CASE OF COMPETITION FOR DIABETIC TESTING
STRIPS.
(a) Special Rule in Case of Competition for Diabetic Testing
Strips.--
(1) In general.--Par... | Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies Act of 2016 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to modify provisions relating to Medicare's competitive acquisition program (through which rates are set through a competitive bidding program rather than by an established fee schedule) with ... | Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies Act of 2016 |
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