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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Five-Star Generals Commemorative
Coin Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the United States Army Command and General Staff
College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas (in this Act referred to as
the ``CGSC'') has, in... | Five-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury ( Secretary) to mint and issue $5 gold coins, $1 Silver Coins, and half dollar clad coins in recognition and celebration of the Five-Star Generals' attendance and graduation from the Command and General Staff College (CGSC).
Requires the... | A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of 5 United States Army Five-Star Generals, George Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Henry "Hap" Arnold, and Omar Bradley, alumni of the United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to coincide ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Explosives Fingerprinting Act''.
SEC. 2. EXPLOSIVE TAGGANTS.
(a) Definitions.--Section 841 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(o) `Identification taggant' means any substance which--
``(1) i... | Explosives Fingerprinting Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the manufacture, importation, transport, shipment, distribution, or receipt in interstate or foreign commerce, or resale or other disposition as surplus by a Government department, agency, or instrumentality of any explosive material that does... | Explosives Fingerprinting Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Soledad Canyon Mine Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDING AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) Transit Mix Concrete Corporation holds two valid
Federal contracts, numbered CA-20139 and CA-22901, issued under
t... | Soledad Canyon Mine Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to cancel Bureau of Land Management mineral contracts CA-20139 and CA-22901 and withdraw from further mineral entry the areas subject to them, which are located in Soledad Canyon adjacent to Santa Clarita, California.
Requires Transit Mixed Concrete Cor... | To provide to the Secretary of Interior a mechanism to cancel contracts for the sale of materials CA-20139 and CA-22901, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Court of Federal Claims
Administration Act of 1994''.
SEC. 2. EXTENDED SERVICE.
Section 172(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: ``If a judge is
not reappointed, such judge may continu... | Court of Federal Claims Administration Act of 1994 - Amends the Federal judicial code to allow a judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (Court) who is not reappointed to continue in office until a successor is appointed and takes office.
(Sec. 3) Grants judges of the Court authority to conduct proceedings in the di... | Court of Federal Claims Administration Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Voter Fraud Prevention Act''.
SEC. 2. STANDARDS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION
FORMS AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) In General.--Subtitle A of title III of the Help America Vote
Act of 2002 (42 U.... | Voter Fraud Prevention Act - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prescribe standards for paid distribution of voter registration application forms and registration requirements for organizations.
Prohibits any individual from distributing, for compensation, a voter registration application form for federal ele... | A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish standards for the distribution of voter registration application forms and to require organizations to register with the State prior to the distribution of such forms. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Notch Fairness Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. NEW GUARANTEED MINIMUM PRIMARY INSURANCE AMOUNT WHERE
ELIGIBILITY ARISES DURING TRANSITIONAL PERIOD.
(a) In General.--Section 215(a) of the Social Security Act is
amended--
(1) in paragrap... | Notch Fairness Act of 1997 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to revise the formula for the computation of minimum old age insurance benefits for individuals who reached age 65 in or after 1979 and to whom applies the 15-year transition period for the chan... | Notch Fairness Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; DEFINITIONS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Municipal
Bond Marketing Support and Securitization Act of 2009''.
(b) Definitions.--For purposes of this Act the following
definitions shall apply:
(1) Board.--The term ``Board'' means the Board of Gove... | Federal Municipal Bond Marketing Support and Securitization Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to consult with each other for the purpose of: (1) finding solutions for the grave effects of the current financial crisis on the markets for municipa... | To require the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a market for municipal securities, to require cooperation between the Secretary and the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in addressing the municipal securities market situation including through the establishment of municipal securiti... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Medicare Payment Act of
2002''.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF PAYMENT FOR MEDICARE-ELIGIBLE VETERANS WHO RECEIVE
OUTPATIENT SERVICES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS.
(a) Medicare Program.--Part B of title XVIII of th... | Veterans Medicare Payment Act of 2002 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for a transfer of payment to the Department of Veterans Affairs for outpatient care furnished to Medicare-eligible veterans by the Department. | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a transfer of payment to the Department of Veterans Affairs for outpatient care furnished to Medicare-eligible veterans by the Department. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Technology Bond Initiative of
2004''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS
Congress finds the following:
(1) Access to high-speed Internet is as important to 21st
Century businesses as access to the railroads and interstate
highways was to bus... | Technology Bond Initiative of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable income tax credit for investment in qualified technology bonds. Defines "qualified technology bonds" as bonds issued by a State or local government for a term not exceeding 15 years, 95 percent or more of the proceeds of whic... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an income tax credit to holders of bonds financing new communications technologies, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``George McGovern-Robert Dole
International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) rep... | George McGovern-Robert Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, using specified authority under the Agricultural Act of 1949, to provide eligible commodities and financial and technical assistance to establish and expand overseas preschool and school ... | To establish an international food for education and infant and child nutrition program to be carried out under section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Algae Agriculture
Act of 2018''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. National conservation practice standard for algae-based
... | Algae Agriculture Act of 2018 This bill modifies several Department of Agriculture research, commodity, and energy programs to authorize assistance for activities related to algae production. | Algae Agriculture Act of 2018 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Financial Services for the
Underserved Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO CREDIT UNION SERVICE TO UNDERSERVED
AREAS.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 109(c) of the Federal
Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1759(c)(2)) is am... | Financial Services for the Underserved Act of 2016 This bill amends the Federal Credit Union Act to revise the requirements for allowing a federal credit union to extend its field of membership in an underserved area. The credit union must be well capitalized or adequately capitalized, and within 24 months after approv... | Financial Services for the Underserved Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Automobile Damage Consumer
Protection Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. MOTOR VEHICLE DAMAGE DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.
The Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act (15 U.S.C. 1901
et seq.) is amended by inserting at the end the following new title:
... | Automobile Damage Consumer Protection Act of 1993 - Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations requiring the transferor of a motor vehicle to disclose to the transferee any damage done to such vehicle in excess of $1,000. Declares that failu... | Automobile Damage Consumer Protection Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Adoption Equality Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) In 1997, Congress enacted the Adoption and Safe
Families Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-89; 111 Stat. 2115),
clearly stating that a c... | Adoption Equality Act of 2003 - Amends title IV part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to modify the requirements of a child with special needs whose adoptive parents are eligible to receive a State adoption assistance payment.
Eliminates the requirement that the child with speci... | A bill to promote the adoption of children with special needs. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Family and Medical Leave Inclusion
Act''.
SEC. 2. LEAVE TO CARE FOR A DOMESTIC PARTNER, PARENT-IN-LAW, ADULT
CHILD, SIBLING, OR GRANDPARENT.
(a) Leave Requirement.--Section 102 of the Family and Medical Leave
Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612)... | Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide for employee leave to care for a same-sex spouse as determined under applicable State law, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent (as well as for a spouse, child, or parent), if such person... | To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to permit leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent if the same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent has a serious health condition, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Adjustment, Relief, and
Education Act'' or the ``CARE Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION.
In this Act, the term ``secondary school student'' means a student
enrolled in any of the grades 7 through 12.
SEC. 3. STATE FLEXIBILITY IN PROVIDING IN-STATE ... | Children's Adjustment, Relief, and Education Act or the CARE Act - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the provision prohibiting an unlawful alien's eligibility for higher education benefits based on State residence unless a U.S. national is similarly eligible withou... | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the Attorney General to cancel the removal and adjust the status of certain aliens who were brought to the United States as children. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Child Support Enforcement Act of
2005''.
SEC. 2. NO EFFECT ON RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect--
(1) the right of an individual or State to receive any
child support payment; or
(2... | Child Support Enforcement Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a custodial parent (a parent entitled to receive child support) a refundable tax credit for unpaid child support; and (2) include in the gross income of any taxpayer who is delinquent in the payment of child support the amount of suc... | To allow a custodial parent a refundable credit for unpaid child support payments and to require a parent who is chronically delinquent in child support to include the amount of the unpaid obligation in gross income. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``21st Century High-Performing Public
School Facilities Act of 2006''.
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.
Sec. 4. Definitions.
TITLE I--21ST C... | 21st Century High-Performing Public School Facilities Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of Education to make grants in each fiscal year to local educational agencies (LEAs) in each state for the construction, modernization, or repair of kindergarten, elementary, or secondary schools to make them safe, healthy, high-... | To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public kindergarten, elementary, and secondary educational facilities, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Eliminate
Colorectal Cancer Act of 2004''.
(b) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer
deaths in the United States for men and women combined... | Eliminate Colorectal Cancer Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan and an insurer offering group health coverage to provide screening for colorectal cancer to individuals who are age 50 or over or at high risk for colorec... | To require group and individual health plans to provide coverage for colorectal cancer screenings. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine
Support Act of 2015'' or the ``VETS Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. LICENSURE OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS PROVIDING TREATMENT VIA TELEMEDICINE.
(a) In General.--Chapter 17 o... | Veterans E-Health & Telemedicine Support Act of 2015 or VETS Act of 2015 Allows a health care professional who is authorized to provide health care through the Department of Veterans Affairs and who is licensed, registered, or certified in a state to practice his or her profession at any location in any state, rega... | VETS Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. WATERFRONT BROWNFIELDS GRANT.
Section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9604(k)) is
amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (12) as
paragraphs (5) through (13);
(2) in paragraph (3) by s... | Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to require the President to establish a grant program for the revitalization of waterfront brownfield sites. Authorizes such grants to be used for reuse planning, site characterization and assessment, or remediation at waterfront b... | To provide grants for the revitalization of waterfront brownfields. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small and Rural Community Clean
Water Technical Assistance Act''.
SEC. 2. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL TREATMENT WORKS.
(a) In General.--Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act (33 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the ... | Small and Rural Community Clean Water Technical Assistance Act This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to authorize the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants or cooperative agreements to qualified technical assistance providers for assisting publicly ... | Small and Rural Community Clean Water Technical Assistance Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Alien Smuggling and Terrorism
Prevention Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) Alien smuggling by land, air and sea is a transnational
crime that violates the integrity of United States borders,
comprom... | Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 - (Sec. 3) Directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to check against all available terrorist watchlists those alien smugglers and smuggled individuals who are interdicted at U.S. land, air, and sea borders.
(Sec. 4) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Ac... | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act and title 18, United States Code, to combat the crime of alien smuggling and related activities, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; ETC.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Economic Stimulus
Act of 2001''.
(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 section or other provision... | Economic Stimulus Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, as of tax year 2001, to reduce the 15 percent tax rate to ten percent for: (1) joint filers with taxable income below $20,000; (2) heads of household with taxable income below $16,000; and (3) single or married persons filing separately with taxable inco... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 10 percent individual income tax rate for taxable years beginning in 2001 and a payroll tax credit for those taxpayers who have no income tax liability in 2001. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Child Safety Protection Act''.
TITLE I--TOY LABELING REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 101. REQUIREMENTS FOR LABELING CERTAIN TOYS AND GAMES.
(a) Requirement Under Federal Hazardous Substances Act.--The
Federal Hazardous Substances Act (15 U.S.C. 12... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Toy Labeling Requirements
Title II: Children's Bicycle Helmet Safety
Child Safety Protection Act -
Title I: Toy Labeling Requirements
- Requires warning labels on the packaging of children's toys and games with small parts, balloons, small balls, or marbles.
Establishes ge... | Child Safety Protection Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``WMD Intelligence and Information
Sharing Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION INTELLIGENCE AND INFORMATION
SHARING.
(a) In General.--Subtitle A of title II of the Homeland Security
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amen... | WMD Intelligence and Information Sharing Act of 2012 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) support homeland security-focused intelligence analysis of terrorist actors, their claims, and their plans to conduct att... | To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish weapons of mass destruction intelligence and information sharing functions of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security and to require dissemination of information analyzed by the Department to entities with responsibilities re... |
SECTION 1. PORTABILITY OF LIFETIME INCOME AND MANAGED ACCOUNT OPTIONS.
(a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 401 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after paragraph (37) the
following new paragraph:
``(38) Portability of lifetime income and managed account
optio... | This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow distributions from certain tax-favored employer-sponsored retirement plans if a lifetime income investment or managed account investment is no longer authorized to be held as an investment option under the plan. If a lifetime income or managed account investment is n... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make lifetime income and managed account options of defined contribution retirement savings plans portable. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Section Commission to Advise on
Reforming Elections Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF SELECT COMMISSION TO ADVISE ON REFORMING
ELECTIONS.
There is established a commission to be known as the ``Select
Commission to Advise on Reforming Elect... | Select Commission to Advise on Reforming Elections Act - Establishes the Select Commission to Advise on Reforming Elections to study the laws relating to the financing of campaigns for Federal elections and to report and recommend legislation to reform those laws.
(Sec. 6) Requires the Commission to submit a report to... | Select Commission to Advise on Reforming Elections Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Year 2000 Preparedness Act of
1998''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act--
(1) the term ``end-to-end testing'' means testing data
exchange software with respect to--
(A) the initiation of the exchange ... | Year 2000 Preparedness Act of 1998 - Directs the President to provide for the acceleration of the development of business continuity plans by Federal agencies to ensure the uninterrupted delivery by those agencies of critical mission-related services.
(Sec. 4) Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Preside... | Year 2000 Preparedness Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Nanotechnology Education Act''.
SEC. 2. NANOTECHNOLOGY IN SCHOOLS.
(a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The rapidly growing field of nanotechnology is
generating scientific and technological breakthroughs tha... | Nanotechnology Education Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a nanotechnology in the schools program awarding matching grants to certain eligible institutions for the purchase of nanotechnology equipment and software and the provision of nanotechnology education to students... | To strengthen the capacity of eligible institutions to provide instruction in nanotechnology. |
SECTION 1. EXPANDING ACCESS TO HOME DIALYSIS THERAPY.
(a) Allowing Use of Telehealth for Monthly End Stage Renal Disease-
Related Visits.--
(1) In general.--Paragraph (3) of section 1881(b) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395rr(b)) is amended--
(A) by redesignating s... | This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow a Medicare beneficiary who has end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and is receiving home dialysis to receive monthly ESRD-related visits via telehealth, provided that the beneficiary also receives face-to-face visits periodically. Specified fac... | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to home dialysis therapy. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Nurse And Patient
Safety & Protection Act of 2006''.
(b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Direct-care registered nurses rank 10th among all
occupations for musculoskeletal disorders, sustaining ... | Nurse and Patient Safety & Protection Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Director of Occupational Safety and Health Administration, to establish a Federal Safe Patient Handling Standard to prevent musculoskeletal disorders for direct-care registered nurses and other health care providers ... | To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to reduce injuries to patients, direct-care registered nurses, and other health care providers by establishing a safe patient handling standard. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Community Reinvestment and Recovery
Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a
program to make grants under this Act to assist local communities in
recovering from the adverse economic... | Community Reinvestment and Recovery Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a program to make grants to assist local communities in recovering from the adverse economic impact of the closure or major realignment of a military installation under a base closure law. Requires a local government, in order to b... | Community Reinvestment and Recovery Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Asian Elephant Conservation
Reauthorization Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF ASIAN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION ACT OF 1997.
Section 7 of the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C.
4266) is amended by striking ``1998'' and all that follow... | Asian Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2001 - Amends the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 to authorize appropriations to the Multinational Species Conservation Fund through FY 2007 to carry out such Act. Limits the amount that the Secretary of the Interior may expend each fiscal year to pay administr... | To reauthorize the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cooking Helps Elevate Futures Act''
or the ``CHEF Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) In 2008, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics,
the United States had more individuals in prison than any other... | Cooking Helps Elevate Futures Act or CHEF Act - Directs the Attorney General to establish a pilot program providing federal inmates with training and certification in the culinary arts, and job placement assistance after their release from custody.
Directs the Attorney General to select ten different federal correctio... | To establish a pilot program to provide training and certification in the culinary arts for Federal inmates to be utilized during the normal inmate meals process and to be accredited for future employment and educational opportunities, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Urban Environmental Initiative
Act''.
SEC. 2. EPA STUDIES.
(a) Study of State Health-Based Cleanup Laws.--
(1) Study.--The Administrator shall conduct a study of
State laws and standards that are based on health for the
cle... | Urban Environmental Initiative Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) report to the Congress on health-based State laws and standards for the cleanup of sites at which hazardous substances were released or disposed; and (2) make recommendations to States on such standards, inclu... | Urban Environmental Initiative Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Women's Procurement Program
Equalization Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. WOMEN'S PROCUREMENT PROGRAM EQUALIZATION.
Section 8(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(m)) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), so that subparagraph (E) reads as
... | . Women's Procurement Program Equalization Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act with respect to the procurement program for women-owned small businesses (providing a federal procurement contracting preference to such businesses) to condition a government contracting officer's authority to restrict competition f... | Women's Procurement Program Equalization Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Carbon Dioxide Capture Technology
Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) flue gases from coal-fired electric generating
facilities typically have carbon dioxide concentrations of
... | Carbon Dioxide Capture Technology Act of 2009 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to: (1) direct the Secretary of Energy to establish and award competitive technology financial awards for the development and implementation of technology to capture carbon dioxide from dilute sources; and (2) establish the Carbon Diox... | A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expand the authority for awarding technology prizes by the Secretary of Energy to include a financial award for separation of carbon dioxide from dilute sources. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Law Enforcement Abuse Transparency
and Accountability Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) American law enforcement has a fundamental duty to
provide compassion, aid, and protection and safety to the
... | Law Enforcement Abuse Transparency and Accountability Act of 2006 - Expresses the sense of Congress that incidences of law enforcement abuse of citizens should be independently investigated, recorded, and condemned.
Renders state or local law enforcement agencies receiving assistance from the federal government inelig... | To deny Federal assistance to any State or local law enforcement agencies whose officers use excessive force or violence leading to the death of innocent or unarmed citizens, or who fail to establish, enforce and follow transparent and accountable procedures that fully protect the lives and health of citizens during su... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Voter Freedom Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Voting participation in the United States is lower than
in any other advanced industrialized democracy.
... | Voter Freedom Act of 1997 - Entitles an individual to be placed as a candidate on, and to have such individual's political party, body, or group affiliation in connection with such candidacy placed on, a ballot or similar voting materials to be used in a Federal election under specified conditions. | Voter Freedom Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Salad Bars in Schools Expansion
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) In the United States, one-third of all school-aged
children are overweight or obese and very few eat the daily
amount of fruits and ... | Salad Bars in Schools Expansion Act This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish and implement a plan, including through a five-year program of competitive grants, to promote the use of salad bars in schools participating in the school lu... | Salad Bars in Schools Expansion Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Telehealth Mental Health Services
Act''.
SEC. 2. MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES DELIVERED VIA TELEHEALTH.
Subpart I of part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 330I. ME... | Telehealth Mental Health Services Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants of at least $1.5 million to each eligible e... | A bill to establish a program for the delivery of mental health services by telehealth. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Comprehensive Internet Gambling
Prohibition Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
Section 1081 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by designating the five undesignated paragraphs that
begin with ``The term'' as paragraph... | Comprehensive Internet Gambling Prohibition Act of 2002 - Amends provisions of the Federal criminal code regarding the unauthorized transmission of wagering information to: (1) include all forms of communication (currently limited to wire communication); (2) include transmissions within the special maritime and territo... | A bill to prohibit Internet gambling. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Link Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF MEDICARE LINK PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Title XVIII of the Social Security Act is amended
by adding after section 1899A (42 U.S.C. 1395kkk) the following new
section:
``medicar... | Medicare Link Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a Medicare Link Program through which individuals entitled to enroll in a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan under Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice), but who are n... | Medicare Link Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. PAYMENT FOR LONG-TERM CARE HOSPITAL SERVICES.
(a) Long-Term Care Hospital Payment Adjustments.--
(1) In general.--Section 1886(m) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1395ww(m)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
``(6) High episode eff... | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in making payment under the prospective payment system (PPS) to certain long-term care (LTC) hospitals for discharges in rate years beginning on and after October 1, 2011, to make payment adjustments fo... | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to Medicare payment for long-term care hospital services. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sports Relocation Reform Act of
1996''.
SEC. 2. RELOCATION OF CERTAIN TEAMS.
(a) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
(1) the term `home territory' means the geographic
metropolitan area within which a member team operates a... | Sports Relocation Reform Act of 1996 - Authorizes any U.S. professional sports league to establish a rule: (1) authorizing the league membership to decide whether or not a member team may be relocated; and (2) requiring that any person seeking to change the home territory of a member team obtain league approval. Make... | Sports Relocation Reform Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Health Protection and
Improvement Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. CHANGES TO RULES FOR REDISTRIBUTION AND EXTENDED AVAILABILITY
OF 1998 THROUGH 2004 SCHIP ALLOTMENTS.
Section 2104(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(g)),
as... | Children's Health Protection and Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise the extended availability through FY 2004 of SCHIP allotments for FY 1998 through 2001.
Specifies formulae for amounts to be used in computing redis... | To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to modify the rules relating to the availability and method of redistribution of unexpended SCHIP allotments, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(1) Disability.--The term ``disability'' has the same
meaning given to such term by section 3(2) of the Americans
with Disabilities Act of 1990.
(2) Educational organization.--The term ``educational
organization'' means... | Requires educational organizations that offer educational programs to minors for a fee to disclose certain information in written form to the minor or the minor's parent before accepting funds for the cost of the minor's participation in such a program. (Excludes from the definition of educational organization a local... | A bill to require that educational organizations that offer educational programs to minors for a fee disclose certain information. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``IMF Reform and Integrity Act''.
SEC. 2. OPPOSITION OF THE UNITED STATES TO FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION BY
THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND IN FOREIGN-LED
AGREEMENTS.
The Bretton Woods Agreements Act (22 U.S.C. 286-286xx) is amend... | IMF Reform and Integrity Act This bill amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to direct the United States to oppose: International Monetary Fund (IMF) financing in conjunction with financing by a multilateral organization of which the United States is not a member if such organization's financing would exceed the IM... | IMF Reform and Integrity Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Job Creation Tax Act
of 2010''.
SEC. 2. EMPLOYER PAYROLL INCREASE CREDIT.
(a) In General.--Subchapter B of chapter 65 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 6433. EMPLOYER ... | Small Business Job Creation Tax Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a credit against payroll tax liability for a payroll increase in a quarter over a corresponding quarter in the previous calendar year. Sets the amount of such credit at 20% of such increase for employers that employ fewer ... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a temporary payroll increase tax credit for certain employers. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Easy Voting Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHING MINIMUM EARLY VOTING PERIOD FOR JURISDICTIONS
CONDUCTING EARLY VOTING.
(a) Minimum Period.--Subtitle A of title III of the Help America
Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15481 et seq.) is amended ... | Easy Voting Act of 2011 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to: (1) require a minimum early voting period of 14 days preceding a federal election for states offering early voting, (2) prohibit an election official from requiring an individual to provide a state-based identification as a condition of registering ... | To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require any State offering an early voting period in elections for Federal office to make the period available for the entire 14-day period that precedes the date of the election, to prohibit States from imposing identification requirements on individuals who wish to vote o... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cambodian Trade Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The United States Department of State has recognized
and documented repeated human rights abuses of the Uighur
people by the Governm... | Cambodian Trade Act of 2010 - Declares it is U.S. policy to: (1) support and encourage countries that comply with international agreements, respect human rights and the protection of refugee populations, and value and protect minority populations seeking asylum and protection from oppressive governments and regimes; an... | To provide that Cambodia's debt to the United States may not be reduced or forgiven, and textile and apparel articles that are the product of Cambodia and imported into the United States may not be extended duty free treatment. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Reduce and End our
Deficits Using Commonsense Eliminations in the Treas-HUD and OPIC
Programs Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
... | Reduce and End our Deficits Using Commonsense Eliminations in the Treas-HUD and OPIC Programs Act - Prohibits the total amount obligated in the Treasury for each of FY2011-FY2015 by: (1) the Bureau of the Public Debt from exceeding $186.244 million; and (2) the Financial Management Service from exceeding $235.132 milli... | To implement cost savings within the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and to terminate the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Residential Housing
Recovery Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. DECLARATION OF PURPOSE.
The Congress hereby declares that a national emergency exists that
is producing widespread disruption of the owned residential real estate
markets, which burdens inte... | American Residential Housing Recovery Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to carry out a shared equity appreciation financing pilot program to analyze the effectiveness of shared equity financing methods that stimulate the flow of private equity capital into the housing sector, while mitigating risk to ... | To revitalize home ownership by establishing a shared equity appreciation homeownership pilot program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting
Financial Aid for Students and Taxpayers Act''.
(b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) From 1998 to 2013, enrollment in for-profit
institutions of higher education increased by 314 perc... | Protecting Financial Aid for Students and Taxpayers Act This bill amends the Higher Education Opportunity Act to prohibit an institution of higher education (IHE) or postsecondary educational institution from using revenues derived from federal educational assistance funds for recruiting or marketing activities. Feder... | Protecting Financial Aid for Students and Taxpayers Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Housing Opportunity and Mortgage
Equity Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. AFFORDABLE NEW MORTGAGES.
(a) Authority.--The Federal National Mortgage Association and the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation shall each carry out a program
under this section to purc... | Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity Act of 2009 - Directs the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (the enterprises) each to implement a program to purchase and securitize qualified new mortgages on single-family housing in accordance with p... | To prevent foreclosure of home mortgages and increase the availability of affordable new mortgages and affordable refinancing of mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Chemawa Indian
School Trust Transfer and Self-Determination Act of 2012''.
(b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The Chemawa Indian School, originally opened in Forest
Grove, Oregon, in 1880, is ... | Chemawa Indian School Trust Transfer and Self-Determination Act of 2012 - Directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to transfer to the Secretary of the Interior administrative jurisdiction over federally owned property occupied by the Chemawa Indian School and Chemawa Cemetery in Salem, Ore... | To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to hold in trust for the benefit of the nine federally recognized Indian tribes in Oregon the Chemawa Indian School land and improvements, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Streets Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Complete street.--The term ``complete street'' means a
roadway that safely accommodates all travelers, particularly
public transit users, bicyclists, pedestri... | Safe Streets Act of 2013 - Requires each state to have in effect within two years a law, or each state department of transportation and metropolitan planning organization (MPO) an explicit policy statement, that requires all federally-funded transportation projects, with certain exceptions, to accommodate the safety a... | Safe Streets Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Labor Relations Fair
Elections Act''.
SEC. 2. REFERENCE TO NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT.
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 ... | National Labor Relations Fair Elections Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to direct the National Labor Relations Board to provide for fair and expeditious employee representation elections.
Directs the Board to investigate expeditiously certain situations involving designation or election of individuals or... | National Labor Relations Fair Elections Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Education Freedom Act''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
(a) In General.--Subpart B of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at... | Education Freedom Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a tax credit for 50 percent of certain cash contributions by a taxpayer to an education investment organization or to an elementary or secondary school. Sets a maximum credit of $50,000 for corporations and $250 for other taxpayers ($500 for a joint ret... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit for contributions for the benefit of elementary and secondary schools. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Farm Insurance Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. NONINSURED CROP ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act
of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333), as amended by section 11013(b)) is further
amended--
(1) in subsectio... | Small Farm Insurance Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to provide coverages for eligible crops based on individual yields (other than for value-loss crops) under the noninsured crop disaster assistance program equivalent to: (1)... | Small Farm Insurance Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Homeowner Advocate Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. OFFICE OF THE HOMEOWNER ADVOCATE.
(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Department of the
Treasury an office to be known as the ``Office of the Homeowner
Advocate'' (in this Act referred to as the ``O... | Office of the Homeowner Advocate Act of 2011 - Establishes in the Department of the Treasury the Office of the Homeowner Advocate to assist homeowners, housing counselors, and housing lawyers in resolving problems with the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) of the Making Home Affordable initiative of the Secre... | A bill to establish the Office of the Homeowner Advocate. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Coming Together for National Guard
and Reserve Families Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) More than 700,000 children have had a parent deployed
overseas as a member of the Armed Forces since... | Coming Together for National Guard and Reserve Families Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to enhance and improve Department of Defense (DOD) programs to provide family support for families of members of the National Guard and Reserve undergoing deployment (members). Requires such support to include post-de... | A bill to provide support and assistance for families of members of the National Guard and Reserve who are undergoing deployment, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Drug Availability
and Health Care Access Improvement Act of 2001''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--MEDICAID PRESCRIPTION DRU... | Drug Availability and Health Care Access Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require State Medicaid plans to cover prescribed drugs for qualified Medicare (SSA title XVIII) and other low-income Medicare beneficiaries.Provides full Federal funding for such Medicaid c... | To amend the Social Security Act to improve access to prescription drugs for low-income Medicare beneficiaries, the Internal Revenue Code and other Acts to improve access to health care coverage for seniors, the self-employed, and children, and to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosemetic Act to improve meaningful ac... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Local Television Freedom Act of
2009''.
SEC. 2. CARRIAGE OF STATIONS IN AN ADJACENT UNDERSERVED COUNTY UNDER
THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934.
(a) Retransmission Consent.--Section 325(b) of the Communications
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(b))... | Local Television Freedom Act of 2009 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to allow retransmission of a television broadcast station's signals by a multichannel video programming distributor to a subscriber located in the station's adjacent underserved county, unless the station certifies to the distributor that it i... | To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to permit the retransmission of signals of local television broadcast stations in an adjacent underserved county, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Workplace Advancement Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) In 1963, Congress passed on a bipartisan basis the
Equal Pay Act of 1963 to prohibit discrimination on account of
sex in the payment o... | Workplace Advancement Act Prohibits discrimination in the payment of wages on account of sex. (Allows payment of different wages under seniority systems, merit systems, systems that measure earnings by quantity or quality of production, or differentials based on any other factors other than sex.) Amends the Fair Labo... | Workplace Advancement Act |
SECTION 1. INCREASED FLEXIBILITY RELATING TO USE OF INFORMATION
SUBMITTED TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY UNDER PROGRAMS UNDER
THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT AND THE CHILD NUTRITION ACT
OF 1966.
Section 9(b)(5) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.
1758(b)(5)) is amended... | Amends the National School Lunch Act to permit eligibility information submitted under such Act or under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to be used for similar purposes under other nutrition programs with comparable standards.
Amends commodity letter of credit (CLOC) demonstration program provisions to: (1) make perm... | To amend the National School Lunch Act to provide increased flexibility relating to the use of information submitted to determine eligibility under programs under that Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, to provide for the establishment of commodity letter of credit (CLOC) demonstration programs in certain States,... |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) In issuing remote control railroad operation guidelines
in 2001, the Federal Railroad Administration noted that its
``first priority . . . is to ensure that these operations pose
no threat to railroad workers or the g... | Prohibits a railroad carrier from operating or causing to be operated a remote control locomotive to carry hazardous materials.
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to issue a rule requiring that: (1) railroad carriers inventory and maintain continuous accounting of remote control transmitters, such transmitters be... | To prohibit the use of remote control locomotives to carry hazardous materials, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as ``Alex's Law''.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN THE FULL RETIREMENT AGE AND THE EARLY RETIREMENT
AGE.
(a) In General.--Section 216(l) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 416(l)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by s... | Alex's Law Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to increase the age for retirement to 70 and the early retirement age to 65 as of January 1, 2069. Revises requirements accordingly for calculation of the first and the second retirement age increase factors. | Alex's Law |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Safe and Complete Streets Act of
2008''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) While the Federal highway program has helped achieve
its original goal of providing for fast and convenient
automobile travel, the... | Safe and Complete Streets Act of 2008 - Requires each state to have in effect within two years a law, or each state department of transportation or metropolitan planning organization an explicit policy statement, that requires all federally-funded transportation projects to accommodate the safety and convenience of all... | To implement a safe and complete streets program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Homeland Security
Procurement Improvement Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. HOMELAND SECURITY PROCUREMENT TRAINING.
(a) In General.--Subtitle D of title VIII of the Homeland Security
Act of 2002 is amended by adding at the end the following new sect... | Department of Homeland Security Procurement Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require: (1) the Chief Procurement Officer to provide homeland security procurement training to acquisition employees, including establishing training objectives, standards, requirements, and courses; and (... | To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance the procurement-related activities of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security and Medicare Lock
Box Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
Section 3 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(11) The term `Medicare surplus reserve' means the
surplus amounts... | Social Security and Medicare Lock Box Act - Declares that Congress reaffirms its support for section 13301 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, which provides that the receipts and disbursements of the social security trust funds shall not be counted for the purposes of the budget submitted by the Presiden... | Social Security and Medicare Lock Box Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Natural Disaster
Student Aid Fairness Act''.
(b) References.--References in this Act to ``the Act'' are
references to the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et
seq.).
SEC. 2. ALLOCATION AND USE OF CAMPUS-BASED HI... | Natural Disaster Student Aid Fairness Act - Authorizes, and in certain cases requires, the Secretary of Education to waive certain matching funds requirements and reallocation rules, and to extend the availability of certain funds, with respect to campus-based student assistance programs under the Higher Education Act ... | To provide the Secretary of Education with waiver authority for the reallocation rules in the Campus-Based Aid programs, and to extend the deadline by which funds have to be reallocated to institutions of higher education due to a natural disaster. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Opioid Addiction Action Plan Act''.
SEC. 2. ACTION PLAN ON RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES UNDER MEDICARE AND
MEDICAID TO PREVENT OPIOIDS ADDICTIONS AND ENHANCE ACCESS
TO MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT.
(a) In General.--Not later... | Opioid Addiction Action Plan Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to develop an action plan to provide recommendations on changes to the Medicare and Medicaid programs to enhance: (1) the treatment and prevention of opioid addiction, and (2) the coverage and payment of ... | Opioid Addiction Action Plan Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Supporting Prosecutions of
International Espionage Schemes Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. REVISION OF ESPIONAGE CRIMES.
(a) In General.--Chapter 37 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
``CHAPTER 37--ESPIONAGE AND RELAT... | Supporting Prosecutions of International Espionage Schemes Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) revise criminal prohibitions against unauthorized gathering and disclosure of national defense information and recklessly losing such information; (2) increase maximum prison terms for the crimes of mispris... | To amend title 18, with respect to certain crimes affecting national security, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Improved Compensation for Hearing
Loss Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. REPORT ON PRACTICES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO
ADEQUATELY PROVIDE SERVICES TO VETERANS WITH HEARING
LOSS.
(a) In General.--Not later than one year ... | Improved Compensation for Hearing Loss Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to report to the congressional veterans committees on actions taken to implement the findings and recommendations included in the 2006 report by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies entitled "Noise an... | Improved Compensation for Hearing Loss Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sugar Policy Modernization Act of
2017''.
SEC. 2. SUGAR PROGRAM.
(a) Loan Rates.--Section 156 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement
and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272) is amended by striking
subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the following new ... | Sugar Policy Modernization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 and other agricultural laws to modify the Department of Agriculture (USDA) sugar program. The bill modifies the sugar program to: reduce the rates for price support loans to processors of domestically ... | Sugar Policy Modernization Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Professional Sports Franchise
Relocation Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) professional sports teams foster a strong local
identity with the people of the cities and regions in which
they are lo... | Professional Sports Franchise Relocation Act of 1996 - Exempts from antitrust laws a professional sports league's enforcement or application of a rule authorizing the membership of the league to decide whether or not a member team may be relocated.
Requires persons seeking to change the home territory of a member team... | Professional Sports Franchise Relocation Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``No Subsidies Without Verification
Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) On July 5, 2013, the Department of Health and Human
Services released more than 600 pages of a final rule to
implement the... | No Subsidies Without Verification Act of 2015 This bill disallows the health plan premium assistance tax credit or cost-sharing reduction under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act before an individual's eligibility and the accurate amount of the credit or reduction is verified. Verification requires a review... | No Subsidies Without Verification Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Diesel Tax Parity Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY REDUCTION IN DIESEL FUEL TAXES.
(a) Reduction.--
(1) In general.--Section 4081 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (relating to imposition of tax on gasoline, diesel
fuel, ... | Diesel Tax Parity Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the excise tax on diesel fuel for a specified period ending on December 31, 2008. Provides for reimbusement from the Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund for any reduction in Trust Fund receipts resulting from this reduction in diesel fuel taxes. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a temporary reduction in the tax imposed on diesel fuel. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``SBIR and STTR Enhancement Act''.
SEC. 2. INCREASED NUMBER OF RESEARCH TOPIC SOLICITATIONS ANNUALLY AND
SHORTENED PERIOD FOR FINAL DECISIONS ON APPLICATIONS.
(a) Increased Number of Research Topic Solicitations Annually.--
Section 9(g)(2) o... | SBIR and STTR Enhancement Act - Amends the Small Business Act to direct each federal agency that is required to establish a small business innovation research (SBIR) program to: (1) issue research topic solicitations at least twice a year; and (2) make a final decision on topic proposals within 90 days, unless the Admi... | To amend the Small Business Act to enhance the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Recovery and Stability of Iraq Act
of 2008''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF POLICY.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The crisis of displaced Iraqis represents a profound
threat to the regional stability of the Mi... | Recovery and Stability of Iraq Act of 2008 - Establishes within the Executive Office of the President the position of Iraqi Displacement Coordinator who shall identify programs that address the humanitarian needs of displaced Iraqis and who shall advise and coordinate with the heads of appropriate U.S. departments and ... | To provide for the recovery and stability of Iraq, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Park Service Study Act of
2013''.
SEC. 2. SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDIES.
(a) Study.--The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct special
resource studies of--
(1) the Kau coast, on the island of Hawaii;
(2) the prehistoric, ... | National Park Service Study Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct special resource studies of: (1) the Kau coast, on the island of Hawaii; (2) the prehistoric, historic, and limestone forest sites on the island of Rota in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; (3) sites in Alaska as... | National Park Service Study Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Indian Education Foundation
Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
(a) In General.--Part B of subtitle II of title 36, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 215 the following:
``CHAPTER 216.... | American Indian Education Foundation Act of 1999 - Establishes and grants a Federal charter to the American Indian Education Foundation. | American Indian Education Foundation Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Putting Patients and Providers Ahead
of Compressed Regulatory Timelines Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. SUNSETTING CERTAIN PENALTIES RELATING TO MEANINGFUL EHR USE.
(a) Eligible Professionals.--
(1) In general.--Section 1848(a)(7) of the Social Secur... | Putting Patients and Providers Ahead of Compressed Regulatory Timelines Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate provider penalties for failure to comply with electronic health records (EHR) use requirements. Under current law, certain hospitals, Medicare Advantage org... | Putting Patients and Providers Ahead of Compressed Regulatory Timelines Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cancer-Free Label Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Approximately 1.5 million Americans, including
children, are diagnosed with cancer annually.
(2) Over 500,000... | Cancer-Free Label Act of 2012 - Directs the head of each federal agency that regulates a covered product to establish a program to permit the labeling of such a product that does not contain any carcinogens as "Cancer-Free." Defines a "covered product" to mean any product offered for sale that is: (1) regulated by the ... | To establish programs in the executive branch to permit the labeling of certain products that do not contain any carcinogens as "Cancer-Free", and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Internet Radio Equality Act of
2007''.
SEC. 2. NULLIFICATION OF DECISION OF COPYRIGHT ROYALTY JUDGES.
The March 2, 2007, Determination of Rates and Terms of the United
States Copyright Royalty Judges regarding rates and terms for the
digital performan... | Internet Radio Equality Act of 2007 - Declares to be ineffective: (1) the March 2, 2007, Determination of Rates and Terms of the U.S. Copyright Royalty Judges regarding rates and terms for the digital performance of sound recordings and ephemeral recordings; (2) the April 17, 2007, modification of that determination by... | A bill to nullify the determinations of the Copyright Royalty Judges with respect to webcasting, to modify the basis for making such a determination, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Civil Rights Tax Fairness Act of
1999''.
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME FOR AMOUNTS RECEIVED ON ACCOUNT OF
CERTAIN UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION.
(a) In General.--Part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ... | Civil Rights Tax Fairness Act of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income amounts received by a claimant on account of claims based on unlawful discrimination (as defined). Permits income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards received on account of such claims. | Civil Rights Tax Fairness Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. BASELINE BASED ON PRIOR YEAR'S OUTLAYS.
(a) President's Budget.--Section 1105(a)(5) of title 31, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(5) except as provided in subsection (b) of this
section--
``(A) estimated expenditures and proposed
... | Amends Federal law to require both the President and the Congress to draft a budget based on estimates of current fiscal year spending, proposing increases or decreases based on this level (rather than on an estimated baseline).
Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office to ... | To make various reforms in the congressional budget process. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Indian Money Account Claim
Satisfaction Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) since the 19th century, the United States has held
Indian funds and resources in trust for the benefit of Ind... | Indian Money Account Claim Satisfaction Act of 2003 - Establishes the Indian Money Account Claim Satisfaction Task Force: (1) to complete an analysis of records, data, and other historical information with regard to the conduct of an historical accounting submitted by the parties in the class action to the district cou... | A bill to establish a voluntary alternative claims resolution process to reach a settlement of pending class action litigation. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Community Mortgage Lender Regulatory
Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Responsible community mortgage lenders engaged in
traditional mortgage lending were not responsible for the
recent mort... | Community Mortgage Lender Regulatory Act of 2016 This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to prohibit the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from auditing, investigating, or taking an enforcement action against a responsible community mortgage lender unless requested to do so by one of se... | Community Mortgage Lender Regulatory Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Beneficiary Access to Home
Care Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that the interim payment system for home health
services under medicare enacted as part of the Balanced Budget Act of
1997 is having the following unintended cons... | Medicare Beneficiary Access to Home Care Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA '97), with respect to the computation formula of the interim system of limited payments for services provided by home health agencies. Repeals the cu... | Medicare Beneficiary Access to Home Care Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Trade in Insurance Services Act
of 1994''.
SEC. 2. EFFECTUATING THE PRINCIPLE OF NATIONAL TREATMENT FOR INSURANCE
ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to encourage foreign
countries to accord national treatmen... | Fair Trade in Insurance Services Act of 1994 - Directs the President to: (1) identify foreign countries that deny national treatment to U.S. insurance organizations; and (2) determine whether such denial has a significant adverse effect on them. Requires the President, when making such determinations, to consider sp... | Fair Trade in Insurance Services Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. EXCLUSION OF GAIN ON SALE OF PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE.
(a) In General.--Section 121 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to one-time exclusion of gain from sale of principal
residence by individual who has attained age 55) is amended to read as
follows:
``SEC. 121. EXCLUSION OF GAIN FROM SALE O... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise rules concerning the exclusion from gain on the sale of a principal residence and on the sale of farmland, including providing for an exclusion of up to $500,000 in gains. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income up to $500,000 of gain on the sale of a principle residence and up to $500,000 of gain on the sale of farmland. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Broadband Competition and Incentives
Act of 2001''.
TITLE I--PROTECTION OF BROADBAND SERVICES FROM CONTINUING
MONOPOLIZATION
SEC. 101. AMENDMENT TO THE CLAYTON ACT TO INCLUDE MARKET POWER ENTRY
TEST.
... | Broadband Competition and Incentives Act of 2001 - Amends the Clayton Act to prohibit a Bell operating company or affiliate (BOC) from providing interLATA services in any of its in-region States under any amendments to provisions concerning BOCs under the Communications Act of 1934 enacted after April 24, 2001, unless ... | To amend the Clayton Act to ensure the application of the antitrust laws to local telephone monopolies, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Violence Against Indian Women Act of
2012''.
SEC. 2. TRIBAL JURISDICTION OVER CRIMES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
(a) In General.--Title II of Public Law 90-284 (25 U.S.C. 1301 et
seq.) (commonly known as the ``Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968'') is
amended b... | Violence Against Indian Women Act of 2012 - Amends the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 to give Indian tribes criminal jurisdiction over domestic violence, dating violence, and violations of protective orders that occur on their lands. Makes that jurisdiction concurrent with federal and state jurisdiction.
Prohibits a ... | To grant Indian tribes jurisdiction over crimes of domestic violence that occur in the Indian country of that tribe. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Commission on the
Environment and National Security Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) new threats to the global environment, including to the
earth's climate system, the ozone layer, biological diversit... | National Commission on the Environment and National Security Act - Establishes a National Commission on the Environment and National Security to study the role in U.S. national security of security against global environmental threats. Directs the Commission to report on such study and make specific recommendations wit... | National Commission on the Environment and National Security Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ronald Reagan Dime Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) President Ronald Wilson Reagan, through his efforts as
the 40th President of the United States, created policies that
renewed economic growth, st... | Ronald Reagan Dime Act - Amends Federal law governing coins and currency to require dime coins issued after a certain date to bear the likeness of President Ronald Reagan. | To provide for dime coins to bear the likeness of President Ronald Reagan, the Freedom President, in honor of his work in restoring American greatness and bringing freedom to captive nations around the world. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Communities Combating College
Drinking and Drug Use Act''.
SEC 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Alcohol is by far the drug most widely used and abused
by young people in the United States.
(2)(A) I... | Communities Combating College Drinking and Drug Use Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to make matching grant allotments to applicant States to enhance or establish statewide coalitions to reduce the usage of drugs and alcohol by college students both on campus and in the surrounding community at large.Requires s... | A bill to provide grants to States and outlying areas to encourage the States and outlying areas to encourage existing or establish new statewide coalitions among institutions of higher education, communities around the institutions, and other relevant organizations or groups, including anti-drug or anti-alcohol coalit... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Garnishment Equalization Act of
1993''.
SEC. 2. GARNISHMENT OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' PAY.
(a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 55 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 5520a. Garnishment of pay
``(a... | Garnishment Equalization Act of 1993 - Provides for the treatment of Federal pay in the same manner as non-Federal pay with respect to garnishment. Allows administrative costs to be included in such garnishment. | Garnishment Equalization Act of 1993 |
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