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SECTION 1. TITLE AND PURPOSES.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Reduce Unnecessary
Spending Act of 2010''.
(b) Purpose.--This Act creates an optional fast-track procedure the
President may use when submitting rescission requests, which would lead
to an up-or-down vote by Congress on the Pres... | Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2010 - Amends the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (ICA) to require the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to transmit, within 45 days of a congressional session after the enactment of the funding in question, a message to Congress with specified information requesting any rescissio... | To provide an optional fast-track procedure the President may use when submitting rescission requests, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Investment Adviser Examination
Improvement Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of the Congress that the Securities and Exchange
Commission should increase the number and frequency of examinations of
investment advisers.
SEC. 3. ... | Investment Adviser Examination Improvement Act of 2012 - Declares the sense of Congress that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) should increase the number and frequency of examinations of investment advisers.
Amends the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to direct the SEC to collect an annual fee from investmen... | To amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to require certain investment advisers to pay fees to help cover the costs of inspecting and examining investment advisers under such Act. |
SECTION 1. PARENTS AS TEACHERS PROGRAMS.
Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is
amended by inserting at the end the following new part:
``Part G--Parents as Teachers
``SEC. 4701. SHORT TITLE.
``This part may be cited as the `Parents as Teachers: the Family
I... | Parents as Teachers: the Family Involvement in Education Act of 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to States for parents as teachers programs, with special consideration for hard-to-serve populations.
Makes eligible for such a grant any State which operates a parents as teachers program assoc... | Parents as Teachers: the Family Involvement in Education Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Indian Child Welfare Act Amendments
of 1999''.
SEC. 2. EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION.
Section 101(a) of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C.
1911(a)) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(a)''; and
(2) by striking t... | Indian Child Welfare Act Amendments of 1999 - Amends the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 to provide for retention by an Indian tribe of exclusive jurisdiction over child custody proceedings involving Indian children that are or become wards of a tribal court of that Indian tribe.
Revises requirements, with respect to... | Indian Child Welfare Act Amendments of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Guard and Reserve Early Retirement
Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Members of the Active Components of the United States
Military Services are eligible for an immediate annuity upon
attain... | Guard and Reserve Early Retirement Act of 2007 - Revises provisions concerning eligibility for military retired pay for nonregular (reserve) service to: (1) remove the requirement that the person be at least 60 years of age; and (2) provide an additional qualifier in the case of a combination of minimum age and earned ... | To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide eligibility for reduced non-regular service military retired pay before age 60, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Compliance Assistance
Enhancement Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Small businesses represent 99.7 percent of all
employers, employ half of all private sec... | Small Business Compliance Assistance Enhancement Act of 2005 - Amends the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 to require an agency to prepare a compliance guide to assist small entities in complying with a Federal rule or group of related rules for which an agency is required to prepare a final r... | A bill to enhance compliance assistance for small businesses. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Defunding the Corrupt and
Incompetent United Nations Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
(a) In General.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States pays far more than any other nation
for United Nations operations, which are divided ... | Defunding the Corrupt and Incompetent United Nations Act This bill prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds to provide contributions to the United Nations, the U.N. system, or U.N.-affiliated agencies until the President certifies to Congress that specified requirements are met, including that the U.N.: adopts... | Defunding the Corrupt and Incompetent United Nations Act |
SECTION 1. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to authorize and provide funding for the
Bureau of Reclamation to continue the implementation of the endangered
fish recovery implementation programs for the Upper Colorado and San
Juan River Basins in order to accomplish the objectives of these
programs within a ... | Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to undertake capital projects for the Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin and the San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program. Terminates the authorit... | A bill to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to provide cost sharing for the endangered fish recovery implementation programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Internet Tax Simplification Act of
2000''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.
(a) Moratorium Amendment.--Section 1101(a) of title XI of division
C of Public Law 105-277 (112 Stat. 2681-719; 47 U.S.C. 151 note) is
amended to read as follows:
``(a) Moratoria on St... | Expresses the sense of Congress that States and local entities should work with the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws to develop a Streamlined Uniform Sales and Use Tax Act. Authorizes, and grants congressional consent for, States to enter into an Interstate Sales and Use Tax Compact. Stipulate... | Internet Tax Simplification Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Families and Small Business Energy
Tax Relief Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY REFUNDABLE CREDIT AGAINST INCOME TAX FOR NATURAL GAS,
HEATING OIL, AND PROPANE COSTS OF INDIVIDUALS.
(a) In General.--Subchapter B of chapter 65 of the Interna... | Families and Small Business Energy Tax Relief Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer an income-based refundable tax credit for the lesser of 50% of such taxpayer's residential energy costs for a taxable year or $750 ($1,500 for married taxpayers filing jointly). Defines "resident... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a temporary refundable credit for the cost of natural gas, home heating oil, and propane, to allow small businesses, farmers, and fishermen a credit for motor and other fuel costs, and to increase the credit for nonbusiness energy property and make it perm... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Professional Boxing Safety Act of
1996''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) Boxer.--The term ``boxer'' means an individual who fights
in a professional boxing match.
(2) Boxing commission.--(A) The term ``boxing com... | Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 - Prohibits any person from arranging, promoting, organizing, producing, or fighting in a professional boxing match held in a State that has no boxing commission unless the match is: (1) supervised by a commission from another State; and (2) subject to the most recent Association... | Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR PATIENT NAVIGATOR SERVICES.
(a) State Plan Requirement.--Section 1902(a) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (82)(C), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (83), by striking the period at the end
... | Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require a state Medicaid plan to provide for state reimbursement of an eligible entity for any patient navigator service provided to a Medicaid-eligible individual.
Includes within the definition of "medical assistance" certain patient navigator services define... | To provide payment for patient navigator services under title XIX of the Social Security Act. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Free Market Prison Industries Reform
Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES.
Title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking sections 4121
through 4122 and inserting... | Free Market Prison Industries Reform Act of 1998 - Amends the Federal criminal code to revise provisions governing Federal Prison Industries (FPI).
Directs that FPI: (1) be administered by a board of seven directors appointed by the President; (2) provide industries operated as a Limited Sales Project, Private Sector... | Free Market Prison Industries Reform Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Designation of Foreign Terrorist
Organizations Reform Act''.
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) Period of Designation.--Section 219(a)(4) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)(4)) is amended--
(1)... | Designation of Foreign Terrorist Organizations Reform Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to revise requirements authorizing the Secretary to designate an organization as a foreign terrorist organization. Makes designations effective until revoked or set aside (currently effective for two years, subj... | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify provisions relating to designation of foreign terrorist organizations, to amend the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989, to include in annual Department of State country reports on terrorism information on terrorist groups that seek weap... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Coastal Barrier Resources
Reauthorization Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Otherwise protected area.--The term ``otherwise protected
area'' has the meaning given the term in section 12 of the Coastal
Barrier Improve... | Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to report to Congress on the creation of digital maps of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units and other protected areas under the digital mapping pilot project. Authorizes appropriations for FY2006-FY2007.... | A bill to reauthorize the Coastal Barrier Resources Act, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Prosthetics Parity Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) There are more than 1,800,000 people in the United
States living with limb loss.
(2) Every year, th... | Prosthetics Parity Act of 2008 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Public Health Service Act to require a group health plan that provides both medical and surgical benefits and benefits for prosthetic devices and components to provide prosthetics coverage under terms and conditi... | A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to provide parity under group health plans and group health insurance coverage for the provision of benefits for prosthetic devices and components and benefits for other medical and surgical services. |
SECTION 1. RECOGNITION AND GRANT OF FEDERAL CHARTER.
The American GI Forum of the United States, a nonprofit corporation
organized under the laws of the State of New Mexico, is recognized as
such and granted a Federal charter.
SEC. 2. POWERS.
The American GI Forum of the United States (in this Act referred... | Grants a Federal charter to the American GI Forum of the United States (a nonprofit organization organized under the laws of New Mexico). | To grant a Federal charter to the American GI Forum of the United States. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``People for the Planet Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. TAX CHECK-OFF FOR ENVIRONMENT PRESERVATION.
(a) In General.--Subchapter A of chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to information and returns) is amended by adding
at the end the followin... | People for the Planet Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Treasury the Environmental Protection Trust Fund to promote ecosystem restoration, reforestation, reclamation of timber roads in national forests, watershed protection, preservation of Great Lakes and other bodies of water, and fun... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to promote environmental protection and generate preservation efforts, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Grant's Tomb National Memorial Act
of 1994''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) Ulysses S. Grant has been heralded as a national hero
by his contemporaries and by generations thereafter;
... | Grant's Tomb National Memorial Act of 1994 - Redesignates General Grant National Memorial, located at Riverside Drive and West 122d Street, New York, New York, as Grant's Tomb National Memorial.
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) design and construct a visitors center at the Memorial to aid in its interp... | Grant's Tomb National Memorial Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. REDUCTION OF MAXIMUM CAPITAL GAINS RATES FOR INDIVIDUALS.
(a) In General.--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 capital gai... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to: (1) revise a specified formula in order to reduce the maximum capital gains rates for individuals; and (2) decrease from one year to one month the holding period required for long-term capital gain treatment. | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the maximum capital gains rates for individual taxpayers and to reduce the holding period for long-term capital gain treatment to 1 month, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``State Long-Term Care Partnership Act
of 2005''.
SEC. 2. ALLOWANCE OF ADDITIONAL STATE LONG-TERM CARE PARTNERSHIPS.
(a) In General.--Section 1917(b) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1396(b)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(C)(i), by s... | State Long-Term Care Partnership Act of 2005 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for establishment of long-term care insurance partnerships between states and insurers (Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnerships (QSLTCIPs)). Defines a QSLTCIP as a state plan amendment that pro... | A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to facilitate the establishment of additional long-term care insurance partnerships between States and insurers in order to promote the use of long-term care insurance. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stop the Sequester Job Loss Now
Act''.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I--BUDGET PROCESS AMENDMENTS TO REPLACE FISCAL YEAR 2013
SEQUESTRATION
Sec. 101. Repeal and replace th... | Stop the Sequester Job Loss Now Act - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to repeal the FY2013 sequester and reduce the FY2014 sequester. Eliminates the 2% maximum permissible reduction in budget authority for veterans' medical care. Extends through FY2014 ag... | Stop the Sequester Job Loss Now Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``America's Border Security Act of
2007''.
SEC. 2. TECHNOLOGICAL ASSETS.
(a) Increased Availability of Equipment.--The Secretary of Homeland
Security and the Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a
plan to use authorities provided to the Secr... | America's Border Security Act of 2007 - Sets forth border security and enforcement provisions, including provisions respecting: (1) use of Department of Defense (DOD) surveillance equipment, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); (2) road and barrier construction; (3) ports of entry construction; (4) communications... | To assist the Secretary of Homeland Security in carrying out surveillance activities conducted at or near the international land borders of the United States to prevent illegal immigration, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Recycling Information Clearinghouse
Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND OBJECTIVES.
(a) Findings.--Section 1002(c) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42
U.S.C. 6901(c)) is amended by striking out ``and'' in paragraph (2), by
striking out the period in p... | Recycling Information Clearinghouse Act of 1993 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a clearinghouse for information about the recycling of municipal solid waste to include: (1) a data base on the volume and rate of recycling of materials from the municipal ... | Recycling Information Clearinghouse Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Electric Consumer Right to Know
Act'' or the ``e-KNOW Act''.
SEC. 2. ELECTRIC CONSUMER RIGHT TO ACCESS ELECTRIC ENERGY INFORMATION.
(a) Electric Consumer Right of Access.--Title II of the Public
Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 is amended by add... | Electric Consumer Right to Know Act or the e-KNOW Act - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to grant an electric consumer the right to access the consumer's retail electric energy information in electronic machine-readable form, in conformity with nationally recognized open standards, free of char... | To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to provide electric consumers the right to access certain electric energy information. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Science and Mathematics Early Start
Grant Program Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) preschoolers from low-income families have very limited
opportunities to be exposed to scien... | Science and Mathematics Early Start Grant Program Act of 1995 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award Science and Mathematics Early Start Grants to organizations to support model programs that provide instruction to Head Start personnel regarding the introduction of science and mathematics acti... | Science and Mathematics Early Start Grant Program Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Teacher Loan Repayment Act of
2015''.
SEC. 2. LOAN REPAYMENT FOR TEACHERS.
(a) Sunsets.--The Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et
seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 420O--
(A) by striking ``Beginning'' and inse... | Teacher Loan Repayment Act of 2015 This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the financial aid programs for teachers. Specifically, it terminates the authority of the Department of Education (ED) to: (1) award new grants under the Teacher Education Assistance for Coll... | Teacher Loan Repayment Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia Court, Offender
Supervision, Parole, and Public Defender Employees Equity Act of
2008''.
SEC. 2. RETIREMENT CREDIT FOR SERVICE OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES TRANSFERRED
FROM DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SERVICE TO FEDERAL SERVICE.
(a... | District of Columbia Court, Offender Supervision, Parole, and Public Defender Employees Equity Act of 2008 - Entitles any individual serving as a federal or congressional employee or a Member of Congress who performed qualifying District of Columbia (D.C.) service to have such service included in calculating such indiv... | To permit nonjudicial employees of the District of Columbia courts, employees transferred to the Pretrial Services, Parole, Adult Probation, and Offender Supervision Trustee, and employees of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service to have periods of service performed prior to the enactment of the Balanced Bud... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Victims of Agent Orange Relief Act
of 2013''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) From 1961 to 1971, approximately 19,000,000 gallons of
15 different herbicides were sprayed over t... | Victims of Agent Orange Relief Act of 2013 - Defines a "covered individual" as a Vietnam resident who is affected by health issues related to Agent Orange exposure which took place between January 1, 1961, and May 7, 1975, or who lives or had lived in or near geographic areas in Vietnam that continue to contain high le... | Victims of Agent Orange Relief Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Immigration Relief and Protection
Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The number of fraudulent immigration consultants
preying upon immigrants seeking assistance has risen
dramatically in rece... | Immigration Relief and Protection Act of 2006 - Makes specified immigration-related acts (including advertisements) of immigration consultants unlawful. Establishes criminal and civil penalties for such violations. Directs the Attorney General to establish specified district task forces to enforce such provisions. Dire... | To reduce the number of innocent victims of immigration fraud by making certain immigration consultant practices criminal offenses. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Civil Aviation Research and
Development Authorization Act of 1999''.
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 (4)(J);
... | Civil Aviation Research and Development Authorization Act of 1999 - Amends Federal transportation law to authorize FY 2000 and 2001 appropriations for certain Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) research and development (R&D) programs. Requires the Department of Transportation's (DOT) annual budget request for the F... | Civil Aviation Research and Development Authorization Act of 1991 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Lewis and Clark National Historic
Trail Interpretive Center Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to provide for a pilot program of public-private
partnership regarding the operation of the Lewis and Cl... | Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center Act of 2014 - Ratifies the conveyance of 27.29 acres of land from the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks to the United States. Directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to carry out a pilot project under which USDA offers a lease to the Lewis &... | Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Trans-Atlantic Religious Protection
Act (TARPA) of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
states that ``[e]veryone has the right to freedom of tho... | Trans-Atlantic Religious Protection Act (TARPA) of 2001 - Directs the President and the Secretary of State to raise violations of freedom of thought, conscience, religion, or belief at every level (including at international meetings) with representatives of European countries that have failed to implement their intern... | To promote greater cooperation between the United States and its European allies toward religious tolerance and to require the imposition of punitive measures with respect to entities that discriminate against individuals or groups on the basis of religion or belief. |
TITLE I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Family Unity Demonstration Project
Act of 1993''.
SEC. 102. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) An increasing number of children are becoming separated
from their prima... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: General Provisions
Title II: Grants to States
Title III: Family Unity Demonstration Project for Federal
Prisoners
Title I: General Provisions
- Family Unity Demonstration Project Act of 1993 - Authorizes appropriations for State (80 percent) and Federal (20... | Family Unity Demonstration Project Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Money Follows the Person Act of
2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) In his budget for fiscal year 2004, President George W.
Bush proposes a ``Money Follows the Person'' rebalancing
initiativ... | Money Follows the Person Act of 2003 - Authorizes a State to apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for approval to conduct a demonstration project under which the State shall provide community-based services and supports to Medicaid-eligible individuals residing in a Medicaid long-term care facility for a... | A bill to establish a demonstration project under the medicaid program to encourage the provision of community-based services to individuals with disabilities. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Prosecution Drug Treatment
Alternative to Prison Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. DRUG TREATMENT ALTERNATIVE TO PRISON PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY
STATE OR LOCAL PROSECUTORS.
(a) Prosecution Drug Treatment Alternative to Prison Programs.--
Title I of ... | Prosecution Drug Treatment Alternative to Prison Act of 2001 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to State or local prosecutors for the purpose of developing, implementing, or expanding drug treatment alternative to prison programs under which ... | To establish grants for drug treatment alternative to prison programs administered by State or local prosecutors. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cybersecurity Standards for Aircraft
to Improve Resilience Act of 2016'' or the ``Cyber AIR Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Covered air carrier.--The term ``covered air carrier''
means an air carrier or a foreign air ca... | Cybersecurity Standards for Aircraft to Improve Resilience Act of 2016 or the Cyber AIR Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to require domestic or foreign air carriers and manufacturers of aircraft or electronic control, communications, maintenance, or ground support systems for aircraft to dis... | Cyber AIR Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rigs to Reefs Habitat Protection
Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Decommissioning.--The term ``decommissioning'' includes
the flushing, plugging, and cementing of a platform.
(2) Fund.--The term ``Fund'' mean... | Rigs to Reefs Habitat Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to assess each offshore oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico that is no longer useful for operations, and has become critical for a marine fisheries habitat, to: (1) determine whether there are coral populations or other protected specie... | To authorize the use of certain offshore oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico for artificial reefs, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief
Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. EXTEND TEMPORARY BONUS DEPRECIATION FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY.
(a) Extension of Special Allowance.--
(1) In general.--Paragraph (2) of section 168(k) of the
Internal Revenue Code ... | Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2011 bonus depreciation for certain depreciable business property; (2) extend through 2010 the election to accelerate the alternative minimum tax (AMT) and research tax credits in lieu of bonus depreciation; (3) inc... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage the creation and growth of small business and reduce the cost of complying with the tax requirements. |
SECTION 1. PROCEDURES GOVERNING RETIREE HEALTH BENEFITS.
(a) In General.--Part 5 of subtitle B of title I of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 516. PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE TERMINATION OR SUBSTANTIAL
... | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to establish procedures governing an employee benefit plan or plan sponsor's termination or substantial reduction of retiree health benefits.
Requires, before a court approves a contested termination or substantial reduction, a finding that the balance... | To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 with respect to rules governing litigation contesting termination or substantial reduction of retiree health benefits, to require a preponderance of evidence for termination or substantial reduction of retiree health benefits, and to allow courts to use extri... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Transparent Markets Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. OVER-THE-COUNTER DERIVATIVES TRANSACTION TAX.
(a) In General.--Chapter 36 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended by inserting after subchapter B the following new subchapter:
``Subchapter C-... | Transparent Markets Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on over-the-counter derivative transactions. Sets the rate of such tax at 0.25% of the fair market value of the underlying property with respect to, or the notional principal amount of, the derivative financial instrument involve... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a tax on over-the-counter derivatives transactions, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Open Our Democracy Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS THROUGH OPEN PRIMARIES.
(a) Rules for Election of Members.--A candidate for election for
the office of Senator or Member of the House of Representatives shall
be elected to such ... | Open Our Democracy Act of 2015 Requires all candidates for election to the Senate and the House of Representatives to run in an open primary, regardless of political party preference or lack thereof. Limits the ensuing general election to the two candidates receiving the greatest number of votes in the open primary. ... | Open Our Democracy Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Dangerous Products Warning Act''.
SEC. 2. DANGEROUS PRODUCTS.
(a) In General.--Part 1 of title 18, United States Code, is amended
by inserting after chapter 27 the following:
``CHAPTER 28--DANGEROUS PRODUCTS
``Sec.
``571. Violation... | Dangerous Products Warning Act - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 5 years on any business entity or product supervisor with respect to a product or business practice who knows of a serious danger associated with such product or business practice and knowingly fails within 15... | To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for the protection of the general public, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Aviation Noise Limit Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The accurate assessment and control of aviation noise
impact is necessary to protect the public health and welfare
while increasing and ... | Aviation Noise Limit Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to develop a staged plan to reduce by at least 75 percent on or before January 1, 2001, the number of individuals residing in residential areas in the vicinity of an airport who are exposed to a yearly day-night average sound level o... | Aviation Noise Limit Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Oil and Gas Industry Antitrust Act
of 2006''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON UNILATERAL WITHHOLDING.
The Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12 et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating section 28 as section 29; and
(2) by inserting after section 27... | Oil and Gas Industry Antitrust Act of 2006 - Amends the Clayton Act to make it unlawful for any person to refuse to sell, or to export or divert, existing supplies of petroleum, gasoline, or other fuel derived from petroleum, or natural gas, with the primary intention of increasing prices or creating a shortage in a ge... | To improve competition in the oil and gas industry, to strengthen antitrust enforcement with regard to industry mergers, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Delaware River Protection Act of
2005''.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO NOTIFY COAST GUARD OF RELEASE OF OBJECTS INTO
THE NAVIGABLE WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES.
The Ports and Waterways Safety Act (33 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.) is
amended by adding at ... | Delaware River Protection Act of 2005 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Ports and Waterways Safety Act to require any person who knows of a release from a vessel or facility of any object that creates an obstruction in the navigable waters of the United States to notify the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is o... | To amend the Ports and Waterways Safety Act to require notification of the Coast Guard regarding obstructions to navigation, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Microlending
Expansion Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. MICROLOAN CREDIT BUILDING INITIATIVE.
Section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(14) Credit reporting information.... | Small Business Microlending Expansion Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Small Business Act with respect to the Small Business Administration (SBA) Microloan program (small-scale loans to start-up, newly established, or growing small businesses for working capital or the acquisition of materials, supplies, or equipment)... | To amend the Small Business Act to improve the Microloan Program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Home Improvement Loan Modernization
Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION TO PREMIUM CHARGES ON FINANCING CERTAIN
ALTERATIONS, REPAIRS, AND IMPROVEMENTS TO, OR CONVERSIONS
OF, EXISTING STRUCTURES.
Subsection (f) of section 2 ... | Home Improvement Loan Modernization Act of 2014 - Amends the National Housing Act to specify the premium charge paid by a financial institution to insure any loan, advance of credit, or purchase of obligations representing loans and advances of credit it makes to finance certain home improvements for both existing sing... | Home Improvement Loan Modernization Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Commercial
Competitiveness and Labor Rights in China Act of 2000''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings and purpose.
Sec. ... | Requires the Secretary of State to provide foreign policy guidance to the Secretary of Commerce to ensure that such program is effectively integrated into U.S. foreign policy.
Authorizes the Secretary of State to establish a program to conduct rule of law training and technical assistance related to labor activities in... | Commercial Competitiveness and Labor Rights in China Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE.
(a) Multilateral Economic Assistance.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall
instruct the United States executive directors to the
international financial institutions to oppose, and vote
against, any extension by those ins... | Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors to the international financial institutions to oppose, and vote against, any extension of financial assistance of any kind to the Government of Indonesia (except humanitarian assistance to it or East Timor).
Expresses the sense of Congress ... | To impose an immediate suspension of assistance to the Government of Indonesia until the results of the August 30, 1999, vote in East Timor have been implemented, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Home Health Nurse
and Patient Act of 2001''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. OASIS Task ... | Home Health Nurse and Patient Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) Task Force to study and report to the Secretary and Congress on the comprehensive assessment of patients to determine whether: (1) the number of assessments requ... | A bill to streamline the regulatory processes applicable to home health agencies under the medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act and the medicaid program under title XIX of such Act, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Agents Registration
Modernization and Enforcement Act''.
SEC. 2. CIVIL INVESTIGATIVE DEMAND AUTHORITY.
The Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.)
is amended--
(1) by redesignating sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, ... | Foreign Agents Registration Modernization and Enforcement Act This bill amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA) to provide that whenever the Department of Justice (DOJ) has reason to believe that a person or enterprise may be in possession or control of documentary material relevant to an investigatio... | Foreign Agents Registration Modernization and Enforcement Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Computers for Veterans and Students
Act of 2018'' or the ``COVS Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Access to computers and computer technology are
indispensable for success in the 21st century. Milli... | Computers for Veterans and Students Act of 2018 or the COVS Act This bill directs federal agencies to offer, through the General Services Administration (GSA), to transfer surplus computers and technology equipment to nonprofit computer refurbishers for repair and distribution to educational institutions, veterans, dis... | Computers for Veterans and Students Act of 2018 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``FSOC Designation Review Act''.
SEC. 2. REEVALUATION AND REAFFIRMATION.
Section 113(d) of the Financial Stability Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C.
5323(d)) is amended to read as follows:
``(d) Reevaluation and Reaffirmation.--
``(1) In general.--Th... | FSOC Designation Review Act This bill amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to revise requirements for reevaluation and reaffirmation of determinations by the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System supervise and regulate U.S. or foreign nonbank finan... | FSOC Designation Review Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Nursing Relief Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) There are more vacant nursing positions in the United
States than there are qualified registered nurses and nursing
... | Nursing Relief Act of 2006 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a nonimmigrant visa category (W-visa) for an alien coming to the United States to work as a professional nurse.
Sets forth employer petition provisions. | To create a new nonimmigrant visa category for registered nurses, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Early Hearing Detection and
Intervention Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. EARLY DETECTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT OF HEARING LOSS.
Section 399M of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g-1) is
amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking... | Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the newborns and infants hearing loss program to include diagnostic services among the services provided.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources a... | A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act regarding early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Academic Partnerships Lead Us to
Success Act'' or the ``A PLUS Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are as follows:
(1) To give States and local communities added flexibility
to determine how to improve academic achieve... | Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act or the A PLUS Act This bill allows each state to receive federal elementary and secondary education funds on a consolidated basis and manage the funds to advance the educational policy of the state. A declaration of intent must be formulated by a combination of speci... | Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act |
SECTION 1. RESEARCH CREDIT MADE PERMANENT; CREDIT FOR EXPENSES
ATTRIBUTABLE TO CERTAIN COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CONSORTIA.
(a) Credit Made Permanent.--Section 41 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (relating to credit for increasing research activities) is
amended by striking subsection (h).
(b... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the credit for increasing research activities and to allow such a credit for qualified consortia expenses attributable to certain collaborative research consortia. Provides for a reduction for amounts expended on ineligible research. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the research credit permanent and to allow such credit for expenses attributable to certain collaborative research consortia. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Trademark Law Treaty Implementation
Act''.
SEC. 2. REFERENCE TO THE TRADEMARK ACT OF 1946.
For purposes of this Act, the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for
the registration and protection of trademarks used in commerce, to
carry out the provisions o... | Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act - Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to revise trademark registration requirements. Requires owners of trademarks and persons with bona fide intentions to use trademarks to include verifications attesting to the accuracy of facts in registration applications. Prohibits the registra... | Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Belated Thank You to the Merchant
Mariners of World War II Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. MONTHLY BENEFIT FOR WORLD WAR II MERCHANT MARINERS AND
SURVIVORS UNDER TITLE 46, UNITED STATES CODE.
(a) Monthly Benefit.--Chapter 112 of title 46, United S... | Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a monthly benefit of $1,000 to certain honorably-discharged veterans of the U.S. Merchant Marine who served between December 7, 1941, and December 31, 1946 (or to their survivors). Includes service ... | To amend title 46, United States Code, and title II of the Social Security Act to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the United States merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) during World War II. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cash Accounting for Small Business
Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF CASH ACCOUNTING RULES FOR SMALL BUSINESS.
(a) Cash Accounting Permitted.--Section 446 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to general rule for methods of accounting) i... | Cash Accounting for Small Business Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit an eligible taxpayer from being required to use an accrual method of accounting for a taxable year if the such taxpayer's average annual gross receipts for the preceding three-year period does not exceed $5 million (to be adju... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow use of cash accounting method for certain small businesses. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Canine Detection Team Improvement
Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. CANINE DETECTION TEAM IMPROVEMENT.
(a) In General.--The Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended--
(1) by redesignating the second title XVIII as title XIX;
and
(2... | Canine Detection Team Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) fully coordinate Department of Homeland Security (DHS) canine training programs; (2) ensure that DHS is maximizing its use of existing training facilities and resources to train ... | To improve the programs of the Department of Homeland Security relating to trained detection canines, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veteran Home Equity Conversion
Mortgage Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS GUARANTEE OF HOME EQUITY
CONVERSION MORTGAGES FOR ELDERLY VETERAN HOMEOWNERS.
(a) Loan Guarantee Authorized.--Subchapter II of chapter 37 of
ti... | Veteran Home Equity Conversation [sic] Mortgage Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to guarantee any home equity conversion mortgage (mortgage) made to an elderly (62 or older) veteran homeowner, as long as the Secretary determines that the mortgage: (1) is likely to improve the financial situati... | To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to guarantee home equity conversion mortgages for elderly veteran homeowners. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cavernous Angioma CARE Center Act of
2010''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds as follows:
(1) Cavernous angioma, also termed ``cerebral cavernous
malformations'' or ``CCM'', affects an estimated 1,500,000
people in the Unit... | Cavernous Angioma CARE Center Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the Cavernous Angioma Clinical Care, Advocacy, Research, and Education Center of Excellence at the University of New Mexico to: (1) provide basic, translationa... | A bill to establish the Cavernous Angioma CARE Center (Clinical Care, Advocacy, Research and Education) at the University of New Mexico, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. RESTORATION OF INVESTMENT CREDIT.
(a) Allowance of Credit.--Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (relating to amount of investment credit) is amended by
striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (2), by striking the period at
the end of paragraph (3) and inserting ``, and'', and by adding a... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reinstate the ten-percent investment tax credit for property used as an integral part of manufacturing, production, or extraction or of furnishing transportation, communications, electrical energy, gas, water, and sewage disposal services. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the 10 percent investment credit. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Domestic Violence Criminal
Disarmament Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM REGARDING FIREARMS.
Section 506(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3756(b)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``1 or more States or ... | Domestic Violence Criminal Disarmament Act of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to reserve not more than 5% of Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds for one or more states that have demonstrated that such a state has adopted pol... | Domestic Violence Criminal Disarmament Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cross-Border Trade Enhancement Act
of 2012''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Administrator; administration.--The terms
``Administrator'' and ``Administration'' mean the Administrator
of General Services and the Gener... | Cross-Border Trade Enhancement Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to enter into agreements with persons for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to provide customs and immigration services at a land border port of entry, subject to payment of a fee to reimburse the CBP for providi... | To provide for alternative financing arrangements for the provision of certain services and the construction and maintenance of infrastructure at land border ports of entry, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Defense Production Act
Reauthorization of 2003''.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950.
(a) In General.--The 1st sentence of section 717(a) of the Defense
Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2166(a)) is amended--
(1)... | Defense Production Act Reauthorization of 2003 - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to extend its expiration date and authorization of appropriations through FY 2004. Authorizes the President, under such Act, to: (1) correct the industrial shortfall for radiation-hardened electronics to the extent that such acti... | A bill to reauthorize the Defense Production Act of 1950, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Tax Modernization Act
of 2008''.
SEC. 2. STANDARD DEDUCTION FOR BUSINESS USE OF HOME.
(a) In General.--Subsection (c) of section 280A of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to disallowance of certain expenses in
connection with ... | Small Business Tax Modernization Act of 2008 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions affecting small business taxpayers to: (1) allow an alternative standard tax deduction for the business use of a personal residence and establish a de minimis standard for determining personal use; (2) repeal restrictions on the depr... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify the deduction for business use of the home and to make other changes affecting small businesses. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as ``Amy Boyer's Law''.
SEC. 2. PROTECTING PRIVACY BY PROHIBITING DISPLAY OF THE SOCIAL
SECURITY NUMBER TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR COMMERCIAL
PURPOSES WITHOUT CONSENT.
(a) In General.--Part A of title XI of the Social Security Act (42... | Provides that nothing in this law shall be construed to prohibit the use of social security numbers: (1) required or permitted under certain Federal laws; (2) for retrieving information about an individual without displaying the number publicly;(3) for law enforcement; or (4) obtained from a public record lawfully acqu... | Amy Boyer's Law |
SECTION 1. ROLLOVER OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED IN AIRLINE CARRIER BANKRUPTCY
TO ELIGIBLE RETIREMENT PLANS.
(a) General Rule.--If--
(1) a qualified airline employee receives any eligible
rollover amount, and
(2) the qualified airline employee transfers any portion of
... | Allows employees of commercial passenger airlines who receive payments from a bankruptcy case filed between September 11, 2001, and January 1, 2007, as compensation for lost pension plan benefits to rollover such payments into an individual retirement account (IRA), except for a Roth IRA, without tax or tax penalty. | To allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an individual retirement plan, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Nurse and Health
Care Worker Protection Act of 2009''.
(b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) In 2007, direct-care registered nurses ranked seventh
among all occupations for the... | Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Labor to propose a standard on safe patient handling and injury prevention to prevent musculoskeletal disorders for direct-care registered nurses and all other health care workers that requires the use of engineering controls to lift patien... | A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard to reduce injuries to patients, direct-care registered nurses, and all other health care workers by establishing a safe patient handling and injury prevention standard, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Firearms Licensing Act of 1994''.
SEC. 2. INDUCEMENT FOR STATES TO ESTABLISH A SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING
PERSONS PROHIBITED FROM POSSESSING FIREARMS THROUGH A
MAGNETIC STRIP AFFIXED TO DRIVER'S LICENSES AND OTHER
IDEN... | Firearms Licensing Act of 1994 - Requires the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to reduce by 25 percent the annual allocation to a State for a fiscal year under title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 unless the State has in effect laws and procedures which provide for: (1) a recor... | Firearms Licensing Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. REDUCED TAXES FOR PATRIOT EMPLOYERS.
(a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end
the following new section:
``SEC. 45N. REDUCTION IN TAX OF PATRIOT EMPLOYERS.
``(a) In General.--In the case of any taxable... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer certified as a Patriot employer by the Secretary of the Treasury a tax credit for one percent of such employer's taxable income. Defines a "Patriot employer" as any taxpayer who: (1) maintains its headquarters in the United States; (2) pays at least 60% of the health... | A bill to provide a Federal income tax credit for Patriot employers, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Dollar Bill Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United
States provides that the Congress shall have Power to coin
money, regulate the value there... | Dollar Bill Act of 2011 - Requires the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to: (1) make the value of the U.S. dollar equal to price of gold on the exchange operated by the Commodities Exchange, Inc. (COMEX) of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc.; and (2) maintain that value at this level.
Prohibits the... | To stimulate the economy, provide for a sound United States dollar by defining a value for the dollar, to remove the authority of Federal Reserve banks to pay earnings on certain balances maintained at such banks, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Reclamation Title Transfer Act of
2014''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Conveyed property.--The term ``conveyed property''
means an eligible facility that has been conveyed to a
qualifying entity under section 3(b)(... | Reclamation Title Transfer Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation to establish a program that: (1) identifies and analyzes the potential for public benefits from the transfer of eligible facilities out of federal ownership, and (2) facilitates the transfer of such facilities to qualifyin... | Reclamation Title Transfer Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Public Land Renewable Energy
Development Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Covered land.--The term ``covered land'' means land
that is--
(A) public land administered by the Secretary; and
... | Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to extend through FY2022 the authorization for deposit and use of lease revenues under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970. Such funds shall be available to the Department of the Interior for FY2017 and afterwards to implement both... | Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Internet Freedom and
Nondiscrimination Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are to promote competition, to facilitate
trade, and to ensure competitive and nondiscriminatory access to the
Internet.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE CLAYTO... | Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act of 2006 - Amends the Clayton Act to prohibit any broadband network provider from: (1) failing to provide its services on reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms; (2) refusing to interconnect its facilities with those of another service provider on reasonable and nondiscriminato... | To amend the Clayton Act with respect to competitive and nondiscriminatory access to the Internet. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Fresh Regional
Eating for Schools and Health Act of 2011''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--INCREASING ACCESS TO HEALT... | Fresh Regional Eating for Schools and Health Act of 2011 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (formerly known as the Food Stamp Act of 1977) regarding the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly food stamp program) to: (1) authorize pilot programs that will assist SNAP beneficiaries in meeting ... | A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase access to healthy food for families, to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act and the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to increase access to... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Coal Leasing Amendments Act of
2005''.
SEC. 2. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES WITH RESPECT TO BONUS BIDS.
Section 2(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 201(a)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(4)(A) The Secretary shall not require a sur... | Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 2005 - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from requiring a surety bond or any other financial assurance to guarantee payment of deferred bonus bid installments regarding any coal lease issued on a cash bonus bid to certain lessees or successors in int... | A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to promote the development of Federal coal resources. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Presidential Gifts Accountability
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) There is no clear accountability for Presidential
gifts, since multiple lists of such gifts are separately
maintained by diffe... | Presidential Gifts Accountability Act - Directs the Archivist of the United States to maintain a current inventory of all presidential gifts.Requires the head of a Federal office or agency to report to the Archivist any information regarding a presidential gift.Requires the Archivist to: (1) make inventory information ... | To amend title 44, United States Code, to direct the Archivist of the United States to maintain an inventory of all gifts received from domestic sources for the President, the Executive Residence at the White House, or a Presidential archival depository. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Prescription Guarantee Act of
1998''.
SEC. 2. ACCESS TO NEEDED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
(a) Group Health Plans.--
(1) Amendments to the public health service act.--
(A) In general.--Subpart 2 of part A of title XXVII
... | Prescription Guarantee Act of 1998 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan, or a health insurance issuer offering coverage in connection with a group plan, if it covers prescription drugs but limits benefits to (or provides more favor... | Prescription Guarantee Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Black Lung Consolidation of
Administrative Responsibility Act''.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF PART B BLACK LUNG BENEFIT RESPONSIBILITIES FROM
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY TO SECRETARY OF LABOR.
(a) In General.--Part B of the Black Lung Benefits... | Black Lung Consolidation of Administrative Responsibility Act - Amends the Black Lung Benefits Act to transfer part B black lung benefit responsibilities from the Commissioner of Social Security to the Secretary of Labor (thus consolidating all black lung benefit responsibility under the Secretary). (Current law makes ... | To consolidate all black lung benefit responsibility under a single official, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Encouraging Investment in Small
Business Act''.
SEC. 2. INCREASED EXCLUSION AND OTHER MODIFICATIONS APPLICABLE TO
QUALIFIED SMALL BUSINESS STOCK.
(a) Increased Exclusion.--Section 1202(a) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to... | Encouraging Investment in Small Business Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to qualified small business (QSB) stock (section 1202) to: (1) increase the amount of gain excluded from the sale of such stock to 75 percent; (2) reduce the holding period applicable to such sale to three years; (3) exclude su... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and modify the exclusion relating to qualified small business stock and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES IN ACT.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Physician
Ownership Referral Reform Act of 1995''.
(b) Amendments to Social Security Act.--Except as otherwise
specifically provided, whenever in this Act an amendment is expressed
in terms of an amendment t... | Medicare Physician Ownership Referral Reform Act of 1995 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) repeal the prohibition of physician referrals to certain entities with which the referring physician has a financial relationship if such relationship is based on compensation arrangements only; ... | Medicare Physician Ownership Referral Reform Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Coverdell
Education Savings Accounts 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 r... | Coverdell Education Savings Accounts Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to education individual retirement accounts (IRAs), to: (1) permit distributions for qualified elementary and secondary education expenses; (2) increase annual contribution limits from $500 to $2,000, with annual inflation... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the use of education individual retirement accounts, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Animal Emergency Planning Act of
2014''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, as well as other recent
natural and man-made disasters, have highlighted the need for
plann... | Animal Emergency Planning Act of 2014 - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to require research facilities, dealers, exhibitors, intermediate handlers, and carriers (covered persons) to develop, document, and follow a contingency plan to provide for the humane handling, treatment, transportation, housing, and care of their a... | Animal Emergency Planning Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW FASHION MODEL NONIMMIGRANT
CLASSIFICATION.
(a) In General.--
(1) New classification.--Section 101(a)(15)(P) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(P)) is
amended--
(A) in clause (iii), by striking... | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to replace the current nonimmigrant (H-1B) visa category for fashion models with a new (P-4) visa category.
Defines such category as a fashion model who is of distinguished merit and ability and who is seeking to enter the United States temporarily to perform fashion modeling... | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a separate nonimmigrant classification for fashion models. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset
Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS OF CONGRESS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Consistent with the rights of the United States under
the World Trade Organization, injurious dumping is to... | Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 1999 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to declare that any duties assessed pursuant to a countervailing duty order, an antidumping duty order, or a finding under the Antidumping Act of 1921 shall be distributed on an annual basis as continued dumping or subsidy offsets to the a... | Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``International Uranium Extraction and
Milling Control Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Uranium is a naturally occurring element found around
the world in low levels in rock, soil, and water.
... | International Uranium Extraction and Milling Control Act of 2009 - States that it shall be U.S. policy to: (1) oppose the transfer to Iran, North Korea, and Syria of goods, services, or technology relevant to their capability to extract or mill uranium ore; and (2) work with like-minded countries to impose internationa... | To provide for the application of measures to foreign persons who transfer to Iran, Syria, or North Korea certain goods, services, or technology that could assist Iran, Syria, or North Korea to extract or mill their domestic sources of uranium ore. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Drug Addiction Treatment Act of
1999''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.
Section 303(g) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823(g))
is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``(A) security'' and
insertin... | Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 1999 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to waive the requirement that practitioners who dispense narcotic drugs to individuals for maintenance or detoxification treatment annually obtain a separate registration for that purpose, and that the Attorney General register an applicant to ... | Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Virgin Islands Visa Waiver Act of
2012''.
SEC. 2. VIRGIN ISLANDS VISA WAIVER PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Section 212(l) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(l)) is amended--
(1) by amending the subsection heading to read as f... | Virgin Islands Visa Waiver Act of 2012 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a visa waiver program for the United States Virgin Islands for a national of a country that is a member or an associate member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) listed in regulations under this Act and who is applying fo... | To establish a visa waiver program for the United States Virgin Islands. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Desalinization Research and
Development Act of 1994''.
SEC. 2. DECLARATION OF POLICY.
In view of the increasing shortage of usable surface and ground
water in many parts of the United States and the world, it is the
policy of the United States to perf... | Desalinization Research and Development Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army to conduct a basic research and development program to gain knowledge concerning the most efficient means by which usable water can be produced from saline water. Grants the Secretaries authority t... | Desalinization Research and Development Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Building Efficiently Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF NEW ENERGY EFFICIENT HOME CREDIT.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 45L(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of
subparagraph (A), by striking ... | Building Efficiently Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the new energy efficient home tax credit to allow, in lieu of the existing credit, a credit for 3.3% of the cost of constructing a new energy efficient home that is a qualified energy efficient residential rental property. An energy... | Building Efficiently Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving
the Environment Act'' or the ``SENSE Act''.
SEC. 2. STANDARDS FOR COAL REFUSE POWER PLANTS.
(a) Definitions.--In this Act:
(1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator of ... | . Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving the Environment Act or the SENSE Act (Sec. 2) This bill modifies the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule as it applies to certain electric utility steam generating units (electric power plants) that convert coal refuse into energy. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must maintain... | SENSE Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Immigration Advisory Program
Authorization Act of 2018'' or the ``IAP Authorization Act of 2018''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF THE IMMIGRATION ADVISORY PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Subtitle B of title IV of the Homeland Security
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211 et ... | Immigration Advisory Program Authorization Act of 2018 or the IAP Authorization Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize within U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) an immigration advisory program for CBP officers, pursuant to an agreement with a host country, to assist ... | Immigration Advisory Program Authorization Act of 2018 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Shelter Our Servicemembers Act''.
SEC. 2. ELDERLY HOMELESS VETERANS HOUSING GRANT PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall jointly establish a
pilot program to award g... | Shelter Our Servicemembers Act Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development to jointly establish a two-year pilot program of grants to nonprofit organizations to provide elderly homeless veterans with non-transitional housing. Allows recipients to use such grant... | Shelter Our Servicemembers Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Community College Partnership Act of
2003''.
SEC. 2. COMMUNITY COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY; COLLEGE PREPARATION PROGRAMS
AUTHORIZED.
Subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965
is amended--
(1) by redesignatin... | Community College Partnership Act of 2003 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a community college opportunity program to help students at community or technical colleges to transfer to four-year institutions and complete bachelor's degrees.Directs the Secretary of Education to award program grants to... | To encourage partnerships between community colleges and four-year colleges and universities. |
SECTION 1. FAIRNESS AND ACCURACY IN STUDENT TESTING.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The use of large-scale achievement tests in education
has grown significantly in recent years. States and local
school districts have increasingly used these tests in such
co... | Prohibits standardized test performance from being the sole determinant of any decision about an individual student's retention, graduation, tracking, or within-class ability grouping. Allows test performance to be considered in making such decision only if specified criteria are met. Requires such tests to: (1) meet p... | A bill to provide for fairness and accuracy in student testing. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Alaska Native Settlement Trust Tax
Fairness Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. TAX TREATMENT AND INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS OF ALASKA NATIVE
SETTLEMENT TRUSTS.
(a) Treatment of Alaska Native Settlement Trusts.--Subpart A of
part I of subchapter J of c... | Alaska Native Settlement Trust Tax Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to impose on an electing Alaska Native Settlement Trust, other than its net capital gain, the lowest rate of tax imposed by section one of the IRC (currently, 15 percent). Provides that in the case of an electing Settlement... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the tax treatment of Alaska Native Settlement Trusts. |
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