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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pharmacy Education Aid Act of
2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Pharmacists are an important link in our Nation's
health care system. A critical shortage of pharmacists is
threatening the ability ... | Pharmacy Education Aid Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Act to include pharmacist services within the National Health Service Corps program of scholarships, including first-year pharmacy studies, loans, and funding.Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants and contracts to qualifying p... | To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to health professions programs regarding the practice of pharmacy. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum
Depression Research and Care Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Postpartum depression is a devastating mood disorder
which strikes many women during and after pregnancy.
... | Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), to expand and intensify research and related activities on p... | To provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Cancer
Treatment Education Act of 2012''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
TITLE I--COMPREHENSIVE CANCER P... | Improving Cancer Treatment Education Act of 2012 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, to provide for Medicare coverage of comprehensive cancer patient treatment education services.
Expresses the sense of Congress wih... | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide comprehensive cancer patient treatment education under the Medicare Program and to provide for research to improve cancer symptom management. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Homeland Security Management
Restructuring Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. DEPUTY SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT.
(a) Establishment and Succession.--Section 103 of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113) is amended--
(1) in ... | Homeland Security Management Restructuring Act of 2005 - Amends the Homeland Security Act to establish a Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security for Management, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve as the Chief Management Officer and principal advisor to the Secretary of ... | A bill to establish a Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security for Management, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION SYSTEM.
(a) Additions.--The following Federal lands in the State of
Washington are hereby designated as wilderness and, therefore, as
components of the Nationa... | Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2003 - (Sec. 2) Designates certain lands in the Skykomish River valley, Washington, as the Wild Sky Wilderness, to be managed by the Secretary of Agriculture.
(Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary to establish a trail plan. Authorizes the use of helicopter access to construct and maintain a joint F... | A bill to enhance ecosystem protection and the range of outdoor opportunities protected by statute in the Skykomish River valley of the State of Washington by designating certain lower-elevation Federal lands as wilderness, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Free Trade With Cuba Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) with the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the
Soviet Union, Cuba is no longer a threat to the United States
or the Western Hemisphere;
... | Free Trade With Cuba Act Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to repeal the embargo on trade with Cuba. Prohibits the exercise by the President with respect to Cuba of certain authorities conferred by the Trading With the Enemy Act and exercised on July 1, 1977, as a result of a specified national emergency. Makes... | Free Trade With Cuba Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act''.
SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF ECONOMIC DAMAGE TO ANIMAL ENTERPRISES AND THREATS
OF DEATH AND SERIOUS BODILY INJURY TO ASSOCIATED PERSONS.
(a) In General.--Section 43 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended to... | Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Amends the federal criminal code to revise criminal prohibitions against damaging or interfering with the operations of an animal enterprise to include intentional damage or loss to any real or personal property and intentional threats of death or serious bodily injury against individu... | A bill to provide the Department of Justice the necessary authority to apprehend, prosecute, and convict individuals committing animal enterprise terror. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Economic and Employment Impact
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) Federal regulation is projected to cost
$542,000,000,000 by the year 2000;
(2) the 1990 United States merc... | Economic and Employment Impact Act - Directs the Comptroller General to prepare an economic and employment impact statement to accompany each bill, resolution, or conference report before it may be reported or otherwise considered on the floor of either House. Requires such statement to: (1) state the extent to which ... | Economic and Employment Impact Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Clean, Learn,
Educate, Abolish, Neutralize, and Undermine Production of
Methamphetamines Act'' or ``CLEAN-UP of Methamphetamines Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. ... | Clean, Learn, Educate, Abolish, Neutralize, and Undermine Production of Methamphetamines Act or the CLEAN-UP of Methamphetamines Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to carry out environmental cleanup and remediation programs involving specified lands that are contaminated wit... | To respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines in the United States, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Higher Education Affordability and
Equity Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF DEDUCTION FOR INTEREST ON EDUCATION LOANS.
(a) Repeal of Dollar Limitation; Increase in Phaseout Beginning
Point.--Subsection (b) of section 221 of the Internal Revenue Code ... | Higher Education Affordability and Equity Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand education incentives, including: (1) the deduction for interest on education loans; (2) making the deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses permanent; (3) increasing allowa... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand incentives for education. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Code Talkers Recognition Act''.
SEC. 2. EXPRESSION OF RECOGNITION.
The purpose of the medals authorized by this Act are to express
recognition by the United States and its citizens and to honor the
Native American Code Talkers who distinguished themsel... | Code Talkers Recognition Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the presentation of a congressional gold medal: (1) to persons, including specified individuals, who served as Sioux or Comanche Code Talkers during World War II; (2) h... | To authorize the presentation of gold medals on behalf of Congress to Native Americans who served as Code Talkers during foreign conflicts in which the United States was involved during the 20th Century in recognition of their service to the Nation. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Copyright Term Extension Act of
1997''.
SEC. 2. DURATION OF COPYRIGHT PROVISIONS.
(a) Preemption With Respect to Other Laws.--Section 301(c) of title
17, United States Code, is amended by striking ``February 15, 2047''
each place it appears and insert... | Copyright Term Extension Act of 1997 - Amends Federal copyright provisions regarding preemption of laws concerning duration of copyrights.
(Sec. 2) Prohibits the annulment or limitation of rights or remedies under State laws with respect to sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972, until February 15, 2067 (curr... | Copyright Term Extension Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Know Your Caller Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON INTERFERENCE WITH CALLER IDENTIFICATION
SERVICES.
Section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227) is
amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) a... | Directs the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe regulations implementing such prohibition. Provides a cause of action for a person or entity, or a State attorney general on behalf of its residents, for violations of such prohibition or regulations. | Know Your Caller Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Responsible Funding to Prevent Teen
Pregnancy Act''.
SEC. 2. TEENAGE PREGNANCY PREVENTION.
The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``TITLE XXIX--TEENAGE PREGNANCY PREVENTION
... | Responsible Funding to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award competitive grants to public and private entities to establish or expand teenage pregnancy prevention programs. Requires the Secretary to give: (1) highest priority t... | To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award on a competitive basis grants to public and private entities to establish or expand teenage pregnancy prevention programs. |
SECTION 1. LIQUIDATION OR RELIQUIDATION OF CERTAIN ENTRIES OF IRON
CASTINGS.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of
1930 or any other provision of law, and subject to subsection (b), the
United States Customs Service shall, not later than 120 days after the
receipt of t... | Directs the Customs Service to liquidate or reliquidate certain entries of iron metal castings made by the Campbell Foundry Company. | To provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries. |
SECTION 1. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF ESTATE TAX AS IN EFFECT IN 2009.
(a) Restoration of Unified Credit Against Gift Tax.--Paragraph (1)
of section 2505(a) (relating to general rule for unified credit against
gift tax), after the application of subsection (f), is amended by
striking ``(determined as if the applica... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish a permanent estate tax exclusion of $3.5 million ($7 million for married couples filing joint tax returns) and a maximum 45% tax rate for decedents dying, generation-skipping transfers, and gifts made, after December 31, 2009; (2) allow an annual inflation adjustment t... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the estate tax as in effect in 2009, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Public
Transportation Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings and purpose.
Sec. 3. Memora... | Public Transportation Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 - (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of Transportation to enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to define and clarify the respective public transportation security roles and responsibilities of the Department... | An original bill to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to award grants to public transportation agencies to improve security, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform
Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. CADASTRE OF FEDERAL LAND.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall develop and maintain a current
and accurate multipurpose cadastre of Federal real property to support
Federal land management act... | Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2015 This bill directs the Department of the Interior to develop and maintain a current, accurate multipurpose cadastre (inventory) of federal real property to assist with federal land management activities, including, but not limited to, resource development and conservatio... | Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Taylor Force Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Palestinian Authority's practice of paying salaries
to terrorists serving in Israeli prisons, as well as to the
families of deceased terror... | Taylor Force Act (Sec. 3) This bill: (1) calls on the Palestinian Authority's (PA) to stop making payments to terrorists in Israeli prisons and to the families of deceased terrorists, (2) calls on countries to cease providing direct budgetary assistance to the PA until it stops all payments incentivizing terror, (3) u... | Taylor Force Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Earning and Living Opportunities
Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.
Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12
U.S.C. 1701u) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and (g) as
subsections (g), (h), and... | Earning and Living Opportunities Act - Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to require as a condition for Federal housing and community development assistance that: (1) a public or Indian housing agency or contractor shall require that at least 20 percent of all employee hours be performed by low- or ve... | To amend section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to ensure improved access to employment opportunities for low-income people. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Housing Tax Credit Act of
2003''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR PURCHASE OF PRINCIPAL RESIDENCES BY FIRST-TIME RURAL
HOMEBUYERS.
(a) In General.--Subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating... | Rural Housing Tax Credit Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a credit (the lesser of ten percent of the purchase price or $5,000) for the purchase of a principal residence by a first-time rural homebuyer. Establishes credit limitations based upon: (1) adjusted gross income; and (2) tax.Provides for ... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a first time homebuyer credit for the purchase of principal residences located in rural areas. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Oversight and
Accountability in Medicaid Non-DSH Supplemental Payments Act''.
SEC. 2. IMPROVING CALCULATION, OVERSIGHT, AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF NON-DSH
SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.
(a) Guida... | Improving Oversight and Accountability in Medicaid Non-DSH Supplemental Payments Act This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) issue guidance to states that identifies permissible methods for calculation of non-DSH (disproportionate sh... | Improving Oversight and Accountability in Medicaid Non-DSH Supplemental Payments Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Beach Protection Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. BEACHWATER POLLUTION SOURCE IDENTIFICATION AND PREVENTION.
(a) In General.--Section 406 of the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act (33 U.S.C. 1346) is amended in each of subsections (b), (c), (d),
(g), and (h) by... | Beach Protection Act of 2008 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to include among eligible grant activities the development and implementation of programs for source tracking, sanitary surveys, and prevention efforts to address the identified sources of beac... | A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to modify provisions relating to beach monitoring, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Estate Tax Relief Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF ESTATE TAX RATES.
(a) In General.--Section 2001 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to estate tax) is amended by striking subsections (b) and (c)
and by inserting after subsection (a) the... | Estate Tax Relief Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reduce the estate and gift tax rate; and (2) increase the unified credit exclusion to $10 million. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce estate and gift tax rates, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Homebound Elderly Relief Opportunity
Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF HOME HEALTH SERVICES PAYMENT LIMITS.
(a) Conditions on Implementation of Per Beneficiary Limits Under
Interim Payment System.--
(1) In general.--Section 1861(v)(1)(... | Homebound Elderly Relief Opportunity 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, with a revised form... | Homebound Elderly Relief Opportunity Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Special Care
Dentistry Act of 2010''.
(b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) According to the United States Surgeon General's Report
on Oral Health in America:
(A) No less than... | Special Care Dentistry Act of 2010 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to require a state to provide oral health coverage for aged, blind, or disabled individuals through a separate state adult dental program. | To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require States to provide oral health services to aged, blind, or disabled individuals under the Medicaid Program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``English Language Unity Act of
2009''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds and declares the following:
(1) The United States is comprised of individuals from
diverse ethnic, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds, and
continu... | English Language Unity Act of 2009 - Makes English the official language of the United States.
Requires, subject to exceptions and rules of construction, that: (1) official functions of the United States be conducted in English; and (2) all naturalization ceremonies be conducted in English. Establishes a uniform Engli... | To declare English as the official language of the United States, to establish a uniform English language rule for naturalization, and to avoid misconstructions of the English language texts of the laws of the United States, pursuant to Congress' powers to provide for the general welfare of the United States and to est... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Comprehensive Torture Victims Relief
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The American people abhor torture by repressive
governments and other parties. The existence of torture creates
a ... | Comprehensive Torture Victims Relief Act - Prohibits the U.S. Government from expelling, extraditing, or involuntarily returning an individual to a country if there is substantial evidence that the individual would fear subjection to torture.
Allows any alien presenting a credible claim of having been tortured in the ... | Comprehensive Torture Victims Relief Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Claims Licensing Advancement for
Interstate Matters Act'' or the ``CLAIM Act''.
SEC. 2. STATE FLEXIBILITY IN MULTISTATE ADJUSTER LICENSING REFORMS.
(a) In General.--Section 4 shall take effect upon the expiration of
the 4-year period beginning on the d... | Claims Licensing Advancement for Interstate Matters Act or the CLAIM Act This bill authorizes an independent insurance claims adjuster to apply to the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers for Membership for the purpose of licensure in any state that requires a license for such adjusters that is not amo... | CLAIM Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Identity Theft Prevention
Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF INCLUSION OF SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBERS ON
MEDICARE CARDS.
(a) In General.--Section 205(c)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(C)) is amended... | Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish cost-effective procedures to ensure that Social Security account numbers are not included on Medicare cards.
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid S... | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit the inclusion of Social Security account numbers on Medicare cards. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Military Personnel Toxic Exposure
Registry Act''.
SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION OF HEALTH EFFECTS RELATED TO HAZARDOUS DISPOSAL
SITE.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish and
administer a system to identify members of th... | Military Personnel Toxic Exposure Registry Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to establish and administer a system to identify members of the Armed Forces who were potentially exposed to a hazardous disposal site, as well as any negative health effects that may be related to such exposure.
Requires the Secre... | To require the Secretary of Defense to establish a medical surveillance system to identify members of the Armed Forces exposed to chemical hazards resulting from the disposal of waste in Iraq and Afghanistan, to prohibit the disposal of waste by the Armed Forces in a manner that would produce dangerous levels of toxins... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Secure Our Schools Act''.
SEC. 2. MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL
SECURITY.
Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
is amended by inserting after part Z the following new part:
``PART AA--MATCHING GRAN... | Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) permissible uses of funds (including for locks, lighting, and security assessments and training), preferential consideration, matching funds (limits costs to 50 percent but authorizes the Attorney General to provide guidelines for waiving or altering such requirement in cases of fin... | Secure Our Schools Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND REFERENCE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Paycheck Fairness
Act ''.
(b) Reference.--Whenever in this Act (other than in section 8) an
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal
of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be ... | Paycheck Fairness Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to revise remedies for and enforcement of prohibitions against sex discrimination in the payment of wages. (Such FLSA prohibitions are also known as the Equal Pay Act).
(Sec. 3) Amends FLSA to provide for enhanced enforcement of equal pay requ... | Paycheck Fairness Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cyber Safety for Kids Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF TOP-LEVEL INTERNET DOMAIN NAME.
(a) NTIA Action.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the
National Telecommunication... | Cyber Safety for Kids Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, to: (1) develop, pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding Between the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (concerni... | A bill to facilitate the protection of minors using the Internet from material that is harmful to minors, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ojito Wilderness Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Pueblo.--The term ``Pueblo'' means the Pueblo of Zia.
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
(3) State.--The t... | Ojito Wilderness Act - (Sec. 3) Designates certain public land known as the Ojito Wilderness in New Mexico (Wilderness) as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Requires that the map and a legal description of the Wilderness be filed by the Secretary of the Interior with the Senate Committee on En... | To designate the Ojito Wilderness Study Area as wilderness, to take certain land into trust for the Pueblo of Zia, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Border Tax Equity Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS OF POLICY.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The United States largely relies on a direct tax
system, whereas 137 countries currently employ o... | Border Tax Equity Act of 2007 - Requires the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to submit to Congress a report certifying whether or not U.S. objectives to revise World Trade Organization (WTO) rules on border tax treatment of goods and services from countries with indirect tax systems have been met in WTO negot... | To authorize the imposition of a tax on imports from any country that employs indirect taxes and grants rebates of the same upon export and to authorize compensatory payments to eligible United States exporters to neutralize the discriminatory effect of such taxes paid by such exporters if United States trade negotiati... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Promotion and Improvement Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. 10 PERCENT PENALTY TAX NOT TO APPLY TO CERTAIN S CORPORATION
DISTRIBUTIONS MADE ON STOCK HELD BY EMPLOYEE STOCK
OWNERSHIP PLAN.
(a) In General.-... | Employee Stock Ownership Plan Promotion and Improvement Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exempt certain distributions, including dividends, by S corporations to an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) from the penalty tax for premature employee benefit plan withdrawals; (2) exempt deductions for E... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve the operation of employee stock ownership plans, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``End Debt Collector Abuse Act of
2010''.
SEC. 2. ENHANCED VALIDATION NOTICES.
(a) In General.--Section 809(a) of the Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 1692g(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the end; a... | End Debt Collector Abuse Act of 2010 - Amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to require a debt collector, in the absence of such information in an initial communication or payment of the debt, to include in a written notice to the consumer the following: (1) the date of the last payment to the creditor on the d... | A bill to make improvements to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Master Limited Partnerships Parity
Act''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PUBLICLY TRADED PARTNERSHIP OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE TO
ENERGY POWER GENERATION PROJECTS, TRANSPORTATION FUELS,
AND RELATED ENERGY ACTIVITIES.
(a) In General.--Subpa... | Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax treatment of publicly traded partnerships as corporations, to expand the definition of "qualifying income" for such partnerships to include income and gains from renewable and alternative fuels (in addition to fo... | Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Second Amendment Enforcement Act''.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
provides that the right of the people to keep and bear arms
shall n... | Second Amendment Enforcement Act - (Sec. 3) Amends specified law prohibiting the killing of wild birds and wild animals in the District of Columbia to declare that nothing in it or any other provision of law shall authorize or be construed to permit the Council, the Mayor, or any governmental or regulatory authority of... | To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Independent Office of Advocacy Act
of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) excessive regulations continue to burden United States
small business concerns;
(2) Federal agencies are reluctant to comply w... | Independent Office of Advocacy Act of 2003 - Amends the Small Business Act regarding the establishment of the Office of Advocacy to: (1) require each annual budget submitted by the President to include a separate statement of the amount of appropriations requested for such Office; (2) require the Office to recommend me... | A bill to ensure the independence and nonpartisan operation of the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration. |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) It is in the interest of the United States to maximize
economic return from the growing trade in cruise ships sailings
to and from Alaska by encouraging the use of United States
berthing and repair facilities, labor, supp... | Authorizes passenger transportation in foreign-flag cruise vessels between Alaska ports, and between Alaska ports and those on the west coast of the contiguous States.
Prescribes procedural guidelines under which the Secretary of Transportation shall notify the owner or operator of one or more foreign-flag vessels tha... | A bill to increase economic benefits to the United States from the activities of cruise ships visiting Alaska. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Section 8 Reform, Responsibility,
and Accountability Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF SECTION 8 RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR FELONS AND
ILLEGAL ALIENS.
(a) In General.--Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C. 1437f) i... | Section 8 Reform, Responsibility, and Accountability Act of 2012 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 (USHA) to prohibit section 8 rental assistance (including tenant- and project-based assistance) from being provided to any family that includes a convicted felon or illegal alien.
Places a five-year limitati... | To reform the program for rental assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Advance Fee Loan Scam Prevention Act
of 1993''.
SEC. 2. TITLE 18 AMENDMENT.
(a) In General.--Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1033. Loan broker advance fees and fraud
``(a) It shall b... | Advance Fee Loan Scam Prevention Act of 1993 - Amends Federal criminal law to prohibit the receipt of advance fees by unregulated loan brokers arranging consumer credit for individuals.
Grants the Federal Trade Commission enforcement powers under this Act. Establishes criminal penalties and civil forfeiture penalties... | Advance Fee Loan Scam Prevention Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pentagon 9/11 Memorial Commemorative
Coin Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Construction of the Pentagon was completed in the midst
of World War II on January 15, 1943.
(2) September 11,... | Pentagon 9/11 Memorial Commemorative Coin Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue: (1) $50 gold coins; (2) $1 silver coins; and (3) half dollar clad coins emblematic of the spirit and bravery of the civilians and servicemen and servicewomen that work at the Pentagon and were aboard Flight ... | To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the tragic loss of lives at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, and to support construction of the Pentagon 9/11 Memorial in Arlington, Virginia. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Taxpayer's Defense Act''.
SEC. 2. MANDATORY CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW.
Chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting
after section 808 the following:
``SUBCHAPTER II--MANDATORY REVIEW OF CERTAIN RULES
``Sec. 815. Rules Subjec... | Taxpayer's Defense Act - Amends Federal law provisions concerning discretionary congressional review of agency rules to set forth provisions mandating that a rule that establishes or increases a tax, however denominated, shall not take effect before the enactment of a bill the text of which has been submitted to each H... | Taxpayer's Defense Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Taxpayer Abuse and
Harassment Prevention Act of 2007''.
(b) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) The integrity of the Federal tax system is integral to
the efficient and ongoing functioning of r... | Taxpayer Abuse and Harassment Prevention Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into contracts with private collection agencies to collect unpaid taxes. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into private tax collection contracts. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Filipino Veterans of World War II
Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The First Philippine Republic was founded as a result
of the Spanish-American War in which Filipino revolu... | Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2015 Directs the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to make appropriate arrangements for the award of a single Congressional Gold Medal to the Filipino Veterans of World War II in recognition of their dedi... | Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Juvenile Justice Improvement Act of
2009''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
Section 103 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5603) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (25) by striking the words ``means the
degre... | Juvenile Justice Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to: (1) revise and add definitions under such Act relating to the treatment of juveniles held in custody while awaiting trial for criminal offenses; (2) require state plans under such Act to separate juveniles ... | To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 with respect to juveniles who have committed offenses, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. CONSOLIDATION OF LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES WITH OTHER
COMPANIES PERMITTED.
(a) In General.--Section 1504(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (defining includible corporation) is amended by striking paragraph
(2) and by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (8) as paragraphs (2)
throu... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include life insurance companies as an "includible corporation" for purposes of filing consolidated tax returns.Permits an affiliated group which includes at least one domestic insurance company that elects to file a consolidated return rather than pay tax under certain life insuranc... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit the consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies. |
SECTION 1. HOPE AND LIFETIME LEARNING CREDITS TO BE REFUNDABLE.
(a) Credit to Be Refundable.--Section 25A of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to Hope and Lifetime Learning credits) is hereby
moved to subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code
(relating to refundable credits) and i... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax credits refundable; and (2) allow students to use future refunds of tax credit amounts to secure student loans of up to $1,000 ($1,500 for first or second-year students). | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the Hope and Lifetime Learning Credits refundable, and to allow taxpayers to obtain short-term student loans by using the future refund of such credits as collateral for the loans. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes
Prevention Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF HATE CRIME.
In this Act--
(1) the term ``crime of violence'' has the meaning given
that term in section 16, title 18, United States Code;
... | Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Adopts the definition of "hate crime" as set forth in the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (i.e., a crime in which the defendant intentionally selects a victim, or in the case of a property crime, the property that is the object of... | To provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Alternative Dispute Resolution and
Settlement Encouragement Act''.
SEC. 2. ARBITRATION IN DISTRICT COURTS.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 905 of the Judicial
Improvements and Access to Justice Act (28 U.S.C. 651 note) is amended
in the ... | Alternative Dispute Resolution and Settlement Encouragement Act - Amends the Judicial Improvements and Access to Justice Act with respect to Federal district court arbitration programs to: (1) authorize permanent appropriations; (2) require all district courts to establish by local rule such programs for civil and ban... | Alternative Dispute Resolution and Settlement Encouragement Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Second Amendment Enforcement Act''.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
provides that the right of the people to keep and bear arms
shall n... | Second Amendment Enforcement Act - Amends specified law prohibiting the killing of wild birds and wild animals in the District of Columbia to declare that nothing in it or any other provision of law shall authorize or be construed to permit the Council, the Mayor, or any governmental or regulatory authority of the Dist... | To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be referred to as the ``Gallatin Range Consolidation
and Protection Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the lands north of Yellowstone National Park possess
outstanding natural characteristics and wildlife habitats that give
the l... | Gallatin Range Consolidation and Protection Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire: (1) by exchange from the Big Sky Lumber Company, specified lands and interests north of Yellowstone National Park, including land in and adjacent to the Hyalite-Porcupine-Buffalo Horn Wilderness Study Area, the S... | Gallatin Range Consolidation and Protection Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Hospitals Education and
Research Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. PROGRAM OF PAYMENTS TO CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS THAT OPERATE
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
(a) Payments.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall make payment... | Children's Hospitals Education and Research Act of 1998 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make payment as specified to each children's hospital for each hospital cost reporting period between FY 1998 and 2003 for the direct and indirect expenses associated with operating approved medical residency... | Children's Hospitals Education and Research Act of 1998 |
TITLE I--NATIONAL OCEAN EXPLORATION PROGRAM
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``National Ocean Exploration Program
Act''.
SEC. 102. ESTABLISHMENT.
The Secretary of Commerce, through the Administrator of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shall, in consultation
with t... | Title I: National Ocean Exploration Program - National Ocean Exploration Program Act - (Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) a coordinated national ocean exploration program that promotes collaboration with existing programs of NOAA, ... | A bill to establish a coordinated national ocean exploration program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Workforce Reduction Through
Attrition Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' means an Executive agency
as defined by section 105 of title 5, United States Code,
excluding the Gover... | Federal Workforce Reduction Through Attrition Act Requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to ensure that the total number of federal employees in each calendar quarter after the enactment of this Act does not exceed the applicable maximum for such quarter, as determined under this Act. Sets forth a formula ... | Federal Workforce Reduction Through Attrition Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Madera Water Supply Enhancement
Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this Act:
(1) District.--The term ``District'' means the Madera
Irrigation District, Madera, California.
(2) Project.--The term ``Project'' ... | Madera Water Supply Enhancement Act - Declares that the Madera Water Supply Enhancement Project, California, is feasible and that no further studies or actions regarding feasibility are necessary.
Requires all planning, design, and construction of the Project to be undertaken in accordance with a cooperative agreement... | To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Madera Irrigation District for purposes of supporting the Madera Water Supply Enhancement Project. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Enhancement Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The security of the State of Israel is a major and
enduring national security interest of the United States.
... | Israeli-Palestinian Peace Enhancement Act of 2003 - Calls for: (1) the Palestinian administration to take security related steps to implement a performance based road map to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; and (2) the U.S. administration to work toward the two states living in peace within secure and internat... | A bill to enhance peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security and Medicare
Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) fiscal pressures will mount as an aging population
increases the Government's obligations to provide retiremen... | Social Security and Medicare Protection Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any concurrent resolution on the budget (or related measure) that would set forth a surplus for any fiscal year less than the combined surpluses of ... | To establish a procedure to safeguard the surpluses of the Social Security and Medicare hospital insurance trust funds. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Presidential Tax Transparency Act''.
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF RECENT TAX RETURNS OF CERTAIN PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES.
(a) In General.--Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30104) is amended by adding at the end ... | Presidential Tax Transparency Act This bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require each candidate of a major party for the office of President to file with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) a copy of the candidate's income tax returns for the three most recent taxable years for which such a ret... | Presidential Tax Transparency Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights
Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. INVESTIGATION OF UNSOLVED CIVIL RIGHTS CRIMES.
The Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007 (28 U.S.C.
509 note) is amended--
(1) in section 2--
... | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on December 7, 2016. Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill reauthorizes the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007 (Emmett Till Act) and expands the responsibilities of the Department of J... | Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as--
(1) the ``Best Return on America's Investment Now Act''; or
(2) the ``BRAIN Act''.
SEC. 2. IMMIGRANT VISAS FOR CERTAIN ADVANCED STEM GRADUATES.
(a) Preference Allocation for Employment-Based Immigrants.--Section
203(b) of the Immigra... | Best Return on America's Investment Now Act or BRAIN Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make up to 10% of the worldwide employment-based immigration level available to qualified immigrants who: (1) hold a doctorate degree in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM degree) from... | BRAIN Act |
.
(a) In General.--
(1) Chapter 13 of title 31, United States Code, is amended
by inserting after section 1310 the following new section:
``Sec. 1311. Continuing appropriations
``(a)(1) If any regular appropriation bill for a fiscal year does
not become law prior to the beginning of such ... | Provides for an automatic continuing appropriation for the U.S. Government whenever a regular appropriation bill for a fiscal year does not become law prior to the beginning of such fiscal year. Appropriates such sums as may be necessary to continue any project or activity for which funds were provided in the preceding... | To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide an automatic continuing appropriation for the United States Government. |
COMMISSION ON STRUCTURAL ALTERNATIVES FOR THE FEDERAL COURTS OF APPEALS
SECTION. 1. ESTABLISHMENT AND FUNCTIONS OF COMMISSION.
(a) Establishment.--There is established a Commission on Structural
Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals (hereinafter referred to
as the ``Commission'').
(b) Functions.--T... | Establishes a Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals to: (1) study the present division of the United States into the several judicial circuits and the structure and alignment of the Federal courts of appeals, with particular reference to the ninth circuit; and (2) report its recommend... | Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER.
Section 4 of the Constitution Heritage Act of 1988 (16 U.S.C.
407cc) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(c) Operation of the Center.--
``(1) In general.--A cooperative agreement entered into
under subsection (b) shall... | Amends the Constitution Heritage Act of 1988 to set forth requirements for cooperative agreements between the Secretary of the Interior and the National Constitution Center for the operation of the Center, including a requirement that revenues from the operation of the Center be made available to the Center (without fu... | A bill to amend the Constitution Heritage Act of 1988 to provide for the operation of the National Constitution Center. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Flexibility in Rebuilding American
Fisheries Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TIME PERIOD FOR REBUILDING CERTAIN OVERFISHED
FISHERIES.
Section 304(e) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1854(e)(4... | Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require fishery management plans, amendments, or regulations for overfished fisheries to specify a time period for ending overfishing and rebuilding the fishery that is as short as practicab... | To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to extend the authorized time period for rebuilding of certain overfished fisheries, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. REVISION OF TITLE XII.
Title XII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 8501 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 12001. FINDINGS.
``The Congress finds the following:
``(1) There are 52,700,000 students in 88,223 elementary
and secondary sc... | Amends title XII (School Facilities Infrastructure Improvement) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to State educational agencies for elementary and secondary school construction, reconstruction, or renovation, or for modernization of information tec... | To amend title XII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants to improve the infrastructure of elementary and secondary schools. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Comprehensive Insurance Coverage of
Childhood Immunization Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE FOR CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION BY GROUP
HEALTH PLANS AND HEALTH INSURANCE ISSUERS.
(a) Group Health Plans.--
(1) Public healt... | Comprehensive Insurance Coverage of Childhood Immunization Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require a group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage to provide comprehensive coverage for routin... | To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act and title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide comprehensive coverage for childhood immunization. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Surface Transportation Extension Act
of 2005, Part VI''.
SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FOR FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY PROGRAM.
(a) Authorization of Contract Authority.--Section 4(a) of the
Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part V (118 Stat. 1147... | Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2005, Part VI - Extends, through August 14, 2005, the authorization of appropriations from the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) for: (1) administrative expenses for federal highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, and transit programs; and (2) the Bureau of Transportation Statistic... | To provide an extension of administrative expenses for highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Charity To Eliminate Poverty Tax
Credit Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO CERTAIN PRIVATE
CHARITIES PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THE POOR.
(a) In General.--Subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the I... | Charity To Eliminate Poverty Tax Credit Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer to elect a credit (in lieu of a deduction otherwise available) of up to $100 ($200 for joint filers) for cash contributions to a qualifying charity whose primary activity is assistance to the poor. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for charitable contributions to fight poverty. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Driver's Privacy Protection Act of
1993''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON RELEASE OF CERTAIN PERSONAL INFORMATION BY
STATES.
(a) In General.--Title 18, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after chapter 121 the following:
``CHAPTER 123-... | Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit disclosure of personal information derived from an individual's motor vehicle records to anyone other than that individual.
Makes exceptions for use: (1) by any Federal or State court or agency in carrying out its functions; (2) in... | Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Garment Consumer's Right-to-Know Act
of 2002''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The production of garments in sweatshops that violate
labor rights and standards burdens interstate and international
c... | Garment Consumer's Right-to-Know Act of 2002 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to establish recordkeeping and disclosure requirements for apparel manufacturers with respect to wages, hours, and other labor conditions of their contractors' employees. | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide access to information about sweatshop conditions in the garment industry, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Aviation Safety Protection Act of
1996''.
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES PROVIDING AIR SAFETY INFORMATION.
(a) General Rule.--Chapter 421 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new subchapter:
``SUBC... | Aviation Safety Protection Act of 1996 - Amends Federal law regarding air commerce and safety to prescribe whistleblower protection guidelines for airline employees providing air safety information to the Federal government. Sets forth civil penalties for violation of such employees' protections. | Aviation Safety Protection Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
Permanence Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. RETURN PREPARATION PROGRAMS FOR LOW-INCOME TAXPAYERS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 77 is amended by inserting after section
7526 the following new section:
``SEC. 7526A. RETURN PREPARATION ... | Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Permanence Act of 2017 This bill directs the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to establish a Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Matching Grant Program to provide matching funds for the development, expansion, or continuation of tax preparation programs to assist low-income taxpayers... | Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Permanence Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. RESTORATION OF ESTATE TAX; REPEAL OF CARRYOVER BASIS.
(a) In General.--Subtitles A and E of title V of the Economic
Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, and the amendments
made by such subtitles, are hereby repealed; and the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 shall be applied as if such subti... | Repeals provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 which eliminated the estate and generation skipping transfer tax and carryover basis rules for estates.
Reduces the estate tax rate to the lower of 15% or the capital gains income tax rate generally applicable to individual taxpayers. ... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the estate tax and repeal the carryover basis rule, to increase the estate and gift tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000, and to reduce the rate of the estate and gifts taxes to the generally applicable capital gains income tax rate. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Telehealth Validation Act
of 2001''.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF TELEHEALTH SERVICES.
(a) Expanding Access to Telehealth Services to All Areas.--
(1) In general.--Section 1834(m), as added by section
223(b) of the ... | Medicare Telehealth Validation Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act regarding telehealth services (services furnished via a telecommunication system by a physician to an enrolled individual) to: (1) remove current geographic restrictions on the provision of such services; (2) make elig... | To improve the provision of telehealth services under the Medicare Program, to provide grants for the development of telehealth networks, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Electricity Reliability and Fuel
Security Act''.
SEC. 2. COAL-POWERED ELECTRIC GENERATION UNIT CREDIT.
(a) Federal Tax Credit for Coal-Powered Electric Generation
Units.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code o... | Electricity Reliability and Fuel Security Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit through 2022 for a portion of the expenses for the operation or maintenance of a coal-powered electric generation unit, excluding expenses for coal. The credit applies to taxpayers who own or lease an electr... | Electricity Reliability and Fuel Security Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Outsourcing Security Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States Government is increasingly relying on
armed private security contractors to perform mission-critical
and emergency essent... | Stop Outsourcing Security Act - Directs the Secretary of State to ensure that only U.S. government personnel provide diplomatic security services to personnel working on behalf of the United States at U.S. diplomatic or consular missions in areas of: (1) contingency operations; and (2) other significant military operat... | To phase out the use of private military contractors. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Orphan Products Extension Now
Accelerating Cures and Treatments Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF EXCLUSIVITY PERIODS FOR A DRUG APPROVED FOR A NEW
INDICATION FOR A RARE DISEASE OR CONDITION.
(a) In General.--The Federal Food, Drug, and... | Orphan Products Extension Now Accelerating Cures and Treatments Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to extend by six months the exclusivity period for an approved drug or biological product when the product is additionally approved to p... | Orphan Products Extension Now Accelerating Cures and Treatments Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. NATIONAL HEALTH MUSEUM PROPERTY.
(a) Short Title and Purpose.--
(1) Short title.--This section may be cited as the
``National Health Museum Site Selection Act''.
(2) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to further
section 703 of the National Health Museum De... | Requires the Museum to provide written notification to the Administrator of the date on which it will accept conveyance of the property.
Sets forth provisions regarding the purchase price for the property, including requiring the Administrator to report the purchase price to Congress and to deposit it into the Federal ... | National Health Museum Site Selection Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Public Servant Retirement Protection
Act''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF CURRENT WINDFALL ELIMINATION PROVISION.
Paragraph (7) of section 215(a) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 415(a)(7)) is repealed.
SEC. 3. REPLACEMENT OF THE WINDFALL ELIMINATION PROVISI... | Public Servant Retirement Protection Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to repeal the current windfall elimination provisions (which reduce Social Security benefits of retirees who paid into the Social Security system for part of their careers and who al... | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Nuclear Waste Terrorist Threat
Assessment and Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The September 11 terrorist attacks in New York City,
Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania were the deadliest and
... | Nuclear Waste Terrorist Threat Assessment and Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to coordinate the development and implementation of an interagency plan to prepare for and defend against terrorist crimes targeting the Yucca Mountain Project (high-level nuclear waste repository being studied at ... | To provide for interagency planning for preparing for, defending against, and responding to the consequences of terrorist attacks against the Yucca Mountain Project, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act''.
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PILOT PROGRAM ON DOG TRAINING
THERAPY.
(a) In General.--Commencing not later than 120 days after the date
of the enactment of the Act, the Secretary of Veterans A... | Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a pilot program for assessing the effectiveness of addressing post-deployment mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms through a therapeutic medium of assistance dog training and handling for veterans... | To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``First Amendment Defense Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Leading legal scholars concur that conflicts between
same-sex marriage and religious liberty are real and should be
legislatively addressed.
... | First Amendment Defense Act Prohibits the federal government from taking discriminatory action against a person on the basis that such person believes or acts in accordance with a religious belief or moral conviction that: (1) marriage is or should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman, or (2) sexual rela... | First Amendment Defense Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Trauma Care Systems Planning and
Development Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Federal Government and State governments have
established a history of cooperation in the development,
... | Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 2003 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect, compile, and disseminate information regarding trauma care and emergency medical services, and, in so doing, to give special consideration to the need... | A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to add requirements regarding trauma care, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fiscal Discipline, Earmark Reform,
and Accountability Act''.
SEC. 2. REFORM OF CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIATIONS BILLS IN THE SENATE.
(a) In General.--Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``9.(a)... | Fiscal Discipline, Earmark Reform, and Accountability Act - Amends Rule XVI (Appropriations and Amendments to General Appropriations Bills) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to revise procedures for consideration of points of order on appropriations bills.
Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate: (1) new or ... | A bill to provide greater accountability of taxpayers' dollars by curtailing congressional earmarking, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Common Sense Indian Gambling Reform
Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. CONSULTATION WITH STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.
Section 20 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2719) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (2)... | Common Sense Indian Gambling Reform Act of 2008 - Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to revise requirements for the exemption of Indian land from gaming prohibitions.
Requires: (1) the governor and the legislative body of the state in which a gaming activity is proposed to concur with the Secretary of the Interio... | A bill to make technical corrections to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF NATIONAL GUARD AUTHORITIES TO MAYOR OF THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
(a) Mayor as Commander-in-Chief.--Section 6 of the Act entitled
``An Act to provide for the organization of the militia of the District
of Columbia, and for other purposes'', approved March 1, 1889 (sec. 49-
4... | Amends the District of Columbia Code to make the Mayor of the District of Columbia (currently, the President of the United States) the Commander-in-Chief of the militia of the District. Makes conforming amendments to the District of Columbia Home Rule Act and federal law regarding the Armed Forces and the National Guar... | To extend to the Mayor of the District of Columbia the same authority with respect to the National Guard of the District of Columbia as the Governors of the several States exercise with respect to the National Guard of those States. |
SECTION 1. PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM.
Title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``PART M--PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS
``SEC. 10996A. FINDINGS.
``Congress finds the following:
``(1) Countless studies have shown what... | Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish Prekindergarten Programs.Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide grants to applicant States to establish or expand prekindergarten early learning programs by eligible prekindergarten providers and local educational agencies in partnership w... | To provide grants to States to establish, expand, or enhance prekindergarten programs for children who are not yet enrolled in kindergarten. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Strong Families Act''.
SEC. 2. EMPLOYER CREDIT FOR PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE.
(a) In General.--
(1) Allowance of credit.--Subpart D of part IV of
subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended ... | Strong Families Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow certain employers a business-related tax credit for up to 25% of the amount of wages paid to their employees during any period (not exceeding 12 weeks) in which such employees are on family and medical leave, (2) limit the allowable ... | Strong Families Act |
SECTION 1. PILOT PROGRAM IN CERTAIN DISTRICT COURTS.
(a) Establishment.--
(1) In general.--There is established a program, in each of
the United States district courts designated under subsection
(b), under which--
(A) those district judges of that district court
... | Establishes a pilot program in certain U.S. district courts under which: (1) those district judges who request to hear cases involving patent or plant variety protection issues are designated by the chief judge to hear them; (2) such cases are randomly assigned to the district court judges, regardless of whether they a... | To establish a pilot program in certain United States district courts to encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among district judges. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``End Debt Collector Abuse Act of
2012''.
SEC. 2. ENHANCED VALIDATION NOTICES.
(a) In General.--Section 809(a) of the Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 1692g(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the end; a... | End Debt Collector Abuse Act of 2012 - Amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to require a debt collector, in the absence of such information in an initial communication or payment of the debt, to include in a written notice to the consumer specified information regarding: (1) the last payment to the creditor on... | A bill to make improvements to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``No Exemption for Washington from
Obamacare Act''.
SEC. 2. HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN CONGRESSIONAL STAFF AND
MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act (42 U.S.C. 1... | No Exemption for Washington from Obamacare Act This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend the requirement for participation in a health insurance exchange to the President, Vice President, executive branch political appointees, and employees of congressional committees and leadership offi... | No Exemption for Washington from Obamacare Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Youth Jobs Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. SUMMER AND YEAR-ROUND YOUTH JOBS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) a $1,500,000,000 investment in summer and year-round
employment for youth, through the program supported under this
... | Youth Jobs Act of 2010 - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Labor for summer and year-round youth jobs and training programs for individuals aged 14 to 24 under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 which are directly linked to academic and occupational learning for the period January 1, 2010, through June 30... | A bill to provide funding for summer and year-round youth jobs and training programs. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia District
Attorney Establishment Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
(a) In General.--Part F of title IV of the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act (sec... | District of Columbia District Attorney Establishment Act of 2003 - Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to establish the Office of the District Attorney for the District of Columbia, to be headed by the District Attorney (DA) for the District.
Makes the DA the chief legal officer for the District to: (1) pros... | To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to establish the Office of the District Attorney for the District of Columbia, headed by a locally elected and independent District Attorney, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Nicaragua Human
Rights and Anticorruption 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. Sense of Congress on advancing a negot... | Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act (NICA) of 2017 (Sec. 4) This bill directs the President to instruct the U.S. Executive Director at each international financial institution to use U.S. influence to oppose any loan for the government of Nicaragua's benefit, other than for basic human needs or to promote democrac... | Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act (NICA) of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness in Punitive Damage Awards
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) punitive damage awards in jury verdicts in financial
injury cases are a serious and growing problem, and according
to a Rand Institute fo... | Fairness in Punitive Damage Awards Act - Limits punitive damage awards in civil actions brought in Federal or State court that affect interstate commerce or implicate rights or interests that may be protected by the Congress under the 14th Amendment where such damages are sought under any theory for harm.
Permits puni... | Fairness in Punitive Damage Awards Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``FFSCC Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
more than 60 million low- and moderate-income consumers in
America ... | FFSCC Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Comptroller of the Currency to provide for the organization, incorporation, examination, operation, regulation, and chartering of Federal Financial Services and Credit Companies (FFSCCs) to: (1) extend short-term and long-term credit; and (2) implement financial literacy programs.
Im... | To create a charter for Federal Financial Services and Credit Companies. |
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