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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of
2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) has
failed to transfer power to the National League for Democracy
(NLD... | Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 - Prohibits the importation into the United States of any article that is a product of Burma (Myanmar) until the President determines and certifies to Congress that Burma has taken certain democratic and counternarcotics actions. Authorizes the President to waive such requireme... | A bill to sanction the ruling Burmese military junta, to strengthen Burma's democratic forces and support and recognize the National League of Democracy as the legitimate representative of the Burmese people, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Anti-Money Laundering and Paycheck
Accountability Act''.
SEC. 2. BAN ON NON-FEDERAL FUNDS OF POLITICAL PARTIES.
Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
... | Anti-Money Laundering and Paycheck Accountability Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to: (1) prohibit the solicitation, contribution, or spending of any funds by any political party committee for any purposes of any activity influencing an election for Federal office unless the funds are subject to... | Anti-Money Laundering and Paycheck Accountability Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Higher Education Affordability and
Equity Act of 2010''.
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 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the dollar limitation on the tax deduction for interest on education loans and expand eligibility for such deduction by increasing the threshold for the phaseout of such deduction; (2) increase to $5,000 the maximum ... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand incentives for education. |
SECTION 1. CREDIT FOR CERTAIN ENERGY-EFFICIENT PROPERTY.
(a) Business Property.--
(1) In general.--Subparagraph (A) of section 48(a)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (defining energy property) is
amended by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (i), by adding
``or'' at ... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow, through December 31, 2006, a limited credit for energy-efficient building property. Defines such property as a stationary fuel cell power plant that: (1) generates electricity using an electrochemical process; and (2) has an electricity-only generation efficiency greater than ... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for certain energy-efficient property. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthen the Earned Income Tax
Credit Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. STRENGTHEN THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT.
(a) Permanent Extension of Marriage Penalty Relief and Increase in
Credit for Certain Families.--
(1) Reduction in marriage penalty.--
... | Strengthen the Earned Income Tax Credit Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the reduction in the marriage penalty applicable to the earned income tax credit, (2) increase such tax credit for families with three or more qualifying children and for individuals with no qualifying children... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to strengthen the earned income tax credit. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Joint Declaration of the Government of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the
Government... | Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act - Amends the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 to direct the Secretary of State to report to Congress on conditions in Hong Kong that are of U.S. interest by March 31, 2015, and annually thereafter for 10 years or until the Secretary certifies that Hong Kong has held fr... | Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Gynecologic Cancer Education and
Awareness Act of 2003'' or ``Johanna's Law''.
SEC. 2. CERTAIN PROGRAMS REGARDING GYNECOLOGIC CANCERS.
(a) National Public Awareness Campaign.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services
... | Gynecologic Cancer Education and Awareness Act of 2003 or Johanna's Law - Directs The Secretary of Health and Human Services: (1) through the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and in collaboration with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to carry out a national campaign to increase the aw... | To provide for programs to increase the awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Crop Insurance
Improvement Act of 1999''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Establishment or approval of expected market price fo... | Crop Insurance Improvement Act of 1999 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to specify expected market price criteria for revenue or production-based crop insurance.
(Sec. 3) Provides for 75 percent additional coverage.
(Sec. 4) Revises Federal Crop Insurance Corporation premium subsidy provisions, including by ma... | Crop Insurance Improvement Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pima County Land Adjustment Act''.
SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE, EMPIRITA-SIMONSON AND SAHUARITA PROPERTIES,
ARIZONA.
(a) Exchange Authorized.--If Las Cienegas Conservation, LLC,
conveys to the Secretary of the Interior all right, title, and int... | Pima County Land Adjustment Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to convey to Las Cienegas Conservation, LLC, the Sahuarita property, which consists of approximately 1,280 acres, in exchange for the Empirita-Simonson property, which consists of approximately 2,490 acres. Requires the Secretary t... | To provide for a land exchange involving certain Bureau of Land Management lands in Pima County, Arizona, for the purpose of consolidating Federal land ownership within the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Generating Reinvestment
Opportunities With America's Small Businesses Act of 2009'' or the
``GROW America's Small Businesses Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. DEFERRED PAYMENT OF TAX BY CERTAIN SMALL BUSINESSES.
(a) In General.--Subchapter B of chapter 62 of the ... | Generating Reinvestment Opportunities with America's Small Businesses Act of 2009 or the GROW America's Small Businesses Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow certain small businesses (generally, businesses with $12 million or less in gross receipts for a taxable year) to defer payment of income ... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain small businesses to defer payment of tax. |
SECTION 1. COMMISSION ON FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT PROCESSING DELAYS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Faster FOIA Act of
2005''.
(b) Establishment.--There is established the Commission on Freedom
of Information Act Processing Delays (in this Act referred to as the
``Commission'') for the p... | Faster FOIA Act of 2005 - Establishes a 16-member Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays to conduct a study concerning methods to: (1) reduce delays in processing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests submitted to Federal agencies; and (2) ensure the efficient and equitable administration of FO... | A bill to establish the Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``American Workers
Assistance Act''.
(b) References.--Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever
in this Act an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment to a
section or other provision, the reference shall be con... | American Workers Assistance Act - Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (TEUC Act) to extend the TEUC program through weeks of unemployment ending before July 1, 2004. Provides a phase-out period for individual payments up to weeks beginning after December 31, 2004.
Increases to 26 weeks ... | To extend the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Healthy Early Education Workforce
Act''.
SEC. 2. BLOCK GRANTS REGARDING AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE FOR CHILD
CARE PROVIDERS.
Title XIX of the Public Health Service Act is amended by adding at
the end the following:
``PART D--BLOCK GRAN... | Healthy Early Education Workforce Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make an annual matching grant to each eligible State to provide access to affordable health benefits coverage for eligible child care providers, their staffs, and, at the State's discreti... | To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize formula grants to States to provide access to affordable health insurance for certain child care providers and staff, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Free trade agreements improve the income and prosperity
of the citizens of participating countries because open markets
increase competition, eliminate inefficiencies, and result in
lower costs to manufacture... | Declares it to be U.S. policy to seek the elimination of certain tariff and nontariff barriers and to achieve more open, equitable, and reciprocal market access through the negotiation of bilateral free trade agreements with eligible Pacific Rim countries.
Directs the President: (1) to initiate preliminary consultatio... | To encourage the establishment of free trade areas between the United States and certain Pacific Rim countries. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Domestic Refugee Resettlement Reform
and Modernization Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Community-based organization.--The term ``community-
based organization'' means a nonprofit organization providing a
... | Domestic Refugee Resettlement Reform and Modernization Act of 2013 - Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to study the effectiveness of the Office of Refugee Resettlement's domestic refugee resettlement programs. Requires the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement to: (1) ensure that refugee assistance is pro... | Domestic Refugee Resettlement Reform and Modernization Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
The Act may be cited as the ``Black Hills National Cemetery
Boundary Expansion Act''.
SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL AND TRANSFER OF PUBLIC LAND FOR CEMETERY USE.
(a) Due Diligence.--Prior to the withdrawal and transfer in
subsection (b), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs will complete
appropr... | . Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) complete environmental, cultural resource, and other due diligence activities on certain public land to confirm its suitability for inclusion in the Black Hills National Cemetery, South Dak... | Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act |
SECTION 1. INCREASED EXCLUSION AND OTHER MODIFICATIONS APPLICABLE TO
QUALIFIED SMALL BUSINESS STOCK.
(a) Increased Exclusion.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (a) of section 1202 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to 50-percent exclusion
for gain from certain s... | Repeals the minimum tax preference for the exclusion for incentive stock options. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and modify the exclusion relating to qualified small business stock and to provide that the exclusion relating to incentive stock options will no longer be a minimum tax preference. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Citizen Legislature and Political
Freedom Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds as follows:
(1) The proliferation of campaign finance laws (beginning
with the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971) and the
proliferation o... | Citizen Legislature and Political Freedom Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971(FECA) to terminate limitations on Federal election campaign contributions after 2002.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate after December 31, 2001, the designation of income tax payments to the Presidential Election... | To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reform the financing of campaigns for election for Federal office. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Coastal and Estuarine Land
Conservation Program Act''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF COASTAL AND ESTUARINE LAND CONSERVATION
PROGRAM.
The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.) is
amended by inserting after section 307 t... | Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Act - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program to protect important coastal and estuarine areas that have significant conservation, recreation, ecological, historical... | To authorize the acquisition of land and interests in land from willing sellers to improve the conservation of, and to enhance the ecological values and functions of, coastal and estuarine areas to benefit both the environment and the economies of coastal communities, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Private Security Officer Employment
Authorization Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) employment of private security officers in the United
States is growing rapidly;
(2) private security officers ... | Private Security Officer Employment Authorization Act of 2003 - Permits an authorized employer of private security officers to submit to a participating State's identification bureau fingerprints or other means of positive identification (as determined by the Attorney General) of an employee for purposes of a criminal ... | A bill to permit reviews of criminal records of applicants for private security officer employment. |
SECTION 1. LIABILITY OF BUSINESS ENTITIES PROVIDING USE OF A MOTOR
VEHICLE OR AIRCRAFT.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Aircraft.--The term ``aircraft'' has the meaning
provided that term in section 40102(6) of title 49, United
States Code.
(2) Busine... | Shields a business entity from civil liability relating to any injury or death occurring as a result of the operation of an aircraft or a motor vehicle of a business entity loaned to a nonprofit organization for use outside the scope of business of the business entity if: (1) such injury or death occurs during a period... | A bill to limit the civil liability of business entities that make available to a nonprofit organization the use of a motor vehicle or aircraft. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Iran Cyber Sanctions Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR
KNOWINGLY ENGAGING IN SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES UNDERMINING
CYBERSECURITY ON BEHALF OF OR AT THE DIRECTION OF THE
... | Iran Cyber Sanctions Act of 2016 This bill requires the President to report to Congress at least every 180 days regarding significant activities undermining cybersecurity conducted by persons on behalf of or at the direction of the government of Iran (including members of paramilitary organizations such as Ansar-e-Hezb... | Iran Cyber Sanctions Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Smokestacks Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF EMISSIONS FROM POWERPLANTS.
Part A of title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 132. REDUCTION OF EMISSIONS FROM POWERPLANTS.
`... | Clean Smokestacks Act of 2001 - Amends the Clean Air Act (CAA) to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations to achieve specified reductions in emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, carbon dioxide, and mercury from powerplants (electric generation facilities with a... | To amend the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions from electric powerplants, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Kids IRA Act of 2009'' or the ``K-
IRA Act''.
SEC. 2. YOUNG SAVERS ACCOUNT.
(a) Establishment of Accounts.--
(1) In general.--Section 408A of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (relating to Roth IRAs) is amended by adding at the end
... | Kids IRA Act of 2009 or the K-IRA Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a tax-exempt individual retirement account for taxpayers under age 26, to be known as a young savers account. Treats such accounts as Roth individual retirement accounts for income tax purposes. Allows an income-based tax deduction fo... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for tax preferred savings accounts for individuals under age 26, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protection of Children From Computer
Pornography Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. TRANSMISSION BY COMPUTER OF INDECENT MATERIAL TO MINORS.
(a) Offenses.--Section 1464 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in the heading by striking ``Broa... | Protection of Children From Computer Pornography Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the transmission to minors of indecent material from remote computer facilities, electronic communication services, or electronic bulletin boards.
Prohibits: (1) the knowing transmittal or attempted transmittal... | Protection of Children From Computer Pornography Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The framers of the United States Constitution,
recognizing free exercise of religion as an inalienable right,
secured its protectio... | Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish in the Treasury the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund for the deposit of income, gift, and estate taxes paid by or on behalf of taxpayers: (1) who are designated conscientious objectors opposed to participation in war in any form b... | To affirm the religious freedom of taxpayers who are conscientiously opposed to participation in war, to provide that the income, estate, or gift tax payments of such taxpayers be used for nonmilitary purposes, to create the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund to receive such tax payments, to improve revenue collection, a... |
TITLE I--THE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Child Abuse Prevention and
Enforcement Act''.
SEC. 102. GRANT PROGRAM.
Section 102(b) of the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998
(42 U.S.C. 14601(b)) is amended by striking ``and'' at th... | (Sec. 103) Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to allow the use of drug control and system improvement (Byrne) grants to be used: (1) to enforce child abuse and neglect laws, including laws protecting against child sexual abuse, and to promote programs designed to prevent child abuse and negle... | Child Abuse Prevention and Enforcement Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Financial Assistance
Management Improvement Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION.
Section 11 of the Federal Financial Assistance Management
Improvement Act of 1999 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by ... | Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999 (FFAMIA) to repeal its termination date (thus extending it indefinitely).
(Sec. 3) Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to establish and ma... | A bill to reauthorize and improve the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans'
Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1999''.
(b) References to Title 38, United States Code.--Except as
otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or
r... | Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1999 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase, as of December 1, 1999, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled adult children, and dependency and indemnity c... | Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Write the Laws Act''.
SEC. 2. CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT.
(a) In General.--This Act is enacted pursuant to the powers
conferred by the Constitution of the United States upon Congress by--
(1) article I, section 1, which vests in Cong... | Write the Laws Act - Prohibits an Act of Congress from containing any delegation of legislative powers, whether to: (1) any component within the legislative branch, (2) the President or any other member of the executive branch, (3) the judicial branch, (4) any agency, (5) any quasi-public agency, (6) any state or state... | Write the Laws Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care Reform Expedited
Procedures Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. SENATE CONSIDERATION OF HEALTH CARE REFORM LEGISLATION.
(a) Introduction.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 30 calendar days after the
commencement of the first session ... | Health Care Reform Expedited Procedures Act of 2004 - Requires, within 30 calendar days after the commencement of the first session of a Congress, the chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, the chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, t... | A bill to establish an expedited procedure for congressional consideration of health care reform legislation. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Public
Transportation Terrorism Prevention Act of 2005''.
(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. Securi... | Public Transportation Terrorism Prevention Act of 2005 - (Sec. 3) Directs the Federal Transit Administration of the Department of Transportation to submit all public transportation security assessments and all other relevant information to the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary).
Directs the Secretary to review... | 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 ``Accelerating Individuals into the
Workforce Act''.
SEC. 2. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS TO SUPPORT SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT FOR
TANF RECIPIENTS.
Section 403 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603) is amended
by adding at the end the following:... | Accelerating Individuals into the Workforce Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to states to conduct demonstration projects designed to implement and evalu... | Accelerating Individuals into the Workforce Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Gateway Communities Cooperation
Act''.
SEC. 2. IMPROVED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FEDERAL LAND MANAGERS AND GATEWAY
COMMUNITIES TO SUPPORT COMPATIBLE LAND MANAGEMENT OF BOTH
FEDERAL AND ADJACENT LANDS.
(a) Findings.--Congress f... | Gateway Communities Cooperation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture (the relevant Secretary) to: (1) solicit involvement by government officials of local gateway communities (communities, including recognized Indian tribes or Alaska Native villages, that abut or are near public l... | To require Federal land managers to support, and to communicate, coordinate, and cooperate with, designated gateway communities, to improve the ability of gateway communities to participate in Federal land management planning conducted by the Forest Service and agencies of the Department of the Interior, and to respond... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Trade Protection Not Troll
Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. UNFAIR PRACTICES IN IMPORT TRADE.
(a) In General.--Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1337) is amended as follows:
(1) Subsection (a) is amended--
(A) in... | Trade Protection Not Troll Protection Act - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to revise certain legal standards used to consider whether a domestic industry exists or is in the process of being established with respect to foreign countries that unlawfully import articles into the United States in violation of U.S. infringe... | Trade Protection Not Troll Protection Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hepatitis C Epidemic Control and
Prevention Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Over 3,000,000 individuals in the United States are
chronically infected with the hepatitis C virus (referred to in
... | Hepatitis C Epidemic Control and Prevention Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and implement a plan for the prevention, control, and management of hepatitis C virus (HCV), which shall include strategies for education and training, surveillance and ... | To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for hepatitis C virus infection. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``College Fire
Prevention Act''.
(b) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) On November 9, 2003, an early morning fire at the
University of Connecticut destroyed a fraternity. Five
resident... | College Fire Prevention Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to make competitive demonstration grants to private or public colleges or universities, fraternities, or sororities for up to half the cost of installing fire sprinkler systems, or other fire suppression or prevention technologies, in student housing and ... | To establish a demonstration incentive program within the Department of Education to promote installation of fire sprinkler systems, or other fire suppression or prevention technologies, in qualified student housing and dormitories, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Taiwan Security Enhancement Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Since 1949, the close relationship between the United
States and Taiwan has been of enormous benefit to both
societies.
... | Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State should, when considering foreign military sales to Taiwan, take into account Taiwan's special status and make every effort to ensure it has full and timely access to price and availability data for defense articles and defense services.
Directs the President, ... | Taiwan Security Enhancement Act |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) Dr. Dorothy Irene Height was born on March 24, 1912, to
James Edward Height and Fannie (Borroughs) Height in Richmond,
Virginia, and was raised in Rankin, Pennsylvania;
(2) Dr. Height is recognized as one of the preeminent
... | Authorizes the President to present to Dr. Dorothy Height (President of the National Council of Negro Women) a congressional gold medal in recognition of her many contributions to the Nation. | A bill to award a congressional gold medal to Dr. Dorothy Height, in recognition of her many contributions to the Nation. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Presidential Succession Act of
2010''.
SEC. 2. PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION.
Section 19 of title 3, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:
``Sec. 19. Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President;
officers eligible to ac... | Presidential Succession Act of 2010 - Revises provisions governing presidential succession to: (1) provide that the person next in line to succeed the President after the Vice President (currently, the Speaker of the House of Representatives) shall be the individual whose name is submitted by the President to the Clerk... | To amend chapter 1 of title 3, United States Code, relating to Presidential succession. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Leveraging and Energizing America's
Apprenticeship Programs Act'' or the ``LEAP Act''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATING IN QUALIFIED APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of... | Leveraging and Energizing America's Apprenticeship Programs Act or the LEAP Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business-related tax credit of $1,500 for hiring an apprenticeship employee who has not attained age 25 at the close of the taxable year or $1,000 for an apprenticeship employ... | LEAP Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation
Act of 1994''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The world's rhinoceros population is declining at an
alarming rate, a 90 percent decline since 1970.
(2) All rhinoc... | Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 - Establishes in the Treasury the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund, to be used for conservation project purposes. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to use amounts from the Fund to provide financial assistance for worldwide projects for the conservation of rhinoce... | Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be referred to as the ``Small Business Investment and
Promotion Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY CREDIT AGAINST INCOME TAX FOR SMALL BUSINESSES,
FARMERS, AND FISHERMEN TO OFFSET HIGH FUEL COSTS.
(a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chap... | Small Business Investment and Promotion Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide to small business owners and operators of farming or commercial fishing businesses a temporary credit for excessive fuel costs paid or incurred in the operation of such business; (2) make permanent the credit for incr... | To provide support for small business concerns, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Identity Theft and Financial Privacy
Protection Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the crime of identity theft has become one of the major
law enforcement challenges of the new economy, as vast
quant... | Identity Theft and Financial Privacy Protection Act of 2003 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prescribe duties imposed upon: (1) a card issuer with respect to confirmation of a consumer's changes of address; and (2) a consumer reporting agency with respect to notice of potential fraud.
Amends the Fair Credit Report... | To prevent identity theft, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency and Disaster Assistance
Fraud Penalty Enhancement Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH MAJOR DISASTER OR EMERGENCY BENEFITS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
`... | Emergency and Disaster Assistance Fraud Penalty Enhancement Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 30 years for: (1) knowingly falsifying, concealing, or covering up by any trick, scheme, or device any material fact; or (2) making any materially false, fictitious, or... | A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to fraud in connection with major disaster or emergency funds. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Public Good IRA Rollover Act''.
SEC. 2. TAX-FREE DISTRIBUTIONS FROM INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS FOR
CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
(a) In General.--Subsection (d) of section 408 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to individual retire... | Public Good IRA Rollover Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income a distribution from an individual retirement account which is a qualified charitable distribution. | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic
Rivers System Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) Public Law 102-215 (105 Stat. 1664) directed the Secretary
of the Interior, in cooperation and consultation with appropriate
State and lo... | Requires the segments to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the White Clay Creek Watershed Management Committee pursuant to the plan prepared by the White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic Study Task Force and the National Park Service.
Deems the management plan to satisfy the Act's requirem... | White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic Rivers System Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as ``Mynisha's Law''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds--
(1) with an estimated 26,500 gangs operating within the
United States, gang violence and drug trafficking remain
serious problems throughout the country, causing injury and
... | Mynisha's Law - Authorizes any local or tribal government to submit an application to the Attorney General for designation as a High Intensity Gang Activity Area.
Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish criteria for reviewing such applications; and (2) establish an Interagency Gang Prevention Task Force in each... | A bill to provide Federal coordination and assistance in preventing gang violence. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Trade Protection Not Troll
Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to ensure that the resources of the
United States International Trade Commission are focused on protecting
genuine domestic industries, to restore confidence with... | Trade Protection Not Troll Protection Act This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930, with respect to unfair practices in the import trade, to consider an industry in the United States to exist if there is in the United States substantial investment in licensing activities that leads to the adoption and development of art... | Trade Protection Not Troll Protection Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Support for Democracy and Human
Rights in Ethiopia Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Despite progress and an estimated annual growth rate of
nearly 10 percent, Ethiopia remains one of the po... | Support for Democracy and Human Rights in Ethiopia Act of 2010 - Prohibits assistance to the government of Ethiopia unless the Secretary of State certifies annually that the government of Ethiopia has taken steps to: (1) ensure the freedoms of civil society organizations to pursue work on civic education, democratizati... | A bill to reaffirm United States objectives in Ethiopia and encourage critical democratic and humanitarian principles and practices, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Minority Serving Institution Digital
and Wireless Technology Opportunity Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.
(a) In General.--There is established within the National Science
Foundation an Office of Minority Serving Institution Digital and ... | Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless Technology Opportunity Act of 2003 - Establishes within the National Science Foundation (NSF) an Office of Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless Technology to: (1) award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements (assistance) to eligible institutions to pr... | A bill to establish a digital and wireless network technology program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Fisheries Advisory
Committee Act''.
SEC. 2. AMERICAN FISHERIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
(a) Establishment.--Section 2 of the Act of August 11, 1939 (15
U.S.C. 713c-3), is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); ... | American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act This bill amends the Saltonstall-Kennedy Act to direct the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)to establish the American Fisheries Advisory Committee to advise on an existing grant program to address the needs of fishing communities, optimize economic benefits... | American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Business Center Act of
2009''.
SEC. 2. VETERANS BUSINESS CENTER PROGRAM.
Section 32 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657b) is amended--
(1) in subsection (f), by inserting ``(other than
subsections (g), (h), and (i))'' ... | Veterans Business Center Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish within the SBA a Veterans Business Center program (program), headed by a Director, to provide entrepreneurial training and counseling to veterans. Authorizes ... | To amend the Small Business Act to establish a Veterans Business Center program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Guam World War II Loyalty
Recognition Act''.
SEC. 2. RECOGNITION OF THE SUFFERING AND LOYALTY OF THE RESIDENTS OF
GUAM.
(a) Recognition of the Suffering of the Residents of Guam.--The
United States recognizes that, as described by the Gu... | Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act - Recognizes the suffering and the loyalty of the people of Guam during the Japanese occupation of Guam in World War II.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make specified payments to: (1) living Guam residents who were raped, injured, interned, or subjected to forced lab... | To implement the recommendations of the Guam War Claims Review Commission. |
SECTION 1. ANNUAL REPORT BY SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
Not later than March 1 of each year, the Secretary of the Treasury
shall submit to the Congress a report that identifies each country that
is a country of concern because the government of that country, or
persons or entities that are in, or are nationals o... | Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to identify and report annually on countries of concern whose governments, nationals, or entities finance domestic or international terrorism.
Requires with respect to such countries: (1) withholding of 50 percent of bilateral assistance; and (2) withholding of access to financial... | To require that certain measures be taken with respect to countries of concern regarding terrorist financing. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION REGARDING MANIPULATION OF CALLER IDENTIFICATION
INFORMATION.
Section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227) is
amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (e), (f... | Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to make it unlawful for any person in the United States, in connection with any telecommunications service or Internet protocol (IP)-enabled voice service, to cause any caller identification (ID) service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller I... | A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit manipulation of caller identification information. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Unemployment
Compensation Extension Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--TEMPORARY EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSAT... | Unemployment Compensation Extension Act - Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (TEUCA) to: (1) extend the TEUC program; (2) provide for additional weeks of TEUC and TEUC-X benefits; and (3) revise unemployment rate triggers for TEUC-X benefit periods.
Extends the TEUC program through wee... | A bill to provide extended unemployment benefits to displaced workers. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ice Age Floods National Geologic
Trail Designation Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) at the end of the last Ice Age, some 12,000 to 17,000
years ago, a series of cataclysmic floods... | Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail Designation Act of 2004 - Designates the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, a trail from Missoula, Montana to the Pacific Ocean, to provide for the public appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the nationally significant natural and cultural features of the Ice Age Flo... | A bill to designate the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR PROGRESS.
Title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 8001 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``PART M--PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR PROGRESS
``SEC. 10999A. SHORT TITLE.
``This part may be cited as the `Physical Ed... | Physical Education for Progress Act - Amends title X (Programs of National Significance) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to, and enter into contracts with, local educational agencies (LEAs) to initiate, expand, and improve physical edu... | Physical Education for Progress Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Endangered Salmon and Fisheries
Predation Prevention Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) There are 13 groups of salmon and steelhead that are
listed as threatened species or endangered species under the
... | Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act (Sec. 3) This bill amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to authorize the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to issue one-year permits to Washington, Oregon, Idaho, the Nez Perce Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian... | Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Innovation for Tomorrow's Workforce
Act''.
SEC. 2. INNOVATION FUND.
Section 114 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education
Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2324) is amended--
(1) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following:
... | Innovation for Tomorrow's Workforce Act This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to authorize the Department of Education to award early-phase, mid-phase, or expansion grants to eligible entities, including local educational agencies and area career and technical education (CTE) s... | Innovation for Tomorrow's Workforce Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Secret Evidence Repeal Act of
2000''.
SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF PROCEDURES USED UNDER CLASSIFIED INFORMATION
PROCEDURES ACT (CIPA) TO IMMIGRATION PROCEEDINGS.
(a) Application of Procedures Used under Classified Information
Procedures Act (C... | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to repeal alien terrorist removal provisions (title V).
(Sec. 3) Entitles an alien in a removal proceeding to examine all evidence and admissibility records. (Current law excludes national security information and confidential information.)
(Sec. 4) Entitles an alien subject t... | Secret Evidence Repeal Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Liver Research Enhancement Act of
2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) An estimated 25,000,000 people in the United States are
affected by a liver or liver-related disease.
(2) In excess of $8,800... | Liver Research Enhancement Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the National Center on Liver Disease Research in the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to ensure the development of increased understanding of, and better treatments and cures for, liver diseases.
... | To establish the National Center on Liver Disease Research, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``International Development
Association Replenishment Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Greenhouse gas.--The term ``greenhouse gas'' means
carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, a
perf... | International Development Association Replenishment Act of 2008 - (Sec. 3) Amends the International Development Association Act to authorize U.S. participation in, and authorize appropriations for, contributions to the 15th replenishment of the resources of the International Development Association (IDA).
(Sec. 4) Aut... | A bill to authorize United States participation in the replenishment of resources of the International Development Association, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Digital Television Consumer
Education Act''.
SEC. 2. LABELING AND CONSUMER EDUCATION.
Section 330 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 330) is
amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
... | National Digital Television Consumer Education Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require retail distributors of television receiving equipment (TVs) to place adjacent to each unit displayed for sale a consumer alert in English and Spanish that the TV has only an analog broadcast tuner and will require a co... | To provide American consumers information about the broadcast television transition from an analog to a digital format. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Verify First Act''.
SEC. 2. PROVISION OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AS CONDITION OF RECEIVING
THE HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX CREDIT.
(a) Application to Current Health Insurance Premium Tax Credit.--
Section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code o... | Verify First Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require taxpayers to provide their Social Security numbers on their tax returns to be eligible for the health insurance premium tax credit. | Verify First Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension
Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TERRORISM RISK INSURANCE PROGRAM.
(a) Extension of Program Years.--Section 108(a) of the Terrorism
Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 6701 note, 116 Stat. 2336) is
amended by st... | Terrorism Insurance Extension Act of 2004 - Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (TRIA) to extend the terrorism risk insurance program from 2005 through 2007.
Repeals the condition on the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to pay or adjust compensation for insured losses after termination of the pro... | A bill to extend the applicability of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Recreational Fishing and Hunting
Heritage and Opportunities Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) recreational fishing and hunting are important and
traditional activities in which millions of Americans
partici... | Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act Requires federal public land management officials to facilitate the use of, and access to, federal public lands for fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting with specified exceptions. Requires Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Forest Service... | Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
ACT.
(a) In General.--This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Water
Infrastructure and Security Improvement Act of 2002''.
(b) Amendment of Federal Water Pollution Control Act.--Except as
otherwise expressly provided, whenever i... | Clean Water Infrastructure and Security Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to remove certain requirements for States with respect to construction of treatment works under capitalization grant agreements.Requires architectural and engineering contracts to be awarded consistent with ... | To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The 23rd Headquarters Special Troops (the ``Ghost
Army'') was a top-secret unit of the United States Army that
served in the Eur... | Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal Act The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, known collectively as the "Ghost Army," in recognition of its service during World War II. It is the ... | Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act''.
SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF ECONOMIC DISRUPTION TO ANIMAL ENTERPRISES AND
THREATS OF DEATH AND SERIOUS BODILY INJURY TO ASSOCIATED
PERSONS.
(a) In General.--Section 43 of title 18, United States C... | Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Rewrites federal criminal code provisions regarding animal enterprise terrorism to prohibit anyone from traveling in, or using the mail or any facility of, interstate or foreign commerce for the purpose of damaging or disrupting an animal enterprise and, in connection with such purpose... | 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 ``Neighborhood Infrastructure
Improvement and Inner City Job Creation Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM.
The Secretary of Labor (in this Act referred to as the
``Secretary'') shall provide grants to eligible administrative entities
described... | Neighborhood Infrastructure Improvement and Inner City Job Creation Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to make grants to eligible administrative entities for programs to provide employment opportunities to unemployed individuals through payments for labor and related costs associated with repair and renovation of ess... | Neighborhood Infrastructure Improvement and Inner City Job Creation Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND REFERENCE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Pay Act of
1995''.
(b) Reference.--Whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is
expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a s... | Fair Pay Act of 1995 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages on account of sex, race, or national origin.
Directs courts, in any action brought under this section for violation of such prohibition, to allow expert fees as part of the costs awarded to prevailing ... | Fair Pay Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Department of
Defense Energy Security Act of 2015''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Pilot program on military use of energy s... | Department of Defense Energy Security Act of 2015 This bill authorizes military departments to carry out pilot programs to enter into energy savings performance contracts through FY2041, for the purpose of achieving direct energy savings and secondary savings in: (1) certain mobile assets of the Armed Forces that consu... | Department of Defense Energy Security Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Futures Investor Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. FUTURES INVESTORS PROTECTION FUND.
(a) Futures Investor Protection Corporation.--
(1) Creation and membership.--
(A) Creation.--There is established a nonprofit
c... | Futures Investor Protection Act - Establishes the Futures Investor Protection Corporation (FIPC) as a nonprofit corporation, which shall be neither an agency nor establishment of the federal government. Declares FIPC to be a membership corporation whose members comprise all persons registered as a futures commission m... | Futures Investor Protection Act |
SECTION 1. CREDIT FOR RECYCLING OR REMANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT.
(a) In General.--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 ... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow businesses a limited reclamation credit of 20 percent of the basis of each qualified reclamation property placed in service during the taxable year. Defines qualified reclamation property as, among other things, qualified recycling property or qualified remanufacturing property... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for recycling or remanufacturing equipment. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Comprehensive Learning Assessment
for Students and Schools (CLASS) Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS REGARDING ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS AND ASSESSMENTS.
(a) Continuous Growth Models.--Clause (iii) of section
1111(b)(2)(C) of the Elementary and Secondary Educat... | Comprehensive Learning Assessment for Students and Schools (CLASS) Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise requirements affecting adequate yearly progress (AYP) assessments of students against state academic performance standards.
Allows AYP longitudinal growth calculations and the av... | To amend part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding adequate yearly progress and assessments. |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) in virtually every sector of society--health, defense,
transportation, agriculture, etc.--research is used to guide
policy choices;
(2) in education, however, research has not been
effectively utilized as a tool f... | Requires the National Science Foundation (NSF), for the purpose of integrating scientific disciplines in relation to research on learning and gaining a better understanding of how such research and educational practice can be reconciled, to continue to support such research, focusing on: (1) brain research as a foundat... | To authorize the National Science Foundation to undertake certain activities in support of research on learning. |
SECTION 1. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM.
The Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the organization of the
militia of the District of Columbia'', approved March 1, 1889 (sec. 49-
101 et seq., D.C. Official Code) is amended by adding at the end the
following new... | (Sec. 1) Amends the District of Columbia Code to direct the Mayor of the District of Columbia, in coordination with the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, to establish a program that allows the Mayor to provide educational assistance to members of the District of Columbia National Guard who ... | To direct the Mayor of the District of Columbia to establish a District of Columbia National Guard Educational Assistance Program to encourage the enlistment and retention of persons in the District of Columbia National Guard by providing financial assistance to enable members of the National Guard of the District of C... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``No Taxation Without Representation
Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The residents of the District of Columbia are the only
Americans who pay Federal income taxes and who have fought and
die... | No Taxation Without Representation Act of 2006 - Treats the District of Columbia as a state for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives and Senate.
Prescribes a procedure for the first elections under this Act.
Entitles the District to one Representative until the taking effect of the next reappor... | To provide for the treatment of the District of Columbia as a State for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives and Senate, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Currency Harmonization Initiative
through Neutralizing Action Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The benefit of trade concessions can be adversely
affected by misalignments in currency... | Currency Harmonization Initiative through Neutralizing Action Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to analyze annually the exchange rate policies of the People's Republic of China, and to impose additional tariffs, if necessary, to equalize any currency manipulations. | To require the Secretary of the Treasury to analyze and report on the exchange rate policies of the People's Republic of China, and to require that additional tariffs be imposed on products of that country on the basis of the rate of manipulation by that country of the rate of exchange between the currency of that coun... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Remote Sensing Applications Act of
2002''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) although urban land use planning, growth management,
and other functions of State, local, regional, and tribal
agencies are rightful... | Remote Sensing Applications Act of 2002 - Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to establish a program of grants for pilot projects to explore the integrated use of sources of remote sensing and other geospatial information to address State, local, regional, and tribal agency ne... | To encourage the development and integrated use by the public and private sectors of remote sensing and other geospatial information, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``America
Implementing New National Opportunities To Vigorously Accelerate
Technology, Energy, and Science Act'' or the ``America INNOVATES Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows... | America Implementing New National Opportunities To Vigorously Accelerate Technology, Energy, and Science Act or the America INNOVATES ActAmends the Department of Energy Organization Act to rename the Under Secretary for Science as the Under Secretary for Science and Energy. Directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to re... | America INNOVATES Act |
.--Whenever the
administering authority makes a final determination under section
771(18)(C)(i)(I) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1677(18)(C)(i)(I)) to revoke the determination that a foreign country
is a nonmarket economy country--
(1) the President shall notify the Committee on Finance of
... | Nonmarket Economy Trade Remedy Act of 2009 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to apply countervailing duties to nonmarket economies.
Excludes specified factors, including a subsidy's effect, from the administering authority's consideration when determining whether a countervailable subsidy exists with respect to merchand... | To amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that the provisions relating to countervailing duties apply to nonmarket economy countries, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Oregon Caves National Monument
Boundary Adjustment Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to add surrounding land to the
Monument--
(1) to enhance the protection of the resources associated
with the Monument; an... | Oregon Caves National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act of 2010 - (Sec. 4) Redesignates the Oregon Caves National Monument as the Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve.
Designates lands identified as proposed addition lands on the map entitled "Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve" as a National Preserve.
... | To modify the boundary of the Oregon Caves National Monument, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. RESTORATION OF DEDUCTION FOR INTEREST ON EDUCATIONAL LOANS.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 163(h) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (defining personal interest) is amended by
striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (D), by redesignating
subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F), and by i... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for interest on any indebtedness incurred to pay the educational expenses of the taxpayer, spouse, or dependent. Allows such deduction only for the first 48 months of loan repayment. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the deduction for interest on certain educational loans. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States-Poland Parliamentary
Youth Exchange Program Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The United States established diplomatic relations with
the newly-formed Polish Republic in April ... | United States-Poland Parliamentary Youth Exchange Program Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of State, in cooperation with the government of Poland, to establish a United States-Poland Parliamentary Youth Exchange Program for American and Polish secondary students under 19 years old to live in and attend public sec... | A bill to establish a United States-Poland parliamentary youth exchange program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Next Steps for Haiti Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Haiti is the world's first black-led republic and the
first Caribbean country to achieve independence.
(2) Since its independence on ... | Next Steps for Haiti Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Director of Foreign Assistance, in consultation with the government of Haiti and Haitian civil society organizations, to establish the Haiti Professional Exchange Program whose purpose shall be to assign qualified Haitian Americans and others to provide technical assist... | To provide for professional exchanges with Haiti, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Backcountry Landing Strip Access
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) aircraft landing strips--
(A) serve an essential safety role as emergency
landing areas;
(B) provide... | Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from taking any action that would permanently close, restrict, render or declare as unserviceable any aircraft landing strip located on federal land under their respective jurisdiction, unless: (1) the head o... | To ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over Federal land. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Naugatuck River Valley National
Heritage Area Study Act''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STUDY REGARDING NAUGATUCK RIVER VALLEY,
CONNECTICUT.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The area that encompasses the Nauga... | Naugatuck River Valley National Heritage Area Study Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study on the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Naugatuck River Valley National Heritage Area in Connecticut. Requires submission of the study's results to Congress. | Naugatuck River Valley National Heritage Area Study Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of
2009''.
SEC. 2. FEDERAL APPELLATE AND DISTRICT COURTS.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Presiding judge.--The term ``presiding judge'' means
the judge presiding over the court proceeding concer... | Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2009 - Authorizes the presiding judge of a U.S. appellate court or U.S. district court to permit the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising to the public of court proceedings over which that judge presides, except when such action would constitute a violation o... | A bill to provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Thirteenth Amendment Commemorative
Coin Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The economic contributions of enslaved African-
Americans to the American economy between 1691 and 1860 were
immeasurable... | Thirteenth Amendment Commemorative Coin Act Directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue the following coins in commemoration of the sesquicentennial anniversary of the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution: up to 250,000 $50 bi-metallic platinum and gold coins, up to 250,000 $20 gold coi... | Thirteenth Amendment Commemorative Coin Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Keeping Families
Together 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. Restoration of definition of aggravated felony (repeal... | Keeping Families Together Act of 2001 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Act) to repeal the provision amending the definition of "aggravated felony," and restore provisions of law amended by such provision as if it had not been enacted, including residency-or status-relate... | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to restore certain provisions relating to the definition of aggravated felony and other provisions as they were before the enactment of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Taxpayer Debt Buy-Down Act''.
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF AMOUNTS FOR REDUCTION OF PUBLIC DEBT.
(a) In General.--Subchapter A of chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to returns and records) is amended by adding at
the end the following ... | Taxpayer Debt Buy-Down Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow every individual with adjusted income tax liability to designate on their tax returns that a portion of such liability (not to exceed ten percent) be used to reduce the public debt.
Establishes a Public Debt Reduction Trust Fund for the deposit of ... | Taxpayer Debt Buy-Down Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Free Flow of Information Act of
2007''.
SEC. 2. COMPELLED DISCLOSURE FROM COVERED PERSONS.
(a) Conditions for Compelled Disclosure.--In any proceeding or in
connection with any issue arising under Federal law, a Federal entity
may not compel a covered... | Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 - Prohibits a federal entity (an entity or employee of the judicial or executive branch or an administrative agency) from compelling a covered person (a person engaged in journalism, including their supervisor, employer, parent, subsidiary, or affiliate) to testify or produce any do... | A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. |
SECTION 1. REVISION OF TAX TREATMENT OF DERIVATIVE TRANSACTIONS ENTERED
INTO BY A CORPORATION WITH RESPECT TO ITS STOCK.
(a) In General.--Section 1032 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to exchange of stock for property) is amended to read as
follows:
``SEC. 1032. TRANSACTIONS BY A CO... | Provides for nonrecognition of derivative gain, loss, or deduction items (as defined by this Act). Excepts certain forward contracts from such treatment. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to revise the tax treatment of derivative transactions entered into by a corporation with respect to its stock. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Eightmile Wild and Scenic River
Act''.
SEC. 2. WILD AND SCENIC RIVER DESIGNATION, EIGHTMILE RIVER,
CONNECTICUT.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The Eightmile River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of
2... | Eightmile Wild and Scenic River Act - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate as a component of the national wild and scenic rivers system certain segments of the main stem and specified tributaries of the Eightmile River, Connecticut.
Declares that: (1) such segments shall be managed in accordance with the... | To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Eightmile River in the State of Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Buy American Improvement Act of
2004''.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR WAIVERS.
(a) In General.--Section 2 of the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a)
is amended--
(1) by striking ``Notwithstanding'' and inserting the
following:
``(a) In... | Buy American Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends the Buy American Act to: (1) prohibit Federal agencies from making a determination that it would not be in the public interest to enter into a contract subject to Buy American requirements after a procurement notice for such contract is published; and (2) provide that Buy A... | To amend the Buy American Act to increase the requirement for American-made content, to tighten the waiver provisions, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``21st Century Classroom Innovation
Act''.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an
amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment to a section or other
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made ... | 21st Century Classroom Innovation Act - Amends part A (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund) of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow states to use that portion of their part A grant funds reserved for state activities to award competitive grants to local educational agen... | 21st Century Classroom Innovation Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``South Utah Valley Electric
Conveyance Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) District.--The term ``District'' means the South Utah
Valley Electric Service District, organized under the laws of
the State of Utah.
... | South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, insofar as the Strawberry Water Users Association conveyed its interest in an electric distribution system to the South Utah Valley Electric Service District, to convey and assign to the District: (1) all interest of the United States i... | To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal features of the electric distribution system to the South Utah Valley Electric Service District, and for other purposes. |
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