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SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES FOR STATE APPROVING AGENCIES.
(a) Technical Amendment to Scope of Approval.--Section 3670 of
title 38, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (b); and
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ``(a)''.
(b) Modification of Provisions ... | Revises provisions concerning Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) use of state approving agencies (agencies) for approving courses of education for veterans under the Montgomery GI Bill veterans' educational assistance program. Authorizes (current law requires) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to promote the developme... | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide additional discretion to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in contracting with State approving agencies, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Caring for Children Act''.
TITLE I--CHILD CARE TRAINING THROUGH DISTANCE LEARNING
SEC. 101. GRANTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CHILD CARE TRAINING
INFRASTRUCTURE.
(a) Authority to Award Grants.--The Secretary of Health and Human
Se... | Caring for Children Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to develop: (1) distance learning child care training technology infrastructures; and (2) model technology-based training courses for child care providers and child care workers, to be provided through dist... | A bill to increase the supply of quality child care. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``SNAP Education and Outreach Act of
2009''.
SEC. 2. GRANTS TO IMPROVE OUTREACH AND ENROLLMENT FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL
NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
(a) Outreach and Enrollment Grants; National Campaign.--
(1) In general.--From the... | SNAP Education and Outreach Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide grants to eligible entities for outreach and enrollment efforts to increase supplemental nutrition assistance program participation.
Obligates 10% of such amounts for a national enrollment campaign. | To improve outreach and enrollment for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Family and Medical Leave Enhancement
Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE.
Section 101(2)(B)(ii) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
(29 U.S.C. 2611(2)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking ``less than 50'' each
place it occurs and inserting ``fe... | Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act of 2001 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to expand the Act's coverage by reducing from 50 to 25 the threshold minimum number of employees of an employer necessary for the Act to apply.Allows employees covered by FMLA to take up to four hours during any 30... | To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to allow employees to take, as additional leave, parental involvement leave to participate in or attend their children's and grandchildren's educational and extracurricular activities and to clarify that leave may be taken for routine medical needs and to assist elderly... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Alternative Certification and
Licensure of Teachers Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the measure of a good teacher is how much and how well
the teacher's students learn;
... | Sets forth requirements for allotments to States, reallotments, State applications, and uses of funds.
Authorizes appropriations. | Alternative Certification and Licensure of Teachers Act of 1999 |
SECTION. 1. PAYMENTS TO MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PLANS.
(a) In General.--Section 1876(a) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395mm(a)) is amended to read as follows:
``(a)(1)(A) The Secretary shall annually determine, and shall
announce (in a manner intended to provide notice to interested parties)
not late... | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the formulae for payments to health maintenance organizations and competitive medical plans.
Provides for a metropolitan based system under which: (1) all portions of each metropolitan statistical area in a State are treated as a single Medicare payme... | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for equalization of Medicare reimbursement rates to managed care plans to improve the health of residents of rural areas. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Western Area Power Administration
Transparency Act''.
SEC. 2. WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION PILOT PROJECT.
(a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Western Area Power
Administration... | . Western Area Power Administration Transparency Act (Sec.2)This bill directs the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA)to establish a pilot project to provide increased transparency for its customers. WAPA must publicly display on its website specific information dating back to FY2008, including rates charged by po... | Western Area Power Administration Transparency Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Payoffs-for-Layoffs Corporate
Welfare Elimination Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PAYMENTS UNDER DEFENSE CONTRACTS FOR
RESTRUCTURING COSTS OF A DEFENSE CONTRACTOR MERGER OR
ACQUISITION.
(a) Prohibition.--No funds appr... | Payoffs-for-Layoffs Corporate Welfare Elimination Act of 1997 - Prohibits any funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense (DOD) from being obligated or expended for payment of any restructuring cost associated with a merger or acquisition incurred by a DOD contractor.
Provides for the h... | Payoffs-for-Layoffs Corporate Welfare Elimination Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. PERMANENT JUDGESHIPS.
The following authorized bankruptcy judgeship positions shall be
filled in the manner prescribed in section 152(a)(1) of title 28,
United States Code, for the appointment of bankruptcy j... | Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2016 This bill amends the federal judicial code to: convert certain temporary bankruptcy judges to permanent bankruptcy judges and authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges in Delaware and Michigan; convert temporary bankruptcy judges to permanent bankruptcy judges in speci... | Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Energy and Revenue Enrichment Act of
2011''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Department.--The term ``Department'' means the
Department of Energy.
(2) Enrichment plant.--The term ``enrichment plant'' means
... | Energy and Revenue Enrichment Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to contract with a qualified operator for a 24-month pilot program for the reenrichment at an enrichment plant of certain depleted uranium, beginning no later than June 1, 2012.
Authorizes the Secretary to sell the reenriched uranium gen... | To provide for the reenrichment of certain depleted uranium owned by the Department of Energy, and for the sale or barter of the resulting reenriched uranium, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. AUTHORITY FOR ACQUISITION OF AND DEVELOPMENT WITHIN CERTAIN
URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT AREAS.
(a) Definitions.--As used in this section, the term--
(1) ``date of reconveyance'' means the date on which the
disposable real property is reconveyed to the Cambridge
Red... | Extends the provisions of the Urban Renewal Plan and restrictions applicable to property in the Kendall Square Urban Renewal Area conveyed by the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the United States.Requires: (1) the Government to reconvey to the Authority certain disposable real property w... | To reconvey certain property. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Pipeline Research,
Development, and Demonstration Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines are a key
component of the energy infrastructure of the United States;
... | Energy Pipeline Research, Development, and Demonstration Act - Directs the heads of the Department of Energy, the Department of Transportation, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (participating agencies) to develop and implement a cooperative Federal research, development, demonstration, and standar... | To provide for the establishment of a cooperative Federal research, development, and demonstration program to ensure the integrity of pipeline facilities, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Keep America's Oil Here Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States is taking a number of steps to reduce
domestic consumption of oil.
(2) In 2007, the Congress passed the Energy Indep... | Keep America's Oil Here Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to accept bids on any new oil and gas leases of federal lands (including submerged lands) only from bidders certifying that all crude oil produced under such leases, and all refined petroleum products made from such crude oil, shall be offered for s... | Keep America's Oil Here Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Southeast Federal Center Public-
Private Development Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. SOUTHEAST FEDERAL CENTER DEFINED.
In this Act, the term ``Southeast Federal Center'' means the site
in the southeast quadrant of the District of Columbia that is under the
cont... | Requires the Administrator, before entering into a final agreement, to report to specified congressional committees. Requires a 30-day waiting period after such submission before the agreement may become effective.
Requires any net proceeds (after expenses) under an agreement to be deposited into the Federal Buildings ... | Southeast Federal Center Public-Private Development Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. ALASKA STATE JURISDICTION OVER SMALL HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS.
Part I of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 792 et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 32. ALASKA STATE JURISDICTION OVER SMALL HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS.
``(a) Discontinuance of Regulation by the Commission.--
Notwi... | Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to discontinue its licensing and regulatory authority over certain new, small (power production capacity of 5,000 kilowatts or less) qualifying hydroelectric project works in Alaska, effective upon FERC certification that Alaska has ... | A bill to provide for Alaska State jurisdiction over small hydroelectric projects, to address voluntary licensing of hydroelectric projects on fresh waters in the State of Hawaii, to provide an exemption for portion of a hydroelectric project located in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Radio Free Asia Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) it is the policy of the United States to promote the
right of all people, enshrined in the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, to ``seek, rece... | Radio Free Asia Act of 1993 - Amends the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973 to authorize the Board for International Broadcasting to designate one organization constituted on the model of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Incorporated, to carry out radio broadcasting to China, Tibet, Burma (a.k.a.... | Radio Free Asia Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Insurance Protection for Victims of
Domestic Violence Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF HEALTH INSURANCE DISCRIMINATION WITH RESPECT TO
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended by ... | Insurance Protection for Victims of Domestic Violence Act of 1996 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to create a new title prohibiting health insurers from: (1) discriminating against an individual or group because the individual or a family member is the subject of domestic violence; or (2) disclosing or being co... | Insurance Protection for Victims of Domestic Violence Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``21st Century Energy Workforce Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the energy sector is the third-largest industry in the
United States;
(2) 1,500,000 new skilled workers will be needed in the
energ... | 21st Century Energy Workforce Act This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a National Center of Excellence for the 21st Century Workforce Advisory Board to: (1) support and develop training and science education programs, (2) align apprenticeship programs and industry certifications to further deve... | 21st Century Energy Workforce Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Charitable Donation Antitrust
Immunity Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. IMMUNITY FROM ANTITRUST LAWS.
The Charitable Gift Annuity Antitrust Relief Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C.
37 et seq.) is amended--
(1) by amending section 2 to read as follows:
``SEC. 2. IM... | Charitable Donation Antitrust Immunity Act of 1997 - Amends the Charitable Gift Annuity Antitrust Relief Act of 1995 to make the antitrust laws and similar State laws inapplicable to charitable gift annuities or remainder trusts, except as provided under this Act.
Grants immunity from suits to persons subjected to leg... | Charitable Donation Antitrust Immunity Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose
Prevention Act of 2017'' or the ``STOP Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. FORMAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS--POSTAL SERVICE AS CONSIGNEE.
Subparagraph (B) of section 484(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
U.S.C. 1484(a)(2)(B)) is amend... | Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 or the STOP Act of 2017 This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to make the Postmaster General the consignee (i.e., the entity financially responsible for the receipt of a shipment) for merchandise, excluding documents, imported through the mail into the United... | Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Promoting Exchanges for Enhanced
Routing of Information so Networks are Great Act of 2018'' or the
``PEERING Act of 2018''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
GRANTS.
(a) Grants.--On and after the first da... | Promoting Exchanges for Enhanced Routing of Information so Networks are Great Act of 2018 or the PEERING Act of 2018 This bill requires the Department of Commerce to award grants for entities to acquire real property and necessary equipment to establish a new Internet exchange facility in areas where there are no exist... | Promoting Exchanges for Enhanced Routing of Information so Networks are Great Act of 2018 |
SECTION. 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Consumer Product Safety Commission
Enhanced Enforcement Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. REPAIR, REPLACEMENT, OR REFUND.
(a) Section 15(d) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C.
2064(d)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``If'' in the first senten... | Revises civil and criminal penalties, removing the existing cap on the maximum civil penalty that can be assessed to companies that market products in a related series of violations of Federal consumer product safety regulations. | Consumer Product Safety Commission Enhanced Enforcement Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Prepare All Kids Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. HIGH QUALITY FULL-DAY PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS.
Chapter 8 of subtitle A of title VI of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97-35; 95 Stat. 357) is amended
by inserting after subchapter C the... | Prepare All Kids Act of 2007 - Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Prekindergarten Incentive Fund from which matching grants shall be awarded to states and, through them, subgrants to qualified prekindergarten providers to establish, e... | A bill to assist States in making voluntary high quality full-day prekindergarten programs available and economically affordable for the families of all children for at least 1 year preceding kindergarten. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Handgun Safety Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. HANDGUN SAFETY.
(a) Definition of Locking Device.--Section 921(a) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(34) The term `locking device' means--
... | Handgun Safety Act of 1997 - Amends Federal criminal law to define (firearm) "locking device."
Makes it unlawful for a licensed manufacturer, importer, or dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer a handgun without a locking device or a specified related warning, with exceptions for law enforcement and governmental entitie... | Handgun Safety Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Defense
Alternative Use Committee Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings and purpose.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec.... | Defense Alternative Use Committee Act - Directs the head of each defense agency to require each contractor, as a condition of each defense contract for the provision of defense materials or services, to agree to establish an alternative use committee (committee) at each defense facility used under the contract that emp... | Defense Alternative Use Committee Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Healthy Local Policies for Schools
Act of 2010'' or the ``HELP Schools Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) childhood obesity increased threefold among children
and adolescents in the 30 years preceding the dat... | Healthy Local Policies for Schools Act of 2010 or HELP Schools Act of 2010 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to replace the nutrition promotion program with a program that requires local educational agencies (LEAs) to ensure that their local wellness policies: (1) include goals for nutrition and... | A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to promote the health and wellbeing of schoolchildren in the United States through effective local wellness policies, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Local Job Opportunities and Business
Success Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF INDUSTRY OR SECTOR PARTNERSHIP.
Section 101 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C.
2801) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (18) through... | Local Job Opportunities and Business Success Act of 2011 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to limit the required composition of local workforce investment boards (local boards) to business representatives. Requires two-thirds of the members of a local board to be business owners or officers.
Requires local... | To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to increase business engagement and improve training opportunities for occupations that are in-demand in order to get Americans back to work. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Turbo Enterprise Zone Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that:
(1) It is the Federal Government's responsibility to create
the conditions in which enterprise can once again flourish in
our inn... | Turbo Enterprise Zone Act - Provides for the waiver of Federal income, employment, self-employment, and excise taxes and State, county, and local jurisdiction taxes on qualified residents and qualified businesses in turbo enterprise zones during a five-year period. Describes such zones as any area designated as being... | Turbo Enterprise Zone Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Genetic Employment Protection Act of
1997''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Employee; employer; employment agency; labor
organization; member.--The terms ``employee'', ``employer'',
``employment agency'', and ``labor... | Genetic Employment Protection Act of 1997 - Prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of genetic information with respect to an individual, including an inquiry by the individual regarding genetic services. Sets forth confidentiality and civil action provisions. | Genetic Employment Protection Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. TEMPORARY DUTY SUSPENSION FOR CERTAIN PIGMENTS.
(a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting in
numerical sequence the following new headings:
`` 9902.32.11 Hostaperm Yellow H4G (CAS No. No change... | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1998, the duties on various specified red and yellow pigments. | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain pigments. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Adversarial Process in the
FISA Court Act''.
SEC. 2. PUBLIC INTEREST ADVOCATES FOR PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE FOREIGN
INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978.
(a) Appointment by Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.--
... | Ensuring Adversarial Process in the FISA Court Act - Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to require the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (an independent agency that reviews executive branch actions taken to protect the nation from terrorism in order to ensure a balance with pr... | Ensuring Adversarial Process in the FISA Court Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Neotropical Migratory Bird Habitat
Enhancement Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Neotropical migratory bird populations in nations
within the range of neotropical migratory birds have continued
... | Neotropical Migratory Bird Habitat Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to use funds from the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund established under this Act to provide financial assistance for projects for the conservation of neotropical migratory birds for which final project proposals are ... | Neotropical Migratory Bird Habitat Enhancement Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bovine Growth Hormone Milk Labeling
Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
Section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
321) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(gg) The term `bovine growth hormone' means--
``(A)... | Bovine Growth Hormone Milk Labeling Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that all milk and milk products labels indicate whether or not the product is derived from cows injected with bovine growth hormone.
Sets forth related bovine growth hormone recordkeeping requirements. | Bovine Growth Hormone Milk Labeling Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Plan
Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
(2) Mexican gray wolf.--The term ``Mexican ... | Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Plan Act of 2016 This bill: requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to publish a revised recovery plan for the Mexican gray wolf populations in Arizona and New Mexico; outlines what must be contained in the plan, including input from states and individuals, a maximum population... | Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Plan Act |
SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF POINT ARENA LIGHT STATION.
(a) Authority To Convey.--
(1) In general.--At such time as the Secretary determines
the Point Arena Light Station to be excess to the needs of the
Coast Guard, the Secretary shall convey to the Point Arena
Lighthouse Keeper... | Mandates conveyance, when determined to be excess to Coast Guard needs, of the Point Arena Light Station, California, to the Point Arena Lighthouse Keepers, Inc. | To direct the Secretary of Transportation to convey the Point Arena Light Station to Point Arena Lighthouse Keepers, Inc., at such time as the Secretary determines the Light Station to be excess to the needs of the Coast Guard. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Equitable Communication Site Fee Act
of 1994''.
SEC. 2. RADIO AND TELEVISION USE FEE.
The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701
et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating sections 510 and 511 as sections 511
... | Equitable Communication Site Fee Act of 1994 - Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to direct the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to establish and collect annual fees for the use of radio, television, and commercial mobile radio communications sites located on public lands. Sets forth ... | Equitable Communication Site Fee Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``DOD Cloud Security Act''.
SEC. 2. ASSESSMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CLOUD SECURITY
REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Comptroller General Responsibilities.--The Comptroller General
of the United States shall--
(1) review and summarize the be... | DOD Cloud Security Act - Directs the Comptroller General to: (1) review and summarize the best practices relating to cloud security by reviewing the practices of other federal agencies and commercial cloud providers, (2) assess the cloud capacity of the Department of Defense (DOD) and other departments by assessing how... | DOD Cloud Security Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Native American Alcohol and
Substance Abuse Program Consolidation Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to enable Indian tribes to consolidate and integrate
alcohol and other substance abuse... | Native American Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program Consolidation Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to authorize a tribe with an approved plan to carry out a demonstration project to coordinate its federally funded Indian behavioral health care program, covering alcohol and substanc... | A bill to authorize the integration and consolidation of alcohol and substance abuse programs and services provided by Indian tribal governments, and for other purposes. |
That section 6(j) of
the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)) is
amended to read as follows:
``(j) Countries Supporting International Terrorism.--
``(1) Prohibition on exports.--(A) No export or reexport
described in subparagraph (B) may be made to any country the
... | Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to prohibit the export or reexport of certain controlled goods or technology (other than food, medicine, or medical supplies) to countries whose governments have repeatedly supported acts of international terrorism. Specifies goods or technology controlled under the Wassena... | To amend the Export Administration Act of 1979 with respect to exports to terrorist countries. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness to All Fallen Vietnam War
Service Members Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds as follows:
(1) Public Law 96-297 (94 Stat. 827) authorized the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc., (the ``Memorial Fund'') to
... | Fairness to All Fallen Vietnam War Service Members Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to study and report to Congress: (1) to identify veterans who died after October 31, 1955, as a result of military operations in southeast Asia whose names are not eligible for inscription on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial;... | A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress regarding the requirements applicable to the inscription of veterans' names on the memorial wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. |
SECTION 1. EXCLUSION FROM UNRELATED BUSINESS TAXABLE INCOME FOR CERTAIN
SPONSORSHIP PAYMENTS.
(a) In General.--Section 513 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to unrelated business taxable income) is amended by adding at
the end thereof the following new subsection:
``(i) Treatment ... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to declare that unrelated trade or business does not include the activity of soliciting and receiving qualified sponsorship payments (payments received by tax-exempt organizations from corporations and other sponsors in connection with certain athletic and other public events) for purpo... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion from unrelated business taxable income for certain sponsorship payments. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Investor Protection Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. LIABILITY STANDARDS IN PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION.
(a) In General.--Section 21D(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (15 U.S.C. 78u-4(f)) is amended to read as follows:
``(f) Civil Liability.--
... | Investor Protection Act of 2002 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 regarding liability standards in private securities litigation to repeal: (1) the scienter requirement limiting joint and several liability for damages to covered persons who knowingly committed a violation of the securities laws; and (2) the ... | A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Securities Act of 1933, to address liability standards in connection with violations of the Federal securities laws, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Veterans Affairs
Claims Backlog Reduction Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) There are more than 500,000 veterans who have claims
pending with the Department of Veterans Affairs for bene... | Department of Veterans Affairs Claims Backlog Reduction Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a three-year pilot program to reduce the backlog of claims for benefits pending with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Requires the Secretary to: (1) conduct the pilot program with County V... | To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a pilot program to reduce the backlog of claims for benefits pending with the Department of Veterans Affairs. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``UNRWA Integrity Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for
Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) was established in
1949 as a temporary agency to provide r... | UNRWA Integrity Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide that voluntary U.S. contributions to the regular budget of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) may be provided only during a period for which the President certifies to Congress that UNRWA: ... | To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to assist Palestinian refugees in the West Bank and Gaza to move to post-refugee status, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ending Common Core and Expanding
School Choice Act''.
SEC. 2. STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE CHILDREN.
(a) In General.--Part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) is amended to read as ... | Ending Common Core and Expanding School Choice Act This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to: (1) eliminate the standards, assessments, and academic accountability requirements for state and local educational agencies that receive funds under the Act for the education of disadvantaged ... | Ending Common Core and Expanding School Choice Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Forest Ecosystem Stewardship
Demonstration Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS, PURPOSES, AND DEFINITIONS.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following finding:
(1) In many of the units of the National Forest System,
current conditions--... | Forest Ecosystem Stewardship Demonstration Act of 1995 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and implement a Forest Service demonstration program of stewardship contracts (as defined in this Act) to restore and preserve forest ecosystems and to sustain neighboring rural communities' economic viability.
R... | Forest Ecosystem Stewardship Demonstration Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Enhancing State Energy Security
Planning and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. STATE ENERGY SECURITY PLANS.
(a) In General.--Part D of title III of the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6321 et seq.) is amended by adding at the ... | Enhancing State Energy Security Planning and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2017 (Sec.2)This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to provide financial assistance to states for the implementation, review, and revision of a state energy security plan that assesses the state's existing circumstances and propo... | Enhancing State Energy Security Planning and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Internet Pharmacy Consumer
Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. INTERNET SALES OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 5 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act (21 U.S.C. 351 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 503A
the following section:... | Internet Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit any person from introducing a prescription drug into interstate commerce or delivering such a drug for introduction into commerce pursuant to a sale if: (1) any part of the sales transaction for the drug is conducted... | To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the sale of prescription drugs through the Internet. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes
Prevention Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The incidence of violence motivated by the actual or
perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, ... | Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Attorney General to provide technical, forensic, prosecutorial, or other assistance in the criminal investigation or prosecution of any crime that: (1) constitutes a crime of violence under federal law or a felony under state or Indian tribal law... | To provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Remote Sensing Applications Act of
2004''.
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 2004 - Requires the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey to: (1) 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 needs; (2) establish an ... | A bill to encourage the development and integrated use by the public and private sectors of remote sensing and other geospatial information, and for other purposes. |
TO SPECIFY ITS CONSTITUTIONAL
AUTHORITY, CURRENT LAW.
Chapter 2 of title 1, United States Code, is amended by inserting
after section 105 the following:
``Sec. 105a. Text of bill or resolution to specify its constitutional
authority
``(a) Requirement.--
``(1) In gener... | Read the Bills Act - Requires any bill or resolution introduced in either chamber of Congress to contain a provision citing the specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the proposed measure, including all of its provisions.
Requires any measure introduced in either chamber, designed to amend or... | A bill to preserve the constitutional authority of Congress and ensure accountability and transparency in legislation. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Targeted Gun Dealer Enforcement Act
of 1999''.
SEC. 2. REGULATION OF LICENSED DEALERS.
(a) Prohibition on Straw Purchases.--
(1) In general.--Section 922(a)(6) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by inserting ``, or with res... | Targeted Gun Dealer Enforcement Act of 1999 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit, and set penalties for, making certain false or fictitious statements with respect to the identity of the person purchasing or attempting to purchase a firearm or ammunition.
Prohibits a licensed dealer from tran... | Targeted Gun Dealer Enforcement Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant
Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the number of law enforcement officers who are killed
in the line of duty would significantly decrease if every law
enforcement o... | Directs that: (1) funds available be awarded, without regard to specified "preferential consideration" provisions, to each qualifying unit of local government with fewer than 100,000 residents; and (2) any remaining funds available be awarded to other qualifying applicants.Provides that if an application is submitted i... | Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Prevent Terrorists from Reuniting
with Terrorist Cells Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Congress passed the Authorization to use Military Force
in the wake of the devastating attacks on United Stat... | Prevent Terrorists from Reuniting with Terrorist Cells Act - Prohibits the transfer or repatriation for release or detention of any individual detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a nation or region that is recognized by the Department of State or the Department of Defense (DOD) as a haven for terrorist ... | To prohibit the release or transfer of an individual detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into or to the custody of any country or region that is recognized by the Department of State or the Department of Defense as a haven for terrorist activity or that has been classified as a state sponsor of terrorism. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Governmental Pension Plan
Equalization Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF ``GOVERNMENTAL PLAN'' DEFINITIONS.
(a) Amendment to Internal Revenue Code of 1986.--Section 414(d) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (definition of governmental plan) is ... | Governmental Pension Plan Equalization Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to specify that rules for governmental plans also apply to plans established for their employees by Indian tribal governments or their subdivisions, agencies, instrumenta... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to clarify that federally recognized Indian tribal governments are to be regulated under the same government employer rules and procedures that apply to Federal, State, and other local government employers with regard to ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Medicare Investments for
Seniors Everywhere Act (ProMISE Act)''.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL REIMBURSEMENTS FOR MEDICARE PROVIDERS IN LOW-
REIMBURSEMENT STATES.
Title XVIII of the Social Security Act is amended by adding at the
end the ... | Protecting Medicare Investments for Seniors Everywhere Act (ProMISE Act) - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) additional reimbursements for Medicare providers in low-reimbursement States (where the Medicare reimbursement ratio of the adjusted average State per capita cost for p... | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide additional reimbursements for Medicare providers in low-reimbursement States and to provide financial incentives for high quality, low-cost health care. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as ``Tim Fagan's Law'' or the ``Counterfeit
Drug Enforcement Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. SALE OR TRADE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS KNOWINGLY CAUSED TO BE
ADULTERATED OR MISBRANDED; MISREPRESENTATION AS APPROVED
DRUGS.
(a) Criminal Penalty.--Se... | Tim Fagan's Law or the Counterfeit Drug Enforcement Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a criminal fine and/or imprisonment for a person who: (1) knowingly causes a prescription drug to be adulterated, misbranded, or misrepresented as an approved prescription drug and sells or tra... | A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to increase criminal penalties for the sale or trade of prescription drugs knowingly caused to be adulterated or misbranded, to modify requirements for maintaining records of the chain-of-custody of prescription drugs, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Marriage Penalty Relief Act''.
SEC. 2. COMBINED RETURN TO WHICH UNMARRIED RATES APPLY.
(a) In General.--Subpart B of part II of subchapter A of chapter 61
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to income tax returns)
is amended by inserting aft... | Marriage Penalty Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) to permit a husband and wife to make a combined return of income taxes under which: (1) a separate taxable income is determined for each spouse by applying the rules provided in this Act; and (2) the tax imposed by section 1 (tax rates on individ... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit a husband and wife to file a combined return to which separate tax rates apply. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care Crisis Policy Commission
Act''.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) the people of the United States will find it
increasingly difficult to pay for their medical care if the
cost of such... | Health Care Crisis Policy Commission Act - Establishes the Health Care Crisis Policy Commission to study and report on the problems of the cost and delivery of medical care in the United States. | Health Care Crisis Policy Commission Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Timing Resilience and
Security Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. BACKUP GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM.
(a) In General.--Subject to the availability of appropriations, the
Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of
Homeland Security, ... | National Timing Resilience and Security Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Transportation to provide for the establishment, sustainment, and operation of a complement to and backup for the timing component of the Global Positioning System (GPS). (GPS satellites contain atomic clocks that provide... | National Timing Resilience and Security Act of 2017 |
.
Any ADR used to resolve a health care liability action or claim
shall contain provisions relating to statute of limitations,
noneconomic damages, joint and several liability, punitive damages,
collateral source rule, periodic payments, and award of attorney's fees
which are consistent with the provisions rel... | (Sec. 3) Establishes a statute of limitations for health care liability actions of two years from the date on which the alleged injury was discovered or should reasonably have been discovered, but in no case more than five years after the date the alleged injury occurred.
(Sec. 4) Makes a defendant in any health care l... | Medical Malpractice Rx Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Middle Class Assistance Act of
2008''.
SEC. 2. ABOVE-THE-LINE DEDUCTION FOR STATE AND LOCAL REAL PROPERTY
TAXES ON PRINCIPAL RESIDENCES OF TAXPAYERS WHO ELECT NOT
TO DEDUCT STATE AND LOCAL INCOME AND GENERAL SALES TAXES.
(a... | Middle Class Assistance Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a deduction from gross income for state and local real property taxes on the principal residences of taxpayers who elect not to deduct state and local income and general sales taxes (making such deduction available to taxpayers who do ... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line deduction for State and local real property taxes on principal residences of taxpayers who elect not to deduct State and local income and general sales taxes, a refundable credit for the increased cost in 2008 of heating oil used to heat the principa... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Visa Integrity and Security Act of
2001''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING THE NEED TO EXPEDITE
IMPLEMENTATION OF INTEGRATED ENTRY AND EXIT DATA SYSTEM.
(a) Sense of Congress.--In light of the terrorist attacks
perpetrated agains... | Visa Integrity and Security Act of 2001 - Expresses the sense of Congress, in light of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the United States, that the Attorney General should: (1) implement the integrated entry and exit data system; and (2) establish the Integrated Entry and Exit Data System Task Force, w... | A bill to improve procedures with respect to the admission to, and departure from, the United States of aliens. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Homefront Heroes Tax Relief Act of
2009''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR CARE PACKAGES FOR MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES IN A
COMBAT ZONE.
(a) In General.--Subpart A of part IV of subchapter B of chapter I
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating t... | Homefront Heroes Tax Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits for: (1) sending care packages to members of the Armed Forces serving in a combat zone; and (2) providing volunteer service to military families through the America Supports You program of the Department of Defense (DOD). | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit for care packages provided for soldiers in combat zones and a credit for providing volunteer service to military families through the America Supports You program of the Department of Defense. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Managed Care Bill of Rights for
Consumers Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR MANAGED CARE PLANS.
(a) Required Coverage for Services Furnished by Specialist Not
Contracted with Managed Care Plan.--In a case in which an enrollee of a
managed care p... | Managed Care Bill of Rights for Consumers Act of 1996 - Establishes certain requirements for managed care plans, including: (1) coverage for services furnished by a specialist not contracted with a managed care plan; (2) continued services of a specialist without pre-authorization; (3) assurance of equitable coverage ... | Managed Care Bill of Rights for Consumers Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Contracting and Tax Accountability
Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. GOVERNMENTAL POLICY.
It is the policy of the United States Government that no Government
contracts or grants should be awarded to individuals or companies with
seriously delinquent Federal tax ... | Contracting and Tax Accountability Act of 2013 - (Sec. 2) States that it is the policy of the U.S. government that no government contracts or grants should be awarded to individuals or business entities with seriously delinquent federal tax debts. (Sec. 3) Requires the head of any executive agency that issues an invit... | Contracting and Tax Accountability Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. ANNUAL COUNTRY REPORTS ON BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT CLIMATES.
(a) Annual Country Reports on Business and Investment Climates.--
Not later than September 1 of each year, the Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy
and Business Affairs, as well as the... | Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) report annually to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations regarding each foreign country in which acts of unfair business and investment practices have resulted in poor business and investment climates; and (2) establish a system to in... | To require a report on business and investment climates in foreign countries, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Alternative Energy Refueling System
Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. ALTERNATIVE ENERGY REFUELING SYSTEMS.
(a) In General.--Section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act
(42 U.S.C. 6991b(h)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(13) Alt... | Alternative Energy Refueling System Act of 2006 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a program to provide eligible entities (refueling vendors or owners or operators of a facility where an alternative energy refueling system is loca... | A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to establish a program to provide reimbursement for the installation of alternative energy refueling systems. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stormwater Enforcement and
Permitting Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. GREATER SPECIFICITY IN INFORMATION REQUESTS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR
CORRECTIVE ACTION.
(a) Inspections, Monitoring, and Entry.--Section 308(a)(A)(v) of
the Federal Water Pollution ... | Stormwater Enforcement and Permitting Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to require the owner or operator of any point source to provide information necessary to address an imminent and substantial endangerment to public ... | To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide more effective permitting and enforcement mechanisms for stormwater discharges associated with residential construction activity. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Early Learning and Opportunity Act
of 1997''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The first 3 years of life are a critical period of
brain development, intellectual growth, and emotional, social,
affecti... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Early Learning and Opportunity Grants
Title II: Amendment to Internal Revenue Code of 1986
Title III: Amendment to Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
Title IV: Amendments to the Head Start Act
Early Learning and Opportunity Act of 1997 -
Title I: Early Learni... | Early Learning and Opportunity Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Public Lands Rehabilitation and Job
Creation Act''.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The National Park Service's (NPS) 67,000 park assets
include over 17,000 buildings, 4,000 housing units, 1,200... | Public Lands Rehabilitation and Job Creation Act - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY2010 to: (1) the Department of the Interior for National Park Service operations and construction; (2) the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service for capital improvement and maintenance road projects; and (3) ... | Making emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for the National Park Service, National Forest Service, and Federal Highway Administration for public land rehabilitation, road projects, and job creation. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Family Asthma Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The number of people ever diagnosed with asthma
increased by 50 percent between 1998 and 2012. According to the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevent... | Family Asthma Act Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to collaborate with state and local health departments to: (1) conduct activities regarding asthma, including deterring the harmful consequences of uncontrolled asthma, and disseminating health educat... | Family Asthma Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Teacher Education for Autistic
Children Act of 2002'' or the ``TEACH Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. TRAINING OF SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS WITH EXPERTISE IN AUTISM
SPECTRUM DISORDERS.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to such sums... | Teacher Education for Autistic Children Act of 2002 - TEACH Act of 2002 - Authorizes additional appropriations for: (1) training of special education teachers with expertise in autism spectrum disorders (ASD); and (2) improving results for children with ASD, under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).... | To provide assistance to train teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Patent and Trademark Office
Authorization Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF AMOUNTS AVAILABLE TO THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK
OFFICE.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Patent and Trademark Office for s... | Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 1993 - Authorizes appropriations to the Patent and Trademark Office for FY 1994.
Sets the trademark fee at $245 and prohibits any adjustments to such fee before October 1, 1994.
Amends the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 to authorize the ... | Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. REFERENCE.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal
of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to
be made to a section or other provision of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.... | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to allow borrowers consolidating student loans to choose: (1) a variable or fixed interest rate; and (2) the loan consolidator.
Provides for the Federal Government's recapture of excess interest charged by lenders, under HEA provisions for special allowances for lenders of... | To allow borrowers consolidating student loans to choose a variable or fixed interest rate, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Restore U.S. Manufacturing Act of
2007''.
SEC. 2. DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING INCOME EXEMPT FROM TAX.
(a) In General.--Part VI of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to itemized deductions for
individuals and corporatio... | Restore U.S. Manufacturing Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a 100% tax deduction for qualified manufacturing activities income. Defines "qualified manufacturing activities income" as the excess of domestic manufacturing gross receipts over the cost of goods sold, and other expenses, losses, or de... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt from tax income from domestic manufacturing activities. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Electronic Securities Transactions
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the growth of electronic commerce and electronic
transactions represent a powerful force for economic growth,
consumer choice and creatio... | Electronic Securities Transactions Act - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to permit a registered broker, dealer, transfer agent, or investment adviser, respectively, to: (1) rely upon an electronic signature on any document submitted by a customer or counterparty; and (... | Electronics Securities Transactions Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Screening Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Very Efficiently (SAAAVE) Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. MEDICARE COVERAGE OF ULTRASOUND SCREENING FOR ABDOMINAL AORTIC
ANEURYSMS.
(a) In General.--Section 1861 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395x) is... | Screening Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Very Efficiently (SAAAVE) Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a national education and informa... | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms under part B of the Medicare Program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act
of 2014''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Child welfare service providers, both individuals and
organizations, have the inherent, fundamental, and... | Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2014 - Prohibits the federal government, and any state that receives federal funding for any program that provides child welfare services under part B (Child and Family Services) or part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV (Grants to States fo... | Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act to acquire a dedicated communications
satellite system on which instruction, education, and training
programming can be collocated and free from preemption.
SEC. 2. EDUCATIONAL SATELLITE LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM.
(a) Program Authorized.--
(1) In g... | Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to carry out an educational satellite loan guarantee program.
Guarantees any lender against loss of principal or interest on a loan which is to be used solely to acquire and operate a communications satellite system dedicated to transmitting instructional programming. Restricts su... | To establish an education satellite loan guarantee program for communications among education, Federal, state, and local institutions and agencies and instructional and educational resource providers. |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the Middle Rio Grande bosque is--
(A) a unique riparian forest located in
Albuquerque, New Mexico;
(B) the largest continuous cottonwood forest in the
Southwest;
... | Directs the Secretary of the Army to: (1) carry out critical restoration projects along the Middle Rio Grande in New Mexico, from Cochiti Dam to the headwaters of the Elephant Butte Dam; and (2) consult with certain local environmental groups in carrying out such projects. Requires non-federal interests to pay 25 perce... | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to carry out critical restoration projects along the Middle Rio Grande. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Eliminate Preventable Waste Act''.
SEC. 2. REPORTS ON IMPROPER PAYMENTS.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding the requirements of section
2(a)(2) of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C.
3321 note), not later than 90 days after the end o... | Eliminate Preventable Waste Act - Directs the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA), the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) conduct reviews of specified p... | Eliminate Preventable Waste Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Home Infusion Therapy
Access Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. HOME INFUSION THERAPY SERVICES TEMPORARY TRANSITIONAL PAYMENT.
(a) In General.--Section 1834(u) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395m(u)) is amended, by adding at the end the following ... | Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Access Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to temporarily provide for transitional Medicare payment with respect to certain home infusion services furnished on or after January 1, 2019. Under current law, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Se... | Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Access Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Jobs Amendments Act
of 2010''.
SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS LENDING FUND AMENDMENTS.
(a) In General.--Subtitle A of title IV of the Small Business Jobs
Act of 2010 is amended--
(1) in section 4102--
(A) in parag... | Small Business Jobs Amendments Act of 2010 - Amends the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 with respect to the Small Business Lending Fund Program (Program) to: (1) remove the requirement that a community development loan fund (CDLF) be a tax-exempt entity; (2) include as an eligible institution under the Program any smal... | To amend the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 to enhance the provisions of the Small Business Lending Fund Program, to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to create a Small Business Early-Stage Investment Program, and to create the Small Business Borrower Assistance Program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Public Employee Pension Plan
Liability Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. CIVIL ENFORCEMENT OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSION PLAN TERMS.
(a) In General.--A civil action may be brought, by a participant or
beneficiary under a public employee pension plan, against the pla... | Public Employee Pension Plan Liability Act of 1995 - Permits a participant or beneficiary under a public employee pension plan to bring a civil action against the plan to: (1) recover benefits due him or her under the plan's terms, to enforce his or her rights, or to clarify his or her rights to future benefits; (2) e... | Public Employee Pension Plan Liability Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. FEE AUTHORITY AND REPEAL OF PROHIBITION.
(a) Authority.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior (in this
section referred to as the ``Secretary'') may permit, under
terms and conditions considered necessary by the Secretary, the
use of lands and facilities... | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to permit the use of lands and facilities for the making of any motion picture, television production, soundtrack, or similar project if such use is appropriate and will not impair the values and resources of such lands and facilities.
Provides for permit fees and distribution ... | To provide for the collection of fees for the making of motion pictures, television productions, and sound tracks in National Park System and National Wildlife Refuge System units, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS IN INDIAN COUNTRY.
(a) Definitions.--Section 9001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42
U.S.C. 6991) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
``(9) The term `Indian country' means--
``(A) all land within the limits of any Ind... | Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) delegate primary enforcement authority for programs under such Act to qualifying Indian tribes; (2) provide grant and contract assistance to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, tribes to carry out... | To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to enable Indian tribes to enforce provisions of the Act relating to leaking underground storage tanks on Indian lands, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``European Security Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. STATEMENTS OF POLICY.
The Congress declares the following to be the policy of the United
States:
(1) Policy with respect to nato enlargement.--(A) The
emerging democracies in Central and East... | European Security Act of 1997 - Directs the President to designate additional emerging democracies in Central and Eastern Europe which meet specified criteria and that have not been designated as eligible to receive assistance under the NATO Participation Act of 1994.
(Sec. 3) Expresses the sense of the Congress that:... | European Security Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Miscellaneous Fuel Tax Corrections
Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. INTEREST PAYABLE ON GASOLINE TAX REFUNDS TO WHOLESALE
DISTRIBUTORS.
Paragraph (4) of section 6416(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended by adding at the end the follo... | Miscellaneous Fuel Tax Corrections Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to mandate interest on gasoline tax refunds to wholesale distributors, if the refunds are not paid within a specified period. Limits the period in which a refund claim may be filed.
Revises requirements regarding the filing of claims fo... | Miscellaneous Fuel Tax Corrections Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Our Children from Sexual
Predators Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. ISSUANCE OF DRIVER'S LICENSES OR IDENTIFICATION CARDS TO SEX
OFFENDERS.
A State or tribal actor that issues driver's licenses or
identification cards must have in effec... | Protecting Our Children from Sexual Predators Act of 2005 - Requires a state actor (any state, the District of Columbia, or specified U.S. territories and possessions) or federally recognized Indian tribe (tribal actor) that issues driver's licenses or identification cards to have in effect throughout the jurisdiction ... | To ensure that States do not issue driver's licenses or identification cards to sex offenders unless the offenders are in compliance with all applicable registration requirements. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as The ``Structured
Settlement Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF EXCISE TAX ON PERSONS WHO ACQUIRE STRUCTURED
SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS IN FACTORING TRANSACTIONS.
(a) In General.--Subtitle E of the Interna... | Structured Settlement Protection Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose an excise tax on persons acquiring structured settlement payments in factoring transactions; and (2) set forth related reporting requirements. | Structured Settlement Protection Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty
Act''.
SEC. 2. INTEREST RATES.
(a) Interest Rate Provisions and Disclosures.--Section 455 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(7)(C), by inserting ``and b... | Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to set the annual interest rate on Direct Loans at the bond equivalent rate on 91-day Treasury bills plus: (1) 1.85% for Direct Stafford Loans and Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans for undergraduate student... | Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Military Energy Security Act'' or
the ``MESA Act''.
SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ON COLLABORATIVE ENERGY SECURITY.
(a) Pilot Program.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with
the Secretary of Energy, shall carry out a collaborative energy
security pil... | Military Energy Security Act or the MESA Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to carry out a collaborative energy security pilot program involving one or more partnerships between a military installation and a national laboratory, for the purpose of evaluating and validating secure, salable microgrid components... | To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program on collaborative energy security. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Honoring Investments in Recruiting
and Employing American Military Veterans Act of 2016'' or the ``HIRE
Vets Act''.
SEC. 2. HIRE VETS MEDALLION PROGRAM.
(a) Program Established.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secre... | Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing American Military Veterans Act of 2016 or the HIRE Vets Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Labor to establish a HIRE Vets Medallion Program to solicit voluntary information from employers for purposes of recognizing, by the award of a HIRE Vets Medallion, v... | Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing American Military Veterans Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Commission on the Removal of
Mexican-Americans to Mexico Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) From 1929 through 1941, Federal, State, and local
Government authorities and certain private... | Commission on the Removal of Mexican-Americans to Mexico This bill establishes the Commission on the Removal of Mexican-Americans to Mexico, which shall: (1) review the facts and circumstances surrounding the 1929-1941 removal of certain U.S. citizens and permanent legal residents to Mexico and the impact of such actio... | Commission on the Removal of Mexican-Americans to Mexico Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; ETC.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Corporation Income
Tax Rate Reduction Act of 2001''.
(b) Amendment of 1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly
provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in
terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a sectio... | Corporation Income Tax Rate Reduction Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for reductions in both individual and corporate income tax rates. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide individual and corporate income tax rate reductions. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening Oversight of TSA
Employee Misconduct Act''.
SEC. 2. TSA MISCONDUCT INSPECTION PLAN.
(a) In General.--Section 44935 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by redesignating the second subsection (i) (relating to
... | Strengthening Oversight of TSA Employee Misconduct Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to designate a senior official: implement a plan to oversee unannounced inspections at airports of agency actions taken to address TSA employ... | Strengthening Oversight of TSA Employee Misconduct Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Do Not Track Me Online Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal
Trade Commission.
(2) Covered entity.--The term ``covered entity'' means a
person engaged... | Do Not Track Me Online Act - Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate regulations to establish standards for the required use of an online opt-out mechanism to allow a consumer to prohibit the collection or use of any covered information and to require a covered entity to respect the choice of such con... | To direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe regulations regarding the collection and use of information obtained by tracking the Internet activity of an individual, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Koby Mandell Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Numerous American citizens have been murdered or maimed
by terrorists around the world, including more than 100
murdered since 1968 in terrorist... | Koby Mandell Act of 2003 - Establishes within the Department of Justice an Office of Justice for Victims of Overseas Terrorism.Requires the Office to: (1) assume responsibility for administration of the Rewards for Justice program and its website; (2) ensure that rewards are offered to capture all terrorists involved i... | A bill to create an office within the Department of Justice to undertake certain specific steps to ensure that all American citizens harmed by terrorism overseas receive equal treatment by the United States Government regardless of the terrorists' country of origin or residence, and to ensure that all terrorists involv... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Safely Advancing Valuable and
Inexpensive New Generic Solutions Act'' or the ``SAVINGS Act''.
SEC. 2. FAST TRACK REVIEW FOR CERTAIN GENERIC DRUGS.
Section 505(j) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21
U.S.C. 355(j)) is amended by adding at the... | Safely Advancing Valuable and Inexpensive New Generic Solutions Act or the SAVINGS Act This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to prioritize the review of certain generic drug applications and act on them within 150 days. This generic fast track review... | SAVINGS Act |
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