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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Endangered Species Act Amendments of
2000''.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF TAKE DEFINITION.
Section 3(19) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C.
1532(19)) is amended to read as follows:
``(19)(A) The term `take' means to harm, pursue, ... | Directs the Secretary to promulgate standards for rendering taxonomic determinations of species and subspecies.
Sets forth provisions for the compensation of Federal actions taken resulting in the diminishment of the value of private property. | Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Nuclear Emergency Re-establishment
of Obligations (NERO) Act''.
SEC. 2. EMERGENCY AUTHORITY OF CHAIRMAN.
(a) In General.--The Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
may not exercise emergency authority to make decisions or take actions
otherwis... | Nuclear Emergency Re-establishment of Obligations (NERO) Act - Prohibits the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) from exercising emergency authority to make decisions or take actions otherwise reserved for the full Commission unless the Chairman has declared an emergency based upon: (1) an imminent safe... | To clarify the authority of the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to act on behalf of the Commission during emergencies, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. CREDIT FOR INTEREST ON EDUCATION LOANS.
(a) In General.--Subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to nonrefundable
personal credits) is amended by inserting after section 22 the
following new section:
``SEC. 23. INTEREST ON EDUCATION LOANS.
... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for interest paid or incurred on any qualified education loan during the first 48 months (whether or not consecutive) for which interest payments are required to be made. Limits such credit to $300.
Allows such tax credit to parents only if the dependent is a stu... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit or deduction for interest paid on education loans. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Food and Agricultural
Science Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Council.--The term ``Council'' means the Standing
Council of Advisors established under section 4(c).
(2) Director.--Except as o... | National Food and Agricultural Science Act of 2004 - Establishes: (1) in the National Science Foundation a Division of Food and Agricultural Science, which shall be administered by a Director of Food and Agricultural Science; and (2) in the Division a Standing Council of Advisors.
States that the Division's sole funct... | A bill to establish a Division of Food and Agricultural Science within the National Science Foundation and to authorize funding for the support of fundamental agricultural research of the highest quality, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``High Risk Protection Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) the term ``critical infrastructure'' has the meaning
given the term in section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of
2002 (6 U.S.C. 101);
(2)... | High Risk Protection Act of 2007 - Requires amounts appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Program to be allocated based solely on risk (which shall include an evaluation of threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences and consideration of any previous terro... | A bill to ensure adequate funding for high-threat areas, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veteran Overmedication Prevention
Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF CERTAIN
DEATHS OF VETERANS BY SUICIDE.
(a) Review Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date... | Veteran Overmedication Prevention Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (or another private, not-for-profit entity with comparable expertise) to review the deaths of all covered veterans who died by suicide d... | Veteran Overmedication Prevention Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Increasing Access to a Secure
Retirement Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. FIDUCIARY SAFE HARBOR FOR SELECTION OF LIFETIME INCOME
PROVIDER.
Section 404 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(29 U.S.C. 1104) is amended by adding at ... | Increasing Access to a Secure Retirement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to specify optional measures that a fiduciary for a pension plan may take in selecting an insurer and a guaranteed retirement income contract to assure that the fiduciary meets the prudent ... | Increasing Access to a Secure Retirement Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``International Military Training
Transparency and Accountability Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF DEFENSE SERVICES AND TRAINING TO
FOREIGN COUNTRIES INELIGIBLE FOR IMET ASSISTANCE OR OTHER
MILITARY ASSISTANCE OR ARMS TR... | International Military Training Transparency and Accountability Act - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to prohibit the sale, lease, loan, or grant of defense services or training (including Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET)) to any foreign country that is prohibited or restricted from receiving international mi... | International Military Training Transparency and Accountability Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Aviation Security Innovation &
Reform Act of 2010'' or the ``AIR Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. CONTINUING SECURITY TRAINING.
Section 44935 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``Under Secretary of Transportation for
... | Aviation Security Innovation & Reform Act of 2010 or AIR Act of 2010 - Directs the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Assistant Secretary) (Transportation Security Administration [TSA]) to prescribe employment standards for air carrier personnel and airport security personnel. (Under current law, the Under Secre... | A bill to standardize training programs of the Transportation Security Administration, to establish an Office of Behavior Analysis in the Transportation Security Administration, to enhance partnerships between the Transportation Security Administration and State and local law enforcement agencies, and for other purpose... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Colonial New Mexico Commemorative
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) in 1598, almost a decade before the first permanent
English settlement was established at Jamestown, Spanish
co... | Colonial New Mexico Commemorative Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to prepare a comprehensive management plan to: (1) establish procedures for undertaking research relating to colonial New Mexico and a program for publication of research; (2) develop a survey to evaluate known resources and identify feature... | Colonial New Mexico Commemorative Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Vacant Homes Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. PROMPT RESPONSE REQUIRED.
(a) Before Foreclosure.--
(1) 90 days provided to respond.--With respect to a home in
foreclosure, the mortgage owner of such home who receives
notice from the ow... | Vacant Homes Act of 2015 This bill provides the mortgage owner of a home in foreclosure who receives notice from the homeowner (or from the homeowner's designee) of a qualified offer to buy the home in a short sale 90 days after receiving the notice to respond to the homeowner and the person who made the offer. The sam... | Vacant Homes Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Health Outcomes, Planning, and
Education for Alzheimer's Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) As many as half of the estimated 5.2 million Americans
with Alzheimer's disease ... | Health Outcomes, Planning, and Education for Alzheimer's Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for comprehensive Alzheimer's disease diagnosis and services. | Health Outcomes, Planning, and Education for Alzheimer's Act |
TITLE I--TELEMARKETING FRAUD OVER THE INTERNET
SECTION 101. EXTENSION OF CRIMINAL FRAUD STATUTE TO INTERNET.
Section 1343 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by--
(1) striking ``or television communication'' and inserting
``television communication or the Internet''; and
(... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Telemarketing Fraud Over the Internet
Title II: Special Protection for Senior Citizens
Title I: Telemarketing Fraud Over the Internet
- Amends the Federal criminal code to include within its criminal fraud protections transmissions made over the Internet. Directs the Federa... | A bill to protect the public, especially seniors, against telemarketing fraud and telemarketing fraud over the Internet and to authorize an educational campaign to improve senior citizens' ability to protect themselves against telemarketing fraud over the Internet. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Defense Nuclear Workers' Health
Insurance Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN FORMER DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY EMPLOYEES EXPOSED TO IONIZING RADIATION.
(a) Establishment of Program.--The Secretary of Energy shall
provid... | Defense Nuclear Workers' Health Insurance Act of 1995 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to provide for payments to certain former Department of Energy (DOE) employees who were employed at a DOE defense nuclear facility and who are not entitled to Medicare benefits for all reasonable expenses above $25,000 for certain h... | Defense Nuclear Workers' Health Insurance Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. PARITY IN APPLICATION OF CERTAIN LIMITS TO MENTAL HEALTH
BENEFITS.
(a) Amendment to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.--Section
9812(f)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking
``2007'' and inserting ``2008''.
(b) Amendment to the Employee Retirement Income Sec... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Public Health Service Act to extend until December 31, 2008, mental health parity provisions, which require group health plans to treat equally mental health benefits and medical and surgical benefits for purposes of ... | To extend for one year parity in the application of certain limits to mental health benefits, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Multi-Hazard School Disaster
Planning and Response Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. EXPANDING PERMISSIBLE USES OF FUNDS UNDER THE MATCHING GRANT
PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL SECURITY TO IMPROVE INFORMATION
SHARING BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SCHOOL... | Multi-Hazard School Disaster Planning and Response Act of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to allow funds provided under the Matching Grant Program for School Security to be used for the following law enforcement and school information sharing activities: (1) establishing or improvin... | Multi-Hazard School Disaster Planning and Response Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF CHARITABLE REMAINDER PET TRUSTS IN MANNER
SIMILAR TO CHARITABLE REMAINDER ANNUITY TRUSTS.
(a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 664 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to general rule) is amended--
(1) by striking ``annuity trust and'' and inserti... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the tax treatment of a charitable remainder pet trust as a charitable remainder annuity trust. Defines "charitable remainder pet trust" as a trust which pays a specified annual amount (for a maximum term of 20 years) for the care of domesticated companion animals living a... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat charitable remainder pet trusts in a manner similar to charitable remainder annuity trusts. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Health Insurance Tax Credit
Assistance Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Health care spending in the United States has grown
rapidly to a rate of approximately 10 percent a year.
... | Health Insurance Tax Credit Assistance Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for charitable contributions to tax-exempt charities which subsidize health insurance premiums and pharmacy co-payments of uninsured individuals or individuals who cannot otherwise afford health insurance or drug... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a tax credit for charitable contributions to private, nonprofit charities providing health insurance premium assistance and drug co-payment assistance, thereby transitioning uninsured Americans into private insurance and transitioning Medicaid patients into private in... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Advocacy Review Panel
Technical Amendments Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) A vibrant and growing small business sector is critical
to creating jobs in... | Small Business Advocacy Review Panel Technical Amendments Act of 1999 - Amends Federal provisions concerning the promulgation of Federal rules to allow representatives of small entities that may be affected to make an oral presentation to a review panel for a proposed rule. Requires the head of an agency covered by th... | Small Business Advocacy Review Panel Technical Amendments Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Flood Insurance Program
Fairness Act''.
SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION AND APPEAL OF MAP CHANGES.
Subsection (h) of section 1360 of the National Flood Insurance Act
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101(h)) is amended to read as follows:
``(h) Notification and Ap... | National Flood Insurance Program Fairness Act - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to replace requirements for the notification of changes to flood insurance map panels (thus, repealing them) with new requirements for the notification and appeal of such changes.Allows a community affected by the change to ... | To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to ensure homeowners are provided adequate notice of flood map changes and a fair opportunity to appeal such changes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Historic Country Store
Preservation and Revitalization Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) historic country stores are lasting icons of rural
tradition in the United States;
(2) historic c... | National Historic Country Store Preservation and Revitalization Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a historic country store preservation and revitalization program to: (1) collect and disseminate information on country stores; (2) promote State and regional partnerships among proprietors of hi... | A bill to establish a national historic country store preservation and revitalization program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ferry Transportation Enhancement
Act''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION OF FERRY BOATS AND
FERRY TERMINAL FACILITIES.
(a) Funding.--Section 1064(c) of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S... | Ferry Transportation Enhancement Act - Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to authorize appropriations for FY 2004 through 2009 for construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities.
Amends Federal highway law to make ferry maintenance (currently, only terminal) facilities eligi... | A bill to extend the authorization for the ferry boat discretionary program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION
TAX CREDIT.
(a) Extension of Credit.--Each of the following provisions of
section 45(d) (relating to qualified facilities) is amended by striking
``January 1, 2009'' and inserting ``January 1, 2014'':
(1) Paragraph (1... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2013 the tax credit for producing electricity from wind, open and closed-loop biomass, geothermal or solar energy, small irrigation power, landfill gas, trash combustion, refined coal, and hydropower facilities; (2) include marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the renewable energy production tax credit and the solar energy and fuel cell investment tax credit. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Commercial Seafood Consumer
Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. COMMERCIALLY MARKETED SEAFOOD CONSUMER PROTECTION SAFETY NET.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Commerce shall, in coordination
with the Federal Trade Commission and other appropriate Federal
agenc... | Commercial Seafood Consumer Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to strengthen federal activities for ensuring that commercially distributed seafood meets federal food quality and safety requirements.
Directs the Secretary and other appropriate federal agencies to enter into agreements to str... | A bill to strengthen Federal consumer product safety programs and activities with respect to commercially-marketed seafood by directing the Secretary of Commerce to coordinate with the Federal Trade Commission and other appropriate Federal agencies to strengthen and coordinate those programs and activities. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Home Healthcare Nurse Promotion Act
of 2009''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) There is a significant shortage of home healthcare
nurses, which is harming individuals' access t... | Home Healthcare Nurse Promotion Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) define "visiting nurse association" for purposes of the Act; (2) authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to visiting nurse associations to provide training in home health care to nurses who are hired t... | To increase home healthcare services, particularly for underserved and at-risk populations, by assisting visiting nurse associations and other non-profit home health agencies to improve training and workforce development for home healthcare nurses, promoting and facilitating academic-practice collaborations, and enhanc... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Make State Governments More Open,
Honest, and Transparent Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL STANDARDS RELATING TO STATE CONFLICT OF INTEREST
PROTECTIONS.
(a) In General.--The head of a Federal agency that administers a
Federal block grant ... | Make State Governments More Open, Honest, and Transparent Act of 2017 This bill directs the head of a federal agency that administers any of specified block grant programs to suspend the authority of the state to administer funds under the program if the state does not enact or enforce at least one law that requires di... | Make State Governments More Open, Honest, and Transparent Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Motor Systems Market Awareness Act
of 2014''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) motors and motor-driven systems account for a
significant quantity of the electricity used in the United
States;
(2) moto... | Motor Systems Market Awareness Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to make a market assessment of motors and motor-driven systems used in the United States, and establish a program to increase motor end-user awareness of: (1) the energy efficiency and cost saving opportunities available to commercial an... | Motor Systems Market Awareness Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Snowbasin Land Exchange Act of
1995''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND DETERMINATION.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) in June 1995, Salt Lake City, Utah, was selected to
host the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, and the Snowbasin Ski
... | Snowbasin Land Exchange Act of 1995 - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, subject to specified terms and conditions, to transfer certain lands within the Cache National Forest in Utah to the Sun Valley Company in exchange for specified Company lands of approximate equal value to become a part of the Wasatch or Cache... | Snowbasin Land Exchange Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Healthcare Enhancement for Americas
Rural Towns Act'' or the ``HEART Act''.
SEC. 2. REFORM AND PERMANENT EXTENSION OF THE MEDICARE-DEPENDENT
HOSPITAL (MDH) PROGRAM.
(a) Extension of Payment Methodology.--Section 1886(d)(5)(G) of the
Soci... | Healthcare Enhancement for Americas Rural Towns Act or the HEART Act This bill permanently extends and otherwise revises the Medicare-Dependent Hospital program (which provides increased payments to certain smaller, rural hospitals that serve a proportionally high number of Medicare patients). ... | Healthcare Enhancement for Americas Rural Towns Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Court of Veterans
Appeals Act of 1998''.
(b) References to Title 38, United States Code.--Except as
otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or
repeal is expressed in t... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Administrative Provisions Relating
to the Court
Title II: Staggered Retirement and Recall Provisions
Title III: Renaming of Court
Court of Veterans Appeals Act of 1988 -
Title I: Administrative Provisions Relating to the Court
- Authorizes the Court of Ve... | Court of Veterans Appeals Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hold Accountable and Lend
Transparency on Campus Sexual Violence Act'' or the ``HALT Campus
Sexual Violence Act''.
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.
(a) Disclosure of Program Reviews and Open Investigations.--The
Department of Education Organ... | Hold Accountable and Lend Transparency on Campus Sexual Violence Act or the HALT Campus Sexual Violence Act This bill amends the Department of Education Organization Act to require the Department of Education (ED) to make publicly available on its website: a list of the institutions of higher education (IHEs) under in... | HALT Campus Sexual Violence Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Early Treatment for HIV Act of
2001''.
SEC. 2. OPTIONAL MEDICAID COVERAGE OF LOW-INCOME HIV-INFECTED
INDIVIDUALS.
(a) In General.--Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1396a), as amended by section 2(a) of the Breast and Ce... | Early Treatment for HIV Act of 2001 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to give States the option of providing Medicaid coverage for certain low-income HIV-infected individuals. | To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States the option to provide Medicaid coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Recapture Excess Profits and Invest
in Relief (REPAIR) Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY WINDFALL PROFITS TAX.
(a) In General.--Subtitle E of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to alcohol, tobacco, and certain other excise taxes) is
amended by... | Recapture Excess Profits and Invest in Relief (REPAIR) Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose on certain oil companies, for taxable years beginning in 2005 or 2006, an excise tax on 50 percent of their windfall profit from the sale of crude oil; (2) allow a tax deduction for the payment of such w... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a temporary windfall profit tax on crude oil and to use the proceeds of the tax collected to offset the cost of supplemental spending bills that are targeted to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina and Rita, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Outdoor Lighting Efficiency Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Of all the electricity generated in the United States,
4.4 percent is consumed for outdoor lighting.
(2) Outdoor lighting represents ... | Outdoor Lighting Efficiency Act - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to include as "covered equipment" outdoor luminares and outdoor high light output lamps, as defined in this Act.
Specifies the lighting efficiency, lumen maintenance, and light level production capability required for each outdoor luminare... | To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to provide for standards for energy efficient outdoor lighting. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Right To Know Act''.
SEC. 2. MATERIAL TO BE INCLUDED IN ANNUAL REPORT OF TRUSTEES.
Section 201(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401(c)) is
amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as
subparag... | Requires social security account statements to contain: (1) a comparison of the annual social security tax inflows to the amount paid in benefits annually and a statement whether the ratio will result in a cash flow deficit and what year such deficit will commence as well as the first year in which funds in the Trust F... | Social Security Right To Know Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Audit the Pentagon Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are as follows:
(1) To strengthen American national security by ensuring
that--
(A) military planning, operations, weapons
... | Audit the Pentagon Act of 2015 This bill reduces discretionary spending by 0.5% for federal agencies that have either not submitted a financial statement for a fiscal year or have submitted a financial statement that has not received an unqualified or a qualified audit opinion by an independent external auditor. The b... | Audit the Pentagon Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The premature exhaustion of telephone area codes causes
economic dislocation for businesses and unnecessary
inconvenience for households.
(2) The Telecommunications Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-104)
wa... | Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), by December 31, 2000, to develop and implement a plan for the efficient allocation of telephone numbers.
Directs the FCC, until it has fully implemented such plan and at the request of a State commission, to delegate to such commission its jurisdiction over telephon... | To ensure the efficient allocation of telephone numbers. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Secure Our Nation's Interior Act of
2005''.
SEC. 2. EXPEDITED REMOVAL.
Section 235(b)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(A)) is amended by striking clauses (i) through (iii)
and inserting the following:
... | Secure Our Nation's Interior Act of 2005 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise expedited removal provisions to: (1) apply such provisions to an alien who has not been physically present in the United States continuously for the one-year (currently, two-year) period immediately prior to the date of dete... | To reduce the number of visa overstays and to ensure that illegal aliens are apprehended, detained, and removed as rapidly as possible. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Municipal Securities Investor
Protection Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF MUNICIPAL SECURITIES IN THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933.
Section 3 of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77c) is amended
by adding at the end the following new su... | Municipal Securities Investor Protection Act of 1996 - Amends the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide that a municipal issuer shall only be exempt from its provisions if such issuer: (1) pledges its full faith and credit or taxing power to make timely payments of principal and int... | Municipal Securities Investor Protection Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare and Medicaid Fraud
Prevention and Control Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. ENHANCED CMS PROGRAM PROTECTION AUTHORITY.
(a) In General.--Title XI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1301 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 1128F the following... | Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Prevention and Control Act of 2009 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish specified enhanced program and provider protections against fraud under the Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance programs under SSA titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI. | To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for enhanced program and provider protections under the Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance programs. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Wildlife Refuge System
Centennial Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) President Theodore Roosevelt began the National
Wildlife Refuge System by establishing the first r... | Directs the Secretary of the Interior to submit to Congress and the President by March 1, 2002, a unified long-term plan to address priority operations, maintenance, and construction needs of the System, including: (1) priority staffing needs; and (2) operations, maintenance, and construction needs as identified in th... | National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Act |
SECTION 1. YUMA CROSSING NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.
Section 3(b) of the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area Act of
2000 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 106-319; 114 Stat. 1281) is
amended to read as follows:
``(b) Boundaries.--The Heritage Area shall be comprised generally
of the riverfron... | Amends the Yuma National Heritage Area Act of 2000 to adjust the boundaries of the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area to comprise generally the riverfront and downtown areas.
. | A bill to amend the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area Act of 2000 to adjust the boundary of the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Florida National Forest Land
Management Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Agriculture.
(2) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Flor... | Florida National Forest Land Management Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange specified land in Florida. Requires the concurrence of the Secretary of the Air Force with respect to the sale or exchange of certain of such land. | To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange certain land in the State of Florida, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Commission to Establish the National
Museum of the American Latino Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds as follows:
(1) American Latinos are an ethnically and racially diverse
population. Still, whether known by the term ... | Commission to Establish the National Museum of the American Latino Act of 2003 - Establishes the Commission to Establish a National Museum of the American Latino.
Directs the Commission to: (1) report to the President and Congress with recommendations on a plan of action to establish and maintain, in Washington, DC, t... | To establish the Commission to Establish a National Museum of the American Latino to develop a plan of action for the establishment and maintenance of the National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, D.C., and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Mountain Park Project Act of 1994''.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF MOUNTAIN PARK PROJECT.
(a) In General.--The first section of the Act entitled ``An Act to
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and
maintain the Mountain Park reclama... | Mountain Park Project Act of 1994 - Adds environmental quality activities to the list of activities of the Mountain Park Reclamation Project, Oklahoma.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) conduct investigations to determine environmental quality activities that could be carried out for the Project; and (2) ... | Mountain Park Project Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Care Liability Relief
Act''.
SEC. 2. CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY.
The constitutional authority upon which this Act rests is the power
of Congress to provide for the general welfare, to regulate commerce,
and to make all laws which shall be nece... | Emergency Care Liability Relief Act - Limits noneconomic and punitive damages for injuries arising from the provision of uncompensated care by emergency care providers.
Authorizes the award of attorney's fees and costs in actions in which a party's liability or such damages are contested. Requires liability for such a... | To limit the liability of hospitals and emergency departments for noneconomic and punitive damages when providing uncompensated care, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Naturalization and Family Protection
for Military Members Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR NATURALIZATION THROUGH SERVICE IN THE ARMED
FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES.
(a) Reduction of Period for Required Service.--Section 328(a) of
t... | Naturalization and Family Protection for Military Members Act of 2003 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act respecting naturalization through service in the armed forces to: (1) reduce the required service from three years to two years; (2) prohibit the imposition of a naturalization fee; and (3) qualify the Sel... | To change the requirements for naturalization through service in the Armed Forces of the United States, to extend naturalization benefits to members of the Ready Reserve of a reserve component of the Armed Forces, to extend posthumous benefits to surviving spouses, children, and parents, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Civilian Service Recognition Act of
2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Many Americans are unaware that there are thousands of
civilian Federal employees serving the Nation in the dangerous
theaters ... | Civilian Service Recognition Act of 2006 - Requires executive agencies to furnish a U.S. flag to drape the casket of a civilian federal employee who dies in a combat zone, upon request of the deceased's next of kin or a close associate of the deceased.
Requires notification of federal civilian employees who are locate... | To authorize the presentation of flags at the funerals of civilian Federal employees engaged in the support of military operations who have died in combat zones in the course of their duties. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal
Cord Injury Registry Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) traumatic brain and spinal cord injury are severe and
disabling, have enormous personal and societal costs;
(2) 51... | Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to: (1) States or their designees to operate the State's traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury registry; and (2) academic institutions to conduct applied research to support the registries. Re... | Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Lock-box Act of
2001''.
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY SURPLUSES.
Section 201 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal
year 2001 (H. Con. Res. 290, 106th Congress) is amended as follows:
(1) By striking s... | Social Security Lock-box Act of 2001 - Amends H. Con. Res. 290 (106th Congress) to replace a point of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate against consideration of any revision of such resolution or any concurrent budget resolution for FY 2002 that sets forth a deficit for any fiscal year with one that p... | To amend the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2001 to protect Social Security surpluses. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Unemployment Supplemental Assistance
Act''.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS.
(a) Federal-State Agreements.--Any State which desires to do so may
enter into and participate in an agreement under this section with the
Secretary of... | Unemployment Supplemental Assistance Act - Provides for federal-state agreements for increased regular unemployment compensation payments to individuals.
Requires federal payments to states to cover 100% of such additional payments. | To provide for certain temporary additional unemployment benefits. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Airline Pilot Hiring and Safety Act
of 1996''.
SEC. 2. EMPLOYMENT INVESTIGATIONS OF PILOTS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 447 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by redesignating section 44723 as section 44724 and by
inserting after section 44722 t... | Airline Pilot Hiring and Safety Act of 1996 - Amends Federal aviation law to require air carriers to request and receive a pilot applicant's record for the previous five years with respect to: (1) current airman certificate, including any summaries of legal enforcement actions; (2) employment; and (3) motor vehicle dr... | Airline Pilot Hiring and Safety Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Millennium Compacts for Regional
Economic Integration Act'' or ``M-CORE Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
This purpose of this Act is to expand the Millennium Challenge
Corporation's ability to develop compacts with countries, particularly
in Africa, that promo... | Millennium Compacts for Regional Economic Integration Act or the M-CORE Act This bill amends the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to establish beginning with FY2013 new assistance criteria for a low-income or a lower middle income candidate country eligible to enter into a Millennium Challenge Compact with the United S... | M-CORE Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Access to Clean Water Act
of 2014''.
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS FROM CONTAMINATION BY CHEMICAL
STORAGE FACILITIES.
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et. seq.)
is amended by adding at the end the... | Ensuring Access to Clean Water Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a state exercising primary enforcement responsibility for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit... | Ensuring Access to Clean Water Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security and Medicare Lock-
box Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act to put social security and Medicare
solvency first, by prohibiting the use of social security surpluses,
Medicare surpluses, and any other government s... | Social Security and Medicare Lock-box Act of 2001 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate, until there is both a social security and Medicare solvency certification by the Boards of Trustees of the social security and Federal Hospital Insurance... | To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to preserve all budget surpluses until legislation is enacted significantly extending the solvency of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Financial Information Privacy and
Security Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) the term ``covered person'' means--
(A) a person that is subject to the jurisdiction of
any of the Federal banking ... | Permits an individual to bring a civil action, for punitive as well as compensatory or liquidated ($5,000) damages and attorneys fees, for violations of this Act. | Financial Information Privacy and Security Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Connect with Veterans Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. VOLUNTARY NATIONAL DIRECTORY OF VETERANS.
(a) Program Required.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in
coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall establish a
... | Connect with Veterans Act of 2015 Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a program to facilitate VA outreach to veterans, primary state agencies for the administration of veterans' benefits and services, political subdivisions of states, and Indian tribes. Requires the VA, to carry out such prog... | Connect with Veterans Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Workplace Religious Freedom Act of
1997''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.
(a) Definitions.--Section 701(j) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
(42 U.S.C. 2000e(j)) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(j)'';
(2) by inserting ``, after... | Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 1997 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to modify the definition of "religion" to include all aspects of religious observance, practice, and belief unless, after initiating and engaging in an affirmative and bona fide effort, an employer demonstrates that it is unable to reasonably... | Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``FAMS Augmentation Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS.
(a) Increase in Number of Federal Air Marshals.--Not later than
September 30, 2012, and in accordance with subsection (b), the
Assistant Secretary (Transportation ... | FAMS Augmentation Act of 2010 - Directs the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to increase the number of federal air marshals by at least an additional 1,750 above the number of such marshals as of January 31, 2010, to ensure increased transportation secu... | To increase the number of Federal air marshals for certain flights, require criminal investigative training for such marshals, create an office and appoint an ombudsman for the marshals, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Holocaust Accountability and
Corporate Responsibility Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Substantial Federal funding, including roughly $8
billion through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Ac... | Holocaust Accountability and Corporate Responsibility Act of 2010 - Prescribes a certification requirement for certain entities that apply to a state or local government agency for a contract for a federally-funded high-speed rail project.
Defines such an entity as a corporation, affiliate, or other entity that contro... | To make certain entities ineligible to contract with any agency or instrumentality of a State or local government for any high-speed rail project that is funded, either partially or fully, by the Federal Government. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation
Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF ITEMS AND SERVICES UNDER A CARDIAC REHABILITATION
PROGRAM AND A PULMONARY REHABILITATION PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Section 1861 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. ... | Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of items and services furnished under a cardiac rehabilitation or a pulmonary rehabilitation program. | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Second Chance for Ex-Offenders Act
of 2016''.
SEC. 2. EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS FOR CERTAIN NONVIOLENT
OFFENDERS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 229 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after subchapter C the followin... | Second Chance for Ex-Offenders Act of 2016 This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish a process to expunge an individual's records related to a nonviolent criminal offense. A nonviolent criminal offense is a federal misdemeanor or felony offense that: (1) does not include, as an element, the use of a weapo... | Second Chance for Ex-Offenders Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Deamonte Driver Dental Care Access
Improvement Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports
that between the periods 1988 to 1994 and between 1994 and
... | Deamonte Driver Dental Care Access Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to schools of dentistry and hospitals with accredited training programs in pediatric dentistry.
Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of t... | A bill to expand the dental workforce and improve dental access, prevention, and data reporting, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Prescription Drug Prices Review
Board Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is established in the Food and Drug Administration a board to
be known as the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (in this Act
referred to as the ``Board'').
SEC. 3. ... | Prescription Drug Prices Review Board Act of 1993 - Establishes in the Food and Drug Administration the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board which shall have the power to decrease the length of term of a prescription drug patent if, after notice and a hearing, it is found that the drug's price is excessive. Defines t... | Prescription Drug Prices Review Board Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Enhancing Geothermal Production on
Federal Lands Act''.
SEC. 2. GEOTHERMAL PRODUCTION ON FEDERAL LANDS.
The Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 30. GEOTHERMAL EXPLORATION TEST PRO... | Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act This bill amends the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to allow the Department of the Interior to award noncompetitive leases on up to 640 acres of certain federal land for geothermal development. Interior must lease the land at fair market value, publish a notice of any ... | Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Welfare Integrity Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. DRUG TESTING PROGRAM FOR APPLICANTS FOR AND RECIPIENTS OF
ASSISTANCE UNDER STATE TANF PROGRAMS.
(a) State Plan Requirement of Drug Testing Program.--Section 402(a)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.... | Welfare Integrity Act of 2011 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require state TANF programs to operate a program to conduct random testing of TANF applicants and recipients for illegal drug use.
Requires state TANF programs to deny assistance to ... | To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to implement a drug testing program for applicants for and recipients of assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Accelerating the End of Breast
Cancer Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Findings.
Sec. 4. Establishment.
Sec. 5. Mission; duties.
Sec. 6. M... | Accelerating the End of Breast Cancer Act of 2011 - Directs the President to establish the Commission to Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer to help end breast cancer by January 1, 2020.
Directs the Commission to: (1) identify opportunities and ideas within government and the private sector that are key components in ... | To provide for the establishment of a Commission to Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Iran Freedom Support Act''.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I--CODIFICATION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN
Sec. 101. Codification of sanctions.
TITLE II--AMENDMENTS TO THE IRAN AND LIBYA SANCTIONS ... | Iran Freedom Support Act - States that: (1) U.S. sanctions, controls, and regulations relating to weapons of mass destruction with respect to Iran shall remain in effect until the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that Iran has permanently and verifiably dismantled its weapons of mass dest... | To hold the current regime in Iran accountable for its threatening behavior and to support a transition to democracy in Iran. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act
of 1999''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF A MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION.
(a) In General.--Chapter 1 of subtitle I of title 49, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
``Sec. 113.... | (Sec. 3) Authorizes appropriations, with specified amounts earmarked for State grants, including emergency grants to any State whose commercial driver's license program is in danger of designation as failing to fulfill compliance requirements.
(Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary of Transportation to implement the safety imp... | Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``More Water for Our Valley Act,
2011''.
SEC. 2. COMPLIANCE WITH ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The economy of the San Joaquin Valley in California is
predominantly based on irrigated ... | More Water for Our Valley Act, 2011 - Deems requirements of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 relating to operations of the Central Valley Project and the California State Water Project to be satisfied with regard to the species and their critical habitat covered by the biological opinions for the operations of such P... | To provide congressional direction for implementation of the Endangered Species Act as it relates to operation of the Central Valley Project and the California State Water Project and for water relief in the State of California. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Act''.
SEC. 2. RECYCLING OF LEAD-ACID BATTERIES.
(a) In General.--Subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42
U.S.C. 6941 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 4011. RECYCLING OF LEAD-ACID BATTER... | Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit persons from disposing of lead-acid batteries (batteries) in a landfill, by incineration, or in any manner other than by return of spent batteries to one of the following authorized recipients: (1) a retail or wholesale seller of such ba... | Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Responsibility for Immigrant
Health Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. FEDERAL PAYMENTS UNDER MEDICAID FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL
CONDITIONS OF CERTAIN ALIENS.
(a) In General.--Section 1903(v)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1396b(v)(... | Federal Responsibility for Immigrant Health Act of 2002 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow Federal Medicaid payments to States for providing pregnancy-related services or services for the testing or treatment for communicable diseases of aliens who are not lawfully admitted for permanent ... | A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow Federal payments to be made to States under the medicaid program for providing pregnancy-related services or services for the testing or treatment for communicable diseases to aliens who are not lawfully admitted for permanent residence or other wise permane... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``School Capacity Relief Act''.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF STUDENTS TO SCHOOLS AT OR ABOVE CAPACITY.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 1116(b) of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6316(b)(1)) is amended--
(1) in su... | School Capacity Relief Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to authorize local educational agencies (LEAs) to prohibit the transfer of students from schools identified for school improvement to another school if that school is at or above capacity or if such transfer would increase tha... | To authorize local educational agencies to prohibit the transfer of students under section 1116 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to schools that are at or above capacity, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE,
COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT OF 1980.
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 is amended--
(1) by striking the last sentence of paragraph 101(20)(A);
and
(2) ... | Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to exclude from the definition of "owner or operator," for purposes of limiting liability for releases of hazardous substances, a person who, without participating in the management of a vessel or facility, holds indicia of ownersh... | To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act and the Solid Waste Disposal Act to limit the liabilities under these Acts of both fiduciaries and lending institutions, including finance lessors, guarantors, and others directly or indirectly holding indicia of ownership primarily to p... |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) In 1898, the United States acquired Puerto Rico in the
Treaty of Paris that ended the Spanish-American War and, by the
following year, Congress had authorized raising a unit of
volunteer soldiers in the newly acquired... | Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the award, on behalf of Congress, of a single gold medal in honor of the 65th Infantry Regiment, known as the Borinqueneers, in recognition of its pioneering military service, devotion to... | A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment, known as the Borinqueneers. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Comprehensive National Mercury
Monitoring Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) mercury is a potent neurotoxin of significant
ecological and public health concern;
(2) it is estimated that approximately 410,... | Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a national mercury monitoring program that monitors: (1) long-term changes in mercury levels and important ancillary measures in the air, and (2) long-term changes in mercury and methyl me... | A bill to establish a national mercury monitoring program, and for other purposes |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Children and Incapacitated
Dependents Care Annual Refund (CIDCARE) Act''.
SEC. 2. DEPENDENT CARE CREDIT TO BE REFUNDABLE; ADVANCE PAYMENTS OF
CREDIT.
(a) Credit To Be Refundable.--
(1) In general.--Section 21 of the Internal R... | Children and Incapacitated Dependents Care Annual Refund (CIDCARE) Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the dependent care credit a refundable tax credit.
Makes higher-income taxpayers ineligible for such credit.
Allows employers to advance the payments of such credit. | Children and Incapacitated Dependents Care Annual Refund (CIDCARE) Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Classroom Learning and
Student Performance Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Performance-based assessment.--The term ``performance-
based assessment'' means assessments that evaluate applications
... | Improving Classroom Learning and Student Performance Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award five-year grants to states that receive funds under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to enable them to: (1) collaborate with institutions of higher education, other research instit... | To improve the quality of classroom learning by empowering States to develop performance-based assessments that measure higher order thinking skills. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``ADA Amendments Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) in enacting the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
(ADA), Congress intended that the Act ``provide a clear and
compre... | ADA Amendments Act of 2008 - (Sec. 4) Amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) to redefine the term "disability," including by defining "major life activities" and "being regarded as having such an impairment."
Sets forth rules of construction regarding the definition of "disability," including that: (... | To restore the intent and protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cigars Are Not a Safe Smoking
Alternative Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Available scientific evidence demonstrates that regular
cigar smoking causes cancer, including cancers of the lip,
... | Cigars Are Not a Safe Smoking Alternative Act - Prohibits any person from selling or distributing a cigar to any individual under 18. Requires that cigar retailers: (1) ensure that all cigars are located in areas where customers do not have direct access; and (2) sell cigars only in face-to-face exchanges. Directs the... | Cigars are Not a Safe Smoking Alternative Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Native Voting Rights Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. TRIBAL IDENTIFICATION; ACTIONS FOR A DISPARITY IN AVAILABILITY
OF POLLING PLACES.
Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 1973) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(c) If ... | Native Voting Rights Act of 2014 - Amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to make an individual's unexpired tribal identification document issued by an Indian tribe or Native Corporation a valid form of identification in states and political subdivisions that require an individual to present a valid form of identificatio... | Native Voting Rights Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. ADVANCE PAYMENT OF EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT THROUGH STATE
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--Section 3507 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to the advance payment of the earned income tax credit) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(g) State Advance P... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for advance earned income credits to be paid through a State Advance Payment Program rather than by the employer. Authorizes appropriations. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit States to make advance payments of the earned income tax credit. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Examination Parity and Year 2000
Readiness for Financial Institutions Act''.
SEC. 2. YEAR 2000 READINESS FOR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) the Year 2000 computer problem poses a serious
challen... | Examination Parity and Year 2000 Readiness for Financial Institutions Act - Requires each Federal banking agency and the National Credit Union Administration Board (Board) to offer seminars to all depository institutions and insured credit unions under their respective jurisdictions on the implication of the Year 2000 ... | Examination Parity and Year 2000 Readiness for Financial Institutions Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest
Establishment Act''.
SEC. 2. HAZARDOUS WASTE ELECTRONIC MANIFEST SYSTEM.
(a) In General.--Subtitle C of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42
U.S.C. 6921 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 3024. H... | Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a hazardous waste electronic manifest system within three years that may be used by a hazardous waste generator or transporter, an owner or o... | A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a hazardous waste electronic manifest system. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``State Waste Empowerment and
Enforcement Provision Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO REGULATE.
(a) In General.--Subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42
U.S.C. 6941 et seq.) is amended by adding after section 4010 the
following new section:
``... | State Waste Empowerment and Enforcement Provision Act of 2002 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize a State to limit, place restrictions on, or otherwise regulate out-of-State municipal solid waste received or disposed of annually at each landfill or incinerator in the State, except, until two years after ... | To authorize States to regulate the receipt and disposal of out-of-State municipal solid waste. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Connect The Nation Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The deployment and adoption of broadband services and
information technology has resulted in enhanced economic
development and public safety for c... | Connect The Nation Act - Provides for grants to develop and implement statewide initiatives to identify and track the availability and adoption of broadband services within each state. | A bill to promote the deployment and adoption of telecommunications services and information technologies, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pulmonary Hypertension Research and
Diagnosis Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION COORDINATING COMMITTEE
ESTABLISHED.
Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
280g et seq.) is amended by addin... | Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Diagnosis Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the Interagency Pulmonary Hypertension Coordinating Committee. The committee must monitor research and annually summarize research and medica... | Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Diagnosis Act of 2015 |
TITLE I--ITEM VETO TO ACHIEVE BALANCED BUDGET BY FISCAL YEAR 1998
SEC. 101. PRESIDENT'S BUDGET SUBMISSION MUST BE IN BALANCE BY FISCAL
YEAR 1998.
The budgets submitted by the President under section 1105(a) of
title 31, United States Code, for fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997
shall be consistent... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Item Veto to Achieve Balanced Budget by Fiscal Year
1998
Title II: Changing Budgeting and Appropriating by Eliminating
the Committees on Appropriations
Title I: Item Veto to Achieve Balanced Budget by Fiscal Year 1998
- Requires the President to submit ... | To allow an item veto in appropriation Acts for fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 by the President to reduce spending to levels necessary to achieve a balanced budget by fiscal year 1998, and to establish select committees on congressional budget and appropriation process reform in the House of Representati... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Skills Standards Certification
Evaluation Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Various entities across the United States have
generated skills certification programs based on local and
... | Skills Standards Certification Evaluation Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) evaluate skills certification programs for employees; (2) rank such programs or determine best practices models for them; and (3) make recommendations on the merits of a unified national approach... | A bill to evaluate certain certification programs, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Caribbean Oil Spill Intervention,
Prevention, and Preparedness Act''.
TITLE I--INTERVENTION AUTHORITY
SEC. 101. DEFINITION OF VESSEL.
For the purposes of this title, the term ``vessel'' means every
description of watercraft or othe... | Caribbean Oil Spill Intervention, Prevention, and Preparedness Act This bill authorizes the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to act, without liability for damage to any interested party, to prevent or respond to a grave and imminent threat of damage to U.S. waters, coastline, or related... | Caribbean Oil Spill Intervention, Prevention, and Preparedness Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Dairy Pricing Deregulation Act''.
SEC. 2. REFORM OF FEDERAL MILK MARKETING ORDERS.
(a) Terms and Conditions of Milk and Milk Products Orders.--Section
8c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c), reenacted with
amendments by the Agricultural ... | Dairy Pricing Deregulation Act - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to revise the terms of federal milk marketing orders.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to: (1) survey and publish data regarding milk handler payments for m... | To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to deregulate the Federal milk marketing order program, to publish competitive milk price survey data, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hurricane Rita Relief Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF CERTAIN TAX BENEFITS FOR INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY
HURRICANE KATRINA TO INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY HURRICANE
RITA.
(a) Work Opportunity Tax Credit for Hurricane Rita Emplo... | Hurricane Rita Relief Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) include Hurricane Rita employees (employees residing and working in the Rita GO Zone on September 23, 2005) as members of a targeted group for purposes of the work opportunity tax credit; (2) allow an additional tax exemption of $500 for provi... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand certain tax benefits related to Hurricane Katrina and to Hurricane Rita. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Let Wall Street Pay for Wall
Street's Bailout Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Bush Administration allocated the first $350
billion of TARP funds in a manner that has outraged the Nation
... | Let Wall Street Pay for Wall Street's Bailout Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require securities trading facilities to pay an excise tax on a specified percentage of the value of securities and commodities transactions sufficient to recoup the net cost of carrying out the Troubled Asset Relief Program... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a tax on certain securities transactions to the extent required to recoup the net cost of the Troubled Asset Relief Program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Employees Electronic
Personal Health Records Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. ELECTRONIC PERSONAL HEALTH RECORDS FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEE HEALTH
BENEFITS PLANS.
(a) Contract Requirement.--Section 8902 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended... | Federal Employees Electronic Personal Health Records Act of 2006 - Amends federal civil service law to require each contract between the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and a qualified carrier offering a health benefit plan for federal employees to provide for establishment and maintenance of electronic personal h... | A bill to provide for the establishment and maintenance of electronic personal health records for individuals and family members enrolled in Federal employee health benefits plans under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Private Security Officer Employment
Authorization Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. REVIEWS OF CRIMINAL RECORDS OF APPLICANTS FOR PRIVATE SECURITY
OFFICER EMPLOYMENT.
Section 6402 of the Private Security Officer Employment
Authorization Act of 2004... | Private Security Officer Employment Authorization Act of 2007 - Amends the Private Security Officer Employment Authorization Act of 2004 to: (1) require a process to allow private security guard employees or applicants to challenge the accuracy and completeness of their criminal history records; (2) prohibit private se... | To amend the Private Security Officer Employment Authorization Act of 2004. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Tamarisk Control and Riparian
Restoration Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the western United States is currently experiencing its
worst drought in modern history;
(2) the drought in the western United ... | Tamarisk Control and Riparian Restoration Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to: (1) complete an assessment of the extent of tamarisk (an invasive plant species) invasion in the western United States and (2) establish the Tamarisk Assistance Program to provide cost-sha... | A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to control or eradicate tamarisk in the western States, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Communities of Color Teenage
Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act to develop and carry out research and
demonstration projects on new and existing program interventions to
provide youth in racial or ethnic... | Communities of Color Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award competitive grants to eligible entities for new and existing program interventions to provide youth in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities the information and skills needed t... | To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out programs to provide youth in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities the information and skills needed to reduce teenage pregnancies. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Revitalizing Older Communities
Through Housing Improvements Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. IMPROVING UTILIZATION AND SUCCESS RATES.
(a) Increased Payment Standard.--Section 8(o)(1)(D) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(1)(D)) is amend... | Revitalizing Older Communities Through Housing Improvements Act of 2004 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize, under specified circumstances, a public housing agency to establish an increased voucher program payment standard in situations of: (1) low lease success rate or voucher holder concentrat... | To reform and improve the rental housing voucher program under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Traumatic Brain Injury
Research and Treatment Improvement Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds as follows:
(1) State data and monitoring systems provide reliable data
on injury causes and risk ... | National Traumatic Brain Injury Research and Treatment Improvement Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) evaluate existing surveillance and data collections systems that track the incidence and circumstances of traumatic brain injury, including concussion; (... | National Traumatic Brain Injury Research and Treatment Improvement Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Housing Opportunities and Mitigating
Emergencies Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Gulf Coast region of the United States was recently
decimated by twin natural disasters: Hurricanes Katrina and ... | Housing Opportunities and Mitigating Emergencies Act of 2005 - Amernds the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to require the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide temporary emergency assistance for primary residences damaged or destroyed by Hurricanes Katrina... | To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide temporary emergency assistance for primary residences damaged or destroyed by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. |
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