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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Minerals Management Service Reform
Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE.
There is established as an independent establishment in the
executive branch the Minerals Management Service. The Service shall
succeed the Minerals Manageme... | Minerals Management Service Reform Act - Reestablishes the Minerals Management Service (MMS) as an independent establishment in the executive branch (currently, it is a bureau of the Department of the Interior).
Requires the MMS Director to exercise all powers and discharge all duties of MMS and to carry out all funct... | To reform the Minerals Management Service by establishing it as an independent Federal agency. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Guam War Restitution Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE ORGANIC ACT OF GUAM.
The Organic Act of Guam (48 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.) is amended by
adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 36. RECOGNITION OF DEMONSTRATED LOYALTY OF THE PEOPLE OF GUAM T... | Guam War Restitution Act - Amends the Organic Act of Guam to apply this Act to Guamanians who did not meet the one-year time limitation for filing of death or personal injury claims specified in a certain Act or who suffered other compensable injuries if such Guamanians, their heirs, or next of kin meet the eligibility... | Guam War Restitution Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Wheeling National Heritage Area Act
of 1994''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the community of Wheeling, West Virginia, and vicinity,
possess important historical, cultural, and natural resou... | Wheeling National Heritage Area Act of 1994 - Establishes the Wheeling National Heritage Area in West Virginia.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) assist appropriate local entities in the development of interpretive and educational materials as specified in the August 1992 Plan for the Wheeling National He... | Wheeling National Heritage Area Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cyber-Crime Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT CYBER-CRIMES.
Section 1030 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(5)(B), by inserting ``or a conspiracy
to commit an offense,'' after ``offense,''; ... | Cyber-Crime Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) add criminal penalties for conspiracy to intentionally access a protected computer (i.e., computers serving the federal government or financial institutions); (2) redefine the crime of computer-related extortion to include threats to access without auth... | A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to improve prevention, investigation, and prosecution of cyber-crime, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hire Now Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY TAX CREDIT FOR INCREASED PAYROLL.
(a) In General.--In the case of a qualified employer who elects the
application of this section, there shall be allowed as a credit against
the tax imposed by chapter 1 of the ... | Hire Now Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow certain employers a tax credit for 10% of the excess (if any) of the wages and compensation paid to their employees in 2012 over the amount of such wages paid in 2011, up to a maximum amount of $5 million; (2) prohibit major integrated oil companies ... | To provide a temporary tax credit for increased payroll, to eliminate certain tax benefits for major integrated oil companies, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Air Transportation Employees
Assistance Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act--
(1) the term ``eligible individual'' means an individual
whose eligibility for temporary extended unemployment
compensation is o... | Air Transportation Employees Assistance Act - Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (TEUCA) to provide for additional TEUCA benefits for certain individuals separated from employment with air carriers, or at airport facilities that provide transportation to or from an airport, or with upst... | To provide for additional temporary extended unemployment compensation for certain displaced workers. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pharmaceutical Fiscal Accountability
Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Prescription drug costs continue to rise, affecting all
people in the United States.
(2) Generic drugs are approved... | Pharmaceutical Fiscal Accountability Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to treat certain subsequent certified abbreviated new drug applications as if they were the first such application and therefore entitled to a period of 180 day generic drug exclusivity. (Abbreviated new drug applications... | To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow certain applicants for approval of a generic drug to be eligible for a 180-day period of protection from competition, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. INSTRUCTIONAL LEVEL ASSESSMENT PILOT PROGRAM.
Part A of title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``Subpart 5--Instructional Level Assessment
``SEC. 6171. INSTRUCTIONAL-LEVEL ASSESSMENT PILOT P... | Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to: (1) award competitive grants to up to 10 states for pilot programs to determine the effectiveness of assessing disabled students who are achieving significantly below grade-level proficiency at their instructional level;... | To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish an instructional level assessment pilot program. |
SECTION 1. BUS AND BUS FACILITIES STATE OF GOOD REPAIR DISCRETIONARY
GRANTS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 5341. Bus and bus facilities state of good repair discretionary
grants
``(a) Definitions... | This bill requires the Department of Transportation to make grants to assist eligible recipients in financing capital projects to maintain bus and bus facilities systems in a state of good repair, including projects to: (1) replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses and related equipment; and (2) construct bus-related f... | A bill to establish a bus state of good repair program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Combating European Anti-Semitism Act
of 2016''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) During the past decade, there has been a steady
increase in anti-Semitic incidents in Europe, resulting in
Europea... | Combating European Anti-Semitism Act of 2016 This bill expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) it is in the U.S. national interest to combat anti-Semitism at home and abroad; (2) there is a need to ensure the security of European Jewish communities, including synagogues, schools, and cemeteries; and (3) the United St... | Combating European Anti-Semitism Act of 2016 |
S ON THE BUDGET.
Section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(j) Means-Tested Welfare Spending.--
``(1) In general.--The concurrent resolution on the budget
for a fiscal year shall set forth the appropriate level for ... | Welfare Reform Act of 2014 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to declare that it should be the purpose of the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program) to increase employment, encourage healthy marriage, and promote prosperous self-sufficiency, which means the ability of... | Welfare Reform Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Contraception Education
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) each year, 3,000,000 pregnancies, or one half of all
pregnancies, in the United States are unintended, and half of
all of these unintended... | Emergency Contraception Education Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop and disseminate to the public information on emergency contraception.Requires that the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of ... | A bill to establish a public education awareness program relating to emergency contraception. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Military Supplemental
Procedures Act''.
SEC. 2. EXPEDITED CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN DEFENSE
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLS.
(a) Qualifying Bill.--This section applies with respect to a
qualifying defense supplem... | Emergency Military Supplemental Procedures Act - Provides for the expedited congressional consideration of any defense supplemental appropriations bill to meet critical national security needs for: (1) Department of Defense operation and maintenance, military personnel, ammunition procurement, or procurement to replace... | To provide for expedited consideration by Congress of supplemental appropriations bills for the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard to meet critical national security needs. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Staffing for Adequate Fire and
Emergency Response Firefighters Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to substantially increase the number of
firefighters so that communities can meet industry minimum standards to
provide adequate ... | Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Firefighters Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to require the establishment of a new office within the United States Fire Administration to administer the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Firefighter grant ... | To establish the SAFER Firefighter Grant Program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Dairy Advancement Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF DAIRY PRODUCT PRICE SUPPORT PROGRAM.
Section 1501 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7
U.S.C. 8771) is repealed.
SEC. 3. LIVESTOCK GROSS MARGIN INSURANCE FOR DAIRY.
Subtitle E of t... | Dairy Advancement Act of 2011 - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to repeal the dairy product price support program.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to permit dairy producers, as an alternative to receiving milk income loss contract program payments, to receive livestock gross margin in... | A bill to amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to promote growth and opportunity for the dairy industry in the United States, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Park System Advisory Board
Reauthorization Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM ADVISORY BOARD.
Section 3 of the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 463), is
amended--
(1) by striking ``sec. 3'' and inserting the following:
`... | National Park System Advisory Board Reauthorization Act of 2006 - Modifies provisions concerning the membership of the National Park System Advisory Board. Extends the authorization for the Board to January 1, 2016. | A bill to amend the Act of August 21, 1935, to extend the authorization for the National Park System Advisory Board, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Solar Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN)
Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO LOCATION OF SOLAR ELECTRIC
PROPERTY.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 25D(d) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follo... | Solar Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN) Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) expand the definitions of "qualified solar electric property expenditure" and "qualified solar water heating property expenditure" to allow a residential energy efficient property tax credit for solar energy property which is eithe... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that solar energy property need not be located on the property with respect to which it is generating electricity in order to qualify for the residential energy efficient property credit. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fueling the U.S.A. Through
Unlimited Reliable Energy (FUTURE) Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Economic prosperity is closely linked to an affordable
and ample energy supply.
(2) Envir... | Fueling the U.S.A. Through Unlimited Reliable Energy (FUTURE) Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to undertake full scientific and technological cooperation in the international burning plasma project (ITER).Directs the Secretary to: (1) send an implementation plan to Congress for a domestic burning plasma... | To authorize the Secretary of Energy to cooperate in the international magnetic fusion burning plasma experiment, or alternatively to develop a plan for a domestic burning plasma experiment, for the purpose of accelerating the scientific understanding and development of fusion as a long term energy source. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Felon Identification and Police
Safety Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) State laws requiring a waiting period before the
purchase of a firearm have endangered the lives of law-abiding
A... | Felon Identification and Police Safety Act of 1993 - Requires the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to reduce by 25 percent the annual allocation to a State for a fiscal year under title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 if the State has in effect a waiting period, or a system for i... | Felon Identification and Police Safety Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Trade Adjustment Assistance
Accountability Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
(a) Extension of Assistance Program for Workers.--Section 245(a) of
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(a)) is amended by striking
`... | Trade Adjustment Assistance Accountability Act of 2011 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend and authorize appropriations for the trade adjustment assistance (TAA) program for workers through FY2014.
Requires the Secretary of Labor, with respect to a petition for the certification of eligibility to apply for TAA fo... | To amend the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to the trade adjustment assistance program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Antitrust Procedural Fairness Act of
1993''.
SEC. 2. NOTICE OF AND PERIOD FOR COMMENT ON ANTITRUST GUIDELINES.
(a) Notice of Proposed Antitrust Guidelines.--General notice of the
proposed issuance of any antitrust guideline shall be published in the
F... | Antitrust Procedural Fairness Act of 1993 - Requires public notice of and a period of public comment on any guidelines proposed by the Department of Justice or the Federal Trade Commission with respect to the interpretation or implementation of the antitrust laws or to any policy relating to the enforcement of the anti... | Antitrust Procedural Fairness Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Jumpstarting Our Business Sector Act
of 2013''.
SEC. 2. CORPORATE INCOME TAX RATES REDUCED TO ZERO.
(a) Regular Tax.--Subsection (b) of section 11 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
``(b) Amount of Tax.--The amount ... | Jumpstarting Our Business Sector Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) eliminate the corporate income tax and the alternative minimum tax (AMT) on corporations in taxable years beginning after 2013; (2) exclude net capital gain from gross income; (3) extend for three years the increased depreciation al... | Jumpstarting Our Business Sector Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Commission on the Comprehensive
Study of Voting Procedures Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) Americans are increasingly concerned about current
voting procedures;
(2) Americans are increasingly c... | Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures Act of 2001 - Establishes the Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures to: (1) study and report to the President and Congress on all issues relating to voting procedures in Federal, State, and local elections; and (2) develop recommendations w... | A bill to establish a Commission for the comprehensive study of voting procedures in Federal, State, and local elections, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bridge Life Extension Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Corrosion of highway bridges costs the United States
economy $8.3 billion each year according to a Federal Highway
Administration repor... | Bridge Life Extension Act of 2008 - Allows the Secretary of Transportation to approve federal-aid highway funding for states for bridge reconstruction, replacement, or rehabilitation projects only if the state submits, and the Secretary approves, a corrosion mitigation and prevention plan. | To amend title 23, United States Code, to require corrosion mitigation and prevention plans for bridges receiving Federal funding, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fair and Impartial Reform Tax Act of
2011''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF CERTAIN TAX CUTS EXTENDED FOR HIGH INCOME
INDIVIDUALS.
(a) Individual Income Tax Rates.--Subsection (i) of section 1 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striki... | Fair and Impartial Reform Tax Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) revise income tax rates for individuals and increase such rates for taxpayers with adjusted gross incomes in excess of $500,000, (2) impose limits on and phaseouts of personal exemptions and itemized deductions for high income taxpayer... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal certain tax cuts extended for high income individuals. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Reducing Lead in Drinking Water
Act''.
SEC. 2. REDUCING LEAD IN DRINKING WATER.
(a) Definition of Lead Service Line.--Section 1401 of the Safe
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
... | Reducing Lead in Drinking Water Act This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program to remove lead service lines from public water systems. Grant recipients may use grant funds to assist low-income homeowners with replacing privately owned lead ser... | Reducing Lead in Drinking Water Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Highway Innovation and Cost Savings
Act''.
SEC. 2. TAX-EXEMPT FINANCING OF QUALIFIED HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE
CONSTRUCTION.
(a) Treatment as Exempt Facility Bond.--A bond described in
subsection (b) shall be treated as described in section... | Highway Innovation and Cost Savings Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the treatment of a qualified highway infrastructure project bond as an exempt private activity bond. | Highway Innovation and Cost Savings Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Eric and Brian Simon Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. GRATUITY FOR VETERANS AND DEPENDENTS WHO CONTRACT HIV OR AIDS
FROM BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS RELATING TO SERVICE-CONNECTED
DISABILITIES.
(a) In General.--Subchapter IV of chapter 11 of ti... | Eric and Brian Simon Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a gratuity of $100,000 to: (1) each veteran who was treated with HIV-contaminated blood, blood components, human tissue, or organs as a result of a service-connected disability and can assert through acceptable medical evidence reasonab... | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a gratuity to veterans, their spouses, and children who contract HIV or AIDS as a result of a blood transfusion relating to a service-connected disability, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``New Partnership
for Haiti Act of 2003''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 101. F... | New Partnership for Haiti Act of 2003 - Directs the President to work with the Government of Haiti and international organizations to establish a comprehensive and integrated strategy to combat infectious diseases in Haiti, including HIV/AIDS, and to establish a comprehensive health infrastructure in Haiti.
Authorizes... | To provide assistance to combat infectious diseases in Haiti and to establish a comprehensive health infrastructure in Haiti, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Election Campaign Reform Act
of 1997''.
SEC. 2. PROMOTING DISCLOSURE OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND
EXPENDITURES.
(a) Lowering Threshold for Reporting.--
(1) Responsibilities of political committees.--Section
3... | Federal Election Campaign Reform Act of 1997 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to lower the monetary threshold requirements with respect to: (1) political committee contribution and expenditure recordkeeping and reporting; and (2) independent expenditure reporting.
Subjects payments by national and S... | Federal Election Campaign Reform Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Exchange Rate Policy Reporting Act
of 1994''.
SEC. 2. PRESENTATION OF SEMIANNUAL REPORTS OF FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD TO
CONGRESS.
(a) In General.--Section 2A of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C.
225(a)) is amended--
(1) by stri... | Exchange Rate Policy Reporting Act of 1994 - Amends the Federal Reserve Act to direct the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) to report to certain congressional committees biannually and contemporaneously with the Secretary of the Treasury on the effect of monetary policy upon: ... | Exchange Rate Policy Reporting Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Manufacturing Economic Recovery Act
of 2012''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR ACQUISITION OF MANUFACTURING PROPERTY.
(a) In General.--Subpart E of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to Rules for computing
credit fo... | Manufacturing Economic Recovery Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a manufacturing recovery tax credit for investment in manufacturing real and tangible personal property used in the United States, including an increased credit for manufacturing property located in an economically disadvantage... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for the expansion of manufacturing in the United States. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Public Buildings Cost Reduction Act
of 2007''.
SEC. 2. COST-EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACCELERATION PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--
(1) In general.--The Administrator of General Services
(referred to in this section as the ``Administrator''... | Public Buildings Cost Reduction Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Requires the Administrator of General Services to establish a program to accelerate the use of more cost-effective technologies and practices at General Services Administration (GSA) facilities. Requires such program to: (1) ensure centralized responsibility for th... | A bill to achieve emission reductions and cost savings through accelerated use of cost-effective lighting technologies in public buildings, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Transportation Workforce
Modernization Act''.
SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION WORKER RETRAINING GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation may make grants
under this section... | Transportation Workforce Modernization Act This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation to make grants to institutions of higher education and other entities to establish curriculum for a transportation worker retraining program for workers displaced by the adoption of automated driving systems. The Governmen... | Transportation Workforce Modernization Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Workforce Education Act of 1994''.
TITLE I--TARGETED JOBS CREDIT FOR SCHOOL-TO-WORK PROGRAMS
SEC. 101. TARGETED JOBS CREDIT FOR PARTICIPANTS IN APPROVED SCHOOL-TO-
WORK PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--Subparagraph (I) of section 51(d)(1)... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Targeted Jobs Credit for School-to-Work Programs
Title II: Authorization of Appropriations for the National
and Community Service Act of 1990
Title III: Study and Report Relating to Consolidation of
Federal Dislocated Worker Programs
Title IV:... | Workforce Education Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Creating Homeownership Opportunity
Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. HOUSING EQUITY SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.
(a) In General.--Part VII of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to additional itemized
deductions for individuals) is amen... | Creating Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish tax-exempt housing equity savings accounts to assist individual taxpayers under the age of 55 in paying the costs of acquiring, constructing, or reconstructing a principal residence. Allows: (1) a deduction from gross income ... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for contributions to tax-exempt Housing Equity Savings Accounts. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Utah Schools and Lands Exchange Act
of 1998''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The State of Utah owns approximately 176,600 acres of
land, as well as approximately 24,165 acres of mineral
interests, ... | Utah Schools and Lands Exchange Act of 1998 - Ratifies the "Agreement to Exchange Utah School Trust Lands Between the State of Utah and the United States of America" and sets forth the obligations and commitments of the United States, Utah, and Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration as a matter of Fed... | Utah Schools and Lands Exchange Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Inflammatory Bowel Disease Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are serious
inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Crohn's
disease may occ... | Inflammatory Bowel Disease Act - Requires the Director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to expand activities addressing inflammatory bowel disease, emphasizing genetic, animal model, and clinical research.Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to e... | A bill to expand research regarding inflammatory bowel disease, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional Member's Pension
Limitation Act of 1994''.
SEC. 2. REFERENCE.
Whenever in this Act a section or other provision is amended or
repealed, such amendment or repeal shall be considered to be made to
that section or other provision of title 5... | Congressional Member's Pension Limitation Act of 1994 - Amends provisions governing the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) and the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to redefine the "average pay" of a Member of Congress as the largest annual rate resulting from averaging the Member's rates of basic pay in ef... | Congressional Member's Pension Limitation Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Register of Copyrights Selection and
Accountability Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS.
(a) Amendments.--Section 701 of title 17, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``(a) ... | Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends federal copyright law to require the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint a Register of Copyrights from a list of at least three individuals recommended by a panel composed of: the Speaker of the House... | Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``At-Risk Youth Medicaid Protection
Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. AT-RISK YOUTH MEDICAID PROTECTION.
(a) In General.--Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1396a) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ... | At-Risk Youth Medicaid Protection Act of 2014 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require state Medicaid plans to: (1) prohibit the state from terminating (but allow it to suspend) enrollment under the state plan for medical assistance for an eligible juvenile because he or she is an inmate of a... | At-Risk Youth Medicaid Protection Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Graduate Opportunities in Medical
Education Distribution Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. REDISTRIBUTING UNUSED RESIDENCY POSITIONS TO HOSPITALS IN
STATES WITH SHORTAGES OF RESIDENTS AND HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS.
(a) In General.--Section... | Graduate Opportunities in Medical Education Distribution Act of 2016 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to redistribute unused residency positions for which graduate medical education costs are paid under Medicare. Specifically, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must: (1) ... | Graduate Opportunities in Medical Education Distribution Act of 2016 |
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Service for School Act of 2005''.
SECTION 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to provide Federal tuition assistance to
undergraduate students attending eligible institutions in exchange for
a commitment to perform National service.
SEC. 3. TUITION ASS... | Service for School Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide tuition assistance to undergraduate students attending eligible institutions of higher education in exchange for a commitment to perform national service. | To provide tuition assistance to undergraduate students in exchange for the performance of National service. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Community Garden Grant
Program Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) in communities across the United States there are
thousands of acres of vacant lots, the number of which i... | National Community Garden Grant Program Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to award up to 100 community garden program grants.
Authorizes appropriations. | National Community Garden Grant Program Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture Security Assistance
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) some agricultural diseases pose a direct threat to
human health;
(2) economic sabotage, in the form of agroterrorism, is
also a ... | Agriculture Security Assistance Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) assist States to develop agricultural disease response plans, including regional and national plans; (2) conduct a related modeling and statistical analysis study; (3) provide State grants for e... | A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to assist States and communities in preparing for and responding to threats to the agriculture of the United States. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Trade Enhancement Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Recent financial crises affecting key trading partners
show that the health of the international economic system
depends on op... | Trade Enhancement Act of 2002 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to make an act, policy, or practice unjustifiable if it constitutes fostering by a foreign government of systematic anticompetitive activities by persons or among persons in one or more foreign countries that have the effect of restricting, on a basis inconsi... | To amend the Trade Act of 1974 and the Sherman Act to address foreign private and joint public-private market access barriers that harm United States trade, and to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to address the failure of foreign governments to cooperate in the provision of information relating to certain investigations. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Disability Waiting
Period Elimination Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF 5-MONTH WAITING PERIOD FOR BENEFITS BASED ON
DISABILITY.
(a) Disability Insurance Benefits.--
(1) In general.--The first sentence of s... | Social Security Disability Waiting Period Elimination Act of 2001 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) eliminate the five-month waiting period for disability insurance benefit payments and for widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on d... | To amend titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 5-month waiting period which is presently required in order for an individual to be eligible for benefits based on disability or for the disability freeze and to eliminate the 24-month waiting period for disabled individuals to become eligible for... |
SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) the President has set several ambitious national goals
to improve education in the United States as part of the
America 2000 program;
(2) the length of the academic year at most elementary and
second... | Directs the Secretary of Education to provide demonstration grants to secondary schools to extend the length of the academic year at such schools, for three consecutive years, to at least 200 academic days, with each such day consisting of at least seven hours of actual instruction.
Requires selection, to the extent p... | To provide demonstration grants to secondary schools for the purpose of extending the length of the academic year at such school. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Geothermal Production Expansion Act
of 2010''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) it is in the best interest of the United States to
develop clean renewable geothermal energy;
(2) development of that energy shou... | Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2010 - Amends competitive lease provisions of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to allow an area of qualified federal land (land that is otherwise available for leasing under that Act) that adjoins other land for which a qualified lessee holds a legal right to develop geothermal re... | A bill to expand geothermal production, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Spent Nuclear Fuel On-Site Storage
Security Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. DRY CASK STORAGE OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL.
(a) In General.--Title I of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982
(42 U.S.C. 10121 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
... | Spent Nuclear Fuel On-Site Storage Security Act of 2005 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to prescribe guidelines for the transfer of spent nuclear fuel, within six years after enactment of this Act, from spent nuclear fuel pools into spent nuclear fuel dry casks at an independent spent fuel storage facilit... | To amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to require commercial nuclear utilities to transfer spent nuclear fuel pools into spent nuclear fuel dry casks and convey to the Secretary of Energy title to all spent nuclear fuel thus safely stored. |
SECTION 1. SENIOR LEVEL POSITIONS.
(a) In General.--Subchapter III of chapter 7 of subtitle I of title
31, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 732 the
following:
``Sec. 732a. Critical positions
``The Comptroller General may establish senior-level positions to
meet critical scientific, ... | Provides guidelines for: (1) voluntary early retirement authority; and (2) separation pay.
Directs the Comptroller General to prescribe regulations for a reduction in force implemented for downsizing, realigning, or correcting skill imbalances. | A bill to amend chapter 7 of title 31, United States Code, to authorize the General Accounting Office to take certain personnel actions, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This act may be cited as the ``Commercial Fishing Industry Health
Care Coverage Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR QUALIFIED COMMERCIAL FISHING INDUSTRY HEALTH CARE
COVERAGE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.
Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act is amended by
addi... | Commercial Fishing Industry Health Care Coverage Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration, to establish a grant program to assist commercial fishing states in establishing or strengthening programs ... | To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Federal grant program to provide increased health care coverage to and access for uninsured and underinsured workers and families in the commercial fishing industry, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Graduate Psychology Education Act of
2009''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the Institute of Medicine issued a 2006 report entitled
``Improving the Quality of Health Care for Mental and Substance
Abuse Conditio... | Graduate Psychology Education Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to accredited doctoral, internship, and residency programs in psychology for the development and implementation of programs to p... | To amend the Public Health Service Act to promote mental and behavioral health services for underserved populations. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States-Israel Agriculture
Strategic Partnership Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Agreement to establish the United States-Israel
Binational Agricultural Research and Development (BARD) Fund,
... | United States-Israel Agriculture Strategic Partnership Act This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to establish a program for cooperative research and development in agriculture with the government of Israel. The purpose of the program is to establish a framework to enhance the collaboration between the Un... | United States-Israel Agriculture Strategic Partnership Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Student Visa Integrity Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) SEVIS.--The term ``SEVIS'' means the Student and
Exchange Visitor Information System of the Department of
Homeland Security.
(2) SEVP.--The term... | Student Visa Integrity Act - Amends the federal criminal code to subject to fine and a 15-year prison term an owner, official, employee, or agent of an educational institution who commits fraud or misuse of visas, permits, and other immigration documents in connection with the institution's participation in the Studen... | Student Visa Integrity Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Account Number
Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER PROTECTION.
(a) Prohibition of Unnecessary Solicitation of Social Security
Numbers.--
(1) In General.--Unless there is a specific use of a social
secur... | Social Security Account Number Protection Act - Prohibits any financial or related institution covered by this Act (covered entity), unless for a specific use for which no other identifier reasonably can be employed, from soliciting a Social Security number from an individual except: (1) for use in an identification, v... | A bill to provide additional security and privacy protection for social security account numbers. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Green Hospitals, Healthy Hospitals
Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. LOANS FOR HEALTH CARE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services
(referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary''), acting in conjunction
with the Administrator of the Health Res... | Green Hospitals, Healthy Hospitals Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting in conjunction with the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to provide nonprofit hospitals and health care institutions with 30-year no interest loans to enable such institutions to... | A bill to provide loans to hospitals and nonprofit health care institutions to implement green building technologies, waste management techniques, and other environmentally sustainable practices to improve employee performance, reduce healthcare costs, and improve patient outcomes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Forest Landscape Restoration Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to encourage the collaborative, science-
based ecosystem restoration of priority forest landscapes through a
process that--
(1) encourages ecological, economic, ... | Forest Landscape Restoration Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program to select and fund ecological restoration treatments for priority forest landscapes.
Sets forth provisions concerning the eligibility criteria for, and nomination and selection of, ... | To encourage the collaborative, science-based ecosystem restoration of priority forest landscapes on Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service through a joint Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Freeing Alternatives for Speedy
Transportation (FAST) Act''.
SEC. 2. INTERSTATE SYSTEM.
(a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 1 of title 23, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 165. Fast fees
``(a) Establish... | Freeing Alternatives for Speedy Transportation (FAST) Act - Amends Federal highway law to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish and implement an Interstate System FAST Lanes program under which the Secretary shall permit a State, or a public or private entity designated by the State, to collect fees to fi... | To amend title 23, United States Code, to empower State and local authorities with tools to eliminate congestion on the Interstate System. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Captive Wildlife Safety Technical
Amendments Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. CAPTIVE WILDLIFE SAFETY AMENDMENTS.
(a) Prohibited Acts.--Section 3 of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981
(16 U.S.C. 3372) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(2)--
... | Captive Wildlife Safety Technical Amendments Act of 2008 - Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 relating to the enforcement of, and civil and criminal penalties under, the Captive Wildlife Safety Act. Prohibits any person from importing, exporting, transporting, selling, receivi... | To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to protect captive wildlife and to make technical corrections, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``School Safety Hotline Act of 2001''.
SECTION 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) an estimated 255,000 violent incidents occurred in 1999
on school property, at an official school function, or while
traveling to and fr... | School Safety Hotline Act of 2001 - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 and the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994 to allow certain grants to be used to establish and maintain school violence hotlines. | To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994, to allow grants received under such Acts to be used to establish and maintain school safety hotlines. |
SECTION 1. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act to allow each public secondary school
to hire a director of school safety, discipline, and student assistance
to develop or improve a safety plan.
SEC. 2. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
The Secretary is authorized to provide grants on a competitive
basis to specially... | Sets forth application requirements for: (1) SEAs, for grants; (2) LEAs other than specially designated ones, for subgrants; and (3) specially designated LEAs in States which do not apply for such grants, for direct grants.
Requires funds provided under this Act to be used only to hire an individual or entity as a dir... | To provide grants to enable each public secondary school to hire a director of school safety, discipline, and student assistance to develop or improve a safety plan. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Katrina Worker Safety and Filing
Flexibility Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING THE SAFETY AND HEALTH OF EMERGENCY
RESPONSE, RECOVERY, AND RECONSTRUCTION WORKERS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) indiv... | Katrina Worker Safety and Filing Flexibility Act of 2005 - Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to the safety of workers in Hurricane Katrina-related response and recovery activities, and maintenance of records on such workers.
Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Occupational Saf... | A bill to express the sense of Congress and to improve reporting with respect to the safety of workers in the response and recovery activities related to Hurricane Katrina, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Free Market Grazing Fees Act''.
SEC. 2. GRAZING FEES ESTABLISHED AT FAIR MARKET VALUE.
(a) Fees Required.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, with
respect to public grazing lands ... | Free Market Grazing Fees Act - Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to establish fair market value grazing fees for use of their respective public lands. Establishes a prevailing fee exception for current small family ranch leases or permits. | Free Market Grazing Fees Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Oil Shale and Tar Sands Leasing Act
of 2008''.
SEC. 2. OIL SHALE AND TAR SANDS LEASING.
Section 369 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15927) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (d)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
... | Oil Shale and Tar Sands Leasing Act of 2008 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) report to Congress on a commercial leasing program for oil shale and tar sands; and (2) arrange with the National Academy of Sciences to assess for a report to Congress the environmental an... | A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to promote oil shale and tar sands leasing, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds and declares the following:
(1) The City of Casper, Wyoming, is nationally significant as
the only geographic location in the western United States where
four congressionally recognized historic trails (the Oregon Trail,
the... | Requires the Secretary of the Interior: (1) acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, to establish the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, for the interpretation of the historic trails in the vicinity of Casper, including the Oregon Trail, the Mormon Trail, the Californ... | To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Administration
Preparedness Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.
(a) Limitations on Authorization of Administrative Expenses.--
(1) In general.--Section 201(g)(1)(A) of the Soc... | Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prescribe additional limits for adjustments to discretionary spending limits for FY 2201 and 2002 Social Security administrative expenses.
Amends SSA title VII (Administration) to make Social Security admini... | Social Security Administration Preparedness Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Winding Down ObamaCare Act''.
SEC. 2. TRANSITIONAL COVERAGE.
Part C of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
300gg-91 et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating the second section 2794 (relating to
uniform fraud an... | Winding Down ObamaCare Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require health insurers to offer at least 18 months of continuation coverage to enrollees who lose their health insurance coverage or federal premium assistance as a result of the Supreme Court's decision in King v. Burwell. Continuation cover... | Winding Down ObamaCare Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rio Grande Natural Area Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Rio Grande
Natural Area Commission established by section 4(a).
(2) Natural Area.--The term ``Natural Area'' means th... | Rio Grande Natural Area Act - (Sec. 3) Establishes the Rio Grande Natural Area in Colorado (which shall include the Rio Grande River from the southern boundary of the Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge to the New Mexico State border, extending 1/4 mile on either side of the bank of the River) to conserve, restore, and pr... | A bill to establish the Rio Grande Natural Area in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Residential Windstorm Insurance Plan
Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) since the devastation of Hurricane Hugo on September
17, 1989, insurance against windstorm damage has been difficult
... | Residential Windstorm Insurance Plan Act of 1996 - Instructs the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to study the advisability and feasibility of establishing a Residential Windstorm Insurance Program designed to provide windstorm insurance to residential property owners unable to obtain coverage in the... | Residential Windstorm Insurance Plan Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. ACQUISITION OF PROJECTS AND REMOVAL OF DAMS.
The Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act (106 Stat.
3173) is amended by striking section 3 and inserting the following:
``SEC. 3. ACQUISITION OF PROJECTS.
``(a) In General.--As soon as practicable after sums are
appropriated for the pur... | Amends the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior, as soon as sums are appropriated, to acquire the Elwha and Glines Projects (Clallam County, Washington, hydroelectric power projects) for a purchase price of $29.5 million. Conditions such acquisition on a release o... | To amend the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act to provide further for the acquisition and removal of the Elwha dam and acquisition of Glines Canyon dam and the restoration of the Elwha River ecosystem and native anadromous fisheries, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``China Democracy Act''.
SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON TRADE WITH AND INVESTMENT IN THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
(a) Restrictions on Trade.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), no article that
is the product of the ... | China Democracy Act - Prohibits, with specified exceptions, the import of products from the People's Republic of China (PRC) into the United States or the export of goods or technology from the United States to the PRC.
Prohibits persons from the United States from: (1) making investments in PRC enterprises or enterpr... | To impose certain restrictions on trade with and investment in the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Coin Modernization, Oversight, and
Continuity Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ON ALL
CIRCULATING COINS.
(a) In General.--To accomplish the goals of this Act and the
requirements of subchapter II of chapter 51 of title... | Coin Modernization, Oversight, and Continuity Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report biennially to specified congressional committees on production costs for each circulating coin, cost trends, and possible new metallic materials or technologies for the production of circulating coins. Requires ... | To provide research and development authority for alternative coinage materials to the Secretary of the Treasury, increase congressional oversight over coin production, and ensure the continuity of certain numismatic items. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bipartisan Campaign Practices
Commission Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is established a commission to be known as the ``Bipartisan
Commission on Campaign Practices'' (referred to in this Act as the
``Commission'').
SEC. 3. DUTIES OF THE... | Bipartisan Campaign Practices Commission Act of 1996 - Establishes the Bipartisan Commission on Campaign Practices. Directs the Commission to study the laws and regulations that affect how campaigns for Federal office are conducted and make recommendations for change.
(Sec. 6) Mandates a report to the Congress not la... | Bipartisan Campaign Practices Commission Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. NO REGULATION OF EMISSIONS OF GREENHOUSE GASES.
Title III of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 330. NO REGULATION OF EMISSIONS OF GREENHOUSE GAS... | Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011 - Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from promulgating any regulation concerning, taking action relating to, or taking into consideration the emission of a greenhouse gas (GHG) to address climate change. Excludes GHGs fro... | To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating any regulation concerning, taking action relating to, or taking into consideration the emission of a greenhouse gas to address climate change, and for other purposes. |
(a) Protected Activities.--Section 807 of the Fair Housing Act (42
U.S.C. 3607) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(c) Activities Protected by First Amendment; Actions by
Government Officials; Enforcement.--
``(1) Activities protected by first amendment.--The
following conduct d... | Amends the Fair Housing Act to state that first amendment-protected conduct or membership and court actions (satisfying Federal civil procedure) to enforce Federal, State, or local law shall not constitute housing discrimination under such Act.
Prohibits, in a housing discrimination proceeding against a governmental o... | A bill to amend the Fair Housing Act. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fall River Water Users District
Rural Water System Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) there are insufficient water supplies of reasonable quality
available to the members of the Fall River... | Fall River Water Users District Rural Water System Act of 1998 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants for the Federal share of the costs of the planning and construction of the Fall River Water Users District Rural Water System, Inc. Prohibits the obligation of System construction funds until: (1) Fede... | Fall River Water Users District Rural Water System Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Workers' Compensation
Modernization and Improvement Act''.
SEC. 2. PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS AND ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES.
(a) Definition of Medical Services.--Section 8101(3) of title 5,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ... | Federal Workers' Compensation Modernization and Improvement Act - Modifies the definition of "medical, surgical, and hospital services and supplies" under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) to include physician assistants and advanced practice nurses and to provide for the reimbursement for services provide... | To amend the Federal Employees' Compensation Act. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``State and Local Cyber Protection Act
of 2015''.
SEC. 2. STATE AND LOCAL COORDINATION ON CYBERSECURITY WITH THE NATIONAL
CYBERSECURITY AND COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION CENTER.
(a) In General.--The second section 226 of the Homeland Security ... | State and Local Cyber Protection Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) national cybersecurity and communications integration center (NCCIC) to assist state and local governments with cybersecurity by: upon request, identify... | State and Local Cyber Protection Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Mergers, Acquisitions, and
Risky Takeovers Supplied by American Labor and Entrepreneurship Act of
2013'' or the ``SMART SALE Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Covered entity.--The term ``covered entity'' means any
... | Stop Mergers, Acquisitions, and Risky Takeovers Supplied by American Labor and Entrepreneurship Act of 2013 or the SMART SALE Act of 2013 - Requires any person, company, institution, or other entity engaged in interstate commerce that owns, licenses, or otherwise holds an interest in a federally-funded technology, or t... | SMART SALE Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Thermal Energy Efficiency Act of
2009''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) approximately 40 percent of the total quantity of
energy consumed in the United States is used in heating and air
conditioning buildings a... | Thermal Energy Efficiency Act of 2009 - Establishes in the Treasury a Thermal Energy Efficiency Fund. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) allocate to the Fund 2% of the quantity of emission allowances established for any of calendar years 2012-2050 under any program for the r... | A bill to improve thermal energy efficiency and use, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Saltville Heritage Area Act''.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that Saltville and its environs possess--
(1) a remarkably rich natural and cultural heritage,
including superlative examples of several themes of grea... | Saltville Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Saltville Heritage Area in Virginia.
Authorizes the Saltville Foundation to submit an integrated management plan to the Secretary of Interior which shall provide for the protection, enhancement, and interpretation of the cultural, natural, scenic, and recreational resource... | Saltville Heritage Area Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Physician Pathology Services
Continuity Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. PERMANENT TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PHYSICIAN PATHOLOGY SERVICES
UNDER MEDICARE.
Section 1848(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(i))
is amended by adding at the end ... | Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with regard to a laboratory-furnished technical component of certain physician pathology services, to treat such component as a service for which payment ... | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the treatment of certain physician pathology services under the Medicare Program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Energy Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) nuclear energy provides--
(A) approximately 19 percent of the electricity of
the United States; and
(B) approxima... | Clean Energy Act of 2009 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to: (1) revise provisions of the loan guarantee program for innovative technologies relating to the definition of commercial technology, subrogation, and fees; and (2) direct the Secretary of Energy, in carrying out the Nuclear Power 2010 Program, to offer... | A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to create the right business environment for doubling production of clean nuclear energy and other clean energy and to create mini-Manhattan projects for clean energy research and development. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Maintaining dignity and Eliminating
unnecessary Restrictive Confinement of Youths Act of 2015'' or the
``MERCY Act''.
SEC. 2. JUVENILE SOLITARY CONFINEMENT.
(a) In General.--Chapter 403 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end ... | Maintaining dignity and Eliminating unnecessary Restrictive Confinement of Youths Act of 2015 or the MERCY Act Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the use of room confinement at a juvenile facility for discipline, punishment, retaliation, or any reason other than as a temporary response to a covered juvenile's... | MERCY Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``U.S. National Security Protection
Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act--
(1) the term ``Committee on Foreign Investment in the
United States'' or ``CFIUS'' means the committee established by
the President... | U.S. National Security Protection Act of 2006 - Revises the structure of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to: (1) add the Director of National Intelligence and the Director of Central Intelligence as members; (2) designate the Secretaries of Homeland Security and of Defense as vice chair... | A bill to add the heads of certain Federal intelligence agencies to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, to require enhanced notification to Congress and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. CLEAN-FUEL VEHICLES USED BY ENTERPRISE ZONE BUSINESSES.
(a) In General.--Part III of subchapter U of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to additional incentives for
empowerment zones) is amended by redesignating subpart C as subpart D,
by redesignating sections 1397B and 1397C a... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish, for the use of clean-fuel vehicles by enterprise zone businesses, an empowerment zone clean fuels credit equal to the sum of the: (1) empowerment zone clean-fuel property credit; and (2) empowerment zone clean-burning fuel use credit. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional incentives for the use of clean-fuel vehicles by enterprise zone businesses within empowerment zones. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Combating BDS Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO DIVEST FROM
ENTITIES THAT ENGAGE IN CERTAIN BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT, OR
SANCTIONS ACTIVITIES TARGETING ISRAEL.
(a) Authority To Divest.--Notwithsta... | Combating BDS Act of 2016 This bill authorizes a state or local government to adopt and enforce measures to divest its assets from, or prohibit investment of its assets in: (1) an entity that such government determines, using credible information available to the public, engages in a commerce or investment-related boyc... | Combating BDS Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Our Children Comes First
Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Section 402 of the Missing Children's Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5771) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 402. FINDINGS.
``The Congress finds that--
``(1) each year tho... | Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007 - Amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to: (1) revise, and expand the required uses for, the annual grant made to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; (2) reauthorize the missi... | To amend the Missing Children's Assistance Act to authorize appropriations, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cancer Centers Assistance for
Renovations and Expansion Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. CANCER CENTER CONSTRUCTION LOAN PROGRAM.
The Social Security Act is amended by inserting after section 1897
the following new section:
``cancer center constr... | Cancer Centers Assistance for Renovations and Expansion Act of 2010 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program that provides loans to qualifying cancer centers for payment of the capital costs of projects for the improveme... | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a cancer center construction loan program. |
71, which recognized the United States
``national interest in helping to prevent and mitigate acts of
genocide and other mass atrocities against civilians, and
supporting and encouraging efforts to develop a whole of
government approach to prevent and mitigate such acts''.
... | Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2016 This bill states that it is U.S. policy to regard the prevention of mass atrocities and genocide as a core national security interest and a core moral responsibility. The President may establish an interagency Atrocities Prevention Board, which shall: (1) ensure that atroc... | Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Helium Stewardship Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
Section 2 of the Helium Act (50 U.S.C. 167) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking the semicolon at the end
and inserting a period;
(2) in paragraph (2), by s... | Helium Stewardship Act of 2012 - Amends the Helium Act to name all U.S.-owned helium reserves the Federal Helium Reserve, including: (1) the Cliffside Field helium storage reservoir; (2) the federally owned helium pipeline system; and (3) all associated infrastructure owned, leased, or managed under contract by the Sec... | A bill to amend the Helium Act to ensure the expedient and responsible draw-down of the Federal Helium Reserve in a manner that protects the interests of private industry, the scientific, medical, and industrial communities, commercial users, and Federal agencies, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. NATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY RELIEF FUND TO ASSIST FAMILIES OF
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO ARE SERVING IN, OR HAVE
SERVED IN, IRAQ OR AFGHANISTAN.
(a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 88 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1781b the f... | Establishes in the Treasury the National Military Family Relief Fund to make grants to Armed Forces members who are serving, or have served, in Iraq or Afghanistan to assist the families of such members.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow every individual taxpayer to designate $1 or more of any overpayment... | To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payments to a National Military Family Relief Fund to be used by the Secretary of Defense to assist the families of members of the Armed Forces who are serving in, or have served in, Iraq or Afghanistan. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Colonel Charles Young Home National
Historical Site Study Act''.
SEC. 2. STUDY AND REPORT ON THE COLONEL CHARLES YOUNG HOME AND
ASSOCIATED LOCATIONS AND ENTITIES.
(a) Study.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior, in... | Colonel Charles Young Home National Historical Site Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of the Army, to conduct a study of the Colonel Charles Young Home, a National Historic Landmark in Xenia, Ohio, and associated locations and museums (the study area) to assess its na... | To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the Colonel Charles Young Home in Xenia, Ohio, and other associated locations to determine if those locations should be included as a unit of the National Park System, to include those locations if the Secretary concludes that they meet the criteria for incl... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Intelligence Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2015''.
TITLE I--INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2015
for the conduct of the intellige... | Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 - Authorizes FY2015 appropriations for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI); (2) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (3) Department of Defense (DOD); (4) Defense Intelligence A... | Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Reforming, Accelerating, and
Protecting Interstate Design (RAPID) Act''.
SEC. 2. INNOVATIVE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION FINANCING AND CONTRACTING
METHODS.
(a) Definitions.--Section 101 of title 23, United States Code, is
amended--
... | Reforming, Accelerating, and Protecting Interstate Design (RAPID) Act - Authorizes a State transportation department or local transportation agency to award a multimodal transportation project that is located within the boundaries of a donor State (a State that receives a percentage of Highway Trust Fund apportionments... | To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide increased flexibility to donor States, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Air and Health Quality Empowerment
Zone Designation Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to establish criteria through the use of
which specific geographical areas--
(1) shall be designated as air and health quality
... | Air and Health Quality Empowerment Zone Designation Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to designate areas nominated by local air pollution control districts as air and health quality empowerment zones, which shall be eligible for grants for replacing or retrofitting ... | To address the health and economic development impacts of nonattainment of federally mandated air quality standards in the San Joaquin Valley, California, by designating air quality empowerment zones. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``State Wildlife Management Act of
2011''.
SEC. 2. STATUS OF POPULATION SEGMENTS OF GRAY WOLVES.
(a) Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C.
1533) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(j) Status of Gray Wolves.--
... | State Wildlife Management Act of 2011 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) to prohibit any gray wolf from being treated as an endangered species or threatened species or from being subject to such Act if the wolf: (1) is located in any state within the range of the Northern Rocky Mountain distinct populati... | To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide for State management of population segments of gray wolves in the United States, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Emergency Response Act of
2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) high energy costs are causing hardship for families;
(2) restructured energy markets have increased the need for... | Energy Emergency Response Act of 2001 - Amends the following Acts to provide increased funding through FY 2005 for energy programs: (1) the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981(for home energy grants); (2) the Energy Conservation and Production Act (for weatherization assistance); and (3) the Energy Policy and... | To increase the authorization of appropriations for low-income energy assistance, weatherization, and State energy conservation grant programs, to expand the use of energy savings performance contracts, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to authorize resources to foster a safe
learning environment that supports academic achievement for all
students by improving the quality of interim alternative educational
settings, providing more behavioral supports in schools, and supporting
whole school interv... | Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants for: (1) establishing or expanding behavioral supports and whole school behavioral interventions by providing for effective research-based practices; or (2) improving interim alternative educational settings.
Sets forth some authorized types of activiti... | A bill to authorize resources to foster a safe learning environment that supports academic achievement for all students by improving the quality of interim alternative educational settings, providing more behavioral supports in schools, and supporting whole school interventions. |
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