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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Illegal Alien Capture Notification
Act''.
SEC. 2. INFORMATION SHARING REGARDING CRIMINAL ALIENS.
Section 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373) is amended--
(1) by striking ``Immigrati... | Illegal Alien Capture Notification Act This bill amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to provide that a person or agency shall (currently, may) not prohibit or restrict a federal, state, or local government entity from undertaking any of the following law enforcement activities... | Illegal Alien Capture Notification Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness for Mentally Disabled New
Americans Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. LIMITED ELIGIBILITY OF QUALIFIED ALIENS FOR SSI AND FOOD
STAMPS: EXCEPTION FOR MENTALLY DISABLED ALIENS.
(a) In General.--Section 402(a)(2) of the Personal Responsibility... | Fairness for Mentally Disabled New Americans Act of 1997 - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to make qualified aliens who are mentally impaired eligible for specified Federal, State, and local public benefits.
Prohibits States from imposing a minimum U.S. residence requ... | Fairness for Mentally Disabled New Americans Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. IMPROVEMENTS IN IDENTIFICATION-RELATED DOCUMENTS.
(a) Proof of Identity.--
(1) In general.--A Federal agency may not accept for any
identification-related purpose a driver's license, or other
comparable identification document, issued by a State to any
person, unle... | Prohibits Federal agencies from accepting for any identification-related purpose a State-issued driver's license or other comparable identification document unless the application process for licenses or documents include presentation by applicants as evidence of identity: (1) two documents, with at least one containin... | To bar Federal agencies from accepting for any identification-related purpose a State-issued driver's license, or other comparable identification document, unless the State has in effect a policy requiring presentation of acceptable forms of identification prior to issuance of the license or document, and the State req... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife
Restoration Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the Great Lakes have fish and wildlife communities that are
structurally and functionally changing;
(2) successful fish and wildlif... | Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2006 - Reauthorizes the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990.
(Sec. 4) Requires the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to encourage and implement fish and wildlife restoration proposals and regional projects if funding is available. De... | A bill to amend the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990 to provide for implementation of recommendations of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service contained in the Great Lakes Fishery Resources Restoration Study. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Efficiency Modernization Act
of 2009''.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) Federally assisted housing programs provide robust
opportunities for energy efficiency improvements and up-front
inves... | Energy Efficiency Modernization Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make: (1) payments (green dividends) to owners of assisted multifamily rental housing projects who undertake utility cost-saving measures; and (2) review HUD regulations and agreements concerning residual recei... | A bill to establish incentives to increase the energy efficiency of federally assisted housing. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Airline Passenger Bill of Rights Act
of 1999''.
SEC. 2. AIRLINE PASSENGER PROTECTION.
(a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 417 of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 41716. Air carrier passenger prote... | Airline Passenger Bill of Rights Act of 1999 - Amends Federal aviation law to prohibit: (1) an air carrier from using a single flight number to denote a flight that it knows will involve a change in aircraft between flight segments; (2) an air carrier from providing an explanation of the reason for the delay or cancel... | Airline Passenger Bill of Rights Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Geothermal Heat Pump Development Act
of 2007''.
SEC. 2. ENERGY CREDIT FOR GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS.
(a) In General.--Subparagraph (A) of section 48(a)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``or'' at the end
of clause (iii)... | Geothermal Heat Pump Development Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) to include equipment that uses the ground or ground water as a thermal energy source or sink to heal or cool a structure (i.e., geothermal heat pump systems) as energy property for purposes of the energy tax credit; (2) allow a resi... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make geothermal heat pump systems eligible for the energy credit and the residential energy efficient property credit, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Technology Transfer Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) Cooperative extension.--The term ``Cooperative
Extension'' means the extension services established at the
land-grant colleges and universi... | Energy Technology Transfer Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to award competitive grants to Cooperative Extension services or offices, states, local governments, institutions of higher education, and nonprofit institutions with expertise in energy research to transfer knowledge about advanced energy technologies th... | To authorize the commercial application and transfer of technologies developed by the Department of Energy, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Combatting
Terrorism in Tunisia Emergency Support Act of 2016''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Sec. 3. Findings... | Combatting Terrorism in Tunisia Emergency Support Act of 2016 This bill declares that it is the policy of the United States to assist the government of Tunisia in eliminating terrorist organizations that operate in Tunisia and neighboring Libya and preventing fighters in Syria from returning to Tunisia. This bill expre... | Combatting Terrorism in Tunisia Emergency Support Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Strengthening and
Protection Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. INVESTMENT OF THE FEDERAL OLD-AGE AND SURVIVORS INSURANCE TRUST
FUND AND THE FEDERAL DISABILITY INSURANCE TRUST FUND.
(a) In General.--Section 201(d) of the Social Securi... | Social Security Strengthening and Protection Act of 1999 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require the Managing Trustee of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (... | Social Security Strengthening and Protection Act of 1999 |
OFFICERS.
``The State Administrator shall establish a Problem Resolution
Office. Problem Resolution Officers shall have the authority to
investigate taxpayer complaints and enjoin collection activity if, in
the opinion of the Problem Resolution Officer, said collection activity
is reasonably likely to not be i... | National Retail Sales Tax Act of 1996 - Repeals the income, estate, gift, and certain excise tax provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.
(Sec. 4) Amends the Internal Revenue Code by imposing a 15 percent tax on the use, consumption or enjoyment in the U.S. of any property or service produced or rendered within or out... | National Retail Sales Tax Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Right to Know Act''.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT STATEMENT.
(a) In General.--Section 1143(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1320b-13(a)(2)) is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of
subparagraph (C), by str... | Amends title II (OASDI) of the SSA to require the annual report of the Board of the Trustees of the OASDI Trust Funds to include: (1) an estimate of the year in which annual outlays from such Funds are first projected to exceed the annual cash income (including payroll and benefit tax revenues); (2) the annual excess o... | Social Security Right to Know Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Campaign Integrity Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS UNDER
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 527(e) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as ... | Amends FECA to provide that, for purposes of Internal Revenue Code provisions regarding tax-exempt political organizations, a political organization is in compliance if it files with the Federal Election Commission: (1) a statement of organization no later than ten days after receiving or spending an aggregate amount e... | Campaign Integrity Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SPECIAL DEPRECIATION ALLOWANCE FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY ACQUIRED
AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2001, AND BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2004.
(a) In General.--Section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to accelerated cost recovery system) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for an additional depreciation allowance for "qualified property" acquired after December 31, 2001 and before January 1, 2004. Defines such property. | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a special depreciation allowance for certain property acquired after December 31, 2001, and before January 1, 2004. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Inclusive Prosperity Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The global financial crisis cost Americans $19 trillion
in lost wealth.
(2) The global financial crisis was caused by financial
firm... | Inclusive Prosperity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose a tax on the transfer of ownership in certain securities, including any share of stock in a corporation, any partnership or beneficial interest in a partnership or trust, any note, bond, debenture, or other evidence of indebtedness (excluding ta... | To impose a tax on certain trading transactions to strengthen our financial security, expand opportunity, and stop shrinking the middle class. |
SECTION 1. POLICY FOR NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) On September 27, 1993, the President declared to the
United Nations that one of the world's most urgent priorities
must be to impede the proliferation of weapons of mass
dest... | Declares that it shall be U.S. policy to: (1) develop and maintain a nuclear weapons posture consistent with promoting U.S. nuclear nonproliferation policy objectives; and (2) reduce the proliferation risks posed by the world's stockpile of plutonium.
Requires the United States, in order to develop and maintain such ... | To set forth the policy of the United States for nuclear nonproliferation. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Universal College Credit Act''.
SEC. 2. UNIVERSAL COLLEGE CREDIT.
(a) In General.--Subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after
section 25D the following new section:
``SEC. 25E. ... | Universal College Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit up to $5,000 annually for the qualified tuition and related expenses of an individual taxpayer, a taxpayer's spouse, or dependents for instruction at an institution of higher education. Allows such credit for four years of undergradua... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against tax for qualified tuition and related expenses. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Urban Asthma Assistance Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Asthma is a serious chronic condition affecting an
estimated 14,000,000 to 15,000,000 individuals in the United
States, including almost 5,0... | Urban Asthma Assistance Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to provide through the National Asthma Control Program within the National Center for Environmental Health, additional intervention program grants to ad... | To provide for various programs and activities to respond to the problem of asthma in urban areas. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Notification of Risk to Personal
Data Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the same meaning given
such term in section 551(1) of title 5, United States ... | Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act - Requires any agency or person that owns or licenses electronic data containing personal information, following the discovery of a breach of security of the system containing such data, to notify any U.S. resident whose personal information was, or is reasonably believed to ha... | A bill to require Federal agencies, and persons engaged in interstate commerce, in possession of electronic data containing personal information, to disclose any unauthorized acquisition of such information. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Neighbor Islands Veterans Health
Care Improvements Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. VET CENTER ENHANCEMENTS.
(a) Additional Counselors for Certain Clinics.--The Secretary of
Veterans Affairs shall assign an additional counselor to each vet
center as follows:
... | Neighbor Islands Veterans Health Care Improvements Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assign an additional counselor to the vet center: (1) on the island of Maui, Hawaii; and (2) in Hilo, Hawaii.
Directs the Secretary to establish and operate a: (1) new vet center on the island of Oahu, Hawaii;... | A bill to improve the provision of health care and services to veterans in Hawaii, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Wholesale Motor Fuel Fairness and
Competition Restoration Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) both wholesale and retail motor fuel prices are the
result of a number of complex factors, including those related
... | Wholesale Motor Fuel Fairness and Competition Restoration Act - Declares that it shall be unlawful for an owner or operator to sell motor fuel from its terminal facility to any person in excess of the price it charges any other person, including a distributor or retailer which it owns or with which it is affiliated. Ex... | To prohibit certain discriminatory pricing policies in wholesale motor fuel sales, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Recreational Boating Safety
Improvement Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICES REQUIRED FOR CHILDREN.
(a) Prohibition.--Section 4307(a) of title 46, United States Code,
is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2) by striking ``or'' after t... | Recreational Boating Safety Improvement Act of 1993 - Amends Federal boating safety law to prohibit a person from operating a recreational vessel under 26 feet in length unless each individual 12 years or younger wears a personal flotation device while on the vessel's deck during operation. Declares that such prohibit... | Recreational Boating Safety Improvement Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform
and Rural Equity Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. AMBULANCE PAYMENT RATES.
(a) Payment Rates.--Section 1834(l)(3) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1395m(l)(3)) is amended to read as follows:
``(3) Payment rates.... | Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform and Rural Equity Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) revise ambulance payment rates; and (2) provide additional payments for providers furnishing ambulance services in rural areas.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review ... | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payments to Medicare ambulance suppliers of the full cost or furnishing such services, to provide payments to rural ambulance providers and suppliers to account for the cost of serving areas with low population density, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Arafat Accountability Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), under the
leadership of Chairman Yasser Arafat, has failed to abide by
its promises, enum... | Arafat Accountability Act - Expresses the support of Congress for the President's efforts to achieve comprehensive peace in the State of Israel.Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the United States should urge an immediate and unconditional cessation of all terrorist activities and the commencement of a cease-fir... | A bill to hold accountable the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Economic Development Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION.
Congress hereby exercises its power under Article I, Section 8,
Clause 3 of the United States Constitution to regulate commerce among
the several States by authorizing any State to provide to a... | Economic Development Act of 2005 - Authorizes any State to provide to any person for economic development purposes tax incentives that otherwise would be the cause of discrimination against interstate commerce under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. Makes exceptions for any incentive that: (1) is dependent upon ... | To authorize the States (and subdivisions thereof), the District of Columbia, territories, and possessions of the United States to provide certain tax incentives to any person for economic development purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Broadband Access Equality Act of
2009''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR PROPERTY USED TO FURNISH BROADBAND SERVICES IN
UNDERSERVED AND RURAL AREAS.
(a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 19... | Broadband Access Equality Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a general business tax credit for broadband property installed in underserved and rural areas. Allow a 50% credit for the cost of such property installed in areas in which not more than the greater of 5% of households or 20 households hav... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit against income tax for businesses furnishing broadband services to underserved and rural areas. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``McGee Creek Project Pipeline and
Associated Facilities Conveyance Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Agreement.--The term ``Agreement'' means the agreement
numbered 06-AG-60-2115 and entitled ``Agreement Between the
... | McGee Creek Project Pipeline and Associated Facilities Conveyance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the McGee Creek Authority all U.S. rights to the pipeline and any associated facilities described in the Agreement Between the United States and McGee Creek Authority for the Purpose of Defining... | To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the McGee Creek Authority certain facilities of the McGee Creek Project, Oklahoma, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Aviation Industry Revitalization Act
of 1993''.
SEC. 2. DECLARATION OF POLICY.
Congress finds and declares the following:
(1) The United States commercial airline industry is
currently suffering severe financial distress.
... | Aviation Industry Revitalization Act of 1993 - Amends the Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to guarantee loans to eligible air carriers to finance their acquisition of new aircraft.
Establishes the New Aircraft Guarantee Program Fund consisting of subsidy fees, annual ... | Aviation Industry Revitalization Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``College Affordability for Working
Students Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Approximately 2,660,000 students attend institutions on
a less than half-time basis.
(2) The average age of colleg... | College Affordability for Working Students Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to carry out a Demonstration Loan program providing guaranteed and direct loans to less than half-time students for not more than six terms, semesters, or substantially equivalent periods of ... | To establish a demonstration loan program for nontraditional students. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Airport Screener Technology
Improvement Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to facilitate airport growth, increase
the efficiency of the air transportation system, and increase security.
SEC. 3. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the... | Airport Screener Technology Improvement Act of 2005 - Amends Federal transportation law to increase for FY 2006 and 2007 the amount of security service fees (passenger fees) that are collected from passengers of air carriers and foreign air carriers in air transportation and intrastate air transportation and deposited ... | To amend title 49, United States Code, to make funds available for the Aviation Security Capital Fund, to establish a Checkpoint Screening Security Fund, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Children, Farmers, and
Farmworkers from Nerve Agent Pesticides Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds as follows:
(1) In 1996, Congress unanimously passed the Food Quality
Protection Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-170;... | Protect Children, Farmers, and Farmworkers from Nerve Agent Pesticides Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to prohibit from sale any food that contains the organophosphate pesticide, chlorpyrifos. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must offer a contract to the National ... | Protect Children, Farmers, and Farmworkers from Nerve Agent Pesticides Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Iran Human Rights Sanctions Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Iran voted in the United Nations General Assembly on
December 10, 1948, to adopt the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, ther... | Iran Human Rights Sanctions Act - Directs the President to impose visa entry and financial sanctions on a person determined to be complicit in human rights abuses committed against Iranian citizens or their family members on or after June 12, 2009, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Iran.
Requires that: (1)... | A bill to impose sanctions on persons who are complicit in human rights abuses committed against citizens of Iran or their family members after the June 12, 2009, elections in Iran, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Save America's Biotechnology
Innovative Research Act of 2005'' or ``SABIR Act''.
SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION IN SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION
RESEARCH PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
638) is... | Save America's Biotechnology Innovative Research Act of 2005 or SABIR Act - Amends provisions of the Small Business Act relating to the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (a program under which a portion of a Federal agency's research or research and development funds are reserved for award to small busi... | A bill to amend the Small Business Act to establish eligibility requirements for business concerns to receive awards under the Small Business Innovation Research Program. |
SECTION 1. FEDERAL DATA CENTER CONSOLIDATION.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator for the Office of E-Government and Information
Technology within the Office of Management and Budget.
(2) Data center.--
... | Requires the Department of Energy (DOE), assisted by its chief information officer, to submit each year, beginning in FY2015 through FY2019, to the Office of E-Government and Information Technology of the Office of Management and Budget: (1) a comprehensive asset inventory of the data centers owned, operated, or mainta... | A bill to require certain agencies to conduct assessments of data centers and develop data center consolidation and optimization plans to achieve energy cost savings. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Water Quality Research, Development,
and Technology Demonstration Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment... | Water Quality Research, Development, and Technology Demonstration Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to nonprofit organizations to provide technical and information assistance for rural and small treatment wor... | To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for water pollution control research, development, and technology demonstration, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. APPOINTMENT OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF CERTAIN FEDERAL AGENCIES
BY THE PRESIDENT.
(a) In General.--Section 11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5
U.S.C. App.) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ``the Social
Security Administration;'' the following... | Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to provide for the appointment of Inspectors General of specified Federal agencies by the President. | To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to provide for the appointment of the Inspector General of certain Federal agencies by the President of the United States. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Coastal Habitat Conservation Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) an effective means of conserving and recovering Federal
trust species and promoting self-sustaining populations of
th... | Coastal Habitat Conservation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to carry out within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service a Coastal Program to: (1) identify the most important natural resource problems and solutions in priority coastal ecosystems in partnership with federal, state, local, and tribal governments, ... | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, through the Coastal Program of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, to work with willing partners and provide support to efforts to assess, protect, restore, and enhance important coastal areas that provide fish and wildlife habitat on which Federal trust speci... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Next Steps for Credit Availability
Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO PERMIT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES TO OWN
INVESTMENT ADVISERS.
Section 60 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-59)
is amended by striking ``except that th... | Next Steps for Credit Availability Act - Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to allow a business development company (BDC) to own or acquire securities or other interests in the business of a registered investment adviser or adviser to an investment company. Reduces from 200% to 150% the asset coverage requiremen... | Next Steps for Credit Availability Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Wounded Warrior Employment
Improvement Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Despite an improving economy, a recent study indicates
that among veterans with service-connected disabilities who
s... | Wounded Warrior Employment Improvement Act Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop and publish an action plan for improving the training and rehabilitation services and assistance provided by the VA for veterans with service-connected disabilities. Requires such plan to include: a comprehensive ana... | Wounded Warrior Employment Improvement Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Advanced Research Projects Energy
Act (ARPA-E) Act''.
SEC. 2. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADVANCED ENERGY RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT, AND DEPLOYMENT.
(a) Establishment.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Energy shall establ... | Advanced Research Projects Energy Act (ARPA-E) Act - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to establish in the Department of Energy the position of Assistant Secretary for Advanced Energy Research, Technology Development, and Deployment to: (1) implement an innovative energy research, technology development, and deployment... | A bill to authorize the Secretary of Energy to establish the position of Assistant Secretary for Advanced Energy Research, Technology Development, and Deployment to implement an innovative energy research, technology development, and deployment program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Light Weight Armor Research
Requirements for Individual Operational Readiness Act'' or the ``LT
WARRIOR Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT TASK FORCE ON LIGHTWEIGHT BODY ARMOR.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a
joint ta... | Light Weight Armor Research Requirements for Individual Operational Readiness Act or LT WARRIOR Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to establish the Joint Task Force Light Weight Armor Research Requirements for Individual Operational Readiness, or JTF-LT WARRIOR, to: (1) synchronize efforts among the military ... | To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a joint task force to improve the research and development of lighter weight body armor. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``End Warrantless Surveillance of
Americans Act''.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION ON PROHIBITION ON WARRANTLESS SEARCHING OF
COLLECTIONS OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS OF
UNITED STATES PERSONS.
Section 702(b) of the Foreign ... | End Warrantless Surveillance of Americans Act Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) and the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 to prohibit federal officers or employees from searching for a particular U.S. person (other than a corporation) in: (1) a collection of communicati... | End Warrantless Surveillance of Americans Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Corps of Engineers
Reform Act of 2000''.
(b) Table of Contents.--
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings and purposes.
Sec. 3. Definition of Secretary.
TITLE I--PROJECT PLANNIN... | Establishes in the Army Corps of Engineers an Office of Independent Review to review the projects covered under this title. Defines as controversial projects those which: (1) are subject to a substantial degree of public controversy; (2) the affected State objects to; or (3) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determine... | Corps of Engineers Reform Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Liability Protection
Act''.
SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS LIABILITY RELIEF.
(a) Exemptions.--Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9607) is
amended by adding at the end the ... | Small Business Liability Protection Act - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide (with exceptions) that persons shall be liable for response costs at a National Priorities List (NPL) facility as non-owners or operators only if the total of material containing... | To provide certain relief for small businesses from liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Flushing Remonstrance Study Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Dutch involvement in North America started with Henry
Hudson's 1609 voyage on the ship, Half Moon, employed by the
Dutch East India Compa... | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 1, 2014. Flushing Remonstrance Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the John Bowne House in Queens, New York, the Friends Meeting House at 137-17 Northern Boulevard, Queens, and other reso... | Flushing Remonstrance Study Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Digital Divide Elimination Act of
2001''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR PURCHASE OF COMPUTERS BY LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS.
(a) In General.--Subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to refundable credits)
is a... | Digital Divide Elimination Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for qualified computer technology or equipment equal to 50 percent of the amount paid for it (up to $500) by any taxpayer allowed an earned income credit.Extends from December 31, 2003, through June 30, 2004, the current enh... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and expand the enhanced deduction for charitable contributions of computers to provide greater public access to computers, including access by the poor. |
SECTION 1. NEXT GENERATION LIGHTING INITIATIVE.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Consortium.--The term ``consortium'' means the
consortium selected by the Secretary under subsection (d)(1).
(2) Initiative.--The term ``Initiative'' means the Next
Generation Lighting I... | Next Generation Lighting Initiative Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to implement: (1) the Next Generation Lighting Initiative to support research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities related to advanced solid-state lighting technologies based on white light emitting diodes; (2) funda... | A bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out a Next Generation Lighting Initiative. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and
Settlements Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) the terms ``agency'' and ``agency action'' have the
meanings given those terms under section 551 of title 5, United
State... | Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2017 This bill establishes public notice and comment procedures and motion to intervene standards for civil actions seeking to compel agency action and alleging that an agency is unlawfully withholding or unreasonably delaying an agency action, and for consent decr... | Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Animal Welfare Act Amendments of
1996''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
Subsection (f) of section 2 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C.
2132(f)) is amended to read as follows:
``(f) The term `dealer'--
``(1) means any person who, in commerce, for... | Animal Welfare Act Amendments of 1996 - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to redefine: (1) the term "dealer"; and (2) dealer and exhibitor licensing provisions.
Excludes operators of auctions from certain civil penalty provisions. Increases the temporary license suspension penalty, and includes a revocation provision. ... | Animal Welfare Act Amendments of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Promoting Good Cyber Hygiene Act of
2017''.
SEC. 2. CYBER HYGIENE BEST PRACTICES.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology shall establish a l... | Promoting Good Cyber Hygiene Act of 2017 This bill requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology to establish for use by the federal government, the private sector, and any person utilizing an information system or device a list of best practices to defend against common cybersecurity threats or risk... | Promoting Good Cyber Hygiene Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Business Incubator Promotion Act''.
SEC. 2. DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS INCUBATORS.
Section 2(b) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act (42
U.S.C. 3121(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the
following:
``(3) whethe... | Business Incubator Promotion Act - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act to include among the Act's goals encouraging distressed communities to support the formation of business incubators to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in economically distressed areas.
Defines "business incubator" as an ent... | A bill to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to modify the period used to calculate certain unemployment rates, to encourage the development of business incubators, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts
Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' has the
meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assi... | Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts Act of 2015 This bill permits the Department of Justice (DOJ) to award grants to tribal governments acting in partnership with state or local governments for tribal healing to wellness courts. (A tribal healing to wellness court is a drug court that is a component of a tribal justice s... | Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``DHS Acquisition Review Board Act of
2017''.
SEC. 2. ACQUISITION REVIEW BOARD.
(a) In General.--Subtitle D of title VIII of the Homeland Security
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
``SEC. 836.... | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on March 23, 2017. DHS Acquisition Review Board Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security of 2002 to require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an Acquisition Review Board to strengthen accountability and unifor... | DHS Acquisition Review Board Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Medikid Health
Care Expansion Act of 2000''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Permitting States to increase SCHIP eligibility to... | Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the authorization of graduate medical education funding for children's hospitals. | Medikid Health Care Expansion Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Childhood Adoption Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN ALLOWABLE EXPENSES FOR ADOPTION; ADOPTION CREDIT
MADE REFUNDABLE.
(a) Increase in Dollar Limitation.--
(1) Adoption credit.--
(A) In general.--Paragraph ... | Childhood Adoption Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the tax credit for adoption expenses from $10,000 to $15,000; (2) make such tax credit refundable; and (3) increase the exclusion from gross income for employer-paid adoption expenses from $10,000 to $15,000.
Amends title IV, part E (Fe... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the incentives for adoption and to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to increase adoptive incentive payments. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing and Reducing Improper
Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures to Restore Integrity to Benefits Act
of 2015''.
SEC. 2. STRENGTHENING MEDICAID PROGRAM INTEGRITY THROUGH FLEXIBILITY.
Section 1936 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396u-6) is
am... | Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures to Restore Integrity to Benefits Act of 2015 This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to make several changes related to the prevention of Medicaid fraud. With respect to the Medicaid Integrity Program (MIP), the bill: (1) speci... | Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures to Restore Integrity to Benefits Act of 2015 |
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-m-a-d-e ... | Baseball Fans and Communities Protection Act of 1994 - Amends the Clayton Act to apply the antitrust laws to any unilateral terms and conditions of employment in restraint of trade or commerce imposed by any party to an agreement between two or more major league baseball clubs and the labor organization representing th... | Baseball Fans and Communities Protection Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness in Judicial Taxation Act of
1996''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) a variety of effective and appropriate judicial
remedies are available under existing law for the full redress
of legal or constit... | Fairness in Judicial Taxation Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal judicial code to set limits on the authority of Federal courts to enter an order or approve a settlement that requires any State or political subdivision to impose, increase, levy, or assess any tax.
Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) judicial review; (... | Fairness in Judicial Taxation Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``AFG and SAFER Program
Reauthorization Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANTS PROGRAM
AND THE FIRE PREVENTION AND SAFETY GRANTS PROGRAM.
(a) Repeal of Sunset.--Section 33 of the Federal Fire Prevention ... | AFG and SAFER Program Reauthorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to: (1) repeal the expiration dates of, and to reauthorize through FY2023, the Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) Program, the Fire Prevention and Safety Grants (FPSG) Program, and the Staffin... | AFG and SAFER Program Reauthorization Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Local Voices on TV Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The newly created class A television service provides
valuable local and specialized television service to unserved
and underserv... | Local Voices on TV Act of 2003 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit a cable television operator (operator) from carrying the signal of a qualified class A television station (a station that provides local and specialized service and meets certain other requirements) in lieu of a full power analog or digi... | To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure equity for all full-service television broadcasters and ensure the benefits of local programming for communities served by class A television broadcast stations by providing cable carriage rights for qualified class A television stations, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Religious Liberty Protection Act of
1998''.
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF RELIGIOUS EXERCISE.
(a) General Rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), a
government shall not substantially burden a person's religious
exercise--
(1) in a program or ... | Religious Liberty Protection Act of 1998 - Prohibits a State (or any person acting under color of State law) from placing a substantial burden upon a person's religious exercise: (1) in a State-operated program or activity that receives Federal financial assistance; or (2) in or affecting international or interstate c... | Religious Liberty Protection Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Recreational Fishing and Hunting
Heritage and Opportunities Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) recreational fishing and hunting are important and
traditional activities in which millions of Americans
partici... | Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act - Requires federal public land management officials to exercise their authority under existing law, including regarding land use planning, to provide for the use of, and access to, federal public lands and waters for fishing, sport hunting, and recreationa... | To recognize the heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting on Federal public lands and ensure continued opportunities for these activities. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Military Overpayment Fairness Act of
2009''.
SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON COLLECTION OF OVERPAYMENTS OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES
ERRONEOUSLY PAID TO MEMBERS.
(a) Maximum Monthly Percentage of Member's Pay Authorized for
Deduction.--Paragraph (3) of ... | Military Overpayment Fairness Act of 2009 - Reduces the maximum amount that may be deducted from the pay of a member of the Armed Forces for recovery of an overpayment of military pay paid to the member from 20% to 10% of the member's pay for that month (unless such member requests collection at an accelerated rate). R... | To amend titles 10 and 37, United States Code, to provide a more equitable process by which the military departments may recover overpayments of military pay and allowances erroneously paid to a member of the Armed Forces when the overpayment is due to no fault of the member, to expand Department discretion regarding r... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Child Pornography Elimination Act of
2007''.
SEC. 2. MANDATORY MINIMUM FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.
(a) Sexual Exploitation.--Section 2252(b)(2) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by striking ``or imprisoned not more than 10
years, or... | Child Pornography Elimination Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) impose a mandatory minimum prison term of two years for possession of child pornography and increase to 15 years the maximum prison term for such crime; (2) increase fines for the intentional failure of Internet service providers to re... | To eliminate child pornography. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Coasts and Efficient Cars Act
of 2010''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) according to the Energy Information Administration,
opening all areas in the Pacific, Atlantic, Eastern Gulf of
Mexico, and Central ... | Clean Coasts and Efficient Cars Act of 2010 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease or permit for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in: (1) the Pacific and Atlantic Regions of the outer Continental Shelf; or (2) certai... | A bill to prohibit the leasing of the Pacific, Atlantic, Eastern Gulf of Mexico, and Central Gulf of Mexico Regions of the outer Continental Shelf and to increase fuel economy standards. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Central Contractor Registry Act of
2004''.
SEC. 2. CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRY DATABASE.
(a) Authority.--Chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 2302d the following new section:
``Sec. 2302e. Central contracto... | Central Contractor Registry Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to maintain a centralized, electronic database, to be known as the Central Contractor Registry, for the registration of sources of property and services (contractors) who seek to participate in contracts and other procurements entered into by va... | A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require the registration of contractors' taxpayer identification numbers in the Central Contractor Registry database of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care Safety Net Enhancement
Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY.
The constitutional authority upon which this Act rests is the power
of the Congress to provide for the general welfare, to regulate
commerce, and to make all laws whic... | Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to deem a hospital or an emergency department and a physician or physician group of such hospital or emergency department to be an employee of the Public Health Service for purposes of any civil action that may arise due to providing ... | Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Endangered Species Relisting Act of
1995''.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO REVIEW SPECIES.
(a) Requirement.--Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973
(16 U.S.C. 1533) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(j) Petition and ... | Endangered Species Relisting Act of 1995 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that a covered species shall not be considered to be an endangered or threatened species for purposes of such Act unless: (1) in the case of a species which is included in a list of endangered or threatened species on the d... | Endangered Species Relisting Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bolster Our Energy Security for
Tomorrow Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(2) Applicant.--The term ``... | Bolster Our Energy Security for Tomorrow Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), upon state request, to provide financial assistance to facilitate hiring additional personnel with expertise in fields relevant to consideration of federal refinery authorizations.
Directs a federa... | A bill to expedite the consideration of permits for refineries, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Access to Indemnity and
Reimbursement Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Certain small businesses and labor organizations are at
a great disadvantage in terms of exper... | Fair Access to Indemnity and Reimbursement Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act to allow the recovery of attorney's fees and costs by certain employers and labor organizations who are prevailing parties in administrative proceedings brought against them by the Nationa... | Fair Access to Indemnity and Reimbursement Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Public Research in the Public
Interest Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE AND FINDINGS.
(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to promote global public
health and America's national security by ensuring that innovations
developed at federally-funded ins... | Public Research in the Public Interest Act of 2006 - Requires, as a condition of receiving federal assistance, any institution of higher education or research that conceives, reduces to practice, or holds title in a subject invention to grant irrevocable, perpetual, nonexclusive licenses to the invention and associated... | A bill to ensure that innovations developed at federally-funded institutions are available in certain developing countries at the lowest possible cost. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Investing for Tomorrow's Schools Act
of 2002''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) According to a 1996 study conducted by the American
School & University, $10,420,000,000 was spent to address the
Natio... | Investing for Tomorrow's Schools Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to enter into cooperative agreements with States to establish State infrastructure banks and multistate infrastructure banks to make loans to: (1) local educational agencies for building or repairing elementary or secondary public scho... | A bill to establish State infrastructure banks for education. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Orphan Works Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON REMEDIES IN CASES INVOLVING ORPHAN WORKS.
(a) Limitation on Remedies.--Chapter 5 of title 17, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 514. Limitation on reme... | Orphan Works Act of 2006 - Limits the remedies available in a copyright infringement action if the infringer proves that: (1) the infringer performed and documented a reasonably diligent search in good faith to locate the copyright owner before using the work, but was unable to locate the owner; and (2) the infringing ... | To amend title 17, United States Code, to provide for limitation of remedies in cases in which the copyright owner cannot be located, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection
Act''.
SEC. 2. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
Congress finds and declares the following:
(1) Pain receptors (nociceptors) are present throughout the
unborn child's entire body and nerves link these recept... | Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit any person from performing or attempting to perform an abortion except in conformity with this Act's requirements. Requires the physician to first determine the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child, or reasonably rel... | Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia
Research and Control Amendments Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO THE HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM AND HYPOXIA RESEARCH AND
CONTROL ACT OF 1998.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever in this Act an
am... | Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2017 This bill amends the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to reauthorize for FY2019-FY2023 the national harmful algal bloom and hypoxia program and the action strategy of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal ... | Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2017 |
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 2004:
TITLE I--NATIONAL SECURITY
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY
MILITARY PERSONNEL
Military Personnel... | Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Military Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 2004 (including the transfer of funds in some cases) for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Designates such amounts as an emergency requirement under the FY 200... | Making further emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Combat Illegal Logging Act of
2007''.
SEC. 2. PREVENTION OF ILLEGAL LOGGING PRACTICES.
The Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 are amended--
(1) in section 2 (16 U.S.C. 3371)--
(A) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the
... | Combat Illegal Logging Act of 2007 - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to redefine the term "plant" to include products of plants and to exclude any common food crop or cultivar that is a species not listed: (1) in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; or (2) as an e... | A bill to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prevent illegal logging practices, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Biological Resources
Research and Development Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) existing information regarding the abundance and
distribution of biological resources is inadequate and often
ina... | National Biological Resources Research and Development Act - Establishes within the Smithsonian Institution a National Center for Biological Resources (Research and Development) to facilitate the collection, synthesis, and dissemination of information relating to the sustainable use, research, development, and conserva... | National Biological Resources Research and Development Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United Arab Emirates Human Rights
Accountability Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan is the brother of
United Arab Emirates (hereinafter in this section referred to
... | United Arab Emirates Human Rights Accountability Act of 2010 - Makes an alien who is a member of the royal families of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and who is an officer or employee of the UAE government ineligible to receive a U.S. entry visa and ineligible for U.S. admission until the Secretary of State certifies t... | To make certain members of the royal families of the United Arab Emirates ineligible for visas or admission to the United States and to revoke visas and other entry documents previously issued to such family members until Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan has been tried in accordance with international legal norms and hu... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Asset Forfeiture Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. CHAPTER 63 AMENDMENTS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1347. Criminal forfeiture
``(a) In General.--A person convicted of a vi... | Asset Forfeiture Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for the criminal and civil forfeiture of the proceeds of mail and wire fraud. Makes the forfeiture procedures of the Controlled Substances Act applicable to forfeitures under this Act.
Permits courts to order the forfeiture of substitute asset... | Asset Forfeiture Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as ``The Better Bracket Act
of 1998''.
(b) Amendment of 1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly
provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in
terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or... | Better Bracket Act of 1998 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the tax imposed and increase the amount of income subject to the 15 percent tax bracket for joint returns and surviving spouses, heads of households, other unmarried individuals, married individuals filing separately, and estates and trusts. | Better Bracket Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Power Production Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) electric power utilities are a source of air pollutant
emissions such as nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>x), sulfur dioxide
(SO<INF>2), and an... | Clean Power Production Act - Instructs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to assess and report to the Congress on the reasonable range of environmental impacts associated with electric utility restructuring, including significant proposed State and Federal changes in public utility regulations and... | Clean Power Production Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Mental Health Parity Act of
1999''.
TITLE I--PARITY FOR TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS
SEC. 101. PARITY FOR TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS.
(a) In General.--The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by
adding at the end the following... | Title II: Medicare Mental Health Improvement
- Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to restructure the mental health benefit, including: (1) coverage under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) of inpatient hospital services furnished primarily for the diagnosis or treatment of mental illness or sub... | National Mental Health Parity Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Go Global Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) the terms ``Administration'' and ``Administrator'' mean
the Small Business Administration and the Administrator
thereof, respectively;
(2) the term ... | Go Global Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act to allow the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to employ additional export finance specialists in the 15 states with the greatest volume of exports, as determined through a study required under the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010.
Directs the... | A bill to encourage exporting by small business concerns, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Water Infrastructure Financing
Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. GENERAL AUTHORITY FOR CAPITALIZATION GRANTS.
Section 601(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33
U.S.C. 1381(a)) is amended by striking ``(1) for construction'' and all
that follows... | Clean Water Infrastructure Financing Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to remove certain requirements for States with respect to construction of treatment works under capitalization grant agreements.Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to assist States in establish... | A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Informed Taxpayers' Federal
Government Annual Reporting Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. ANNUAL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN
FORM 1040 INSTRUCTIONS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall prepare the
report de... | Informed Taxpayers' Federal Government Annual Reporting Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prepare for each fiscal year and include in any published instructions for filling out a federal income tax return and on the homepage of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) website a three-part report containi... | To require the Internal Revenue Service to include in the Form 1040 instruction booklet information relating to Federal Government revenues, spending, and public debt. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``IDEA Full Funding Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO IDEA.
Section 611(i) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(20 U.S.C. 1411(i)) is amended to read as follows:
``(i) Funding.--For the purpose of carrying out this part, other
than section ... | IDEA Full Funding Act - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to reauthorize and make appropriations through FY2021 for the grant program to assist states and outlying areas in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities.
Saving Lives by Lowering Tobacco Use A... | A bill to amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture Export Enhancement Act
of 1998''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Agreement on agriculture.--The term ``Agreement on
Agriculture'' means the Agreement described in section
101(d)(2) of the Uruguay Round Ag... | Agriculture Export Enhancement Act of 1998 - Sets forth the principal agricultural trade negotiating objectives of the United States with respect to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture. Requires the United States to negotiate: (1) a specific date after which tariffs imposed on agricultural pro... | Agriculture Export Enhancement Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. ACCRUAL RATES FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS UNDER CSRS AND FERS.
(a) CSRS.--
(1) Members.--Section 8339(c) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by striking all that follows ``with respect
to--'' and inserting the following:
``(1) so much of his service as a Memb... | Amends Federal law to decrease accrual rates for annuities for certain Members and certain former Members of Congress under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS).
(Sec. 2) Treats Members' pay deductions and government contributions for annuity computations in FER... | A bill to amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to limit certain retirement benefits of Members of Congress, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``U.S.-Israel Global Neuroscience
Partnership Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) It is in the highest national security interests of the
United States to develop neuroscience-related research and... | U.S.-Israel Global Neuroscience Partnership Act This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities for U.S.-Israel cooperative neuroscience research and related technological innovation. The programs shall be carried out through the Small Business Innovation Research an... | U.S.-Israel Global Neuroscience Partnership Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Dollars for Scholars Community
Scholarship Foundation Development Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) the local community, when properly organized and
challenged, is one of the best sources of academic support,
... | Dollars for Scholars Community Scholarship Foundation Development Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to make an endowment grant to an eligible organization to support the establishment of 25 area program centers to foster development of locally based, volunteer organizations to improve high school graduation rate... | Dollars for Scholars Community Scholarship Foundation Development Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Kyle Barthel Veterans and Service
Members Mental Health Screening Act''.
SEC. 2. MANDATORY CONFIDENTIAL SCREENINGS FOR SUICIDE AND SUBSTANCE
ABUSE PREVENTION.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each
member of the... | Kyle Barthel Veterans and Service Members Mental Health Screening Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to ensure that each member of the Armed Forces on active duty is required to participate in confidential, in-person screenings for mental health conditions by a licensed mental health professional to reduce the prev... | To direct the Secretary of Defense to adopt a program of professional and confidential screenings for members of the armed forces on active duty to detect mental health conditions for the purpose of reducing the incidence of suicide among such members and veterans, and to detect traumatic brain injuries, and for other ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Date Certain Tax Code Replacement
Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to set a date certain for replacing the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with a simple and fair alternative.
SEC. 3. TERMINATION OF INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.
(... | Date Certain Tax Code Replacement Act - Terminates the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for taxable years beginning after 2008, except provisions of such Code relating to social security taxation (i.e., taxes on wage, self-employment, and railroad retirement income).
Establishes within the legislative branch a National C... | A bill to terminate the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Raise Wages, Cut Carbon Act of
2009''.
SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY TAXES; TAX ON COMBUSTIBLE FOSSIL
FUELS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 38 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to environmental taxes) is amended by adding a... | Raise Wages, Cut Carbon Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an environmental tax on: (1) any taxable carbon substance (i.e., coal, including lignite and peat, petroleum and any petroleum product, and natural gas that is extracted, manufactured, or produced in, or imported into, the United States); ... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce social security payroll taxes and to reduce the reliance of the United States economy on carbon-based energy sources. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Critical Care Assessment and
Improvement Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Critical care medicine is the care for patients whose
illnesses or injuries present a significant d... | Critical Care Assessment and Improvement Act of 2010 - Requires studies on critical care in the United States by the Institute of Medicine and the Comptroller General.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to establish the Cr... | To improve the understanding and coordination of critical care health services. |
SECTION 1. BORDER PREPAREDNESS ON INDIAN LAND.
Subtitle D of title IV of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6
U.S.C. 251 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 447. BORDER PREPAREDNESS PILOT PROGRAM ON INDIAN LAND.
``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Indian land.--... | Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Office of Domestic Preparedness, to establish a border preparedness pilot program of direct grants to up to six eligible tribal governments on Indian land located on or near the border of the United States with Can... | A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for a border preparedness pilot program on Indian land. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sustainable Drug Pricing Act''.
SEC. 2. AGREEMENTS REGARDING PRICES OF BRAND-NAME PRESCRIPTION DRUGS;
RELATION TO CERTAIN TAX DEDUCTIONS AND CREDITS.
Part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
254b et seq.) is amended... | Sustainable Drug Pricing Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into agreements with the manufacturers of brand name prescription drugs for four-year terms to establish a maximum wholesale price for such drugs. Defines brand name prescription drugs as F... | To amend the Public Health Service Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require agreements regarding the wholesale price of brand-name prescription drugs as a condition of the allowance of certain tax deductions and credits. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``SNAP Transparency Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHING A UNIFORM REPORTING SYSTEM.
Section 4 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Issuance of Uniform Reporting Guidelines.--
... | SNAP Transparency Act of 2013 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to: (1) establish a uniform reporting system to enable retail stores participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program) to collect and provide the S... | SNAP Transparency Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Renewable Energey Access Through
Leasing Act of 2010'' or the ``REAL Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR LOANS FOR FINANCING OF RENEWABLE ENERGY
SYSTEMS LEASED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE.
(a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are... | Renewable Energy Access Through Leasing Act of 2010 or the REAL Act of 2010- Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make loan guarantees for the financing of renewable energy systems leased for residential use. Prohibits the Secretary from insuring a loan unless the renewable energy system o... | A bill to encourage residential use of renewable energy systems by minimizing upfront costs and providing immediate utility cost savings to consumers through leasing of such systems to homeowners, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. CYBERSECURITY OF AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEMS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 301 of subtitle VI of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 30129 (as added by
section 4) the following new section:
``Sec. 30130. Cybersecurity of automated driving systems
``(a) Cybersecurity Plan.... | This bill prohibits a manufacturer from selling, introducing into commerce, or importing into the United States any highly automated vehicle (i.e., equipped with an automated driving system that can perform the entire dynamic driving task on a sustained basis), unless the manufacturer has developed a cybersecurity plan... | To amend chapter 301 of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, to require a cybersecurity plan for highly automated vehicles, and for other purposes. |
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