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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Tip-overs of Unstable, Risky
Dressers on Youth Act'' or the ``STURDY Act''.
SEC. 2. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD TO PROTECT AGAINST TIP-OVER OF
FREE-STANDING CLOTHING STORAGE UNITS.
(a) Free-Standing Clothing Storage Unit Defined... | Stop Tip-overs of Unstable, Risky Dressers on Youth Act or the STURDY Act This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to promulgate a final consumer product safety standard for free-standing clothing storage units (furniture items referred to as, or that may contain, a chest, door chest, chest of ... | STURDY Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Military Infrastructure
Transformation Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL ROUND OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURES AND REALIGNMENTS IN
2003.
(a) Additional Round of Closures Authorized.--The Defense Base
Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A ... | Military Infrastructure Transformation Act of 2001 - Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to authorize the President to elect to commence an additional round of military base closures and realignments by transmitting to the Senate nominations for the appointment of new members to the Defense Base... | To amend the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to authorize an additional round of military base closures and realignments using a two-step process that first identifies those military bases that may not be considered for closure or realignment. |
SECTION 1. RESOURCE STAFF FOR STUDENTS.
Title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 8001 et. seq) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``PART L--RESOURCE STAFF FOR STUDENTS
``SEC. 10993. FINDINGS.
``Congress finds the following:
``(1) Alth... | Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a grants program for Resource Staff for Students. Direct the Secretary of Education to make such grants to local educational agencies for recruiting, training, and hiring 100,000 individuals to serve as school-based resource staff who have documente... | To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies for the recruitment, training, and hiring of 100,000 individuals to serve as school-based resource staff. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as--
(1) the ``Better Agriculture Resources Now Act''; or
(2) the ``BARN Act''.
SEC. 2. H-2A PROGRAM REFORMS.
(a) Definition of Agricultural Labor or Services.--Section
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a)) is ... | Better Agriculture Resources Now Act or the BARN Act - Revises the H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural worker visa program, including provisions regarding: (1) agricultural labor and services, (2) application requirements, (3) wages, (4) period of authorized nonimmigrant status, (5) housing, (6) legal assistance, and (7) vi... | To reform the H-2A program for nonimmigrant agricultural workers, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Credit Default Swap Prohibition Act
of 2009''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) Credit default swaps were conceived as insurance
instruments, used to diffuse risk and increase liquid... | Credit Default Swap Prohibition Act of 2009 - Amends the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to grant the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulatory jurisdiction over any security-based swap agreement, including authority to issue, interpert, and enforce rules and orders in a manner ... | To amend the securities laws to prohibit credit default swaps and to provide the Securities and Exchange Commission with the authority to regulate swap agreements. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Native American Telecommunications
Improvement and Value Enhancement Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the average telephone penetration rate for Native
Americans on reservations is 47 percent (with some reservation... | Establishes in the Treasury the Native American Telecommunications Improvement Revolving Fund to make loans and award grants to eligible tribes. Limits loan interest rates dependent upon tribal per capita income.
Directs the Secretary to award grants to enable tribes to conduct feasibility studies with respect to telec... | Native American Telecommunications Improvement and Value Enhancement Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``ATF Enforcement Act''.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF SENATE CONFIRMATION REQUIREMENT FOR THE
APPOINTMENT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL,
TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES.
Section 599A(a)(2) of title 28, United States Code... | ATF Enforcement Act This bill amends the federal judicial code to require the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to be appointed by the Attorney General. Currently, the Director is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Additionally, it amends several appropriat... | ATF Enforcement Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Child Protection Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. REGISTRATION OF CONVICTED SEX OFFENDERS WHOSE VICTIMS ARE
CHILDREN.
(a) States To Register Persons Convicted of Sex Offenses Against
Children.--
(1) In general.--Each State shall establi... | Child Protection Act of 1993 - Requires each State to: (1) establish and maintain a program requiring persons convicted of a sex offense against a child victim to register a current address and other information deemed relevant by the Attorney General with a designated State law enforcement agency for 20 years after b... | Child Protection Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Santa Monica Mountains National
Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Study Act''.
SEC. 2. RESOURCE STUDY OF THE LOS ANGELES COASTAL AREA, CALIFORNIA.
(a) Study Required.--The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a
special resource study of the lands,... | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Study Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the lands, waters, and interests of the coastline and specified areas adjacent to the Santa Monica Bay in California to evaluate a range of alternatives f... | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Study Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Freedom and Privacy Restoration Act
of 1999''.
SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBER.
(a) Repeal of Provisions Authorizing Use of the Social Security
Account Number.--Subparagraph (C) of section 205(c)(2) of the Social
... | Freedom and Privacy Restoration Act of 1999 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit any Federal, State, or local government agency or instrumentality from using a social security account number or any derivative as the means of... | Freedom and Privacy Restoration Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS TO ADDRESS SCHIP FUNDING SHORTFALLS FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2007.
(a) In General.--Section 2104(h) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1397dd(h)), as added by section 201(a) of the National
Institutes of Health Reform Act of 2006, is amended--
(1) in the heading... | Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to apply specified rules for an additional redistribution of amounts from unexpended FY2005-FY2006 allotments to address funding shortfalls in SCHIP for FY2007. | A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to make available additional amounts to address funding shortfalls in the State Children's Health Insurance Program for fiscal year 2007. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Jefferson Commemorative Coin Act of
1993''.
SEC. 2. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.
(a) One-Dollar Silver Coins.--
(1) Issuance.--The Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in
this Act referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall issue not more
... | Jefferson Commemorative Coin Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue one-dollar silver coins emblematic of Thomas Jefferson and his home, Monticello.
Mandates that all surcharges received from the sale of such coins be paid to the Jefferson Endowment Fund and to the Corporation for Jefferson's Pop... | Jefferson Commemorative Coin Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Habitat Homeownership
Act''.
SEC. 2. EXEMPTIONS.
(a) Truth in Lending Act.--The Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1601
et seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 128(f) (15 U.S.C. 1638(f))--
(A) in paragraph (3)--
... | Protecting Habitat Homeownership Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to exempt residential mortgage loans originated by non-profit low-income housing providers from certain minimum loan standards as well as appraisal, servicing, and billing requirements. Defines &... | Protecting Habitat Homeownership Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Insurance Protection for Victims of
Domestic Violence Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF HEALTH INSURANCE DISCRIMINATION WITH RESPECT TO
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended by
adding ... | Insurance Protection for Victims of Domestic Violence Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to create a new title prohibiting health insurers from discriminating against an individual or group because the individual or a family member is the subject of abuse.
Mandates development of model standards. Requires eac... | Insurance Protection for Victims of Domestic Violence Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Combined Heat and Power Advancement
Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the removal of barriers to the development and
deployment of combined heat and power technologies and systems,
an example of an ... | Combined Heat and Power Advancement Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal Power Act to prescribe procedural guidelines for: (1) the interconnection of a generating facility with the distribution facilities of the local distribution utility; (2) the interconnection of a generating facility with the transmission facilities of... | A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to encourage the development and deployment of innovative and efficient energy technologies. |
SECTION 1. FOREIGN LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE.
Part B of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 2101. SHORT TITLE.
``This part may be cited as the `Foreign Language Assistance Act of
1993'.
``SEC. 2102. FINDINGS.
``The Co... | Foreign Language Assistance Act of 1993 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a foreign language assistance program.
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants: (1) as allocations to States in any fiscal year in which appropriations equal or exceed a specified amount; or (... | Foreign Language Assistance Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; DEFINITIONS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``California Coastal
National Monument Santa Cruz Redwoods Expansion Act''.
(b) Definitions.--In this Act:
(1) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map created by the
Bureau of Land Management, entitled ``Sant... | California Coastal National Monument Santa Cruz Redwoods Expansion Act Expands the boundary of the California Coastal National Monument, established by Presidential Proclamation 7264, to include the Santa Cruz Redwoods public lands comprising approximately 5,800 acres in Santa Cruz County, California. Requires the D... | California Coastal National Monument Santa Cruz Redwoods Expansion Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that all authorities with jurisdiction,
including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other entities within
the Department of Justice, should--
(1... | Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act - Establishes an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. Requires the Chief of the Section to be responsible for investigating and prosecuting violations of criminal civil rights statutes in which the complaint alleges that such a violation occu... | To establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Marine Corps 230th Anniversary
Commemorative Coin Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) November 10, 2005, marks the 230th anniversary of the
United States Marine Corps;
(2) the United States Marine Corps ha... | Marine Corps 230th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 500,000 one dollar coins which shall be emblematic of the warrior ethos of the United States Marine Corps. Requires: (1) all coin sales to include a surcharge of $10 per coin; and (2) all surcha... | A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 230th Anniversary of the United States Marine Corps, and to support construction of the Marine Corps Heritage Center. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Employee Tax Accountability
Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. INELIGIBILITY OF PERSONS HAVING SERIOUSLY DELINQUENT TAX DEBTS
FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT.
(a) In General.--Chapter 73 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end... | Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act of 2012 - Makes any person who has a seriously delinquent tax debt ineligible for federal employment or to continue serving as a federal employee. Defines "seriously delinquent tax debt" as an outstanding tax debt for which a notice of lien has been filed in public records. Exemp... | To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that persons having seriously delinquent tax debts shall be ineligible for Federal employment. |
SECTION 1. PENALTY FREE WITHDRAWALS FROM RETIREMENT PLANS FOR VICTIMS
OF FEDERALLY DECLARED NATURAL DISASTERS.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 72(t) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to 10-percent additional tax on early
distributions from qualified retirement plans) is amen... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exempt qualified disaster-relief distributions from the ten percent penalty on premature distributions from tax-exempt retirement plans; and (2) allow repayment of such distributions to the retirement plan within five years after the date of such distribution. Defines a "qualifi... | A bill to amend the internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow penalty free withdrawals from retirement plans for victims of federally declared disasters. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rent-To-Own Reform Act of 2001''.
SEC. RENT-TO-OWN PROTECTION ACT.
The Consumer Credit Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following new title:
``TITLE X--RENT-TO-OWN TRANSACTIONS
``Sec.
``1001... | Rent-To-Own Reform Act of 2001 - Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to prohibit seller-imposed interest, finance charges, or other fees in a rent-to-own transaction that exceed maximum interest, fees, or finance charges that may be charged for a credit sale or retail installment sale for the same or similar item... | To amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to protect consumers from inadequate disclosures and certain abusive practices in rent-to-own transactions, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Terrorist Notification Act of
2010''.
SEC. 2. PROVISION OF CERTAIN INTELLIGENCE RELATED TO MEMBERS OF THE
ARMED FORCES AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) In... | Terrorist Notification Act of 2010 - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to direct the head of an element of the intelligence community (IC) to provide to the Secretary of Defense any intelligence information obtained by such IC element that indicates that a member of the Armed Forces, a civilian employee of the D... | To require the head of an element of the intelligence community to provide to the Secretary of Defense any intelligence information obtained by such element that indicates the involvement of personnel of the Department of Defense with a terrorist organization, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE MANAGED HEALTH-CARE
PLANS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 1704 the following new section:
``Sec. 1705. Establishment of managed health-care plans
``(a) In carrying out responsibilit... | Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in carrying out responsibilities with respect to the delivery of health care for veterans and their beneficiaries, to establish and operate managed health care plans through a Department of Veterans Affairs health care facility or group of such facilities or through arrange... | To amend title 38, United States Code, to enable the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve service-delivery of health care to veterans, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States Olympic Committee
Paralympic Program Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) In 1998, Congress enacted the Olympic and Amateur
Sports Act Amendments of 199... | United States Olympic Committee Paralympic Program Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) to plan, develop, manage, and implement the Paralympic Program for disabled veterans and disabled members of the Armed Forces.
Directs the USOC to use a gran... | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide assistance to the Paralympic Program of the United States Olympic Committee, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Combined Welfare Administration Act
of 1993''.
SEC. 2. COMBINED GRANT TO STATE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF AFDC,
MEDICAID, AND FOOD STAMP PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
make grants, in accorda... | Combined Welfare Administration Act of 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make a combined grant to States for administrative costs necessary to carry out the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act, the Medicaid program under title... | Combined Welfare Administration Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``No Funds for Cyber
Coordination with Russia Act of 2017''.
(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. Purpose.
Sec. ... | No Funds for Cyber Coordination with Russia Act of 2017 This bill prohibits federal funds from being used to establish a cyber security unit in cooperation with the government of the Russian Federation. It is the sense of Congress that the President: (1) should publicly endorse the assessment of the Armed Forces and t... | No Funds for Cyber Coordination with Russia Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF NEW QUALIFIED HYBRID MOTOR
VEHICLE CREDIT.
(a) Extension.--Paragraph (3) of section 30B(k) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``December 31, 2009'' and
inserting ``December 31, 2014''.
(b) Qualified Incremental Hybrid Cost.--Cla... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase and extend through 2014 the tax credit for new qualified hybrid motor vehicles; (2) allow such credit for certain fuel-efficient heavy trucks and heavy electric vehicles; (3) extend through 2013 tax credits for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property expenditures; (... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the credit for new qualified hybrid motor vehicles, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Consumer Protection Home Inspection
Counseling Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. PROGRAM TO TRAIN COUNSELORS TO PROVIDE CONSUMERS WITH VOLUNTARY
HOME INSPECTION COUNSELING.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
(in this... | Consumer Protection Home Inspection Counseling Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish a comprehensive program to train HUD staff, contractors, individuals, and entities that provide housing counseling under specified HUD-funded programs also to provide counseling to con... | To establish programs to provide counseling to homebuyers regarding voluntary home inspections and to train counselors to provide such counseling, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Suicide Prevention for American
Veterans Act''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR DOMICILIARY CARE FOR CERTAIN
VETERANS WHO SERVED IN A THEATER OF COMBAT OPERATIONS.
Section 1710(e)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, is amended
by... | Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act - Extends from 5 to 15 years the period of eligibility for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for veterans who served on active duty in a theater of combat operations after the Persian Gulf War or against a hostile force during a period of hostilities aft... | Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protect America Scholarships Act of
2003''.
SEC. 2. GRANTS AUTHORIZED.
Part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1070 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Subpart 9--Homeland Security Scholars... | Protect America Scholarships Act of 2003 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide grants for homeland security scholarships.Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to partnerships of institutions of higher education and qualified employers (nonprofit organizations or public agencies) ... | A bill to amend title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide grants for homeland security scholarships. |
SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.
(a) Naturalization Authority.--Section 310(b) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1421(b)) is amended--
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Court
Authority'' and inserting ``Authority'';
(2) i... | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit each applicant for naturalization to choose to have the oath of allegiance for naturalization administered by a Member of Congress, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner (Member).
Limits the administration of the oath: (1) by a Senator to individuals who reside in the ... | To permit Members of Congress to administer the oath of allegiance to applicants for naturalization. |
SECTION 1. REGULATORY REVIEW BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(2) Agricultural entity.--The term ``agricultural entity''
means ... | Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to review each notice issued by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and published in the Federal Register relating to the preparation of any guidance, policy, memorandum, regulation, or statement of general applicability and future effect that may h... | A bill to establish a regulatory review process for rules that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency plans to propose, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Whistleblower Improvement Act of
2011''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
(a) Exclusion of Certain Compliance Officers and Internal Reporting
as a Condition of Award.--Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (15 U.... | Whistleblower Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to require a whistleblower employee, as a prerequisite to eligibility for a whistleblower award, to: (1) first report information relating to misconduct to his or her employer before reporting it to the Sec... | To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to modify certain provisions relating to whistleblower incentives and protection. |
SECTION 1. CONDITIONS ON LOAN GUARANTEES ISSUED TO STEEL COMPANIES.
Section 101(h) of the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999
(Public Law 106-51) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(5) Certain activities prohibited.--
``(A) Prohibited activities.--Any qualified... | Amends the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999 to prohibit qualified steel companies that have been issued loan guarantees under such Act from: (1) contributing any of the proceeds of such a loan to any facility located outside the United States that is engaged in manufacture of certain steel mill products (incl... | To amend the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999 to prohibit steel companies receiving loan guarantees from investing the loan proceeds in foreign steel companies and using the loan proceeds to import steel products from foreign countries that are subject to certain trade remedies. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Surviving Spouses and Dependents
Outreach Enhancement and Veterans Casework Improvement Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) There are over 600,000 surviving spouses and dependents
receiving dependency... | Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assign appropriate Department employees to conduct outreach programs and provide outreach services for eligible spouses and dependents. | Surviving Spouses and Dependents Outreach Enhancement and Veterans Casework Improvement Act |
SECTION 1. DECLARATION OF POLICY.
It is the policy of the United States to end the needless maiming
and suffering inflicted upon animals through the use of conventional
steel-jawed leghold traps by prohibiting the import or export of, and
the shipment in interstate commerce of, such traps and of articles of
f... | Makes it unlawful to: (1) import, export, or transport in interstate commerce conventional steel jawed leghold traps and articles of fur derived from animals trapped in such traps; or (2) sell or acquire such a trap transported in violation of such provision. Prescribes criminal penalties for violations.Directs the Sec... | To end the use of conventional steel-jawed leghold traps on animals in the United States. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Trash Reduction Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF TAX ON DISPOSABLE CARRYOUT BAGS.
(a) General Rule.--Chapter 31 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to retail excise taxes) is amended by inserting after
subchapter C the following new subc... | Trash Reduction Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require retailers to pay a $0.05 excise tax on each disposable carryout bag provided to a consumer. Defines "disposable carryout bag" to mean a bag of any material, commonly plastic or kraft paper, which is provided to a consumer at the point of sale to ... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a retail tax on disposable carryout bags, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. BIOFUELS RESEARCH INITIATIVE.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Biofuels
Research Initiative Act of 2007''.
(b) Research, Extension, and Educational Programs on Biobased
Energy Technologies and Products.--Title IX of the Farm Security and
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. ... | Biofuels Research Initiative Act of 2007 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish grants to the lead land grant university for each regional consortium.
Prescribes the use of such grants. Requires each regional university consortium to provide co... | To enhance the efficiency of bioenergy and biomass research and development programs through improved coordination and collaboration between the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Energy, and land-grant colleges and universities, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Support for Survivors Act''.
SEC. 2. PRESERVATION OF DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
ON INCIDENTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN
THE MILITARY.
(a) Identification of Means of Preservation.--
... | Support for Survivors Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to identify the most appropriate and effective means for the preservation by the Department of Defense (DOD) of documentary evidence of incidents of sexual assault or harassment in which a member of the Armed Forces is the victim (covered incidents), which sh... | A bill to provide for the preservation by the Department of Defense of documentary evidence of the Department of Defense on incidents of sexual assault and sexual harassment in the military, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Drunk Driving Protection
Act''.
SEC. 2. OPEN CONTAINER LAWS.
(a) Establishment.--Chapter I of title 23, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 153 the following:
``Sec. 154. Open container requirements
``(a) Definitions.... | National Drunk Driving Protection Act - Requires the transfer of certain Federal highway funds from Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and Federal surface transportation program apportionments to a State's highway safety program apportionment if the State fails, before FY 2001, to prohibit op... | National Drunk Driving Protection Act |
SECTION 1. REMOVAL OF LIMITATION UPON THE AMOUNT OF OUTSIDE INCOME
WHICH A SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFICIARY MAY EARN WHILE
RECEIVING BENEFITS.
(a) Repeal of Provisions Relating to Deductions on Account of
Work.--
(1) In general.--Subsections (b), (c)(1), (d), (f), (h),
... | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which a beneficiary may earn (earnings test) without incurring a reduction in benefits. | To amend the Social Security Act to remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which a Social Security beneficiary may earn while receiving benefits. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Interest for Others Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME OF CERTAIN INTEREST AND MONEY
MARKET FUND DIVIDENDS PAID TO CHARITY.
(a) In General.--Part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is ame... | Interest for Others Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals, trusts, or estates to exclude from gross income up to $50 of interest and money market fund dividend income that is contributed to charity using a program adopted by a financial institution or a money market fund. Details... | Interest for Others Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Education Relief and Restoration Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF ENTITLEMENT TO EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE AND OTHER
RELIEF FOR VETERANS AFFECTED BY CLOSURES OF EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS.... | Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Education Relief and Restoration Act of 2015 This bill declares that, if a veteran is forced to discontinue a course as a result of an educational institution's permanent closure and did not receive credit or lost training time toward completion of the education program, Departme... | Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Education Relief and Restoration Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Responsible Use of Coal Act of
2009''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Carbon capture and storage technology.--The term
``carbon capture and storage technology'' means an advanced
technology or concept that the Secret... | Responsible Use of Coal Act of 2009 - Requires the Director of the National Energy Technology Laboratory to carry out a research, development, and demonstration program to advance carbon capture and storage and coal power generation technologies. Requires such program to include a large-scale commercial demonstration p... | A bill to ensure the energy independence and economic viability of the United States by promoting the responsible use of coal through accelerated carbon capture and storage and through advanced clean coal technology research, development, demonstration, and deployment programs, and for other purposes. |
.
``(a) In General.--In this section, the term `joint resolution'
means only a joint resolution introduced in the period beginning on the
date on which the report referred to section 3004(b)(3) of the Exchange
Rates and International Economic Policy Coordination Act of 1988 is
received by the Committee on Bank... | Currency Reform and Financial Markets Access Act of 2007 - Amends the Exchange Rates and International Economic Policy Coordination Act of 1988 to revise U.S. policy provisions by urging: (1) the United States, and other major industrialized countries, to work together to ensure that the exchange rate of the currencies... | A bill to amend the Exchange Rates and International Economic Coordination Act of 1988 and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. EXPERIMENTAL BIOFUEL PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Section 523 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7
U.S.C. 1523) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Experimental Biofuel Pilot Program.--
``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
``(A) Experimental bi... | Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to establish a crop insurance pilot program for experimental biofuel crops (nonpetroleum fuel source or nonpetroleum lubricant use).
Amends the Farm Security and Reinvestment Act to: (1) direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide loans and loan guarantees to producers of exper... | A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act and Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to establish a biofuel pilot program to offer crop insurance to producers of experimental biofuel crops and a program to make loans and loan guarantees to producers of experimental biofuel crops. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medal of Honor Commemorative Coin
Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The Medal of Honor was first authorized by the Congress
in 1861, as the United States Navy's highest personal
decoration.... | Medal of Honor Commemorative Coin Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $5 gold coins and $1 silver coins emblematic of the design selected by the Secretary, after consultation with the Boards of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society and the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation, in... | A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor in 1861, America's highest award for valor in action against an enemy force which can be bestowed upon an individual serving in the Armed Services of the United States, to honor the Am... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Retail Investor Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. STAY ON RULES DEFINING CERTAIN FIDUCIARIES.
After the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor
shall not prescribe any regulation under the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C... | . Retail Investor Protection Act (Sec. 2) Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from prescribing any regulation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) defining the circumstances under which an individual is considered a fiduciary until 60 days after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) i... | Retail Investor Protection Act |
SECTION 1. CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT TO
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
(a) In General.--Subparagraph (B) of section 170(e)(4) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
``(B) Qualified research or education
cont... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the rules concerning a "qualified research contribution," for purposes of the deduction for charitable contributions. Redefine such term as a "qualified research or education contribution." | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow companies to donate scientific equipment to elementary and secondary schools for use in their educational programs, and for other purposes. |
short title
Section 1. This Act may be referred to as the ``Federal Oil and Gas
Lease Management Improvement Act of 1998''.
findings and purposes
Sec. 2. (a) Congress finds that--
(1) State governments have a long and successful history of
regulation of operatio... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Deferral to State Regulation of Oil and Gas Lease
Operations on Federal Lands
Title II: Use of Cost Savings from State Regulation
Title III: Streamlining and Cost Reduction
Federal Oil and Gas Lease Management Improvement Act of 1998 -
Title I: Deferral to ... | Federal Oil and Gas Lease Management Improvement Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Shasta-Trinity National Forest
Administrative Jurisdiction Transfer Act''.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION TO THE BUREAU OF LAND
MANAGEMENT.
(a) In General.--Administrative jurisdiction over the Federal land
described in subsection (b) is... | Shasta-Trinity National Forest Administrative Jurisdiction Transfer Act - Transfers the administrative jurisdiction of specified federal land in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in California from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior.
Transfers the administrative jurisdiction of specified fe... | To interchange the administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands between the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Defense Sexual Trauma Response
Oversight and Good Governance Act'' (the ``Defense STRONG Act'').
SEC. 2. SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE OFFICE.
(a) Appointment of Director; Duties.--Chapter 3 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by inser... | Defense Sexual Trauma Response Oversight and Good Governance Act (Defense STRONG Act) - Establishes within the Department of Defense (DOD) a Director of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office to serve as the single point of authority, accountability, and oversight for DOD policy regarding prevention of and r... | To implement recommendations of the Defense Task Force on Sexual Assault in the Military Services. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Aid for Trade Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) the end of the Cold War affords the United States the
opportunity to reevaluate its foreign assistance priorities;
(2) the United States must le... | Aid for Trade Act of 1993 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to earmark foreign assistance funds for Trade and Development Agency projects in developing and middle-income countries.
Limits the percentage of Economic Support Fund assistance to be used for cash transfers in FY 1994 through 1998.
Declares that ... | Aid for Trade Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Credit Monitoring Clarification
Act''.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION RELATING TO CREDIT MONITORING SERVICES.
(a) In General.--Section 403 of the Credit Repair Organizations Act
(15 U.S.C. 1679a) is amended--
(1) by striking ``For purposes of this t... | Credit Monitoring Clarification Act - Amends the Credit Repair Organizations Act to cite conditions under which provision to a consumer of credit reports, credit score analysis, and assistance in a case of identity theft shall not be considered as an activity to improve a consumer's credit status, which is subject to r... | To amend the Credit Repair Organizations Act to clarify the applicability of certain provisions to credit monitoring services, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Future Farmers of America
Commemorative Coin Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) the National Future Farmers of America Organization
makes a positive difference in the lives of students by
... | National Future Farmers of America Commemorative Coin Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue gold and silver coins in commemoration of the National Future Farmers of America Organization and the 85th anniversary of such Organization.
Authorizes the issuance of coins under this Act only f... | To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the National Future Farmers of America Organization and the 85th anniversary of the founding of the National Future Farmers of America Organization. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Processed Food Safety Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. POULTRY SAFETY.
(a) Definition of Misbranded.--Section 4(h) of the Poultry Products
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 453(h)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (5)--
(A) by inserting ``(A)... | Processed Food Safety Act of 2009 - Amends the Poultry Products Inspection Act and the Federal Meat Inspection Act to prohibit the sale or transport in commerce of any processed poultry, poultry product, meat, or meat food product capable of human consumption that has not undergone a pathogen reduction treatment for ea... | A bill to amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act, the Federal Meat Inspection Act, and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require processors of food products to certify to the applicable Secretary that the processed food products are not adulterated. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Anti-Sex Offender Protection
Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Immigration law allows citizens and aliens lawfully
admitted for permanent residence to bring foreign family
member... | Foreign Anti-Sex Offender Protection Act of 2006 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to deny a family-based immigration petition by a U.S. petitioner for an alien spouse or child if: (1) the Secretary has confirmed that the petitioner is on the national sex offen... | To prevent sex offenders from using immigration laws to bring innocent, unsuspecting victims into the United States. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Safe, Efficient,
and Transparent Medical Device Approval Act'' or the ``SET Device
Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Fin... | Safe, Efficient, and Transparent Medical Device Approval Act or the SET Device Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), within 120 days of enactment of this Act, to establish the schedule for the promulgation of a regulation requiring premarket approval for a medical device that the Secretary req... | A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to medical device regulation, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Defense Stockpile
Modernization Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. DISPOSAL OF EXCESS AND OBSOLETE MATERIALS IN THE NATIONAL
DEFENSE STOCKPILE.
(a) Disposal Required.--Except as provided in subsection (b), in
order to reduce the quantities ... | National Defense Stockpile Modernization Act of 1993 - Directs the President to dispose of specified excess or obsolete materials in the National Defense Stockpile (NDS), in specified amounts. Limits the disposal of silver to coin only. Repeals all previous disposal authority of the President or the NDS Stockpile Mana... | National Defense Stockpile Modernization Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Planning for American Energy Act of
2012''.
SEC. 2. ONSHORE DOMESTIC ENERGY PRODUCTION STRATEGIC PLAN.
(a) In General.--The Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is
amended by redesignating section 44 as section 45, and by inserting
after sectio... | Planning for American Energy Act of 2012 - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to publish every four years a Quadrennial Federal Onshore Energy Production Strategy to direct federal land energy development and department resource... | To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish goals for an all-of-the-above energy production plan strategy on a 4-year basis on all onshore Federal lands managed by the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Health Improvement and
Protection Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. CHANGES TO RULES FOR REDISTRIBUTION AND EXTENDED AVAILABILITY
OF FISCAL YEAR 2000 AND SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEAR
ALLOTMENTS.
Section 2104(g) of the Social Secu... | Children's Health Improvement and Protection Act of 2002 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to: (1) revise the rules for redistribution and extended availability of FY 2000 and subsequent fiscal year allotments under SCHIP; (2) direct the Secretary of Health and Hu... | A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of fiscal year 2000 and subsequent fiscal year allotments under the State children's health insurance program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Retiree Health Benefits Act of
2005''.
SEC. 2. FUNDING OF RETIREE HEALTH BENEFITS.
(a) Collectively Bargained Transfer Treated as a Qualified
Transfer.--
(1) In general.--Section 420(b) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (definin... | Retiree Health Benefits Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the tax free transfer of excess pension assets to a health benefits account established to pay collectively bargained retiree health liabilities. | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage the funding of collectively bargained retiree health benefits. |
Section 1. Certain Piston Engines.--Subchapter II of chapter 99 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by
inserting in numerical sequence the following new subheading:
``[] Internal Free No Change ... | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1998, the duty on certain piston engines. | To temporarily suspend the duty on certain piston engines entered on or before December 31, 1998. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Safety Of Untested and New Devices
Act of 2012'' or the ``SOUND Devices Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. PREDICATE DEVICES THAT HAVE BEEN RECALLED, CORRECTED, OR
REMOVED FROM THE MARKET.
(a) Submission of Information by Persons Seeking Substantial ... | Safety Of Untested and New Devices Act of 2012 or the SOUND Devices Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require a medical device company seeking approval of a new device based on a determination of substantial equivalence to a predicate device to inform the Food and Drug Administration (FDA... | To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure that a medical device is not marketed based on a determination that the device is substantially equivalent to a predicate device that has been recalled, corrected, or removed from the market because of an intrinsic flaw in technology or design that adversely a... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Firearms Microstamping Evaluation
and Study Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are the following:
(1) To conduct a comprehensive study of firearms
microstamping technology that can be incorporated into a
... | Firearms Microstamping Evaluation and Study Act of 2010 - Directs the Attorney General to enter into an arrangement with the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of the cost, feasibility, and benefits of firearms microstamping technology. Requires the Council to consult with ... | To provide for the conduct of a study on the effectiveness of firearms microstamping technology and an evaluation of its effectiveness as a law enforcement tool. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Southern Campaign of the Revolution
Heritage Area Study Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Heritage area.--The term ``Heritage Area'' means the
Southern Campaign of the Revolution Heritage Area.
(2) Secretary.-... | Southern Campaign of the Revolution Heritage Area Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study and report to specified congressional committees on the suitability and feasibility of designating specified South Carolina counties, cities, public sites, other sites maintained by the State, and National Park ... | A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Southern Campaign of the Revolution Heritage Area in the State of South Carolina, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Citizens' Protection and
War Criminal Prosecution Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Since the Nuremberg and Tokyo Tribunals were convened
following World War II, the United States h... | American Citizens' Protection and War Criminal Prosecution Act of 2001 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should: (1) support the due process rights of U.S. citizens before foreign tribunals, including the International Criminal Court (ICC); (2) continue to participate in negotiations of the ICC's... | To provide for the protection of the due process rights of United States citizens (including United States servicemembers) before foreign tribunals, including the International Criminal Court, for the prosecution of war criminals, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Math and Science Teacher Recruitment
Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. REVISION OF TEACHER LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAMS.
(a) Guaranteed Student Loans.--Part B of title IV of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 is amended by--
(1) redesignating section 428K ... | Math and Science Teacher Recruitment Act of 2002 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish new programs of student guaranteed and direct loan forgiveness for mathematics and science teachers in low-income, public middle and secondary schools. Requires for eligibility: (1) at least three consecutive complet... | To establish expanded teacher loan forgiveness programs under the guaranteed and direct student loan programs for teachers of mathematics and science, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Resident Physician Shortage
Reduction Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. INCREASING THE MEDICARE CAPS ON GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION
POSITIONS FOR STATES WITH A SHORTAGE OF RESIDENTS.
(a) Direct Graduate Medical Education.--Section 1886(h)(4)(F) of
t... | Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to increase, over five cost reporting periods, the Medicare caps on the total number of full-time equivalent residents in the field of allopathic or osteopath... | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase the Medicare caps on graduate medical education positions for States with a shortage of residents. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Iran and Syria Nonproliferation
Enforcement Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. SANCTIONS APPLICABLE UNDER THE IRAN NONPROLIFERATION ACT OF
2000.
(a) Application of Certain Measures.--Section 3 of the Iran and
Syria Nonproliferation Act (50 U.S.C. 17... | Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Enforcement Act of 2006 - Amends the Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act respecting the imposition of sanctions under such Act to: (1) apply sanctions for a minimum two-year period; (2) apply sanctions to an identified foreign person, a successor or subsidiary, and an entity controlling ... | A bill to make amendments to the Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Syria Accountability Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) On September 20, 2001, President George Bush stated at
a joint session of Congress that ``[e]very nation, in every
region, now ... | Syria Accountability Act of 2002 - Prohibits the President from exporting any item on the United States Munitions List or Commerce Control List of dual-use items in the Export Administration Regulations, providing any U.S. assistance to U.S. businesses with respect to investment or other activities, or conducting Overs... | To halt Syrian support for terrorism, end its occupation of Lebanon, stop its development of weapons of mass destruction, cease its illegal importation of Iraqi oil, and by so doing hold Syria accountable for the serious international security problems it has caused in the Middle East, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. DECLARATION OF POLICY.
It is the policy of the United States to end the needless maiming
and suffering inflicted upon animals through the use of steel-jawed
leghold traps by prohibiting the import or export of, and the shipment
in interstate commerce of, such traps and of articles of fur from
animal... | Prohibits the import, export, or shipment in interstate commerce of conventional steel jawed leghold traps and of articles of fur derived from animals trapped in such traps.
Prescribes criminal penalties for violations of this Act.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to reward informers (other than Government emplo... | To end the use of steel-jawed leghold traps on animals in the United States. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Infrastructure Bank for America Act
of 2017''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK FOR AMERICA.
(a) In General.--The formation agent shall, in accordance with such
rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe,
make... | Infrastructure Bank for America Act of 2017 This bill provides for the establishment of the Infrastructure Bank Holding Company (IBHC), which shall be the parent company of the Infrastructure Bank for America (the bank). The bank shall provide: (1) direct loans and loan guarantees to private entities for the constructi... | Infrastructure Bank for America Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``O&C Lands
Protection Act''.
(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. Modifications to sales authority.
Sec. 4. Mod... | O&C Lands Protection Act - Establishes specified limitations on the sale and exchange out of Federal ownership by the Secretary of the Interior of O&C and public domain lands within the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Medford, Roseburg, Eugene, Salem, and Coos Bay districts and the Klamath Resource Area of the Lakevi... | O&C Lands Protection Act |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) In 1978, the Judicial Conference of the United States
established a procedure for creating new Federal judicial
districts, which is still in force. According to the
``Proceedings of the Judicial Conference, September ... | (Sec. 3) Provides for the transfer of district judges, bankruptcy judges, and magistrate judges to the Northern and Southern Districts of New Jersey.
Transfers U.S. attorneys, U.S. marshals, and Federal public defenders for the District of New Jersey to the Northern District of New Jersey. Directs the President to app... | A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to divide New Jersey into 2 judicial districts. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Tax Refund Protection Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. REGULATION OF TAX RETURN PREPARERS.
(a) In General.--Subchapter A of chapter 80 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 7812. REGULATION OF TAX ... | Tax Refund Protection Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Department of the Treasury to establish a program to license or certify and regulate tax return preparers. The program must: (1) require that the tax return preparer demonstrate good character, good reputation, necessary qualific... | Tax Refund Protection Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Southwest Border Port-of-Entry
Infrastructure Improvement Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Agreement.--The term ``Agreement'' means the Agreement
Between the Government of the United States of America and the
Go... | Southwest Border Port-of-Entry Infrastructure Improvement Act - Directs the Commissioner of Customs to update the Ports of Entry Infrastructure Assessment Study and develop priorities for port-of-entry infrastructure improvement projects in the United States (which may include port-to-Federal-highway connections) along... | A bill to improve port-of-entry infrastructure along the Southwest border of the United States, to establish grants to improve port-of-entry facilities, to designate a port-of-entry as a port technology demonstration site, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO PARK COUNTY, WYOMING.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) over 82 percent of the land in Park County, Wyoming, is
owned by the Federal Government;
(2) the parcel of land described in subsection (d) located in
Park County has been withdrawn from the pu... | Conditions such conveyance on U.S. compliance with requirements regarding the sale or transfer of Federal property on which any hazardous substances were stored, released, or disposed of. | A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain land to Park County, Wyoming. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Label and Transport Tissues Safely
Act of 2014'' or as the ``LATTS Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. IN GENERAL.
(a) Non-Transplant Tissue Bank License.--
(1) Prohibition.--No person may introduce or deliver for
introduction into interstate co... | Label and Transport Tissues Safely Act of 2014 or the LATTS Act of 2014 - Sets forth guidelines for handling human tissue specimens. Prohibits sale of human tissue for research or education unless the seller has a non-transplant tissue bank license and each package of tissue is labeled with specified information. Direc... | LATTS Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENT OF
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDED TO
Medicare-eligible BENEFICIARIES UNDER TRICARE.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law and
subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense and the ... | Requires the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS Secretary) to enter into an agreement to carry out a demonstration project under which the HHS Secretary reimburses the Secretary on a capitated basis, from the Medicare Program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act... | A bill to require the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a demonstration project to provide the Department of Defense with reimbursement from the medicare program for health care services provided to medicare-eligible beneficiaries under TRICARE. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Commute LESS Act of 2009'' or the
``Commute-Leveraging Employer Support and Successes Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. ENHANCING EMPLOYER INVOLVEMENT IN METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION
PLANNING.
(a) Designation of Metropolitan Planning Organizations.--... | Commute LESS Act of 2009 or the Commute-Leveraging Employer Support and Successes Act of 2009 - Amends the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) to revise the composition of metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) to include at least one representative desi... | To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to enhance employer involvement in transportation planning and to create and expand commuter benefit programs, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. CREDIT FOR FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS.
(a) In General.--Subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to nonrefundable
personal credits) is amended by inserting before section 26 the
following new section:
``SEC. 25C. PURCHASE OF PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE BY F... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a first-time homebuyer who purchases a principal residence a tax credit of ten percent of the purchase price of such residence. Limits the credit to $6,500. Requires married individuals filing jointly to both be first-time homebuyers. Makes this credit applicable to a principal... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for the purchase of a principal residence by a first-time homebuyer. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pay Back America Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF EXCISE TAX ON INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION BY
WATER.
(a) In General.--Chapter 36 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to certain other excise taxes) is amended by inserting a... | Pay Back America Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a per passenger tax on covered international voyages of commercial passenger vessels.
Establishes the Caribbean Ports and Infrastructure Protection Trust Fund (Caribbean Fund) and the Water and Marine Wildlife Protection Trust Fund (Wildlife Fun... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on the international transportation of individuals by water, to establish the Caribbean Ports and Infrastructure Improvement Trust Fund and the Water and Marine Wildlife Protection Trust Fund, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Child Abuse Reporting Grant Option
(CARGO) Act''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS.
(a) Authorization of Grants.--From amounts made available for
grants under this section, the Attorney General may make grants to
eligible States for use by the State fo... | Child Abuse Reporting Grant Option (CARGO) Act - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to eligible States for: (1) hiring and training law enforcement personnel for child abuse cases; and (2) programs to help abused children cope.Requires an eligible State to have in effect laws: (1) requiring that a "mandator... | To provide incentives for States to have in effect laws mandating the reporting of child abuse by certain individuals, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Neighborhood Crime Fighters Housing
Assistance Act''.
SEC. 2. SECTION 8 ASSISTANCE FOR PROTECTION OF NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME
FIGHTERS.
Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437f) is amended by adding at the end the fo... | Neighborhood Crime Fighters Housing Assistance Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to provide public housing rental assistance on behalf of a family that has provided law enforcement assistance and is likely to be subject to retaliatory violence.
Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 ... | Neighborhood Crime Fighters Housing Assistance Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Student Non-Discrimination Act of
2013''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Public school students who are lesbian, gay, bisexual,
or transgender (referred to in this Act as ``L... | Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Prohibits public school students from being excluded from participating in, or subject to discrimination under, any federally-assisted educational program on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity or that of their associates. Considers haras... | Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CONTRIBUTIONS MADE PURSUANT TO
VETERANS' REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS.
(a) In General.--Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(u) Special Rules Relating to Veterans' Reemployment Rights.--
... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe rules regarding limitations on employer contributions under defined contribution plans and eligible deferred compensation plans which are required by reason of veterans' reemployment rights. Treats an employer of a veteran entitled to such rights as meeting such reemployme... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the tax treatment of certain contributions made pursuant to veterans' reemployment. |
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON ACTIONS THAT IMPEDE BORDER SECURITY ON
CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``National
Security and Federal Lands Protection Act''.
(b) Prohibition on Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture.--
The Secretary of the Interior or th... | National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from prohibiting or restricting U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) activities on federal land under their respective jurisdictions, located within 100 miles of an international land ... | To prohibit the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture from taking action on Federal lands that impede border security on such lands, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stock Option Accounting Reform
Act''.
SEC. 2. MANDATORY EXPENSING OF STOCK OPTIONS HELD BY HIGHLY COMPENSATED
OFFICERS.
Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
... | Stock Option Accounting Reform Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require an issuer of registered securities to show as an expense in its annual report the fair value of all stock purchase options granted after December 31, 2004, to: (1) all individuals serving as the chief executive officer o... | To require the mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Electrify Africa Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to encourage the efforts of countries in
sub-Saharan Africa to improve access to affordable and reliable
electricity in Africa in order to unlock the potential for inclusive
econ... | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on December 18, 2015. Electrify Africa Act of 2015 (Sec. 3) This bill states that it is U.S. policy to partner with the governments of sub-Saharan African countries, international financial institutions, and African regional economic communities, co... | Electrify Africa Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicaid Data and Benefit
Improvement Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. IMPROVING MEDICAID DATA.
Section 1903(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(d)) is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(7)(A) In each CMS-64 or other quar... | Medicaid Data and Benefit Improvement Act of 2016 This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to: (1) extend Medicaid coverage of tobacco cessation services for pregnant women through the first full year after giving birth, and (2) add requirements related to the collection of s... | Medicaid Data and Benefit Improvement Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Cervidae
Tuberculosis Protection Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 2. Purpose and finding.
Sec. 3. Definition... | Emergency Cervidae Tuberculosis Protection Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a voluntary ten-year insurance program to compensate participating owners of domesticated cervidae (deer, elk, reindeer) for the destruction of animals injected with, or exposed to, tuberculosis.
Places specified limi... | Emergency Cervidae Tuberculosis Protection Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHING EXCISE TAX EQUITY AMONG ALL TOBACCO PRODUCT TAX
RATES.
(a) Tax Parity for Pipe Tobacco and Roll-Your-Own Tobacco.--Section
5701(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by s... | Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the excise tax on tobacco products, to tax pipe tobacco, smokeless tobacco products, and large cigars at the same level as cigarettes. Revises the definition of "tobacco products," for purposes of such tax, to include any other product det... | Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Reserve Employer Tax Credit Act of
1999''.
SEC. 2. TAX CREDIT FOR RESERVE FORCES PARTICIPATION.
(a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to business-related
credits) is amended b... | Reserve Employer Tax Credit Act of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide: (1) employers a business tax credit for a portion of compensation that was not paid with respect to members of the military reserves who were absent from work on qualified reserve duty; and (2) a comparable credit for participating s... | Reserve Employer Tax Credit Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and
Abuse Prevention Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Telemarketing differs from other sales activities in that
it can be carried out by sellers across State lines with... | Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act - Directs the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive telemarketing acts or practices and other abusive telemarketing acts or practices. Requires such rules to include: (1) a requirement that telemarketers not make unsolicited calls i... | Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Tyler Clementi Higher Education
Anti-Harassment Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. INSTITUTIONAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE INFORMATION FOR
STUDENTS.
Section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1092(f)) is amended--
(1) b... | Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2010 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each institution of higher education (IHE) participating in a title IV program (except foreign schools) to include in its annual security report a statement of policy regardi... | A bill to prevent harassment at institutions of higher education, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Trade and Environment Enforcement
(`Green 301') Act''.
SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION OF FOREIGN COUNTRY TRADE PRACTICES THAT
NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT.
(a) In General.--Chapter 1 of title III of the Trade Act of 1974
(19 U.S.C. 2411 et ... | Trade and Environment Enforcement (Green 301) Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to: (1) identify foreign country trade practices that cause negative impacts on the protection of human, animal, or plant life or health, or the conservation of exhaustible natural r... | To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to identify foreign country trade practices that negatively affect the environment and to take actions to address such practices. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Retirement Security Preservation Act
of 2014''.
SEC. 2. PROTECTING OLDER, LONGER SERVICE PARTICIPANTS.
(a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 401 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
(1) by striking the semicolon at the end... | Retirement Security Preservation Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to nondiscrimination requirements for tax-exempt employee pension, profit-sharing, and stock bonus plans, to include protections for older, longer service participants in such plans, including the grandfathering of such partic... | Retirement Security Preservation Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF LIGHTHOUSES.
(a) Authority To Transfer.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary may convey by any
appropriate means to the Washington State Parks and Recreation
Commission all right, title, and interest of the United States
in and to property comprising 1 or m... | Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to convey to the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission property comprising one or more of the Cape Disappointment Lighthouse, North Head Lighthouse, and Point Wilson Lighthouse.
Reverts such conveyed property to the United States ... | To authorize the conveyance of certain lighthouses in the State of Washington. |
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