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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care OverUse Reform Today Act
(HealthCOURT Act) of 2009''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PERFORMANCE-BASED QUALITY MEASURES.
Not later than January 1, 2010, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall submit to Congress a proposal for a formaliz... | Health Care OverUse Reform Today Act (HealthCOURT Act) of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to propose to Congress a formalized process for the development of performance-based quality measures that could be applied to physicians' services under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Securit... | To establish Medicare performance-based quality measures, to establish an affirmative defense in medical malpractice actions based on compliance with best practices guidelines, and to provide grants to States for administrative health care tribunals. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Internet Non-Discrimination Act of
2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Since passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996,
the Internet has grown robustly. Today, Americans are changing
how they acc... | Internet Non-Discrimination Act of 2006 - Prohibits a network operator (an entity that owns, controls, or resells any facility that provides communications services to subscribers) from, among other things: (1) interfering with any bits, content, application, or service transmitted over the operator's network; (2) disc... | A bill to ensure and promote a free and open Internet for all Americans. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform
Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. CADASTRE OF FEDERAL LAND.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall develop a multipurpose
cadastre of Federal real property to assist with Federal land
management, resource conservation, environme... | Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop a multipurpose cadastre of federal real property (an inventory of real property of the federal government) to assist with federal land management, resource conservation, environmental protection, and use of real property.... | A bill to improve Federal land management, resource conservation, environmental protection, and use of Federal real property, by requiring the Secretary of the Interior to develop a multipurpose cadastre of Federal and real property and identifying inaccurate, duplicate, and out-of-date Federal land inventories, and fo... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Preserving America's Downtowns and
Heritage Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. INCREASED REHABILITATION CREDIT FOR COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
(a) Buildings Other Than Certified Historic Structures.--Paragraph
(1) of section 47(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (r... | Preserving America's Downtowns and Heritage Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the rate of the rehabilitation tax credit for commercial buildings and for certified historic structures, and (2) allow a new 20% rehabilitation tax credit for certified historic buildings used by a taxpayer as a... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the rehabilitation credit for commercial buildings and to provide a rehabilitation credit for principal residences. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fusion Center Enhancement Act of
2015''.
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FUSION CENTER PARTNERSHIP
INITIATIVE.
(a) In General.--Section 210A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002
(6 U.S.C. 124h) is amended--
(1) by ame... | Fusion Center Enhancement Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to revise provisions concerning the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) State, Local, and Regional Fusion Center Initiative. The bill renames it as the Department of Homeland Security Fusion Center Partnership Initiative... | Fusion Center Enhancement Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Bald Eagle Recovery and
National Emblem Commemorative Coin Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The bald eagle was designated as the national emblem of
the United States on June 20, 1782, by our count... | American Bald Eagle Recovery and National Emblem Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in celebration of the recovery of the bald eagle, in commemoration of the 35th anniversary of the enactment of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and the placement of the bald eagle on the endangered specie... | A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins celebrating the recovery and restoration of the American bald eagle, the national symbol of the United States, to America's lands, waterways, and skies and the great importance of the designation of the American bald eagle as an endangered species under the ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Kenneth Starr Corrections Act of
1999''.
SEC. 2. TESTIMONIAL PRIVILEGES IN FEDERAL, CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
PROCEEDINGS.
Rule 501 of the Federal Rules of Evidence (28 U.S.C. App.) is
amended--
(1) in the 1st sentence by inserting ... | (Sec. 3) Prohibits the bringing of a criminal proceeding for perjury or false statement against a witness based on a statement made to the grand jury if: (1) such statement is made in response to a question that is asked by the prosecutor or a member of the grand jury and that arises from or has any basis in physical ... | Kenneth Starr Corrections Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Wildlife Refuge System
Volunteer and Community Partnership Enhancement Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the National Wildlife Refuge System (referred to in this
Act as the ``Sys... | National Wildlife Refuge System Volunteer and Community Partnership Enhancement Act of 1998 - Amends the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to provide that any gift or bequest made for the benefit of a particular national wildlife refuge or complex of refuges shall be disbursed only for such refuge's or refuges' benefit. A... | National Wildlife Refuge System Volunteer and Community Partnership Enhancement Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Chimney Rock National Monument
Establishment Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) National monument.--The term ``national monument''
means the Chimney Rock National Monument established by section
3(a).
... | Chimney Rock National Monument Establishment Act - (Sec. 3) Establishes the Chimney Rock National Monument in Colorado in order to preserve, protect, and restore the cultural, historic, natural, educational, and scenic resources of Chimney Rock and adjacent land and to provide for public interpretation and recreation c... | To establish the Chimney Rock National Monument in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION.
Section 552a of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
``(w) Maintenance of Certain Health Information Upon Cessation of
Certain Businesses.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the d... | Amends Federal law to require States to establish a process under which certain health information maintained by: (1) a closed health care facility previously located in the State; (2) a closed professional practice previously operated by a health care provider; and (3) a health benefit plan sponsor that previously pr... | To amend section 552a of title 5, United States Code, to provide for the maintenance of certain health information in cases where a health care facility has closed or a health benefit plan sponsor has ceased to do business. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Acid Rain Control Act''.
SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN TOTAL ANNUAL EMISSIONS OF SULFUR DIOXIDE BY
UTILITY UNITS.
The second sentence of section 403(a) of the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7651b) is amended by striking the period at the end and
insert... | Acid Rain Control Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to require further reductions in total annual emissions of sulfur dioxide by utility units and nitrogen oxides by facilities with one or more combustion units serving at least one electricity generator with a capacity of at least 25 megawatts. Permits emissions trading a... | To reduce acid deposition under the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Shenandoah Valley National
Battlefields Partnership Act of 1994''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) there are situated in the Shenandoah Valley in the
Commonwealth of Virginia the sites of several key Civil War
... | Shenandoah Valley National Battlefields Partnership Act of 1994 - Establishes the Shenandoah Valley National Battlefields in Virginia.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to protect, manage, and administer the Battlefields for the purposes of preserving and interpreting their natural, cultural, and historic resource... | Shenandoah Valley National Battlefields Partnership Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening
Medicare And Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2011''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Expediting Secretarial determinati... | Strengthening Medicare And Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2011- Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to any settlement, judgment, award, or other payment between a Medicare claimant and an applicable plan involving a payment made for items and services by the Secretary of Health and Human Se... | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the application of Medicare secondary payer rules for certain claims. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Prescription Drug Monitoring Act of
2017''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Controlled substance.--The term ``controlled
substance'' has the meaning given the term in section 102 of
the Controlled Substances Act (21 U... | Prescription Drug Monitoring Act of 2017 This bill requires a state that receives grant funds under the prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) or the controlled substance monitoring program to comply with specified requirements, including a requirement to share its PDMP data with other states. The Department of Ju... | Prescription Drug Monitoring Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Recycling Investment Saves Energy''
or the ``RISE Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Senate finds the following:
(1) Recycling means business in the United States, with
more than 56,000 reuse and recycling establishments that employ
... | Recycling Investment Saves Energy or the RISE Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a first-year tax deduction of 50% of the adjusted basis of qualified reuse and recycling property; and (2) tax-exempt bond financing for recycling facilities. Defines "qualified reuse and recycling property" as property p... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to allow a special depreciation allowance for reuse and recycling property and to provide for tax-exempt financing of recycling equipment, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cane River National Heritage Area
Reauthorization Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. CANE RIVER NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA.
(a) Boundaries.--Section 401 of the Cane River Creole National
Historical Park and National Heritage Area Act (16 U.S.C. 410ccc-21) is
amended-... | Cane River National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act of 2008 - Amends the Cane River Creole National Historical Park and National Heritage Area Act to: (1) revise the boundaries of the Cane River National Heritage Area, Louisiana; (2) revise the duties of the Cane River National Heritage Area Commission; and (3) termi... | A bill to reauthorize the Cane River National Heritage Area Commission and expand the boundaries of the Cane River National Heritage Area in the State of Louisiana. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Community Savings and Investment Act
of 2004''.
SEC. 2. INCOME TAX ON QUALIFIED COMMUNITY LENDERS.
(a) In General.--Section 11 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to tax imposed on corporations) is amended by redesignating
subsection (d) as... | Community Savings and Investment Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a separate corporate income tax rate for qualified community lenders of: (1) 15 percent of the amount of taxable income over $250,000 up to $1 million; and (2) the highest corporate tax rate imposed (currently 35%) for income o... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage a strong community-based banking system. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Consumer Bill of Rights
Conforming Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. ASSURING ACCESS TO OBSTETRICIAN-GYNECOLOGISTS.
Section 1852(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-22(d))
is amended--
(1) by striking ``A Medicare+Choice organizati... | Medicare Consumer Bill of Rights Conforming Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require a Medicare+Choice organization that requires or provides for an enrollee to designate a participating primary care provider to permit such an individual to designate a participating physician wh... | Medicare Consumer Bill of Rights Conforming Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Welfare Reform and Housing Act''.
SEC. 2. SIMPLIFICATION OF THE USE OF FUNDS FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND
OTHER PURPOSES.
(a) Supplemental Housing Benefits.--Section 404 of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 604) is amended by adding at the... | Welfare Reform and Housing Act - Amends title IV part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act to authorize States to use State Family Assistance Grants to provide: (1) supplemental housing benefits to, or on behalf of, an individual to reduce or reimburse the individual's costs for... | A bill to reform the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families to help States address the importance of adequate, affordable housing in promoting family progress towards self-sufficiency, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Mathematics Professional Readiness Education Preparation Act'' or
the ``STEM PREP Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an
amendment or repeal is expressed... | Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Professional Readiness Education Preparation Act or the STEM PREP Act of 2015 This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to replace the TECH prep grant program with a STEM prep grant program for career and technical education program... | STEM PREP Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Mixed-Blood Ute Indian Tax Status
Act''.
SEC. 2. TAXES ON DISTRIBUTIONS.
Section 17 of the Act of August 27, 1954 (68 Stat. 868; 25 U.S.C.
677p) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 17. TAXES ON DISTRIBUTIONS.
``(a) Distribution of Assets.--
... | Mixed-Blood Ute Indian Tax Status Act - Amends Federal law to exempt from Federal or State tax the distribution of rents and royalties from U.S. trust held real estate or related oil, gas, or mineral interests paid to mixed-blood members of the Ute Tribe, or their Ute heirs or legatees.
Exempts the Ute Distribution Co... | Mixed-Blood Ute Indian Tax Status Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Assistance for Individuals with
Disabilities Affected by Hurricane Katrina or Rita Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Affected state.--The term ``affected State'' means a S... | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on September 28, 2005. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Affected by Hurricane Katrina or Rita Act of 2005 - Provides vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities affecte... | A bill to assist individuals with disabilities affected by Hurricane Katrina or Rita through vocational rehabilitation services. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Iran Sanctions Relief Review Act''.
SEC. 2. DETERMINATION AND CERTIFICATION OF WHETHER CERTAIN FOREIGN
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS HAVE FACILITATED TRANSACTIONS OR
PROVIDED SERVICES FOR COVERED PERSONS.
(a) In General.--Not later... | Iran Sanctions Relief Review Act This bill requires the President to transmit to Congress every six months for five years determinations and certifications of whether, on or after January 30, 2016: (1) specified foreign financial institutions, including Iranian financial institutions, have facilitated significant trans... | Iran Sanctions Relief Review Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Non-Coal Producing Company
Relief Act''.
SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN CONTRIBUTIONS OF CERTAIN PERSONS TO COAL MINERS
COMBINED BENEFIT FUND.
(a) In General.--Part II of subchapter B of chapter 99 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relat... | Small Non-Coal Producing Company Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) limit annual premiums paid to the United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund by eligible small assigned operators; and (2) eliminate (for assigned operators) or reduce (for other operators) premiums for any year in which t... | Small Non-Coal Producing Company Relief Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``World Language Advancement and
Readiness Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The national security of the United States continues to
depend on language readiness, in particular among the seventeen
... | World Language Advancement and Readiness Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Defense to award three-year competitive grants to state and local educational agencies for the establishment, improvement, or expansion of world language (e.g., foreign language or American Sign Language) programs in elementary and... | World Language Advancement and Readiness Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Living Equitably: Grandparents
Aiding Children and Youth Act''.
SEC. 2. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM FOR ELDERLY HOUSING FOR INTERGENERATIONAL
FAMILIES.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
shall carry out a demonstra... | Living Equitably: Grandparents Aiding Children and Youth Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out demonstration programs to provide: (1) intergenerational family housing in connection with the supportive housing program; and (2) section 8 rental assistance to grandparent-headed or relat... | To provide affordable housing opportunities for families that are headed by grandparents and other relatives of children. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Beneficiaries
Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO REISSUE BENEFITS MISUSED BY ORGANIZATIONAL
REPRESENTATIVE PAYEES.
(a) OASDI Amendment.--Section 205(j)(5) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 405(j)(5)) is amended by... | Social Security Beneficiaries Protection Act - Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with regard to: (1) authority to reissue OASDI and SSI benefits misused by organizational representative payees; (2) bonding... | A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide additional safeguards for beneficiaries with representative payees under the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program or the Supplemental Security Income program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Cuba Human Rights
Act of 2015''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; Table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 4. Statement of pol... | Cuba Human Rights Act of 2015 This bill expresses the sense of Congress that: the United States-Cuba relationship should not be changed, nor should any federal law or regulation be amended, until the government of Cuba ceases violating the human rights of the people of Cuba; the United States should overcome the j... | Cuba Human Rights Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fallen Timbers Battlefield, Fort
Meigs, and Fort Miamis National Historical Site Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the 185-acre Fallen Timbers Battlefield is the site of
the 1794 battle b... | Fallen Timbers Battlefield, Fort Meigs, and Fort Miamis National Historical Site Act - Establishes the Fallen Timbers Battlefield, Fort Meigs, and Fort Miamis National Historical Site in Ohio.
Withdraws the Site from such designation if the Secretary of the Interior determines and notifies the Congress that: (1) its ... | Fallen Timbers Battlefield, Fort Meigs, and Fort Miamis National Historical Site Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This section may be cited as the ``Loan Forgiveness for Certified
Teachers Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) effective elementary schools and secondary schools
require competent teachers and strong leadership;
(2) local educat... | Loan Forgiveness for Certified Teachers Act of 2003 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to increase from $5,000 to $10,000 the maximum amount of student loan cancellation for certified or licensed teachers who teach for five years at low-income elementary or secondary schools.Establishes a HEA grants progra... | A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend loan forgiveness for certain loans to certified or licensed teachers, to provide for grants that promote teacher certification and licensing, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Hubbard Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Continued payment of bonuses and similar benefits for members
of the A... | Hubbard Act - Amends federal employment, armed forces, military pay, and veterans' benefits law to authorize the provision of the following benefits to a member of the Armed Forces who is discharged at the member's request pursuant to a Department of Defense (DOD) policy permitting the early discharge of a member who i... | A bill to amend titles 5, 10, 37, and 38, United States Code, to ensure the fair treatment of a member of the Armed Forces who is discharged from the Armed Forces, at the request of the member, pursuant to the Department of Defense policy permitting the early discharge of a member who is the only surviving child in a f... |
SECTION 1. GREAT LAKES POLLUTION PREVENTION.
Section 118 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.
1268) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and (h) as
subsections (g), (h), and (i) respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the followi... | Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) establish a multimedia Great Lakes pollution demonstration program to increase the use of modernizing industrial source reduction practices; and (2) maintain a registry of modernizing toxic use an... | To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for a Great Lakes pollution prevention demonstration program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicaid Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF MEDICAID STATE FISCAL RELIEF.
(a) Extension of Temporary Freeze of Medicaid FMAP for Certain
States.--Section 401(a) of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief
Reconciliation Act of 2003 (42 U.S.C. 1396d note) is ame... | Medicaid Act of 2004 - Amends the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 to extend the temporary freeze of the Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) for certain States (continuing the FY 2003 FMAP through each calendar quarter of FY 2004,... | To extend State Medicaid fiscal relief. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Silk Road Strategy Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The ancient Silk Road, once the economic lifeline of
Central Asia and the South Caucasus, traversed much of the
territory now wit... | Silk Road Strategy Act of 1997 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize specified assistance, including humanitarian, economic, migration and refugee, development, security, and technical assistance to the South Caucasus and Central Asia countries to: (1) promote sovereignty and independence with democ... | Silk Road Strategy Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Comprehensive Wildlife Disease
Testing Acceleration Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Chronic wasting disease.--The term ``chronic wasting
disease'' means the animal disease that afflicts deer and elk--
... | Comprehensive Wildlife Disease Testing Acceleration Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to chronic wasting disease (a disease affecting deer and elk), to: (1) issue guidelines for animal tissue collecting and laboratory testing; (2) establish a laboratory certification and inspection progra... | To provide for the testing of chronic wasting disease and other infectious disease in deer and elk herds, to establish the Interagency Task Force on Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Digital Jamming Act of 1998''.
TITLE I--PREVENTION OF SPAMMING
SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF JUNK FAX REMEDIES TO COMMERCIAL EMAIL
Section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Prevention of Spamming
Title II: Prevention of Slamming and Cramming
Digital Jamming Act of 1998 -
Title I: Prevention of Spamming
- Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require each electronic mail (e-mail) service provider, under regulations prescribed by the Federal ... | Digital Jamming Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Student Loan Fairness Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF PROHIBITION ON REFINANCING CONSOLIDATION LOANS.
Section 428C(a)(3) the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1078-3(a)(3)) is amended--
(1) by striking subparagraph (B);
(... | Student Loan Fairness Act of 2003 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise student aid requirements for consolidation loans.
Repeals a prohibition against refinancing consolidation loans.
Allows borrowers to select lenders of consolidation loans. Requires lenders and institutions to provide certain informa... | To permit refinancing of Federal student consolidation loans, and to permit students freedom to select a student loan consolidator. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Support and Defend Our Military
Personnel and Their Families Act''.
SEC. 2. FACILITATING NATURALIZATION FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL.
(a) In General.--Any person who has served honorably as a member of
the Armed Forces of the United States in support of a co... | Support and Defend Our Military Personnel and Their Families Act - States that any person who serves or has served under honorable conditions as a member of the U.S. Armed Forces in support of contingency operations shall be eligible for naturalization as if the person had served during a period of presidentially-desig... | Support and Defend Our Military Personnel and Their Families Act |
SECTION 1. TEMPORARY INCREASE OF MEDICAID FMAP.
(a) Permitting Maintenance of Fiscal Year 2001 FMAP For Last 2
Calendar Quarters of Fiscal Year 2002.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, but subject to subsection (e), if the FMAP determined
without regard to this section for a State for fiscal year 2002... | Declares that, if the Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) for a State for FY 2002 is less than the FMAP for FY 2001, the FY 2001 FMAP shall be substituted for the State's FMAP for the third and fourth calendar quarters of FY 2002. Declares similarly t... | A bill to temporarily increase the Federal medical assistance percentage for the medicaid program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Quality Cancer Care for Life Act of
2010''.
SEC. 2. IMPROVING QUALITY OF CANCER CARE AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR
PATIENTS AND SURVIVORS.
Title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.)
is amended by adding at the end the f... | Quality Cancer Care for Life Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to improve the quality of cancer care and the quality of life for cancer patients and survivor... | To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve quality of cancer care and quality of life for patients and survivors by coordinating development and distribution of information about relieving pain, symptoms, side effects, and stress; increasing awareness of treatment and post-treatment health risks for survivors; e... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Prevent Iran from Acquiring Nuclear
Weapons and Stop War Through Diplomacy Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) In his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech on December
10, 2009, President Obama said, ``I know th... | Prevent Iran from Acquiring Nuclear Weapons and Stop War Through Diplomacy Act - Directs the President to appoint a high-level U.S. representative or special envoy who shall: (1) seek to ease tensions and normalize relations between the United States and Iran, (2) lead U.S. diplomatic efforts with regard to Iran, and (... | To direct the President of the United States to appoint a high-level United States representative or special envoy for Iran for the purpose of ensuring that the United States pursues all diplomatic avenues to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, to avoid a war with Iran, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Medical Emergencies Air
Transport Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. GRANTS TO STATES REGARDING AIRCRAFT FOR TRANSPORTING RURAL
VICTIMS OF MEDICAL EMERGENCIES.
Title XII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d et seq.)
is amended by a... | Rural Medical Emergencies Air Transport Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to mandate grants to States for the creation or enhancement of air medical transport systems providing victims of rural medical emergencies with access to treatments. Authorizes appropriations. | Rural Medical Emergencies Air Transport Act of 1993 |
16, 110th Congress, agreed
to in the Senate March 1, 2007, and House Concurrent Resolution 80,
110th Congress, agreed to in the House of Representatives June 18,
2007.
SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT OF A STRATEGY TO SUPPORT THE DISARMAMENT OF THE
LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY.
(a) Requirement for Strategy.--Not later... | Lord's Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009 - (Sec. 4) Directs the President to submit to Congress a regional strategy to guide U.S. support for multilateral efforts to eliminate the threat to civilians and regional stability posed by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Requires the strate... | A bill to support stabilization and lasting peace in northern Uganda and areas affected by the Lord's Resistance Army through development of a regional strategy to support multilateral efforts to successfully protect civilians and eliminate the threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and to authorize funds for human... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Thomas Cole National Historic Site
Establishment Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the Hudson River school of landscape painting was
inspired by Thomas Cole and was characterized ... | Thomas Cole National Historic Site Establishment Act of 1995 - Establishes the Thomas Cole National Historic Site, New York, as a unit of the National Park System.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) acquire specified lands and interests within the Site's boundaries and personal property associated with ... | Thomas Cole National Historic Site Establishment Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Technology Transfer
Program Reauthorization Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PROGRAM AND EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS.
(a) In General.--Section 9(n)(1) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 638(n)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
... | Small Business Technology Transfer Program Reauthorization Act of 2001 - Amends the Small Business Act to: (1) increase and extend through FY 2009 the authorization of appropriations for the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program; (2) increase to $750,000 the maximum award for small businesses participating ... | A bill to reauthorize the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Reproductive Health Equity Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) abortion is a legal medical service related to
pregnancy and the choice to elect an abortion is a personal,
private right protected by the Con... | Reproductive Health Equity Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, the Peace Corps Act, the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, and other Federal laws covering armed forces personnel and dependents, certain veterans, Fed... | Reproductive Health Equity Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Raising Enrollment with a Government
Initiated System for Timely Electoral Registration (REGISTER) Act of
2015''.
SEC. 2. TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION TO STATE OR LOCAL ELECTION
OFFICIALS.
(a) Designation of Source Agencies.--
... | Raising Enrollment with a Government Initiated System for Timely Electoral Registration (REGISTER) Act of 2015 This bill requires each state to designate agencies (including motor vehicle authorities) to transfer electronically to state or local election officials source information on individuals for automatic voter r... | Raising Enrollment with a Government Initiated System for Timely Electoral Registration (REGISTER) Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Computer Owners' Bill of Rights''.
SEC. 2. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY OF TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR COMPUTER
OWNERS.
(a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall
carry out a study of the technical support (also known as c... | Computer Owners' Bill of Rights - Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to carry out a study of the technical support provided computer owners by the computer industry.Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to: (1) establish standards for the provision of technical support for computers and computer... | A bill to protect owners of computers, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Education Tuition Support
Act'' or the ``VETS Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) There is no more important cause than the defense of
the United States.
... | Veterans Education Tuition Support Act or VETS Act - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to require an institution of higher education, in the case of a servicemember who because of military service discontinues a program of education at an institution that administers a federal financial aid program, to: (1) re... | A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for reimbursement to servicemembers of tuition for programs of education interrupted by military service, for deferment of students loans and reduced interest rates for servicemembers during periods of military service, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND.
(a) Reauthorization.--Section 200302 of title 54, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph
(1), by striking ``During the period ending September 30, 2015,
there'' and inserting ``There''; an... | This bill makes permanent the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). Of the appropriations from the LWCF: (1) at least 40% shall be used collectively for federal purposes for certain land and water acquisitions (as currently); (2) at least 40% shall be used collectively to provide financial assistance to states for ... | To amend chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, to fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund and provide for the use of such funds, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Adult Day Achievement Center
Enhancement Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) One in 6 people in the United States lives with a
neurological disease or condition that can often result in
disability, an... | Adult Day Achievement Center Enhancement Act - Requires the Assistant Secretary for Aging to initiate a comprehensive survey of current adult day programs that provide care and support to individuals living with neurological diseases or conditions, including multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, or traumatic brain i... | A bill to expand and enhance existing adult day programs for individuals with neurological diseases or conditions, including multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, traumatic brain injury, and other similar diseases or conditions, to support and improve access to respite services for family caregivers who are taking c... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Iowa Medicare PPO Demonstration Act
of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) When the reimbursement system under the Medicare
program, which evolved into the Prospective Payment Syste... | Iowa Medicare PPO Demonstration Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to allow the receipt and approval of applications for a demonstration project conducted under the Social Security Amendments of 1967 for participation of preferred provider organizations under the Medicare+Choice program un... | To allow applications for the preferred provider organization (PPO) demonstration project under the Medicare+Choice program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Brownfields Reauthorization Act of
2017''.
SEC. 2. INCREASED FUNDING LIMIT FOR DIRECT REMEDIATION.
Section 104(k)(3) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9604(k)(3)) is
amended by adding at th... | Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill modifies the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to specify if a state or local government takes title to a brownfield site as a result of law enforcement activity, that government is not an owner or operator ... | Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting the U.S. Corporate Tax
Base Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. INCLUSION IN SUBPART F INCOME OF INVESTMENTS BY CONTROLLED
FOREIGN CORPORATIONS WITH RESPECT TO MEMBERS OF FOREIGN
GROUP WHICH INCLUDES UNITED STATES SHAREHOLDER.
... | Protecting the U.S. Corporate Tax Base Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the rules for taxing the earnings and determining the stock ownership of certain controlled foreign corporations (CFCs). The bill provides that, in the case of certain CFCs, subpart F income (income of a CFC earned... | Protecting the U.S. Corporate Tax Base Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. INVESTIGATIONS OF SUICIDES COMMITTED BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES.
(a) Investigations Required.--
(1) In general.--Chapter 80 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
``Sec. 1567. Investigations of suicides... | Amends federal armed forces law to add provisions concerning investigations of suicides committed by members of the Armed Forces (members).
Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned, in the case of a member's suicide, to establish a board, made up of commissioned officers serving on active duty, to in... | A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the investigation of suicides committed by members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 17, UNITED STATES CODE.
(a) Exemption of Certain Performances and Displays on Exclusive
Rights.--Section 110(5) of title 17, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``(A) a direct charge'' and inserting ``(i) a
direct charge''; and
(2) by stri... | Makes technical amendments to Federal copyright law.
Revises the denial of copyright protection for a design embodied in a useful article made public by the designer or owner in the United States or a foreign country more than a certain period of time before the date of the application for copyright registration, to i... | A bill to make technical corrections in title 17, United States Code, and other laws. |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) June 15 through August 10, 1994, marks the 50th anniversary
of the Mariana campaign of World War II in which American forces
captured the islands of Saipan and Tinian in the Northern Marianas
and liberated the United States Territory of Guam fro... | Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) an appropriate commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Mariana campaign of World War II should be planned by the United States in conjunction with the Governments of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior shoul... | To provide for additional development at War in the Pacific National Historical Park, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bring Enhanced Liability in
Transportation for Students Act''.
TITLE I--SCHOOL BUS SEAT BELT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
SEC. 101. SCHOOL BUS SEAT BELT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation may award grants
to Sta... | Bring Enhanced Liability in Transportation for Students Act This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to award grants to states to develop a school bus seat belt demonstration program to purchase type 1 school buses (weighing more than 10,000 pounds) equipped with lap/shoulder seat belts or equip exis... | Bring Enhanced Liability in Transportation for Students Act |
SECTION 1. EXPANSION AND EXTENSION OF AMERICAN SAMOA ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT CREDIT.
(a) In General.--Subpart B of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end
the following new section:
``SEC. 30D. AMERICAN SAMOA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CRED... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow, between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2017, a tax credit to certain domestic corporations engaged in business activities and asset sales within American Samoa. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand, and extend for 10 years, the American Samoa economic development credit. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Employment Protection Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. IMPACTS OF EPA REGULATORY ACTIVITY ON EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC
ACTIVITY.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administr... | Employment Protection Act of 2011 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), prior to promulgating a regulation, policy statement, guidance document, or endangerment finding, implementing any new or substantially altered program, or issuing or denying any permit, to analyze the impact, d... | A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to consider the impact on employment levels and economic activity prior to issuing a regulation, policy statement, guidance document, endangerment finding, or other requirement, implementing any new or substantially altered program, or denying a... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Timber Innovation Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) wood products play a significant role in the United
States economy;
(2) the United States wood products industry employs more
than 548,... | Timber Innovation Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a performance-driven research and development program to advance tall wood building construction in the United States. "Tall wood building" means a building designed to be over 85 feet high and constructed with ... | Timber Innovation Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``IRA Savings Opportunity Act of
1997''.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT PLANS.
(a) Increase in Income Limitations.--Subparagraph (B) of section
219(g)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
(1) by striking ``$40,... | IRA Savings Opportunity Act of 1997 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to retirement savings plans, to, among other things: (1) double income limitations; (2) permit a worker without an employer plan to contribute an additional $2,000 to a plan; and (3) allow a credit of 20 percent, subject to income limi... | IRA Savings Opportunity Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Equalizing Transparency for Veterans
Act''.
SEC. 2. PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION ON PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE BY
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
(a) Publication of Information.--
(1) In general.--Not later than two years after th... | Equalizing Transparency for Veterans Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to biennially publish information on the VA's provision of health care on a VA Internet database that is publicly available. Includes among that information for each VA medical facility: quality measures regarding inpatient and o... | Equalizing Transparency for Veterans Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fracturing Responsibility and
Awareness of Chemicals Act'' or the ``FRAC Act''.
SEC. 2. REGULATION OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING.
(a) Underground Injection.--Section 1421(d) of the Safe Drinking
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300h(d)) is amended by striking paragraph ... | Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act or the FRAC Act - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to repeal the exemption from restrictions on underground injection of fluids or propping agents granted to hydraulic fracturing operations relating to oil and gas production activities under such Act.
Requires... | A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to repeal a certain exemption for hydraulic fracturing, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Expansion of National Security
Agency Oversight Act''.
SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL COMMITTEES IN CERTAIN REPORTS UNDER THE
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978.
(a) Physical Searches.--
(1) Definitions.--Section 3... | Expansion of National Security Agency Oversight Act - Amends the Foreign Intelligene Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to include the House Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Relations (in addition to the intelligence and judiciary committees) as congr... | Expansion of National Security Agency Oversight Act |
That this Act may be
cited as the ``Small Business Preservation and Protection Act of
1993''.
congressional finding and declaration of policy
Sec. 2. (a) The Congress finds that the existence, in businesses
engaged in commerce or in the production, processing, manufacturing,
and distribution of li... | Small Business Preservation and Protection Act of 1993 - Prohibits any packer with more than a five percent share of the national slaughter in three classifications from owning or operating any retail meat outlet.
Prohibits any packer's total annual slaughter for any classification from exceeding 25 percent of the lar... | Small Business Preservation and Protection Act of 1993 |
57 as a rare
and valuable national treasure of international importance;
(2) the city of New Orleans is widely recognized as the
birthplace of jazz. In and around this city, cultural and
musical elements blended to form the unique American music that
is known as New Orlea... | New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park Act of 1993 - Establishes the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, Louisiana, (Park) to be administered and managed as a unit of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve.
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to prepare a general management plan for the Pa... | New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. CONVERSION INVESTMENT CREDIT FOR DEFENSE CONTRACTORS.
(a) Allowance of Credit.--Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (relating to amount of investment credit) is amended by
striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (2), by striking the period at
the end of paragraph (3) and inserting ``, an... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a defense contractor conversion investment tax credit to be equal to 15 percent of: (1) the incremental nondefense qualified investment for a taxable year; plus (2) the qualified nondefense product expenses incurred during such year.
Defines a "defense contractor" as any ... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an incremental investment tax credit to assist defense contractors in converting to nondefense operations. |
SECTION 1. REGISTRATION OF CANADIAN PESTICIDES BY STATES.
(a) In General.--Section 24 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136v) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(d) Registration of Canadian Pesticides by States.--
``(1) Definitions.--In this subsec... | Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit State registration of a Canadian pesticide for distribution and use within such State. | A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit a State to register a Canadian pesticide for distribution and use within that State. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Healthy Forest
Management and Wildfire Prevention 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. Congressional de... | Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act Declares that the bark beetle epidemic, drought, and deteriorating forest health conditions on National Forest System land and public lands, with the resulting imminent risk of devastating wildfires, is an imminent threat within the meaning of roadless area manage... | Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Sexual Assault Prevention
Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. COMPREHENSIVE POLICY ON REPORTING AND TRACKING SEXUAL ASSAULT
INCIDENTS AND OTHER SAFETY INCIDENTS.
(a) Policy.--Subchapter I of chapter 17 of title 38, United States
Code, is ame... | Veterans Sexual Assault Prevention Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop and implement, by February 1, 2012, a centralized and comprehensive policy on reporting and tracking sexual assaults and other safety incidents at each medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), inclu... | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require a comprehensive policy on reporting and tracking sexual assault incidents and other safety incidents that occur at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Alaska Native Access Card Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF ALASKA NATIVE.
(a) Definition.--Section 3 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of
1972 (16 U.S.C. 1362) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (29) as
paragraph... | Alaska Native Access Card Act This bill amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to direct the National Marine Fisheries Serviceand the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to develop and implement a process for issuing an Alaska Native Access Card. The Alaska Native Access Card authorizes Alaska Natives to import ma... | Alaska Native Access Card Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Helping Hungry Students Learn Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) In 2012, nearly one in five children in America lived
in a household that lacked access to nutritious food on a
regular basis.... | Helping Hungry Students Learn Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (Russell Act) to raise the eligibility level for free lunches under the school lunch program to 185% of the poverty level. (Currently it is set at 130%.) Eliminates reduced price lunches, for which eligibility is currently set a... | Helping Hungry Students Learn Act |
SECTION. 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Chief Information Officer of the
United States Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Congress finds the following:
(1) Information technology is rapidly transforming social
relations, political processes, and the econom... | Provides for such office to be headed by a Chief Information Officer who shall be the President's principal adviser on matters relating to such development, application, and management of information technology.
Establishes in the executive branch a Chief Information Officers Council to assist and advise in the develop... | Chief Information Officer of the United States Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely
Redress Act of 2008'' or the ``FAST Redress Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF APPEAL AND REDRESS PROCESS FOR INDIVIDUALS
WRONGLY DELAYED OR PROHIBITED FROM BOARDING A FLIGHT, OR
DENIED A ... | Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely Redress Act of 2008 or the FAST Redress Act of 2008 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish: (1) a timely and fair process for individuals who believe they were delayed or prohibited from boarding a commercial aircraft becau... | To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish an appeal and redress process for individuals wrongly delayed or prohibited from boarding a flight, or denied a right, benefit, or privilege, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Expansion
and Fossil Forest Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. BISTI/DE-NA-ZIN WILDERNESS.
(a) Wilderness Designation.--Section 102 of the San Juan Basin
Wilderness Protection Act of 1984 (98 Stat. 3155) is amended--
(1) i... | Bisti-De-Na-Zin Wilderness Expansion and Fossil Forest Protection Act - Amends the San Juan Wilderness Protection Act of 1984 to incorporate additional lands in New Mexico into the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness. Withdraws such lands from all forms of appropriation under the mining laws and from disposition under laws per... | Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Expansion and Fossil Forest Protection Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States Independent Film and
Television Production Incentive Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. TAX INCENTIVES FOR QUALIFIED UNITED STATES INDEPENDENT FILM AND
TELEVISION PRODUCTION.
(a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chap... | United States Independent Film and Television Production Incentive Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a tax credit for 25 percent of up to the first $25,000 of qualified wages paid or incurred by an employer with respect to employees in any qualified U.S. independent film and television product... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a United States independent film and television production wage credit. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Space Preservation Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. REAFFIRMATION OF POLICY ON THE PRESERVATION OF PEACE IN SPACE.
Congress reaffirms the policy expressed in section 102(a) of the
National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2451(a)), stating
that it ``... | Space Preservation Act of 2001 - Reaffirms U.S. policy that activities in space should be devoted to peaceful purposes.Directs the President to: (1) ban U.S. space-based weapons and remove from space any existing U.S. weapons; (2) terminate research and development, testing, manufacturing, production, and deployment of... | To preserve the cooperative, peaceful uses of space for the benefit of all humankind by permanently prohibiting the basing of weapons in space by the United States, and to require the President to take action to adopt and implement a world treaty banning space-based weapons. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Family Pet
Protection Act of 1996''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Restriction on sources of dogs and cats for research or
... | Family Pet Protection Act of 1996 - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to set forth restrictions on sources and sales of dogs and cats for research or educational purposes.
Sets forth additional requirements for pounds, including provisions regarding: (1) registration; (2) release forms; (3) certification; and (4) transfe... | Family Pet Protection Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Investing in American Innovation Act
of 2012''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TAX CREDIT.
(a) In General.--Subparagraph (B) of section 41(h)(1) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``December 31,
2011'' and inser... | Investing in American Innovation Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2012 the tax credit for increasing research activities; (2) prohibit a reduction under any treaty of the United States of tax withholding for a tax deductible payment made between persons who are members of the same f... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the research and development tax credit, to limit treaty benefits with respect to certain deductible related-party payments, and to treat general aviation aircraft as 7-year property. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) In General.--This Act may be cited as the ``Southeastern Oregon
Development 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.
TITLE I--ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIE... | Southeastern Oregon Development Act This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make grants for projects in Oregon to develop modern and efficient water systems. USDA shall establish an Agricultural Center for Rangeland Excellence in Malheur County, Oregon (the county). The Farm Security and Rural Invest... | Southeastern Oregon Development Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Graduate Medical Education Equity
Act''.
SEC. 2. PAYMENT AMOUNT FOR DIRECT GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION COSTS FOR
CERTAIN HOSPITALS.
Section 1886(h)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395ww(h)(3)) is amended--
(1) in sub... | Graduate Medical Education Equity Act This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow a qualified hospital to have its payment amount for direct graduation medical education costs calculated on the basis of its Medicaid inpatient utilization rate rather than on the basis of its Medicare pati... | Graduate Medical Education Equity Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Equal Employment for All Act of
2017''.
SEC. 2. USE OF CREDIT CHECKS PROHIBITED FOR EMPLOYMENT PURPOSES.
(a) Prohibition for Employment and Adverse Action.--Section 604 of
the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681b) is amended--
(1) in ... | Equal Employment for All Act of 2017 This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit an employer from using a consumer report containing credit information for either employment purposes or for making an adverse employment action. The bill makes exceptions to the prohibition when: (1) the consumer applies ... | Equal Employment for All Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``George Washington Boyhood Home
Commemorative Coin Act of 1994''.
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... | George Washington Boyhood Home Commemorative Coin Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue one-dollar silver coins emblematic of a profile of George Washington and a depiction of his xboyhood home.
Declares that all surcharges received from coin sales shall be paid to the George Washington Boyhood ... | George Washington Boyhood Home Commemorative Coin Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Advantage Bill of Rights
Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON REMOVAL OF MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PROVIDERS BY MA
ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) Limitation.--Section 1852(d) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395w-22(d)) is amended by adding ... | Medicare Advantage Bill of Rights Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish limits on the removal of Medicare Advantage (MA) providers by MA organizations. Within 60 days before the first day of the annual coordinated election period for an MA plan, an MA organization m... | Medicare Advantage Bill of Rights Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. LEVELS OF PARTICIPATION.
Section 7(a)(2)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
636(a)(2)(A)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (i) by striking ``$100,000'' and inserting
``$150,000''; and
(2) in paragraph (ii) by striking ``$100,000'' and
inserting ``$150,000''.
... | Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to guarantee a general business loan made by a bank or other financial institution to a small business in the amount of: (1) 75 percent of the outstanding balance of such loan, if such balance exceeds $150,000 (currently $100,000); and (... | To amend the Small Business Act to make improvements to the general business loan program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Promoting American Agricultural and
Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF PAYMENT TERMS UNDER THE TRADE SANCTIONS REFORM
AND EXPORT ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2000.
Section 908(b)(4) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Exp... | Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2007 - Prohibits the President from restricting direct transfers from a Cuban depository institution to a U.S. depository institution in payment for a product authorized for sale under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000.
Dire... | To facilitate the export of United States agricultural products to Cuba as authorized by the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000, to remove impediments to the export to Cuba of medical devices and medicines, to allow travel to Cuba by United States legal residents, to establish an agricultural exp... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Citizen and Community Preparedness
Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS DIVISION.
(a) Establishment of Community Preparedness Division.--The Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
... | Citizen and Community Preparedness Act of 2008 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish: (1) a Community Preparedness Division in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); and (2) a Citizen Corps Program in the Division, through which the Secretary of Homeland Security shall bring community and governme... | To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Community Preparedness Division of the Department of Homeland Security and the Citizen Corps Program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Increasing Competition in
Pharmaceuticals Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) As part of the Food and Drug Administration's mission
to protect the public health, the Food and Drug Administration
appro... | Increasing Competition in Pharmaceuticals Act This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise provisions regarding review and approval of generic drug applications or supplements to generic drug applications for drugs: (1) for which there is a shortage, or (2) that have not been recently introduced ... | Increasing Competition in Pharmaceuticals Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``No Child Left Behind Improvement and
Flexibility Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO ESEA.
(a) Assessments and Adequate Yearly Progress.--
(1) Continuous growth model.--Clause (iii) of section
1111(b)(2)(C) of the Elementary and Se... | No Child Left Behind Improvement and Flexibility Act of 2004 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to revise certain requirements which were added by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, including ones relating to: (1) academic assessments and adequate yearly progress; (2) teacher qualific... | To improve the accountability provisions of the part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Gas Price Relief Act of
2005''.
SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF FUEL TAXES ON HIGHWAY MOTOR FUELS WHEN WEEKLY
UNITED STATES RETAIL GASOLINE PRICES EXCEED BENCHMARK.
(a) In General.--Section 4081 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relat... | Emergency Gas Price Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce highway motor fuel excise taxes by 10 cents per gallon, beginning on the date when the retail price for gasoline is greater than $3.00 per gallon and ending when such price is less than $2.50 per gallon (reduction period). Provides for ... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the Federal excise tax on highway motor fuels when the weekly United States retail gasoline price, regular grade, is greater than $3.00 per gallon. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans' Educational Assistance
Restoration Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY FOR MONTGOMERY GI BILL BENEFITS OF CERTAIN
ADDITIONAL VIETNAM ERA VETERANS.
(a) Active Duty Program.--Section 3011(a)(1) of title 38, United
States Code, is ... | Veterans' Educational Assistance Restoration Act of 2001 - Makes eligible for educational assistance benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill an individual who: (1) was not on active duty on October 19, 1984; (2) reenlists or reenters into active duty after such date; and (3) after July 2, 1985, either serves at least thr... | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to restore promised GI Bill educational benefits to Vietnam era veterans, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Renewable Diesel Standard Act of
2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7535(o))
(as amended by section 1501 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005
(Public Law 109-58)) ... | Renewable Diesel Standard Act of 2005 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue regulations to ensure that the U.S. diesel fuel supply contains a specified annual volume (in gallons) of renewable fuel in 2008 through 2015. (Requires the percentage of r... | A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to establish a renewable diesel standard, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Student Right to Know Before You Go
Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO PROGRAM PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS.
Section 487(a)(17) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1094(a)(17)) is amended by inserting ``, in accordance with section
493E'' afte... | Student Right to Know Before You Go Act of 2013 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) to submit to the Secretary of Education data that the Secretary determines to be sufficient to complete all student components of reporting ... | Student Right to Know Before You Go Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Injury Control and Violence
Prevention Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) violence or the threat of violence has adverse effects
on the health and safety of Americans of all ages, races,
ethnicities ... | Injury Control and Violence Prevention Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to: (1) conduct research and provide technical assistance to public and nonprofit private ent... | Injury Control and Violence Prevention Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Child and Elderly Missing Alert
Program Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. PROGRAM TO ASSIST FEDERAL, STATE, TRIBAL, AND LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE RAPID RECOVERY OF MISSING
CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY, AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS.
S... | Child and Elderly Missing Alert Program of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to award public safety and community policing grants to eligible nonprofit organizations to assist federal, state, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in the rapid rec... | Child and Elderly Missing Alert Program Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Defending U.S. Government
Communications Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) In its 2011 ``Annual Report to Congress on Military and
Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of
China'... | Defending U.S. Government Communications Act This bill prohibits federal agencies from procuring or obtaining, renewing or extending a contract to obtain or procure, or entering into a contract with an entity that uses any equipment, system, or service with telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial... | Defending U.S. Government Communications Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States-China Energy
Cooperation Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The December 2004 National Intelligence Council report
entitled ``Mapping the Global Future in 2020'' states that the
single ... | United States-China Energy Cooperation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to make grants to encourage cooperation between the United States and China in joint ventures involving: (1) joint energy and climate change policy education programs; and (2) joint research, development, or commercialization of carbon capt... | To authorize the Secretary of Energy to make grants to encourage cooperation between the United States and China on joint research, development, or commercialization of carbon capture and sequestration technology, improved energy efficiency, or renewable energy sources. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Safeguarding Social Security Numbers
Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Federal Government requires virtually every
individual in the United States to obtain and maintain a Social
... | Safeguarding Social Security Numbers Act of 2013 - Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to issue uniform standards for the method for: (1) truncation of Social Security account numbers in order to facilitate their protection from use in fraud or identity theft, and (2) encryption (or other method of securing) of... | Safeguarding Social Security Numbers Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Northwest Straits Marine
Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF NORTHWEST STRAITS MARINE CONSERVATION
INITIATIVE ACT.
The Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act (title IV
of Public... | Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Amends the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act to define "Northwest Straits" as the marine waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and of Puget Sound from the Canadian border to the south end of Snohomish County, Washington.
S... | To reauthorize the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act to promote the protection of the resources of the Northwest Straits, and for other purposes. |
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