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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Accessible Health Coverage Act''.
SEC. 2. PROVISIONS TO MAKE FEHBP AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
(a) In General.--Chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 8915. Individual access to coverage
... | Accessible Health Coverage Act - Amends Federal law to require any plan approved under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to offer health insurance to certain members of the general public who are not otherwise eligible for health insurance. Sets forth provisions concerning premiums, contributions, and bene... | Accessible Health Coverage Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia Personal
Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
provides that the right of the people to keep and bear arms
... | District of Columbia Personal Protection Act - (Sec. 3) Amends the District of Columbia Code to provide that the D.C. Council's regulatory authority regarding firearms, explosives, and weapons in the District shall not be construed to permit the Council, the Mayor, or any governmental or regulatory authority of the Dis... | To restore second amendment rights in the District of Columbia. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Utah Test and Training Range
Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) The term ``covered wilderness'' means the wilderness
area designated by this Act and wilderness study areas located
near lands withdrawn f... | Utah Test and Training Range Protection Act - States that nothing in this Act or the Wilderness Act shall: (1) preclude low-level overflights and operations of military aircraft, missiles, or unmanned aerial vehicles over the Utah Test and Training Range (Range), including the Dugway Proving Ground; (2) preclude the de... | To ensure the continued availability of the Utah Test and Training Range to support the readiness and training needs of the Armed Forces. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Guard Bonus Repayment and
Financial Relief Act''.
SEC. 2. WAIVER OF RECOUPMENT OF CERTAIN BONUSES AND SIMILAR BENEFITS
ERRONEOUSLY RECEIVED BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMY NATIONAL
GUARD.
(a) Review of Bonuses and Benefits ... | National Guard Bonus Repayment and Financial Relief Act This bill requires the Army to review all bonuses, incentive pays, or similar benefits received by members of the Army National Guard between January 1, 2004, and December 31, 2010, to determine if such benefits were issued erroneously and to either: (1) waive rep... | National Guard Bonus Repayment and Financial Relief Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Commercial
Engagement Through Ocean Technology Act of 2018'' or the ``CENOTE Act
of 2018''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. De... | Commercial Engagement Through Ocean Technology Act of 2018 or the CENOTE Act of 2018 This bill directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)to establish a joint program office within the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research and the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations to coordinate the ac... | Commercial Engagement Through Ocean Technology Act of 2018 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Native American Indian Education Act
of 2011''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act to ensure that Federal funding is
provided to support and sustain the longstanding Federal mandate
requiring colleges and States to waive, in certain circum... | Native American Indian Education Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Education to pay four-year Native American-serving nontribal institutions of higher education the out-of-state tuition of their Indian students if those schools are required to provide a tuition-free education, with the support of their state, to I... | To help fulfill the Federal mandate to provide higher educational opportunities for Native American Indians. |
SECTION 1. IMPORTATION OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
(a) In General.--Chapter VIII of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 381 et seq.) is amended by striking section 804
and inserting the following:
``SEC. 804. IMPORTATION OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
``(... | Amends provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act set forth in the Medicine Equity and Drug Safety Act of 2000 to: (1) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations permitting pharmacists and wholesalers to import Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved prescription drugs f... | To permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Affordable Small
Business Stimulus Act of 2001''.
(b) Amendment of 1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly
provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in
terms of an amendment to, or rep... | Affordable Small Business Stimulus Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the expensing of depreciable business assets (section 179) to increase maximum annual amounts and the phase-out threshold (eliminating the current phase-in of annual increases).Increases the exclusion percentage when calcu... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief for small business, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Nevada Mining Townsite Conveyance
Act''.
SEC. 2. DISPOSAL OF PUBLIC LAND IN MINING TOWNSITES, ESMERALDA AND NYE
COUNTIES, NEVADA.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the Federal Government owns real property in and around... | Nevada Mining Townsite Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to carry out an expedited program to examine and determine the validity of each unpatented mining claim (including each claim for which a patent application has been filed) within specified... | A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain public land in and around historic mining townsites located in the State of Nevada, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Coin
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President, was one of the
Nation's greatest leaders, demonstrating true courage during
the Civil War, ... | Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $1 silver coins emblematic of the life and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln in commemoration of the bicentennial of his birth.
Permits issuance of such coins only during the one-year period beginning on January 1, 2009.... | A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Insurance Claims
Privacy 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. Findings.
Sec. 3. Purposes.
Sec. 4. Definitions.
Se... | Insurance Claims Privacy Protection Act - Specifies the circumstances in which disclosure of insurance claims information is allowed to law enforcement agencies by insurers and by nongovernmental crime bureaus (CBs) and insurance data support organizations (IDSOs). Regulates the activities in which CBs and IDSOs may en... | Insurance Claims Privacy Protection Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Invest in Energy Security Act''.
SEC. 2. STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE.
(a) Petroleum Acquisition for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.--
Section 301(e)(1) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 6240
note) is amended to read as follows:
``... | Invest in Energy Security Act - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 governing petroleum acquisition for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to direct the Secretary of Energy to: (1) sell specified quantities of petroleum received under the royalty-in-kind program; and (2) suspend petroleum acquisition for the SPR un... | To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy to acquire petroleum in quantities sufficient to fill the available capacity of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, subject to certain limitations, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``International Nonproliferation
Safeguards Reform Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) commercial and scientific uses of nuclear energy offer
the potential both to serve and to destroy mankind;
(... | International Nonproliferation Safeguards Reform Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of State, during FY 1994 and 1995, to provide additional assistance to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for: (1) the implementation by the IAEA of reforms to strengthen the effectiveness of IAEA safeguards; and (2) contri... | International Nonproliferation Safeguards Reform Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Targeted Job Creation and Business
Investment Act''.
SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN EMPLOYER PORTION OF PAYROLL TAX FOR CERTAIN
EMPLOYERS INCREASING PAYROLL.
(a) In General.--In the case of any calendar quarter beginning in
2010 or 2011, the aggre... | Targeted Job Creation and Business Investment Act - Allows a reduction in 2010 and 2011 of an employer's payroll taxes by a specified percentage of the amount by which such employer increases aggregate payroll over the preceding calendar year for employees in high unemployment areas hired after February 3, 2010, and be... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the employer portion of payroll taxes in the case of employers who expand payroll in 2010 and 2011 in areas with high unemployment and to make permanent the research and development credit, bonus depreciation, and increased expensing limitations. |
SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF DUTIES ON CERTAIN WRIST WATCHES.
(a) In General.--Chapter 91 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States is amended--
(1) by striking subheadings 9102.11.10 and 9102.11.25 and
inserting the following new subheadings and superior text
thereto, wit... | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify the duty treatment of certain wrist watches.
Applies to such watches the same staged rate reductions accorded certain other watches. | To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule to modify the tariffs on certain wrist watches, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Startup Opportunity Accelerator Act
of 2014'' or the ``SOAR Act''.
SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT STARTUP BUSINESSES.
The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating section 47 (15 U.S.C. 631 ... | Startup Opportunity Accelerator Act of 2014 or the SOAR Act - Amends the Small Business Act to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to develop a program to award cash prizes of up to $50,000 to organizations in the United States whose primary purpose is to support new small businesses th... | SOAR Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Food Safety Enforcement Enhancement
Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT.
(a) In General.--The Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21
U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is amended by adding after section 413 the
following ... | Food Safety Enforcement Enhancement Act of 1997 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require a person, other than a household consumer, who has reason to believe that any food item introduced into commerce or held for sale is adulterated or misbranded to so notify the Secretary of Agriculture. Requires... | Food Safety Enforcement Enhancement Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``NO Tobacco for Kids Act''.
SEC. 2. CHILD TOBACCO USE SURVEYS.
(a) Annual Performance Survey.--Not later than 1 year after the
date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter the Secretary
shall conduct a survey to determine the number of chil... | NO Tobacco for Kids Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct annual surveys to determine the number of children who used each manufacturer's tobacco products.
Requires each such manufacturer to make specified annual reductions in child tobacco use and provides penalties based upon total cons... | NO Tobacco for Kids Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Steel Industry National Historic
Park Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) certain sites and structures in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania symbolize in physical form the heritage of the
... | Steel Industry National Historic Park Act - Establishes the Steel Industry National Historic Park in Pennsylvania as a National Park System unit. | A bill to establish the Steel Industry National Historic Park in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hudson River Artists National
Historical Park Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(1) Hudson river artists.--The term ``Hudson River
artists'' means artists who belonged to the Hudson River School
of La... | Hudson River Artists National Historical Park Act of 1993 - Establishes, as a unit of the National Park System, the Thomas Cole National Historic Site, New York. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Hudson River Artists National Historical Park, subject to specified requirements.
Specifies that: ... | Hudson River Artists National Historical Park Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Committee on Foreign Investment in
the United States Reform Act''.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF REVIEW AND INVESTIGATION PROCESS.
Section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App.
2170) is amended by striking subsections (a) and (b) and ins... | Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States Reform Act - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to revise provisions concerning presidential authority to review any mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers (transactions) that could result in foreign control of persons engaged in interstate commerce in the Unite... | To amend section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 to implement certain recommendations relating to the review of certain mergers, acquisitions, or takeovers by or with any foreign person, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. RURAL EDUCATION INITIATIVE.
Title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 8001 et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating part L as part M; and
(2) by inserting after part K the following:
``PART L--RURAL EDUCATION INITIATIVE
``SEC.... | Rural Education Achievement Program - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a Rural Education Initiative program of: (1) formula grants to applicant State educational agencies to award subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for innovative assistance activities; and (2) direct co... | A bill to provide for a Rural Education Initiative. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Child Handgun Injury Prevention
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) In the 10 years from 1987 through 1996, nearly 2,200
children in the United States who were 14 years of age or
younger ... | Child Handgun Injury Prevention Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe such regulations governing the design, manufacture, and performance of, and commerce in, handgun discharge protection products as are necessary to reduce or prevent unreasonable risk of injury to children from the unintentional dis... | Child Handgun Injury Prevention Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Tax Return Due
Date Simplification and Modernization Act of 2013''.
(b) Reference.--Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment
to, or repeal of, ... | Tax Return Due Date Simplification and Modernization Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to change tax return due dates for partnerships (from April 15 to March 15, with a six-month extension), S corporations (from March 15 to March 31), and C corporations (from March 15 to April 15). Requires the Secretary ... | Tax Return Due Date Simplification and Modernization Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``One Percent Spending Reduction Act
of 2011''.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) The fiscal crisis faced by the Federal Government
demands immediate action.
(... | One Percent Spending Reduction Act of 2011 - Amends the Balance Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to establish the aggregate outlay (outlay cap) (less net interest payments) for FY2012 at $3.382 billion, less 1%.
Reduces each outlay cap for FY2013-FY2017 by 1% of the previous... | A bill to prevent a fiscal crisis by enacting legislation to balance the Federal budget through reductions of discretionary and mandatory spending. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Acquisition Reform Act of
1995''.
SEC. 2. PROCUREMENT INTEGRITY AMENDMENT.
(a) Amendment of Procurement Integrity Provision.--Section 27 of
the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 423) is amended
to read as follows:
``SEC. 27.... | Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1995 - Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (OFPPA) to revise procurement integrity provisions, replacing them with specified restrictions on disclosing and obtaining contractor bid or proposal information or source selection information.
Repeals specified armed forces ... | Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Public Officials Protection Act of
2000''.
SEC. 2. ATTEMPTS TO INTERFERE WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF A FEDERAL
OFFICIAL'S DUTIES.
(a) In General.--Chapter 7 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 111 the follo... | (Sec. 3) Amends the Federal judicial code to direct the court to assess an additional penalty for filing a frivolous civil action against an officer of the United States or of any agency of a State or political subdivision thereof with intent to intimidate or obstruct, or to retaliate against, such officer.
(Sec. 4) Am... | Public Officials Protection Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening Public Health
Protections in Major Disasters and Emergencies Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY OF INDIVIDUALS IN A DISASTER
AREA.
Title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assista... | Strengthening Public Health Protections in Major Disasters and Emergencies Act of 2007 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to carry out a program for the protection, assessment, monitoring, and study of the health and safety of individuals who responde... | To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide for the health and safety of certain volunteers and workers in disaster areas, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Table of contents.
TITLE I--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH SMALL BUSINESS DAY IN COURT ACT
OF 2005
Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Contesting citations under the Occupational Safety and Healt... | (Pursuant to H.Res. 351, the engrossed version of H.R. 739 sent to the Senate contains the texts of H.R. 739, H.R. 740, H.R. 741, and H.R. 742 as passed by the House on July 12, 2005.)
Title I: Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act of 2005 - Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in... | To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for adjudicative flexibility with regard to the filing of a notice of contest by an employer following the issuance of a citation or proposed assessment of a penalty by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, to provide for greater efficiency... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bailout Prevention Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. DISCOUNTS FOR INDIVIDUALS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND CORPORATIONS.
Section 13(3)(B) of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 343(3)(B))
is amended by striking clauses (ii) and (iii) and inserting the
following:
... | Bailout Prevention Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to declare a borrower ineligible to borrow from any emergency lending program or facility unless the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) and all federal banking regulators with jurisdiction over the borrower certify that, a... | Bailout Prevention Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Tijuana River Valley Estuary and
Beach Sewage Cleanup Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to authorize the United States to take
actions to address comprehensively the treatment of sewage emanating
from the Tijuana River area, M... | Authorizes the Commission, subject to the results of the comprehensive plan developed under this Act revealing a need for additional secondary treatment capacity in the San Diego-Tijuana border region (border region) and recommending the provision of such capacity in Mexico, to provide up to an additional 25 mgd of suc... | Tijuana River Valley Estuary and Beach Sewage Cleanup Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. PAYMENT OF BENEFITS FOR MONTH OF RECIPIENT'S DEATH.
(a) In General.--
(1) Old-age insurance benefits.--Section 202(a) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(a)) is amended by striking
``the month preceding'' in the matter following subparagraph
(B).
... | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to continue an individual's entitlement to OASDI benefits through the month of his or her death with benefits for that month computed on a prorated basis. | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for payment of a benefit for the month of the recipient's death. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicaid and SCHIP Abuse Prevention
Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. SCHIP AND MEDICAID GROSS INCOME ELIGIBILITY CEILING.
(a) Application of SCHIP Eligibility Ceiling.--
(1) In general.--Section 2110 of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1397... | Medicaid and SCHIP Abuse Prevention Act of 2008 - Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to place a ceiling on an invidiual's eligibility for Medicaid and SCHIP benefits at a gross family income that is not more than 250% of the poverty level. | To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to place a general eligibility ceiling of 250 percent of the poverty level on gross income for eligibility for benefits under Medicaid and SCHIP. |
PROCEDURES.
(a) In General.--Section 7123 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(c) Availability of Dispute Resolutions.--
``(1) In general.--The procedures prescribed under
subsection (b)(1) and the pilot program established ... | Small Business Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow businesses with average annual gross receipts of not more than $50,000 that prevail in an administrative or court proceeding involving the determination, collection, or refund of tax, interest, or penalty to recover thei... | Small Business Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Consumer Relief Act of
2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) During 2005, the price of crude oil reached a record
$70 a barrel, the price of gas at the pump reached a record
price of $3 per ... | Energy Consumer Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal oil and gas tax subsidies including: (1) the election to expense certain refineries; (2) treatment of natural gas distribution lines as 15-year property; (3) treatment of natural gas gathering lines as 7-year property; (4) the new rule ... | To repeal provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and for other purposes. |
That the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971 is amended by adding at the end thereof
the following new title:
``TITLE V--PUBLIC FINANCING OF ADVERTISING AND RELATED EXPENSES IN
CAMPAIGNS FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
``campaign allotments
``Sec. 501. (a) Each can... | Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for public financing of advertising (television, radio, and newspaper) and related expenses in campaigns for the House of Representatives. Makes candidates who accept campaign contributions from a multicandidate political committee ineligible for such financi... | To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for public financing of advertising and related expenses in campaigns for the House of Representatives and to prohibit contributions by multicandidate political committees to candidates who accept such financing. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Staffing Firm Worker Benefits Act of
1997''.
SEC. 2. CODIFICATION OF EMPLOYER STATUS OF QUALIFIED STAFFING FIRM FOR
EMPLOYMENT TAX PURPOSES.
(a) Income Tax Withholding.--Section 3401(d) of the Internal
Revenue Code is amended--
... | Staffing Firm Worker Benefits Act of 1997 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to define "employer," in the case of a qualified staffing firm, as the employer of individuals performing services for a customer of the firm for purposes of provisions relating to: (1) collection of income tax at source on wages; (2) the Fed... | Staffing Firm Worker Benefits Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Keep America Competitive Tax Credit
Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. TAX CREDITS FOR CATASTROPHIC HEALTH CARE COSTS.
(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) i... | Keep America Competitive Tax Credit Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain employers and health insurance issuers a tax credit for up to 50% of employee catastrophic health care costs (i.e., costs exceeding $50,000 per employee). | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit to employers for employee catastrophic health care costs and to health insurance companies for insurer catastrophic health care costs, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Mental Health Care Capacity
Enhancement Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Mental health treatment capacity at community-based
outpatient clinics remains inadequate and inconsistent,... | Veterans Mental Health Care Capacity Enhancement Act of 2005 - Requires the Under Secretary for Health for the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs to include as goals in performance contracts for prioritizing mental health services to veterans: (1) establishing appropriate staff-patient... | A bill to improve mental health services at all facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Boys Town Centennial Commemorative
Coin Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) Boys Town is a nonprofit organization dedicated to
saving children and healing families, nationally headquartered
in the village of ... | Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue up to 350,000 $1 coins to commemorate the centennial of the founding of Father Flanagan's Boys Town.
Requires the design of the coins to be emblematic of the 100 years of Boys Town, one of the largest nonprofit child ... | A bill to authorize the minting of a coin in honor of the Centennial of Boys Town, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``TRICARE Continuity of Coverage for
National Guard and Reserve Families Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. TRICARE STANDARD COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE RETIRED
RESERVE, AND FAMILY MEMBERS, WHO ARE QUALIFIED FOR A NON-
REGULAR RETIREME... | TRICARE Continuity of Coverage for National Guard and Reserve Families Act of 2008 - Makes a member of the Retired Reserve who is qualified for a non-regular (reserve) retirement at age 60, but is not yet 60, eligible for health benefits under TRICARE Standard (a Department of Defense (DOD) managed health care program ... | To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for continuity of TRICARE Standard coverage for certain members of the Retired Reserve. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Capital Gains Sunset Act''.
SEC. 2. 100 PERCENT CAPITAL GAINS DEDUCTION.
(a) General Rule.--Section 1201 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 1201. CAPITAL GAINS DEDUCTION.
``(a) General Rule.--If for any taxa... | Capital Gains Sunset Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate taxes on net capital gains as of tax year 2005. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate taxes on capital gains after December 31, 2004. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Mandatory Foreclosure Mediation
Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) Alternative to foreclosure.--The term ``alternative to
foreclosure''--
(A) means a course of act... | Mandatory Foreclosure Mediation Act - Prohibits a servicer from initiating a foreclosure action against a borrower unless the servicer has: (1) made a reasonable effort to initiate mediation proceedings to determine if the borrower is eligible for a loan modification or an alternative to foreclosure; and (2) offered th... | To establish a mandatory mediation process for servicers of residential mortgages and borrowers. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``ROV In-Depth Examination Act''.
SEC. 2. RECREATIONAL OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE STANDARDS STUDY.
(a) No Mandatory Standards Regarding Performance or Configuration
of ROVs.--
(1) In general.--The Consumer Product Safety Commission
shall hav... | ROV In-Depth Examination Act The Consumer Product Safety Commission shall have no authority to: (1) establish recreational off-highway vehicle (ROV) performance or configuration standards until the study required by this Act is completed, or (2) require ROV manufacturers to provide performance and technical data to pro... | ROV In-Depth Examination Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Servicemembers' Flexible Educational
Assistance Act''.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF ENTITLEMENT TO BASIC EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.
(a) All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program.--Chapter 30
of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in... | Servicemembers' Flexible Educational Assistance Act - Allows members of the Armed Forces and Selected Reserve who are entitled to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill to transfer a portion of their entitlement to their dependents.
States that a child's use of such transferred entitlement may not commen... | To provide that members of the Armed Forces and Selected Reserve may transfer certain educational assistance benefits to dependents, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Renewable Energy Alternative
Production Act'' or the ``REAP Act''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR PRODUCTION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY.
(a) In General.--Section 45 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(... | Renewable Energy Alternative Production Act or the REAP Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a new tax credit for the production of non-electric energy from renewable resources; (2) an energy tax credit for investment in property used to replace non-electric energy at the production site for such energy... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an energy carrier production tax credit, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. MICROLOAN DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM AMENDMENTS.
(a) Purposes.--Section 7(m)(1)(A)(iii) of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 636(m)(1)(A)(iii)) is amended--
(1) in subclause (I), by inserting ``commercial real
estate,'' after ``acquisition of''; and
(2) in subclause (III), b... | Amends the Small Business Act to set aside ten percent of microloan assistance for qualifying Indian small business concerns.
Provides technical assistance grants to institutions of higher education for Indian mentor education programs. | A bill entitled the "Mentorship for American Indian Small Enterprise Act". |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Mobile Workforce State Income Tax
Simplification Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON STATE WITHHOLDING AND TAXATION OF EMPLOYEE
INCOME.
(a) In General.--No part of the wages or other remuneration earned
by an employee who performs empl... | Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the wages or other remuneration earned by an employee who performs employment duties in more than one state from being subject to income tax in any state other than: (1) the state of the employee's residence, and (2) the state within which... | Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Defense Energy
Security Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS.
(a) Agency Payments.--Section 801(a)(2)(B) of the National Energy
Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287(a)(2)(B)) is amended in the
first sentence--
... | Department of Defense Energy Security Act of 2014 - Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to authorize agencies to enter into energy savings performance contracts to reduce the costs of fuel supply, delivery, or transport for nonbuilding applications. Prohibits payments by agencies to entities that supply... | Department of Defense Energy Security Act of 2014 |
SECTION. 1. BAN ON TRADE OFFICIAL REPRESENTING OR ADVISING FOREIGN
ENTITIES.
(a) Representing After Service.--Section 207(f)(2) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by--
(1) inserting ``, Deputy United States Trade
Representative, Secretary of Commerce, or Commissioner o... | Amends the Federal criminal code to revise the ban against representing, aiding, or advising foreign entities on any person who has been the U.S. Trade Representative to extend the ban: (1) from three years after leaving the position to any time after leaving the position; and (2) to the Deputy U.S. Trade Representati... | To provide for additional lobbying reform measures. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Independent and Effective Federal
Defenders Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. REVISION OF SYSTEM TO ENSURE ADEQUATE REPRESENTATION OF FEDERAL
DEFENDANTS.
Section 3006A of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read
as follows:
``Sec. 3006A. Ad... | Independent and Effective Federal Defenders Act of 2016 This bill amends the federal criminal code to revise requirements related to the provision of adequate representation for defendants in federal criminal cases. Under current law, each U.S. district court must operate a plan, in accordance with specified ... | Independent and Effective Federal Defenders Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. TAX TREATMENT OF ACCELERATED DEATH BENEFITS UNDER LIFE
INSURANCE CONTRACTS.
(a) General Rule.--Section 101 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to certain death benefits) is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
``(g) Treatment of Certain Accelerated D... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income as death benefits amounts received under a life insurance contract for certain terminally ill individuals.
Allows insurance companies to issue accelerated death benefit riders on life insurance contracts. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of accelerated death benefits under life insurance contracts. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``New Diplomatic Offensive for Iraq
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Iraq's ability to establish stability and security
within its borders and defeat terrorist organizations is
significantly affected... | New Diplomatic Offensive for Iraq Act - Directs the President to implement a regional diplomatic plan in conjunction with the U.N. Security Council to: (1) curtail the ongoing civil war in Iraq; (2) prevent the spread of violence from Iraq into neighboring countries; (3) prevent the establishment of safe havens for al-... | To require the President to seek to institute a regional diplomatic plan for the Middle East, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``U.S.-Israel Partnership to Hold Iran
Accountable Act''.
SEC. 2. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL JOINT COMMISSION TO ADDRESS IRANIAN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE JCPOA.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Enforcement of the Joint Comp... | U.S.-Israel Partnership to Hold Iran Accountable Act This bill authorizes the Department of State to establish a joint commission with Israel to address Iranian compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The commission should: support professional dialogues to detect and respond to JCPOA violatio... | U.S.-Israel Partnership to Hold Iran Accountable Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Senior Government Officer Benefit
Limitation Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF PERSONAL OR POLITICAL USE OF UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT AIRCRAFT.
(a) In General.--(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
aircraft which is owne... | Senior Government Officer Benefit Limitation Act of 1993 - Prohibits the use of aircraft owned or leased by the Federal Government for: (1) any personal, political, or authorized special use travel; or (2) any official travel mixed with personal or political activities. Lists exceptions to such prohibition, which inc... | Senior Government Officer Benefit Limitation Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Combating Human Trafficking in
Commercial Vehicles Act''.
SEC. 2. HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION COORDINATOR.
The Secretary of Transportation shall designate an official within
the Department of Transportation who shall--
(1) coordinate human traffi... | Combating Human Trafficking in Commercial Vehicles Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to designate an official to: (1) coordinate human trafficking prevention efforts across DOT modal administrations and with other federal agencies, and (2) take into account the unique challenges of c... | Combating Human Trafficking in Commercial Vehicles Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Coast Guard Authorization Act for
Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999''.
TITLE I--AUTHORIZATIONS
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) Funds are authorized to be appropriated for necessary expenses
of the Coast Guard for fiscal... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Authorizations
Title II: Personnel Management
Title III: Financial and Property Management
Title IV: Reports and Investigations
Title V: Marine Safety and Environmental Protection
Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 -
Title I: Au... | Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Water Cooperative Federalism
Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. STATE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS.
(a) State Water Quality Standards.--Section 303(c)(4) of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1313(c)(4)) is amended--
(1) by redesignati... | Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011 [sic] - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from: (1) promulgating a revised or new water quality standard for a pollutant when the Administrator h... | A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to preserve the authority of each State to make determinations relating to the State's water quality standards, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hazardous Materials Transportation
Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1993''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
Section 103 of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49
U.S.C. App. 1802) is amended in each of paragraphs (5)(B) and
(6)(A)(iii) by striking ``pac... | Hazardous Materials Transportation Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act to prohibit a person from representing that a component of a container or package for the transportation of hazardous materials is safe, certified, or in compliance with the requirements of this... | Hazardous Materials Transportation Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Mental Health and Back-to-
Work Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The statutory advisory committee of the Department of
Veterans Affairs known as the Committee on Care of Veterans
... | Veterans Mental Health and Back-to-Work Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in providing veterans' rehabilitative services, to furnish: (1) work skills training and development; (2) employment support; and (3) job development and placement.
Revises provisions establishing the Committee on Care ... | To amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance the rehabilitative services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to veterans with mental illnesses and other veterans, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Senior Airman Michael Malarsie
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) As of the day before the date of the enactment of this
Act, thousands of members of the Armed Forces and veterans have
visual, he... | Senior Airman Michael Malarsie Act - Directs the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) to jointly establish the Senior Airman Michael Malarsie Program for the awarding of grants to certain nonprofit organizations to assist them in establishing and operating programs to provide assistance dogs to certai... | A bill to establish a grant program to encourage the use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Home and Farm Wind Energy Systems
Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR WIND ENERGY PROPERTY INSTALLED IN RESIDENCES AND
BUSINESSES.
(a) In General.--Subpart B of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is a... | Home and Farm Wind Energy Systems Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 30% (10% after December 31, 2015) of the cost of installing qualified wind energy property. Defines "qualified wind energy property" as an electricity-generating wind turbine of 100 kilowatts of rated capacity or ... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide credits for individuals and businesses for the installation of certain wind energy property. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Integrated Public Alert and Warning
System Modernization Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. INTEGRATED PUBLIC ALERT AND WARNING SYSTEM MODERNIZATION.
(a) In General.--Section 202 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 513... | Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2009 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the President, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to modernize and implement the integrated U.S. public alert and w... | To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to modernize the integrated public alert and warning system of the United States, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States-Mexico Border
Environmental Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act to provide for the protection of the
environment within the area comprising the border region between the
United States and the Republic of Mexi... | United States-Mexico Border Environmental Protection Act - Establishes the United States-Mexico Border Environmental Protection Fund to be used by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to investigate and respond to conditions which present a threat to the land, air, or water resources of the Un... | United States-Mexico Border Environmental Protection Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCE TO 1986 CODE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Freedom and
Economic Prosperity Act of 2014''.
(b) Reference to 1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly
provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in
terms of an amendment to, or... | Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal tax credits for: (1) alcohol fuel, biodiesel, and alternative fuel mixtures; (2) alternative motor vehicles; (3) new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles; (4) alcohol used as fuel; (5) enhanced oil recovery; (6) p... | Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(2) Covered vessel.--The term ``covered vessel'' means a
vessel that is--
(A) less than 79 feet in length... | Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), or a state with an approved National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, from requiring an NPDES permit for a covered vessel for the next two years for any discharge: (1) of... | To clarify the circumstances during which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and applicable States may require permits for discharges from certain vessels, and to require the Administrator to conduct a study of discharges incidental to the normal operation of vessels. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Nation Building Here at Home Act of
2012''.
SEC. 2. TRANSFORMATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 270 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish
a trans... | Nation Building Here at Home Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish a transformational infrastructure competitive grant program to award grants to state and local governments, transit agencies, and port authorities for certain public transportation projects (including water infrastruct... | To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a transformational infrastructure competitive grant program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) the purpose of the World Trade Organization (hereafter
in this Act referred to as the ``WTO'') is to enable member
countries to conduct trade based upon free market principles,
by limiting government intervention in the form ... | Extends nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to China's products if, and only if, after March 1, 1997, Taiwan has been admitted to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and China has not been so admitted, whether as a developing or a developed nation. | To provide that most-favored-nation trading status for the People's Republic of China may continue provided that Taiwan is admitted to the World Trade Organization by March 1, 1997. |
SECTION 1. MODIFICATIONS TO EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT.
(a) Modifications in Computation of Credit; Supplemental Child
Credit.--
(1) Percentages.--Subsection (b) of section 32 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to earned income tax
credit) is amended to read as follows:
... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the earned income credit.
Allows a supplemental child credit for each qualifying child who has not attained age six. Limits such credit to four children.
Establishes the earned income amount and the phaseout amount to be used in determining the earned income credit (current... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the earned income tax credit. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Mississippi Sioux Tribes Judgment
Fund Distribution Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) Covered indian tribe.--The term ``covered Indian
tribe'' means an Indian tr... | Mississippi Sioux Tribes Judgement Fund Distribution Act of 1996 - Provides for distribution to, and use of certain funds by, the Sisseton and Wahpeton Tribes of Sioux Indians.
(Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary of the Interior, one year after enactment of this Act, to distribute specified amounts to the tribal governing ... | Mississippi Sioux Tribes Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. STUDY AND REPORT OF PROPOSED NORTHERN NECK NATIONAL
HERITAGE AREA.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Northern Neck
National Heritage Area Study Act''.
(b) Study.--The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter referred to as
``the Secretary''), in consultation wit... | Northern Neck National Heritage Area Study Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Northern Neck National Heritage Area in Virginia to be comprised of: (1) the part of eastern coastal Virginia between the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers; (2) Westmoreland... | To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Northern Neck National Heritage Area in Virginia, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Alzheimer's Project Act''.
SEC. 2. OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL ALZHEIMER'S PROJECT.
(a) Establishment of Office.--There is established in the Office of
the Secretary of Health and Human Services the Office of the National
Alzheimer's Project (refer... | National Alzheimer's Project Act - Establishes in the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) the Office of the National Alzheimer's Project to: (1) accelerate the development of treatments that would prevent, halt, or reverse the course of Alzheimer's; (2) create and maintain an integrated national ... | To establish the Office of the National Alzheimer's Project. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Officer Dale Claxton Bulletproof
Police Protective Equipment Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) Officer Dale Claxton of the Cortez, Colorado, Police
Department was shot and killed by b... | Officer Dale Claxton Bulletproof Police Protective Equipment Act of 2001 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to States, local governments, and Indian tribes to purchase bullet resistant equipment for use by law enfo... | A bill to establish a matching grant program to help State and local jurisdictions purchase bullet-resistant equipment for use by law enforcement departments. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Credit Card Predatory Practices
Prevention Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE CREDITOR ACTS OR PRACTICES
IN SOLICITATIONS FOR CREDIT CARDS.
(a) In General.--Section 127 of the Consumer Credit Protection Act
(15 U.S... | Credit Card Predatory Practices Prevention Act of 2001 - Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to prohibit as unfair and deceptive specified creditor practices with respect to a credit card account under an open-end consumer credit plan, including practices involved in: (1) credit card solicitations; and (2) accoun... | To amend the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit unfair or deceptive creditor acts or practices, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Escrow Account Reform Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION OF PAYMENTS INTO ESCROW ACCOUNTS.
(a) Payments at Settlement.--
(1) In general.--Section 10(a)(1) of the Real Estate
Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (12 U.S.C. 2609(a)(1)) is ... | Escrow Account Reform Act of 1993 - Amends the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to modify the limitation placed on advance deposits in escrow accounts.
Requires any mortgage lender or servicer that establishes or maintains an escrow account in connection with a federally related mortgage loan to pay inter... | Escrow Account Reform Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Oil Savings Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the United States imports more oil from the Middle East
today than before the attacks on the United States on September
11, 2001;
(2) the Uni... | Oil Savings Act of 2008 - States that it is U.S. policy to reduce the dependence of the United States on oil and thereby: (1) alleviate the strategic dependence of the United States on oil-producing countries; (2) reduce the economic vulnerability of the United States; and (3) reduce the greenhouse gas emissions associ... | A bill to reduce the dependence of the United States on foreign oil, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Executive Compensation Tax Reform
Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF 1978 REVENUE ACT LIMITATION ON SECRETARY OF THE
TREASURY'S AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE YEAR OF INCLUSION OF
AMOUNTS UNDER PRIVATE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS.
(a... | Executive Compensation Tax Reform Act of 2002 - Repeals provision of the Revenue Act of 1978 which limits the Secretary of the Treasury's authority to determine the taxable year of inclusion in gross income of amounts under private deferred compensation plans.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to classify a loan by an em... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure the proper tax treatment of executives compensation, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Enhancing Opportunities for Medical
Doctors Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. REDISTRIBUTING UNUSED RESIDENCY POSITIONS TO PROMOTE THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF RESIDENCY PROGRAMS FOR NEWLY RECOGNIZED
PRIMARY MEDICAL SPECIALTIES.
(a) In Genera... | Enhancing Opportunities for Medical Doctors Act of 2016 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to redistribute unused residency positions for which graduate medical education costs are paid under Medicare. Specifically, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must: (1) reduce a hosp... | Enhancing Opportunities for Medical Doctors Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Prevention of
School Violence Act of 1999''.
(b) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) Students have a right to be safe and secure in their
persons while attending school.
(2) While A... | Prevention of School Violence Act of 1999 - Establishes the National Commission on the Prevention of School Violence.
Directs the Commission to submit a final report to the President and the Congress within one year after its first meeting. Terminates the Commission 60 days after such required report date. | Prevention of School Violence Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Effective Antiterrorism Tools for
Law Enforcement Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. PEN REGISTERS AND TRAP AND TRACE DEVICES IN FOREIGN
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND COUNTERTERRORISM INVESTIGATIONS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 206, title 18, United States Co... | Effective Antiterrorism Tools for Law Enforcement Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal criminal code to apply provisions regarding pen registers and trap and trace devices to foreign counterintelligence and international terrorism investigations conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Requires any common c... | Effective Antiterrorism Tools for Law Enforcement Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Enhanced Clinical Trial Design Act
of 2017''.
SEC. 2. PATIENT ACCESS TO EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENTS.
(a) Public Meeting.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services
(referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary''), actin... | Enhanced Clinical Trial Design Act of 2017 This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in coordination with the National Institutes of Health, to convene a meeting to discuss clinical trial inclusion and exclusion criteria. The FDA must report on the meeting and issue guidance regarding eligibility crite... | Enhanced Clinical Trial Design Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Manufacturing Reinvestment Account
Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. MANUFACTURING REINVESTMENT ACCOUNTS.
(a) In General.--Part VI of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to itemized deductions for
individuals and corporations... | Manufacturing Reinvestment Account Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish tax-exempt manufacturing reinvestment accounts (MRAs) for taxpayers engaged in a manufacturing business. Allows such manufacturers to make tax deductible cash payments into an MRA of the lesser of their domestic manufacturing... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow manufacturing businesses to establish tax-free manufacturing reinvestment accounts to assist them in providing for new equipment and facilities and workforce training. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Improving the Lives of Children with
Spina Bifida Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ON FURNISHING CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO
CHILDREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS AND CERTAIN KOREA SERVICE
VETERANS BORN WITH SPINA BIFIDA AND CHILDREN... | Improving the Lives of Children with Spina Bifida Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a three-year pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of providing contracted case management services (services) to individuals entitled to VA benefits as children of Vietnam and ... | Improving the Lives of Children with Spina Bifida Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Community Arsenic Relief
Act''.
SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FOR NONPROFIT SMALL PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS FROM
STANDARDS RELATING TO NATURALLY OCCURRING CONTAMINANTS.
The Safe Drinking Water Act is amended by inserting after section
1416 (42 U.S.... | Rural Community Arsenic Relief Act - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require States exercising primary enforcement responsibility for public water systems to exempt any nonprofit small public water system (serving 10,000 or fewer persons) that so requests in accordance with this Act from the requirements of any n... | A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to exempt nonprofit small public water systems from certain drinking water standards relating to naturally occurring contaminants. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Western Hemisphere Energy Security
Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the United States is the largest oil importer in the
world;
(2) the Federal Government predicts that, by 2025, ... | Western Hemisphere Energy Security Act of 2006 - Authorizes U.S. persons to: (1) explore and extract hydrocarbon resources from any portion of the foreign exclusive economic zone that is contiguous to the U.S. exclusive economic zone; and (2) export without license authority all equipment necessary for the exploration ... | A bill to permit United States persons to participate in the exploration for and the extraction of hydrocarbon resources from any portion of a foreign maritime exclusive economic zone that is contiguous to the exclusive economic zone of the United States, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Farm Programs Payment Limitation
Integrity Act''.
SEC. 2. ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS TO ESTABLISH MEASURABLE STANDARDS TO
PREVENT USE OF SEPARATE ENTITIES TO EXCEED PAYMENT
LIMITATIONS APPLICABLE TO COMMODITY PAYMENTS AND TO LIMIT ... | Farm Programs Payment Limitation Integrity Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate regulations to establish measurable standards to prevent the use of separate entities to exceed commodity payment limitations and to provide payments only to active farmers.
Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to provi... | To require the prompt issuance by the Secretary of Agriculture of regulations to restore integrity to the payment limitation requirements applicable to commodity payments and benefits, to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse related to the receipt of commodity payments and benefits, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Nuclear Used Fuel Prize Act of
2008''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Administering entity.--The term ``administering
entity'' means the entity with which the Secretary enters into
an agreement under section 4(c).
... | Nuclear Used Fuel Prize Act of 2008 - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to implement a program to award cash prizes competitively for research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of nuclear used fuel storage.
Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an agreement with a private, nonprofit entity to ad... | To authorize the Secretary of Energy to establish monetary prizes for achievements in designing and proposing nuclear energy used fuel alternatives. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel Act
of 2011''.
SEC. 2. TUNNEL MAINTENANCE; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.
Section 703 of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and
Adjustment Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-575; 106 Stat. 4656) is amended
to read as follows:
... | Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel Act of 2011 - Amends the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to expand requirements for the operation and maintenance of the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel, Colorado, to require the Secretary of the Interior to take any action necessary to maintain the structural... | A bill to amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment of 1992 to require the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to take actions to improve environmental conditions in the vicinity of the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel in Lake County, Colorado, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Food Import Safety Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. SAFETY OF IMPORTED FOOD.
(a) Pattern of Violations.--Section 801 of the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 381) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(p) If there is a pattern of vio... | Food Import Safety Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prohibit the importation of food from a particular country if there is a pattern of FFDCA violations.
Requires the Secretary to establish a certification program to ensure... | To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure the safety of imported food. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States Fish and Wildlife
Service Resource Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Damages.--The term ``damages'' means--
(A) compensation for--
(i)(I) the cost of replaci... | United States Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Protection Act This bill authorizes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to seek compensation from individuals or entities for costs or damages for destroying, causing the loss of, or injuring any living, nonliving, historical, cultural, or archaeological resource... | United States Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Protection Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Santa Ana River Water Supply
Enhancement Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. PRADO BASIN NATURAL TREATMENT SYSTEM PROJECT.
(a) In General.--The Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study
and Facilities Act (Public Law 102-575, title XVI; 43 U.S.C. 390h et
seq.) ... | Santa Ana River Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2005 - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with: (1) the Orange County Water District (the District), to participate in the design, planning, and construction of natural trea... | A bill to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Prado Basin Natural Treatment System Project, to authorize the Secretary to carry out a program to assist agencies in projects to construct regional brine lines in Califor... |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Holocaust Insurance Accountability
Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Holocaust, an event in which millions of people
endured enormous suffering through torture and other violence,
includ... | Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2010 - Declares that no executive agreement between the United States and any foreign country shall invalidate or preempt any state law creating a cause of action against an insurer or related company based upon a claim arising out of or related to a covered insurance policy th... | To allow for enforcement of State disclosure laws and access to courts for covered Holocaust-era insurance policy claims. |
SECTION 1. LIMIT ON AMOUNT OF NONCONSTITUENT CONTRIBUTIONS AND
MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT A
CANDIDATE MAY ACCEPT.
Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 324. LIMIT... | Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to limit the amount of nonconstituent contributions and political action committee contributions that a candidate for election to the Senate or House of Representatives, and the candidate's authorized committees, may accept for use in an election.
Prohibits a multicandi... | A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to limit the amount of nonconstituent contributions that a candidate may accept, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Student Athletes From
Concussions Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENTS.
Part E of title IX of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) is amended--
(1) by striking the heading relat... | Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act of 2013 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to condition each state's receipt of ESEA funds, beginning in FY2015, on the state having in effect and enforcing a law or regulation that meets the minimum requirements for the prevention and tre... | Protecting Student Athletes From Concussions Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Recruiting, Retention, and Reservist
Promotion Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. PER DIEM ALLOWANCE FOR LENGTHY OR NUMEROUS DEPLOYMENTS.
(a) Expedited Implementation.--(1) Section 435 of title 37, United
States Code, as added by section 586(b) of the National Def... | Directs the Secretary of Defense to study and report to Congress on the extent to which such allowance is being paid to regular and reserve personnel, its effect on morale and retention rates, and the feasibility of establishing a reduced eligibility threshold for members of National Guard and reserve units serving on ... | Recruiting, Retention, and Reservist Promotion Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cameron Gulbransen Kids
Transportation Safety Act of 2007'' or the ``K.T. Safety Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. RULEMAKING REGARDING CHILD SAFETY.
(a) Power Window Safety.--
(1) Consideration of rule.--Not later than 18 months after the
date of the en... | Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007 or the K.T. Safety Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to initiate a rulemaking for motor vehicles to require: (1) automatic reversal of direction by power windows and panels when they detect an obstruction; (2) an expanded rearward field of vi... | To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to reduce the incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside of light motor vehicles, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. PROHIBITING TAX STATUS FROM BEING ASSIGNED BASED ON
POLITICAL BELIEFS AND ACTIVITIES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The income tax system of the United States relies on
voluntary compliance by taxpayers.
(2) The filing of tax returns and... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax exemption of political organizations, to revise the definition of "political organization" to mean a party, committee, association, fund, or other organization (whether or not incorporated) that: (1) is registered as a political committee with the Federal E... | To prohibit the Department of the Treasury from assigning tax statuses to organizations based on their political beliefs and activities. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Credit Card Minimum Payment Warning
Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. ENHANCED CONSUMER DISCLOSURES REGARDING MINIMUM PAYMENTS.
Section 127(b) of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1637(b)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(11)(A) Inf... | Credit Card Minimum Payment Warning Act of 2005 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to include among the mandatory disclosures at each billing cycle of open end consumer credit plans: (1) the words "Minimum Payment Warning: Making only the minimum payment will increase the amount of interest that you pay and the time it ... | A bill to require enhanced disclosure to consumers regarding the consequences of making only minimum required payments in the repayment of credit card debt, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Railroad Carriers and Mass
Transportation Protection Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. ATTACKS AGAINST RAILROAD CARRIERS AND MASS TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEMS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 97 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by striking sections 1... | Railroad Carriers and Mass Transportation Protection Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal criminal code to rewrite provisions prohibiting acts of destruction and violence against trains, railroad equipment and structures, and the mass transportation system to: (1) correspond with current prohibitions against acts of violen... | To amend title 18, United States Code, to combat terrorism against railroad carriers and mass transportation systems on land, on water, or through the air, and for other purposes. |
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