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SECTION 1. IMMIGRATION PROVISIONS.
(a) Nonimmigrant Aliens Ineligible To Receive Visas and Excluded
From Admission for Nonpayment of Child Support.--
(1) In general.--Section 212(a)(10) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(10)) is amended by adding at
the end the ... | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make nonpayment of child support (in excess of $2,500 in arrearage) a grounds for excluding an alien from United States entry.Authorizes under specified circumstances: (1) immigration officers to serve process in child support cases on an arriving alien; and (2) the Secreta... | To prevent nonimmigrant aliens who are delinquent in child support payments from gaining entry into the United States. |
SECTION 1. ENERGY EFFICIENCY RESOURCE STANDARD FOR RETAIL ELECTRICITY
AND NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTORS.
Title VI of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16
U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 610. ENERGY EFFICIENCY RESOURCE STANDARD FOR RETAIL ELEC... | Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require the Secretary of Energy to promulgate regulations regarding: (1) the issuance of credits for electricity and natural gas savings; (2) a national credit trading system; and (3) a system for independent monitoring of the market for such credits.
Requir... | A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish an energy efficiency resource standard for retail electricity and natural gas distributors. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ozone and Particulate Matter
Research Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) Public Law 101-549 (commonly known as the ``Clean Air
Act Amendments of 1990'') (104 Stat. 2399) established a number
of measu... | Ozone and Particulate Matter Research Act of 1997 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) request the National Academy of Sciences to convene an independent panel of scientists with expertise on the health effects of air pollution to establish priorities for research on the health ef... | Ozone and Particulate Matter Research Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Paul Wellstone Early Educator Loan
Forgiveness Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1)(A) The first 5 years of a child's life are a time of
momentous change.
(B) Research shows that a child's brain siz... | Paul Wellstone Early Educator Loan Forgiveness Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise the student loan forgiveness program for child care providers to include preschool teachers. Requires such teachers to: (1) have received at least an associate's degree, and be working toward or have already received ... | A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the loan forgiveness program for child care providers, including preschool teachers, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Global Poverty Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) More than one billion people worldwide live on less
than $1 per day, and another 1.6 billion people struggle to
survive on less than ... | Global Poverty Act of 2005 - States that a major priority of U.S. foreign policy is to vastly reduce global poverty and to eliminate extreme poverty in developing countries.
Directs the President to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further such policy. | To require the President to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the United States foreign policy objective of vastly reducing global poverty and eliminating extreme global poverty, to require periodic reports on the progress toward implementation of the strategy, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Justice for Sergei Magnitsky Act of
2010''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The United States supports the people of the Russian
Federation in their efforts to realize their full economic
potential and ... | Justice for Sergei Magnitsky Act of 2010 - Makes an alien ineligible for entry or admission to the United States when the Secretary of State determines such alien to be: (1) an individual who engaged in any act that was instrumental in causing the death of Sergei Leonidovich Magnitsky; (2) an individual who conspired t... | To make certain individuals ineligible for visas or admission to the United States and to revoke visas and other entry documents previously issued to such individuals, and to impose certain financial measures on such individuals, until the Russian Federation has thoroughly investigated the death of Sergei Leonidovich M... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Zeroing In American Energy Act of
2008''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Establishing a clean energy future requires new
innovative technologies.
(2) Solar energy offers the United State... | Zeroing In American Energy Act of 2008 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a program for the leasing of federal lands for the advancement, development, assessment, installation, and operation of commercial photovoltaic and concentrating solar power energy systems.
Requires the Secretary, acting through... | To establish a new solar energy future for America through public-private partnership and energy leasing for reliable and affordable energy for the American people, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Windstorm Impact Reduction
Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Hurricanes, tropical storms, tornadoes, and
thunderstorms can cause significant loss of life, injury,
destruction of... | National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act of 2004 - (Sec. 4) Establishes the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program, the objective of which is to achieve major measurable reductions in losses of life and property from windstorms.
Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish an I... | To establish a National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Superstorm Sandy Mortgage Relief Act
of 2013''.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO OFFER FORBEARANCE TO AFFECTED HOMEOWNERS.
(a) Requirement.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
and the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency shall each carry
o... | Superstorm Sandy Mortgage Relief Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Director of the Federal Housing Agency to carry out a program to notify mortgagors under covered mortgages of the availability of forbearance and to offer and provide such relief upon an eligible homeowne... | Superstorm Sandy Mortgage Relief Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Public Diplomacy through
International Travel Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States has experienced a 17 percent decline
in overseas visitors since September 11, 2001.
(2)... | Improving Public Diplomacy through International Travel Act - Directs the Secretary of State to enhance diplomatic relations with foreign countries and promote domestic business interests abroad by establishing a grant program to promote international travel to the United States.
Directs a grant recipient to develop a... | To direct the Secretary of State to enhance diplomatic relations with foreign countries and to promote domestic business interests abroad by establishing a grant program to promote international travel to the United States. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``John Hope Franklin Tulsa-Greenwood
Race Riot Claims Accountability Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) In 1921, Greenwood (a community in Tulsa, Oklahoma) was
one of the most prosperous Af... | John Hope Franklin Tulsa-Greenwood Race Riot Claims Accountability Act of 2009 - Provides that any Greenwood, Oklahoma, claimant (a survivor or descendant of victims of the Tulsa, Oklahoma, Race Riot of 1921) who has not previously obtained a determination on the merits of a Greenwood claim may, in a civil action comme... | To provide a mechanism for a determination on the merits of the claims brought by survivors and descendants of the victims of the Tulsa, Oklahoma, Race Riot of 1921 but who were denied that determination. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Solar Stimulus for Job Creation and
Energy Independence Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY REFUNDABILITY OF SOLAR ENERGY CREDIT.
(a) Residential Solar Energy Credit.--Subsection (c) of section 25D
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to limitat... | Solar Stimulus for Job Creation and Energy Independence Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide for the refundability of the residential energy efficiency tax credit for solar electric and water heating property, and for business-related solar energy tax credits, through 2010; (2) allow an electi... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain solar energy credits as refundable credits, to allow a new refundable credit for equipment used to manufacture solar energy property, to waive the application of the subsidized financing rules to such property, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Event Data Recorder Enhancement
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Event data recorders have the potential to greatly
improve motor vehicle safety by improving occupant protection
systems and improvi... | Event Data Recorder Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to modify certain federal motor vehicle safety standards to require that passenger automobiles (except trailers) be equipped with: (1) an event data recorder (EDR) meeting certain requirements; and (2) a standardized port for accessing ... | To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate rules to require that all motor vehicles be equipped with event data recorders by 2015, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Medicaid Drug Payment Act of
2007''.
SEC. 2. PROVIDING ADEQUATE PHARMACY REIMBURSEMENT UNDER MEDICAID.
(a) Pharmacy Reimbursement Limits.--
(1) In general.--Section 1927(e) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1396r-8(e)) is a... | Fair Medicaid Drug Payment Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to calculate the federal upper reimbursement limit as no less than 300% of the weighted average (based on utilization) of the most recent average manufacturer prices (AMPs... | A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure that individuals eligible for medical assistance under the Medicaid program continue to have access to prescription drugs, and for other purposes. |
That the following sums
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, namely:
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide
... | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Second Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005 - Appropriates an additional $1.4 billion to the Department of Defense-Military fo... | Making further emergency supplemental appropriations to meet immediate needs arising from the consequences of Hurricane Katrina, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Home
Health Refinement Act of 2000''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
TITLE I--EMERGENCY CASH-FLOW ASSIS... | Title II: Reimbursement of Home Health Agencies for Unfunded PPS Related Costs
- Provides that in the case of a home health agency that furnishes home health services to a Medicare beneficiary, for each such beneficiary to whom the agency furnished such services during the agency's cost reporting period beginning in F... | Medicare Home Health Refinement Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. USE OF REDEVELOPMENT BONDS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION.
(a) Environmental Remediation Included as Redevelopment Purpose.--
Subparagraph (A) of section 144(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to redevelopment purposes) is amended by striking
``and'' at the end of clause (iii), by str... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the use of tax-exempt redevelopment bonds for the costs of environmental remediation. Defines "environmental remediation" as: (1) abatement or control of hazardous substances; (2) demolition of existing contaminated structures, permit fees necessary for remediation, and environ... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the use of redevelopment bonds for environmental remediation. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Growth Initiative Act
of 2005''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR EMPLOYEE TRAINING EXPENSES OF SMALL BUSINESSES.
(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
cr... | Small Business Growth Initiative Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow certain small business employers (with between two and 100 employees) a business tax credit for employee training expenses; (2) double the tax exclusion of gain from the sale or exchange of qualified small business stock and r... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for small business employee training expenses, to increase the exclusion of capital gains from small business stocks, to extend expensing for small businesses, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Building Understanding, Investment,
Learning, and Direction Career and Technical Education Act of 2013'' or
the ``BUILD Career and Technical Education Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The average high schoo... | Building Understanding, Investment, Learning, and Direction Career and Technical Education Act of 2013 or the BUILD Career and Technical Education Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive two-year grants to local educational agencies to support career and technical education exploration pro... | BUILD Career and Technical Education Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Initiative 911 Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Open communication of information and ideas among
peoples of the world contributes to international peace and
stability, and that the promoti... | Initiative 911 Act - Amends the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 to authorize the President to direct any department, agency, or other U.S. entity to furnish the Broadcasting Board of Governors with necessary assistance to provide international broadcasting activities with a surge capacity to suppor... | A bill to authorize appropriations for international broadcasting operations and capital improvements, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sikes Act Reauthorization Act of
2003''.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF TITLE I OF SIKES ACT.
Section 108 of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670f) is amended by
striking ``fiscal years 1998 through 2003'' each place it appears and
inserting ``fiscal years 2004 t... | Sikes Act Reauthorization Act of 2003 - Amends the Sikes Act (which requires the Department of Defense and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to develop and implement plans to manage natural resources on certain military lands) to reauthorize appropriations and expenditures for FY 2004 through 2008 for conservation pro... | To reauthorize title I of the Sikes Act. |
SECTION 1. HOMELAND SECURITY CYBERSECURITY WORKFORCE.
(a) In General.--Subtitle C of title II of the Homeland Security
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 141 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
``SEC. 226. CYBERSECURITY OCCUPATION CATEGORIES, WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT,
AND STRATEGY.... | (Sec. 1) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to add provisions entitled the Homeland Security Cybersecurity Boots-on-the-Ground Act, which require the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) develop occupation categories for individuals performing activities in furtherance of DHS's cybersecurity mission, (2) ... | Homeland Security Cybersecurity Boots-on-the-Ground Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ojito Wilderness Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the Ojito Wilderness Study Area, located in Sandoval
County, New Mexico, contains dramatic landforms and rock
structures, multicolored badlands, expansive p... | Ojito Wilderness Act - Designates the area in New Mexico known as the Ojito Wilderness as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
Places in trust for the benefit of the Pueblo of Zia Indian Reservation certain lands adjacent to the Ojito Wilderness. | A bill to designate the Ojito Wilderness Study Area as wilderness, to take certain land into trust for the Pueblo of Zia, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Year 2000 Information Disclosure
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) Thousands of computer systems, software, and
semiconductors are not capable of recognizing certain dates in ... | Year 2000 Information Disclosure Act - Provides that, in any covered civil action based on an allegedly false, inaccurate, or misleading statement concerning Year 2000 computer compliance information (Y2K problem), the maker of such statement shall not be liable unless the claimant establishes that the statement: (1) ... | Year 2000 Information Disclosure Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 102 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42
U.S.C. 3002) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (24)--
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' a... | LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2017 This bill amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include the specific needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals among the "greatest social needs" served under that Act. An LGBT individual shall be considered a "minority" for purposes of services provide... | LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Tax
Fairness 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 repeal of,... | Small Business Tax Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the amount of section 179 property which may be expensed and permit the expensing of computer software; and (2) classify restaurants and franchise operations as 15-year property. | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the expense treatment for small businesses and to reduce the depreciation recovery period for restaurant buildings and franchise operations, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Healthy Hospitals Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Health care costs in the United States are rising. From
2004 through 2005, the medical costs for a four-person
household increased by 9.1 p... | Healthy Hospitals Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require public reporting of health care-associated infections data by hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers.
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a pilot program under Medicare to provide finan... | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require public reporting of health care-associated infections data by hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers and to permit the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a pilot program to provide incentives to hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to e... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Carbon Capture Improvement Act of
2017''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Capture and long-term storage of carbon dioxide from
coal, natural gas, and biomass-fired power plants, as well as
from industria... | Carbon Capture Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the issuance of tax-exempt facility bonds for the financing of qualified carbon dioxide capture facilities. A "qualified carbon dioxide capture facility" is any equipment installed in an industrial carbon dioxide fa... | Carbon Capture Improvement Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Gun Violence Economic Equity Act of
1993''.
SEC. 2. CAUSE OF ACTION; FEDERAL JURISDICTION.
(a) In General.--Any person suffering bodily injury or death as a
result of the discharge of a handgun or an assault weapon may bring an
action in any United St... | Gun Violence Economic Equity Act of 1993 - Provides that any person suffering bodily injury or death as a result of the discharge of a handgun or an assault weapon may bring an action in U.S. district court against any manufacturer, importer, or dealer of a handgun or assault weapon.
Makes such defendants strictly lia... | Gun Violence Economic Equity Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Russian River Land Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Certain lands adjacent to the Russian River in the area
of its confluence with the Kenai River contain abundant
... | Russian River Land Act - Ratifies the terms, conditions, covenants, and procedures set forth in the Russian River Section 14(h)(1) Selection Agreement between Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (the Corporation), and the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior.Authorizes the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to take... | A bill to resolve the claims of Cook Inlet Region, Inc., to lands adjacent to the Russian River in the State of Alaska. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Go to High School, Go to College
Act''.
SEC. 2. EARLY COLLEGE FEDERAL PELL GRANT.
Section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(k) Early College Federal Pell Grants.--
... | Go to High School, Go to College Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to carry out (from July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2020) a program awarding Early College Federal Pell Grants to students to support their enrollment in, and completion of,... | Go to High School, Go to College Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Support for Military Reserve
Families Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. LOAN PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED RESERVE.
(a) In General.--Part II of subtitle E of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 1215 the following new
chapter... | Support for Military Reserve Families Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish, for members of the Ready Reserve (including the Coast Guard Reserve), a loan program to be known as the Ready Reserve Mobilization Loan Program. Directs the Secretary, upon application, to make a Program loan to a Ready R... | To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a program of interest-free loans to members of the Selected Reserve who experience financial hardship due to service on active duty in the Armed Forces. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Franchise Education for Veterans
Act''.
SEC. 2. USE OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR FRANCHISE TRAINING.
(a) GI Bill.--
(1) Program of education.--Subparagraph (C) of section
3002(3) of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read ... | Franchise Education for Veterans Act - Allows eligible individuals to use Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) veterans' educational assistance benefits for franchise training. Provides training assistance limits for each 12-month period, prohibiting an individual from receiving more than 12 months and more than $15,000... | To amend title 38, United States Code, to allow certain veterans to use educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for franchise training. |
SECTION 1. PLACEMENT PROGRAM FOR SEPARATED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES
IN EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
(a) Placement Program With Law Enforcement Agencies.--(1) Chapter
58 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
``Sec. 1152... | Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a placement program to assist in providing employment with State and local law enforcement agencies for members of the armed forces involuntarily separated during the four years following enactment of this Act and having a military specialty, training, or experience related... | To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a program to place members of the Armed Forces who are separated from the Armed Forces in employment positions with law enforcement agencies to relieve shortages of law enforcement officers and to provide employment for displaced military personnel. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Servicemember Housing Protection Act
of 2012''.
SEC. 2. ENHANCEMENTS TO PROTECTIONS ACCORDED UNDER THE SERVICEMEMBERS
CIVIL RELIEF ACT.
(a) Protection of Surviving Spouse With Respect to Mortgage
Foreclosure.--
(1) In general... | Servicemember Housing Protection Act of 2012 - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to protect against a mortgage foreclosure or residential lease termination the surviving spouse who is the successor in interest to a servicemember who dies while in military service from a service-connected cause. Extends such pr... | A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to enhance the protections accorded to servicemembers and their spouses with respect to mortgages, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Thompson Divide Withdrawal and
Protection Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the Thompson Divide in western Colorado provides rural
character, a robust agriculture-based economy, a... | Thompson Divide Withdrawal and Protection Act of 2017 This bill withdraws the Thompson Divide Withdrawal and Protection Area in Colorado from: (1) entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral mater... | Thompson Divide Withdrawal and Protection Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Heating Oil Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The Energy Information Administration estimates that
3.93 billion gallons of heating oil were consumed in the United
States in 2010, re... | Clean Heating Oil Act of 2012 - Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit, effective June 1, 2016, any person from manufacturing, selling, supplying, offering for sale or supply, dispensing, transporting, or introducing into commerce heating oil which contains a concentration of sulfur in excess of: (1) 15 parts per million... | To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the sulfur fuel content of heating oil. |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The International Space Station, the Space Launch
System, and the Orion crew capsule will enable the Nation to
continue operations in low-Earth orbit and to send its
astronauts to deep space. As a result of their... | Declares that termination liability costs for the International Space Station (ISS), the Space Launch System, and the Orion crew capsule (covered programs) shall be provided only pursuant to this Act. Prohibits the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from reserving funds from amoun... | To provide for termination liability costs for certain National Aeronautics and Space Administration projects, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Home School Non-Discrimination Act
of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The right of parents to direct the education of their
children is an established principle and precedent under the
United St... | Home School Non-Discrimination Act of 2003 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that parents who choose private home education should be encouraged within the framework provided by the Constitution.
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) with respect to: (1) student aid eligibility of home-schooled students wh... | To amend selected statutes to clarify existing Federal law as to the treatment of students privately educated at home under State law. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Physician Telephone
Consultation Services Coverage Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. MEDICARE PAYMENT FOR UNSCHEDULED PHYSICIAN TELEPHONE SERVICES.
(a) Coverage Under Part B.--
(1) In general.--Section 1861(s)(2) of the Social Security
... | Medicare Physician Telephone Consultation Services Coverage Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover unscheduled physician telephone consultation services under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance).
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a de... | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payments under the Medicare Program for unscheduled physician telephone consultation services in the case that such payments are determined to be cost and quality effective. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Engine Technology Act of
2003''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR QUALIFYING CLEAN TECHNOLOGY ENGINES.
(a) In General.--Subpart B of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to foreign tax credit,
etc.) is amended by... | Clean Engine Technology Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a limited credit, through December 31, 2009 for the cost of each qualifying clean technology engine placed in service by a taxpayer in connection with the taxpayer's trade or business. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for qualifying clean technology engines. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Geospatial
Preparedness 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 and purposes.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Homeland se... | Geospatial Preparedness Act - Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to direct the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Department of Homeland Security to work with the Departments of the Interior and Justice, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, other appropriate Federal agencies, and members of the Federal... | To establish and maintain geospatial preparedness for the Nation with the National Spatial Data Infrastructure and integrated applications and systems required for homeland security, national defense, electronic government, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Military Spouse Education and
Employment Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Congressional defense committees.--The term
``congressional defense committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Se... | Military Spouse Education and Employment Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include spouses of members of the Armed Forces on extended active duty (more than 90 days or for an indefinite period) and eligible teleworking military spouses (teleworking spouses whose wages are expected to equal or exceed 150... | A bill to provide enhanced education and employment opportunities for military spouses. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cyber Economic Espionage
Accountability Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND SENSE OF CONGRESS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States faces persistent cyber espionage of
intellectual property from foreign governm... | Cyber Economic Espionage Accountability Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: cyber economic espionage should be a priority issue in all economic and diplomatic discussions with the People's Republic of China, including during all meetings of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, and with the Russian F... | Cyber Economic Espionage Accountability Act |
SECTION 1. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN IMPLEMENTING WTO DISPUTE
SETTLEMENTS.
(a) In General.--Section 306(b)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2416(b)(2)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``If the'' and inserting ``(A) Failure to
implement recommendation.--If the''; and
... | Amends the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to any dispute settlement panel or Appellate Body report that is adopted in favor of the United States pursuant to the Understanding of Rules and Procedures Covering the Settlement of Disputes of the World Trade Organization (WTO) with regard to the enforcement of U.S. rights u... | A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to ensure that United States industry is consulted with respect to all aspects of the WTO dispute settlement process. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Real Interstate Driver Equity Act of
2002''.
SEC. 2. REGULATION OF INTERSTATE PRE-ARRANGED GROUND TRANSPORTATION
SERVICE.
Section 14501 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
``(d) Pre-Arrange... | Real Interstate Driver Equity Act of 2001 - Amends Federal transportation law to prohibit a State or political subdivision or an interstate agency of two or more States from enacting or enforcing any law, rule, or regulation requiring a license or fee on account of the fact that a motor vehicle is providing pre-arrange... | To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit States from requiring a license or fee on account of the fact that a motor vehicle is providing interstate pre-arranged ground transportation service, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Integrated Water Resources
Management Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. SUPPORT OF STATE, TRIBAL, INTERSTATE WATER RESOURCES
ORGANIZATIONS, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
The Secretary of the Army shall include as a primary mission of the
Army Corps of Engi... | Integrated Water Resources Management Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Army to include as a primary mission of the Army Corps of Engineers the provision of technical services and assistance to support planning, conservation, and responsible integrated management of water resources by State, tribal, interstate... | To provide the Secretary of the Army with additional and enhanced authority with respect to water resources projects, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Merger Enforcement Improvement
Act''.
SEC. 2. PREMERGER NOTIFICATION FILING FEES.
Section 605 of Public Law 101-162 (15 U.S.C. 18a note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
... | Merger Enforcement Improvement Act This bill modifies antitrust enforcement requirements regarding mergers (acquisitions by one corporation of the voting securities or assets of another). Specifically, the bill: adjusts premerger notification filing fees; requires certain filers to report to the Federal Trade Co... | Merger Enforcement Improvement Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Radio Spectrum Inventory Act''.
SEC. 2. SPECTRUM INVENTORY.
Part B of title I of the National Telecommunications and
Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 921 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 119. SPECTRU... | Radio Spectrum Inventory Act - Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to require the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to: (1) create and maintain an inventory of each radio spectrum band of f... | To require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Federal Communications Commission. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Middle Class & Small Business Tax
Cut Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PAYROLL TAX REDUCTION.
(a) In General.--Subsection (c) of section 601 of the Tax Relief,
Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 is
amended by strik... | Middle Class & Small Business Tax Cut Act of 2012 - Amends the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 to extend through 2013 the reductions in employment and self-employment tax rates.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow nongovernmental employers a credit against employm... | A bill to extend the payroll tax holiday and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a temporary payroll increase tax credit for certain employees. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Access to Reconstructive
Evaluation & Surgery (CARES) Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF MINOR CHILD'S CONGENITAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL DEFORMITY
OR DISORDER.
(a) Group Health Plans.--
(1) Public health service act amend... | Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation & Surgery (CARES) Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group coverage, that cover surgical benef... | To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Marijuana Businesses Access to
Banking Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. SAFE HARBOR FOR DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS.
A Federal banking regulator may not--
(1) terminate or limit the deposit insurance of a
depository institution un... | Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking Act of 2013 - Prohibits a federal banking regulator from: (1) terminating or limiting the deposit insurance of a depository institution solely because it either provides or has provided financial services to a marijuana-related legitimate business; or (2) prohibiting, penalizing, ... | Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Compassionate Care Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT.
Title V of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290aa et seq.)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``PART G--REQUIREMENT RELATING TO THE RIGHTS OF RES... | Compassionate Care Act of 1999 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require hospitals and other health care facilities that receive Federal assistance in any form to protect the rights of their patients and residents, including freedom from physical or mental abuse, corporal punishment, involuntary seclusion, and ... | Compassionate Care Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN DISTRIBUTIONS OF SMALL BUSINESSES TO
EXTENT OF INCREASED WAGES.
(a) In General.--Part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting before section
140 the following new section:
``SEC. 139F. INCREASED-WAGE DISTRIBUTI... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income increased-wage exempt-dividends distributed to an individual by a corporation or a partnership which is a small business concern (as defined by the Small Business Act). Defines "increased-wage exempt-dividends" as dividends paid by a small business... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make certain dividends and distributions paid to individuals from certain small businesses exempt from tax to the extent of the increased wages of the small business. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``The College Savings Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION FOR COVERDELL EDUCATION
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.
(a) In General.--Section 530(b)(1)(A)(iii) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (defining Coverdell education sav... | The College Savings Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the maximum annual contribution limit for Coverdell education savings accounts from $2,000 to $5,000; and (2) allow a tax deduction up to $5,000 for contributions to an education savings account. | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently increase the maximum annual contribution allowed to be made to Coverdell education savings accounts, and to provide for a deduction for contributions to education savings accounts. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Coastal State Climate Change
Planning Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. PLANNING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE COASTAL ZONE.
(a) In General.--The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C.
1451 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
... | Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act of 2008 - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program to provide assistance to coastal states to voluntarily develop coastal climate change adaptation plans and to provide financial and technical ... | To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize assistance to coastal states to develop coastal climate change adaptation plans pursuant to approved management programs approved under section 306, to minimize contributions to climate change, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Tuition Tax Credit Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. TAX CREDIT FOR TUITION.
(a) In General.--Subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to nonrefundable
personal credits) is amended by inserting after section... | Tuition Tax Credit Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for the educational expenses (tuition and supplies) of the taxpayer, spouse, or dependents at an eligible private elementary or secondary school, institution of higher education, or vocational school.... | Tuition Tax Credit Act of 1995 |
SECTION. 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Grand Staircase-Escalante National
Monument Minor Boundary Adjustments Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in the
State of Utah was established by the Presi... | Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Minor Boundary Adjustments Act - Modifies the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in the State of Utah to exclude specified Federal lands and to include the East Clark Bench.
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to transfer, without consideration ... | Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Minor Boundary Adjustments Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act shall be cited as the ``Denver Federal Center
Redevelopment Act''.
SEC. 2. DENVER FEDERAL CENTER DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
Part C of subtitle II of title 40, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end thereof the following new chapter:
``CHAPTER 71--DENVE... | Denver Federal Center Redevelopment Act - Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to enter into leases of Federal real property, including improvements thereon, with totally nonfederal entities to provide for the construction, rehabilitation, operation, maintenance, or use of all, or portions of, the Denver Fe... | To amend title 40, United States Code, to authorize the Administrator of General Services to lease and redevelop certain Federal property on the Denver Federal Center in Lakewood, Colorado. |
SECTION 1. INADMISSIBILITY OF ALIENS SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL CHILD
ABDUCTORS AND RELATIVES OF SUCH ABDUCTORS.
(a) In General.--Section 212(a)(10)(C)(ii) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(10)(C)(ii)) is amended--
(1) in subclause (I), by striking the comma at the ... | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the U.S. admission of aliens supporting international child abductors and relatives of such abductors until the child is surrendered to the legal custodian and such child and custodian are permitted to return to the United States or the custodian's residence. (Curr... | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to render inadmissible to the United States the extended family of international child abductors, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Insurance Capital and Accounting
Standards Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. LEVERAGE AND RISK-BASED CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS.
Subsection (b) of section 171 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform
and Consumer Protection Act (12 U.S.C. 5371(b)) is amended--
... | Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013 - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' Loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that a... | Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Air Carriage of International Mail
Act''.
SEC. 2. AIR CARRIAGE OF INTERNATIONAL MAIL.
(a) Contracting Authority.--Section 5402 of title 39, United States
Code, is amended by striking subsections (b) and (c) and inserting the
following:
``(b) Inter... | Air Carriage of International Mail Act - (Sec. 2) Authorizes the U.S. Postal Service to contract, through an open procurement process, for air transportation of mail between foreign points only with certificated air carriers (carriers that hold a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under specified pr... | A bill to amend section 5402 of title 39, United States Code, to modify the authority relating to United States Postal Service air transportation contracts, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans' Justice Assurance Act of
2007''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF TERM LIMITS FOR JUDGES OF THE UNITED STATES COURT OF
APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS.
(a) In General.--Section 7253(c) of title 38, United States Code,
is amended to read as follow... | Veterans' Justice Assurance Act of 2007 - Repeals, for judges appointed after the enactment of this Act, the 15-year term limit for members of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (Court). Increases the annual salary for the Court's chief judge.
Eliminates the 180-day per-year limit on service of retired Cour... | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the salary and terms of judges of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, to modify authorities for the recall of retired judges of such court, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. IMPORTATION OF COVERED PRODUCTS FOR PERSONAL USE.
Chapter VIII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
381 et seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 801(d)(1), by inserting ``and section 804''
after ``paragraph (2)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following... | Allows importation of such product if: (1) the intended use is appropriately identified; (2) the product is not considered to represent a significant health risk; and (3) the individual seeking to import the product affirms that it is for personal use, seeks only to import enough for personal use, describes the product... | A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and cosmetic Act to permit importation in personal baggage and through mail order of certain covered products for personal use from Canada, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SMALL BUSINESS EXCLUSION.
(a) In General.--Part III of subchapter A of chapter 11 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to gross estate) is amended by
inserting after section 2033 the following new section:
``SEC. 2033A. EXCLUSION FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND FAMILY FARMS.
``(a) In General.... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross estate of an individual the value of the "qualified small business or family farm interest" (as defined by this Act) otherwise includible in the estate. Sets forth rules regarding ownership and personal holding company limitations. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the death tax for family farms and small businesses. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Child Savings
Account Act''.
(b) Amendment of 1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly
provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in
terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or ... | Title II: Expansion of Availability of IRAs
- Provides for an inflation adjustment to the IRA deductible amount. Repeals the adjusted gross limitation on contributions and rollovers to Roth IRAs. | Child Savings Account Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Caging Prohibition Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. VOTER CAGING AND OTHER QUESTIONABLE CHALLENGES PROHIBITED.
(a) In General.--Chapter 29 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 618. Voter caging and other questiona... | Caging Prohibition Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit state or local election officials from preventing an individual from registering or voting in any election for federal office, or from permitting a formal challenge under state law to an individual's registration status or eligibility to vote... | To amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent the election practice known as caging, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Access to Investment Research
Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. SAFE HARBOR FOR INVESTMENT FUND RESEARCH.
(a) Expansion of Safe Harbor.--Not later than the end of the 45-day
period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Securities
and Exchange ... | . Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise a specified regulation to create a safe harbor for certain publications or distributions of research reports by brokers or dealers distributing securities. The revised regulation shall dec... | Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Code of Conduct on Arms Transfers
Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Approximately 40,000,000 people, over 75 percent
civilians, died as a result of civil and international wars
fought wi... | Code of Conduct on Arms Transfers Act of 1993 - Prohibits U.S. military assistance and arms transfers to a foreign government unless the President certifies to the Congress that the government: (1) meets specified conditions regarding democracy, including that it was chosen in free and fair elections and promotes civi... | Code of Conduct on Arms Transfers Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rent Reform and Empowerment Act''.
SEC. 2. DETERMINATION OF INCOME AND RENT CHARGES FOR SECTION 8 AND
PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMS.
(a) Exclusion of Income Taxes and FICA Tax From Income.--Section
3(b)(5) of the United States Housing Act of 19... | Rent Reform and Empowerment Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exclude from adjusted income (used to determine rent for assisted housing) the amounts of Federal, State, and local income taxes and social security taxes paid by members of the assisted family.
Authorizes public housing agencies to excl... | Rent Reform and Empowerment Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Abandoned Hardrock Mines Reclamation
Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. RECLAMATION FEE.
(a) Reservation of Reclamation Fee.--Any person producing hardrock
minerals from a mine that was within a mining claim that has
subsequently been patented under the general m... | Abandoned Hardrock Mines Reclamation Act of 1997 - Sets forth a fee schedule under which a producer of hardrock minerals from a mine that was within a mining claim that has subsequently been patented under the general mining laws must pay the Secretary of the Interior a reclamation fee computed as a specified percentag... | Abandoned Hardrock Mines Reclamation Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Patient Appeals Act of
1999''.
SEC. 2. REVISION OF APPEALS PROCESS.
(a) Deadlines for Consideration of Appeals.--Section 1869 of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ff) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``consiste... | Subjects national coverage determinations to review by the Departmental Appeals Board of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and local coverage determinations to review by an HHS administrative law judge, whose determination may also be reviewed by the HHS Departmental Appeals Board. | Medicare Patient Appeals Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Baseball Hall of Fame
Commemorative Coin Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) On June 12, 1939, the National Baseball Hall of Fame
and Museum opened in Cooperstown, New York. Ty Cobb, Walter
J... | National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 50,000 $5 gold coins, 400,000 $1 silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar coins in recognition of the National Baseball Hall of Fame during the one-year period beginning on January 1, 2015.
Direct... | A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``SCORE for Small Business Act of
2018''.
SEC. 2. SCORE REAUTHORIZATION.
Section 20 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 note) is
amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (f); and
(2) by adding at the end ... | SCORE for Small Business Act of 2017 This bill amends the Small Business Act to reauthorize the SCORE program (Service Corps of Retired Executives) for FY2018-FY2019. The program is renamed as simply the SCORE program. The Small Business Administration (SBA) shall award a grant to the SCORE Association (or any success... | SCORE for Small Business Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Low-Level Radioactive Waste Act of
2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) section 3(b)(1)(D) of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste
Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 2021c(b)(1)(D)) requires the Secretary of
Energy to safely d... | Low-Level Radioactive Waste Act of 2003 - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to designate an entity within the Department of Energy to have the responsibility of completing activities needed to develop a facility for safely disposing of all greater-than-Class C low-level radioactive waste.
Directs the Secretary to subm... | A bill to strengthen United States capabilities to safely and securely dispose of all greater-than-Class C low-level radioactive waste. |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Buford Furrow, a white supremacist, used a Glock pistol
decommissioned and sold by a law enforcement agency in the
State of Washington, to shoot children at a Jewish community
center in Los Ange... | Permits a State or local government to: (1) transfer a decommissioned firearm to another law enforcement agency; and (2) use a grant under this Act only to purchase new firearms.
Authorizes appropriations. | To provide grants to law enforcement agencies to purchase firearms needed to perform law enforcement duties. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``After School for America's Children
Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS.
Section 4201 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 7171) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (... | After School for America's Children Act of 2012 - Amends the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program under part B of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). (21st Century Community Learning Centers provide students with before and afterschool programs to improve their academic per... | To reauthorize 21st century community learning centers, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Back to Work Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL EMERGENCY GRANTS TO RESPOND TO THE TERRORIST ATTACKS
OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001.
(a) In General.--Section 173(a) of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918(a)) is amended--
... | Back to Work Act of 2001 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize appropriations to expand the National Emergency Grant program, for an 18-month period, to include grants to States to provide certain employment and training assistance and temporary health care coverage premium assistance for workers a... | To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish a national emergency grant program to respond to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and for other purposes. |
.
(a) Board of Concession Appeals.--
(1) Establishment.--The President shall establish an
independent administrative review board to be known as the
Board of Concession Appeals. The Board shall be similar to, and
operate in a similar manner as, the Interior Board of Land
... | Federal Land Management Agency Concession Reform Act of 1995 - Provides for a uniform concessions management policy for Federal land management agencies, including provisions regarding: (1) concession types; (2) public rates and charges; (3) concession transfers; (4) competitive selection; (5) concession fees; (6) pri... | Federal Land Management Agency Concession Reform Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund
Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HOMELESS VETERANS ASSISTANCE FUND.
(a) In General.--Subchapter A of chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new part:
... | Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish in the Treasury the Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund to provide services to homeless veterans; (2) allow individual taxpayers to designate on their tax returns a portion of any overpayment of tax or an additiona... | Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``SBIR and STTR Foreign Patent
Protection Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) small business concerns represent approximately 96
percent of all exporters of goods;
(2) there has been dynamic grow... | SBIR and STTR Foreign Patent Protection Act of 2001 - Amends the Small Business Act to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make one grant of up to $25,000, from the SBIR and STTR Foreign Patent Protection Fund (established under this Act) to any Small Business Innovation Research Pro... | A bill entitled the "SBIR and STTR Foreign Patent Protection Act of 2001". |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Torture Survivors Support Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The American people abhor torture by any government or
person. The existence of torture creates a climate of fear and
internationa... | Torture Survivors Support Act - Declares that it is U.S. policy not to expel, extradite, or otherwise effect the involuntary return of any person to a country in which there are substantial grounds for believing the person would be in danger of being subjected to torture, regardless of whether the person is physically ... | Torture Survivors Support Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Outer Continental Shelf
Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreements Authorization Act''.
TITLE I--AMENDMENT TO THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LANDS ACT
SEC. 101. AMENDMENT TO THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LANDS ACT.
The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 ... | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 6, 2013. Outer Continental Shelf Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreements Authorization Act - Title I: Amendment to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act - (Sec. 101) Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to authorize the Secretar... | Outer Continental Shelf Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreements Authorization Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Telehealth Improvement and Expansion
Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF TELEHEALTH AND TELEMEDICINE GRANT PROGRAMS.
(a) Telehealth Network and Telehealth Resource Centers Grant
Programs.--Section 330I (42 U.S.C. 254c-14) is amended--
... | Telehealth Improvement and Expansion Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize appropriations for telehealth network and telehealth resource center grant programs. Includes state, local, and tribal health departments (currently, local health departments), skilled nursing facilities, community me... | To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize telehealth and telemedicine grant programs. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Mandatory Prison Work and Drug
Testing Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. MANDATORY WORK REQUIREMENT FOR FEDERAL INMATES.
Section 2905 of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (18 U.S.C. 4121 note)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(b) 50 Hour Workweek.... | Mandatory Prison Work and Drug Testing Act of 2003 - Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require inmates confined in Federal prisons to engage in: (1) work for not less than 50 hours weekly; (2) job training; and (3) educational and life skills preparation study. Allows the services of inmates to be made available ... | A bill to require a 50 hour workweek for Federal prison inmates and to establish a grant program for mandatory drug testing, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Community Forestry Conservation Act
of 2005''.
SEC. 2. FOREST CONSERVATION BONDS.
(a) Tax-Exempt Bond Financing.--
(1) In general.--For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, any qualified forest conservation bond shall be
... | Community Forestry Conservation Act of 2005 - Provides for the treatment of qualified forest conservation bonds as tax-exempt facility bonds under the Internal Revenue Code. Defines "qualified forest conservation bonds" as bonds issued for certain forestry organizations within 36 months after the enactment of this Act.... | A bill to provide a Federal tax exemption for forest conservation bonds, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Using Evidence to Move Welfare
Recipients into Work Act''.
SEC. 2. WHAT WORKS CLEARINGHOUSE.
Section 413 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 613) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
``(k) Development of What Works Clearinghouse of Prov... | Using Evidence to Move Welfare Recipients into Work Act This bill amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a database of the projects that used a proven approach or a promising approach in movin... | Using Evidence to Move Welfare Recipients into Work Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
(a) In General.--This Act may be cited as the ``Family Farm, Small
Business, and Home Tax Relief Act''.
(b) Amendment of 1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly
provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in
terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section o... | Family Farm, Small Business, and Home Tax Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) accelerate from 2009 to 2008 the $3.5 million unified estate tax credit and adjust such credit amount for inflation in calendar years after 2008; (2) reduce the maximum estate tax rate from 49 to 43% in 2008; (3) restore and... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the estate tax for periods before its termination in 2010 by increasing the unified credit, lowering the maximum estate tax rate, restoring the exclusion for family-owned business interests, excluding the value of the decedent's principal residence, and for other pur... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Parolee LEADS Public Safety Grant
Program Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS.
(a) Authorization of Grants.--From amounts made available to carry
out this section, the Attorney General may make grants to eligible
States for use by the State... | Parolee LEADS Public Safety Grant Program Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to eligible States to carry out an automated data system to provide information regarding parolees to local law enforcement agencies within the State.Requires that: (1) such a system include specified information abou... | To make grants to States for providing information regarding parolees to local law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Ocean Acidification Research
And Monitoring Act of 2009'' or the ``FOARAM Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
(a) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are to provide for--
(1) development and coordination of a comprehensive
interagency ... | Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2009 or FOARAM Act - Defines "ocean acidification," for this Act, as the decrease in pH of the Earth's oceans and changes in ocean chemistry caused by chemical inputs from the atmosphere, including carbon dioxide.
Requires that the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean ... | A bill to establish an interagency committee to develop an ocean acidification research and monitoring plan and to establish an ocean acidification program within NOAA. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Materials Corridor and
United States-Mexico Border Technology Partnership Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the 2,000 mile long United States-Mexico border region,
extending 100 kilometers north and... | (Sec. 6) Makes funds under this Act available for technology deployment, research, and training activities, particularly related to hazardous waste and materials technologies that will: (1) alleviate problems caused by rapid economic development along the United States-Mexico border; (2) focus on issues related to publ... | National Materials Corridor and United States-Mexico Border Technology Partnership Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``James Guelff Body Armor Act of
1999''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) nationally, police officers and ordinary citizens are
facing increased danger as criminals use more deadly weaponry,
body armor, and other s... | James Guelff Body Armor Act of 1999 - Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend the Federal sentencing guidelines to provide an appropriate enhancement, increasing the level not less than two levels, for any offense in which the defendant used body armor, with an exception involving a civil rights violation by a ... | James Guelff Body Armor Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional Members' Pension
Limitation Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
(a) Limitation.--
(1) In general.--Section 8334(a) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
... | Congressional Members' Pension Limitation Act of 1995 - Amends Federal civil service retirement system (CSRS) provisions to prohibit deductions and withholdings from the pay of a Member of Congress with respect to any pay period beginning after: (1) such Member has completed five years of civilian service; or (2) the ... | Congressional Members' Pension Limitation Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Employee Retirement
Savings Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN CREDIT LIMITATION FOR SMALL EMPLOYER PENSION PLAN
STARTUP COSTS.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 45E(b) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amend... | Small Business Employee Retirement Savings Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the tax treatment of retirement plans for small employers with no more than 100 employees. The bill: (1) increases from $500 to $5,000 the limit on the amount of the tax credit for small employer pension plan st... | Small Business Employee Retirement Savings Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Title of
America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--ENERGY TITLE OF AME... | Energy Title of America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015 This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize through FY2020 designated energy research, development, and commercial application programs conducted through the Office of Science of the Department of Energy (DOE). The America COMPETES Act is am... | Energy Title of America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Work Opportunity Credit Improvements
Act''.
SEC. 2. THREE-YEAR EXTENSION OF WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT.
(a) In General.--Subparagraph (B) of section 51(c)(4) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``December 31,
2011'' and insert... | Work Opportunity Credit Improvements Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2014 the work opportunity tax credit, (2) allow employers to certify certain employees as members of a targeted group for purposes of such credit in lieu of obtaining certification from a state employment security agency,... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the work opportunity credit. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Anti-Trafficking Trade Act of
2018''.
SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR COUNTRIES THAT FAIL TO MEET
MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF HUMAN
TRAFFICKING.
Section 502(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2462(b))... | Anti-Trafficking Trade Act of 2018 This bill amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the President to suspend a country's designation of beneficiary developing country for one year if that country does not meet the minimum standards of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 as reported annually by the Departmen... | Anti-Trafficking Trade Act of 2018 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pro Football Hall of Fame
Commemorative Coin Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The Pro Football Hall of Fame's mission is--
(A) to honor individuals who have made outstanding
... | Pro Football Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 50,000 $5-gold coins, 400,000 $1-silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar coins emblematic of the game of professional football.
Requires all sales of such coins to include specified surcharges, which... | A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Supporting Emotional Learning Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) A positive, healthy school community where children
thrive and grow, both intellectually and emotionally, takes
purposeful and thought... | Supporting Emotional Learning Act Amends the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to require: the National Center for Education Research to carry out research regarding the impact of social and emotional education; the Commissioner for Education Research to support research into social and emotional skills and habi... | Supporting Emotional Learning Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States-Caribbean Strategic
Engagement Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY.
Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States to
increase engagement with the governments of the Caribbean region and
with civil society, including th... | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate. United States-Caribbean Strategic Engagement Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill declares that it is U.S. policy to increase engagement with the governments of the Caribbean region, including the private sector, and with civil society in both the United ... | United States-Caribbean Strategic Engagement Act of 2016 |
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