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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Samuel Kelner Commission on Youth
Authorization Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is established a commission to be known as the ``Samuel
Kelner Commission on Youth'' (in this Act referred to as the
``Commission'').
SEC. 3. DUTIES OF COMMISSION.
... | Samuel Kelner Commission on Youth Authorization Act - Establishes the Samuel Kelner Commission on Youth to seek to reduce apathy among U.S. youth regarding the Nation's system of government by discussing and making policy recommendations on issues affecting U.S. youth, including issues in the subject areas of: (1) publ... | To establish the Samuel Kelner Commission on Youth. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Security and Victory in Iraq Act of
2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The national security mission of the United States and
its coalition partners, having removed Saddam Hussein and his
r... | Security and Victory in Iraq Act of 2007 - Directs the President every 30 days to certify to the appropriate congressional committees the extent to which the government of Iraq: (1) is cooperating with U.S. stability efforts in Iraq; and (2) has made demonstrable progress toward achieving stability and security for its... | To require the President to report to Congress on the extent to which the Government of Iraq is fully cooperating with United States stability efforts in Iraq and is making demonstrable progress toward achieving stability and security for the people of Iraq and denying terrorists a sanctuary in Iraq, and for other purp... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Infant Plan of Safe Care Improvement
Act''.
SEC. 2. BEST PRACTICES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PLANS OF SAFE CARE.
Section 103(b) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42
U.S.C. 5104(b)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) th... | Infant Plan of Safe Care Improvement Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the national clearinghouse for information relating to child abuse, to maintain and disseminate information about the requirements and be... | Infant Plan of Safe Care Improvement Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness for Americans in Internal
Revenue Refunds Act''.
SEC. 2. PREVENTION OF CLAIMS OF EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT BY INDIVIDUALS
RECEIVING WORK AUTHORIZATIONS PURSUANT TO DEFERRED ACTION
PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--Section ... | Fairness for Americans in Internal Revenue Refunds Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prevent a taxpayer whose social security number was issued for purposes of granting a work authorization under a deferred action on removal program from claiming an earned income tax credit using such social security nu... | Fairness for Americans in Internal Revenue Refunds Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Enhancing the Strength and Capacity
of America's Primary Evacuation Routes Act'' or the ``ESCAPE Act''.
SEC. 2. EVACUATION ROUTE PROGRAM.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Evacuation route.--
(A) In general.--The ter... | Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of America's Primary Evacuation Routes Act or the ESCAPE Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish a competitive grant program to provide grants for resilience projects that strengthen and protect evacuation routes that are essential for providing and suppor... | Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of America's Primary Evacuation Routes Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Prematurity Research Expansion and
Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Reauthorization Act''
or the ``PREEMIE Reauthorization Act''.
SEC. 2. RESEARCH AND ACTIVITIES AT THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND
PREVENTION.
(a) Epide... | Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Reauthorization Act or PREEMIE Reauthorization Act - Amends the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act to revise and reauthorize requirements for research on prematurity and preterm births.... | PREEMIE Reauthorization Act |
SECTION 1. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON AMERICAN INDIAN TRUST HOLDINGS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the United States has entered into treaties with Indian
tribes under which the United States made various commitments
to Indian tribes and Indian people;
(2) the Unit... | Establishes the National Commission on American Indian Trust Holdings to fully examine: (1) the allegations made in the letter dated April 5, 2004, from Special Master Alan L. Balaran to the Honorable Royce C. Lamberth; (2) whether grazing, leasing, and other trust asset interests have been managed equitably and in a m... | A bill to establish a National Commission on American Indian Trust Holdings. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Menu Education and
Labeling Act''.
(b) References.--Whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is
expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other
provision, the reference shall be considered to be m... | Menu Education and Labeling Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require restaurants that are part of a chain of at least 20 outlets doing business under the same trade name to provide the total number of calories, grams of saturated fat plus trans fat, and milligrams of sodium adjacent to any item ... | To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure that consumers receive information about the nutritional content of restaurant foods. |
SECTION 1. VIETNAM VETERANS ALLOTMENT.
The Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1600, et seq.)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``open season for certain native alaskan veterans for allotments
``Sec. 41. (a) In General.--(1) During the one-year period
beginning on the date of e... | Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) to make certain Native Alaskans who are Vietnam veterans eligible, for up to one year after the enactment of this Act, for up to 160 acres apiece of nonmineral Alaskan land.
Withdraws certain Alaska lands from disposition under the public land laws, entry or appro... | To amend the Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for selection of lands by certain veterans of the Vietnam era and by the Elim Native Corporation. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Gasoline Access and Stabilization
Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR REFORMULATED AND OXYGENATED GASOLINE.
(a) Reformulated Gasoline.--(1) Section 211 of the Clean Air Act
(42 U.S.C. 7545) is amended by adding the following new subsection ... | Gasoline Access and Stabilization Act of 2001 - Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations for reformulated and oxygenated gasoline sold for use in all States that: (1) require such gasoline to comply with a national formula; and (2) prohi... | To amend section 211 of the Clean Air Act to require a more uniform formula for gasoline and diesel fuel so that gasoline and diesel fuel manufactured for one region of the country may be transported to and sold in other regions of the country, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``2005 BRAC Selection Criteria Act''.
SEC. 2. SPECIFICATION OF 2005 BRAC FINAL SELECTION CRITERIA.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Title XXX of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 10... | 2005 BRAC Selection Criteria Act - Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to add the following to the final criteria to be used by the Secretary of Defense in making recommendations in 2005 for the closure or realignment of military installations inside the United States: (1) the current and future... | To amend the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to specify the criteria to be used by the Secretary of Defense in making recommendations in 2005 for the closure or realignment of military installations inside the United States under such Act. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Morris K. Udall Parkinson's
Research, Education, and Assistance Act of 1994''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Parkinson's disease and related disorders (hereafter
referred to in this A... | Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Research, Education, and Assistance Act of 1994 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish a council to coordinate Parkinson's research activities.
Directs: (1) the council to convene a National Consensus Conference on P... | Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Research, Education, and Assistance Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Regulatory
Improvement Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Small businesses are frequently the source of new
products, methods, and innovations.
(2) A vibrant and growing small busin... | Small Business Regulatory Improvement Act - Revises the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Defines the "economic impact" of a rule to include any direct or indirect economic effects on small entities.
Requires initial regulatory flexibility analyses of a proposed rule to contain a detailed statement describing the type of sm... | To amend chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Regulatory Flexibility Act), to ensure complete analysis of potential impacts on small entities of rules, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``First Responder and Emergency
Preparedness Block Grant Program for Local Governments''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the Federal Government must enhance the ability of
first responders to r... | First Responder and Emergency Preparedness Block Grant Program for Local Governments - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish additional duties of the Office of Domestic Preparedness with respect to Federal, State, tribal, and local government terrorism preparedness and response, including establishing s... | To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a program to provide assistance to enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism, including incidents involving weapons of mass destruction, and to improve security of infrastructure, and for other purposes including emergency prepar... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cultural Heritage Assistance
Partnership Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of the Interior shall establish
in the National Park Service a Cultural Heritage Assistance Partnership
Program.
... | Cultural Heritage Assistance Partnership Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Cultural Heritage Assistance Partnership Program in the National Park Service.Requires the Secretary to: (1) gather specified information on cultural heritage resources and activities and make it available on an ... | To establish the Cultural Heritage Assistance Partnership Program in the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Profiting from Access to Computer
Technology (PACT) Act'' or the ``Child PACT Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Classroom-usable.--The term ``classroom-usable'', with
respect to potential educationally useful Federal equi... | Profiting from Access to Computer Technology (PACT) Act or the Child PACT Act - Directs each Federal agency to: (1) safeguard and identify potential educationally useful Federal equipment that it no longer needs or that has been declared surplus; and (2) transfer such equipment, either directly or through the General S... | A bill to establish a program to transfer surplus computers of Federal agencies to schools, nonprofit community-based educational organizations, and families of members of the Armed Forces who are deployed, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Financial Manager Reform
Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Local government units are charged with providing
critical law enforcement, educational training, public safety,
and ... | Emergency Financial Manager Reform Act of 2016 This bill requires a state with a state-appointed emergency financial manager to certify that the appointment: (1) does not have the purpose or effect of limiting the right to vote on account of race or color, and (2) followed a notice and comment period. If a state with a... | Emergency Financial Manager Reform Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Lumber Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY IMPOSITION OF DUTIES PENDING FINAL DETERMINATION.
(a) In General.--In addition to any other duty that may apply,
there is imposed a duty of 25 percent ad valorem on wood and lumber
products described in... | Emergency Lumber Act of 1995 - Impose
s a 25
percent ad valorem duty on imported Canadian wood and lumber products.
Requires the administering authority to initiate a countervailing duty investigation with respect to such products.
Declares that the President is authorized to negotiate with free trade area countries... | Emergency Lumber Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Contrary to the Weinberger Doctrine, which states that
the United States should use military force only if it is in
the vital national interest of the United States and only with
clearly defined political and military goa... | Repeals P.L. 107-243 (Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002).
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) Congress should vote on a new authorization for use of force resolution that reflects the current Iraq situation, abandons the Bush Doctrine of preemption and unilateralism, and rea... | To repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107-243), and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Voluntary Verification Program Act
of 2015''.
SEC. 2. VOLUNTARY VERIFICATION PROGRAMS FOR AIR CONDITIONING, FURNACE,
BOILER, HEAT PUMP, AND WATER HEATER PRODUCTS.
Section 326(b) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C.
6296(b... | Voluntary Verification Program Act of 2015 This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to require the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to rely on voluntary programs for certifying manufacturer compliance with energy conservation performance standards and Energy Star ... | Voluntary Verification Program Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rabbi Arthur Schneier Congressional
Gold Medal Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Rabbi Arthur Schneier, Spiritual Leader of Park East
Synagogue and Founder and President, Appeal of Conscience
Found... | Rabbi Arthur Schneier Congressional Gold Medal Act Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal to Rabbi Arthur Schneier in recognition of his pioneering role in promoting religious freedom and hum... | Rabbi Arthur Schneier Congressional Gold Medal Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional Oversight and Audit of
Agency Rulemaking Actions Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) Federal regulations have had a positive impact in
protecting the environment and health and safety of all
... | Requires that an independent audit and assessment of such a rule by the Comptroller General shall consist of: (1) an analysis of the agency's and the public's assessment of the potential benefits and costs of the rule and of alternative approaches that could achieve the agency's objectives in a more cost effective mann... | Congressional Oversight and Audit of Agency Rulemaking Actions Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Antiprogestin Testing Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. INFORMATION.
(a) Collection.--
(1) In general.--The Commissioner of Food and Drugs
(referred to in this section as the ``Commissioner'') shall, to
the extent possible, collect inf... | Antiprogestin Testing Act of 1993 - Directs the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to collect: (1) information concerning the drug RU-486, including samples and specimens, required to be submitted by an applicant for approval of a new drug; and (2) such information regarding use of the drug as an abortifacient or contrace... | Antiprogestin Testing Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``All Children are Equal Act'' or the
``ACE Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Section 1125AA of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6336) is amended--
(1) by amending the heading to read as follows:
``SEC. 1125AA. INCREASE G... | All Children are Equal Act or the ACE Act - Amends part A of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to alter the formula for determining the share of targeted grant funds and education finance incentive grant funds a local educational agen... | To amend, for certain fiscal years, the weighted child count used to determine targeted grant amounts and education finance incentive grant amounts for local educational agencies under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. |
SECTION 1. AGREEMENTS TO CORRECT POLLUTION.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of State, acting through the United
States Commissioner, International Boundary and Water Commission,
United States and Mexico (hereafter in this Act referred to as the
``Commissioner''), is authorized to conclude agreements with the
ap... | Authorizes the Secretary of State, acting through the U.S. Commissioner of the International Boundary and Water Commission, to conclude agreements with the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Mexico to correct the problem of pollution along the U.S.-Mexican border caused by discharge of raw and inadequately treated sewage... | To authorize the Secretary of State, acting through the Commissioner of the International Boundary and Water Commission, to conclude agreements with the appropriate representative of the Government of Mexico to correct pollution along the U.S.-Mexico border. |
SECTION 1. STORAGE OF RAIL CARS.
(a) Amendment.--Chapter 109 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 10911. Storage of rail cars
``(a) Storage Plan Requirement.--
``(1) In general.--A rail carrier providing transportation
subject to the juris... | Requires a rail carrier to have a storage plan, meeting specified requirements and approved by the Surface Transportation Board, for any of its rail cars that it stores for three or more years, and continues to store, on tracks (except rail yard or storage yard tracks) that pass through a commercial- or residential-zon... | A bill to prohibit the long-term storage of rail cars on certain railroad tracks unless the Surface Transportation Board has approved the rail carrier's rail car storage plan. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1)(A) Tuberculosis is one of the greatest infectious
causes of death of adults worldwide, killing 2,000,000 people
per year--one person every... | Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to declare that a major objective of the U.S. foreign assistance program is to control tuberculosis (TB). States that consequently Congress expects the agency primarily responsible for the administration of TB control health programs to: (1) coo... | A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide increased foreign assistance for tuberculosis prevention, treatment, and control. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Coal-Derived Fuels for Energy
Security Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Clean coal-derived fuel.--
(A) In general.--The term ``clean coal-derived
fuel'' means aviation fuel, moto... | Clean Coal-Derived Fuels for Energy Security Act of 2008 - Directs the President to promulgate regulations to ensure that aviation fuel, motor vehicle fuel, home heating oil, and boiler fuel sold or introduced into commerce in the United States, on an annual average basis, contains the applicable volume of clean coal-d... | To require the inclusion of coal-derived fuel at certain volumes in aviation fuel, motor vehicle fuel, home heating oil, and boiler fuel. |
SECTION 1. SPECIAL DEPRECIATION ALLOWANCE FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY ACQUIRED
AFTER AUGUST 28, 2005, AND BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 2008.
(a) In General.--Section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to accelerated cost recovery system) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an additional depreciation deduction for certain business property, including water utility property and computer software, acquired after August 28, 2005, and before December 31, 2008. | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a special depreciation allowance for certain property acquired during the 3-year period beginning August 29, 2005. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Family Farm Energy Relief Act of
2006''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF TAX SUBSIDIES ENACTED BY THE ENERGY POLICY ACT OF
2005 FOR OIL AND GAS.
(a) Repeal.--The following provisions, and amendments made by such
provisions, of the Energy Policy Act of... | Family Farm Energy Relief Act of 2006 - Repeals provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 relating to: (1) the expensing of equipment used in refining of liquid fuels and accelerated depreciation of natural gas distribution and gathering lines; (2) the pass through of tax deductions for environmental compliance costs... | To repeal certain tax subsidies enacted by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 for oil and gas, to allow a credit against income tax for farm diesel expenses, and to allow a credit to farmers who produce biodiesel and agri-biodiesel. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Farm Risk Abatement and Mitigation
Election Act of 2012'' or the ``FRAME Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. FARM RISK MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTS.
(a) In General.--Part VII of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to additional itemized ... | Farm Risk Abatement and Mitigation Election Act of 2012 or the FRAME Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish tax-exempt farm risk management accounts (FRAME Accounts) and allow taxpayers actively engaged in the business of farming or ranching to use distributions from such accounts to protect t... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to authorize agricultural producers to establish and contribute to tax-exempt farm risk management accounts. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Drug Free Families Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. DRUG TESTING PROGRAM FOR APPLICANTS FOR AND RECIPIENTS OF
ASSISTANCE UNDER STATE TANF PROGRAMS.
(a) State Plan Requirement of Drug Testing Program.--Section 402(a)
of the Social Security Act (42 U... | Drug Free Families Act of 2008 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require state TANF programs to implement a program to test TANF applicants and recipients for illegal drug use.
Requires state TANF programs to deny assistance to individuals who te... | A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to implement a drug testing program for applicants for and recipients of assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Separate Enrollment and Line Item
Veto Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. STRUCTURE OF LEGISLATION.
(a) Appropriations Legislation.--
(1) In general.--The Committee on Appropriations of either
the House or the Senate shall not report an appropr... | Separate Enrollment and Line Item Veto Act of 2006 - Prohibits the congressional appropriations committees from reporting any appropriations measure that fails to contain the same level of detail on the allocation of a proposed item of appropriations set forth in the accompanying committee report.
Prohibits any congre... | A bill to grant the power to the President to reduce budget authority. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Iran Nuclear Agreement Accountablity
Act''.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF NUCLEAR AGREEMENTS WITH IRAN.
(a) Congressional Review of Nuclear Agreements With Respect to
Iran.--
(1) In general.--Beginning on the date of the enactment of
... | Iran Nuclear Agreement Accountability Act - Directs the President, within three days of the conclusion of any agreement between the United States, any other party, and the Islamic Republic of Iran related to Iran's nuclear program, to submit such agreement to Congress. Sets forth expedited procedures for a joint congr... | Iran Nuclear Agreement Accountablity Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Systemic Risk Mitigation Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Average daily closing price.--
(A) In general.--The term ``average daily closing
price'' means the average daily closing price of a
... | Systemic Risk Mitigation Act - Establishes a framework for a market-based trigger to monitor and regulate the adequacy of bank capital of those bank holding companies whose total consolidated assets are $50 billion or more. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to notify a bank holding company w... | Systemic Risk Mitigation Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``State and Local Education
Flexibility Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO ESEA.
(a) Limited English Proficient Students.--Section 1111(b) of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)) is
amended--
(1) in paragr... | State and Local Education Flexibility Act of 2005 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, to revise accountability requirements of title I part A assistance for basic programs operated by local educational agencies (LEAs) to improve the academic a... | To amend the accountability provisions of part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Goaling Act of
2012''.
SEC. 2. GOALS FOR PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS AWARDED TO SMALL BUSINESS
CONCERNS.
(a) Heading.--Section 15(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
644(g)) is amended by striking the subsection enumerator a... | Small Business Goaling Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act to raise from 23% to 25% the governmentwide prime contract award goal for participation by small business concerns and to make the governmentwide subcontract participation award goal 40% for such businesses. Revises percentage goals for awards to small ... | A bill to amend the Small Business Act with respect to goals for procurement contracts awarded to small business concerns, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Maximum Economic Growth for America
Through Innovative Finance Act or MEGA Innovate''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT TO HOLDERS OF QUALIFIED HIGHWAY BONDS.
(a) In General.--Part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to credits... | Maximum Economic Growth for America Through Innovative Finance Act or MEGA - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a limited credit to a taxpayer holding a qualified highway bond. Limits the amount of such bonds which may be issued. | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a nonrefundable credit for holders of qualified highway bonds. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Park Service Legacy Act of
2017''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LEGACY RESTORATION FUND.
(a) In General.--Chapter 1049 of title 54, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 104908. National Park Service Legacy... | National Park Service Legacy Act of 2017 This bill: (1) establishes the National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund, and (2) requires specified amounts of federal mineral revenues that are not otherwise credited, covered, or deposited pursuant to federal law to be deposited into such fund each fiscal year through FY2... | National Park Service Legacy Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. ALTERNATIVE PENALTY PROCEDURE FOR CHILD SUPPORT DATA
PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) In General.--Section 455(a) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 655(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(4)(A) If--
``(i) the Secretary determines that a State plan under ... | Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to prescribe alternative penalty reductions in its Federal payments for a State that would otherwise have its child support data processing system plan disapproved for noncompliance, if it has an approved corrective comp... | A bill to provide for an alternative penalty procedure for States that fail to meet Federal child support data processing requirements. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Family Farm Relief Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE TO ADMINISTER H-2A PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Section 218 of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1188) is amended by striking the term ``Secretary of Labor''
each place it appe... | Family Farm Relief Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a process for receiving H-2A nonimmigrant visas (temporary agricultural workers) which shall ensure that that petitioners may file such petitions over the Internet or in paper form. (Transfers administration of the H-2A program f... | Family Farm Relief Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sentencing Fairness and Equity
Restoration Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. REAFFIRMATION OF INTENT OF CONGRESS IN THE SENTENCING REFORM
ACT OF 1984.
(a) Statutory Maximum.--Section 3553(b) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended--
... | Sentencing Fairness and Equity Restoration Act of 2006 - Amends the federal criminal code to require: (1) federal courts to impose sentences for crimes at no less than the minimum of the range prescribed by U.S. Sentencing Commission Guidelines up to the statutory maximum; and (2) appellate de novo review of any senten... | To amend title 18, United States Code, to reaffirm the intent of Congress in the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Innovation Employment Act''.
SEC. 2. NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS.
Section 214(g)(1)(A)(vii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1184(g)(1)(A)(vii)) is amended to read as follows:
``(vii) 130,000 in fiscal year 2008 and each
... | Innovation Employment Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase the annual H-1B nonimmigrant visa (specialty occupation) cap from 65,000 to 130,000 starting in FY2008.
Provides that for FY2010-FY2015 if the cap has been reached in the prior year the current cap would increase to the greater of 180,0... | To modify certain requirements with respect to H-1B nonimmigrants. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Honoring Every Requirement of
Exemplary Service Act of 2005'' or the ``HEROES Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. DEATH GRATUITY ENHANCEMENTS.
(a) Deaths From Combat-Related Causes or Causes Incurred in
Designated Operations or Areas.--
(1) Amount.--Sec... | Honoring Every Requirement of Exemplary Service Act of 2005 or HEROES Act of 2005 - Increases from $12,000 to $100,000 the death gratuity payable to the survivors of members of the Armed Forces who die: (1) as a direct result of armed conflict; (2) while engaged in hazardous service; (3) in the performance of duty unde... | To amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve death benefits for the families of deceased members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. REFORM OF CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF CERTAIN EASEMENTS ON
BUILDINGS IN REGISTERED HISTORIC DISTRICTS.
(a) Special Rules With Respect to Buildings in Registered Historic
Districts.--Paragraph (4) of section 170(h) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to definition of conservat... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify requirements for the tax deduction for charitable contributions of easements on buildings in registered historic districts to require such easements to preserve the entire exterior of the building and to prohibit any change in the exterior of the buildings which is inconsisten... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the charitable contribution deduction rules on contributions of certain easements on buildings in registered historic districts, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Continuity of Operations
Demonstration Project Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to enhance the ability of Federal agencies to manage
their personnel and to otherwise continue to operate during an
... | Continuity of Operations Demonstration Project Act - Directs the Chief Human Capital Officers Council and the Interagency Continuity of Operations Working Group, in order to test the preparedness of the federal government to continue to operate in the event of an extended emergency situation, to jointly provide for a d... | To provide for a demonstration project to enhance the ability of Federal agencies to continue to operate during an extended emergency situation, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Foster Opportunities for Success
Through Higher Education Reform'' or the ``FOSTER Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Recent studies by the Center for the Study of Social
Policy, Casey Family Programs, an... | Foster Opportunities for Success Through Higher Education Reform - FOSTER Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish a program of foster care youth outreach and housing services.
Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education to provide: (1) technical assist... | To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the ability of foster care youths to attend and succeed in higher education. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Countering Illegal Firearms
Trafficking to Mexico Act''.
SEC. 2. COLLABORATION BETWEEN U.S. IMMIGRATIONS AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT
AND THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND
EXPLOSIVES.
The President shall design and i... | Countering Illegal Firearms Trafficking to Mexico Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to make trafficking in firearms a stand-alone criminal offense. A person who commits or conspires to commit a gun trafficking offense is subject to criminal penalties—a prison term of up to 20 years (or up to 25 year... | Countering Illegal Firearms Trafficking to Mexico Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hurricane Katrina Fast-Track Refunds
for Working Families Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
(1) An estimated 1.3 million households were affected by
Hurricane Katrina, many of which were working families left
with no material be... | Hurricane Katrina Fast-Track Refunds for Working Families Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an advance payment of the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit in 2005 for taxpayers in a Hurricane Katrina disaster area who received such credits for a taxable year ending in 2004. | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for advance payment of the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit for 2005 in order to provide needed funds to victims of Hurricane Katrina and to stimulate local economies. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Southern High Plains Groundwater
Resource Conservation Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) A reliable source of groundwater is an essential
element of the economy of the c... | Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Natural Resources Conservation Service, to establish a groundwater conservation assistance program for such Aquifer. Directs the Secretary to create a groundwater conservation plan certification process. States that farms in jurisdictions with a certified... | Southern High Plains Groundwater Resource Conservation Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Budget Structure Act of
1993''.
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF FINDING AND PURPOSE.
(a) Statement of Finding.--Congress finds that the existing budget
obscures the distinctions between capital activities and operating
activities, and between Federal fun... | Federal Budget Structure Act of 1993 - Amends Federal law to require that the budget the President submits to the Congress be a unified budget comprising an operating budget and a capital budget, each presented separately for total funds, Federal funds, and trust funds. Restricts the capital budget to the major activi... | Federal Budget Structure Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Lost Creek Land Exchange Act of
1996''.
SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'')
shall acquire by exchange certain land and interest... | Lost Creek Land Exchange Act of 1996 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire certain land and interests in land owned by R-Y Timber, Inc., located in the Lost Creek area and other areas of the Deerlodge National Forest, Montana, in exchange for specified lands in the Deerlodge National Forest and the right to... | Lost Creek Land Exchange Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Health Innovation
Demonstration Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. RURAL HEALTH EXTENSION NETWORKS.
Title XVII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300u et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new
section:
``SEC. 1709. RURAL H... | Rural Health Innovation Demonstration Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize competitive grants for the development of networks among rural and urban health care providers to preserve and share health care resources and enhance the quality and availability of health care in rural areas. Allows... | Rural Health Innovation Demonstration Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Choices in Child Care Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Currently, child care assistance for children from low-
income working families is severely underfunded, allowing only
1 in 7 eligible children ... | Choices in Child Care Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to five to seven states for demonstration projects to provide at-home infant care benefits to low-income families. Allows grants to Indian tribes. Requires the ... | To establish demonstration projects to provide at-home infant care benefits. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Payment for Quality and
Value Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE QUALITY AND
REDUCE COSTS UNDER MEDICARE.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Demonstration project.--The term ``dem... | Medicare Payment for Quality and Value Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish demonstration projects to improve care provided to Medicare beneficiaries with high-volume and high-cost conditions and for which payment is made under Medicare. Directs the Secretary to increase payment... | A bill to conduct statewide demonstration projects to improve health care quality and to reduce costs under the medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act and to conduct a study on payment incentives and performance under the Medicare+Choice program under such title. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pascua Yaqui Tribe Land Conveyance
Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions apply:
(1) District.--The term ``District'' means the Tucson
Unified School District No. 1, a school district rec... | Pascua Yaqui Tribe Land Conveyance Act (Sec. 3) This bill declares that 39.65 acres of land are to be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, effective the day after the Tuscon Unified School District No. 1 relinquishes its interest in the land. (Sec. 4) The United State... | Pascua Yaqui Tribe Land Conveyance Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Drivers Accelerated Interest
Deductibility Act of 2010'' or the ``Drivers AID Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The economic health and well-being of the United States
depends on a strong and resurgent autom... | Drivers Accelerated Interest Deductibility Act of 2010 or the Drivers AID Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction from gross income of up to $5,000 for interest paid for the purchase of certain new automobiles or light trucks during periods when the national unemployment rate is 7% or greater. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for interest paid on indebtedness incurred in connection with the purchase of a new automobile or light truck. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Law Enforcement Officers Retirement
Equity Act''.
SEC. 2. CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
(a) Definitions.--Section 8331 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (26);
(2) by ... | Law Enforcement Officers Retirement Equity Act - Amends Federal civil service law to include as Federal law enforcement officers eligible under Civil Service Retirement System and Federal Employees' Retirement System provisions for early retirement (at age 50 after 20 years of Federal service) revenue officers in the I... | Law Enforcement Officers Retirement Equity Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Governors Island Preservation Act of
2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) in August 1776, the fortifications at Governors Island,
New York, provided cover allowing George Washington's
... | Governors Island Preservation Act of 2001 - Directs the Administrator of General Services to: (1) transfer the administration and management of Governors Island National Monument to the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) convey Governors Island (with the exclusion of the Monument) to New York State.Requires: (1) the Se... | A bill to convey certain Federal properties on Governors Island, New York. |
SECTION 1. TEACHER EXCHANGE PROGRAM.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Teacher Exchange
Act of 2010''.
(b) Establishment.--The Secretary of Education may make grants to
local educational agencies to carry out teacher exchanges in which one
local educational agency sends teachers to another lo... | Teacher Exchange Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) and high-need LEAs for teacher exchanges.
Requires each grantee to: (1) send teachers to a receiving LEA in a different area; (2) provide participating teachers with professional development activit... | To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies to carry out teacher exchanges. |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS.
The Congress finds and declares that--
(1) Crime, particularly crime involving drugs and guns, is
a pervasive, nationwide problem.
(2) Problems with crime at the local level are exacerbated
by the interstate movement of drugs, funds, a... | Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit: (1) the sale, delivery, or transfer to a juvenile, or to a person who the transferor knows or has reasonable cause to believe is a juvenile, of a handgun or ammunition that is suitable for use only in a handgun; and (2) the possession by a juvenile of a handgun or such amm... | Youth Handgun Safety Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Office of Ocean and Coastal Policy
Creation Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that there is a demonstrated need for there to
be an Office of Oceans and Coastal Policy in the Executive Office of
the President.
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT O... | Office of Ocean and Coastal Policy Creation Act of 2003 - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President an Office of Oceans and Coastal Policy to: (1) develop comprehensive oceans and coastal policy; and (2) advise the President on scientific, environmental, economic, technological, and international considerati... | To establish in the Executive Office of the President the Office of Oceans and Coastal Policy. |
SECTION 1. LIMITATIONS ON BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT ACTIVITIES AND
CRITERIA FOR CERTAIN DECISIONS INVOLVING SUCH ACTIVITIES.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) In 2012, the Department of Defense requested additional
rounds of defense base closure and re... | Revises provisions concerning a required congressional notification and waiting period prior to the closure or realignment of a military installation by the Department of Defense (DOD) to instead prohibit, absent specific legislative authorization, any realignment involving a reduction of the lesser of: (1) 100 or more... | A bill to reassert the proper role of Congress in closing or realigning military installations. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Campaign Finance Reform Act of
1997''.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF NON-FEDERAL MONEY CONTRIBUTED BY
NATIONAL POLITICAL PARTIES.
Section 315(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2
U.S.C. 441a(a)) is amended by adding at th... | Campaign Finance Reform Act of 1997 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to: (1) set a limitation on the amount of non-Federal money that may be contributed by any person to any political committee of a national political party; (2) redefine the term "independent expenditure"; (3) restrict the solicitati... | Campaign Finance Reform Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Extremely Hazardous Materials
Transportation Security Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. RULEMAKING.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in
consultation with the heads of other appr... | Extremely Hazardous Materials Transportation Security Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue regulations concerning the shipping of extremely hazardous materials that require: (1) physical security measures; (2) Federal, State, and local law enforcement authorities to be informed before such ... | To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue regulations concerning the shipping of extremely hazardous materials. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Accounts Receivable Insurance
Program Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Small manufacturers are hurt much more than their
larger competitors when delays in payments of accounts
receivable occur. The... | Accounts Receivable Insurance Program Act - Establishes within the Treasury a government-backed private accounts receivable insurance program to assist small manufacturers in the underwriting and guarantee of payment through the insurance of their accounts receivable. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to insure (gu... | To support and strengthen small businesses manufacturing in America, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Student Financial Aid Data Privacy
Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL STUDENT LOAN DATA SYSTEM.
Section 485B of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092b)
is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) through (g) as
sub... | Student Financial Aid Data Privacy Protection Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to take actions necessary to maintain confidence in the National Student Loan Data System, at a minimum: (1) ensuring that guaranty agencies, lenders, and schools primarily access it for legi... | A bill to improve the National Student Loan Data System. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Health Insurance Claim Prompt
Payment Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. PROMPT PAYMENT OF PROVIDER CLAIMS.
(a) Group Health Plans.--
(1) Public health service act amendments.--Subpart 2 of
part A of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act... | Health Insurance Claim Prompt Payment Act of 1997 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act, as amended by the Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act of 1996 and the Mental Health Parity Act of 1996, to: (1) require group health plans and group and individual ... | Health Insurance Claim Prompt Payment Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pharmacists Medicare Relief Act of
2006''.
SEC. 2. PROMPT PAYMENT BY PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLANS AND MA-PD PLANS UNDER
PART D.
(a) Prompt Payment by Prescription Drug Plans.--Section 1860D-12(b)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-11... | Pharmacists Medicare Relief Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require prompt payment of clean claims to pharmacies by prescription drug plans (PDPs) and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans (MA-PD Plans). Defines prompt payment as within 14 days from submission for claims s... | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the sponsor of a prescription drug plan or an organization offering an MA-PD plan to promptly pay claims submitted under part D, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Puerto Rico Karst Conservation
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) In the Karst Region of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
there are--
(A) some of the largest are... | Puerto Rico Karst Conservation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants, enter contracts, and exercise specified authorities to acquire, protect, and manage land and forest resources in and adjacent to the Karst Region of Puerto Rico for the purpose of protecting and conserving the water quality and... | To protect the critical aquifers and watersheds that serve as a principal water source for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to protect the tropical forests of the Karst Region of the Commonwealth, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``California Coastal National Monument
Expansion Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Presidential Proclamation Number 7264, dated January
11, 2000 (65 Fed. Reg. 2821), designated over 20,000 islan... | California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act This bill expands the boundary of the California Coastal National Monument to include specified federal lands in Humboldt, Santa Cruz, and San Luis Obispo Counties in California. The Department of the Interior shall amend the Monument management plan for the long-term... | California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Food Stamp Anti-Fraud Act of 1993''.
TITLE I--RETAIL FOOD STORES AND WHOLESALE FOOD CONCERNS
SEC. 101. USE OF APPLICATION INFORMATION.
Section 9(c) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2018(c)) is
amended--
(1) by designating the... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Retail Food Stores and Wholesale Food Concerns
Title II: Miscellaneous
Title III: Effective Dates
Food Stamp Anti-Fraud Act of 1993 -
Title I: Retail Food Stores and Wholesale Food Concerns
- Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 with regard to retail food stores partici... | Food Stamp Anti-Fraud Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Commission on State
Workers' Compensation Laws Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The full protection of American workers from job-
related injury or death requires an adequate, prompt, an... | National Commission on State Workers' Compensation Laws Act of 2008 - Establishes the National Commission on State Workers' Compensation Laws.
Requires the Commission to: (1) review the findings and recommendations of the previous National Commission on State Workmen's Compensation Laws; and (2) study and evaluate sta... | To establish the National Commission on State Workers' Compensation Laws. |
SECTION 1. PROTECTIONS FOR CREDIT REPORTS OF MINORS.
(a) In General.--The Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681 et
seq.) is amended by inserting after section 605B the following new
section:
``SEC. 605C. ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS FOR CREDIT REPORTS OF MINOR
CONSUMERS.
``(a) In General.--A c... | Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act, with respect to protections for credit reports of minor consumers, to require a consumer reporting agency, upon request by the legal guardian or custodian of a minor consumer (including the state or tribal agency responsible for a child in foster care), to either create a blocked f... | To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to create protected credit reports for minors and protect the credit of minors, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Global Network for Avian Influenza
Surveillance Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the ongoing panzootic of highly pathogenic avian
influenza strain H5N1 in Asia and Eurasia is a threat to global
human healt... | Global Network for Avian Influenza Surveillance Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Influenza Branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to offer to enter into a contract with one or more eligible organizations to establish a Global Network for Avian Influe... | A bill to establish a global network for avian influenza surveillance among wild birds nationally and internationally to combat the growing threat of bird flu, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF TREATMENT OF ADOPTED CHILDREN.
(a) In General.--Section 101(b)(1) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (E)(i), by striking ``a child adopted
while under the age of sixteen years if the child has been in
... | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow foreign children adopted while under age 18 for whom adoption proceedings were initiated while they were under the age of 16 (currently, children adopted while under age 16) to be treated as children for immigration and naturalization purposes. | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the treatment of adopted children. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Training and Research in Urology
Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND HEALTH INFORMATION DISSEMINATION WITH
RESPECT TO UROLOGIC DISEASES.
(a) Division Director of Urology.--Section 428 of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.... | Training and Research in Urology Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a Division Director for Urologic Diseases in the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (the Institute). Requires the Director of the Institute (the Director) to give particular attention to suppor... | To amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance research, training, and health information dissemination with respect to urologic diseases, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Contraception Access and
Education Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Each year 3,400,000 pregnancies, or one-half of all
pregnancies, in the United States are unintended, and 4 in ... | Emergency Contraception Access and Education Act of 2014 - Prohibits payment to a hospital under titles XVIII (Medicare) or XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act unless the hospital promptly provides information about emergency contraception to any woman who arrives at the hospital and is stated to be, or hospital ... | Emergency Contraception Access and Education Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Affordable Food and Fuel for America
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Volumetric Excise Tax Credit was created to
encourage gasoline refiners to blend domestically produced corn
ethanol into th... | Affordable Food and Fuel for America Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to phaseout the income and excise tax credits for alcohol-based fuels and eliminate such credits in 2014.
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to phaseout the tariff on ethanol and provide duty free treatment of ethanol i... | To reduce and eliminate the tax credit for alcohol fuel mixtures and the tariff on imported ethanol. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Response to Terrorism and
Consequence Management Act of 2002''.
TITLE I--CAPACITY BUILDING FOR URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TASK FORCES
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``National Urban Search and Rescue
Task Force Assistan... | National Response to Terrorism and Consequence Management Act of 2002 - National Urban Search and Rescue Task Force Assistance Act of 2002 - Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide grants to urban search and rescue task forces for specified operational, equipment, training, and other... | A bill to establish a national response to terrorism, a national urban search and rescue task force program to ensure local capability to respond to the threat and aftermath of terrorist activities and other emergencies, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Military Readiness Investigation
Board Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is established a task force to be known as the ``Military
Readiness Investigation Board'' (hereafter in this Act referred to as
the ``Readiness Board'').
SEC. 3. MEMBE... | Military Readiness Investigation Board Act of 2001 - Establishes the Military Readiness Investigation Board to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the state of mission readiness within all military combat and combatant support commands and to report investigation results to the Secretary of Defense and Congress. R... | A bill to establish the Military Readiness Investigation Board, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Short Term Retention for
Agricultural Workers Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. IN GENERAL.
(a) Inclusion of Dairy or Ranch Workers.--Section 101(a)(15)(H) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)) is
amended by inserting ``labor on a dair... | Short Term Retention for Agricultural Workers Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to rename H-2A nonimmigrant temporary agricultural workers as STRAW workers. Includes dairy or ranch workers in such category. Eliminates the 50% rule requiring employers to agree to accept all qualified U.S. workers ... | Short Term Retention for Agricultural Workers Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Provisional Ballot Fairness in
Counting Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. UNIFORM STANDARD FOR TREATMENT OF PROVISIONAL BALLOTS CAST AT
INCORRECT POLLING PLACES.
Section 302(a)(4) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C.
15482(a)(4)) is amen... | Provisional Ballot Fairness in Counting Act of 2007 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to revise requirements for the treatment of provisional ballots in federal elections.
Prohibits any election recount until all provisional votes have been counted. Requires the chief state election official, in determining w... | To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to clarify the treatment of provisional ballots cast in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Diabetes Self-Management
Training Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Diabetes self-management training, also called diabetes
education, provides critical knowledge and skills trainin... | Medicare Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to recognize state-licensed or -registered health care professionals who are certified diabetes educators in an outpatient setting as authorized providers of Medicare diabetes outpatient self-management tra... | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to diabetes self-management training by authorizing certified diabetes educators to provide diabetes self-management training services, including as part of telehealth services, under part B of the Medicare program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as ``Department of Homeland Security
Financial Accountability Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Influential financial management leadership is of vital
importance to the mission success of the Department of Homeland
... | Department of Homeland Security Financial Accountability Act - (Sec. 3) Amends the Chief Financial Officer Act of 1990 and the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the President to appoint a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), who is to report directly to the Secretary of DHS... | To amend title 31, United States Code, to improve the financial accountability requirements applicable to the Department of Homeland Security, to establish requirements for the Future Years Homeland Security Program of the Department, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Oil Pollution Wildlife Protection
Act''.
SEC. 2. NOTICE OF EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION PLANS.
(a) Notice of Exploration Plans.--Section 11 of the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1340) is amended by adding at
the end the fol... | Oil Pollution Wildlife Protection Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to direct the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to publish in the Federal Register and make electronically available to the public the Secretary's decision to approve, deny, or modify any geological and geophysical exploration, develop... | To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act with regard to oversight and judicial review in connection with offshore oil production and exploration, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Investing in America's Small
Businesses Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Small businesses in underserved areas have for
generations been unable to access affordable credit.
(2) A 201... | Investing in America's Small Businesses Act of 2017 This bill amends the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to require the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund to make grants to community development financial institutions for: (1) the establishment of loan-loss reser... | Investing in America’s Small Businesses Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``FBI Reform Commission Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. CREATION OF THE FBI REVIEW COMMISSION.
(a) Establishment.--There is established the FBI Review Commission
(in this Act referred to as the ``Commission'').
(b) Mission Statement.--
(1) In gener... | FBI Reform Commission Act of 2001 - Establishes the FBI Review Commission to: (1) examine the systemic and structural aspects of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), as well as the FBI's relationship with other law enforcement entities; (2) make recommendations for improving the FBI's performance and (3) undertak... | A bill to establish a commission to review the Federal Bureau of Investigation. |
SECTION 1. LIMITATION IN COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS FOR CERTAIN
RETIREMENT SYSTEMS.
(a) Social Security.--
(1) Reduction in increases applied to higher primary
insurance amounts.--Section 215(i)(2)(A) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 415(i)(2)(A)) is amended--
... | Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) and other Federal law to provide for reduction in cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) applied to: (1) higher primary insurance amounts under SSA title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI), tying OASDI COLA determinations based on applicable increase percentages to... | A bill to provide for limitations on certain retirement cost-of-living adjustments, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Immigration Fraud Prevention Act of
2009''.
SEC. 2. SCHEMES TO DEFRAUD ALIENS.
(a) Amendments to Title 18.--
(1) In general.--Chapter 47 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
sec... | Immigration Fraud Prevention Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to subject a person to fine, imprisonment, or both, who: (1) willfully and knowingly executes a scheme in connection with any federal immigration law-related matter to defraud a person, or to obtain money or anything else of value from a person... | To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for individuals who engage in schemes to defraud aliens and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Nurse Training and Retention Act of
2009''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) America's healthcare system depends on an adequate
supply of trained nurses to deliver quality patient care.
(2) Ov... | Nurse Training and Retention Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a partnership grant program to award matching grants to eligible entities to carry out comprehensive programs to provide education to nurses and create a pipeline to nursing for incumbent ancillary health care workers who wish to adv... | To fund comprehensive programs to ensure an adequate supply of nurses. |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings._The Congress finds that_
(1) the Maurice River and its tributaries, Menantico Creek, the
Manumuskin River, and Muskee Creek, are eligible for inclusion into
the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, the segments and their
classifications bein... | Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Maurice River, the Menantico Creek, the Manumuskin River, and the Muskee Creek in New Jersey as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to manage such segments through cooperative agreements with... | To designate portions of the Maurice River and its tributaries in the State of New Jersey as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Systems. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Water Compliance and Ratepayer
Affordability Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. INTEGRATED MUNICIPAL STORMWATER AND WASTEWATER APPROACH
FRAMEWORK.
(a) In General.--In the first 5 fiscal years beginning after the
date of enactment of this Act, ... | Clean Water Compliance and Ratepayer Affordability Act of 2013 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to carry out a pilot program to work cooperatively with and facilitate the efforts of municipalities to develop and implement integrated plans to meet their wastewater and stormwater ... | Clean Water Compliance and Ratepayer Affordability Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Critical Access and Rural Equity Act
of 2016'' or the ``CARE Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. CLARIFYING REASONABLE COSTS FOR CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL
MEDICARE PAYMENTS.
(a) Inclusion of Certain Costs as Reasonable Costs.--
(1) Inpatien... | Critical Access and Rural Equity Act of 2016 or the CARE Act of 2016 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to specify that, for purposes of determining Medicare payment and reasonable costs for both inpatient and outpatient critical access hospital (CAH) services, the Centers for Medicare &... | CARE Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Possessions and Territories Criminal
Law Clarification Act''.
SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF VARIOUS OFFENSES TO POSSESSIONS AND TERRITORIES.
(a) Sections 241 and 242 of title 18, United States Code, are each
amended by striking ``any State, Territory, or Dist... | Possessions and Territories Criminal Law Clarification Act - Makes technical and conforming amendments to specify the applicability to the territories, possessions, and commonwealths of the United States and the District of Columbia of specified provisions of the Federal criminal code and the Controlled Substances Act ... | Possessions and Territories Criminal Law Clarification Act |
SECTION 1. TERRITORIAL AND FREELY ASSOCIATED STATE INFRASTRUCTURE
ASSISTANCE.
Section 4(b) of Public Law 94-241 (90 Stat. 263) as added by
section 10 of Public Law 99-396 (99 Stat. 837, 841) is amended by
deleting ``until Congress otherwise provides by law.'' and inserting in
lieu thereof: ``exce... | Limits appropriations to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) for FY 1996 and thereafter to amounts set forth in the Agreement of the Special Representatives on Future Federal Financial Assistance of the Northern Mariana Islands executed on December 17, 1992.
Authorizes additional appropriations for... | Insular Development Act of 1995 |
That the following sums
are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues,
receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies,
corporations, and other organizational units of Government for fiscal
year 2018, and for other... | Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act of 2017 This bill provides $36.5 billion in FY2018 emergency supplemental appropriations to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Department of the Interior for relief and recovery effort... | Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Corrosion Prevention Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR CORROSION PREVENTION AND MITIGATION MEASURES.
(a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to business-related
credits) is amend... | Corrosion Prevention Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business-related tax credit for 50% of net expenditures for engineering design, materials, and application and installation of corrosion prevention and mitigation technology for depreciable property comprised primarily of metals susceptible ... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage the use of corrosion prevention and mitigation measures in the construction and maintenance of business property. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Enhancing Treasury's Anti-Terror
Tools Act''.
SEC. 2. EXAMINING THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY'S COUNTER-TERROR
FINANCING ROLE IN EMBASSIES.
Within 180 days of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the
Treasury shall issue a report... | Enhancing Treasury's Anti-Terror Tools Act (Sec. 2) This bill instructs the Department of the Treasury to report to Congress on the employment by U.S. embassies of full-time and temporary Treasury attaches and their role in advancing U.S. anti-terrorism financing interests, including concerning: how Treasury's inte... | Enhancing Treasury's Anti-Terror Tools Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Belarus Democracy Reauthorization
Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO REAUTHORIZATION OF THE BELARUS DEMOCRACY ACT OF
2004.
The Belarus Democracy Act of 2004 (Public Law 109-480; 22 U.S.C.
5811 note) is amended--
(1) in sect... | Belarus Democracy Reauthorization Act of 2008 - Amends the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004 to authorize assistance to promote democracy and civil society in Belarus.
Includes Internet broadcasting within the scope of increased support and funding for U.S. government and surrogate broadcasting to Belarus. Specifies that ... | To amend the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004 to reauthorize that Act, and for other purposes. |
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