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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Prisoner of War Benefits Act of
2005''.
SEC. 2. IMPROVED VETERANS' BENEFITS FOR FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR.
(a) Repeal of Minimum Period of Internment for Presumption of
Service Connection for Certain Diseases.--Subsection (b) of section
1112 of title 3... | Prisoner of War Benefits Act of 2005 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions with respect to former prisoners of war (POW) to repeal the currently required 30-day minimum period of internment prior to the presumption of service connection for certain listed diseases, for purposes of the payment of veterans' disa... | To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide improved benefits for veterans who are former prisoners of war. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Access to Medicare Part D
Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF ENROLLMENT PERIOD FOR MEDICARE
PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS AND MA PLANS.
(a) In General.--Section 1851(e)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1395w-2... | Improving Access to Medicare Part D Act of 2006 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for a one-year extension until May 15, 2007, of the 2006 initial enrollment period for Medicare prescription drug benefits and Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. Extends th... | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend by one year the initial enrollment period for Medicare prescription drug benefits and for Medicare Advantage plans, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate fair prices for Medicare prescription drugs, and to express the sense of Cong... |
SECTION 1. CREDIT FOR QUALIFIED ENERGY STORAGE AIR CONDITIONER PROPERTY
INSTALLED IN A PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE.
(a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 25D of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of
paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end of paragraph... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a residential energy efficient tax credit for 30% of the cost of qualified energy storage air conditioner property installed in a principal residence; and (2) an energy tax credit for 30% of qualified energy storage air conditioner property installed before January 1, 2015... | To provide a tax credit for qualified energy storage air conditioner property. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Start-Up Success Accounts Act of
2001''.
SEC. 2. START-UP SUCCESS ACCOUNTS.
(a) In General.--Subpart C of part II of subchapter E of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to taxable year for
which deductions taken) is amended by ins... | Start-Up Success Accounts Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a limited deduction, to an eligible small business taxpayer during its start-up period, for amounts paid in cash by such a taxpayer to a Start-up Success Account. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for Start-up Success Accounts. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Western Alaska Community Development
Quota Program Implementation Improvement Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT OF WESTERN ALASKA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT QUOTA
PROGRAM.
Section 305 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Manageme... | Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program Implementation Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act provisions relating to the western Pacific community development program to allocate percentages of Bering Sea directed fisheries and to modify eligibility and othe... | To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve implementation of the western Alaska community development quota program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Wage Worker Pay Fairness Act
of 2001''.
SEC. 2. WAGE AREAS TO BE CONFORMED TO PAY LOCALITIES.
Paragraph (1) of section 5343(a) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
``(1) the Office of Personnel Management s... | Federal Wage Worker Pay Fairness Act of 2001 - Requires the Office of Personnel Management to define the boundaries of local wage areas for prevailing rate employees so as to be the same as the boundaries of the respective pay localities, subject to such exceptions as the Office, with the approval of the Federal Salary... | To amend subchapter IV of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, relating to prevailing rate systems for Federal employees. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Investment Company
Amendments Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. SUBSIDY FEES.
(a) In General.--Section 303 of the Small Business Investment Act
of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 683) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) by striking ``of no... | Small Business Investment Company Amendments Act of 2001 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to: (1) increase the amount that the Small Business Administration (SBA) may charge as a subsidy fee for guaranteeing the payment of a debenture from 1.0 to 1.38 percent of the debenture amount; and (2) extend th... | A bill to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Lake Champlain
Zebra Mussel Control Act of 1995''.
(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 cons... | Lake Champlain Zebra Mussel Control Act of 1995 - Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to: (1) require the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force to study whether aquatic nuisance species threaten the ecological characteristics and economic uses of Lake Champlain; (2) require the de... | Lake Champlain Zebra Mussel Control Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Data Cap Integrity Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. TRUTH-IN-LABELING REQUIREMENTS.
It is the sense of Congress that the Federal Communications
Commission should continue its work to ensure that consumers of
Internet services are clearly and consistently provide... | Data Cap Integrity Act of 2012 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should continue its work to ensure that consumers of Internet services are clearly and consistently provided information describing the purchased services, including: (1) the cost of services; (2) the rate ... | A bill to improve the ability of consumers to control their digital data usage, promote Internet use, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Interagency Cybersecurity
Cooperation Act''.
SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY COMMITTEE.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall
establish an advis... | Interagency Cybersecurity Cooperation Act This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish the Interagency Communications Security Committee as an advisory committee to: review communications security reports from federal agencies and communications network providers (wireline or mobile tel... | Interagency Cybersecurity Cooperation Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Employee Retirement
Protection Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) over 51 million American workers, representing about
half of the private-sector workforce, do n... | Small Business Employee Retirement Protection Act of 1998 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to establish requirements, for pension plans covering less than 100 participants, relating to holders of plan assets and to annual asset statements. | Small Business Employee Retirement Protection Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Depository Institution Customers
Financial Privacy Enhancement Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. CONFIDENTIAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF CUSTOMERS OF DEPOSITORY
INSTITUTIONS.
(a) Banks and Savings Associations.--Section 18 of the Federal
Deposit Insu... | Depository Institution Customers Financial Privacy Enhancement Act of 1998 - Amends the following Acts to prescribe guidelines under which the Federal banking agencies shall prescribe regulations requiring financial institutions to protect the confidentiality of financial information relating to their customers: (1) t... | Depository Institution Customers Financial Privacy Enhancement Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Contractors Accountability Act of
2002''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Need for database.--(A) By spending over
$215,000,000,000 a year on procurement and nonprocurement
awards for goods and servi... | Contractors Accountability Act of 2002 - Directs the Administrator of General Services to establish and maintain a database of information regarding integrity and performance of Federal contracts and assistance recipients for use by Federal procurement award officials and Federal officials having authority to debar or ... | To improve Federal agency oversight of contracts and assistance and to strengthen accountability of the governmentwide debarment and suspension system. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Communities Helping Invest through
Property and Improvements Needed for Veterans Act of 2016'' or the
``CHIP IN for Vets Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ON ACCEPTANCE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS OF DONATED FACILITIES AND RELATE... | Communities Helping Invest through Property and Improvements Needed for Veterans Act of 2016 or the CHIP IN for Vets Act of 2016 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a pilot program under which it may accept up to five donations from specified non-federal entities of: (1) real prope... | CHIP IN for Vets Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Employee Partnership Reward Act of
1994''.
TITLE I--REFUNDABLE INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR NONDEFERRED DISTRIBUTIONS
FROM PERFORMANCE-BASED REWARD PLANS.
SEC. 101. REFUNDABLE INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR NONDEFERRED DISTRIBUTIONS
FROM... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Refundable Income Tax Credit for Nondeferred
Distributions from Performance-Based Reward Plans
Title II: Establishment of Program to Promote
Performance-Based Reward Plans and Employee
Decisionmaking Participation Programs
Employee Partnership ... | Employee Partnership Reward Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency
Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2011''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--EXTENSION OF UNEMPL... | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2011 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal-state agreement under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (E... | To amend title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the continuation of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. NATIONAL BIO AND AGRO-DEFENSE FACILITY.
(a) In General.--Title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6.
U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
``SEC. 316. NATIONAL BIO AND AGRO-DEFENSE FACILITY.
``(a) Establishment.--There is in the Department a Nation... | Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility (NBAF), which shall: (1) be an integrated human, foreign-animal, and disease research, development, testing, and evaluation facility to support DHS, the Department of Agriculture ... | To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a National Bio and Agro-defense Facility. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Security Letter Reform Act
of 2005''.
SEC. 2. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF NATIONAL SECURITY LETTERS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 223 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 3510 the following:
``Sec. 3511. Judicial review of... | National Security Letter Reform Act of 2005 - Establishes procedures for judicial review of national security letters (NSLs). Authorizes: (1) the recipient of a request for records or other information under federal criminal code provisions concerning counterintelligence access to telephone toll and electronic communic... | A bill to reform the issuance of national security letters. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sun Grant Initiative for Renewable
Energy and Biobased Products Act''.
SEC. 2. RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ON BIOBASED
ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND PRODUCTS.
Title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7
... | Sun Grant Initiative for Renewable Energy and Biobased Products Act - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to university-based sun grant centers which shall: (1) establish centers of excellence to pursue research, extension, and educational prog... | A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish research, extension, and educational programs to implement biobased energy technologies, products, and economic diversification in rural areas of the United States. |
SECTION 1. DEDUCTION FOR TUITION AND RELATED EXPENSES FOR POSTSECONDARY
EDUCATION.
(a) Deduction Allowed.--Part VII of subchapter B of chapter 1 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to additional itemized
deductions for individuals) is amended by redesignating section 222 as
section 223... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow as a deduction (subject to limitations) an amount equal to the qualified tuition and related expenses of an eligible postsecondary student paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for the payment of tuition and related expenses for postsecondary education. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Climate Solutions Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The United States has the objective of stabilizing
greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level tha... | Climate Solutions Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 by directing the Department of Energy (DOE) to promulgate regulations that require the percentage of electric energy generated from renewable sources that is sold at the retail level to increase each year beginning in 2020... | Climate Solutions Act of 2015 |
Relating to Agreement For Nuclear
Cooperation.--The joint resolution entitled ``Joint Resolution relating
to the approval and implementation of the proposed agreement for
nuclear cooperation between the United States and the People's Republic
of China (Public Law 99-183; approved December 16, 1985) is amended--
... | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Political Freedom in China Title II: Agreement on Nuclear Cooperation Title I - Political Freedom in China Act of 1997 - Urges the Secretary of State to: (1) request the immediate and unconditional release of Ngodrup Phuntsog and other prisoners of conscience in Tibet, as well a... | Political Freedom in China Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Human Trafficking Fraud Enforcement
Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. OFFICE FOR TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING
AND PROMOTION OF COMMERCIAL SEX ACTS.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish
an office wit... | Human Trafficking Fraud Enforcement Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish within the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) an office to investigate and prosecute violations of internal revenue laws by persons that appear to be engaged in violations of specified federal laws prohibiting forced labor,... | Human Trafficking Fraud Enforcement Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Community Based Independence for
Seniors Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Community-based services play an essential role in
keeping individuals healthy.
(2) Without community-b... | Community Based Independence for Seniors Act of 2015 This bill amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program to provide home and community-bas... | Community Based Independence for Seniors Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ephedrine Alkaloids Regulation Act
of 2004''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The United States faces increasing danger related to
methamphetamine trafficking, production, and abuse.
(2) Methamphetam... | Ephedrine Alkaloids Regulation Act of 2004 - Requires ephedrine alkaloids, including ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, to be listed in schedule V (drugs or other substances having a low potential for abuse, that have a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, abuse of which may lead to limited phy... | To amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the regulation of ephedrine alkaloids, including ephedrine and pseudoesphedrine. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Little Rock Nine Medals and Coins
Act''.
TITLE I--LITTLE ROCK NINE GOLD MEDALS
SEC. 101. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.
The Congress hereby finds the following:
(1) Jean Brown Trickey, Carlotta Walls LaNier, Melba
Patillo... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Little Rock Nine Gold Medals
Title II: Gerald and Betty Ford Gold Medals
Title III: Jackie Robinson Commemorative Coins
Title IV: $1 Coin Design Evaluation
Title V: Leif Ericsson Millennium Commemorative Coin
Little Rock Nine Medals and Coins Act -
Title ... | Little Rock Nine Medals and Coins Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Territorial Consultation and
Notification Act of 1994''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution,
also known as the territorial clause, grants Congress plenary
... | Territorial Consultation and Notification Act of 1994 - Requires all U.S. territories to conduct referendums on the sentiments of their citizens regarding territorial status at least every five years. Provides for reports on the results of such referendums and requires the President, after a vote in which a change reg... | Territorial Consultation and Notification Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. CENTERS FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND CLINICAL ACTIVITIES ON
BLAST INJURIES OF VETERANS.
(a) In General.--(1) Subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 38,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
``Sec. 7327. Centers for research, education, and clinical... | Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary) to establish and operate at least one, but not more than three, centers for research, education, and clinical activities on blast injuries.
Requires the Secretary to designate a center or centers upon the recommendation of the Under Secretary for Health subject to ... | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of health care, rehabilitation, and related services to veterans suffering from trauma relating to a blast injury, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS JOINT
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
(a) Establishment of Joint Committee.--(1) Chapter 3 of title 38,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
``Sec. 320. Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defen... | Establishes an interagency committee to be known as the Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Joint Executive Committee to: (1) recommend to the Secretary of each department strategic direction for joint health-care resources coordination and sharing efforts between and within such departments; and (2) o... | To amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance cooperation and the sharing of resources between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Trademark Technical and Conforming
Amendment Act of 2010.''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION.
For purposes of this Act, the term ``Trademark Act of 1946'' means
the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the registration and
protection of trademarks used in commerce, t... | Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendment Act of 2010 - Amends the Act commonly known as the Lanham Act to replace references to "registrant" with references to "owner" in provisions: (1) making a certificate of registration prima facie evidence of the validity, registration, ownership, and exclusive rights to use a... | A bill to make certain technical and conforming amendments to the Lanham Act. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Commission for Science and
Mathematics Leadership Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act, the term--
(1) ``TIMSS'' means the Third International Mathematics and
Science Study; and
(2) ``Commission'' mea... | National Commission for Science and Mathematics Leadership Act - Establishes the National Commission for Science and Mathematics Leadership.
Directs the National Science Foundation to: (1) pay Commission expenses up to a specified amount; and (2) provide administrative support for the Commission.
Requires the Commis... | National Commission for Science and Mathematics Leadership Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Passport Identity Verification
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) A United States passport is an official government
document issued by the Department of State, which can be
obtained by Unit... | Passport Identity Verification Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider as criminal law enforcement activities the powers, duties, and functions conferred upon Department of State personnel relating to the granting, refusal, revocation, or adjudication of passports when such personnel seek to: (1) v... | A bill to authorize certain Department of State personnel, who are responsible for examining and processing United States passport applications, to be able to access certain Federal, State, and other databases, for the purpose of verifying the identity of a passport applicant, to reduce the incidence of fraud, to requi... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Geothermal Energy Control Act of
1993''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that the exploration for and the commercial
development of geothermal energy in the United States, and the
marketing of any energy developed from such geothermal energy, is ... | Geothermal Energy Control Act of 1993 - Establishes the National Geothermal Energy Commission.
Requires the Commission to determine and publish in the Federal Register a list of those areas in the United States which have a potential for the extraction of geothermal resources.
Directs the Commission to grant exclusiv... | Geothermal Energy Control Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``FDA Renewing Efficiency From Outside
Reviewer Management Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. PERSONS ACCREDITED TO REVIEW REPORTS UNDER 510(K) AND MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INITIAL CLASSIFICATION.
(a) Time Period for Review of Recommendations of Accred... | FDA Renewing Efficiency From Outside Reviewer Management Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend through October 1, 2017, provisions authorizing accredited persons to provide classification reports for a medical device and to inspect class II device or class III device facilit... | To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to persons who, with respect to devices, are accredited to perform certain reviews or inspections. |
SECTION 1. RELIQUIDATION OF CERTAIN ENTRIES OF TELEVISIONS SUBJECT TO
DUMPING.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other provision of law and subject to the
provisions of subsection (b), the United States Customs Service shall,
not later ... | Directs the U.S. Customs Service, upon request, to liquidate or reliquidate certain entries at the rate of duty that would have been applicable on the date of entry and the amount of the antidumping duty, as specified. | A bill to provide for reliquidation and payment of antidumping duties on certain entries of televisions. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Flood
Insurance Buy-In Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY FLOOD INSURANCE BUY-IN PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The Director of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency shall make available flood insurance coverage under the nationa... | Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Flood Insurance Buy-In Act of 2005 - Establishes a temporary flood insurance buy-in program. Instructs the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to make flood insurance coverage available under such program for eligible structures (but not their contents) for flooding resulting... | A bill to strengthen the national flood insurance program, encourage participation in the program, and provide owners of properties not located in flood hazard zones a one-time opportunity to purchase flood insurance coverage for a period covering such hurricane. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sangre de Cristo National Historical
Park Establishment Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to establish the Sangre de Cristo
National Historical Park--
(1) to help preserve, protect, and interpret the nationally
sig... | Sangre de Cristo National Historical Park Establishment Act - Establishes the Sangre de Cristo National Historical Park in Colorado as a unit of the National Park System. Requires the Park to be composed of cultural and historical sites and byways within the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range-San Luis Valley region of so... | Sangre de Cristo National Historical Park Establishment Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Izembek and Alaska Peninsula Refuge
and Wilderness Enhancement and King Cove Safe Access Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) King Cove, Alaska, is--
(A) located 625 air miles from Anchorage, Alaska,
... | Izembek and Alaska Peninsula Refuge and Wilderness Enhancement and King Cove Safe Access Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the state of Alaska King Cove Road and Sitkinak Island upon: (1) conveyance by the state and other owners of specified non-federal land, including King Cove Corporation, to t... | To provide for the inclusion of certain non-Federal land in the Izembek and Alaska Peninsula Wildlife Refuges and Wilderness in the State of Alaska and for the granting of a right-of-way for safe and reliable access for the Native Village of King Cove, Alaska, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Healthy Milk and Dairy Choices in
Schools Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) 44 million Americans have low bone mass or
osteoporosis, causing $19 billion in hospital and nursing home
expenses... | Healthy Milk and Dairy Choices in Schools Act of 2010 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the fat content of milk served in school lunches to be consistent with the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to include nonprofit schools and chi... | To amend the child nutrition laws to require that milk served in school lunch programs be consistent with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and to expand eligibility for the Special Milk Program, and to establish a pilot program providing low-fat cheeses for school breakfast and lunch programs, and for other purpose... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Internet Tax Moratorium and Equity
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The moratorium of the Internet Tax Freedom Act on new
taxes on Internet access and on multiple and discriminatory
taxes ... | Internet Tax Moratorium and Equity Act - Amends the Internet Tax Freedom Act to extend, until December 31, 2005, provisions which prohibit a State or political subdivision from imposing: (1) taxes on Internet access, unless such tax was generally imposed and actually enforced prior to October 1, 1998; and (2) multiple ... | To foster innovation and technological advancement in the development of the Internet and electronic commerce, and to assist the States in simplifying their sales and use taxes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Education for Life Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO EDUCATION INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS.
(a) Withdrawals for Elementary and Secondary School Expenses and
for Job Training Expenses by Older Individuals.--
(1) In general.--Section ... | Education for Life Act of 1998 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand permitted withdrawals from education individual retirement accounts to include: (1) qualified elementary and secondary education expenses (including home schooling expenses); and (2) qualified job training expenses. Increases from: (1) $500 ... | Education for Life Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Expatriation Prevention by
Abolishing Tax-Related Incentives for Offshore Tenancy'' or the ``Ex-
PATRIOT Act''.
SEC. 2. TAXATION OF CAPITAL GAINS OF NONRESIDENT ALIEN EXPATRIATES.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 871(a) of the Internal
Revenue... | Expatriation Prevention by Abolishing Tax-Related Incentives for Offshore Tenancy or the Ex-PATRIOT Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a 30% tax and withholding on capital gains income realized by a nonresident alien individual present in the United States for periods aggregating 183 days or more or an ex... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that persons renouncing citizenship for a substantial tax avoidance purpose shall be subject to tax and withholding on capital gains, to provide that such persons shall not be admissible to the United States, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Main Street Recovery Act''.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY REINSTATEMENT OF REGULAR INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT.
The current year business credit under section 38 of Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 shall include the amount that would be determined
under section 46(a) of su... | Main Street Recovery Act - Provides for a 15% investment tax credit through June 30, 2010, for the purchase of business equipment and machinery.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through June 30, 2010, the additional 50% depreciation allowance (bonus depreciation) for business and investment property; (2... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to stimulate business investment, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Government Information Transparency
Act''.
SEC. 2. DATA STANDARD REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Requirement.--The Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall adopt a single data standard for the collection, analysis,
and dissemination of business and fin... | Government Information Transparency Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to adopt a single data standard for: (1) collection, analysis, and dissemination of business and financial information for use by private sector entities in accordance with this Act for information required to b... | To improve the effectiveness of the Government's collection, analysis, and dissemination of business information by using modern interactive data technologies. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Special Inspector General for the
Troubled Asset Relief Program Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. AUDIT AND INVESTIGATION AUTHORITIES.
Section 121 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (12
U.S.C. 5231) is amended--
(1) in subsection (c),... | Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program Act of 2009 - Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to grant the Special Inspector General (SIG) authority to conduct, supervise, and coordinate an audit or investigation of any action taken with regard to the Troubled Asset Relief Progra... | To amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to provide the Special Inspector General with additional authorities and responsibilities, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Teacher Exchange Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. TEACHER EXCHANGES.
(a) State Use of Funds.--Section 2113(c) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6613(c)) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(19) Carrying out... | Teacher Exchange Act of 2011 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to authorize states to use their grant under part A (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund) of title II of the ESEA to carry out a teacher exchange sending highly qualified teachers with at least three years of ... | To amend title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize State educational agencies and local educational agencies to carry out teacher exchanges. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Vision Rehabilitation
Services Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT OF OUTPATIENT VISION SERVICES UNDER PART B.
(a) Coverage Under Part B.--Section 1861(s)(2) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(2)) is amended--
(1) in sub... | Medicare Vision Rehabilitation Services Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for coverage of outpatient vision rehabilitation services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of the Medicare program. | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve outpatient vision services under part B of the medicare program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Commission on Employment
and Economic Security Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Americans' commitment to economic participation has
been a defining feature of the cultural fabric of the United
... | National Commission on Employment and Economic Security Act - Establishes the National Commission on Employment and Economic Security to: (1) examine the effects of economic and psychological insecurity caused by employment displacement and the decreasing number of well-paid jobs on U.S. workers and their families; and... | National Commission on Employment and Economic Security Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Child Gun Safety and Gun Access
Prevention Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. INCREASING YOUTH GUN SAFETY BY RAISING THE AGE OF HANDGUN
ELIGIBILITY AND PROHIBITING YOUTH FROM POSSESSING
SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPONS.
Section 922(x) of ... | Child Gun Safety and Gun Access Prevention Act of 2001 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to: (1) raise the age of handgun eligibility to 21 (currently, 18); and (2) prohibit persons under age 21 from possessing semiautomatic assault weapons or large capacity ammunition feeding devices, with exceptions.... | To prevent children's access to firearms. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hurricane Katrina Bankruptcy Relief
and Community Protection Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. BANKRUPTCY RELIEF FOR VICTIMS OF HURRICANE KATRINA.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
provisions of title 11, United States Code, as in e... | Hurricane Katrina Bankruptcy Relief and Community Protection Act of 2005 - Applies the provisions of federal bankruptcy law, as in effect on August 29, 2005, to any case commenced (except under chapter 12) during the 12-month period beginning on October 17, 2005, (the effective date of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention a... | A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, to provide relief to victims of Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Historic Ball Park Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(1) Park.--The term ``park'' means a stadium designated as
a National Historic Ball Park by section 3.
(2) Commission.--The term ``Advisory Comm... | National Historic Ball Park Act - Designates Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, and Yankee Stadium in New York, New York, as National Historic Ball Parks.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to seek to enter into cooperative agreements with t... | National Historic Ball Park Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Working Family Tax Relief Act of
2004''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF SCHEDULED REDUCTIONS IN CHILD TAX CREDIT, MARRIAGE
PENALTY RELIEF, AND 10-PERCENT RATE BRACKET.
(a) Child Tax Credit.--Subsection (a) of section 24 of the Internal
Revenue Code o... | Working Family Tax Relief Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the scheduled reductions in: (1) the amount of the child tax credit for taxable years 2005 through 2009 (maintains the current $1,000 credit amount for all taxable years after 2004); (2) the basic standard deduction for married taxpayers... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the scheduled restrictions in the child tax credit, marriage penalty relief, and 10 percent rate bracket, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional Safety and Health Act
of 1993''.
SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 668) is
amended by redesignating sections 20 through 34 as sections 21 through
35, respectively,... | Congressional Safety and Health Act of 1993 - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to apply such Act's provisions to the House of Representatives and the instrumentalities of the Congress. | Congressional Safety and Health Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``ATM Fee Disclosure Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER FEES.
(a) Disclosures Required.--The Electronic Fund Transfer Act (15
U.S.C. 1693 et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating sections 918, 919, 920, and 921 as
secti... | ATM Fee Disclosure Act of 1996 - Amends the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to prohibit imposition of a fee upon an electronic fund transfer initiated by a consumer from an electronic terminal (including a telephone) unless explicit disclosures are provided regarding the amount of any transaction fee and the consumer's op... | ATM Fee Disclosure Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``North Bay Water Reuse Program Act of
2005''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means
each of--
(A) the Sonoma Valley County Sanitation District,
... | North Bay Water Reuse Program Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the planning, design, and construction of water reclamation and reuse projects with eligible entities in the North San Pablo Bay watershed located in Napa, Sonoma, Marin, and Solano Counties, California.
Requires: (1... | To enable a Bureau of Reclamation partnership with the North Bay Water Reuse Authority and other regional partners to achieve water supply, water quality, and environmental restoration objectives. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Judiciary Administrative
Improvements Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. SENIOR JUDGE GOVERNANCE CORRECTION.
(a) In General.--Section 631(a) of title 28, United States Code, is
amended in the first sentence by striking ``(including any judge in
regular ac... | Federal Judiciary Administrative Improvements Act of 2009 - Amends the federal judicial code to: (1) remove the power of certain active or retired federal judges to appoint U.S. magistrate judges; (2) revise the statutory description of the District of North Dakota to eliminate the current four divisions each of which ... | To provide improvements for the operations of the Federal courts, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Airline Passenger Protection Act of
2017''.
SEC. 2. PHYSICAL STANDARDS.
(a) Seat Size.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue a final rule
regarding the minimum standards and speci... | Airline Passenger Protection Act of 2017 This bill prescribes certain airline passenger protection requirements with respect to: seat size, safety, and health; bathroom size, safety, and health; refunds for damaged or inoperable in-air amenities (televisions, headphones, and wireless internet access); delays and cance... | Airline Passenger Protection Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Public Service Scholarship Act of
2008''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
Part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1070 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subpart:
... | Public Service Scholarship Act of 2008 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a Public Service Scholarship program authorizing the Secretary of Education to make grants to states for scholarships to exceptionally able students who show promise of continued excellence and agree to serve as federal employ... | To establish a Public Service Scholarship Program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Polar Bear Seas Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Americans cherish healthy oceans and wildlife that
marine ecosystems support, and feel a strong moral
responsibility to protect these reso... | Polar Bear Seas Protection Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from offering or approving any new lease, or approving an exploration or development plan, within any area of the Chukchi or Beaufort Sea marine and coastal ecosystems until: (1) the National Research... | To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit preleasing, leasing, and related activities in the Beaufort and Chukchi Sea Planning Areas unless certain conditions are met. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Work for Warriors Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. DIRECT EMPLOYMENT PILOT PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL
GUARD AND RESERVE.
(a) Establishment.--Chapter 1601 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended to read as follows:
`... | Work for Warriors Act of 2014 - Directs the Chief of the National Guard to carry out a pilot program, to be known as the Work for Warriors Program, to enhance Department of Defense (DOD) efforts to provide job placement assistance and related employment services to members of the reserve components. Requires each parti... | Work for Warriors Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Child Protection and Adoption
Advancement Act''.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON REASONABLE EFFORTS REQUIREMENT.
Section 471(a)(15) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
671(a)(15)) is amended by striking ``effective October 1, 1983,
provides that, in each case... | Child Protection and Adoption Advancement Act - Amends the Social Security Act to require a State plan for foster care and adoption assistance to provide for an expedited dispositional hearing and preadoptive procedures where a child is determined to be a victim of aggravated circumstances (including abandonment, tortu... | Child Protection and Adoption Advancement Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Trade in Meat and Pork Products
Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The European Union's Third Country Meat Directive has
been used to decertify more than 400 United States facilities
... | Fair Trade in Meat and Pork Products Act of 1997 - Directs the United States Trade Representative (USTR), for purposes of identifying foreign countries not in compliance with the terms of any trade agreement with the United States, to determine whether the European Union has failed to implement its obligations under th... | Fair Trade in Meat and Pork Products Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Reciprocal Market Access Act of
2013''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) One of the fundamental tenets of the World Trade
Organization (WTO) is reciprocal market access. This principle
... | Reciprocal Market Access Act of 2013 - Prohibits the President from agreeing to the reduction or elimination of the existing rate of duty on any product in order to carry out a trade agreement with a foreign country until the President certifies to Congress that: (1) the United States has obtained that country's reduct... | Reciprocal Market Access Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Trading With the People's Republic
of China Military Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND POLICY.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The People's Liberation Army is the principal
instrument of repression within... | Trading With the People's Republic of China Military Act of 1998 - Declares it to be U.S. policy to prohibit any entity owned, operated, or controlled by the People's Liberation Army or the People's Armed Police from operating in the United States or from conducting certain business with persons subject to the jurisdic... | Trading with the People's Republic of China Military Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Site-Specific Agricultural Resource
Management Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this Act a
section or other provision is amended, repealed, or referenced, such
amendment, repeal, or reference sh... | Site-Specific Agricultural Resource Management Act of 1993 - Amends the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Soil Conservation Service, to establish a program to develop site-specific resource management plans for agricultural land. | Site-Specific Agricultural Resource Management Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``America's Wildlife Heritage Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Fish and wildlife are fundamental parts of America's
history and character, and fish and wildlife conservation is a
core value shared by ... | America's Wildlife Heritage Act - Sets forth requirements concerning the maintenance of viable populations of existing native and desired non-native species within each planning area in the National Forest System's or the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) public lands.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secr... | To sustain fish, plants, and wildlife on America's public lands. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Civil Rights Legacy of Medgar Wiley
Evers Congressional Gold Medal Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) An integral part of the fight for racial equality,
Medgar Wiley Evers, was born July 2, 1925, in Decat... | Civil Rights Legacy of Medgar Wiley Evers Congressional Gold Medal Act This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal to Myrlie Evers-Williams in recognition of the contributions and sacrifice that s... | Civil Rights Legacy of Medgar Wiley Evers Congressional Gold Medal Act |
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND FINDINGS.
(a) Definitions.--
(1) Classified school employee.--In this Act, the term
``classified school employee'' means an employee working in any
grade from pre-kindergarten through higher education, in any of
the following nine occupational speci... | Directs the Secretary of Education to award National Classified School Employees of the Year Awards to public school employees within certain occupational specialties who provide exemplary service to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education.
Requires the Secretary to choose an awardee each year, out of no... | A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to establish and administer an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sleeping Bear Dunes National
Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Line of demarcation.--The term ``line of demarcation''
means the general line formed by the lakeward extent of the
... | Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation Act - Designates specified lands and inland waters within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to be known as the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore W... | To designate as wilderness certain lands and inland waters within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in the State of Michigan, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Historically Women's Public Colleges
or Universities Historic Building Restoration and Preservation Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Historically women's public college or university.--The
term ``historically women's pub... | Historically Women's Public Colleges or Universities Historic Building Restoration and Preservation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to award grants to historically women's public colleges or universities for the preservation and restoration of historic buildings and structures on their campuses. Specifies e... | To provide for the preservation and restoration of historic buildings at historically women's public colleges or universities. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``The Social Security Reporting
Information and Right to Know Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Social Security Advisory Board, the Technical Panel
on Assumptions and Methods of the Social... | Social Security Reporting Information and Right to Know Act of 2001 - Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) with regard to Social Security account statements to require them to contain additional statements of specified information relating to projections of the future financia... | A bill to amend the Social Security Act to require Social Security Administration publications to highlight critical information relating to the future financing shortfalls of the social security program, to require the Commissioner of Social Security to provide Congress with an annual report on the social security pro... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Free Market Royalty Act''.
SEC. 2. BROADCAST PERFORMANCE RIGHT IN SOUND RECORDINGS.
Section 106(6) of title 17, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``a digital audio'' and inserting ``an audio''.
SEC. 3. FREE MARKET FOR LICENSING OF PUBLIC PERFO... | Free Market Royalty Act - Amends federal copyright law to provide a public performance right for all audio transmissions of sound recordings, thereby extending such right to require terrestrial AM/FM broadcast radio stations to pay royalties for non-digital audio transmissions. (Currently, a performance right for sound... | Free Market Royalty Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Adoption Assistance Act''.
TITLE I--GENERAL ADOPTION ASSISTANCE
SEC. 101. REFUNDABLE CREDIT FOR ADOPTION EXPENSES.
(a) In General.--Subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to re... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: General Adoption Assistance
Title II: Adoption Assistance for Federal Employees
Title III: Exclusion of Adoption Assistance
Adoption Assistance Act -
Title I: General Adoption Assistance
- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual a refundable tax credi... | Adoption Assistance Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Physician Pipeline Act of
2009''.
SEC. 2. RURAL PHYSICIAN TRAINING GRANTS.
Part C of title VII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
293k et seq.) is amended--
(1) after the part heading, by inserting the following:
... | Rural Physician Pipeline Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to establish a program to make grants to accredited schools of allopathic or osteopathic medicine... | To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of physicians who practice in underserved rural communities. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Environmental Crimes and Enforcement
Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. REIMBURSEMENT OF STATE, LOCAL, OR TRIBAL GOVERNMENT COSTS FOR
ASSISTANCE IN FEDERAL INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES.
(a) In General.--Chapter... | Environmental Crimes and Enforcement Act of 1999 - Amends the Federal criminal code to require that, on motion of the United States, a person convicted of an environmental crime (defined as a violation of specified statutes, including provisions of the Toxic Substances Control Act, Solid Waste Disposal Act, and Communi... | Environmental Crimes and Enforcement Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Judgment
Fund Distribution Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) On January 22, 1948, the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
representing all Chippewa bands in ... | Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to reimburse to each of the Boise Forte Band, Fond du Lac Band, Grand Portage Band, Leech Lake Band, Mille Lacs Band, and White Earth Band the amount of funds plus interest earned to the date of reimbursement that... | To provide for the use and distribution of the funds awarded to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, et al., by the United States Court of Federal Claims in Docket Numbers 18 and 188, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES IN ACT.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``District of
Columbia Government Revenue Bond Delegation Authority Act of 1994''.
(b) References in Act.--Whenever in this Act an amendment is
expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other
pr... | District of Columbia Government Revenue Bond Delegation Authority Act of 1994 - Amends the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act (the Act) to allow the District of Columbia Council to authorize the issuance of revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations to borrow money to finance, unde... | District of Columbia Government Revenue Bond Delegation Authority Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Solvency Act of
2009''.
SEC. 2. PROGRESSIVE INDEXING OF BENEFITS FOR OLD-AGE INSURANCE
BENEFITS.
(a) In General.--Section 215(a) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 415(a)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``The... | Social Security Solvency Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide for progressive indexing of old age insurance benefits with respect to any individual who initially becomes eligible for them or who dies (before becoming eligible for them)... | A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for progressive indexing and longevity indexing of Social Security old-age insurance benefits for newly retired and aged surviving spouses to ensure the future solvency of the Social Security program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES TO IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``U.S. Employee,
Family Unity, and Legalization Act''.
(b) References to Immigration and Nationality Act.--Except as
otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or
repeal... | U.S. Employee, Family Unity, and Legalization Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the admission date for permanent residence for certain aliens, including additional one-year extensions during specified time periods. Establishes fines for application-related violations of confidentiality and fals... | To revise various provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Health Insurance Stability Act of
2008''.
SEC. 2. REFUNDABLE TAX CREDIT FOR HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS OF INDIVIDUALS
WITH COBRA CONTINUATION COVERAGE BY REASON OF TERMINATION
OF EMPLOYMENT.
(a) In General.--Subpart C of subcha... | Health Insurance Stability Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a refundable tax credit for amounts paid to continue health care coverage for the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, and dependents under the applicable continuation provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconc... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a refundable, advanceable tax credit for health insurance costs of individuals with COBRA continuation coverage by reason of termination of employment. |
Requirements and Procedures.--
(1) Resolution described.--For purposes of this subsection,
the term ``resolution'' means only a joint resolution of the
two Houses of Congress, the matter after the resolving clause
of which is as follows: ``That Congress does not approve the
... | Decent Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to revise the prohibition on importing convict-made goods into the United States to make it unlawful to: (1) import into, or export from, the United States any sweatshop good; or (2) introduce into commerce, sell, trade, or advertise in ... | To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit the import, export, and sale of goods made with sweatshop labor, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Health Tax Credit
Act''.
SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS TAX CREDIT FOR 50 PERCENT OF HEALTH PREMIUMS.
(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)... | Small Business Health Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow small business employers (employers with between two and 50 employees) an income tax credit of between 30 to 50 percent (depending upon the number of employees) of the amount paid for employee health insurance, subject to a dollar limitati... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a small business health tax credit. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Mandatory Minimum Reform Act of
2015''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Mandatory minimum sentences are statutorily prescribed
terms of imprisonment that automatically attach upon conviction
of ... | Mandatory Minimum Reform Act of 2015 This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate most drug offense mandatory minimum prison terms imposed on a defendant who imports, exports, manufactures, distributes, or possesses with intent to distribute a controlle... | Mandatory Minimum Reform Act of 2015 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare HMO Improvement Act of
1998''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF INITIAL MEDICARE+CHOICE CONTRACT PERIOD TO 3
YEARS.
(a) In General.--Section 1857(c)(1) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395w-27(c)(1)) is amended--
(1) by st... | Medicare HMO Improvement Act of 1998 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with regard to contracts with Medicare+Choice organizations to: (1) provide for extension of the initial Medicare+Choice contract period from one year to three years; and (2) require termination ... | Medicare HMO Improvement Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Useful Research
Expenditures is Key for Alzheimer's Act'' or the ``EUREKA Act''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF NATIONAL ALZHEIMER'S AND DEMENTIA RESEARCH
BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE COMPETITIONS.
Part B of title IV of the Public Health Service... | Ensuring Useful Research Expenditures is Key for Alzheimer's Act or the EUREKA Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish EUREKA prize competitions to achieve high-priority breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease and dementia prevention, diagnosis, tr... | EUREKA Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Justice and Understanding By IMF
Loan Elimination and Equity Act of 2004'' or the ``JUBILEE Act of
2004''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Many poor countries have been struggling under the
burden of interna... | Justice and Understanding By IMF Loan Elimination and Equity (JUBILEE) Act of 2004 - Amends the International Financial Institutions Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to commence immediate efforts, within the Paris Club of Official Creditors, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other appropriate multi... | To provide for the cancellation of debts owed to the International Monetary Fund by poor countries, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Educational Opportunities Act of
1999''.
TITLE I--HELP SCHOLARSHIPS
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Helping Empower Low-Income Parents
(HELP) Scholarships Amendments of 1999''.
SEC. 102. FINDINGS.
C... | (Sec. 105) Includes such parental choice programs among State and local uses of title VI funds.
Requires such parental choice programs to be located in an empowerment zone or enterprise community.
(Sec. 106) Directs the Comptroller General to make contracts for annual evaluation of each parental choice program.
Provide... | Educational Opportunities Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Delaware Water Gap National
Recreation Area Natural Gas Pipeline Enlargement Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Corporation.--The term ``Corporation'' means the
Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation.
(2) Pipeli... | Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Natural Gas Pipeline Enlargement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to grant an easement to the Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation to enlarge the diameter of a specified natural gas pipeline from 14 inches to not more than 20 inches, consistent with the recreat... | To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to allow the Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation to increase the diameter of a natural gas pipeline located in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be referred to as the ``Healthy America Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States faces a continuing challenge in
improving the quality of the Nation's diet as the economic
costs ... | Healthy America Act - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to require schools participating in the school breakfast program to make available fruits and juices.Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (the Act) to direct the Secretary to expand the fruit and veget... | To promote improved nutrition for needy Americans, including women, infants, children, and students, by revising and enhancing Federal nutrition programs to incorporate a greater role for fruits, vegetables, and 100 percent juice products. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Beneficiaries
Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO REISSUE BENEFITS MISUSED BY ORGANIZATIONAL
REPRESENTATIVE PAYEES.
(a) OASDI Amendment.--Section 205(j)(5) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 405(j)(5)) is amended by... | Amends SSA title XI part A (General Provisions) to extend civil monetary penalty authority for SSA titles II and XVI with respect to representative payees who misuse and convert a payment under such titles to unauthorized uses. | Social Security Beneficiaries Protection Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Capital Gains
Enhancement Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO EXCLUSION OF GAIN ON CERTAIN SMALL BUSINESS
STOCK.
(a) Increased Exclusion.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (a) of section 1202 of the
Int... | Small Business Capital Gains Enhancement Act of 1997 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 50 percent to 75 percent the exclusion from gain for a taxpayer, including a corporation, resulting from the sale or exchange of qualified small business stock held for more than five years. States that stock held ... | Small Business Capital Gains Enhancement Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF UNITS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD IN AMERICAN
SAMOA.
(a) Title 32 (National Guard) Amendments.--
(1) Inclusion of american samoa in definition of
territory.--Section 101(1) of title 32, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``includes Guam'' a... | Amends federal armed forces provisions, National Guard provisions, and military pay provisions to include American Samoa as a territory, thereby authorizing the establishment of National Guard units in American Samoa, as well as related authority with respect to National Guard personnel. | To amend titles 10, 32, and 37 of the United States Code to authorize the establishment of units of the National Guard in American Samoa. |
SECTION 1. ALTERNATIVE CONDITIONS AND FISHWAYS.
(a) Alternative Mandatory Conditions.--Section 4 of the Federal
Power Act (16 U.S.C. 797) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(h)(1) Whenever any person applies for a license for any project
works within any reservation of the United States, and t... | Amends the Federal Power Act to prescribe guidelines for hydroelectric licensing applicants to propose alternative conditions or alternative fishways for project works within a Federal reservation. | To amend the Federal Power Act to provide for alternative conditions and alternative fishways in hydroelectric dam licenses, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Lifesaving Vaccine Technology Act of
1999''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH RELATED TO DEVELOPING VACCINES
AGAINST WIDESPREAD DISEASES.
(a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code ... | Lifesaving Vaccine Technology Act of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish an income tax credit for 30 percent of the qualified expenses (excluding amounts funded by any grant, contract, or otherwise by another person or any governmental entity) for medical research related to developing vaccines against... | Lifesaving Vaccine Technology Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``EPA Employment Impact Analysis
Act''.
SEC. 2. ANALYSIS OF EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the Environmental Protection Agency has systematically
distorted the true impact of regul... | EPA Employment Impact Analysis Act - Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from proposing or finalizing any major rule under the Clean Air Act (CAA) until after the Administrator: (1) completes an economy-wide analysis capturing the costs and effects across industry sectors and market... | EPA Employment Impact Analysis Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Jobs Momentum Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN EMPLOYER PORTION OF PAYROLL TAX FOR CERTAIN
EMPLOYERS INCREASING PAYROLL.
(a) In General.--In the case of any calendar quarter beginning in
2010 or 2011, the aggregate amount of employer p... | Jobs Momentum Act of 2010 - Allows a reduction in 2010 and 2011 of an employer's payroll taxes by a specified percentage of the amount by which such employer increases aggregate payroll over the preceding calendar year. | To reduce the employer portion of payroll taxes in the case of employers who expand payroll in 2010 and 2011. |
SECTION 1. PURPOSE.
The Federal regulatory system should be implemented consistent with
the principle that any person subject to Government regulation should
be protected against reprisal for disclosing information that the
person believes is indicative of--
(1) violation or inconsistent application... | Provides persons subject to regulatory action with protection against reprisal for disclosing agency waste, mismanagement, abuse of authority, or other prohibited regulatory practices. | A bill entitled "The Private Sector Whistleblowers' Protection Act of 1992". |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening America's Satellite
Industry Act''.
SEC. 2. DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
ARMS EXPORT CONTROLS.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the
President should redouble United Sta... | Strengthening America's Satellite Industry Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should increase U.S. diplomatic efforts to strengthen arms export controls to ensure that such controls are supportive of U.S. arms export controls, particularly with respect to countries of concern to the United States.... | To strengthen certain provisions relating to arms export licenses, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. INVESTIGATION OF INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE ABUSE OF
TAXPAYERS' RIGHTS.
(a) Findings.--The Congress hereby finds that--
(1) although generally IRS employees perform their duties
in a competent and professional manner, many instances have
been reported concernin... | Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report to specified committees annually on the program to prevent abuses of taxpayers' rights by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Requires the Comptroller General to report to specified congressional committees on: (1) an investigation of past instances in which the Servic... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require an investigation of Internal Revenue Service abuse of taxpayers' rights, to safeguard taxpayer rights, to monitor the effectiveness of the Internal Revenue Service's program for the prevention of taxpayer abuse, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Truth in Video Game Rating Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Content rating.--The term ``content rating'' means any
rating of the content of a video or computer game provided to
notify an individual of content in ... | Truth in Video Game Rating Act - Prohibits any rating organization from assigning a content rating to any video or computer game unless it has reviewed its entire playable content. Prohibits any producer, seller, or distributor of such games from withholding or hiding any such content from a rating organization.
Requi... | A bill to prohibit deceptive conduct in the rating of video and computer games, and for other purposes. |
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