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Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Alien Tort Statute Reform Act''.
SEC. 2. SUITS BY ALIENS.
Section 1350 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:
``Sec. 1350. Alien's action for tort
``(a) Jurisdiction of District C... | Alien Tort Statute Reform Act - Amends the federal judicial code to revise the alien tort (injury) statute. Grants exclusive, as well as original, jurisdiction to U.S. district courts over tort claims brought by aliens against U.S. individuals and business entities (e.g., corporations and partnerships). Specifies the t... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Commonsense Reporting Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Reporting requirements under the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) should ... | Commonsense Reporting Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to reporting of health care coverage information, to: (1) allow identification of dependents of the primary insured by name and date of birth, instead of taxpayer identification number, if the employer or health insurance issuer doe... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area
Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Heritage area.--The term ``Heritage Area'' means the
Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area established in this ... | Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area Act This bill establishes the Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area in Texas. The Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area Corporation is designated as the management entity for the heritage area. The corporation shall submit a management plan for the heritage area. The bill sets forth ... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care Paperwork Reduction and
Fraud Prevention Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL BIPARTISAN COMMISSION ON BILLING CODES AND FORMS
SIMPLIFICATION.
(a) Establishment.--There is hereby established ... | Health Care Paperwork Reduction and Fraud Prevention Act of 2001 - Establishes the Commission on Billing Codes and Forms Simplification which shall make recommendations regarding: (1) standardized forms; and (2) reduction in billing codes; and (3) regulatory and appeals process reform.Directs the Secretary of Health an... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Children Eating Well Act'' or the
``CHEW Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) ESEA terms.--The terms ``elementary school'', ``local
educational agency'', ``secondary school'', and ``St... | Children Eating Well Act or the CHEW Act - Requires each local educational agency (LEA) participating in the school improvement program under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to: (1) develop and implement healthy eating and nutrition education programs in its schools, and (2) peri... | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States-India Energy Security
Cooperation Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
(1) The December 2004 National Intelligence Council report
entitled ``Mapping the Global Future in 2020'... | United States-India Energy Security Cooperation Act of 2006 - Authorizes the President to establish programs in support of greater energy cooperation between the United States and India.
Authorizes assistance for cooperation related to research, development, and deployment in selected areas, including: (1) clean coal ... | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Regulations Endanger Democracy Act
of 2017'' or the ``RED Tape Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF RULES REQUIRED BEFORE ISSUING OR AMENDING RULE.
(a) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the te... | Regulations Endanger Democracy Act of 2017 or the RED Tape Act of 2017 This bill prohibits a federal agency from issuing a rule that causes a new financial or administrative burden on businesses or people in the United States unless the agency has repealed or amended two or more existing rules causing such a burden and... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Coal Healthcare and Pensions
Protection Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN RETIREES IN THE MULTIEMPLOYER HEALTH
BENEFIT PLAN.
Section 402 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation A... | Coal Healthcare and Pensions Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to address potential shortages in the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan for payment of health care benefits to retired coal miners by expanding the eligible uses of interest transferable to the plan from ... | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Commission Act of
2017''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is established in the legislative branch a commission to be
known as the ``Commission on Long Term Social Security Solvency'' (in ... | Social Security Commission Act of 2017 This bill temporarily establishes, within the legislative branch, the Commission on Long Term Social Security Solvency. The commission must submit to Congress recommendations and proposed legislation for achieving, for a period of at least 75 years, solvency in bot... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. NONIMMIGRANT ALIEN STATUS FOR CERTAIN OLDER ALIENS.
(a) Definitions.--Section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) is amended
(1) in subparagraph (R), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(2) in subparagr... | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize four-year nonimmigrant visitor visas for an alien who: (1) is at least 55 years old; (2) is a citizen of Canada or a citizen of certain (visa) pilot program countries; (3) owns, or whose spouse owns, a U.S. residence; and (4) has health coverage. Prohibits such ... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National All Schedules Prescription
Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO PURPOSE.
Paragraph (1) of section 2 of the National All Schedules
Prescription Electronic Reporting Ac... | National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends the National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act of 2005 to include as a purpose of such Act to foster the establishment of state-administered controlled substance monitoring systems in order to ensure that app... | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stopping Ongoing Lender Delays Act''
or the ``SOLD Act''.
SEC. 2. TRUTH IN LENDING ACT AMENDMENTS.
Chapter 2 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1631 et seq.) is
amended by inserting before section ... | Stopping Ongoing Lender Delays Act or SOLD Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require each servicer of a home mortgage to respond in writing within 30 days to a mortgagor of a residential mortgage loan who hasrequested in writing a short sale of the dwelling or residential real property that is subject to the mor... | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``North Korean Human Rights
Reauthorization Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) In 2014, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry (COI) on
Human Rights in... | North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2017 (Sec. 4) This bill provides for increased dissemination of news and information access to North Korea. The North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 is amended to include news rebroadcasting in supported broadcasting to North Korea. (Sec. 5) The President may: (1) dis... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``COLA Fairness Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. REGIONAL CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.
(a) Recognition of Regions.--The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
Department of Labor shall establish and publish a mapping of the United
State... | COLA Fairness Act of 2001 - Requires the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to establish, for 14 specified regions in the United States, monthly regional consumer price indices for computation of cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) benefi... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Egypt Accountability and Democracy
Promotion Act''.
SEC. 2. DECLARATION OF POLICY.
The policy of the United States shall be to use its foreign
assistance for Egypt, including the ``Foreign Military Financing'... | Egypt Accountability and Democracy Promotion Act - States that U.S. policy shall be to use its foreign assistance for Egypt to advance U.S. national security interests in Egypt, including encouraging the advancement of political, economic, and religious freedom in Egypt.
Limits specified security and economic assistan... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Family Values Tax
Relief Act of 2001''.
(b) Amendment of 1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly
provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in
terms of an ame... | Family Values Tax Relief Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the: (1) overall limitation on itemized deductions; (2) phaseout of personal exemptions; and (3) adjusted gross income limitation on the child tax credit; and (4) alternative minimum tax on individuals. | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Anti-Terrorism Protection of Mass
Transportation and Railroad Carriers Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. ATTACKS AGAINST MASS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AND RAILROAD
CARRIERS.
(a) In general.--Chapter 97 of title... | Anti-Terrorism Protection of Mass Transportation and Railroad Carriers Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit specified attacks and acts of violence against mass transportation systems and against railroad carriers, including derailing a train, placing a biological agent or toxin in or near a mass t... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Accountable Budgeting Commission Act
of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) President Lyndon Johnson created the Commission on
Budget Concepts in... | Accountable Budgeting Commission Act of 2006 - Establishes the Accountable Budgeting Commission to review, evaluate, and make recommendations respecting the budget concepts that underlie the federal budget and its process.
Prohibits the Commission from making findings, conclusions, or recommendations with respect to S... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. NONRECOGNITION OF GAIN ON QUALIFIED SALES OF
TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUSINESSES.
(a) In General.--Subchapter O of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to gain or loss on disposition of property) is
amended by inserting after part IV t... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer election to defer from tax up to $50 million of the gain from the sale of the assets or stock of a telecommunications business to certain small businesses that own 10 or fewer broadcast stations. Limits to three the number of such purchases by any qualifying small bu... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``U.S.S. Cruiser Olympia Commemorative
Coin Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The U.S.S. Cruiser Olympia is the world's oldest steel
war ship afloat. She is the... | U.S.S. Cruiser Olympia Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue during calendar year 2016 up to 500,000 $1 silver coins in commemoration of the legacy of the U.S.S. Cruiser Olympia, the sole surviving U.S. naval ship of the Spanish-American War and the world's oldest steel warshi... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Consumer and Main Street Protection
Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) merchandise purchased from out-of-State firms is
subject to State and local sales taxes in ... | Consumer and Main Street Protection Act of 1995 - Authorizes States to require a person who is subject to the personal jurisdiction of the State to collect and remit a State sales tax, a local sales tax, or both, with respect to tangible personal property if: (1) the destination of the tangible personal property is in... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Smart Building Acceleration Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the building sector uses more than 40 percent of the
energy of the Nation;
(2) emerging building ener... | Smart Building Acceleration Act Directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to: (1) conduct a survey of privately owned smart buildings throughout the nation, select at least one building each from an appropriate range of building sizes and types, and evaluate the costs and benefits of such buildings using the guidelines of... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of State Rewards Program
Update and Technical Corrections Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The Department of State's e... | Department of State Rewards Program Update and Technical Corrections Act of 2012 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of State rewards program should be expanded to: (1) address the threat to U.S. interests from transnational criminal activity; and (2) target individuals indicted by international, hybr... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Grand Staircase Escalante
Enhancement Act''.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Establis... | Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act This bill establishes the Escalante Canyons National Park and Preserve within the Escalante Canyons National Monument (established by this bill and consisting of approximately 243,241 acres) in Utah. Federal lands within the park and preserve, including lands or interests acqu... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Flu Vaccine Incentive Act of 2005''
or the ``FLU-VIA''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) 30 years ago, more than a dozen companies produced the
influenza vaccin... | Flu Vaccine Incentive Act of 2005 or FLU-VIA - Rescinds the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, to make certain purchases of inflluenza vaccine.
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to exempt contracts entered into by the Secretary ... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Advisory Board Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The emerging fields of nanoscience and nanoengineering
(collectively, ... | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Advisory Board Act of 2002 - Establishes the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Advisory Board which shall: (1) operate in coordination with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; and (2) provide advice to the President and the National Science and Technology Council on rese... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Empowering Encore Entrepreneurs Act
of 2013''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Administration.--The term ``Administration'' means the
Small Business Administration.
(2) ... | Empowering Encore Entrepreneurs Act of 2013 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a program under which the Administrator may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, or make grants to, nonprofit organizations to provide technical assistance, mentoring, and othe... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Trade with China Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The growth of the economy of the People's Republic of
China is one of the most important developm... | Fair Trade with China Act of 2005 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to apply its countervailing duty requirements to nonmarket economy countries.
Amends the Trade Act of 1974, with respect to enforcement of U.S. rights under trade agreements and response to certain foreign trade practices, to include unjustifiable act... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. EDUCATIONAL USE COPYRIGHT EXEMPTION.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Technology,
Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act of 2001''.
(b) Exemption of Certain Performances and Displays for Educational
Uses.--Section 110 of title 17, United ... | Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act of 2001 - Revises Federal copyright law to extend the exemption from infringement liability for instructional broadcasting to digital distance learning or distance education. Excludes from such exemption (thus subjecting to infringement liability) any work produced... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Digital School Districts
Act''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL DIGITAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
(a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are--
(1) to address the important role that technology and th... | National Digital School Districts Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to: (1) make one-year grants to State educational agencies to make competitive subgrants to local educational agencies to create national digital school districts by acquiring technology, providing teacher mentoring, and other related efforts; (... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Public Corruption Prosecution
Improvements Act''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR SERIOUS PUBLIC
CORRUPTION OFFENSES.
(a) In General.--Chapter 213 of title 18, United States Code, is
... | Public Corruption Prosecution Improvements Act - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) establish a six-year limitation period for the prosecution of certain public corruption crimes, including bribery, theft of government property, mail fraud, and racketeering; (2) expand the penalties for theft or bribery involving... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Servicemember Mental Health Review
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
(1) Since September 11, 2001, approximately 30,000 veterans
have been separated from the Armed Forces on the basis of a
per... | Servicemember Mental Health Review Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to establish within each military department a board of review to review determinations previously made that covered individuals separated from the Armed Forces have a mental condition not amounting to disability. Defines "covered individua... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Library of Congress Administrative
Reform Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZING NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE FOR THE BLIND AND
PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED TO PROVIDE PLAYBACK EQUIPMENT IN
ALL FORMATS.... | Library of Congress Administrative Reform Act of 2015 This bill authorizes the Library of Congress (LOC) to purchase, maintain, or replace reproducers for books published either in raised characters, on sound-reproduction recordings, or in any other form (currently limited to reproducers of sound-reproduction recording... | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Endangered Species Listing and
Delisting Process Reform Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. LISTING PROCESS REFORMS.
(a) Best Scientific and Commercial Data Available.--
(1) In general.--Section 3 of the... | Endangered Species Listing and Delisting Process Reform Act of 1999 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to direct the Secretary of the Interior, when required under such Act to use the best scientific and commercial data available in the determination of a species for inclusion on the endangered or threatened l... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Derek M. Hodge Virgin Islands
Improvement Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. TAX-FREE DISTRIBUTIONS FROM CERTAIN RETIREMENT PLAN ASSETS
INVESTED UNDER A VIRGIN ISLANDS INVESTMENT PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Part I of subch... | Derek M. Hodge Virgin Islands Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a reduction of taxes on distributions from certain retirement savings plans designated by an individual under the age of 61 as being under investment by the Virgin Islands Investment Program for at least 30 years. De... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Corporate Patriot Enforcement Act of
2005''.
SEC. 2. PREVENTION OF CORPORATE EXPATRIATION TO AVOID UNITED STATES
INCOME TAX.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (4) of section 7701(a) of the Inter... | Corporate Patriot Enforcement Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat a foreign corporation that acquires a majority ownership interest in a U.S. corporation or partnership for tax avoidance purposes as a domestic corporation. | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Airplane Revitalization Act of
2013''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) A healthy small aircraft industry is integral to economic
growth and to maintaining an... | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on October 4, 2013. Small Airplane Revitalization Act of 2013 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue a final rule to advance the safety and continued development of small airplanes by reorganizing the certif... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``SNAP Transparency Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHING A UNIFORM REPORTING SYSTEM.
Section 4 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Issuance ... | SNAP Transparency Act of 2013 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to: (1) establish a uniform reporting system to enable retail stores participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program) to collect and provide the S... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Making Work and Marriage Pay Act of
2010''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The take-home pay of low-income families is subject to
reductions from many sources, includi... | Making Work and Marriage Pay Act of 2010 - Establishes the National Commission on Effective Marginal Tax Rates for Low-Income Families to study, report, and make recommendations on policy changes to mitigate the impact of the effective marginal tax rate and of phaseouts in federal benefits on low-income earners and the... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hydraulic Fracturing Act''.
SEC 2. HYDRAULIC FRACTURING.
Section 1421 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 300h)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Hydraulic Fracturing f... | Hydraulic Fracturing Act - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) study the effects on underground drinking water sources of hydraulic fracturing to determine whether regulation of such practice is necessary to protect such sources; and (2) promulga... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pension Improvement Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. FASTER VESTING FOR EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO DEFINED
CONTRIBUTION PLANS.
(a) Amendments to Internal Revenue Code.--
(1) In general.--... | Pension Improvement Act of 1998 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to set separate minimum vesting standards for defined contribution and defined benefit plans.
(Sec. 3) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require that plans entitle an employee to elect a... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Helping Americans Save Act of
2015''.
SEC. 2. SAVER'S CREDIT EXPANDED.
(a) Increase in Income Limits.--
(1) In general.--Section 25B(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is am... | Helping Americans Save Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand eligibility for the retirement savings tax credit by increasing income eligibility limits. Allows an annual inflation adjustment to such income levels for taxable years beginning after 2015. Amends title IV, part A (Temporary Assistance for... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cutting Red Tape, Green-Lighting
Small Businesses Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS HIRED BY A SMALL EMPLOYER.
(a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the In... | Cutting Red Tape, Green-Lighting Small Businesses Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an employer with not less than 2 or more than 150 employees in a calendar year a business-related tax credit for the cost of up to 5 newly-hired employees who are employed, on average, at least 30 hours per week. M... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Aural Rehabiliation and
Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF HEARING REHABILITATION.
(a) Coverage of Aural Rehabilitation Services.--Section 1861(s)(2)
of the Social Security Act (42... | Medicare Aural Rehabilitation and Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, to provide for coverage of hearing aids as durable medical equipment and aural rehabilitat... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Child Protection Amendments
Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. RELATIONSHIP TO STATE STATUTES.
The amendments made by this Act shall not affect the validity of
any State statute dealing with criminal history ba... | Directs the Attorney General to provide guidance to authorized agencies and qualified entities in making provider fitness determinations based upon criminal history information.
Provides criminal penalties for the unauthorized request or use of such information by a qualified entity. | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Enhancing Opportunities for Medical
Doctors Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. REDISTRIBUTING UNUSED RESIDENCY POSITIONS TO PROMOTE THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF RESIDENCY PROGRAMS FOR NEWLY RECOGNIZED
PRIMAR... | Enhancing Opportunities for Medical Doctors Act of 2016 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to redistribute unused residency positions for which graduate medical education costs are paid under Medicare. Specifically, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must: (1) reduce a hosp... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Satellite Consumer Protection Act of
2006''.D23/
SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS: SECONDARY TRANSMISSIONS OF
DISTANT NETWORK SIGNALS FOR PRIVATE HOME VIEWING BY
CERTAIN SATELLI... | Satellite Consumer Protection Act of 2006 - Grants a satellite carrier under an injunction for certain secondary transmission violations a statutory license to provide distant network stations in specified local markets under prescribed conditions. Requires a satellite carrier as a condition of license use to deposit e... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Partnerships for Progress and
Prosperity Act'' or the ``P3 Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) As part of their Blueprint for Action researchers at
Harvard Graduate ... | Partnerships for Progress and Prosperity Act or the P3 Act This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) and institutions of higher education for the improvement of students' education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Each ... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Western Area Power Administration
Transparency Act''.
SEC. 2. WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION PILOT PROJECT.
(a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrat... | . Western Area Power Administration Transparency Act (Sec.2)This bill directs the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA)to establish a pilot project to provide increased transparency for its customers. WAPA must publicly display on its website specific information dating back to FY2008, including rates charged by po... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Government Publishing Office Act of
2014''.
SEC. 2. REDESIGNATION OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE TO GOVERNMENT
PUBLISHING OFFICE.
(a) In General.--The Government Printing Office is hereby ... | . Government Publishing Office Act of 2014 - Redesignates the Government Printing Office (GPO) as the Government Publishing Office and the Public Printer and the Deputy Public Printer as the Director of the Government Publishing Office and the Deputy Director of the Government Publishing Office, respectively. Eli... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Women's Obstetrician and
Gynecologist Medical Access Now Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. WOMEN'S ACCESS TO OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL SERVICES.
(a) Group Health Plans.--
(1) ERISA amendments.--(A) Subpart B... | Women's Obstetrician and Gynecologist Medical Access Now Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan to allow a participant or beneficiary the option to seek obstetrical and gynecological ph... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Grand River Bands
of Ottawa Indians of Michigan Referral Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents... | Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians of Michigan Referral Act - Provides for an expedited review of the petition of the Grand River Bands of the Ottawa Indians of Michigan for recognition as a federal Indian tribe. | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Higher Education Affordability and
Equity Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF DEDUCTION FOR INTEREST ON EDUCATION LOANS.
(a) Repeal of Dollar Limitation; Increase in Phaseout Beginning
Point.--Subsection (b) of... | Higher Education Affordability and Equity Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the dollar limitation on the tax deduction for interest on education loans and expand eligibility for such deduction by revising the modified adjusted gross income phaseout for such deduction; (2) make the tax deduct... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Balkan Economic Partnership Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE AND FINDINGS.
(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to support economic
opportunity and political progress in Bosnia and Herzegovina through
the creation of an ... | Balkan Economic Partnership Act This bill authorizes the President to designate a private, nonprofit organization to be known as the Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund to promote private sector development through: the initiation and expansion of employment and profitability of private enterprises; the m... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Multidistrict Litigation Restoration
Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) under section 1407 of title 28, United States Code
(enacted April 29, ... | Multidistrict Litigation Restoration Act of 2005 [sic] - Amends the federal judicial code to allow a civil action transferred for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings (multidistrict litigation) to be transferred to the transferee or other district for trial purposes in the interest of justice and for the co... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Removing Barriers to Adoption and
Supporting Families Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF ADOPTION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.
(a) In General.--Section 473A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
673b) is... | Removing Barriers to Adoption and Supporting Families Act of 2013 - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to reauthorize the adoption incentive payment program through FY2018. Adds a new adoption incentive payment for states involved in sending and receiving in... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) prices in the spot market for electric energy in the
western energy market have consistently remained at levels that
are multiples of energy prices prevailing before 2000;
(2) the price increases ... | Instructs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to impose just and reasonable load-differentiated demand rates or cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market (the area covered by the Western Systems Coordinating Council).Authorizes a St... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Disaster Assistance
Supplemental Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1996''.
TITLE I--EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
T... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations
Title II: General Provisions
Emergency Disaster Assistance Supplemental Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1996 -
Title I: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations
- Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 1996 to provide relief... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Review Every Dollar Act of 2013''.
TITLE I--FEDERAL PROGRAM SUNSET
SEC. 101. LIMITATION ON REAUTHORIZATION OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS.
(a) Enforcement.--(1) It shall not be in order in the House o... | Review Every Dollar Act of 2013 - Makes it out of order in both chambers to consider any bill, joint resolution, or other measure that: (1) reauthorizes any federal program for more than seven fiscal years, or (2) establishes a new federal program that exceeds such period. Requires each standing congressional committee... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. RECONSULTATION ON CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT AND THE CALIFORNIA
STATE WATER PROJECT.
(a) Findings and Purpose.--
(1) Findings.--The Congress finds and declares the
following:
(A) The United States owns and op... | Requires the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation to initiate (and conclude within 90 days) consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce on the existing and proposed operations of the Central Valley Project and the California State Water Project, including regarding all endangered,... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Safeguard Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) men's and boys' wool suits (of United States category
443), sport coats (of United States category 433) an... | Emergency Safeguard Act of 1996 - Declares that: (1) no more than 50 percent of the total square meter equivalents of wool apparel assembled in Canada and eligible for preferential duty treatment under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during any... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Law Officer's Armor Vest Tax Credit
Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR AN ARMOR VEST PURCHASE.
(a) In General.--Subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to... | Law Officer's Armor Vest Tax Credit Act of 1997 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit, for a law enforcement officer, a credit for 100 percent of the costs (up to $1,200) of an armor vest purchased by the officer. | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Neutral Cost Recovery Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. NEUTRAL COST RECOVERY DEPRECIATION ADJUSTMENT FOR CERTAIN
PROPERTY PLACED IN SERVICE AFTER DECEMBER 31, 1994.
(a) In General.--Section 168 of t... | Neutral Cost Recovery Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the depreciation deduction to be computed based on a neutral recovery basis for certain property placed in service after December 31, 1994.
Increases the dollar limitation on the deduction to expense depreciable business assets. | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Water Desalination Act of 1994''.
SEC. 2. DECLARATION OF POLICY.
In view of the increasing shortage of usable surface and ground
water in the United States and the world and the importance of finding
new sou... | Water Desalination Act of 1994 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to award grants and enter into contracts to conduct, encourage, and assist in the financing of research to develop processes for converting saline or contaminated water into water suitable for beneficial uses.
Directs the Secretary to recommend ... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Obstetric Fistula Prevention,
Treatment, Hope, and Dignity Restoration Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Every two minutes, one woman dies from pregnancy-
... | Obstetric Fistula Prevention, Treatment, Hope, and Dignity Restoration Act of 2015 This bill authorizes the President to provide assistance, including through international organizations, national governments, and international and local nongovernmental organizations, to: (1) address the social and health issues that ... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Personal Health Investment Today
Act'' or the ``PHIT Act.''
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) almost 20 percent of American children between the ages
... | Personal Health Investment Today Act or the PHIT Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a medical care tax deduction for up to $1,000 ($2,000 for a joint return or a head of household) of qualified sports and fitness expenses. Defines "qualified sports and fitness expenses" as amounts paid for fitness facility ... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Filipino Veterans Equity Act of
2008''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Philippine islands became a United States
possession in 1898 when they were ceded fro... | Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 2008 - Establishes in the Treasury the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund, whose amounts shall be available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs without fiscal year limitation to make payments to specified eligible persons who served: (1) before July 1, 1946, in the organized mil... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veteran Home Equity Conversion
Mortgage Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS GUARANTEE OF HOME EQUITY
CONVERSION MORTGAGES FOR ELDERLY VETERAN HOMEOWNERS.
(a) Loan Guarantee Aut... | Veteran Home Equity Conversation [sic] Mortgage Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to guarantee any home equity conversion mortgage (mortgage) made to an elderly (62 or older) veteran homeowner, as long as the Secretary determines that the mortgage: (1) is likely to improve the financial situati... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pell Grant Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to restore the role of Federal Pell
Grants as the foundational Federal investment in higher education, in
order to strengthen the econo... | Pell Grant Protection Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to set the maximum Federal Pell Grant for which a student may be eligible for an award year at a specified amount, increased for inflation each year, plus any additional amount specified in the last enacted appropriatio... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Business Checking Modernization
Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO DEMAND DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS AT DEPOSITORY
INSTITUTIONS.
(a) Interest-Bearing Transaction Accounts Authorized.--
(1) ... | Eliminates the minimum mandatory reserve ratios for depository institutions. | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Military Retirement Equity Act of
2001''.
SEC. 2. CONCURRENT PAYMENT OF RETIRED PAY AND COMPENSATION.
(a) Limitation on Duplication of Benefits.--Chapter 71 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end ... | Military Retirement Equity Act of 2001 - Permits retired members of the armed forces to be paid retirement pay concurrently with compensation for any service-connected disability, with an exception for members retired with less than 20 years of creditable service.Reduces the retirement pay of individuals receiving both... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable
Compensation Amendments Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program, authorized
... | Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Amendments Act of 2007 - Amends the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act to make member landowners eligible for the additional financial compensation provided to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe for the acquisition by the federal government of 104,492 acr... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT BASE CLOSURE ROUNDS IN 2001 AND 2003.
(a) Commission Matters.--
(1) Appointment.--Subsection (c)(1) of section 2902 of the
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of
title XXIX of Public Law 101-5... | Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to: (1) provide for continued appointments to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, authorize the Secretary of Defense to transfer funds for future Commission expenses, and extend Commission authority through December 31, 2003; (2) require the S... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. LIABILITY OF BUSINESS ENTITIES PROVIDING USE OF FACILITIES
TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Business entity.--The term ``business entity'' means a
firm, corporation, association, partnership, c... | Exempts a business entity from civil liability for any injury or death occurring at such entity's facility in connection with the use of such facility by a nonprofit organization if: (1) the use occurs outside of the scope of the business of the entity; (2) the injury or death occurs while the facility is being used b... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Long Island Sound Restoration Act''.
SEC. 2. LONG ISLAND SOUND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The Administrator shall carry out a demonstration
program under which the Administrator may make grants on... | Long Island Sound Restoration Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out a demonstration program to make annual grants to the States of New York and Connecticut for: (1) demonstrating methods of restoring and maintaining the water quality of designated bays and harbors of Long ... | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans and Survivors Employment
and Training Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS ELIGIBLE FOR ACCELERATED
PAYMENT OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE MONTGOMERY GI
... | Veterans and Survivors Employment and Training Act of 2007 - Permits accelerated payments of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill to an individual enrolled in an approved program of education that either: (1) leads to employment in a high technology occupation in a high technology industry; or (2) lasts ... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as ``Social Security Earnings Test Repeal Act
of 2003''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO DEDUCTIONS ON ACCOUNT OF WORK.
(a) In General.--Subsections (b), (c)(1), (d), (f), (h), (j), and
(k) of section 203 of the So... | Social Security Earnings Test Repeal Act of 2003 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which a beneficiary may earn (earnings test) without incurring a reduction in benefits. | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``National Parks
Capital Improvements Act of 1999''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. De... | Exempts the United States from liability for such bonds unless the surcharge is not imposed for any reason or if it is reduced or eliminated in which case the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged to bond payment.
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) permit the Superintendent of the park to charge and colle... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Preserving Access to Affordable
Drugs Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT OF EMPLOYER PLANS.
(a) Elimination of True Out-of-Pocket Limitation.--Section 1860D-
2(b)(4)(C) of th... | Preserving Access to Affordable Drugs Act of 2004 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to: (1) allow employer contributions on drug costs to count towa... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and
Settlements Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) the terms ``agency'' and ``agency action'' have the
meanings given those terms under section... | Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2013 - Defines a "covered civil action" as a civil action seeking to compel agency action and alleging that an agency is unlawfully withholding or unreasonably delaying an agency action relating to a regulatory action that would affect: (1) the rights of ... | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fighting Fraud to Protect Care for
Seniors Act of 2018''.
SEC. 2. MEDICARE SMART CARD PILOT PROGRAM.
Part E of title XVIII of the Social Security Act is amended by
inserting after section 1866E the fol... | Fighting Fraud to Protect Care for Seniors Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a pilot program that evaluates the feasibility of using smart card technology to address Medicare fraud. Under the program, smart card technology must be issued free-of-... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Homeland Security Information
Sharing Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND SENSE OF CONGRESS.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) The Federal Government is required by the Constitution
... | Homeland Security Information Sharing Act - Directs the President to: (1) prescribe procedures for Federal agencies for sharing homeland security information with State and local personnel and for declassifying such information; and (2) ensure that such procedures apply to each element of the intelligence community and... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Preserve America
and Save America's Treasures Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.... | Preserve America and Save America's Treasures Act - Title I: Preserve America's Program - (Sec. 103) Establishes the Preserve America Program, under which the Secretary of the Interior, in partnership with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, may provide competitive grants to specified entities to support pre... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fiscal Integrity Through
Transparency and Technology (FITT) Act of 2009''.
TITLE I--CONSTRAINING THE GROWTH OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SEC. 101. CONSTRAINING GROWTH.
(a) Constraining Growth.--Title III ... | Fiscal Integrity through Transparency and Technology (FITT) Act of 2009 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in the House of Representatives or in the Senate to consider any budget resolution for any fiscal year if the percentage increase for the projected total outlays compared to the ... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Voter Registration Modernization Act
of 2009''.
SEC. 2. REQUIRING AVAILABILITY OF INTERNET FOR VOTER REGISTRATION.
(a) Requiring Availability of Internet for Registration.--The
National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U... | Voter Registration Modernization Act of 2009 - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) to direct states to ensure the availability of the Internet for online voter registration.
Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) to direct the appropriate state or local election official to ensure the av... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pathways to Independence Act of
2007''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF MODIFIED EMPLOYABILITY PLAN FOR INDIVIDUALS
WITH DISABILITIES.
(a) In General.--Section 407(c)(2) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C... | Pathways to Independence Act of 2007 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to deem individuals with disabilities complying with a modified employability plan to be meeting work participation requirements.
Gives states the option to disregard in determin... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protect American Democracy Act of
2016''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Admitted; alien.--The terms ``admitted'' and ``alien''
have the meanings given such terms in section 101 of th... | Protect American Democracy Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of State to submit within 120 days a list of each foreign person that: (1) was at any time since January 1, 2015, involved in actions to unlawfully access, disrupt, influence, or alter information related to U.S. political parties, federal election... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Program
Infrastructure Investment Act of 2000''.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to design a strategy for
the implementation of an advanced informational infrastructure ... | Amends SSA title XI to provide that if the HHS Secretary adopts a batch standard for a transaction involving a health care provider to enable health information to be exchanged electronically, the Secretary shall also adopt an interactive standard compatible with the batch standard so that the provider may immediately ... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF A TICK-BORNE DISEASES ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall establish within ... | Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Health regarding the manner in which they can: (1) ensure interagency coordination and communication and minimize overlap regarding efforts to address... | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Currency Undervaluation
Investigation Act''.
SEC. 2. INVESTIGATION OR REVIEW OF CURRENCY UNDERVALUATION UNDER
COUNTERVAILING DUTY LAW.
Subsection (c) of section 702 of the Tariff Act of 1... | Currency Undervaluation Investigation Act Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the administering authority, upon the filing of a petition by an interested party, to initiate a countervailing duty investigation or review to determine whether currency undervaluation by the government of, or any public entity within, ... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act
of 2007''.
SEC. 2. PROVISION OF SPECIALLY ADAPTIVE HOUSING ASSISTANCE TO DISABLED
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES RESIDING TEMPORARILY IN
HOUSING OWNED BY A FA... | Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide specially adaptive housing assistance for disabled members of the Armed Forces residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member if such military member suffers from a disability which is permanent and t... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Teach Safe Relationships Act of
2015''.
SEC. 2. FUND FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION.
Part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7241 et seq.) is amended by adding at... | Teach Safe Relationships Act of 2015 This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to authorize the Department of Education (ED) to award competitive four-year grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to provide: (1) professional development to school administrators, teachers, and staff ... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Public Access to Historical Records
Act''.
SEC. 2. OFFICIAL DATASET ON HISTORICAL TEMPERATURE RECORD.
(a) Establishment of Official Dataset by NASA.--The Administrator
of the National Aeronautics and S... | Public Access to Historical Records Act - Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to establish an official dataset on the historical temperature record. Requires NASA to use the raw data related to temperature that is collected by applicable stations and vessels and to qua... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Multilateral Bosnia and Herzegovina
Self-Defense Fund Act''.
SEC. 2. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA SELF-DEFENSE FUND.
(a) Authority for Establishment.--(1) Subject to the other
provisions of this section, the President is... | Multilateral Bosnia and Herzegovina Self-Defense Fund Act - Authorizes the President to enter into an international agreement with eligible countries to establish the Multilateral Bosnia and Herzegovina Self-Defense Fund as an international mechanism for the procurement of military equipment and training for transfer t... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. QUALIFIED HYBRID MOTOR VEHICLE CREDITS.
(a) Qualified Hybrid Motor Vehicle Purchasers Credit.--
(1) In general.--Subpart B of part IV of subchapter A of
chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
other credits) is a... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits for purchasers and manufacturers of qualified hybrid motor vehicles. Defines "qualified hybrid motor vehicle" as a motor vehicle which: (1) operates on an internal combustion or heat engine using consumable fuel and a rechargeable energy storage system; (2) meets sp... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Economic
Vitalization Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec.... | Rural Economic Vitalization Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) or the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) accept and terminate any grazing permit or lease that is waived by a grazing permittee or lessee; and (2) not issue any new grazing permit or lease within the grazing allotment covered by the retired p... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Paperwork and Regulatory
Improvements Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) In 1980, in the Paperwork Reduction Act, Congress
established the Office of Informati... | Paperwork and Regulatory Improvements Act of 2005 - Amends the Paperwork Reduction Act to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to review information collection conducted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to identify actions IRS can take to reduce the information collection burden impose... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Designer Anabolic Steroid Control
Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.
(a) Definitions.--Section 102(41) of the Controlled Substances Act
(21 U.S.C. 802(41)) is amended--
(1) in s... | Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2012 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to: (1) expand the list of substances defined as "anabolic steroids"; (2) authorize the Attorney General to issue a temporary order adding a drug or other substance to the list of anabolic steroids; (3) impose enhanced criminal and ci... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: 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-... | 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 ... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Open Internet Preservation Act''.
SEC. 2. INTERNET OPENNESS.
Title I of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 13. INTERNET OPENNESS.
`... | Open Internet Preservation Act This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 by prohibiting broadband internet access service providers from: (1) blocking lawful content, applications, services, or non-harmful devices; and (2) impairing or degrading lawful internet traffic on the basis of internet content, appli... | billsum_train |