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Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Telehealth Validation Act
of 2001''.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF TELEHEALTH SERVICES.
(a) Expanding Access to Telehealth Services to All Areas.--
(1) In general.--Section 1834(m)... | Medicare Telehealth Validation Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act regarding telehealth services (services furnished via a telecommunication system by a physician to an enrolled individual) to: (1) remove current geographic restrictions on the provision of such services; (2) make elig... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fort Peck Fish Hatchery
Authorization Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) Fort Peck Lake, Montana, is in need of a warm water
fish hatchery;
(2) the burden of carrying... | Requires that the Federal share of the cost of design and construction of such project be 75 percent. Requires the Secretary to credit toward the non-Federal share of project costs: (1) the cost to the State of Montana of stocking Fort Peck Lake; and (2) the cost to the State and the counties having jurisdiction over ... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Volcker Rule Regulatory
Harmonization Act''.
SEC. 2. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY UNDER THE VOLCKER RULE.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 13(b) of the Bank Holding
Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1851... | Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to grant exclusive rulemaking authority under the Volcker Rule to the Federal Reserve Board. (Currently, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Securities and E... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``End Gun Trafficking Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST MULTIPLE HANDGUN SALES OR PURCHASES.
(a) Prohibition.--Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following... | End Gun Trafficking Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) prohibit a firearms dealer from selling a handgun to an unlicensed individual if such dealer knows or has reasonable cause to believe that such individual has purchased another handgun within the previous 30 days; (2) prohibit an unlicensed buye... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Multiemployer Pension Plan
Procedural Fairness Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.
(a) In General.--Section 414(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended--
... | Multiemployer Pension Plan Procedural Fairness Act of 2003 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions concerning the common control rules for multiemployer pension plans to establish special rules with respect to any transaction made to evade or avoid liability, and made five years or more before the date of the complet... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Dry Cask Storage Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. EMERGENCY PLANNING ZONES; DRY CASK STORAGE OF SPENT NUCLEAR
FUEL.
(a) In General.--Title I of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982
(42 U.S.C. 10121 et seq.)... | Dry Cask Storage Act of 2014 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to require each licensee of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to submit a plan for: (1) transfer (including on-going additional transfers) to spent nuclear fuel dry casks of any spent nuclear fuel stored by the licensee for at least seven ... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Combat Stress Healthcare
Improvement Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) More than 1.6 million members of the Armed Forces have
been deployed in Afghan... | Veterans Combat Stress Healthcare Improvement Act - Revises the veterans' health professionals educational assistance program to provide a selection priority under various program components for those seeking to obtain the specialized training necessary to treat combat stress. Provides a similar priority for individual... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. NONMAILABILITY OF CERTAIN TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 30 of title 39, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 3002a the following:
``Sec. 3002b. Nonmailability of certain tobacco products
``(a) In General.--Except as provide... | Makes cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, and roll-your-own-tobacco nonmailable.
Requires tobacco products attempted to be mailed to be disposed of as the Postal Service directs.
Imposes a civil penalty for each mailing violation.
Authorizes the Postal Service, on evidence satisfactory to the Postal Service that any pers... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Head Start Accountability Act of
2005''.
SEC. 2. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR HEAD START PROGRAMS.
Section 638 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9833) is amended by
inserting ``for a period of 5 years'' after ``provid... | Head Start Accountability Act of 2005 - Amends the Head Start Act to require additional accountability measures for Head Start agencies, including: (1) agency designation period limits; (2) redesignation priorities; (3) local oversight boards; (4) administrative and financial management standards; (5) delegate agency e... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Developing Innovation and Growing
the Internet of Things Act'' or ``DIGIT Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the Internet of Things refers to the grow... | Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things Act or the DIGIT Act (Sec. 2) This bill expresses the sense of Congress that policies governing the Internet of Things (IoT) should maximize the potential and development of the growing number of connected and interconnected devices to benefit businesses, governm... | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Strategy for Combating the
Financing of Transnational Criminal Organizations Act''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL STRATEGY.
(a) In General.--The President, acting through the Secretary of the
Treasury, sha... | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on February 13, 2018. National Strategy for Combating the Financing of Transnational Criminal Organizations Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of the Treasury, in consultation with various U.S. agencies and departments, to develop a natio... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Commission on Telemedicine
Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is established a commission to be known as the National
Commission on Telemedicine (in this Act referred to as the
``Commission'... | National Commission on Telemedicine Act - Establishes the National Commission on Telemedicine to assess the use of existing and emerging wired and wireless telecommunications and information systems technologies in: (1) health care and health research; (2) health professions student training and continuing education; ... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Native American Education
Opportunity Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to provide an additional education
option in certain States for Native American students served by schools
fund... | Native American Education Opportunity Act This bill amends the Education Amendments of 1978 to require the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to reimburse states for grants made to education savings accounts for eligible students who: (1) attended or will be eligible to attend a BIA-funded school, (2) live on the... | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Delivering Antimicrobial
Transparency in Animals Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Antimicrobials are of critical importance to public
health an... | Delivering Antimicrobial Transparency in Animals Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise reporting requirements for the sponsor of a new animal drug containing an antimicrobial active ingredient. Requires a sponsor's annual report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to sp... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Women's Hospitals Education Equity
Act''.
SEC. 2. SUPPORT OF GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN WOMEN'S
HOSPITALS.
Subpart IX of part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 25... | Women's Hospitals Education Equity Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make two payments to each eligible women's hospital for each of FY2010-FY2014: (1) one payment for direct expenses associated with operating approved graduate medical residency tra... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Chesapeake Bay Accountability and
Recovery Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Age... | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on December 2, 2014. Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2014 - (Sec. 3) Requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to submit to Congress a financial report on restoration activities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed by September ... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Taking Account of Institutions with
Low Operation Risk Act of 2017'' or the ``TAILOR Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. TAILORING REGULATION TO BUSINESS MODEL AND RISK.
(a) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) th... | Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk Act of 2017 or the TAILOR Act of 2017 This bill requires federal financial regulatory agencies to: (1) in general, tailor a regulatory action so as to limit the regulatory impact and other burdens on the institutions involved, with consideration of the ri... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Consumer Telephone Records
Protection Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) telephone records can be of great use to criminals
because the information contained... | Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act of 2006 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit: (1) the obtaining by fraud or other unauthorized means of confidential phone records information from a telecommunications carrier or IP-enabled voice service provider (covered entity); and (2) the sale of such records by ... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Motor Vehicle Owners Right to Repair
Act of 2009.''
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) Motor vehicle owners are entitled to choose which
servi... | Motor Vehicle Owners Right to Repair Act of 2009 - Requires the manufacturer of a motor vehicle sold, leased, or otherwise introduced into U.S. commerce to: (1) provide to the vehicle owner and service providers all information necessary to diagnose, service, maintain, or repair the vehicle; (2) offer for sale to the v... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Airline Passenger Fair Treatment Act
of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FAIR TREATMENT OF AIRLINE PASSENGERS.
Section 41712 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``On the initiative'' and i... | Airline Passenger Fair Treatment Act of 2001 - Amends Federal aviation law to revise provisions prohibiting an air carrier, foreign air carrier, or ticket agent from engaging in unfair or deceptive practices or unfair methods of competition in air transportation. Extends such prohibition to any action of an air carrier... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. CREDIT FOR NEW NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
(a) In General.--Subpart B of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end
the following new section:
``SEC. 30D. NEW NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIC VEHICLES.... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for the purchase of a new neighborhood electric vehicle. Limits the amount of such credit to the lesser of $1,000 or the amount paid for such vehicle. Defines "new neighborhood electric vehicle" as a U.S. manufactured vehicle which: (1) draws propulsion energy sole... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Fort Carson-Pinon
Canyon Military Lands Withdrawal Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of con... | Fort Carson-Pinon Canyon Military Lands Withdrawal Act - Withdraws from appropriation under public land, mining, mineral, geothermal leasing, and mineral materials disposal laws, and reserves for military use by the Army, specified lands at the Fort Carson Military Reservation and Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site (both in Co... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Immigrants From Legal
Exploitation Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. SCHEMES TO PROVIDE FRAUDULENT IMMIGRATION SERVICES.
(a) In General.--Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the e... | Protecting Immigrants From Legal Exploitation Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to subject to a fine, imprisonment, or both any individual who: (1) knowingly or recklessly executes a scheme in connection with any federal immigration law-related matter to defraud a person or to obtain money or anyt... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Living Organ Donor Protections
Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF
1974.
(a) Living Organ Donation Protected by Limits on Preexisting
Condition.--Section 701(b)(1)(A) ... | Living Organ Donor Protections Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit health insurance discrimination in group premiums with respect to individuals who are living organ donors. | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Government
Management Reform Act of 1994''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Limitation on Pay
Title II: Human Resource Management
Title III: Streamlining Management Control
Title IV: Financial Management
Government Management Reform Act of 1994 -
Title I: Limitation on Pay
- Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and other ... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: entitled ``Joint Resolution to approve the
`Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
in Political Union with the United States of America', and for other
purposes'' approved March 24, 1976 (48 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), is
amended--
(1) ... | United States-Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Human Dignity Act - Amends Federal law to prohibit the affixation of the "Made in the USA" label to a textile fiber product from the Northern Mariana Islands unless: (1) each worker producing such product was paid a minimum wage equal to or greater than a specified am... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Independent Spent Nuclear Fuel
Storage Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Findings.
Sec. 5. Amendments to the Nuclear Waste Poli... | Independent Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Act of 1999 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to authorize persons holding spent nuclear fuel contracts to offset the expenses of providing storage of such fuel that the Secretary of Energy would have accepted if a facility was available. Authorizes such offset throug... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Assistant United States Attorney
Retirement Benefit Equity Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. RETIREMENT TREATMENT OF ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS.
(a) Civil Service Retirement System.--
(1) Assistant united states att... | Assistant United States Attorney Retirement Benefit Equity Act of 2005 - Grants an assistant United States attorney the same civil service retirement benefits as a law enforcement officer, except as specified.
Includes within the definition of "assistant United States attorney" any other attorney employed by the Depar... | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO THE CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACT.
(a) Treatment of Investigation Costs.--Section 201(b) of the
Central Utah Project Completion Act (106 Stat. 4607) is amended
following paragraph (2) by inserting the following: ``All amounts
prev... | (Sec. 1) Amends the Central Utah Project Completion Act to require all amounts previously expended in planning and developing specified Utah reclamation projects and features, including amounts previously expended for investigation of power features in the Bonneville Unit, to be considered non-reimbursable and non-retu... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator of General Services.
(2) Baseline.--The term ``baseline'' means the highest
annual rate of energy use for a building during t... | This bill directs the General Services Administration and the Department of Energy to develop plans for meeting goals for deep energy retrofits in federal buildings by 2020, 2030, and 2040. A deep energy retrofit is a project carried out in a federal building that results in energy savings in that building of at least ... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``ATM Public Safety and Crime Control
Act''.
SEC. 2. ENHANCED SECURITY MEASURES REQUIRED AT DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS.
(a) Banks and Savings Associations.--Section 3 of the Bank
Protection Act of 1968 (12 ... | ATM Public Safety and Crime Control Act - Amends the Bank Protection Act of 1968 and the Federal Credit Union Act to require each Federal supervisory agency for depository institutions to prescribe regulations, pursuant to recommendations made by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), mandating ligh... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Restoring Integrity in Contracting
Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
(a) Corporate Expatriation Transaction Defined.--
(1) In general.--In this Act, the term ``corporate
expatriation transa... | Restoring Integrity in Contracting Act of 2007 - Disqualifies an acquiring corporation, or any subsidiary of such a corporation, that enters into a corporate expatriation transaction from federal contract awards for five years. Authorizes the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to extend the period of ineligib... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Truth in Regulations Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. AGENCY STANDARDS FOR GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator of t... | Truth in Regulations Act of 2017 This bill requires agencies to have written procedures to ensure that an issuance of policy guidance documents (other than regulatory actions) is approved by each appropriate senior agency official unless a supervisor or agency head has agreed to an employee's justification to deviate f... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Liver Research Enhancement Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) An estimated 25,000,000 people in the United States are
affected by a liver or liver-related disease.
... | Liver Research Enhancement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the National Center on Liver Disease Research in the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.Establishes the Liver Disease Research Advisory Board to help the Director of the Center develop the Liver Disease Rese... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair
Practices Act''.
SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON OVERDRAFT PROTECTION PROGRAMS OR SERVICES.
(a) Truth in Lending Act Amendments.--
(1) Definition.--Section 103 of the Tru... | Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to set forth restrictions on: (1) overdraft protection programs or services for consumers; and (2) representations or statements with respect to such a program or service in any advertisement or promotion.
Amends the Electronic Fund Tra... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Gulf War Veterans' Iraqi Claims
Protection Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. ADJUDICATION OF CLAIMS.
(a) Claims Against Iraq.--The United States Commission is
authorized to receive and determine the validity and amounts... | Gulf War Veterans' Iraqi Claims Protection Act of 1998 - Authorizes the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States (U.S. Commission) to receive and determine the validity of claims by U.S. nationals against the Government of Iraq, giving first priority to non-commercial claims of members of the U.S. arme... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of
2010'.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act--
(1) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of
Transportation;
(2) the term ``alert sound'' (herein refe... | Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to initiate a rulemaking to promulgate a phased-in motor vehicle safety standard: (1) establishing performance requirements for an alert sound that allows blind and other pedestrians to detect a nearby electric or hybrid vehicle operati... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Older Workers Against
Discrimination Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) In enacting section 107 of the Civil Rights Act of 1991
(adding sec... | Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to specify that an unlawful employment practice is established when the complaining party demonstrates that age or participation in investigations, proceedings, or litigation under such Act was a motivating fac... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``VA Acquisition Workforce Improvement
and Streamlining Act''.
SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT TO HIRING AND TRAINING OF ACQUISITION PERSONNEL OF
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
(a) Training and Certification Pro... | VA Acquisition Workforce Improvement and Streamlining Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement certain training curricula and certification programs for specified logistics, construction, or facilities management employees of VA or the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). The VA may ... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Patent Litigation and Innovation Act
of 2013''.
SEC. 2. PLEADING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 29 of title 35, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 281 the following:
``Sec. 281A... | Patent Litigation and Innovation Act of 2013 - Directs a party alleging infringement in a civil action arising under any Act of Congress relating to patents to include in the court pleadings: an identification of each patent and claim allegedly infringed as well as the accused apparatus, product, feature, device, met... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Senior Citizen Protection Act of
2016''.
SEC. 2. MODEL ELDER ABUSE REGISTRY.
(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall establish guidelines
fo... | Senior Citizen Protection Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish guidelines for states to design and implement elder abuse registries. DOJ may award state grants to establish and operate such registries. Additionally, DOJ must establish and maintain a national database that contains... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Protective Service
Improvement and Accountability Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE INSPECTORS AND CONTRACT OVERSIGHT
FORCE.
Section 1315 of title 40, United States Code, is am... | Federal Protective Service Improvement and Accountability Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to maintain no fewer than 1,350 full-time equivalent positions in the Federal Protective Service inspector force, who shall be fully trained federal law enforcement officers. Directs the Secretary to... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) In 1898, the United States acquired Puerto Rico in the
Treaty of Paris that ended the Spanish-American War and, by the
following year, Congress had authorized raising a unit of
... | Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the award, on behalf of Congress, of a single gold medal in honor of the 65th Infantry Regiment, known as the Borinqueneers, in recognition of its pioneering military service, devotion to... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Environmental Health and
Safety Risk Reduction Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) a growing body of scientific knowledge demonstrates
that children may su... | Children's Environmental Health and Safety Risk Reduction Act - Establishes the Task Force on Environmental Health and Safety Risks to Children to: (1) recommend to the President federal strategies for children's environmental health and safety; and (2) develop a proposed plan for use in ensuring that researchers and f... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Competitive Service Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL APPOINTING AUTHORITIES FOR COMPETITIVE SERVICE.
(a) In General.--Section 3318 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by redesignatin... | Competitive Service Act of 2015 Authorizes an appointing authority (i.e., a federal agency appointing an individual to a position in the competitive service), other than the appointing authority that requested the certificate of eligibles for filling a position in the competitive service, to select an individual from ... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Reducing Federal Mandates on School
Lunch Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING CERTAIN LIMITS FOR THE
SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM.
Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and until the date ... | Reducing Federal Mandates on School Lunch Act This bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from implementing, administering, or enforcing a specified regulation, or promulgating or enforcing any new rule or regulation, establishing a maximum calorie limit or quantity of grains, meat, or meat alternatives fo... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Equity in Career and Technical
Education Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or rep... | Equity in Career and Technical Education Act of 2016 This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to require state and local educational agencies to conduct an annual equity gap assessment for career and technical education programs of study and create plans on how to reduce the gap.T... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. PRIVATE EDUCATION LOAN REFINANCING.
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:
``PART J--PRIVATE EDUCATION LOAN REFINANCING
``SEC. 499A. PRIVATE EDUCATION LOAN REFINANCING FOR PHYSICI... | Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to refinance the private education loans of individuals who are participating in a residency program in: (1) family medicine; (2) obstetrics/gynecology; (3) general internal medicine; (4) gerontology; (5) gener... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Breast Cancer Education and
Awareness Requires Learning Young Act of 2009'' or ``EARLY Act''.
SEC. 2. YOUNG WOMEN'S BREAST CANCER AWARENESS AND SUPPORT.
Title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.... | Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act of 2009 or EARLY Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to conduct a national evidence-based education ca... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Official Mail Accountability Act of
1994''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF FRANK; REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE USE OF OFFICIAL
MAIL.
(a) Official Mail Transmitted by the Vice President, Members of
Congress,... | Official Mail Accountability Act of 1994 - Replaces references to the franking privilege and franked mail in specified Federal law with references to official mail (thus, eliminating the franking privilege). | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Access to Contraceptives
Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) A deepening crisis in developing countries with respect
t... | Ensuring Access to Contraceptives Act of 2006 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the President, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to furnish assistance to provide contraceptives in developing countries in order to prevent unintended pregnancies, abortions, and th... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Helium Act of 1994''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF HELIUM ACT.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal
of, a section or... | Helium Act of 1994 - Amends the Helium Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) enter into agreements with private parties for the recovery and disposal of helium on Federal lands; (2) grant leasehold rights to such helium; (3) store and transport crude helium; and (4) maintain and operate existing crude... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Freedom From Nicotine Addiction Act
of 1995''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Tobacco use remains the largest preventable cause of
illness and premature death in the U... | Freedom From Nicotine Addiction Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) to make it unlawful to deliver into interstate commerce a tobacco product with a nicotine content over specified limits. Reduces those limits each year for six years. Provides for enforcement under existing FDCA enforc... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Remote Monitoring Access Act of
2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Remote patient monitoring can make chronic disease
management more effective and efficient for pati... | Remote Monitoring Access Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of remote patient management services for chronic health care conditions. | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure
Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. AMENDING CERTAIN DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR RESTAURANTS AND
SIMILAR RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS.
(a) In General.--Section 403(q)(5)(H) of the... | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on January 8, 2018. Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise the nutritional information that restaurants and retail food establishments must disclose. The nutrient co... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``State Fiscal Relief Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY STATE FISCAL RELIEF.
(a) Temporary Increase of the Medicaid FMAP.--
(1) Permitting maintenance of fiscal year 2007 fmap for
last 3 calenda... | State Fiscal Relief Act of 2008 - Provides that, if the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) determined without regard to this Act under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act for a state for FY2008 is less than the FMAP as so determined for FY2007, the FY2007 FMAP shall be substituted for the state's ... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Energy Savings Program Act''.
SEC. 2. RURAL ENERGY SAVINGS PROGRAM.
Subtitle E of title VI of the Farm Security and Rural Investment
Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-71; 116 Stat. 424) is amended by adding at
the ... | Rural Energy Savings Program Act - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), through the Rural Utilities Service, to make interest-free loans to eligible entities (public power districts, public utility districts, or specified electric cooperatives that bor... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Reaching English Learners Act''.
SEC. 2. TEACHING ENGLISH LEARNERS GRANT.
Part B of title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1031 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
... | Reaching English Learners Act This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a grant program for preparing teachers to effectively instruct English learners. Grants may be awarded for up to five years. | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Permanent Tax Relief Act''.
SEC. 2. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF TAX RELIEF.
(a) 2001 Tax Relief.--The Economic Growth and Tax Relief
Reconciliation Act of 2001 is amended by striking title IX.
(b) 2003 Relief.-... | Permanent Tax Relief Act - Makes permanent: (1) the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, and (2) provisions of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 that reduce tax rates on dividend and capital gain income.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent: (1) the increased... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States-Cuba Normalization Act
of 2017''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) with the end of the cold war and the collapse of the
Soviet Union, Cuba is no longer a threat to t... | United States-Cuba Normalization Act of 2017 This bill repeals the embargo on trade with Cuba. The bill: (1) makes ineffective certain prohibitions on exports to Cuba; (2) extends nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations) to Cuban products; (3) prohibits regulation or banning of travel to and from Cuba, or o... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Nurse And Patient
Safety & Protection Act of 2006''.
(b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Direct-care registered nurses rank 10th among all
occupations fo... | Nurse and Patient Safety & Protection Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Director of Occupational Safety and Health Administration, to establish a Federal Safe Patient Handling Standard to prevent musculoskeletal disorders for direct-care registered nurses and other health care providers ... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Act to Improve the American Diet''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The Surgeon General of the Public Health Service has
stated that dietary patterns with excessive intake of... | Act to Improve the American Diet - Directs the President to establish a national program for diet and health through the coordination of activities between the Federal Government, State and local governments, voluntary organizations, and private entities.
Requires the establishment of the President's Council on Diet a... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Discovery Trails Act of
1999''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF NATIONAL DISCOVERY TRAILS COMPONENT OF
NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM.
(a) Additional Component of System.--Section 3(a) of the N... | Requires the appropriate Secretary for each national discovery trail to administer the trail in cooperation with a competent trailwide nonprofit organization.
Prohibits a trail from being considered feasible and desirable for designation as a national discovery trail unless it: (1) links to one or more areas within the... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``21st Century Fire and Emergency
Services Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Agency.--The term ``Agency'' means the Federal
Emergency Management Agency.
(2) Burn... | Requires the Director to establish within FEMA a Fire Services Grant Program to award grants to volunteer, paid, and combined volunteer-paid departments that provide fire and emergency medical services.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporatio... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Free Housing Market Enhancement
Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR HOUSING-RELATED GOVERNMENT-
SPONSORED ENTERPRISES.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may... | Free Housing Market Enhancement Act - Prohibits providing Federal funds to the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), or any Federal Home Loan bank (Such entities are referred to as government sponsored enterprises, or GSEs.)Amends the Federal Natio... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Black Lung Consolidation of
Administrative Responsibility Act''.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF PART B BLACK LUNG BENEFIT RESPONSIBILITIES FROM
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY TO SECRETARY OF LABOR.
(a) In Ge... | Black Lung Consolidation of Administrative Responsibility Act - Amends the Black Lung Benefits Act to transfer part B black lung benefit responsibilities from the Commissioner of Social Security to the Secretary of Labor (thus consolidating all black lung benefit responsibility under the Secretary). (Current law makes ... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. CREDIT FOR PURCHASE OF PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE BY FIRST-TIME
HOMEBUYER.
(a) In General.--Subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to nonrefundable
personal credits) is amended by inserting af... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a first-time homebuyer who purchases a principal residence a tax credit of ten percent of the purchase price of such residence. Requires such residence to be purchased during the one-year period after the date of enactment of this Act. Limits the credit to $2,500. | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Community-Supported Agriculture
Promotion Act''.
SEC. 2. COMMUNITY-SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE PROMOTION PROGRAM.
Subtitle A of title X of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of
2008 (122 Stat. 2097; Public Law 110-24... | Community-Supported Agriculture Promotion Act - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to carry out a Community-Supported Agriculture Promotion program to promote community-supported agriculture.
Provides Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funding for the pr... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``TPS Act''.
SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF GRANTS OF TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS.
Section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(j) Termination.... | TPS Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to terminate new grants of temporary protected status (TPS) to aliens except for individuals with a pending TPS application. (TPS designations permit eligible nationals of designated counties affected by armed conflict or natural disasters to temporarily resi... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Historically black college or university.--The term
``historically black college or university'' means a part B
institution (as defined in section 322 of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061)).... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Historic Building Restoration and Preservation
Title II: Cooper Hall and Science Hall Preservation and
Restoration
Title I: Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Building Restoration and Preser... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Right Start Child Care and Education
Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN EMPLOYER-PROVIDED CHILD CARE CREDIT.
(a) Increase in Creditable Percentage of Child Care Expenditures.--
Paragraph (1) of section 45F(a) of t... | Right Start Child Care and Education Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the rates and maximum allowable amount of the tax credit for employer-provided child care facilities; (2) increase the eligibility threshold amount and rate of the household and dependent care tax credit and make such c... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Quadrennial Foreign Affairs Review
Act''.
SEC. 2. QUADRENNIAL FOREIGN AFFAIRS REVIEW.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The Department of State, established in 1789, is
resp... | Quadrennial Foreign Affairs Review Act - Directs: (1) the Secretary of State to submit every four years to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations a quadrennial foreign affairs and Department of State review; and (2) the Foreign Affairs Panel to submit to the Secretary a rep... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``GEAR UP
Enhancement Act of 2007''.
(b) References.--Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever
in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or r... | GEAR UP Enhancement Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program (GEAR UP) created to facilitate the transition of low-income high school students into postsecondary education.
Establishes a seven year GEAR UP grant period.
Require... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security
and Medicare Lock-Box Act''.
(b) Findings Regarding Social Security and Medicare Part A.--The
Congress finds the following:
(1)(A) Long-term projections ... | Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box Act This bill establishes: (1) in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, a Social Security Surplus Protection Account; and (2) in the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, a Medicare Surplus Protection Account. The Managing Trustee of each trust fund (in... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. GREENHOUSE GAS REGULATION UNDER CLEAN AIR ACT.
Section 302(g) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7602(g)) is amended
by adding the following at the end thereof: ``The term `air pollutant'
shall not include any of the following solely on the basis of its ... | Amends the Clean Air Act to exclude from the definition of "air pollutant" any of the following solely on the basis of its effect on global climate change: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride.
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection ... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND REPEAL.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Expedited
Rescissions Act of 1997''.
(b) Repeal.--The Line Item Veto Act of 1996 (2 U.S.C. 691 et seq.)
is repealed.
SEC. 2. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN PROPOSED RESCISSIONS.
... | Expedited Rescissions Act of 1997 - Repeals the Line Item Veto Act of 1996.
Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for the expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority. | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. DELAY OF SUNSET.
Section 211(a) of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and
Reform Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-237; 15 U.S.C. 1 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by inserting ``of this subtitle'' after ``214''; and
... | Amends the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 to: (1) extend until June 22, 2020, provisions of that Act limiting civil damages in antitrust enforcement actions involving conduct covered by antitrust leniency agreements; and (2) revise the timeliness requirements applicable to an antitrust le... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Protection Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Television is seen and heard in nearly every United
States home and is a uniquely pervasive p... | Children's Protection Act of 1999 - Exempts from Federal antitrust laws any collaborative efforts by or among persons in the entertainment industry to develop and disseminate voluntary guidelines designed to: (1) alleviate the negative impact of television, movies, video games, Internet content, and music lyrics contai... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States Coast Guard
Commemorative Coin Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States Coast Guard was founded on August 4,
1790, as the Revenue Cutter ... | United States Coast Guard Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue in commemoration of the United States Coast Guard: (1) $5 gold coins, (2) $1 silver coins, and (3) half-dollar clad coins. Requires the design of such coins to be emblematic of the traditions, history, and herita... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Morris K. Udall Parkinson's
Research, Assistance, and Education Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Parkinson's disease and related disorders (he... | Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Research, Assistance, and Education Act of 1995 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to mandate a program for the conduct and support of research and training, the dissemination of health information, and other programs regarding Parkinson's disease. Establishes the Interagency Coordinati... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Agency Data Privacy
Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SENSITIVE DATA.
In this Act--
(1) Sensitive data.--The term ``sensitive data'' includes
the following:
... | Federal Agency Data Privacy Protection Act - Sets forth requirements: (1) for the use of encryption for sensitive data maintained by the federal government; (2) relating to access by agency personnel to sensitive data; and (3) relating to government contractors and their employees involving sensitive data. | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Preserve Access to Affordable
Generics Act''.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) prescription drugs make up 11 percent o... | Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act - Amends the Clayton Act to make it unlawful for a person, in connection with the sale of a drug product, to be a party to any agreement resolving or settling a patent infringement claim in which: (1) an abbreviated new drug (generic) application filer receives anything of val... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Keeping Promises
to Taxpayers Act of 2012''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Repea... | Keeping Promises to Taxpayers Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal certain health care-related taxes and other provisions, including: (1) the requirement that certain employers provide their employees with health insurance coverage and report on suc... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Infrastructure Development and
Partnerships Act''.
SEC. 2. RURAL PARTNERSHIPS OFFICE.
(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Department of
Agriculture a Rural Partnerships Office (in this section r... | Rural Infrastructure Development and Partnerships Act This bill establishes within the Department of Agriculture a Rural Partnerships Office to be headed by a director appointed by the President. The duties of the office include: establishing and running a program to provide technical assistance to improve delivery... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF POLICY ON PLUTONIUM USE.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) All grades of plutonium, irrespective of their
designation as civil or military, can be used to make nuclear
explosive devices.
... | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the start-up or continued operation of any plutonium separation plant presents serious environmental hazards and increases the risk of nuclear proliferation and should be suspended until specified proliferation and environmental concerns have been resolved.
Urges the President ... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Rural States
Physician Recruitment and Retention Demonstration Act of 2000''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; tabl... | Authorizes the Secretary to waive any requirements under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act if necessary to carry out the ten-year demonstration program.
Directs the Secretary to establish a State-specific health professions database to track health professionals in each demonstration State with respect ... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Regulatory Right-to-Know Act of
1999''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are to--
(1) promote the public right-to-know about the costs and
benefits of Federal regulatory programs... | Regulatory Right-to-Know Act of 1999 - Directs the President, acting through the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to submit to the Congress, with the Federal budget each year, an accounting statement and associated report containing: (1) an estimate of the total annual costs and benefits of Federal regul... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Railroad Safety and Positive Train
Control Extension Act''.
SEC. 2. IMPLEMENTATION DEADLINE.
(a) Technology Implementation Plan.--Section 20156(e)(4) of title
49, United States Code, is amended to read... | Railroad Safety and Positive Train Control Extension Act - Revises the railroad safety risk reduction program. Extends from December 31, 2015, to December 31, 2020, the deadline for submission to the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) by each Class I railroad carrier and each entity providing regularly scheduled interci... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Utilizing DNA Technology to Solve
Cold Cases Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. ENHANCED SEARCHES.
(a) Familial Searches.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of ... | Utilizing DNA Technology to Solve Cold Cases Act of 2010 - Requires the Attorney General to adopt policies and procedures to ensure that: (1) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) may conduct familial searches for DNA samples collected from crime scenes; (2) state law enforcement agencies may request that the FBI c... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Renewable Energy, Fuel Reduction,
and Economic Stabilization and EnHancement Act of 2007'' or the
``REFRESH Act''.
TITLE I--RENEWABLE ENERGY INCENTIVES
SEC. 101. GEOTHERMAL POWER.
(a) In Ge... | Renewable Energy, Fuel Reduction, and Economic Stabilization and Enhancement Act of 2007 or REFRESH Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to make grants to: (1) promote geothermal power development; (2) develop all forms of ocean energy; and (3) assist in the development of new technology for the production of plug-in ... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Maximizing Opportunities for
Research and the Enhancement of Automated Vehicles Act'' or the ``MORE
Act''.
SEC. 2. MOTOR VEHICLE TESTING OR EVALUATION.
(a) In General.--Section 30112(b)(10) of title 49, United S... | Maximizing Opportunities for Research and the Enhancement of Automated Vehicles Act or the MORE Act This bill exempts manufacturers of highly automated vehicles, automated driving systems or components thereof from prohibitions on manufacturing, selling, and importing noncomplying (from safety standards) motor vehicles... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Nino's Act''.
SEC. 2. MEDICAID COVERAGE OF DRUGS PRESCRIBED FOR RESEARCH STUDY CHILD
PARTICIPANTS.
(a) Mandatory Coverage if State Provides Drug Coverage.--
(1) State plan requiremen... | Nino's Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for mandatory Medicaid coverage of drugs prescribed for certain research study child participants, regardless of Medicaid eligibility otherwise, if the state provides drug coverage. | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Workforce Reduction and
Realignment Commission Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is established an independent commission to be known as the
``Federal Workforce Reduction and Realignment Commission'' (h... | Federal Workforce Reduction and Realignment Commission Act - Establishes an independent Federal Workforce Reduction and Realignment Commission to develop and submit to the President and the Congress recommendations for reducing the number of Federal employees nationwide in non-defense-related agencies by 250,000. | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Grants and Education To Tackle
Homeowner Exposure to Lead Ensuring America Drinks Only from Unpolluted
Taps Act of 2016'' or the ``GET THE LEAD OUT Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. REDUCING LEAD IN DRINKING WATER.
(a) Def... | Grants and Education To Tackle Homeowner Exposure to Lead Ensuring America Drinks Only from Unpolluted Taps Act of 2016 or the GET THE LEAD OUT Act of 2016 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a grant program to provide assistance to eligible entities (i.e., certain water systems, n... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Local Government Interstate Waste
Control Act''.
SEC. 2. INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION AND DISPOSAL OF MUNICIPAL SOLID
WASTE.
(a) In General.--Subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42
U.S.C. 6941 et seq.) ... | Local Government Interstate Waste Control Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit, with exceptions, receipt by owners or operators of landfills or incinerators in a State of out-of-State municipal solid waste without authorization from the affected local government. Sets forth requirements for provision ... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF CHARITABLE REMAINDER PET TRUSTS IN MANNER
SIMILAR TO CHARITABLE REMAINDER ANNUITY TRUSTS.
(a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 664 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to general rule) is amended--
(1) by st... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the tax treatment of a charitable remainder pet trust as a charitable remainder annuity trust. Defines "charitable remainder pet trust" as a trust which pays a specified annual amount (for a maximum term of 20 years) for the care of domesticated companion animals living a... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Underground Gas Storage Safety
Act''.
SEC. 2. REGULATION OF UNDERGROUND NATURAL GAS STORAGE FACILITIES.
Section 60102(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
... | Underground Gas Storage Safety Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to prescribe minimum safety standards, meeting specified requirements, for underground gas storage facilities. A state authority may, however, adopt additional or more stringent safety standards for intrastate underground gas ... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION. 1. REVISION OF PER BENEFICIARY LIMITS AND PER VISIT PAYMENT
LIMITS FOR PAYMENT FOR HOME HEALTH SERVICES UNDER THE
MEDICARE PROGRAM.
(a) Revision of Per Beneficiary Limits.--
(1) In general.--Section 1861(v)(1)(L)(v) of t... | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to the computation formula for the interim system of limited payments for services provided by home health agencies, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA '97).
Creates a new formula for calculation of the agency-specific per bene... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Treatment Court Improvement
Act of 2018''.
SEC. 2. HIRING BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OF ADDITIONAL VETERANS
JUSTICE OUTREACH SPECIALISTS.
(a) Hiring of Additional Veterans Justice Outr... | Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to hire at least 50 Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists, place each one at an eligible VA medical center, and ensure that each one serves as part of a justice team in a veterans treatment court or other veteran... | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Mom's Opportunity to Access Health,
Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act'' or the
``MOTHERS Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Postpartum ... | Mom's Opportunity to Access Health, Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act or the MOTHERS Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to: (1) states to provide to women who have recently given birth and their families, before s... | billsum_train |