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Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Washington National Opera
Commemorative Coin Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The Washington National Opera has served as the
Nation's opera since its creation... | Washington National Opera Commemorative Coin Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint, until December 31, 2010, coins in commemoration of the Washington National Opera. Provides for the issuance and sale of such coins. | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fiscal Year 2010 Federal Aviation
Administration Extension Act''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TAXES FUNDING AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND.
(a) Fuel Taxes.--Subparagraph (B) of section 4081(d)(2) of the
Internal ... | Fiscal Year 2010 Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2009: (1) excise taxes on aviation fuels and air transportation of persons and property; and (2) the expenditure authority for the Airport and Airway Trust Fund.
Authorizes appropriations th... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Salad Bars in Schools Expansion
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) In the United States, one-third of all school-aged
children are overweight or obese and ve... | Salad Bars in Schools Expansion Act This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish and implement a plan, including through a five-year program of competitive grants, to promote the use of salad bars in schools participating in the school lu... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Enhanced Clinical Trial Design Act
of 2017''.
SEC. 2. PATIENT ACCESS TO EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENTS.
(a) Public Meeting.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services
(referred to in this Ac... | Enhanced Clinical Trial Design Act of 2017 This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in coordination with the National Institutes of Health, to convene a meeting to discuss clinical trial inclusion and exclusion criteria. The FDA must report on the meeting and issue guidance regarding eligibility crite... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Restore Open Government Act of
2004''.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of Contents.
TITLE I--FREEDOM OF INFORMAT... | Restore Open Government Act of 2004 - Revokes: (1) the " Memorandum for Heads of all Federal Departments and Agencies" on "The Freedom of Information Act" issued by Attorney General John Ashcroft on October 12, 2001; and (2) the "Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Department and Agencies" on "Action to Safeguard Inf... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Financial Assistance
Management Improvement Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) there are over 600 different Federal financial
assistance programs to impleme... | Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1998 - Directs each Federal agency to develop and implement a plan that, among other things, streamlines and simplifies the application, administrative, and reporting procedures for Federal financial assistance programs administered by the agency. Requires ea... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Aviation Security Stakeholder
Participation Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. AVIATION SECURITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
(a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 449 of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by adding at ... | Aviation Security Stakeholder Participation Act of 2012 - Directs the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration [TSA]) to establish in the TSA an Aviation Security Advisory Committee.
Requires the Assistant Secretary to consult with the Advisory Committee on aviation security mat... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Preserving Health Care in Rural
America Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. MEDICARE INPATIENT PAYMENT ADJUSTMENT FOR LOW-VOLUME HOSPITALS.
Section 1886(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)) is
amended by a... | Preserving Health Care in Rural America Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for: (1) payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals; and (2) revision in the Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payment adjustment for rural hospitals equalizing DSH payment amoun... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. REDUCTION OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP VOTING INTEREST OWNERSHIP
REQUIREMENT.
Title IV of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. App. 1371-
1389) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 420. REDUCTION OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP VOTING ... | Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize foreign persons to purchase more than a specified percentage of the voting interests of a U.S. air carrier. | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Local Emergency Radio Service
Preservation Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds and declares the following:
(1) A primary objective and benefit of the Nation's
regulation of... | Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2004 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revise its regulations to provide that digital audio radio satellite service (DARSS): (1) licensees shall not provide services that are locally differentiated or that result in programming being delivered to ... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bisti PRLA Dispute Resolution Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
It is the purpose of this Act to--
(1) resolve a conflict among the Navajo Nation, the Bureau
of Land Management and a coal preferenc... | Directs the Secretary: (1) no later than July 15, 2000, to verify the selection of current Bureau of Land Management lands in New Mexico made by the Navajo Indian Nation pursuant to a resettlement plan for the Navajo Tribe; and (2) within 30 days thereafter, to issue patents to the Navajo Nation to the relinquished coa... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. ADVANCE PAYMENT OF EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT THROUGH STATE
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--Section 3507 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to the advance payment of the earned income tax credit) is
amended by adding at the end the follow... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for advance earned income credits to be paid through a State Advance Payment Program rather than by the employer. Authorizes appropriations. | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``America's Opportunity Scholarships
for Kids Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act to support local efforts to enable
students from low-income families who attend a school identified for... | America's Opportunity Scholarships for Kids Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to local educational agencies, state educational agencies, or nonprofit organizations to provide scholarships or sustained supplemental educational services to low-income students who attend, or their siblin... | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Criminal Copyright Improvement Act
of 1997''.
SEC. 2. CRIMINAL INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHTS.
(a) Definition of Financial Gain.--Section 101 of title 17, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after ... | Criminal Copyright Improvement Act of 1997 - Amends Federal copyright law to define "financial gain" to include the receipt of anything of value, including the receipt of other copyrighted works.
Sets penalties for willfully infringing a copyright by reproducing or distributing, including by electronic means, during a... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Judgeship Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. CIRCUIT JUDGES FOR THE CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS.
(a) In General.--The President shall appoint, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate--
(1) 1 additional circui... | Federal Judgeship Act of 2009 - Directs the President to appoint specified additional: (1) permanent circuit judges for the first, second, third, sixth, and ninth circuit courts of appeals and temporary circuit judges for the third, eighth, and ninth circuits; and (2) permanent district judges for various districts in ... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Workforce Infrastructure for Skilled
Employees Investment Act'' or the ``WISE Investment Act''.
SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS LIAISON PILOT PROGRAM.
Section 171 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C.
29... | Workforce Infrastructure for Skilled Employees Investment Act or WISE Investment Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to award competitive grants to local boards, community colleges, and postsecondary vocational institutions to promote local economic growth and eliminate... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``International Student Responsibility
Act''.
SEC. 2. FOREIGN STATE ASSISTANCE IN ENSURING THAT PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS
ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ADMISSION INTO UNITED STATES.
(a) In General.--Upon receiving ... | International Student Responsibility Act - Provides for: (1) foreign country assistance in ensuring that prospective foreign students are eligible for U.S. admission; and (2) U.S. entry prohibition of foreign students from a country that fails to provide such assistance, or from a country from which a substantial numbe... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON NUCLEAR SECURITY.
(a) Establishment.--There is hereby established a commission to be
known as the ``National Commission on Nuclear Security'' (in this
section referred to as the ``Commission'').
(b) Organizational Matters.--(1)(A) Su... | Requires the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to Congress and the Secretaries of Energy and Defense, including any recommendations for legislation and administrative action.
Restricts the amount of certain previously authorized appropriations that shall be available for activities of the Commission... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Consumer Review Freedom Act of
2014''.
SEC. 2. PROTECTING CONSUMER SPEECH.
(a) Prohibition.--A provision of a form contract is void from the
inception of such contract if said provision--
(1) prohibits ... | Consumer Review Freedom Act of 2014 - Declares a provision of a form contract to be void from the inception if it: (1) prohibits or restricts a person who is a party to the contract from engaging in written, verbal, or pictorial reviews, or other similar performance assessments or analyses of, the products, services, o... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Claims Processing
Innovation Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF WORK CREDIT SYSTEM FOR REGIONAL OFFICES OF
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION.
(a) Establishment of System.--Chapter 7... | Veterans Claims Processing Innovation Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a work credit system for evaluating regional offices of the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) with respect to veterans' claims processing.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop and maintain a system for pro... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Child Support Reserve Trust Act''.
SEC. 2. STATE OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE CHILD SUPPORT RESERVE TRUST SYSTEM.
Section 454 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (32) by s... | Child Support Reserve Trust Act - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require a State plan for child and spousal support to provide that, as of January 1, 2001, the State agency will have in effect a State reserve trust system that requires: (1) the use... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Mammography Quality Standards
Reauthorization Act''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) In General.--Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 354(r)(2) of
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 263b(r)(2... | Mammography Quality Standards Reauthorization Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations to carry out provisions relating to the certification of mammography facilities.
Requires that appeals from certification denials follow procedures in effect at that time (currently, in effect on a spec... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Families United Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The rights and interests of U.S. citizens should be
protected by our Nation's immigration laws.
(2) It is t... | American Families United Act - States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to enable the Attorney General (DOJ) or the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to expand his or her discretionary authority beyond a case-by-case basis, or to provide legalization or nationalization of persons covered under this Act. A... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness in the Workplace Commission
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Workers are not achieving wage and benefit increases
commensurate with corporate profits and... | Fairness in the Workplace Commission Act - Establishes the National Commission on Fairness in the Workplace, which shall examine and report to the Congress on: (1) the growing corporate practice of providing wages and benefit levels for part-time and temporary employees which are lower than the wage and benefit levels... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Firefighter Investment and Response
Enhancement (FIRE) Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) increased demands on firefighting personnel have made
it difficult for local governments to adeq... | Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize the FFEMA Director to make grants on a competitive basis for protecting the health and safety of the public and firefighting personnel against fire and fire-related hazards. Requires: (1) ten percent non-Federal matching funds; (2) each grantee to ... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Preservation and Drug Price
Fairness Act''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE PRICES.
Subsection (i) of section 1860D-11, as added by section 101 of the
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Mod... | Medicare Preservation and Drug Price Fairness Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to repeal the prohibition against: (1) interference by the Secretary of Health and Human Services with the negotiations ... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Grand Teton National Park Extension
Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Park.--The term ``Park'' means the Grand Teton National
Park.
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Se... | Grand Teton National Park Extension Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to: (1 ) accept from any willing donor the donation of any land or interest in land of the GT Park Subdivision; and (2) upon acquisition of land or an interest, include the land or interest in the boundaries of Grand Teton Nation... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``African Elephant Conservation and
Legal Ivory Possession Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this Act an
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an ame... | African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act of 2014 - Reauthorizes the African Elephant Conservation Act (AECA) through FY2019. Authorizes ivory to be imported or exported under the AECA and the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) if: (1) the raw ivory or worked ivory is solely for a museum; (2) it w... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: TITLE I--OVERTIME RIGHTS PROTECTION
SEC. 101. CLARIFICATION OF REGULATIONS RELATING TO OVERTIME
COMPENSATION.
Section 13 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(k)(1) Notwithstanding t... | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to deny any force or effect to any portion of a rule promulgated on April 23, 2004, that has the effect of exempting from FLSA overtime compensation requirements (which limit maximum hours at regular compensation) any employee who would not otherwise be exempted if reg... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Child Custody Protection Act of
2017''.
SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION OF MINORS IN CIRCUMVENTION OF CERTAIN LAWS
RELATING TO ABORTION.
(a) In General.--Part I of title 18, United States Code, is amend... | Child Custody Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to knowingly transport a minor across a state line to obtain an abortion without satisfying a parental involvement law in the minor's resident state. A parental involvement law requires parental consent or notification, o... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. DOMESTIC REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT REFORM AND MODERNIZATION.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Community-based organization.--The term ``community-
based organization'' means a nonprofit organization providing a
variety of social, health, educat... | Requires the Government Accountability Office to study the effectiveness of the Office of Refugee Resettlement's domestic refugee resettlement programs. Requires the Office to: (1) ensure that refugee assistance is provided to qualifying refugees who are secondary migrants; (2) report to Congress regarding states expe... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rent Reform and Empowerment Act of
1995''.
SEC. 2. CEILING RENTS.
Section 3(a)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437a(a)(2)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A)--
... | Rent Reform and Empowerment Act of 1995 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to revise public housing rent determinations. | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Retail Investor Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. STAY ON RULES DEFINING CERTAIN FIDUCIARIES.
After the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor
shall not prescribe any regulation under the Employee Retir... | . Retail Investor Protection Act (Sec. 2) Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from prescribing any regulation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) defining the circumstances under which an individual is considered a fiduciary until 60 days after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) i... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act
of 2010''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States has a long history of prohibiting the
interstate sale, marketing, advert... | Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act of 2010 - Amends the federal criminal code to revise the prohibition against depictions of animal cruelty to prohibit anyone from knowingly creating an animal crush video, or attempting or conspiring to do so, if: (1) such person intends or has reason to know that such video will be d... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Restore Fiscal Discipline and
Safeguard Social Security Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) When Congress enacted the fiscal year 2002... | Restore Fiscal Discipline and Safeguard Social Security Act of 2002 - Amends Federal money and finance law to increase the statutory debt limit to $6.1 trillion.Makes it out of order for the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill or amendment that increases the public debt limit above the new one e... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Aviation Safety Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES PROVIDING AIR SAFETY INFORMATION.
(a) In General.--Chapter 421 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:... | Aviation Safety Protection Act - Amends Federal transportation law to establish a whistleblower protection program for airline employees providing air safety information.
Prohibits air carriers, contractors, and subcontractors from discharging or otherwise discriminating against an employee as to pay, terms, condition... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the
State of Georgia is a nationally significant resource;
(2) the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area has been
... | Allows the Secretary of the Interior, no sooner than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, to modify the boundaries of the Area to include other lands within the Chattahoochee River corridor by submitting a revised map or other boundary description to specified congressional committees. Prohibits such revised bound... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. CERTAIN ENTRIES OF PASTA.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other provision of law and subject to the
provisions of subsections (b) and (c), the United States Customs
Service shall--
(1)... | Directs the Customs Service to liquidate or reliquidate certain entries of pasta and to refund any amounts owed. Provides that in specified circumstances, refunds shall be paid to an importer only to the extent that funds are available in the special account established under the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to the ... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Efficiency Investment Act of
2005''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR CERTAIN ENERGY EFFICIENT PROPERTY IN RESIDENCES AND
BUSINESSES.
(a) In General.--Subpart B of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
o... | Energy Efficiency Investment Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for up to 25 percent of the cost of certain energy efficient property installed in business and residential properties. | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``The Duplication Elimination Act of
2015''.
SEC. 2. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF GAO RECOMMENDATIONS.
Title II of the joint resolution entitled ``A joint resolution
increasing the statutory limit on the public deb... | Duplication Elimination Act of 2015 This bill requires the President to send Congress a proposed joint resolution and a special message within 90 days of publication of the annual Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on duplicative government programs. The joint resolution is limited to one that: (1) makes leg... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Healthy Maternity and Obstetric
Medicine Act'' or the ``Healthy MOM Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Pregnancy is a significant life event for milli... | Healthy Maternity and Obstetric Medicine Act or the Healthy MOM Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act and Internal Revenue Code to require health insurers, health insurance exchanges, and group health plans to offer a special enrollment period to pregnant individuals. The special enrollment period offered ... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Program for Arts and
Technology Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. FINDING AND PURPOSES.
(a) Finding.--Congress finds that the national program for arts and
technology established under this Act will be one of the fir... | National Program for Arts and Technology Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish and implement a national program for arts and technology that addresses the complex needs of the poor and undereducated by awarding competitive grants to qualified centers (private, nonprofit educational entities) and... | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Dr. Dorothy Irene Height was born March 24, 1912, to James
Edward Height and Fannie (Borroughs) Height in Richmond, Virginia,
and raised in Rankin, Pennsylvania.
(2) Dr. ... | Authorizes: (1) the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation to Dr. Dorothy Height (President of the National Council of Negro Women) of a congressional gold medal in recognition of her many contributions to the Nation; and (2) the Secretary of ... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans' Job Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF ACTIONS AGAINST STATES TO ENFORCE VETERANS'
REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS.
(a) Action Against a State.--Section 4323 of title 38, United
States Code, is ... | Veterans' Job Protection Act - Revises provisions relating to authorized employee actions against a State or private employer for the enforcement of certain veterans' reemployment rights. Authorizes a person who receives from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs a notification that efforts to resolve a complaint were uns... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States-Canada Grain Trade
Settlement Act of 1994''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) As a result of unfair and incomplete provisions in the
United St... | United States-Canada Grain Trade Settlement Act of 1994 - Directs the President, by six months after enactment of this Act, to notify the Government of Canada of U.S. intent to terminate the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement (CFTA) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), unless the President certif... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Access to Higher Education
Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN FEDERAL PELL GRANTS.
(a) Amendment.--Section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1070a) is amended--
(... | Improving Access to Higher Education Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the maximum Pell Grant award to $5,100 for the 2007-2008 academic year. Raises the minimum Pell Grant award from $400 to $500.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to raise: (1) the maximum student loan interest deductio... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``At-Home Infant Care Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) In the majority of American families, parents, whether
married or single, must work to provide economic ... | At-Home Infant Care Act of 2004 - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to authorize appropriations for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible States to provide financial assistance for up to 24 months (in the aggregate) to enable an eligible parent to become the c... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care Crisis Policy Commission
Act''.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) the people of the United States will find it
increasingly difficult to pay for their medical car... | Health Care Crisis Policy Commission Act - Establishes the Health Care Crisis Policy Commission to study and report on the problems of the cost and delivery of medical care in the United States. | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sage Grouse Protection and
Conservation Act''.
SEC. 2. GREATER SAGE-GROUSE PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION MEASURES.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Covered western state.--The term ``covered west... | Sage Grouse Protection and Conservation Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) or the Secretary of the Interior to give effect to a statewide conservation and management plan for the protection and recovery of the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and the Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus mini... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Child Product Safety Notification
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death
among children, and for every such injury... | Child Product Safety Notification Act - Instructs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a final consumer product safety standard that requires manufacturers of durable infant or toddler products to: (1) provide consumers with a postage-paid consumer registration form with each such product; (2) maintain ... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Domestic Refugee Resettlement Reform
and Modernization Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Community-based organization.--The term ``community-
based organization'' means a n... | Domestic Refugee Resettlement Reform and Modernization Act of 2013 - Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to study the effectiveness of the Office of Refugee Resettlement's domestic refugee resettlement programs. Requires the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement to: (1) ensure that refugee assistance is pro... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. INCREASE IN PENALTIES.
(a) In General.--Subparagraph (A) of section 309(d)(1) of the
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437g(d)(1)(A)) is
amended to read as follows:
``(A) Any person who knowingly and willfully commits a violation of
any prov... | Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to increase from one year to five years the maximum imprisonment for knowing and willful prohibited transactions aggregating $25,000 or more during a calendar year. Extends the statute of limitations from three to five years.Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission ... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. PAYMENT FOR LONG-TERM CARE HOSPITAL SERVICES.
(a) Long-Term Care Hospital Payment Adjustments.--
(1) In general.--Section 1886(m) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1395ww(m)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
... | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in making payment under the prospective payment system (PPS) to certain long-term care (LTC) hospitals for discharges in rate years beginning on and after October 1, 2011, to make payment adjustments fo... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of
2016''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (referred to
in the section as ``title VI'') is one of the pr... | . Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2016 (Sec. 4) This bill requires the Department of Education, when reviewing whether there has been a violation of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial a... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``English Language Unity Act of
2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds and declares the following:
(1) The United States is comprised of individuals from
diverse ethnic, cultural, and ... | English Language Unity Act of 2001 - Amends specified Federal law to declare English to be the official language of the United States. Requires the official functions of the United States (meaning, in this case, the States and the District of Columbia) to be conducted in English. Requires a uniform English language rul... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Visa Efficiency and E-Verify
Extension Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. RECAPTURE OF IMMIGRANT VISAS LOST TO BUREAUCRATIC DELAY.
(a) Worldwide Level of Employment-Based Immigrants.--Section 201(d)
of the Immigration and N... | Visa Efficiency and E-Verify Extension Act of 2008 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish the fiscal year worldwide level of employment-based immigrants at 140,000 plus: (1) the previous year's unused visas; and (2) the number of unused visas from FY2002-FY2007.
Establishes the fiscal year worldwide... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Poverty Measurement Improvement
Act''.
SEC. 2. IMPROVING THE MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Federal means-tested benefit.--The term ``Federal
... | Poverty Measurement Improvement Act This bill requires the Bureau of the Census, for each of FY2019-FY2028, to conduct a new survey of income and poverty in the United States and to supplement and verify the information obtained using data from the most recent available Current Population Survey (CPS), data furnished b... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Older Worker Opportunity Act of
2007''.
SEC. 2. TAX CREDIT FOR EMPLOYING OLDER WORKERS IN FLEXIBLE WORK
PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Inter... | Older Worker Opportunity Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers who maintain a tax-qualified pension or retirement plan and who provide health insurance coverage a business-related tax credit for 25% of the first $6,000 of the wages of employees who have attained the age of 62 and who are par... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Combating Fraud Against Seniors
Act''.
SEC. 2. CENTRALIZED COMPLAINT AND CONSUMER EDUCATION SERVICE FOR
VICTIMS OF TELEMARKETING FRAUD.
(a) Centralized Service.--
(1) Requirem... | Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish and maintain a computer database of corporations and companies convicted of telemarketing fraud; and (2) make such information available to the FTC.
Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) include all wire communications utilizing a telephone service (currently, telephone... | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Medical Emergencies Air
Transport Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. GRANTS TO STATES REGARDING AIRCRAFT FOR TRANSPORTING RURAL
VICTIMS OF MEDICAL EMERGENCIES.
Title XII of the Public Health Se... | Rural Medical Emergencies Air Transport Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to mandate grants to States for the creation or enhancement of air medical transport systems providing victims of rural medical emergencies with access to treatments. Authorizes appropriations. | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``ERISA Child Abuse Accountability Act
of 1995''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME
SECURITY ACT OF 1974.
(a) Creation or Assignment of Rights to Benefits Under Qualified
Child Ab... | ERISA Child Abuse Accountability Act of 1995 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to allow the creation or assignment of rights to employee pension benefits, under a qualified child abuse order, if this is necessary to satisfy a judgment against an employee ... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Raises for Seniors Act''.
SEC. 2. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR ELDERLY CONSUMERS.
(a) In General.--The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department
of Labor shall prepare and publish an index for each calend... | Fair Raises for Seniors Act - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor to publish for each calendar month a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI-E) that indicates the average change over time in the prices paid by individuals in the United States who are age 62 and older for a ... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Land Sovereignty Protection
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The power to dispose of and make all needful rules and
regulations ... | Requires the Secretary to object to the inclusion of any property in the United States on the list of World Heritage in Danger (established under the Convention) unless the Secretary: (1) has reported to the Congress on the necessity for such inclusion, the natural resources associated with the property, and the impact... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. INFORMATION SHARING.
(a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are--
(1) to establish continuing liaison and to provide for
supply chain security cooperation between Department of
Homeland Security and the private sector; and
... | Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) develop a secure electronic data interchange system to collect from and share risk information related to securing the supply chain with appropriate private sector entities; (2) establish uniform procedures for the receipt, care, and storage of supply chain security in... | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. CREDIT FOR FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS.
(a) In General.--Subpart A of part IV of chapter 1 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after section 22 the
following new section:
``SEC. 23. PURCHASE OF PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE BY FIRST-TIME HOM... | 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. Limits the credit to $2,500. Requires married individuals filing jointly to both be first-time buyers. Allows the use of 50 percent of the credit i... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Opportunity Passport Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. OPPORTUNITY PASSPORTS.
Section 105(a)(3) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
(42 U.S.C. 5106(a)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
... | Opportunity Passport Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to assist partnerships of public agencies or private nonprofit organizations in developing and implementing methods of providing financial security for youth in foster care and for youth aging out of foster care, inc... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Technology and Research Accelerating
National Security and Future Economic Resiliency Act of 2013'' or the
``TRANSFER Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.
Section 9(jj) of the ... | Technology and Research Accelerating National Security and Future Economic Resiliency Act of 2013 or the TRANSFER Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act to replace provisions requiring the Director of the National Institutes of Health to use funds for a Proof of Concept Partnership pilot program to accelerate the ... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Council on Integration of Health
Care Education Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Behavioral health provider.--The term ``behavioral
health provider''--
... | Council on Integration of Health Care Education Act of 2010 - Establishes the Council on Integration of Health Care Education in the Office of the Secretary in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop recommendations for the purpose of strengthening the capacity of health care professionals and beha... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Electric Consumer Choice Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) the opportunity for all consumers to purchase electric
energy in interstate commerce from the supplier of choice is... | Declares that no supplier of electric energy, who would otherwise have a right of access to a transmission or local distribution facility because such facility is essential for the conduct of interstate commerce in electric energy, shall be denied access to transmission or local distribution facilities or precluded fro... | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Government Shutdown Prevention
Act''.
SEC. 2. CONTINUING FUNDING.
(a) In General.--If any regular appropriation bill for any fiscal
year does not become law prior to the beginning of these fiscal years... | Government Shutdown Prevention Act - Provides for continuing appropriations (at 100 percent of the rate of operations provided for in FY 1999) in the absence of regular appropriations for any fiscal year. | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control
Demonstration Act''.
SEC. 2. SALT CEDAR AND RUSSIAN OLIVE CONTROL DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in
this Act as the ... | Salt Cedar Control Demonstration Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary), acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation and in cooperation with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Defense to carry out a salt cedar (Tamarix spp) and Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) assessment and... | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States Commission on
International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of the Congress that the United States Commission
on International ... | United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2015 This bill reauthorizes the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) through FY2019. The Chair and Vice Chair of USCIRF must at least biennially carry out a strategic policy and organizational review and submi... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Superior National Forest Land
Adjustment Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND DEFINITIONS.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) Fragmentation of property rights on certain lan... | Superior National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to sell certain lands in Superior National Forest in Minnesota. Requires: (1) consideration for a sale of lands to be not less than the appraised market value of those lands; and (2) the first offer for the sale of the lands ... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Notification of Risk to Personal
Data Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the same meaning given
such term in ... | Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act - Requires any agency or person that owns or licenses electronic data containing personal information, following the discovery of a breach of security of the system containing such data, to notify any U.S. resident whose personal information was, or is reasonably believed to ha... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Decedent's Family
Relief Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. CONTINUATION OF BENEFITS THROUGH MONTH OF BENEFICIARY'S DEATH.
(a) Old-Age Insurance Benefits.--Section 202(a) of the Social
Security Act (42 U... | Social Security Decedent's Family Relief Act of 1995 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to continue an individual's entitlement to benefits through the month of his or her death, without affecting any other person's entitlement to benefits for that month.
Provide... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cutting Earmarks And Savings
Enforcement (CEASE) Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF DISCRETIONARY DEFICIT REDUCTION ACCOUNT.
(a) Discretionary Deficit Reduction Account.--Title III of the
Congressional Budget Act ... | Cutting Earmarks And Savings Enforcement (CEASE) Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require each of the chairs of the congressional budget committees to maintain a deficit reduction Discretionary Account and a deficit reduction Mandatory Account.
Prescribes procedures for the crediting to such accoun... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Preservation and Restoration of
Orphan Works for Use in Scholarship and Education (PRO-USE) Act of
2005''.
TITLE I--PRESERVATION OF ORPHAN WORKS
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited ... | Preservation and Restoration of Orphan Works for Use in Scholarship and Education (PRO-USE) Act of 2005 - Preservation of Orphan Works Act - Provides that the limitation on rights of reproduction and distribution of copyrighted works does not apply to the authority of libraries or archives, during the last 20 years of ... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Volunteer Firefighter and EMS
Personnel Job Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Emergency.--The term ``emergency'' has the meaning
given such term in section 102 of the Robert T. Sta... | Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Personnel Job Protection Act - Prohibits any employee from being terminated, demoted, or discriminated against in the terms or conditions of employment because the employee is absent or late as a result of serving as a volunteer firefighter or providing volunteer emergency medical services... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Geothermal Energy Initiative Act of
2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The last national resource assessment of geothermal
energy resource sites in the United State... | Geothermal Energy Initiative Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) review and publish annually the available assessments of geothermal energy resources available within the United States; and (2) undertake new assessments as necessary, taking into account changes in market conditions, available technolo... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Greater Middle East and Central Asia
Development Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to authorize assistance for political
freedom and economic development, particularly through private secto... | Greater Middle East and Central Asia Development Act of 2004 - Authorizes the President to provide assistance to countries (excluding those countries supporting international terrorism) in the Greater Middle East and Central Asia to promote economic and political freedoms, free trade, and private sector development, in... | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Voter Freedom Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The rights of eligible citizens to seek election to
Congres... | Voter Freedom Act of 2003 - Declares that an individual shall have the right to be placed as a candidate on, and to have his or her political party, body, or group affiliation in connection with such candidacy placed on, a ballot or similar voting materials to be used in a congressional election, if certain conditions ... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Health Savings Accounts Act
of 2006''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF MEDICARE HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.
(a) Establishment.--
(1) In general.--Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42
... | Medicare Health Savings Accounts Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish a new part E (Medicare Health Savings Accounts) under which the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish procedures entitling each eligible beneficiary to elect to receive benefits under a ... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Developing Responsible Individuals
for a Vibrant Economy Act'' or the ``DRIVE-Safe Act''.
SEC. 2. APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM FOR COMMERCIAL DRIVERS UNDER THE AGE OF
21.
(a) In General.--For purposes of this secti... | Developing Responsible Individuals for a Vibrant Economy Act or the DRIVE-Safe Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation to issue regulations relating to an apprenticeship program for licensed commercial motor vehicle drivers under the age of 21. | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cross-Border Cooperation in Northern
Europe Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Northern Europe is a vital part of Europe and one th... | Cross-Border Cooperation in Northern Europe Act of 2005 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should support a wide-ranging strengthening of democratic and civic institutions in Northern Europe (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) to provide a foundation for pol... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Urgent Counter-Terrorism
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2002''.
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATION.
The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal y... | Urgent Counter-Terrorism Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2002 - Appropriates additional funds for FY 2002 to the Defense Emergency Response Fund solely for upgrading critical defense and intelligence capabilities to fight the war on terrorism and recover from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.Allocates such ... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of 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.... | Local Government Interstate Waste Control Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit owners or operators of landfills or incinerators from receiving out-of-State municipal solid waste unless they obtain authorization from the affected local government.
Exempts from such prohibition: (1) landfills or incine... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Facilities Clean Water
Compliance Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS TO FEDERAL FACILITIES.
Section 313(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33
U.S.C. 1323(a)) is amended ... | Federal Facilities Clean Water Compliance Act of 1997 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (the Act) to waive immunity of the United States with respect to Federal, State, interstate, and local requirements, administrative authorities, sanctions, and penalties concerning water pollution control.
Absolves F... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Microbicides Development Act of
2000''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
(a) In General.--The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Annually at least 1 billion people worldwide contracted
one of eight sexually t... | Requires NIH to establish a program to support research to develop microbicides that can substantially reduce transmission of sexually transmitted infections. Authorizes appropriations.
Title II: Microbicide Research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Amends the PHSA to require the Secretary of Health... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Multichannel Video Competition Act
of 1998''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) In the Cable Television Consumer Protection and
Competition Act of 1992, Congress... | Multichannel Video Competition Act of 1998 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to state that the mandatory local television signal carriage provisions of such Act shall apply no later than January 1, 2002, to satellite carriers retransmitting television (TV) broadcast signals. Directs the Federal Communications Co... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO GRANT STATE STATUS TO INDIAN TRIBES FOR
ENFORCEMENT OF SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT.
(a) Definitions.--Section 1004 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42
U.S.C. 6903) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (13)(A), by striking ``or author... | Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) treat Indian tribes as States under such Act; (2) delegate primary enforcement authority for programs under such Act to Indian tribes; and (3) provide grant and contract assistance to tribes to carry out s... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Prescribe A Book Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means a
nonprofit organization that has, as determined by the
Secretary, d... | Prescribe A Book Act - Creates a Pediatric Early Literacy program under which the Secretary of Education awards matching grants to nonprofit organizations for the implementation of three-part models through which: (1) health care providers encourage parents to read aloud to their children and offer them recommendations... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``College Cost Reduction and Access
Act Technical Amendments of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FEDERAL PELL GRANTS.
(a) Correction of Designation.--
(1) CCRAA amendment.--Section 101(a)(2) of the College Cost
... | College Cost Reduction and Access Act Technical Amendments of 2007 - Makes technical changes to amendments the College Cost Reduction and Access Act (the Act) made to the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA).
Ensures that mandatory Pell grant funding made available for any fiscal year by such Act remains available for t... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Sec. 1. Table of contents.
Sec. 2. Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor.
Sec. 3. John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage
Corridor.
Sec. 4. Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corrid... | Prohibits the use of federal funding for specified National Heritage Areas, Corridors, and Partnerships and similar areas. | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Investment
Competitiveness Act of 1997''.
(b) Amendment of 1986 Code.--Whenever in this Act an amendment or
repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a
section or other prov... | Investment Competitiveness Act of 1997 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt interest-related dividends and short-term capital gain dividends received from a regulated investment company from the 30 percent tax on the income of nonresident aliens and foreign corporations not connected with a U.S. business, subje... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: CAPABILITIES OF THE
ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY.
(a) Authorization of Assistance.--The President is authorized to
provide assistance to strengthen the conflict resolution capability of
the Organization of African Unity, as follows:
(1) Fund... | African Conflict Resolution Act - Authorizes the President to provide assistance to: (1) strengthen the conflict resolution capabilities of the Organization of African Unity and subregional organizations established by countries in Subsaharan Africa; (2) provide for demobilizations of armed forces in Subsaharan Africa... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stormwater Control Reform Act of
1994''.
SEC. 2. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT.
Section 402(p) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33
U.S.C. 1342(p)) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (1);
... | Stormwater Control Reform Act of 1994 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to apply permit requirements to stormwater discharges associated with commercial activity.
Exempts, with exceptions, a discharge composed entirely of stormwater from a municipal storm sewer system serving a population of fewer than ... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Guidance Out Of Darkness Act'' or
the ``GOOD Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act to increase the transparency of
agency guidance documents and to make guidance documents more readily
available ... | Guidance Out Of Darkness Act or the GOOD Act (Sec. 3) This bill requires an agency to: (1) publish guidance documents online on the dates they are issued, (2) publish all of its guidance documents that are in effect in a single location on an online portal designated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and (3... | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Child Protection Improvements Act of
2013''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification
System of the Federal Bureau of ... | Child Protection Improvements Act of 2013 - Amends the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to direct the Attorney General to: (1) establish policies and procedures to streamline the process of obtaining state and national criminal history background checks on covered individuals, and (2) establish a criminal history ... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. ELECTRONIC WASTE EXPORT RESTRICTIONS.
(a) Amendment.--Subtitle C of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42
U.S.C. 6921 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
``SEC. 3024. ELECTRONIC WASTE EXPORT RESTRICTIONS.
``(a) In General.--Begi... | Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to: (1) prohibit the export of restricted electronic waste to countries that are not members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or the European Union, or Liechtenstein; (2) require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), annually, to ... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Investment Tax Relief Act of
2001''.
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FOR GAIN FROM STOCK OF SMALL, PUBLICLY TRADED
COMPANIES.
(a) In General.--Part 1 of subchapter P of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code... | Small Investment Tax Relief Act of 2001- Amends the Internal Revenue Code, in the case of a taxpayer other than a corporation, to provide a limited exclusion from gross income for gain from the sale or exchange of certain qualified small business stock held for more than one year. | billsum_train |