INSTRUCTION stringlengths 30 479k | RESPONSE stringlengths 1 35.4k | SOURCE stringclasses 8
values |
|---|---|---|
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Municipal Bond Insurance Enhancement
Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. OFFICE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND FEDERAL REINSURANCE FOR INSURERS
OF TAX-EXEMPT MUNICIPAL BONDS.
(a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 3 ... | Municipal Bond Insurance Enhancement Act of 2009 - Establishes in the Department of the Treasury the Office of Public Finance. Requires the Director of such Office to carry out a program to provide reinsurance for insured losses of municipal bond insurers.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish and submit ... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Better Oversight of Secondary Sales
and Accountability in Concert Ticketing Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. RULES ON TRANSPARENCY OF TICKET MARKETING, DISTRIBUTION, AND
PRICING BY PRIMARY TICKET SELLERS.
... | Better Oversight of Secondary Sales and Accountability in Concert Ticketing Act of 2009 - Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate rules regarding the primary sale, distribution, and pricing of tickets, including regarding: (1) disclosing the number of tickets and the distribution method; (2) printing ... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Capitalizing on American Methane
Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. INCENTIVES FOR INNOVATIVE FUEL PRODUCTION THROUGH QUALIFIED
METHANE CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY.
(a) Inclusion of Qualified Methane Conversion... | Capitalizing on American Methane Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) include in the tax credit for investment in a qualifying gasification project any qualified methane conversion technology, and (2) allow an alternative fuel excise tax credit for liquid fuel produced through qualified methane convers... | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``William Orton Law Library
Improvement and Modernization Act''.
SEC. 2. FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR LAW LIBRARY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
(a) Financial Support.--In addition to any other amounts made
available ... | William Orton Law Library Improvement and Modernization Act - Authorizes appropriations to the Library of Congress for the maintenance and administration of the operations of the Law Library of the Library of Congress, including the cataloguing of the collections of the Law Library.
Directs the Law Library to electron... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Welfare and Teenage Pregnancy
Reduction Act''.
SEC. 2. BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES FOR FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN.
(a) In General.--Part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 601-617) is amende... | Welfare and Teenage Pregnancy Reduction Act - Amends title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to replace the program of aid to families with dependent children under SSA title IV part A (AFDC) with a program of block grants to States for families with dependent children whose natural parents have attained age 18.
Dir... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. CREDIT FOR PRODUCING INDIAN OIL OR GAS.
(a) In General.--Subpart B of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after
section 29 the following new section:
``SEC. 29A. CREDIT FOR PRODUCING INDIAN OIL ... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for the production of oil or gas from deposits held in trust for, or held with restrictions against alienation by, Indian tribes and Indian individuals pursuant to a lease or other agreement issued or approved by the United States. | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. TRANSFERS OF MOTORBOAT FUEL TAXES FROM HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.
(a) Authorization of Transfers.--Section 9503(c)(4) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9503(c)(4)) is amended--
(1) by striking subparagraph (A) of section 9503(c)(4);
(... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the transfer of specified amounts equivalent to the motorboat fuel taxes received during a year by the Highway Trust Fund to the land and water conservation fund.
Extends the authority to make amounts in the Boat Safety Account available for State recreational boating safety... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Continued Dumping or Subsidy Offset
Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS OF CONGRESS.
The Congress finds that:
(a) Consistent with our WTO rights, injurious dumping is to
be condemned and that ac... | Continued Dumping or Subsidy Offset Act of 1997 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to declare that, whenever continued dumping or subsidization is found to exist by the administering authority or by operation of law, any duties assessed shall be distributed as continued dumping or subsidy offsets to the affected domestic ... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Regulatory
Easement for Lending Institutions that Enable a Vibrant Economy Act of
2014'' or the ``RELIEVE Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Se... | Regulatory Easement for Lending Institutions that Enable a Vibrant Economy Act of 2014 or the RELIEVE Act - Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to publish in the Federal Register proposed revisions to the Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement on Assessment of Financial and Managerial Fact... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States Commission on
Rebuilding America for the 21st Century Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) In 1808, Albert Gallatin, while serving as President
Thomas Jeffe... | United States Commission on Rebuilding America for the 21st Century Act - Establishes the United States Commission on Rebuilding America for the 21st Century to review published materials on the nation's transportation, water, energy, public lands, and housing infrastructure and assess the challenges of meeting the nat... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Audit U.S. Departments to Insulate
Taxpayers Act of 2015'' or the ``AUDIT Act''.
SEC. 2. GAO REPORT REQUIRED.
(a) GAO Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and annually... | Audit U.S. Departments to Insulate Taxpayers Act of 2015 or the AUDIT Act This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to submit to Congress within 90 days the required annual report identifying programs, agencies, offices, and initiatives with duplicative goals and activities. The report includes the ... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Law Enforcement Access to Data
Stored Abroad Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986
(Public Law 99-508; 100 Stat. 1848) (ref... | Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Abroad Act Amends the federal criminal code to authorize a governmental entity to require the disclosure by a provider of electronic communication service or remote computing service of the contents of a wire or electronic communication that is in electronic storage with or otherw... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) black carbon--
(A) is a component of ambient particulate matter,
the mixture of which has been found to harm public
health by causing serious respiratory and ... | Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to conduct a study of black carbon emissions, which shall include: (1) phase I to establish for the scientific community standard definitions of the terms black carbon and organic carbon; (2) phase II to summarize the available scientific and techn... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cloud Computing Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. UNLAWFUL ACCESS TO CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES.
(a) In General.--Section 1030 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(k) For ... | Cloud Computing Act of 2012 - Amends the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to provide that each instance of unauthorized access of a cloud computing account, access of such an account in excess of authorization, or an attempt or conspiracy to access such an account without or in excess of authorization in violation of such ... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States Territories
Infrastructure Bond Bank Authorization Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Bank.--The term ``Bank'' means the United States
Territories Infrastructure Bond Ban... | United States Territories Infrastructure Bond Bank Authorization Act - Directs the Secretary to establish a United States Territories Infrastructure Bond Bank to provide low-cost financing for the governments of American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands to construct infrastructure ... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE, ETC.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Health Savings
Accounts Improvements Act of 2012''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title, etc.
Sec. 2. Saver's credit for contribut... | Health Savings Accounts Improvements Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to: (1) allow a tax credit for retirement savings contributions for deductible contributions made to an HSA and salary reduction contributions under a cafeteria plan made by an employer t... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. REMOTE MONITORING PILOT PROJECTS.
(a) Pilot Projects.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 9 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services (in this section referred to as the ``Secretary'')
sha... | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct pilot projects under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for the purpose of providing incentives to home health agencies to utilize home monitoring and communications technology. | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Improving No Child Left Behind
Act''.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this Act an
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or a
repeal of, a sectio... | Improving No Child Left Behind Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to alter requirements for adequate yearly progress (AYP) assessments of student groups by: (1) lowering, from 95% to 90%, the minimum percentage of students in each group in a school that must take such assessments; (2) allow... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``America's National World War II
Museum Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The National D-Day Museum Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit
corporation under section 503(c)(3) ... | America's National World War II Museum Act of 2003 - Authorizes the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana (which is managed by the National D-Day Museum Foundation, Inc.) to be referred to as America's National World War II Museum. | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Child Protection Improvements Act of
2017''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECK AND CRIMINAL HISTORY
REVIEW PROGRAM.
The National Child Protection Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 5119 et seq... | DIVISION A--FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 (Sec. 101) This division amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 to provide continuing FY2019 appropriations to several federal agencies through the earlier of February 8, 2019 (December 21... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``HMO Solvency Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. ASSURING THE SOLVENCY OF MEDICAID MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) Medicaid Program.--Section 1932(b) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1396u-2(b)) is amended by adding ... | HMO Solvency Act of 2001 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish solvency-related requirements for Medicaid managed care organizations, requirements that include periodic financial reporting to the State, independent audits, and approval of certain subcontractors.Amends part C (Medic... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Passport and Travel Cost
Reimbursement Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Department of State has failed to anticipate the
increased level of demand for... | Passport and Travel Cost Reimbursement Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of State to refund to a U.S. citizen, upon refund application: (1) passport processing fees for a passport applied for in 2007 if processing took 12 or more weeks for a regular application or three or more weeks for an expedited application; and... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Force Protection
and Readiness Act of 2010''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. ... | Force Protection and Readiness Act of 2010 - Grants, in cases arising under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) for communications made between an alleged victim of sexual assault and a Sexual Assault Victim Advocate of the Department of Defense (DOD), to an individual who consulted with such an Advocate, a vic... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Access to Community Pharmacy
Preservation Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. DISPENSING FEES FOR MEDICAID COVERED OUTPATIENT DRUGS.
(a) In General.--Section 1927(e) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1396r-8(e)) is amen... | Access to Community Pharmacy Preservation Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require states to pay dispensing fees for Medicaid covered outpatient drugs.
Directs a state which provides medical assistance for covered outpatient drugs to establish a minimum Medicaid dispensing ... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Lawful Purpose and Self Defense
Act''.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF AUTHORITY TO RECLASSIFY POPULAR RIFLE AMMUNITION
AS ``ARMOR PIERCING AMMUNITION''.
Section 921(a)(17) of title 18, United States Cod... | Lawful Purpose and Self Defense Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify the definition of "armor piercing ammunition" for purposes of federal firearms provisions to: (1) include a projectile that is designed and intended by the manufacturer or importer for use in a handgun (currently, a proje... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: Section 1. This Act may be cited as the ``Panama Canal Amendments
Act of 1994''.
Sec. 2. Section 1101 of the Panama Canal Act of 1979 (22 U.S.C.
3611) is amended to read as follows:
``establishment, purposes, offices, and residence of the commission
``Sec. 1101.... | Panama Canal Amendments Act of 1994 - Amends the Panama Canal Act of 1979 to reestablish the Panama Canal Commission as a wholly owned government corporation within the executive branch. | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fishing Quota Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FISHING QUOTA SYSTEMS.
(a) In General.--Section 303 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1853) is amended--
(1) by striking subs... | Fishing Quota Act of 2003 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require the Regional Fishery Management Councils and the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) or his designee, when developing a limited access system for fisheries to achieve optimum yield, to take into account: (1) the con... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Commission on the Accountability and
Review of Federal Agencies Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.
(a) Establishment.--There is established the Commission on the
Accountability and Review of Federal ... | Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies Act - Establishes the Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies to: (1) evaluate executive agencies and their programs; and (2) submit to Congress and the President a plan with recommendations of the agencies and programs that should ... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Secure Fence Restoration Act of
2015''.
SEC. 2. FENCING ALONG AND OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THE SOUTHWEST BORDER.
(a) Fencing.--Paragraph (1) of section 102(b) of the Illegal
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Respo... | Secure Fence Restoration Act of 2015 This bill amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 with respect to construction of border fencing and road improvements to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to complete the required 700-mile southwest border fencing and priority-a... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Captive Primate Safety Act''.
SEC. 2. ADDITION OF NONHUMAN PRIMATES TO DEFINITION OF PROHIBITED
WILDLIFE SPECIES.
Section 2(g) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C.
3371(g)) is amended by... | . Captive Primate Safety Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to: (1) make nonhuman primates a prohibited wildlife species; and (2) make it unlawful to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase them in interstate or foreign commerce. (Sec. 3) Modifies exceptions to restrictions o... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small and Rural Communities
Wastewater Infrastructure Act''.
SEC. 2. PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS SERVING SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES.
Title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Co... | Small and Rural Communities Wastewater Infrastructure Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to allocate at least 5%, 10%, or 15% of funds received by a state in capitalization grants to provide assistance to publicly owned treatment works that serve populations of ... | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Water Conservation Incentive Act of
2004''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) a severe to extreme drought affected approximately 15
percent of the contiguous United St... | Water Conservation Incentive Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit for the cost of qualified water conservation property installed in a principal residence and which has a useful life of at least five years. Defines "qualified water conservation property" to include smart dual ... | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia Federal Tax
Equity Act''.
SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FROM TAX FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
(a) In General.--Part III of subchapter B of chapt... | District of Columbia Federal Tax Equity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt residents of the District of Columbia from Federal income tax.
Exempts District residents from wage withholding requirements and limits the application of estate and gift taxes on such residents.
Allows a general business credit ... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Deposit Insurance Fairness and
Economic Opportunity Act''.
SEC. 2. USE OF EXCESS DEPOSIT FUND RESERVES TO PAY FICO INTEREST
OBLIGATIONS AND MAKE REBATES.
(a) In General.--Section 7(b)(2) of the Fed... | Deposit Insurance Fairness and Economic Opportunity Act - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to set forth a schedule under which the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation shall transfer annually to the Financing Corporation (FICO), for payment of FICO interest obligations, such amounts a... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Wireless 411 Privacy Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) There are roughly 150 million wireless subscribers in
the United States, up from approximately 15 million subscribers
... | Wireless 411 Privacy Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit a provider of commercial mobile services, or any affiliate or agent of such provider (provider), from including the wireless telephone number of any current subscriber in any wireless directory assistance service (WDAS) database unless the pro... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``HIV Partner Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. PROGRAM FOR HIV HEALTH CARE SERVICES; AMENDMENT REGARDING STATE
PROGRAMS OF PARTNER NOTIFICATION.
Subpart I of part B of title XXVI of the Public Heal... | HIV Partner Protection Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit a grant to a State under provisions relating to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care grants unless the State: (1) carries out a program of notification of sex or needle sharing partners of individuals with HIV disease that the partners ma... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. TRAFFICKING IN COUNTERFEIT MARKS.
(a) Short Title; Findings.--
(1) Short title.--This section may be cited as the ``Stop
Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act''.
(2) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(A) the United States economy is lo... | This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on February 15, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.
Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act - Amends the federal criminal code to revise provisions prohibiting the trafficking in counterfeit goods and services to include traffick... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Border Health Security Act of
2006''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Border area.--The term ``border area'' has the meaning
given the term ``United States-Mexico Border Area'... | Border Health Security Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary), acting through the U.S. members of the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission, to award grants to improve border residents' health.
Requires the Secretary to award grants to states, local or tribal governme... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Minority Entrepreneurship and
Business Development Act''.
SEC. 2. MINORITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS ENTREPRISE CENTER GRANT
PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The Director may make grants to an elig... | Minority Entrepreneurship and Business Development Act - Requires the Director of the Minority Small Business Development Agency (Agency) to make grants to an educational institution, association, or organization: (1) to assist in establishing an enterprise curriculum for studies; and (2) for placement of a Minority Bu... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``ITIN Reform Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ITINS.
(a) In General.--Section 6109 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(i) Special Rule... | ITIN Reform Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue an individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN) to an individual only if such individual: (1) submits an application for an ITIN in person at an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) taxpayer assistance center wi... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Tax Deduction Fairness Act of
1999''.
SEC. 2. DEDUCTION OF STATE AND LOCAL GENERAL SALES TAXES IN LIEU OF
STATE AND LOCAL INCOME TAXES.
(a) In General.--Subsection (b) of section 164 of t... | Tax Deduction Fairness Act of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer to elect, when itemizing, to deduct State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes. Limits such deduction to a tax imposed at one rate in respect of the sale at retail of a broad range of classes of it... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Food Safety Rapid Response Act''.
SEC. 2. ENHANCED FOODBORNE ILLNESS SURVEILLANCE.
(a) In General.--
(1) Authority.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services
(referred to in this Act as the `... | Food Safety Rapid Response Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to strengthen and expand foodborne illness surveillance systems to: (1) inform and evaluate efforts to prevent foodborne illness; and (2) enhance the identification and investigation of, and response to, foodborne illness outbrea... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Child Health Care Affordability
Act''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES FOR DEPENDENTS.
(a) In General.--Subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to ... | Child Health Care Affordability Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for the medical expenses of a dependent. Limits the amount of such credit to $500 (adjusted for inflation) per dependent. Increases the amount of the credit to $3,000 (adjusted for inflation) for a dependent who has a terminal ... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Mental Health Parity Act of
1999''.
TITLE I--PARITY FOR TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS
SEC. 101. PARITY FOR TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS.
(a) In General.--The Internal Revenue Code of ... | Title II: Medicare Mental Health Improvement
- Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to restructure the mental health benefit, including: (1) coverage under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) of inpatient hospital services furnished primarily for the diagnosis or treatment of mental illness or sub... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pension Technical Modifications
Act''.
SEC. 2. ELECTIVE EXCLUSION OF PLAN INVESTMENT EXPENSES IN DETERMINING
TARGET NORMAL COST.
(a) Amendment to ERISA.--Section 303(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the Employe... | Pension Technical Modifications Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the formula for the target normal plan cost element in the larger formula for determining the minimum required employer contribution for a plan year of a single-employer... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Saving Federal Dollars Through
Better Use of Government Purchase and Travel Cards Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Improper payment.--The term ``improper payment'' has
the meaning gi... | Saving Federal Dollars Through Better Use of Government Purchase and Travel Cards Act of 2015 (Sec. 3) This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to develop a strategy to expand the use of data analytics in managing government purchase and travel charge card programs for the purpose of: identifying ... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Farmers Tax Deferral Act''.
SEC. 2. SPECIAL RULES FOR EXCHANGE OF QUALIFIED AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY
FOR REAL PROPERTY.
(a) Treated as Like Kind With Real Property.--Section 1031 of the
Internal Reve... | Farmers Tax Deferral Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) treat the exchange of qualified agricultural property as a like-kind exchange for purposes of allowing the nonrecognition or deferral of gain from such exchange; and (2) allow installment sales treatment of such property. Defines "qualified agricultura... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The rate for American Indians and Alaskan Natives
living below 50 percent the poverty level is 11.2 percent,
nearly double the rate of the general population.
... | Amends the Small Business Act to authorize a Small Business Development Center in an eligible state to apply for an additional grant to be used solely to provide services to assist with outreach, development, and enhancement on Indian lands of small business startups and expansions owned by Indian tribe members, Alaska... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Gift of Life Congressional Medal Act
of 2006''.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall design and strike a bronze
medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be
determin... | Gift of Life Congressional Medal Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to design and strike a bronze medal to commemorate organ donors and their families.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to direct the entity holding the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network to contract to esta... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Indian Dams Safety Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) in 1980, the Secretary of the Interior established a
department-wide dam safety program to correct deficie... | Indian Dams Safety Act of 1993 - Establishes a dam safety operation and maintenance program (program) within the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) develop a comprehensive list of dams located on Indian lands in New Mexico that are in fair, conditionally poor, poor, or unsat... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. PROCEDURES FOR ADJUDICATION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT BY COURTS-
MARTIAL.
(a) New UCMJ Article.--(1)(A) Chapter 47 of title 10, United States
Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended by inserting
after section 852 (article 52) the following new se... | Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to establish procedures under which a court-martial may prescribe the death sentence.
Requires that: (1) the sentence of death be concurred in unanimously; (2) the offense must be one expressly made punishable by death; and (3) the trial counsel must notify the accus... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Hospitals Education
Equity and Research (CHEER) Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS GRADUATE MEDICAL
EDUCATION PROGRAM.
(a) Extension of Program.--Section 340E(a) of the ... | Children's Hospitals Education Equity and Research (CHEER) Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make payments through FY 2010 (currently, through FY 2005) to children's hospitals for costs associated with operating approved graduate medical resident... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``FHA Manufactured Housing Loan
Modernization Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) manufactured housing plays a vital role in providing
... | FHA Manufactured Housing Loan Modernization Act of 2006 - Amends the National Housing Act with respect to Federal Housing Administration (FHA) housing loan insurance for manufactured homes (or lots for such homes).
Exempts such loans from certain financial institution portfolio limits, increasing an allowable claim fo... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION. 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Persian Gulf Security Cost Fairness
Act''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of the Congress that--
(1) the several key oil-producing countries that relied on
the United States ... | Directs the President to seek to have each country in the Persian Gulf region to which the United States extends military protection take one or more specified financial and budgetary actions to increase their burdensharing.
Authorizes the President, in seeking such actions or in responding to a country's failure to un... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Computer Software Privacy and
Control Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act, the following definitions apply:
(1) The terms ``computer'' and ``protected computer'' have
the meanings gi... | Computer Software Privacy and Control Act of 2004 - Makes it unlawful for any person to transmit to a protected computer owned and operated by another person, or to transmit to such computer prior to its first retail sale, any computer software, or component thereof, that: (1) collects personal information about an own... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care Fraud and Abuse Act of
1994''.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL MONETARY SANCTIONS.
(a) Civil Sanctions.--Section 1128A of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1320a-7a) is amended--
... | Health Care Fraud and Abuse Act of 1994 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to: (1) increase civil monetary penalties; (2) expand criminal penalties to include treble damages; (3) provide for the application of such sanctions to fraud and abuse involving any health benefit plan; and (4) include civil monetary... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Apollo 11 50th Anniversary
Commemorative Coin Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 spacecraft launched from
Launch Complex 39A at the John F. Kenne... | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on December 5, 2016. Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue gold, silver, half-dollar clad, and proof silver coins in recognition and celebration of the 50th annive... | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Restoration of Legal Rights for
Claimants under Holocaust-Era Insurance Policies Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are to--
(1) allow for the enforcement of State law... | Restoration of Legal Rights for Claimants under Holocaust-Era Insurance Policies Act of 2010 - Allows a beneficiary (including an heir, assignee, or legal representative of a named insured or beneficiary) of a Holocaust-era life, dowry, education, annuity, property, or other insurance policy to bring a civil action in ... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Solar Energy Pilot Leasing
Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) County.--The term ``County'' means Lincoln County,
Nevada.
(2) Federal land.--Th... | American Solar Energy Pilot Leasing Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to: (1) designate specified federal land in Nevada under the administrative jurisdiction of BLM that is identified as a solar development zone as a solar pilot pro... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Tissue Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Establishment.--The term ``establishment'' has the
meaning given such term in section 1271.3 of title 21, Code of
Federal Regu... | Safe Tissue Act - Requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to inspect, at least once every two years, each establishment that engages in the manufacture of human cells, tissues, and cellular and tissue-based products. Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a user fee to fund such inspecti... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: .
Any ADR used to resolve a health care liability action or claim
shall contain provisions relating to statute of limitations,
noneconomic damages, joint and several liability, punitive damages,
collateral source rule, periodic payments, and award of attorney's fees
whi... | (Sec. 3) Establishes a statute of limitations for health care liability actions of two years from the date on which the alleged injury was discovered or should reasonably have been discovered, but in no case more than five years after the date the alleged injury occurred.
(Sec. 4) Makes a defendant in any health care l... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Gateway to Democracy Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The right of citizens of the United States to vote is a
fundamental right.
... | Gateway to Democracy Act of 2004 - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to allow individuals under the minimum legal voting age, but who will reach such age before voting, to fill out the voter registration application forms when they get their driver's license.
Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 t... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Families First Immigration
Enforcement Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Department.--The term ``Department'' means the
Department of Homeland Security.
(2) Secretary.--The term `... | Families First Immigration Enforcement Act - Requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in a workplace enforcement operation that is calculated to apprehend or does apprehend at least 50 aliens, to do the following: (1) give state agencies sufficient notice to arrange for representatives who speak the detainee... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. REMOVAL OF PROVISIONS RESTRICTING TRADE AND OTHER RELATIONS
WITH CUBA.
(a) Authority for Embargo and Sugar Quota.--Section 620(a) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370(a)) is repealed.
(b) Trading With the Enemy Act.--The a... | Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and other specified Federal law to repeal the embargo placed upon all trade with Cuba.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to declare the denial of foreign tax credit inapplicable to Cuba.Permits: (1) installation and maintenance of telecommunications equipment and facilities in Cu... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Numismatic Rarities Certainty Act of
2006''.
SEC. 2. DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN UNITED STATES COINS.
(a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 51, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the followin... | Numismatic Rarities Certainty Act of 2006 - Amends federal law governing coins and currency to provide that any coin, medal, or numismatic item made or issued by the United States before January 1, 1933, that is not in the possession of the federal government as of the date of the enactment of this Act, shall not be co... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Captive Primate Safety Act''.
SEC. 2. ADDITION OF NONHUMAN PRIMATES TO DEFINITION OF PROHIBITED
WILDLIFE SPECIES.
Section 2(g) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C.
3371(g)) is amended by... | Captive Primate Safety Act This bill amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit importing, exporting, transporting, selling, receiving, acquiring, or purchasing in interstate or foreign commerce any live animal of a non-human primate species. The bill also limits any licensed or registered person from allowing... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; FINDINGS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Real Solutions to
World Hunger Act of 2002''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents; findi... | Real Solutions to World Hunger Act of 2002 - Makes it unlawful for any person to ship, or offer to ship, or for any carrier or person to transport, or receive for transportation, to any foreign country, any genetically engineered animal, plant, or seed (as defined by this Act) if the person knows or has reason to belie... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Commonsense Reporting Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue
Service should work together with other releva... | Commonsense Reporting Act of 2015 This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Internal Revenue Code to modify the requirements for employers to report health insurance coverage information to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by the end of the tax year. The bill changes the inform... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Family Reinforcement Act''.
TITLE I--ADOPTION ASSISTANCE
SEC. 101. REFUNDABLE CREDIT FOR ADOPTION EXPENSES.
(a) In General.--Subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal R... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Adoption Assistance
Title II: Eldercare Assistance
Title III: Child Protection
Title IV: Family Privacy Protection
Title V: Child Support Enforcement
Family Reinforcement Act -
Title I: Adoption Assistance
- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an ... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Smokestacks Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF EMISSIONS FROM POWERPLANTS.
Part A of title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 132. RE... | Clean Smokestacks Act of 2005 - Amends the Clean Air Act (CAA) to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations to achieve specified reductions in aggregate emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, carbon dioxide, and mercury from powerplants (electric generation f... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Opportunity for Lead
Exposure Accountability and Deterrence Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS FOR LEAD AND
COPPER.
The Safe Drinking Water Act is amend... | National Opportunity for Lead Exposure Accountability and Deterrence Act of 2016 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise the national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper. The rule must direct: public water systems to meet certain ... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; REFERENCES TO IMMIGRATION
AND NATIONALITY ACT.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Employer Sanctions
Improvement Act of 1993''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act i... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Promoting Enforcement
Title II: Improving the Employment Verification System
Title III: Additional Penalties and Increases in Penalties
Employer Sanctions Improvement Act of 1993 -
Title I: Promoting Enforcement
- Amends Federal immigration law to repeal the Federal ... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Financial Oversight Commission Act
of 2008''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.
There is established in the legislative branch the Financial
Oversight Commission (hereafter in this Act referred to as the
``Co... | Financial Oversight Commission Act of 2008 - Establishes the Financial Oversight Commission to investigate facts and circumstances relating to the financial crisis of 2008, including any relevant legislation, Executive Order, regulation, plan, policy, practice, or procedure that pertains to: (1) government sponsored en... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Patient and Physician Safety and
Protection Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Federal government, through its Medicare program,
pays approximately $8 billi... | Patient and Physician Safety and Protection Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require a participating hospital that uses the services of physician residents or postgraduate trainees to limit their working hours to specified schedules. | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Private Property Rights Act of
2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the ownership of private property plays an important
role in the economic and social well-being of... | Private Property Rights Act of 2001 - States that the policy of the Federal Government is to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public in a manner that, to the extent practicable, avoids takings of private property.Directs each Federal agency to: (1) complete a private property taking impact analysis before... | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``China Policy Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The People's Republic of China comprises one-fifth of
the world's population, or 1,200,000... | China Policy Act of 1995 - Urges the President to undertake diplomatic initiatives to persuade China to: (1) immediately and unconditionally release Harry Wu from detention; (2) adhere to international standards regarding the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction by, among other things, halting the export of... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR HEAD START TEACHERS.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Loan
Forgiveness for Head Start Teachers Act of 2003''.
(b) Head Start Teachers.--Section 428J of the Higher Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C 1078-10) is amended--
... | Loan Forgiveness for Head Start Teachers Act of 2003 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend to certain Head Start teachers student loan forgiveness under both the Federal Family Education Loan program and the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program. | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Liberty Coinage and Deficit
Reduction Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The 50 State Quarters Program showed that a circulating
commemorative coina... | American Liberty Coinage and Deficit Reduction Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to study the estimated effect of coinage under this Act on the federal budget deficit over the 10-year period beginning on January 1, 2015. Directs the Secretary, if the study estimates a deficit reduction of $100 million... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Carbon Storage Stewardship Trust
Fund Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to promote the commercial deployment of carbon capture
and storage as an essential co... | Carbon Storage Stewardship Trust Fund Act of 2009 - Makes the Secretary of Energy responsible for the long-term stewardship of a carbon dioxide storage facility upon the issuance of a certificate of closure for the facility. Authorizes a state to request that the stewardship of a facility located in the state be transf... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Trade Adjustment Assistance for
Communities Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to assist communities negatively
impacted by trade with economic adjustment through the integration of
p... | Trade Adjustment Assistance for Communities Act of 2003 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise the program for trade adjustment assistance for communities negatively impacted by trade. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) establish a Trade Adjustment Assistance for Communities Program at the Department of Comme... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Administration
Preparedness Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.
(a) Limitations on Authorization of Administrative Expenses.--
(1) ... | Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prescribe additional limits for adjustments to discretionary spending limits for FY 2201 and 2002 Social Security administrative expenses.
Amends SSA title VII (Administration) to make Social Security admini... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Renewable Energy Alternative
Production Act'' or the ``REAP Act''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR PRODUCTION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY.
(a) In General.--Section 45 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended by adding at the... | Renewable Energy Alternative Production Act or the REAP Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a new tax credit for the production of non-electric energy from renewable resources; (2) an energy tax credit for investment in property used to replace non-electric energy at the production site for such energy... | billsum_train |
Change the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Crisis Line Study Act of
2017''.
SEC. 2. STUDY ON EFFICACY OF VETERANS CRISIS LINE.
(a) Study.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall conduct a study
on the outcomes and the efficacy of the Veterans ... | Veterans Crisis Line Study Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct a study on the outcomes and the efficacy of the Veterans Crisis Line during the five-year period beginning January 1, 2014, based on an analysis of national suicide data and data collected from the line. Such st... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hazardous Materials Cooperative
Research Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
Congress finds the following:
(1) There are more than 1,000,000 shipments per day in the
United Stat... | Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to obligate for each fiscal year certain hazardous materials transportation funds to develop and administer a hazardous materials cooperative research program. Directs the Secretary to establish an independent governing bo... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Postal Closures Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. POSTAL FACILITY CLOSURE AND CONSOLIDATIONS.
(a) Moratorium on Closings and Consolidations.--Beginning on the
date of enactment of this Act, the United States Postal Service may no... | Stop Postal Closures Act of 2016 This bill prohibits the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from: (1) closing or consolidating any postal facility without the approval of the Postal Regulatory Commission, or (2) closing or consolidating any postal facility or carrying out any network rationalization activity until the Commissi... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION.
Section 922(q) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read
as follows:
``(q)(1) The Congress finds and declares that--
``(A) cr... | Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1995 - Amends the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 to prohibit possessing or, knowingly or with reckless disregard for the safety of another, discharging (or attempting to discharge) a firearm that has moved in or that otherwise affects interstate or foreign commerce (thus providing the ju... | billsum_train |
Create a condensed overview of the following text: SECTION 1. RURAL HEALTH-CARE CLINIC PROGRAM.
(a) Program.--(1) Chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end of subchapter II the following new
section:
``Sec. 1720E. Rural health-care clinics: pilot program
``(a) During the thr... | Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, during the three-year period beginning on October 1, 1993, to conduct a rural health-care clinic program in States where significant numbers of veterans reside in areas geographically remote from existing health-care facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Directs t... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Interest on Business Checking Act of
2003''.
SEC. 2. INTEREST-BEARING TRANSACTION ACCOUNTS AUTHORIZED FOR ALL
BUSINESSES.
(a) In General.--Section 2(a) of Public Law 93-100 (12 U.S.C.
1832(a)) is ame... | Interest on Business Checking Act of 2003 - Amends Federal law to authorize interest-bearing transaction accounts for all businesses, permitting up to 24 transfers per month to another account of the owner in the same institution (or any greater number the Federal Reserve Board may determine).
Amends the Federal Reser... | billsum_train |
Provide a condensed version of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Public Health and Safety Act of
1993''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS.
The Congress finds and declares that--
(1) the number of privately held handguns has more than
doubled--fr... | Public Health and Safety Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the manufacture, import, export, sale, purchase, transfer, receipt, ownership, possession, transport, or use (manufacture) of a handgun or handgun ammunition. Makes exceptions with respect to the military, law enforcement agencies, reg... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Community Broadcasters Protection
Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that:
(1) Since the creation of low-power television licenses by
the Federal Communications Commission, a nu... | Community Broadcasters Protection Act of 1999 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prescribe regulations to establish a class A license for qualifying low-power television (LPT) stations. Requires notification of LPT licensees of the requirements for class A ... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. EXCISE TAX ON CERTAIN ACQUISITIONS OF INTERESTS IN INSURANCE
CONTRACTS IN WHICH CERTAIN EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS HOLD AN
INTEREST.
(a) Imposition of Tax.--
(1) In general.--Chapter 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of
... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on certain tax-exempt organizations or other nonexempt persons which acquire a direct or indirect interest in any life insurance, annuity, or endowment contract for 100 percent of the acquisition costs of such interest. Allows an exception from such tax for indiv... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SPOT MARKET PURCHASES OF LIVESTOCK BY PACKERS.
Chapter 5 of subtitle B of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946
(7 U.S.C. 1636 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 260. SPOT MARKET PURCHASES OF LIVESTOCK BY PACKERS.
``(a) Defi... | Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require that 25% of a covered packer's daily kill comes through spot market sales from nonaffiliated producers.
Sets forth a different percentage through 2011 for covered packers who reported in the 2006 annual report that more than 75% of their livestock were captive s... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Birmingham Civil Rights National
Historical Park''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Birmingham Civil Rights District is an area of
downtown Birmingham, Alabama, wh... | Birmingham Civil Rights National Historical Park This bill establishes the Birmingham Civil Rights National Historical Park in Birmingham, Alabama, to: (1) preserve and interpret its civil rights history; and (2) coordinate its preservation, catalyze economic revitalization, and facilitate interpretive efforts by ... | billsum_train |
Condense the following text into a summary: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sacramento Valley Water Storage and
Restoration Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The State of California has recently experienced one of
the driest periods on rec... | Sacramento Valley Water Storage and Restoration Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to: complete the final feasibility study authorized under the Water Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act for the Sites Reservoir in Colusa County, Cali... | billsum_train |
Summarize the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Dream Downpayment Act''.
SEC. 2. DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE UNDER HOME PROGRAM.
(a) Downpayment Assistance Initiative.--Subtitle E of title II of
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S... | American Dream Downpayment Act - Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to participating jurisdictions for downpayment assistance to low-income, first-time home buyers; and (2) make the Uniform Relocation Assistance an... | billsum_train |
Make a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Marine Corps 230th Anniversary
Commemorative Coin Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) November 10, 2005, marks the 230th anniversary of the
United States Marine Corps;
... | Marine Corps 230th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 500,000 one dollar coins which shall be emblematic of the warrior ethos of the United States Marine Corps. Requires: (1) all coin sales to include a surcharge of $10 per coin; and (2) all surcha... | billsum_train |
Create a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Geothermal Heat Pump Development Act
of 2007''.
SEC. 2. ENERGY CREDIT FOR GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS.
(a) In General.--Subparagraph (A) of section 48(a)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by str... | Geothermal Heat Pump Development Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) to include equipment that uses the ground or ground water as a thermal energy source or sink to heal or cool a structure (i.e., geothermal heat pump systems) as energy property for purposes of the energy tax credit; (2) allow a resi... | billsum_train |
Provide a summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Consent Decree Fairness
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that:
(1) Consent decrees are for remedying violations of rights,
and they should not be used to advance any policy ext... | Federal Consent Decree Fairness Act - Authorizes State or local governments and related officials sued in their official capacity to file a motion to modify or vacate a consent decree upon the earlier of: (1) four years after the consent decree is originally entered; or (2) in the case of a civil action in which a Stat... | billsum_train |
Give a brief overview of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Veterans Affairs
Health Care Expansion Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. IMPROVED EFFICIENCY IN HEALTH CARE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.
(a) Repeal of Sunset Provision.--Section 204 of the Veterans Health
Care Ac... | Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Expansion Act of 1996 - Repeals a provision of the Veterans Health Care Act of 1992 which terminates the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary) to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Defense for the sharing of health care.
Entitles the United Sta... | billsum_train |
Make a brief summary of the following text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) the terms ``abuse'', ``elder'', ``elder justice'',
``exploitation'', and ``neglect'' have the meanings given those ... | Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2011 - Establishes within the Department of Justice (DOJ) an Office of Elder Justice, which shall address issues relating to elder abuse. Requires the Director of such Office to: (1) provide information, training, and technical assistance to assist states and local governments in preventing, ... | billsum_train |