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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Drinking Water Affordability Act of 2016''. SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT. (a) National Drinking Water Regulations.--Section 1412(b)(9) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g-1(b)(9)) is amended by striking the last sentence an...
Drinking Water Affordability Act of 2016 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to revise requirements concerning national primary drinking water regulations, including by: removing a requirement that the Environmental Protection Agency maintain, or provide greater, protection of human health when revising those...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``FEMA Common Sense and Cost Effectiveness Act of 2011''. SEC. 2. CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF LEVEES. (a) Stafford Act.-- (1) Predisaster mitigation program.--Section 203(e) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency ...
FEMA Common Sense and Cost Effectiveness Act of 2011 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to authorize the construction and maintenance of levees on property acquired under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) hazard miti...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Make Education Local Act of 2018''. (b) Purpose.--The purposes of this Act are as follows: (1) To give States and local communities added flexibility and control to determine how to improve acad...
Make Education Local Act of 2018 This bill authorizes each state that submits to the Department of Education a state management decision to receive federal education funding on a consolidated basis. A state may use funding received pursuant to such a decision for any educational purpose. Each state management dec...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement Act'' or the ``PIRATE Act''. SEC. 2. PIRATE RADIO ENFORCEMENT ENHANCEMENTS. Title V of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 501 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ...
Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement Act or the PIRATE Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to address unlicensed radio broadcasting (called "pirating"), including: increasing the fine for a pirate radio broadcasting violation to not more than $2 million, imposing a fine of ...
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SECTION 1. SELECTION PANEL TO RECOMMEND INDIVIDUALS FOR COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE. (a) President To Nominate New Commissioner From Individuals Recommended by Selection Commission.--Subsection (a) of section 7802 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to Commissioner of Internal Rev...
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall: (1) be appointed from among individuals recommended by a Selection Commission established (upon Commissioner vacancy) by this Act; and (2) serve a six-year term.
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Independent Contractor Tax Simplification Act of 1996''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds that: (1) Simplifying the tax rules with respect to independent contractors was the top vote-getter at the 1995 White House Confe...
Independent Contractor Tax Simplification Act of 1996 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that, for purposes of determining the employment status of individuals as employees, a service provider shall not be treated as an employee, a service recipient shall not be treated as an employer, a payor shall not be t...
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SECTION 1. STATEMENT OF U.S. POLICY. It shall be the policy of the United States to-- (1) take all necessary and appropriate steps in accordance with international agreements to support the commitments of the United States to ensure the physical security and protection of Cam...
Directs the United States to: (1) take all necessary and appropriate steps to ensure the safety of the residents of Camp Liberty/Hurriya in Iraq; (2) provide all necessary and appropriate assistance to the United Nations (U.N.) High Commissioner for Refugees to process refugee applications by the residents of Camp Libe...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Mental Health First Act of 2013''. SEC. 2. MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING GRANTS. Section 520J of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-41) is amended to read as follows: ``SEC. 520J. MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING GRANTS. ``(a) Grant...
Mental Health First Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), to award grants to initiate and sustain mental health first aid training program...
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SECTION 1. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings: (1) Billing practices by telecommunications carriers may not reflect accurately the cost or basis of the additional telecommunications services and benefits that consumers receive as a result ...
Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to jointly conduct an investigation of the billing practices of telecommunications carriers (carriers) to determine whether bills sent to customers accurately assess and characterize any additional fees paid by customers for tele...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Great Lakes Pipeline Safety Act of 2016''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds that-- (1) the Great Lakes are an invaluable national resource, containing one-fifth of the world's fresh surface water and 95 percent of the Unite...
Great Lakes Pipeline Safety Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to conduct a study to determine the economic and environmental risks of oil or hazardous liquids spills or leaks in the Straits of Mackinac that a failure of onshore, underwater pipeline facilities within the straits would ...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Sex Offender Registration Tips Program Act of 2009'' or the ``SORT Act of 2009''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Parents for Megan's Law, Inc., a nonprofit corporation described in section 501(c)(3) of the Inter...
Sex Offender Registration Tips Program Act of 2009 or the SORT Act of 2009 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) provide grants and access to information and resources to Parents for Megan's Law, Inc., to implement the Sex Offender Registration Tips Program; and (2) ensure access by Parents for Megan's Law, Inc., to t...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``International Fund for Israeli- Palestinian Peace Authorization Act of 2017''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) Peaceful co-existence in the Middle East between Israelis and Palestinians...
International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Authorization Act of 2017 This bill urges the President to make every effort, in conjunction with the government of Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and the international community, to establish an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace to promote and suppor...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Aviation Security Stakeholder Participation Act of 2014''. 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 the end the following: ``Sec. 44946. Aviation S...
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on December 9, 2014. Aviation Security Stakeholder Participation Act of 2014 - Directs the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration [TSA]) to establish in the TSA an aviation security advisory committee. Requir...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Asset Investment and Modernization (AIM) Act of 2010''. SEC. 2. MAXIMUM LOAN AMOUNTS UNDER 504 PROGRAM. Section 502(2)(A) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(2)(A)) is amended-- (1) in clause (i), by s...
Small Business Asset Investment and Modernization (AIM) Act of 2010 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 concerning the 504 program (Small Business Administration [SBA] financings to small businesses through certified development companies) to increase maximum program loan amounts. Authorizes the Adminis...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Environmental Export Promotion Act of 1994''. SEC. 2. PROMOTION OF UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL EXPORTS. (a) Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee.--Section 2313 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4728) is amended-- ...
Environmental Export Promotion Act of 1994 - Amends the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee to advise and guide the Environmental Trade Promotion Working Group in the development and administration of programs to expand ...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Agricultural Credit Act of 2001''. SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF DEBT FORGIVENESS. Section 343(a)(12)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(12)(B)) is amended to read as follows: ``(B) Exceptions.--The term...
Agricultural Credit Act of 2001 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to exclude from "debt forgiveness": (1) loan rescheduling, consolidation, deferral, or reamortization; (2) a write-down due to natural disaster or family medical condition; or (3) a write-down as part of the resolution of a discrim...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Global Investments in America's Cities Act''. SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF EB-5 VISA PROGRAM. Section 203(b)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(5)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(E) Set-aside f...
Global Investments in America's Cities Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to set aside at least 3,000 employment creation immigrant visas each fiscal year for qualified immigrants seeking to invest in a new commercial enterprise which will create employment in an economically distressed urban area and wit...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Southern Border Security Assistance Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) The United States and Mexico have recently experienced a significant increase in violence along the int...
Southern Border Security Assistance Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) providing financial assistance for law enforcement initiatives with our Mexican partners is important; and (2) Congress must provide, in addition to such assistance, immediate resources and equipment to state and local law enforcement e...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 2003''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) The Federal Communications Commission has assigned 2-1- 1 as the national telephone number for telephone service for information an...
Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to award a grant to each State to carry out a program for making available throughout that State the 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services. Requires a participating State to ensure that at least 50 percent of the resource...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Local School Board Governance and Flexibility Act''. SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) the responsibility for education resides with the States, which have delegated to local school boards the power ...
Local School Board Governance and Flexibility Act Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the responsibility for education resides with the states and the local educational agencies (LEAs) to which they have delegated authority; and (2) the Secretary of Education should only issue those regulations, rules, guidance m...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Accountability and Responsibility in Contracting Act''. SEC. 2. INELIGIBILITY OF EXPATRIATED CORPORATIONS FOR FEDERAL CONTRACT AWARDS. (a) In General.--No acquiring corporation or any subsidiary of such a corporation that enters into a c...
Accountability and Responsibility in Contracting Act - Prohibits any acquiring corporation or any subsidiary of any such a corporation that enters into a corporate expatriation transaction (as defined by this Act) from being eligible to be awarded a Federal contract for a three-year period, unless the acquiring corpora...
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SECTION 1. MARKET-DRIVEN INVENTORY SYSTEM. (a) In General.--Subtitle B of title I of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8731 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 1211. MARKET-DRIVEN INVENTORY SYSTEM. ``(a) Definitions.--In this section: ``(1) Inve...
Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), for each of the 2014-2018 crops of each market commodity, to make recourse loans available to producers on a farm electing to participate in the program. Sets forth: (1) the recourse loan rate for corn, oats, barley, g...
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SECTION 1. REDUCTIONS IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO MULTIEMPLOYER PLANS TO IMPLEMENT SELF-HELP MEASURES ADOPTED BY LABOR AND MANAGEMENT. (a) Amendments to ERISA.--Section 305 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1085) is amended-- (1) by redesignating s...
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), provided certain conditions are met, to allow the sponsor of an underfunded multiemployer benefit plan to accept from an employer a ratified collective bargainin...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Endangered Species Community Advisory Board Act of 1995''. SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARDS UNDER ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973. The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) is amended by adding at...
Endangered Species Community Advisory Board Act of 1995 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish an Endangered Species Community Advisory Board in connection with the designation of an area under the Act as critical habitat or as a National Wildlife Refuge. Allow...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2016''. SEC. 2. PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES. (a) In General.--Section 2112 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(h) Presidential Library Fundraising ...
Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill requires each presidential library fundraising organization to submit quarterly reports to the National Archives and Records Administration (National Archives) on every contributor who gave the organization a contribution or contributions (whether mon...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Improved Security Vetting for Aviation Workers Act of 2015''. SEC. 2. AVIATION SECURITY. (a) In General.--Subtitle A of title XVI of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 561 et seq.) is amended by adding after section 1601 the following new sec...
Improved Security Vetting for Aviation Workers Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 todirect the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), by December 31, 2015, in coordination with the DHS Assistant Secretary for Policy, to request fro...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``International Rule of Law and Antiterrorism Act of 2003''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) It is in the national security interest of the United States to support efforts to restore the rule of law in post- ...
International Rule of Law and Antiterrorism Act of 2003 - Requires the President to direct: (1) the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) to use the U.S. vote to establish negotiations with the UN to establish a professional UN civilian police corps (UNCPC); (2) the Secretary of State (Secretary) to ...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Pink Tax Repeal Act''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON GENDER-BASED PRICING OF CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. (a) Prohibited Practices.-- (1) Consumer products.--It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale in...
Pink Tax Repeal Act This bill prohibits the sale of substantially similar services or consumer products from the same manufacturer if they are priced differently based on the gender of the individuals to whom the products are marketed or intended or for whom the services are marketed, performed, or offered. A differen...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Windstorm Hazard Reduction Research and Technology Transfer Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) Coastal States and many island States and territories are vulnerable to the hazards of windstorms. All Midwes...
Establishes a National Advisory Committee to review the program's progress, advise on any improvements, and report to Congress on actions taken to reduce the impacts of windstorm hazards.
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Portable Fuel Container Safety Act of 2017''. SEC. 2. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS TO PROTECT AGAINST PORTABLE FUEL CONTAINER EXPLOSIONS NEAR OPEN FLAMES OR OTHER IGNITION SOURCES. (a) Rule on Safety Performance Standards Required...
Portable Fuel Container Safety Act of 2017 This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to promulgate a final rule for flame mitigation devices in portable flammable liquid fuel containers that impede the propagation of flame into the container, unless the CPSC publishes a determination that a volun...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Hire Just One Act of 2013''. SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE VOUCHER PROGRAMS. (a) Use of Unemployment Fund for Employment Assistance Voucher Program.-- (1) State law.--Section 3304(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1...
Hire Just One Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow states, for a 120-day period beginning on the enactment date of this Act, to implement an employment assistance voucher program, in lieu of paying unemployment compensation directly to employees, under which an eligible individual is issued an employ...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Dental and Optometric Care Access Act'' or the ``DOC Access Act''. SEC. 2. IMPROVING HEALTH CARE COVERAGE UNDER VISION AND DENTAL PLANS. (a) In General.--Title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 2719A (42 U.S.C...
Dental and Optometric Care Access Act or the DOC Access Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit group health plans and individual health insurance coverage from setting rates for items and services provided by a doctor of optometry, of dental surgery, or of dental medicine for which the plan or i...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Strategic Gasoline and Fuel Reserve Act of 2005''. SEC. 2. STRATEGIC GASOLINE AND FUEL RESERVE. (a) In General.--Title I of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.) is amended-- (1) by redesignating part E (42 U.S.C. ...
Strategic Gasoline and Fuel Reserve Act of 2005 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish, maintain, and operate a Strategic Gasoline and Fuel Reserve of gasoline and jet fuel. Instructs the Secretary to determine between three and five regionally strategic Reserve ...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``NEPA Reciprocity Act''. SEC. 2. USE OF ALTERNATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCEDURES UNDER STATE LAWS FOR RAIL AND HIGHWAY PROJECTS. (a) Establishment.-- (1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a program to ...
NEPA Reciprocity Act Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a program to eliminate duplicative environmental reviews and approvals under state and federal law for rail and highway transportation projects. Authorizes a state to use state environmental review and approval laws and procedures, consistent wit...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Dairy Promotion Equity Act''. SEC. 2. FUNDING OF DAIRY PROMOTION AND RESEARCH PROGRAM. (a) Declaration of Policy.--The first sentence of section 110(b) of the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 4501(b)) is amended-- (1) by...
Dairy Promotion Equity Act - Amends the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 to: (1) require dairy importers to contribute to the dairy promotion program; (2) increase National Dairy Board membership by including importers; and (3) provide for a referendum regarding suspension of certain provisions under the Dai...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Fraud Enforcement and Prevention Act of 2013''. SEC. 2. ENHANCED CRIMINAL PENALTIES TO COMBAT MEDICARE AND MEDICAID FRAUD. (a) In General.--Section 1128B of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7b) is amended-- (...
Medicare Fraud Enforcement and Prevention Act of 2013 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to increase criminal penalties for both felony and misdemeanor fraud under SSA titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid). Adds a new offense of distribution of two or more Medicare or Medicaid beneficiary identifi...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``National Climate Service Act of 2009''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) Weather, climate change, and climate variability affect public safety, environmental services and security, human health, agric...
National Climate Service Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Commerce to establish within the Climate Program Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) a National Climate Service that includes a national center and a network of regional and local facilities for operational climate observa...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Provide for the Common Defense Act of 2013''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I--ELIMINATION OF SEQUESTRATION FOR REVISED SECUR...
Provide for the Common Defense Act of 2013 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to nullify the presidential sequestration order issued for the revised security category (discretionary appropriations in budget function 050) for FY2014-FY2015 to enforce a spec...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Unemployment Compensation, Reemployment, and Fairness Act of 1993''. SEC. 2. INDIVIDUALS IN SELF-EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS. (a) In General.--Section 3304(a)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to requirements) is amended by striking ``compensat...
Unemployment Compensation, Reemployment, and Fairness Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow States to pay unemployment benefits to eligible individuals while they participate in qualified self-employment training programs. Amends the Social Security Act to require the State agency administering unemp...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Internet of Things Consumer Tips to Improve Personal Security Act of 2017''or the ``IOT Consumer TIPS Act of 2017''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) The term ``Internet of Things'' refers to devices, application...
Internet of Things Consumer Tips to Improve Personal Security Act of 2017 or the IOT Consumer TIPS Act of 2017 This bill requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in coordination with the National Institute of Standards and Technology and relevant private sector stakeholders and experts to develop voluntary...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``United States Specialty Crop Export Opportunities Act of 2007''. SEC. 2. REGULATION OF EXPORTS OF PLANTS, PLANT PRODUCTS, BIOLOGICAL CONTROL ORGANISMS, AND NOXIOUS WEEDS. (a) In General.--Subtitle A of title IV of the Agricultural Risk P...
United States Specialty Crop Export Opportunities Act of 2007 - Amends the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to regulate plants, plant products, biological control organisms, and noxious weeds for export purposes. Directs the Secretary to: (1) coordinate fruit and veget...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care Assurance for Retired Employees Act of 1996''. SEC. 2. ADVANCE NOTICE OF MATERIAL REDUCTIONS IN COVERED SERVICES UNDER GROUP HEALTH PLANS. (a) Advance Notice.-- (1) In general.--Section 104(b)(1) of the Employee ...
Health Care Assurance for Retired Employees Act of 1996 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, to require advance notice to participants and the Secretary of Labor of material reductions in group health plan covered se...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Stand with the Iranian People Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS; STATEMENT OF POLICY. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) The Government of Iran has engaged in a brutal crackdown on the Iranian people in the aft...
Stand with the Iranian People Act - Directs the Secretary of State to deny issuance of a visa and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to deny U.S. admission to any government official of Iran who is credibly alleged to have ordered, acquiesced to, or participated in human rights abuses against the people of Iran. ...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Student Right to Know Before You Go Act of 2015''. SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO PROGRAM PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS. Section 487(a)(17) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)(17)) is amended by inserting ``and including the requirements of sectio...
Student Right to Know Before You Go Act of 2015 This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify reporting requirements for institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in title IV federal financial aid programs. Currently, to retain title IV eligibility, IHEs must report data to the Department...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Voter Registration Modernization Act''. SEC. 2. REQUIRING AVAILABILITY OF INTERNET FOR VOTER REGISTRATION. (a) Requiring Availability of Internet for Registration.--The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20501 et seq.) is amended by in...
Voter Registration Modernization Act - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) to require each state to make available official public websites for online voter registration. Directs the appropriate state or local election official to ensure that information on the computerized statewide voter regist...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Electronic Commerce Enhancement Act of 2000''. TITLE I--ELECTRONIC COMMERCE SEC. 101. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) Commercial transactions on the Internet, whether retail business-to-custome...
Requires the MEP program to: (1) establish a pilot program to assist such manufacturers and businesses in integrating and utilizing electronic commerce technologies and business practices through a competitive grants program; and (2) consult with the Panel and utilize the Panel's reports. Title II: Enterprise Integrati...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``National Spaceport Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds that-- (1) spaceport development is a national economic interest that should be pursued as part of a national transportation policy; (2) many nations...
National Spaceport Act - Establishes in the Department of Transportation a National Spaceport Office to administer a grant program of State-run spaceports. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide tax-exempt bond financing for spaceports. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates the Office on October 1, 2000.
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Women in Trauma Act of 2002''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds as follows: (1) Researchers have concluded that women may experience significant adverse mental health consequences relating to trauma exposure, often the resul...
Women in Trauma Act of 2002 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to award grants to build treatment interventions simultaneously addressing trauma, substance abuse and psychiatric disorders, ...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Fight Russian Corruption Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) The Russian Federation uses corruption as a strategic tool to erode democratic governance from within and discredit the liberal democratic s...
Fight Russian Corruption Act This bill amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to require the Department of State to establish the Office of Anti-Corruption relating to Illicit Russian Financial Activities in Europe. Such office shall: (1) analyze financial networks of the Russian Federation operating...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Critical Infrastructure Protection Act'' or the ``CIPA''. SEC. 2. EMP PLANNING, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND PROTECTION AND PREPAREDNESS. (a) In General.--The Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121) is amended-- (1) in ...
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on August 4, 2015. Critical Infrastructure Protection Act or CIPA (Sec. 2) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to define "EMP" to mean: (1) an electromagnetic pulse caused by intentional means, including acts of terrorism; and (2) a ...
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SECTION. 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Immigrant Labor Policy Review Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) The unemployment rate in the United States is at a record low. (2) Many industries in the United States, including agr...
Terminates the Commission six months after submission of its final report. Authorizes appropriations.
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Fix United States Government Contracting Deficit with China Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF POLICY. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) The purchase of government goods and services is an important means throug...
Fix United States Government Contracting Deficit with China Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to certify annually to Congress: (1) a determination of whether the Chinese government has prohibited its procurement of U.S. goods during the preceding calendar year; and (2) the total value of U.S. goods procured by th...
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SECTION 1. PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED STATES CAPTURED BY JAPAN AND FORCED TO PERFORM SLAVE LABOR DURING WORLD WAR II. (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings: (1) During World War II, members of ...
Directs the Secretary of Defense to pay (subject to the availability of appropriated funds) a specified amount of compensation to those members of the Armed Forces and U.S. civilian employees, or to the surviving spouses of such members and employees, who were captured by Japan and who were used as slave labor during W...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Savings Through Public- Private Partnerships Act of 2014''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Private sector funding and expertise can help address the energy efficiency challenges facing the United States. ...
Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2014 - Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (NECPA) to revise requirements for energy savings performance contracts. (These contracts allow federal agencies to work with private contractors on energy efficiency upgrades to federal facilities.) Dir...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Cure for AIDS Act of 2012''. SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS; FINDINGS. (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) finding a cure is essential to ending the AIDS epidemic in the United States and globally; (...
Cure for AIDS Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD), through the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, to establish and support an accelerated research program dedicated to discovering a cure for HIV/AIDS. Instructs the Secretary to collaborate with the Director of the National Institutes o...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Economic Modernization Act''. SEC. 2. ECONOMIC TRANSITION CREDIT. (a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by section 13403(a) of Public Law 115-97, is amended by adding at the ...
Economic Modernization Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow additional tax credits and deductions to assist employees who work in declining or short-supply fields. A "declining field" has experienced a decline in the level of average employment of at least 8% over the most recent 3-year p...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``National Treatment in Banking Act of 1994''. SEC. 2. FAILURE TO ACCORD NATIONAL TREATMENT TO UNITED STATES BANKING ORGANIZATIONS. (a) Identifying Countries That May Be Denying National Treatment to United States Banking Organizations.--T...
National Treatment in Banking Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) identify the extent to which foreign countries may be denying national treatment to U.S. banking organizations; and (2) assess whether the possible denial of national treatment to such banking organizations may be having a signif...
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SECTION 1. EXCISE TAXES ON ACTS OF SELF-DEALING AND PRIVATE INUREMENT BY CERTAIN TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS. (a) In General.--Chapter 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to private foundations and certain other tax-exempt organizations) is amended by redesignating subchapter D as subch...
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on: (1) each act of self-dealing between a disqualified person and a tax-exempt organization; and (2) any direct or indirect inurement of net earnings of a tax-exempt organization to the benefit of any disqualified person. Describes a disqualified person as: (...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Iranian Nuclear Trade Prohibition Act of 2005''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) Iran has pursued a nuclear program with assistance from foreign entities and foreign governments. (2) It is im...
Iranian Nuclear Trade Prohibition Act of 2005 - Expresses the sense of Congress that countries should choose between trading with state sponsors of terrorism or maintaining good trade relations with the United States. Amends the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996 to direct the President to prohibit the United States...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Continued Dumping or Subsidy Offset Act of 1999''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS OF CONGRESS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) Consistent with the rights of the United States under the World Trade Organization, injurious dumping is to ...
Limits qualifying expenditures to expenditures incurred since the issuance of the antidumping duty finding or order or countervailing duty order in any or all of the categories of plant, equipment, research and development, personnel training, acquisition of technology, employer-paid employee health care and pension be...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Commission on Probabilistic Methods Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds that-- (1) probabilistic methods have wide applicability in improving process efficiency and eliminating overdesign in government programs and ...
Commission on Probabilistic Methods Act - Directs the Administrator of the Research and Special Programs Administration of the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish the Commission on Probabilistic Methods. Requires the Commission to identify and assess the extent to which the use of probabilistic methods (te...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``A Better Chance to Learn Act of 1993''. SEC. 2. PURPOSE. It is the purpose of this Act to encourage and assist local school districts and communities to develop, expand, or operate innovative home-based parent and early childhood education programs in...
A Better Chance to Learn Act of 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational agencies and community-based organizations to pay 80 percent of the cost of home-based parent and early childhood education programs. Allocates one-half of such grants to new programs and one-half to exist...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; ETC. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act''. (b) Reference to 1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal ...
Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal: (1) the excise tax credits for alcohol fuel, biodiesel, and alternative fuel mixtures; (2) the tax credits for the purchase of alternative motor vehicles and new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles; (3) the alternative ...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans' Employment Transition Support Act of 2005'' or the ``VETS Act of 2005''. SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR EMPLOYERS HIRING MILITARY SERVICE PERSONNEL WHO SERVED IN A COMBAT ZONE OR A HAZARDOUS DUTY AREA. (a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV ...
Veterans' Employment Transition Support Act of 2005 or the VETS Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a general business tax credit for hiring veterans who served in a combat zone or a hazardous duty area and were honorably discharged from active duty. Sets the amount of such credit at 40 pe...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Support Act of 2008''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) Volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel are a vital component of the first responders across ...
Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Support Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a program to provide funds to a state or local government, nonprofit firefighter association, or governmental or nongovernmental emergency medical serv...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``First Time Property Owners Tax Credit Act of 2008''. SEC. 2. REFUNDABLE CREDIT FOR FIRST-TIME PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY. (a) In General.--Subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to refundable cre...
First Time Property Owners Tax Credit Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income-based, one-time refundable tax credit for first-time homebuyers of 5% of the purchase price of real property located in the United States, up to a maximum credit amount of $1,500 ($3,000 for joint returns). Makes suc...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Gang Prevention and Youth Recreation Act of 1993''. SEC. 2. GRANTS TO CITIES TO PROVIDE EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, RECREATION, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL AWARENESS ASSISTANCE TO AT-RISK YOUTH. The Secretary of Health and Human Servic...
Gang Prevention and Youth Recreation Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to make grants to not more than ten selected cities to assist them to establish and operate teen resource and education centers to provide education, employment, recreation, social, and cultural awarene...
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SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE A RULE RELATING TO ERGONOMICS. (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings: (1) The National Academy of Sciences issued a report entitled `Musculoskeletal Disorders and the Workplace--Low Back and Upper Extremities' on January 18, 2001. The repor...
Directs the Secretary of Labor, in accordance with specified provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, to issue a final rule relating to ergonomics.
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SECTION 1. EXCLUSION FROM ESTATE TAX FOR HISTORIC PROPERTY SUBJECT TO PRESERVATION EASEMENT. (a) In General.--Part IV of subchapter A of chapter 11 of the Internal Revenue of 1986 (relating to taxable estate) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``SEC. 2057. QUALIFIED HISTOR...
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that for purposes of determining estate tax the value of the taxable estate shall be determined by deducting from the value of the gross estate an amount equal to the value of any qualified historic property. Defines qualified historic property. Requires, among other things...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Fitness Integrated with Teaching Kids Act'' or the ``FIT Kids Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. (2) Researchers estimate t...
Fitness Integrated with Teaching Kids Act or the FIT Kids Act - (Sec. 3) Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to require local educational agencies (LEAs) located in states receiving school improvement funds to annually provide the families of their students with information on healthful eat...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Medicaid Directory of Caregivers Act'' or the ``Medicaid DOC Act''. SEC. 2. REQUIRING PUBLICATION OF FEE-FOR-SERVICE PROVIDER DIRECTORY. (a) In General.--Section 1902(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)) is amended by inserting after para...
Medicaid Directory of Caregivers Act or the Medicaid DOC Act This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require a state to publish and annually update a directory of providers that participate in the state plan for medical assistance on a fee-for-service basis or through a primary car...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Protection and Tax Relief Act of 2001''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Working people are subject to social security taxes as well as income taxes, and for over 90 percent of the population ...
Social Security Protection and Tax Relief Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a 12 percent tax on an individual's "social security taxable income." Defines such income as adjusted gross income reduced by the greater of: (1) the sum of the standard deduction applicable to the taxpayer (or which woul...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Nuclear Facility and Material Security Act of 2008''. SEC. 2. NUCLEAR REACTOR DESIGNS REGARDING AIRCRAFT IMPACT. (a) Final Rule.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall issue a final rule ...
Nuclear Facility and Material Security Act of 2008 - Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to issue a final rule requiring: (1) all commercial nuclear power reactors approved for construction after enactment of this Act to be designed to withstand a large commercial aircraft impact; and (2) certain spent fuel...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Juvenile Corrections Act of 1997''. SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR FACILITIES FOR VIOLENT AND SERIOUS CHRONIC JUVENILE OFFENDERS. (a) Definitions.--In this section-- (1) the term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of the Of...
Juvenile Corrections Act of 1997 - Authorizes the Administrator of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to make grants to assist States and local governments in planning, establishing, and operating secure detention and correctional facilities and other facilities and programs for violent juveniles and serious c...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Fair American Corporate Tax Act'' or ``FACT Act''. SEC. 2. DECREASE IN TOP MARGINAL RATE. (a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 11(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended-- (1) by inserting ``and'' at the end of subparagraph ...
Fair American Corporate Tax Act or FACT Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) decrease from 35% to 28% the top marginal income tax rate for corporations (including personal service corporations); and (2) provide that the amount of any tax withholding for deductible payments made by a U.S. subsidiary of a forei...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2009''. SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF PAYMENT TERMS UNDER THE TRADE SANCTIONS REFORM AND EXPORT ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2000. Section 908(b)(4) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Exp...
Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2009 - Prohibits the President from restricting direct transfers from a Cuban depository institution to a U.S. depository institution in payment for a product or agricultural commodity authorized for sale under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enha...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Taking Our Health Privacy (STOHP) Act of 2002''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds as follows: (1) People in the United States are deeply concerned about the confidentiality of their health information. According to a ...
Stop Taking Our Health Privacy (STOHP) Act of 2002 - Declares that modifications made by an August 14, 2002, final rule affecting medical privacy to a Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) section concerning consent for uses or disclosures to carry out treatment, payment, or health care operations shall have no force or ef...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``ANCSA Unrecognized Community Landless Natives Authorization Act of 2017''. SEC. 2. UNRECOGNIZED SOUTHEAST ALASKA NATIVE COMMUNITIES RECOGNITION AND COMPENSATION. (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to redress the omission of the...
ANCSA Unrecognized Community Landless Natives Authorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to permit the Alaska Native residents of each of the Alaska Native villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Alaska Native urban corporations an...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Worker Protection Against Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires Act of 2011''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) An emergency exists concerning worker exposure to combustible dust explosions and fires, and there is...
Worker Protection Against Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Labor to promulgate an interim final standard regulating occupational exposure to combustible dust hazards, which shall apply to manufacturing, processing, blending, conveying, repackaging, and handling of combustibl...
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SECTION 1. WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL LANDS. Section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)) is amended-- (1) by striking ``(2)'' and all that follows through ``means'' and inserting the following: ``(2) Major disaster.-- ...
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to define a "major disaster for wildfire on federal lands" as any wildfire that, in the determination of the President, warrants assistance under this Act to supplement the efforts and resources of the Department of the Interior or the Departmen...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Right of Passage Community Service Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) The teenage years are a pivotal time of life, when young people are making choices that will effect them for th...
Right of Passage Community Service Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to add to the list of national service programs eligible for Federal assistance a community-based Right of Passage after school and summer service corps program. Establishes qualifications for participating students, includin...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Healthy School Meals Act of 2010''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (1976-1980 and 2003-2006) conducted for the Centers for Disease ...
Healthy School Meals Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to select school food authorities to participate in a pilot program evaluating the use of plant-based alternate protein products and fluid milk substitutes under the school lunch and breakfast programs. Directs the Secretary to: (1) deliver plant-...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Railroad Infrastructure Financing Improvement Act''. (b) References to the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976.--Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever in this Act an amendment or repeal is e...
Railroad Infrastructure Financing Improvement Act This bill amends the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to direct the Department of Transportation (DOT) to make direct loans and loan guarantees to: joint ventures that include, instead of at least one railroad, at least one railroad, state or ...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act of 2005''. SEC. 2. STATE OPTION TO EXPAND OR ADD COVERAGE OF CERTAIN PREGNANT WOMEN UNDER MEDICAID AND SCHIP. (a) Medicaid.-- (1) Authority to expand coverage.--Section 1902(l)(2)(A)(i) ...
Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act of 2005- Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to give States new options to: (1) cover low-income pregnant women; and (2) provide for coordination of SCHIP with the Maternal and Child Health Program unde...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Clinical Trials Modernization Act of 2015''. SEC. 2. CLINICAL TRIAL MODERNIZATION. (a) Proposals for Use of Innovative Statistical Methods in Clinical Protocols for Drugs, Biological Products, and Devices.--Chapter V of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos...
Clinical Trials Modernization Act of 2015 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow sponsors of applications for new drugs, biological products, and medical devices to propose incorporation of alternative statistical methods, including adaptive ...
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SECTION 1. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS. (a) Extension.--Except as otherwise provided in this section and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the authorities provided by each provision of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-246; 122 Stat. 1651) and each amendme...
Extends until January 31, 2014: (1) specified agricultural programs under the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, (2) suspension of permanent price support authorities, and (3) supplemental agricultural disaster assistance. Exempts from such extensions: (1) mandatory funding for nutrition education; (2) the con...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Choice in Welfare Tax Credit Act of 1995''. SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO CERTAIN PRIVATE CHARITIES PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THE POOR. (a) In General.--Subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Reve...
Choice in Welfare Tax Credit Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an individual income tax credit of up to $100 ($200 for a joint return) of the value of certain charitable contributions to any tax-exempt, U.S. organization that spends at least 70 percent of aggregate expenditures assisting the poor...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Army Arsenal Strategic Workload Enhancement Act of 2012''. SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE USE OF ARSENALS. (a) In General.--Chapter 143 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``Sec. 2425. Department o...
Army Arsenal Strategic Workload Enhancement Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to develop and promulgate guidelines for the Department of Defense (DOD), defense agencies, and military services to have supplies, components, end items, parts, assemblies, and sub-assemblies (supplies and parts) mad...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Manufacturing Advisory Council Establishment Act of 2004''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Manufacturing is a critical component of the economy of the United States. (2) A strong manufacturing sector...
Manufacturing Advisory Council Establishment Act of 2004 - Establishes the President's Council of Advisors on Manufacturing to: (1) advise the President on policy matters affecting the domestic manufacturing sector; (2) develop policies that will reduce manufacturing production costs, promote the international competit...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Joe Testaverde Adult Stem Cell Research Act of 2005''. SEC. 2. EXPANSION, INTENSIFICATION, AND COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES OF NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH REGARDING QUALIFYING ADULT STEM CELL RESEARCH. Part B of title IV of...
Joe Testaverde Adult Stem Cell Research Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate NIH activities regarding qualifying adult stem cell research. Defines "qualifying adult stem cell" to mean a human stem cell ...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Streamlined and Improved Methods at Polling Locations and Early Voting Act'' or the ``SIMPLE Voting Act''. SEC. 2. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR EARLY VOTING AND FOR REDUCING WAITING TIMES FOR VOTERS IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS. (a) Requirements for ...
Streamlined and Improved Methods at Polling Locations and Early Voting Act or SIMPLE Voting Act - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require each state to allow individuals to vote in a federal election on each day during the 15-day period ending two days before the election date in the same manner as voting i...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Vision Zero Act of 2017''. SEC. 2. VISION ZERO PLANNING GRANTS. (a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to award grants to eligible entities to develop a plan, known as a Vision Zero plan, to eliminate transportation-related fata...
Vision Zero Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation to award grants to a city, town, township, borough, county, parish, district, village, or other political subdivision of a state to develop a Vision Zero plan to eliminate transportation-related fatalities and serious injuries in its jurisdic...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND PURPOSE. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness and Indian Peaks Wilderness Expansion Act''. (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to include in the National Wilderness Preservation System certain lands within the Rocky Mountain ...
Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness and Indian Peaks Wilderness Expansion Act- Designates certain lands in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, which shall be known as the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness. Directs the Secretary ...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT TO 1986 CODE. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Education Savings Account and School Excellence Act of 1999''. (b) Amendment of 1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amend...
Education Savings Account and School Excellence Act of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to education individual retirement accounts (IRAs), to: (1) permit distributions for qualified elementary and secondary education expenses, including home schooling expenses; and (2) increase (through December 3...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Survivor Benefits Improvement Act of 2013''. SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF INITIAL PERIOD FOR INCREASED DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION FOR SURVIVING SPOUSES WITH CHILDREN. Section 1311(f)(2) of title 38, United States Code, i...
Survivor Benefits Improvement Act of 2013 - Allows dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) paid through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to the surviving spouses of veterans to be increased for months occurring during the five-year (under current law, two-year) period beginning on the date of entitlement. Pr...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Prescription Drug Labeling Promotion Act of 2012''. SEC. 2. ACCESSIBILITY OF INFORMATION IN PRESCRIPTION DRUG LABELING BY VISUALLY-IMPAIRED AND BLIND CONSUMERS. (a) Establishment of Working Group.-- (1) In general.--The Secret...
Prescription Drug Labeling Promotion Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a working group to develop best practices on access to prescription drug labeling for the visually impaired. Requires the working group to: (1) include equal representation of consumer and industry ...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Iran From Smuggling Weapons to Terrorists Act''. SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING TO INCREASE MARITIME SECURITY AND DOMAIN AWARENESS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES BORDERING THE PERSIAN GULF, ARABIAN SEA, OR ...
Stop Iran From Smuggling Weapons to Terrorists Act This bill authorizes the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide training to: (1) the national military or other security forces of Israel, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, and Qatar that have among their functional responsibilities maritim...
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SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PROPERTY OF THE SILETZ TRIBE OF THE STATE OF OREGON. Section 7 of the Siletz Tribe Indian Restoration Act (25 U.S.C. 711e) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(f) Treatment of Certain Property.-- ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may accep...
Amends the Siletz Tribe Indian Restoration Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust for the Siletz Tribe additional lands that lie within the original 1855 Siletz Coast Reservation and are located in Benton, Douglas, Lane, Lincoln, Tillamook, or Yamhill County in Oregon. Requires such land to ...
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TITLE I--EXCLUSION OF NONNATIVE SPECIES FROM MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the ``Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 2004''. SEC. 102. EXCLUSION OF NON-NATIVE SPECIES FROM APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS UNDER MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT. Secti...
Title I: Exclusion of Nonnative Species from Migratory Bird Treaty Act - Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 2004 - (Sec. 102) Amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) to clarify that the MBTA's prohibition on taking, killing, or possessing migratory birds applies only to native migratory bird species whose occurren...
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Financial Literacy and Education Coordinating Act of 2003''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds that-- (1) there is substantial evidence that many Americans do not have an adequate basis for making sound decisions about perso...
Financial Literacy and Education Coordinating Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish within the Office of Financial Education of the Department of the Treasury, the Financial Literacy and Education Coordinating Committee to: (1) coordinate Federal financial literacy and education efforts; (2) ...
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