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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``HIV Nondiscrimination in Travel and
Immigration Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Under Federal immigration law, prospective immigrants,
foreign students, refugees, and tourists who are infe... | HIV Nondiscrimination in Travel and Immigration Act of 2007 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) bar to U.S. admission.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) convene a panel of public health experts to review immigration policies regardin... | A bill to remove a provision from the Immigration and Nationality Act that prohibits individuals with HIV from being admissible to the United States, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Family offices are not of national concern in that
their advice, counsel, publications, writings, analyses, and
reports are not furnished or distributed to clients on a retail
basis, but are instead furnished or distr... | Amends the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to define "family office" (exempt from coverage by the Act) as a company (including any director, partner, trustee, or employee of such company, when acting in their respective capacities as such) that has no clients other than family clients and is owned, controlled, or opera... | To amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to add a definition of family office. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Drug Savings Through Choice
Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF MEDICARE OPERATED PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN
OPTION.
(a) In General.--Subpart 2 of part D of the Social Security Act is
amended by inserting after section 1860D-11 ... | Medicare Drug Savings Through Choice Act of 2007 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) offer a Medicare operated prescription drug plan with a service area that consists of the entir... | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a Medicare operated prescription drug plan option to deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices under the Medicare Program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Helping College Students Cross the
Finish Line Act''.
SEC. 2. GRANTS TO INSTITUTIONS TO PROVIDE AWARDS TO UNDERGRADUATE AND
VOCATIONAL STUDENTS WITH FINANCIAL NEED TO ASSIST IN
COMPLETION OF DEGREE AND CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS.
... | Helping College Students Cross the Finish Line Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to award grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to establish a financial assistance program that awards funds to at least 100 of the IHE's underg... | Helping College Students Cross the Finish Line Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Housing Authority Funding Fairness
Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. VOUCHER RENEWAL FUNDING.
Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437f) is amended by striking subsection (dd) and inserting the
following new subsection:
``(dd) Tenan... | Housing Authority Funding Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to: (1) repeal tenant-based contract renewals by application of an inflation factor; and (2) authorize FY2008-FY2012 appropriations for tenant-based rental assistance (vouchers).
Prescribes requirements for renewal funding fo... | To authorize the renewal of tenant-based rental assistance vouchers under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937. |
SECTION 1. TRANSPORTATION WORKER IDENTIFICATION CREDENTIAL SECURITY
CARD PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS AND ASSESSMENT.
(a) Credential Improvements.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Transportation
Security Administration shall comme... | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on December 10, 2016. (Sec. 1) This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to commence actions to improve its process for vetting individuals with access to secure areas of vessels and maritime facilities. These actions shall i... | To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to prepare a comprehensive security assessment of the transportation security card program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Southern Prairie Potholes National
Wildlife Refuge Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the area of the State of Iowa known as the Southern
Prairie Potholes and consisting primarily of the Willow Creek
watersh... | Southern Prairie Potholes National Wildlife Refuge Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish the approximately 23,500-acre Southern Prairie Potholes National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire land and water within the boundaries of the Refuge from willing sellers. Lists as purp... | Southern Prairie Potholes National Wildlife Refuge Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Women's High-Growth
Business Bipartisan Task Force Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) the terms ``Administration'' and ``Administrator'' mean
the Small Business Administration and the Administrator
... | National Women's High-Growth Business Bipartisan Task Force Act of 2012 - Establishes the National Women's High-Growth Business Bipartisan Task Force to provide women-owned, start-up and high-growth business advice, research, and policy recommendations to the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), th... | A bill to establish the National Women's High-Growth Business Bipartisan Task Force, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Information and Benefits
Enhancement Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. PRESUMPTION OF ADDITIONAL DISEASES OF FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR
TO BE SERVICE-CONNECTED FOR COMPENSATION PURPOSES.
(a) Presumption.--Section 1112(b) of title 38, United St... | Veterans Information and Benefits Enhancement Act of 2003 - Includes the following among the diseases to be considered service-connected, and therefore compensable through the Department of Veterans Affairs, when suffered by a veteran who is a former prisoner of war who was detained or interned for at least 30 days: (1... | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to presume additional diseases of former prisoners of war to be service-connected for compensation purposes, to enhance the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Department of Defense, to enhance and fund certain other epidemiological studies, and for other purposes |
SECTION 1. CANCELLATION OF STUDENT LOAN INDEBTEDNESS FOR SPOUSES,
SURVIVING JOINT DEBTORS, AND PARENTS.
(a) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
(1) Eligible public servant.--The term ``eligible public
servant'' means an individual who--
(A) served as ... | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to discharge or cancel the Federal student loan indebtedness of spouses, surviving joint debtors, and parents of public servants and other individuals who died (or die) or who became (or become) permanently and totally disabled from injuries s... | A bill to provide for cancellation of student loan indebtedness for spouses, surviving joint debtors, and parents of individuals who died or became permanently and totally disabled due to injuries suffered in the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Iran Human Rights Sanctions Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Iran voted in the United Nations General Assembly on
December 10, 1948, to adopt the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, ther... | Iran Human Rights Sanctions Act - Directs the President to impose visa entry and financial sanctions on a person determined to be complicit in human rights abuses committed against Iranian citizens or their family members on or after June 12, 2009, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Iran.
Requires that: (1)... | To impose sanctions on persons who are complicit in human rights abuses committed against citizens of Iran or their family members after the June 12, 2009, political processes in Iran, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Individual Social Security
Retirement Account Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY TAXES.
(a) Tax on Employees.--Subsection (a) of section 3101 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to OASDI tax on employees) is
amended by stri... | Individual Social Security Retirement Account Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the social security taxes on employees, employers, and the self-employed for 1995 and thereafter.
Amends title II (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to require employers to have ... | Individual Social Security Retirement Account Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Post-Deployment Health Assessment
Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES
DEPLOYED IN CONNECTION WITH A CONTINGENCY OPERATION.
(a) Mental Health Screenings.--
(1) In general.--Not later ... | Post-Deployment Health Assessment Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to issue guidance for the provision of an in-person mental health screening for each member of the Armed Forces deployed in connection with a contingency operation, in order to identify post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), suicidal tende... | To require mental health screenings for members of the Armed Forces who are deployed in connection with a contingency operation, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. DEFINITION OF RENEWABLE BIOMASS.
(a) Clean Air Act Definitions.--
(1) RFS definition.--Section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act
(42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraph (I)
and inserting the following:
``(I) Renewable biomass.--The term `... | Amends the Clean Air Act to redefine "renewable biomass" as: (1) materials, pre-commercial thinnings, or invasive species from certain National Forest System land and public lands that are byproducts of preventive treatments that are removed to reduce hazardous fuels, reduce or contain disease or insect infestation, or... | A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to modify certain definitions of the term "renewable biomass", and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Nuclear Security Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
Section 11 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014) is
amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection jj. as subsection ii.; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
... | Nuclear Security Act of 2003 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to instruct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to: (1) establish a nuclear security force composed of NRC employees to provide for the security of all sensitive nuclear facilities against design basis threat; and (2) develop and implement a securi... | To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to strengthen security at sensitive nuclear facilities. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``State Innovation Pilot Act of
2011''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to support State, local, and tribal leadership and
innovation in preparing all students to meet State-developed
college and career r... | State Innovation Pilot Act of 2011 - Amends part D (Waivers) of title IX (General Provisions) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise the process by which states, LEAs, and Indian tribes obtain waivers of the Act's statutory and regulatory requirements.
Requires waiver requests by states, LEAs,... | A bill to amend section 9401 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 with regard to waivers of statutory and regulatory requirements. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Freedom from Unfair Energy Levy
Act''.
SEC. 2. SIX-MONTH SUSPENSION OF FUEL TAXES.
(a) Six-Month Suspension of Fuel Taxes.--Section 4081 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to imposition of tax on
gasoline, diesel fuel, and kerosene) is ame... | Freedom from Unfair Energy Levy Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) suspend, for six months, motor fuels taxes; and (2) repeal the 1993 4.3 cents per gallon increase in motor fuel taxes. Sets forth floor stock provisions. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend all motor fuel taxes for six months, and to permanently repeal the 4.3-cent per gallon increases in motor fuel taxes enacted in 1993. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans' Housing Benefits
Enhancement Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. HOME IMPROVEMENTS AND STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS FOR TOTALLY
DISABLED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES BEFORE DISCHARGE OR
RELEASE FROM THE ARMED FORCES.
Section 1717 of ... | Veterans' Housing Benefits Enhancement Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in the case of a member of the Armed Forces determined to have a total disability permanent in nature which was incurred or aggravated in the line of active duty, to furnish home improvements and structural alterations fo... | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide certain housing benefits to disabled members of the Armed Forces, to expand certain benefits for disabled veterans with severe burns, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. PEG SIGNAL QUALITY AND CONTENT; PRESERVATION OF SUPPORT OF
PEG USE.
(a) In General.--Section 611 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 531) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (h); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol... | Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require certain cable system operators, with channel capacity for public, educational, or governmental (PEG) use that is designated by a franchising authority under existing code provisions or required to be provided under this Act, to: (1) carry PEG-use signals to subscribers w... | A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to establish signal quality and content requirements for the carriage of public, educational, and governmental channels, to preserve support of such channels, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia Tax Revenue
Nondiscrimination Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL PROVISIONS GRANTING PROPERTY TAX RELIEF TO CERTAIN
ENTITIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
(a) In General.--
(1) American chemical society; america... | District of Columbia Tax Revenue Nondiscrimination Act of 1997 - Repeals various District of Columbia Code property tax exemptions for specified organizations located in the District of Columbia.
Amends specified Federal laws to permit the District of Columbia Government to tax: (1) the Federal National Mortgage Asso... | District of Columbia Tax Revenue Nondiscrimination Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Indian Tribal Development
Corporation Feasibility Study Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. FEASIBILITY STUDY.
Section 4(b) of the Native American Business Development, Trade
Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 (25 U.S.C. 4303(b)) is amended--
(1) by red... | Indian Tribal Development Corporation Feasibility Study Act of 2004 - Amends the Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Tribal Development Corporation Feasibility Study Group to study and report to Congress on the feasibility o... | A bill to determine the feasibility of establishing an Indian Tribal Development Corporation. |
SECTION 1. EARLY FEDERAL PELL GRANT COMMITMENT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
Subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1070a et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``SEC. 401B. EARLY FEDERAL PELL GRANT COMMITMENT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
``(a) Demonstration Prog... | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize an Early Federal Pell Grant Demonstration Program.
Directs the Secretary of Education to award grants to four states to cover administrative expenses incurred in the program. Limits a state to a cohort of up to 10,000 of its eighth grade students who are eligible fo... | A bill to establish an establish an Early Federal Pell Grant Commitment Demonstration Program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Security Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(2) Council.--The term ``Council'' means the ... | Energy Security Act of 2011 - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the national energy security program to coordinate federal government activities and policies to ensure that the United States meets goals for reducing oil dependence, oil imports, and oil consumption as well as other energy policy goals... | A bill to promote the oil independence of the United States, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Freedom from Equifax Exploitation
Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF CREDIT FREEZE.
Section 603(q) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C.
1681a(q)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(6) Credit freeze.--
``(... | Freedom from Equifax Exploitation Act This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to revise fraud alert provisions required of consumer reporting agencies. A fraud alert must be placed in a consumer's file upon request if the consumer suspects harm from an unauthorized disclosure. The time period for fraud alerts is... | Freedom from Equifax Exploitation Act |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The over reliance of the United States on imported
petroleum creates a major strategic vulnerability for the
Nation, with nearly half of the energy supply of the United
States dependent on foreign sources.
(2... | Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations ensuring that after December 31, 2010, all gasoline or diesel motor vehicle fuel sold or dispensed in the contiguous United States contains not less than ten percent ethanol (in the case of gasol... | To amend the Clean Air Act to require that, after the year 2010, all gasoline sold in the United States for motor vehicles contain not less than 10 percent ethanol and that all diesel fuel sold in the United States for motor vehicles contain not less than 5 percent biodiesel, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. DEDUCTION FOR STUDENT LOAN PAYMENTS BY MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS
PRACTICING IN RURAL AREAS.
(a) Interest on Student Loans Not Treated as Personal Interest.--
Section 163(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (defining
personal interest) is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of
subp... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an itemized deduction for personal interest paid on an education loan by a health care professional (medical doctor, registered nurse, nurse-practitioner, or physician's assistant) performing services in a rural community or on certain Indian reservations for at least 24 consec... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for amounts paid by a health care professional as interest on student loans if the professional agrees to practice medicine for at least 2 years in a rural community. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Covering People With Pre-Existing
Conditions Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHING UNIVERSAL ACCESS PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE HIGH RISK
POOLS AND REINSURANCE MARKETS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PRE-
EXISTING CONDITIONS.
(a) State Requireme... | Covering People With Pre-Existing Conditions Act of 2014 - Requires each state to mitigate the health costs of high risk individuals in the state through a state reinsurance program or a state high risk pool. | Covering People With Pre-Existing Conditions Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT TO INCLUDE CERTAIN COVERED
BENEFICIARIES WITHIN FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS
PROGRAM.
(a) Demonstration Project.--(1) Chapter 55 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 1107. Health care ... | Directs the Secretary of Defense to enter into an agreement with the Office of Personnel Management to conduct a demonstration project under which covered members and beneficiaries under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) who are or become entitled to hospital insurance benefits... | To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a demonstration project to evaluate the feasibility of using the Federal Employees Health Benefits program to ensure the availability of adequate health care for Medicare-eligible beneficiaries under the military health care system. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Environmental Health
Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) a growing body of scientific knowledge demonstrates
that children may suffer disproportionately from environmental
health risks a... | Children's Environmental Health Protection Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish the Task Force to Address Environmental Health and Safety Risks to Children to: (1) recommend to the President federal strategies to improve children's environmental health and safety; (2... | A bill to provide for the establishment of a task force to address the environmental health and safety risks posed to children. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Nursing Home Staff Improvement Act
of 2000''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Part I of the Health Care Financing Administration's
Report to Congress: Appropriateness of Minimum Nurse Staffing
R... | Directs the Secretary to award competitive grants to States for improving staffing levels in nursing facilities.
Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require skilled nursing and nursing facilities to report to the Secretary on nurse staffing levels and information regarding pa... | Nursing Home Staff Improvement Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
(a) Definitions.--Section 8331 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by striking out ``and'' at the end of paragraph (25);
(2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (26)
and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon a... | Amends Federal law to extend certain retirement-related provisions of the Civil Service and Federal Employees' Retirement Systems for Federal law enforcement officers to law enforcement officers of the Refuge Division of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior. | A bill to amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to extend the civil service retirement provisions of such chapter which are applicable to law enforcement officers. |
SECTION 1. VISA OVERSTAYS CRIMINALIZED.
(a) In General.--The Immigration and Nationality Act is amended by
inserting after section 274D the following:
``SEC. 274E. VISA OVERSTAYS.
``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), any alien
who remains in the United States for any period of time afte... | This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to subject any alien who remains in the United States after any visa or status under which the alien is lawfully present has expired to: (1) a fine or imprisonment for up to six months, or both, for a first offense; and (2) a fine or imprisonment for up to two years,... | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to render overstaying a visa a criminal offense, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Community Mental Health and
Addiction Safety Net Equity Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. FEDERALLY QUALIFIED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTERS.
Section 1913 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-3) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by stri... | Community Mental Health and Addiction Safety Net Equity Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to replace community mental health centers with federally qualified behavioral health centers which treat substance abuse in addition to mental illness and other conditions.
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Soc... | To establish Federally Qualified Behavioral Health Centers and to require Medicaid coverage for services provided by such Centers. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Jobs Through Trade Expansion Act of
1994''.
TITLE I--OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION
SEC. 101. RAISING CEILING ON INSURANCE.
Section 235(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2195(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``$9... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Title II: Trade and Development Agency
Title III: Export Promotion Programs Within the International
Trade Administration
Title IV: Promotion of United States Environmental Exports
Title V: International Pr... | Jobs Through Trade Expansion Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fair and Speedy Treatment (FAST) of
Medicare Prescription Drug Claims Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. PROMPT PAYMENT BY MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLANS AND MA-PD
PLANS UNDER PART D.
(a) Application to Prescription Drug Plans.--Section 1860D-12(b)... | Fair and Speedy Treatment (FAST) of Medicare Prescription Drug Claims Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require prompt payment of clean claims to pharmacies by prescription drug plans (PDPs) and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans (MA-PD Plans). Defines "prompt payment" as within 14 ... | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the sponsor of a prescription drug plan or an organization offering an MA-PD plan to promptly pay claims submitted under part D and to prohibit the inclusion of certain identifying information of pharmacies on explanatory prescription drug information and cards... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care Access for Small
Businesses Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) For most of the past 16 years, the number of Americans
without health insurance has been on the rise, reaching more
... | Health Care Access for Small Business Act of 2003 - Amends the Social Security Act to add a new title XXII (Providing for the Uninsured) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations for the certification of three-share programs for purposes of offering a refundable tax credit to small ... | A bill to provide for the certification of programs to provide uninsured employees of small business access to health coverage, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act
of 2008''.
SEC. 2. RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF FEDERAL ENTITIES IN THE SPECTRUM
RELOCATION PROCESS.
(a) Eligible Federal Entities.--Section 113(g)(1) of the National
Telecommunications and Informati... | Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to require the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to post on its website detailed transition plans from each federal entity that is eligible for payments fr... | To amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to improve the process of reallocation of spectrum from Federal government uses to commercial uses. |
SECTION 1. MODIFICATIONS TO ENCOURAGE CONTRIBUTIONS OF CAPITAL GAIN
REAL PROPERTY MADE FOR CONSERVATION PURPOSES AND
QUALIFIED CONSERVATION CONTRIBUTIONS.
(a) Contributions of Capital Gain Real Property Made for
Conservation Purposes and of Qualified Conservation Contributions Not
S... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude contributions of any qualified conservation contribution or capital gain real property made for conservation purposes from the application of the special limitation on contributions of capital gain property and from the application of the five-year carryover limitation. Repea... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage contributions by individuals of capital gain real property for conservation purposes, to encourage qualified conservation contributions, and to modify the rules governing the estate tax exclusion for land subject to a qualified conservation easement. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Greater Sage Grouse Protection and
Recovery Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. PROTECTION AND RECOVERY OF GREATER SAGE GROUSE.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Federal resource management plan.--The term ``Federal
resource management plan... | Greater Sage Grouse Protection and Recovery Act of 2016 This bill delays findings by the Department of the Interior with respect to the greater sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act until September 30, 2026. Additionally, Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA)are prohibited from amending any federal r... | Greater Sage Grouse Protection and Recovery Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Tax Treatment
Act''.
SEC. 2. TAX TREATMENT OF INCOME RECEIVED IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXXON
VALDEZ LITIGATION.
(a) Income Averaging of Amounts Received From the Exxon Valdez
Litigation.--
(1) In general.... | Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Tax Treatment Act - Allows taxpayers who are plaintiffs in the civil action In re Exxon Valdez, No. 89-095-CV (HRH) (Consolidated) (D. Alaska), or their heirs or dependents, to: (1) elect to average, for income tax purposes, income received in settlement of such civil action for the period beginn... | A bill to provide for the tax treatment of income received in connection with the litigation concerning the Exxon Valdez oil spill and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Crime Victims with Disabilities Act
of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Adults with disabilities experience violence or abuse
at least twice as often as people without disabilities.
(2) Women w... | Crime Victims with Disabilities Act of 2006 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to states, local governments, Indian tribes, or tribal organizations to plan and implement programs for collaboration among criminal justice agencies, adult protec... | A bill to create a grant program for collaboration programs that ensure coordination among criminal justice agencies, adult protective service agencies, victim assistance programs, and other agencies or organizations providing services to individuals with disabilities in the investigation and response to abuse of or cr... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FAX TRANSMISSIONS CONTAINING UNSOLICITED
ADVERTISEMENTS.
(a) Prohibition.--Subparagraph (C) of section 227(b)(1) of the
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(b)(1)(C)) is amend... | Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2004 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit a person from using any telephone facsimile (fax) machine, computer, or other device to send, to another fax machine, an unsolicited advertisement to a person who has requested that such sender not send such advertisements, or to any ot... | A bill to amend section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify the prohibition on junk fax transmissions. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Canyon Mountain Land Conveyance Act
of 2013''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means the
approximately 17,826 acres of Federal land, as generally
depicted on the map entitled `... | Canyon Mountain Land Conveyance Act of 2013 - Holds in trust for the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians (Tribe) all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approximately 17,826 acres of federal land generally depicted on the map entitled "Canyon Mountain Land Conveyance," dated June 2... | Canyon Mountain Land Conveyance Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Uranium Mining Modernization Act''.
SEC. 2. FEDERAL LANDS URANIUM LEASING.
The Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by
redesignating section 44 as section 45, and by inserting after section
43 the following new section:
``SEC. 44. LE... | Uranium Mining Modernization Act - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to: (1) withdraw all fedral lands permanently from location and entry for uranium; and (2) prescribe a uranium leasing program for such lands. | To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to permanently withdraw all Federal lands from location and entry for uranium mining, to provide for leasing of such lands under such Act for uranium mining, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Prescription Drug Fairness for
Seniors Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) Manufacturers of prescription drugs engage in price
discrimination practices that compel many ... | Prescription Drug Fairness for Seniors Act of 1998 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to furnish each Medicare beneficiary under title XVIII of the Social Security Act with a drug benefit card enabling the beneficiary to purchase covered outpatient prescription drugs listed on the Federal Supply Sched... | Prescription Drug Fairness for Seniors Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``HUD Programs Information
Verification Act''.
SEC. 2. HUD DATA MATCH WITH NATIONAL DIRECTORY OF NEW HIRES.
(a) Information Comparisons for Public and Assisted Housing
Programs.--Section 453(j) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653(j))
is amended by... | HUD Programs Information Verification Act - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV (Grants to States for Aid and Services to Needy Families with Children and for Child-Welfare Services) of the Social Security Act to provide for public and assisted housing-related employment and income ... | To reduce overpayments of subsidies in Department of Housing and Urban Development housing assistance programs by providing for more accurate verification of employment and income of participants in such programs. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Microenterprise and Youth
Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. MICROENTERPRISE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING
PROGRAM.
(a) Definitions.--Section 172(5) of the Riegle Community
Development and Regulatory Improve... | Microenterprise and Youth Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2011 - Amends the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 for purposes of the microenterprise technical assistance and capacity building grant program to include in the definition of "disadvantaged entrepreneur" a microentrepreneu... | To amend the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 to improve the microenterprise technical assistance and capacity building grant program, to establish an Office of Youth Entrepreneurship in the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Food-borne Illness
Surveillance and Response Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. ENHANCED FOOD-BORNE ILLNESS SURVEILLANCE.
(a) In General.--
(1) Authority.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services
(referred to in this section as the... | Improving Food-borne Illness Surveillance and Response Act of 2008 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services 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... | A bill to provide for enhanced food-borne illness surveillance and food safety capacity. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Heart Disease Education, Analysis,
Research, and Treatment for Women Act'' or the ``HEART for Women Act''.
SEC. 2. REPORTING OF DATA IN APPLICATIONS FOR DRUGS, BIOLOGICS, AND
DEVICES.
(a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United... | Heart Disease Education, Analysis, Research, and Treatment for Women Act or the HEART for Women Act - Directs the Comptroller General to report on whether the presentation of clinical study safety and effectiveness data by sex, age, and racial subgroups complies with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requirements. Req... | To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve women's health by prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. ALLOCATION OF NATIONAL LIMITATION ON QUALIFIED SCHOOL
CONSTRUCTION BONDS; APPLICATION OF DAVIS-BACON ACT TO
PROJECTS FINANCED WITH BONDS.
(a) In General.--Title XII of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.) is amended--
(1) ... | Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide for the allocation of any limitation imposed on school construction bonds with respect to which the holders are allowed a credit under the Internal Revenue Code.
Applies the wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act to projects financed with such bond... | To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide for the allocation of any limitation imposed on school construction bonds with respect to which the holders are allowed a credit under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and to apply the wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act to projects financed ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Insurance Disclosure Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(1) Insurer.--The term ``insurer'' means any person,
reciprocal exchange, interinsurer, Lloyds insurer, fraternal
benefit society, or other legal ... | Insurance Disclosure Act of 1997 - Requires insurers, if a medical exam (procured by the insurer) is required for initial or continued enrollment, to: (1) provide the individual involved with all medical information obtained from the exam; and (2) encourage the individual to make the information available to the indiv... | Insurance Disclosure Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. STUDIES AND REPORTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ON FOOD PRODUCTS FROM CLONED
ANIMALS.
(a) Study by the Department of Agriculture.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to
in this section as t... | Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct studies on: (1) the economic and trade impact of exports of food products from cloned animals; (2) Department of Agriculture programs to monitor products from cloned animals in the food supply; (3) the health effects and costs attributable to milk from cloned animals in t... | To require studies by the Secretary of Agriculture on the effects of food products from cloned animals entering the food supply. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Coastal Restoration Tax Credit Act
of 2005''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR EXPENSES INCURRED IN RESTORING AND PROTECTING
COASTAL LANDS.
(a) In General.--Subpart B of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amen... | Coastal Restoration Tax Credit Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for expenditures related to any project approved by the Natural Resources Conservation Service to restore or protect coastal lands in the United States. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit against the income tax for expenses incurred in restoring and protecting coastal lands. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Judicial Administration and
Improvement Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Former ninth circuit.--The term ``former ninth
circuit'' means the ninth judicial circuit of the United States
as in existence on ... | Judicial Administration and Improvement Act of 2016 [sic] This bill divides the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit into: (1) a new Ninth Circuit, to be composed of California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands; and (2) a newly established Twelfth Circuit, to be composed of Alas... | Judicial Administration and Improvement Act of 2016 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``North Korean Human Rights
Reauthorization Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-
333; 22 U.S.C. 7801 et seq.) (in this section referred to as ``the
Act... | North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2008 - Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to the resettlement of North Korean refugees.
Amends the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 to authorize appropriations through FY2012 for: (1) activities to support human rights and democracy and freedom of informa... | To amend the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 to promote respect for the fundamental human rights of the people of North Korea, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Birth Defects
Prevention Act of 1993''.
(b) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Birth defects are the leading cause of infant
mortality, directly responsible for one out of every five ... | Birth Defects Prevention Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish birth defects prevention and research programs.
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), to provide for collection, analysis, and reporting of bir... | Birth Defects Prevention Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``50th Anniversary of the Texas
Western College Men's Basketball Championship Commemorative Coin Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) On March 19, 1966, Texas Western College (the
``Miners'') defeated the Uni... | 50th Anniversary of the Texas Western College Men's Basketball Championship Commemorative Coin Act Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 50,000 $5 coins, 400,000 $1 coins, and 750,000 half-dollar coins emblematic of the game of basketball. Requires all sales of such coins to include spec... | 50th Anniversary of the Texas Western College Men's Basketball Championship Commemorative Coin Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Family and Medical
Leave Enhancement Act''.
(b) Reference.--Whenever in sections 2, 3, and 5 an amendment or
repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a
section or other provision, the reference shall be... | Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to extend coverage to employees at worksites where the employer employs at least 25 (currently 50) employees at the worksite and within 75 miles of that worksite.
Allows employees covered by such Act to take up to four hours dur... | Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Millennium Challenge Compact
Improvement Act (MCIA)''.
SEC. 2. MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE COMPACT.
(a) Duration of Compacts.--Section 609 of the Millennium Challenge
Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7708) is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (j); and
... | Millennium Challenge Compact Improvement Act (MCIA) - Amends the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to authorize under specified circumstances: (1) Millennium Challenge Compacts in excess of five years; and (2) concurrent Compacts.
States that assistance may be provided through a Compact with a country individually and/... | To amend the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to authorize regional and concurrent compacts under that Act, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Michelle's Law''.
SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF DEPENDENT STUDENTS ON MEDICALLY NECESSARY LEAVE OF
ABSENCE.
(a) Amendments of ERISA.--Subpart A of part 7 of title I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1181 et
seq.) is... | Michelle's Law - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan from terminating the coverage of a dependent child due to a medically necessary leave of absence f... | A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. COMMUNICATION SITE USE FEES.
(a) Fees.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter
referred to as the ``Secretaries''), shall assess and collect charges
for utilization of radio and television communications sites located on... | Directs the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to assess and collect charges for utilization of radio and television communications sites located on Federal lands administered by the Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management. Requires the Forest Service and Bureau to annually review and adjust such charges ... | To establish fees for communication sites on public lands. |
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG INITIAL ENROLLMENT
PERIODS FOR 2006 AND 2007; SUSPENSION OF LATE ENROLLMENT
PENALTY THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2007.
(a) Extension of Medicare Prescription Drug Initial Enrollment
Periods for 2006 and 2007.--Section 1860D-1(b)(1) of the So... | Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) extend the 2006 and 2007 initial enrollment periods for the Medicare prescription drug benefit; (2) suspend the late enrollment penalty through December 31, 2007; and (3) permit Medicare beneficiarie... | To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the 2006 and 2007 initial enrollment periods for the Medicare prescription drug benefit and suspend the late enrollment penalty through December 31, 2007, to permit Medicare beneficiaries to change enrollment in a prescription drug plan during the firs... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``School Desegregation Litigation
Reform Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. APPROPRIATE REMEDIES IN SCHOOL CASES.
(a) In General.--Section 213 of the Equal Educational Opportunities
Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. 1712) is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 213. Appropriate ... | School Desegregation Litigation Reform Act of 1996 - Amends the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 with respect to remedies in school cases. Sets forth requirements for relief in such cases.
Revises prohibitions against State denial of equal educational opportunity.
Allows school districts and State and loc... | School Desegregation Litigation Reform Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Continuity of Electric Capacity
Resources Act''.
SEC. 2. DIVERSITY OF SUPPLY AND CONTINUITY OF ELECTRIC CAPACITY
RESOURCES.
Title II of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. ... | Continuity of Electric Capacity Resources Act This bill amends the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to notify transmission organizations that they must file an electric capacity resources report if they have a tariff on file that addresses the procurement of electric capaci... | Continuity of Electric Capacity Resources Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening Homeland Security,
Intelligence, and Essential Law Enforcement Departments Act of 2011''
or the ``SHIELD Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States Armed Forces represent the finest
... | Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence, and Essential Law Enforcement Departments Act of 2011 or SHIELD Act of 2011 - Requires, in the event that the U.S. public debt limit is reached, priority payment of the pay and allowances of: (1) members of the Armed Forces, including reserves, who perform active service; ... | To prioritize the payment of pay and allowances to members of the Armed Forces and Federal law enforcement officers in the event the debt ceiling is reached or there is a funding gap. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Child Care Access and Refundability
Expansion Act'' or as the ``Child CARE Act''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR DEPENDENT CARE EXPENSES.
(a) Credit Made Refundable.--
(1) In general.--The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended by redesignati... | Child Care Access and Refundability Expansion Act or the Child CARE Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for employment-related expenses incurred for the care of a taxpayer's dependent, to: (1) make such credit refundable, (2) deny such credit for services provided outsid... | Child CARE Act |
16, 110th Congress, agreed
to in the Senate March 1, 2007, and House Concurrent Resolution
80, 110th Congress, agreed to in the House of Representatives
June 18, 2007.
SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT OF A REGIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISARMING THE LORD'S
RESISTANCE ARMY.
(a) Requirement for... | Lord's Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009 - Directs the President to submit to the appropriate congressional committees a regional strategy to guide U.S. support for multilateral efforts to eliminate the threat to civilians and regional stability posed by the Lord's Resistance Army (LR... | To support stabilization and lasting peace in northern Uganda and areas affected by the Lord's Resistance Army through development of a regional strategy to support multilateral efforts to successfully protect civilians and eliminate the threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and to authorize funds for humanitarian... |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Armed conflicts in the Middle East have created refugee
populations numbering in the millions and comprised of peoples
from many ethnic, religious, and national backgrounds.
(2) Jews have lived mostly as a minority in ... | Directs the President to report to Congress every two years regarding executive branch actions taken to ensure that the interests of all refugees displaced from Arab countries, including Jews, Christians, and other groups, are considered in any final settlement of the Middle East refugee question that is part of any co... | To direct the President to submit to Congress a report on actions the executive branch has taken relating to the resolution of the issue of Jewish refugees from Arab countries. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Care Corps Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) Corps.--The term ``Corps'' means the National Care
Corps established under section 3 of this Act.
... | National Care Corps Act of 2014 - Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the National Care Corps through which Corps Members provide certain services to individuals in need who are age 65 or older or have a disability and have difficulty with self-care. | National Care Corps Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``End Excessive Oil Speculation Now
Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF EXCESSIVE OIL SPECULATION.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the national average retail price for a gallon of
gasoline was $3.75 on June 8, 2011;
... | End Excessive Oil Speculation Now Act of 2011 - Directs the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to establish speculative position limits: (1) in any registered trading entity on or through which crude oil, gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, or heating oil futures or swaps are traded that are equal... | To require the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to impose unilaterally position limits and margin requirements to eliminate excessive oil speculation, and to take other actions to ensure that the price of crude oil, gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, and heating oil accurately reflects the fundamental... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Justice Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is established the Fair Justice Agency (in this Act referred
to as the ``Agency''), which shall be an independent agency in the
executive branch of the Government.
SEC. 3. DIRECTOR.
(a) In ... | Fair Justice Act of 2001 - Establishes the Fair Justice Agency as an independent executive branch agency to investigate and prosecute alleged misconduct, criminal activity, corruption, or fraud by Department of Justice officers or employees. | To establish the Fair Justice Agency as an independent agency for investigating and prosecuting alleged misconduct, criminal activity, corruption, or fraud by an officer or employee of the Department of Justice. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Justice for Sergei Magnitsky Act of
2010''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States supports the people of the Russian
Federation in their efforts to realize their full economic
potential and t... | Justice for Sergei Magnitsky Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of State to publish a list of each individual the Secretary believes: (1) is responsible for the detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky; (2) conspired to defraud the Russian Federation of taxes on corporate profits through fraudulent transactions ... | A bill to require the Secretary of State to identify individuals responsible for the detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky or for the conspiracy to defraud the Russian Federation of taxes on corporate profits through fraudulent transactions and lawsuits against Hermitage, and to impose a visa ban and certain f... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Hardship Relief
Act''.
SEC. 2. HARDSHIP EXEMPTION TO EMPLOYER HEALTH INSURANCE MANDATE FOR
SMALL BUSINESSES.
(a) In General.--Section 4980H of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended by adding at the end the following... | Small Business Hardship Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the employer mandate to provide minimum essential health care coverage for its employees a small business (i.e., an employer of not more than 100 full-time employees) experiencing a hardship. Defines "hardship" to include sit... | Small Business Hardship Relief Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) To protect the taxpayer and the Treasury, it is the
responsibility of the Congress to provide Federal agencies with
t... | Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Act of 2010 - Requires the Attorney General, the Commissioner of Social Security, and the Secretaries of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and the Treasury (agency head), in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to: (1) identify existing fe... | To make funds available to increase program integrity efforts and reduce wasteful government spending of taxpayer's dollars. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fort Sumner Project Title Conveyance
Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) District.--The term ``District'' means the Fort Sumner
Irrigation District, located in De Baca County, New Mexico.
(2) Forbearance agreeme... | Fort Sumner Project Title Conveyance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Fort Sumner Irrigation District, located in De Baca County, New Mexico, all works, land, and facilities of the Fort Sumner reclamation project in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement between the United States and... | To transfer certain facilities, easements, and rights-of-way to Fort Sumner Irrigation District, New Mexico. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Welfare
Improvement Act of 1997''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. No additional cash assistance for children born to families... | Welfare Improvement Act of 1997 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) in order to make various specified changes to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
Prohibits States from providing cash TANF benefits for... | Welfare Improvement Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Deficit Reduction Check-Off Act''.
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF INCOME TAX PAYMENTS TO REDUCE THE DEFICIT.
(a) Designation.--Subchapter A of chapter 61 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to returns and records) is amended by
adding at the end the... | Deficit Reduction Check-Off Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers to designate on their tax returns an amount (initially between $1 and $10, with annual increases of $1 for each taxable year after 2011) for reducing the federal deficit.
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Co... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals to designate certain amounts on their income tax returns, to require spending reductions equal to 10 times the amounts so designated, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``True Cost of War Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. REPORT ON LONG-TERM COSTS OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND
OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The United States has been engaged in milita... | True Cost of War Act of 2011 - Directs the President, with contributions from the Secretary of Defense (DOD), the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), to report to Congress an estimate of the long-term costs of Operation New Dawn (the successor contingency operation to Operation Iraqi Freedom... | To direct the President to submit to Congress a report on the long-term costs of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn, and Operation Enduring Freedom in Iraq and Afghanistan, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Overseas Citizens Voting Rights Act
of 1996''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR RECEIPT OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS.
Section 102 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting
Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff-1) is amended--
(1) by striking out ``and''... | Overseas Citizens Voting Rights Act of 1996 - Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to require each State to allow absentee ballots to be received at least until the closing of polls on election day.
(Sec. 3) Extends the Federal write-in ballot provisions to include special, primary, and run-o... | Overseas Citizens Voting Rights Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Computer Crime Enforcement Act''.
SEC. 2. STATE GRANT PROGRAM FOR TRAINING AND PROSECUTION OF COMPUTER
CRIMES.
(a) In General.--Subject to the availability of amounts provided in
advance in appropriations Acts, the Office of Justice Progr... | Computer Crime Enforcement Act - Directs the Office of Justice Programs to make a grant to each State, subject to the availability of appropriations, which shall be used to: (1) assist State and local law enforcement agencies in enforcing State and local criminal laws relating, and in educating the public to prevent an... | Computer Crime Enforcement Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Secure Online Communication
Enforcement Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. ENHANCED PRIVACY PROTECTION FOR INFORMATION ON COMPUTER
NETWORKS.
(a) In General.--Section 2703(b) of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by striking paragraph (1) and i... | (Sec. 3) Includes an operator of an Internet web site (including an agent of such operator) or other third party within the scope of limitations on disclosure of records currently applicable to electronic communication service (ECS), and remote computing service (RCS), providers.
Limits any such disclosure to non-gover... | Secure Online Communication Enforcement Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND REFERENCE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Pay Act of
1997''.
(b) Reference.--Whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is
expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a s... | Fair Pay Act of 1997 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages on account of sex, race, or national origin. (Allows payment of different wages under seniority systems, merit systems, or systems that measure earnings by quantity or quality of production.)
Prohibit... | Fair Pay Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Safe and Secure Border
Infrastructure Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF SAFE AND SECURE BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS.
The Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary
of Homeland Security and the governors of the border States, shall
... | Safe and Secure Border Infrastructure Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish a safe and secure border infrastructure grant program, administered jointly by the Secretary and the Administrator of General Services (GSA), to construct transportation infrastructure improvements at existing and new... | Safe and Secure Border Infrastructure Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Women's Business Procurement
Assistance Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. GOAL SETTING.
Section 15(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ``, small business
concerns owned and controlled... | Women's Business Procurement Assistance Act of 1993 - Amends the Small Business Act to require the President and the head of each Federal agency to include small business concerns owned and controlled by women within the Federal procurement contract process.
Declares that it is the policy of the United States that suc... | Women's Business Procurement Assistance Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Answer Africa's Call Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) African poverty and stagnation are the greatest tragedy
of our time and demand a forceful response by the United
States.
(2) The... | Answer Africa's Call Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an additional income tax (surcharge) on adjusted gross incomes exceeding certain threshold levels (in order to fund the U.S. International Finance Facility).
Establishes the United States International Finance Facility Trust Fund in the Treasury con... | To implement measures to help alleviate the poor living conditions in Africa. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Great Lakes Protection and
Restoration Committee Act''.
SEC. 2. GREAT LAKES PROTECTION AND RESTORATION COMMITTEE.
(a) Establishment.--There is established a committee to be known as
the ``Great Lakes Protection and Restoration Committee'' (hereinafter ... | Great Lakes Protection and Restoration Committee Act - Establishes the Great Lakes Protection and Restoration Committee to: (1) study and report to the President, the Congress, and the Governor of each Great Lakes State on programs established and carried out to achieve restoration goals for the Great Lakes prepared by... | To establish the Great Lakes Protection and Restoration Committee. |
SEC. . STANDING FOR CERTAIN TAXPAYERS WITH REGARD TO SALE OF NET
OPERATING LOSSES.
(a) Subsection (c) of section 5021 of the Technical and
Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-647) is amended to
read as follows:
``(c) Special Administrative Rules.--
``(1) Income incl... | Amends the Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988 to permit Alaska Native Corporations to litigate the validity of the sale of their net operating losses to other corporate buyers as reported on their tax returns, if the buyers so agree. Increases the interest on the underpayment rate for any underpayments re... | A bill to provide Alaska Native Corporations, through an election process, standing to contest the disallowance of certain tax losses by the Internal Revenue Service if the purchasers of the losses agree; and to offset any associated revenue losses by increasing the interest rate on certain related tax deficiencies. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Government Travel Cost Reduction
Act''.
SEC. 2. BUSINESS ACCOUNTS FOR AIR TRAVEL BY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.
(a) In General.--Chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 5709 the following new section:
``Sec. 5710. Busine... | Government Travel Cost Reduction Act - Amends Federal law governing air travel of Federal employees and Members of Congress to mandate that a Federal or congressional agency include in its contract with an air carrier: (1) the establishment of a separate air travel business account for employees travelling on official ... | Government Travel Cost Reduction Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``HOPE VI Program Reauthorization and
Small Community Mainstreet Rejuvenation and Housing Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. HOPE VI PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION.
(a) Selection Criteria.--Section 24(e)(2) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(e)(2)) i... | HOPE VI Program Reauthorization and Small Community Mainstreet Rejuvenation and Housing Act of 2003 - (Sec. 2) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to revise criteria for HOPE VI (urban revitalization demonstration program) grants, including addition of criteria regarding tenant displacement, existing tenant oc... | To reauthorize the HOPE VI program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing and to provide financial assistance under such program for main street revitalization or redevelopment projects in smaller communities to support the development of affordable housing for low-income families in connection with s... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Weekends Without Hunger Act''.
SEC. 2. WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS WITHOUT HUNGER.
Section 18 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1769) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(j) Weekends and Holidays Without Hunger.--... | Weekends Without Hunger Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture, subject to the availability of appropriations, to implement a pilot program providing commodities, on a competitive basis, to nonprofits for the provision of nutritious food to at-risk school ch... | To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish a weekend and holiday feeding program to provide nutritious food to at-risk school children on weekends and during extended school holidays during the school year. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Assessing Progress in Haiti Act of
2014''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) On January 12, 2010, a massive earthquake struck near the
Haitian capital city of Port-au-Prince, leaving an estimated
220,000 people ... | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on June 26, 2014. Assessing Progress in Haiti Act of 2014 - Expresses the sense of Congress that transparency, accountability, democracy, and good governance are integral factors in any congressional decision regarding U.S. assistance, including as... | Assessing Progress in Haiti Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND REFERENCES.
(a) Short Title.--That this Act may be cited as the ``Community
Services Block Grant Amendments of 1994''.
(b) References.--Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever
in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or repeal of, a sec... | Community Services Block Grant Amendments of 1994 - Amends the Community Services Block Grant Act to authorize a community initiative grant program to carry out economic development activities in economically distressed communities.
Extends the authorization of appropriations for the community services block grant pro... | Community Services Block Grant Amendments of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Telemedicine and Medical
Informatics Demonstration Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. INFORMATICS, TELEMEDICINE, AND EDUCATION DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.
(a) Purpose and Authorization.--
(1) In general.--Under section 1142 of the Social Security
... | Medicare Telemedicine and Medical Informatics Demonstration Act of 1996 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, to make a grant to a consortium meeting specified criteria to provide for a project for the development and operation of telemedicine and ... | Medicare Telemedicine and Medical Informatics Demonstration Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act
of 2008''.
SEC. 2. HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH.
Part H of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 498C the following:
``SEC. 498D. HUMAN EMBRYONI... | Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct and support research that utilizes human embryonic stem cells, regardless of the date on which the stem cells were derived from a human embryo. Limits such research to stem ... | To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research, to direct the National Institutes of Health to issue guidelines for such stem cell research, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Enhancing Educational Opportunities
for all Students Act''.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I--TITLE I OF THE ESEA PORTABILITY
Sec. 101.... | Enhancing Educational Opportunities for all Students Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow a state educational agency to allocate grant funds among local educational agencies based on the number of eligible children (children age 5 to 17 from a family with an income below the poverty ... | Enhancing Educational Opportunities for all Students Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Forest Good Neighbor Act of
2017''.
SEC. 2. GOOD NEIGHBOR AUTHORITY.
(a) In General.--The Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 is
amended--
(1) by redesignating section 19 (16 U.S.C. 2113) as section
18; and
... | National Forest Good Neighbor Act of 2017 This bill amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to authorize the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to enter into good neighbor agreements with states to carry out specified similar and complementary forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration services on certai... | National Forest Good Neighbor Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Dairy Farmer Viability Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the farm-retail price spread (the difference between
farm and retail values) for dairy products has doubled since
the early 1980's;
(2) th... | Dairy Farmer Viability Act - Establishes the Dairy Farmer Viability Commission which shall study and report on matters affecting the viability of dairy farming. | A bill to establish the Dairy Farmer Viability Commission. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hunt Unrestricted on National
Treasures Act'' or the ``HUNT Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Federal public land management agency.--The term
``Federal public land management agency'' means any of the
National P... | Hunt Unrestricted on National Treasures Act or HUNT Act - Requires each head of a federal public land management agency (the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Forest Service, and the Bureau of Land Management [BLM]), to annually make available to the public on its website a report that... | HUNT Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hire Now Tax Cut Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. PAYROLL TAX FORGIVENESS FOR HIRING UNEMPLOYED WORKERS.
(a) In General.--Section 3111 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(d) Special Exemption f... | Hire Now Tax Cut Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exempt for-profit and nonprofit employers from social security taxes in 2010 for new employees who are hired after February 3, 2010, and before January 1, 2011, and who certify that they have not worked more than 40 hours during the last 60 days; a... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exemption from employer social security taxes with respect to previously unemployed individuals, and to provide a credit for the retention of such individuals for at least 1 year. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``NOAA Corps Disestablishment Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to disestablish the Corps of Commissioned Officers of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a
uniformed service within th... | NOAA Corps Disestablishment Act - Converts to civilian service each conversion-eligible officer in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Corps of Commissioned Officers who has signed a conversion agreement and the position to which the officer is assigned. Provides for a conversion benefit, Thrift... | NOAA Corps Disestablishment Act |
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