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SECTION 1. TITLE AND PURPOSES. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2010''. (b) Purpose.--This Act creates an optional fast-track procedure the President may use when submitting rescission requests, which would lead to an up-or-down vote by Congress on the President's pack... | Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2010 - Amends the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (ICA) to require the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to transmit, within 45 days of a congressional session after the enactment of the funding in question, a message to Congress with specified information requesting any rescissio... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Investment Adviser Examination Improvement Act of 2012''. SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. It is the sense of the Congress that the Securities and Exchange Commission should increase the number and frequency of examinations of investment advisers. SEC. 3. INSPECTION AND ... | Investment Adviser Examination Improvement Act of 2012 - Declares the sense of Congress that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) should increase the number and frequency of examinations of investment advisers. Amends the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to direct the SEC to collect an annual fee from investment... |
SECTION 1. PARENTS AS TEACHERS PROGRAMS. Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting at the end the following new part: ``Part G--Parents as Teachers ``SEC. 4701. SHORT TITLE. ``This part may be cited as the `Parents as Teachers: the Family Involvement in Education Act of 1993... | Parents as Teachers: the Family Involvement in Education Act of 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to States for parents as teachers programs, with special consideration for hard-to-serve populations. Makes eligible for such a grant any State which operates a parents as teachers program associa... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Indian Child Welfare Act Amendments of 1999''. SEC. 2. EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION. Section 101(a) of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1911(a)) is amended-- (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(a)''; and (2) by striking the last sentence and inserting the fo... | Indian Child Welfare Act Amendments of 1999 - Amends the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 to provide for retention by an Indian tribe of exclusive jurisdiction over child custody proceedings involving Indian children that are or become wards of a tribal court of that Indian tribe. Revises requirements, with respect to ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Guard and Reserve Early Retirement Act of 2007''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Members of the Active Components of the United States Military Services are eligible for an immediate annuity upon attaining twenty years of creditable service. (2... | Guard and Reserve Early Retirement Act of 2007 - Revises provisions concerning eligibility for military retired pay for nonregular (reserve) service to: (1) remove the requirement that the person be at least 60 years of age; and (2) provide an additional qualifier in the case of a combination of minimum age and earned ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Compliance Assistance Enhancement Act of 2005''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) Small businesses represent 99.7 percent of all employers, employ half of all private sector employees, and pay 44.3 perce... | Small Business Compliance Assistance Enhancement Act of 2005 - Amends the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 to require an agency to prepare a compliance guide to assist small entities in complying with a Federal rule or group of related rules for which an agency is required to prepare a final r... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Defunding the Corrupt and Incompetent United Nations Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. (a) In General.--Congress finds the following: (1) The United States pays far more than any other nation for United Nations operations, which are divided into three program baskets: regul... | Defunding the Corrupt and Incompetent United Nations Act This bill prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds to provide contributions to the United Nations, the U.N. system, or U.N.-affiliated agencies until the President certifies to Congress that specified requirements are met, including that the U.N.: adopts ... |
SECTION 1. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Act is to authorize and provide funding for the Bureau of Reclamation to continue the implementation of the endangered fish recovery implementation programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins in order to accomplish the objectives of these programs within a currently... | Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to undertake capital projects for the Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin and the San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program. Terminates the authority... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Internet Tax Simplification Act of 2000''. SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. (a) Moratorium Amendment.--Section 1101(a) of title XI of division C of Public Law 105-277 (112 Stat. 2681-719; 47 U.S.C. 151 note) is amended to read as follows: ``(a) Moratoria on State and Local Taxe... | Expresses the sense of Congress that States and local entities should work with the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws to develop a Streamlined Uniform Sales and Use Tax Act. Authorizes, and grants congressional consent for, States to enter into an Interstate Sales and Use Tax Compact. Stipulate... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Families and Small Business Energy Tax Relief Act of 2008''. SEC. 2. TEMPORARY REFUNDABLE CREDIT AGAINST INCOME TAX FOR NATURAL GAS, HEATING OIL, AND PROPANE COSTS OF INDIVIDUALS. (a) In General.--Subchapter B of chapter 65 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (rel... | Families and Small Business Energy Tax Relief Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer an income-based refundable tax credit for the lesser of 50% of such taxpayer's residential energy costs for a taxable year or $750 ($1,500 for married taxpayers filing jointly). Defines "resident... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Act: (1) Boxer.--The term ``boxer'' means an individual who fights in a professional boxing match. (2) Boxing commission.--(A) The term ``boxing commission'' means an entity authori... | Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 - Prohibits any person from arranging, promoting, organizing, producing, or fighting in a professional boxing match held in a State that has no boxing commission unless the match is: (1) supervised by a commission from another State; and (2) subject to the most recent Association ... |
SECTION 1. MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR PATIENT NAVIGATOR SERVICES. (a) State Plan Requirement.--Section 1902(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (82)(C), by striking ``and'' at the end; (2) in paragraph (83), by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and (3) by in... | Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require a state Medicaid plan to provide for state reimbursement of an eligible entity for any patient navigator service provided to a Medicaid-eligible individual. Includes within the definition of "medical assistance" certain patient navigator services defined... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Free Market Prison Industries Reform Act of 1998''. SEC. 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES. Title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking sections 4121 through 4122 and inserting the following: ``Sec. 4121.... | Free Market Prison Industries Reform Act of 1998 - Amends the Federal criminal code to revise provisions governing Federal Prison Industries (FPI). Directs that FPI: (1) be administered by a board of seven directors appointed by the President; (2) provide industries operated as a Limited Sales Project, Private Sector P... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Designation of Foreign Terrorist Organizations Reform Act''. SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS. (a) Period of Designation.--Section 219(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)(4)) is amended-- (1) in subparagraph (A)-- (A... | Designation of Foreign Terrorist Organizations Reform Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to revise requirements authorizing the Secretary to designate an organization as a foreign terrorist organization. Makes designations effective until revoked or set aside (currently effective for two years, subj... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of 2005''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Otherwise protected area.--The term ``otherwise protected area'' has the meaning given the term in section 12 of the Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 35... | Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to report to Congress on the creation of digital maps of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units and other protected areas under the digital mapping pilot project. Authorizes appropriations for FY2006-FY2007.... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Prosthetics Parity Act of 2008''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings: (1) There are more than 1,800,000 people in the United States living with limb loss. (2) Every year, there are more than 130,000 people in the Unit... | Prosthetics Parity Act of 2008 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Public Health Service Act to require a group health plan that provides both medical and surgical benefits and benefits for prosthetic devices and components to provide prosthetics coverage under terms and conditi... |
SECTION 1. RECOGNITION AND GRANT OF FEDERAL CHARTER. The American GI Forum of the United States, a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the State of New Mexico, is recognized as such and granted a Federal charter. SEC. 2. POWERS. The American GI Forum of the United States (in this Act referred to as the ``... | Grants a Federal charter to the American GI Forum of the United States (a nonprofit organization organized under the laws of New Mexico). |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``People for the Planet Act of 2008''. SEC. 2. TAX CHECK-OFF FOR ENVIRONMENT PRESERVATION. (a) In General.--Subchapter A of chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to information and returns) is amended by adding at the end the following new part: `... | People for the Planet Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Treasury the Environmental Protection Trust Fund to promote ecosystem restoration, reforestation, reclamation of timber roads in national forests, watershed protection, preservation of Great Lakes and other bodies of water, and fun... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Grant's Tomb National Memorial Act of 1994''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that-- (1) Ulysses S. Grant has been heralded as a national hero by his contemporaries and by generations thereafter; (2) Ulysses S. Grant led the Union ar... | Grant's Tomb National Memorial Act of 1994 - Redesignates General Grant National Memorial, located at Riverside Drive and West 122d Street, New York, New York, as Grant's Tomb National Memorial. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) design and construct a visitors center at the Memorial to aid in its interpret... |
SECTION 1. REDUCTION OF MAXIMUM CAPITAL GAINS RATES FOR INDIVIDUALS. (a) In General.--Section 1(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to maximum capital gains rate) is amended to read as follows: ``(h) Maximum Capital Gains Rate.-- ``(1) In general.--If a taxpayer has a net capital gain for any taxable year... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to: (1) revise a specified formula in order to reduce the maximum capital gains rates for individuals; and (2) decrease from one year to one month the holding period required for long-term capital gain treatment. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``State Long-Term Care Partnership Act of 2005''. SEC. 2. ALLOWANCE OF ADDITIONAL STATE LONG-TERM CARE PARTNERSHIPS. (a) In General.--Section 1917(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396(b)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1)(C)(i), by striking ``shall seek adju... | State Long-Term Care Partnership Act of 2005 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for establishment of long-term care insurance partnerships between states and insurers (Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnerships (QSLTCIPs)). Defines a QSLTCIP as a state plan amendment that pro... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Stop the Sequester Job Loss Now Act''. SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. TITLE I--BUDGET PROCESS AMENDMENTS TO REPLACE FISCAL YEAR 2013 SEQUESTRATION Sec. 101. Repeal and replace the 2013 sequester. Sec. 102. Protecting vete... | Stop the Sequester Job Loss Now Act - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to repeal the FY2013 sequester and reduce the FY2014 sequester. Eliminates the 2% maximum permissible reduction in budget authority for veterans' medical care. Extends through FY2014 ag... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``America's Border Security Act of 2007''. SEC. 2. TECHNOLOGICAL ASSETS. (a) Increased Availability of Equipment.--The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a plan to use authorities provided to the Secretary of Defen... | America's Border Security Act of 2007 - Sets forth border security and enforcement provisions, including provisions respecting: (1) use of Department of Defense (DOD) surveillance equipment, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); (2) road and barrier construction; (3) ports of entry construction; (4) communications... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Recycling Information Clearinghouse Act of 1993''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND OBJECTIVES. (a) Findings.--Section 1002(c) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901(c)) is amended by striking out ``and'' in paragraph (2), by striking out the period in paragraph (3) a... | Recycling Information Clearinghouse Act of 1993 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a clearinghouse for information about the recycling of municipal solid waste to include: (1) a data base on the volume and rate of recycling of materials from the municipal s... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Electric Consumer Right to Know Act'' or the ``e-KNOW Act''. SEC. 2. ELECTRIC CONSUMER RIGHT TO ACCESS ELECTRIC ENERGY INFORMATION. (a) Electric Consumer Right of Access.--Title II of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 is amended by adding after sec... | Electric Consumer Right to Know Act or the e-KNOW Act - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to grant an electric consumer the right to access the consumer's retail electric energy information in electronic machine-readable form, in conformity with nationally recognized open standards, free of char... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Science and Mathematics Early Start Grant Program Act of 1995''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that-- (1) preschoolers from low-income families have very limited opportunities to be exposed to science and mathematics activities; (2... | Science and Mathematics Early Start Grant Program Act of 1995 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award Science and Mathematics Early Start Grants to organizations to support model programs that provide instruction to Head Start personnel regarding the introduction of science and mathematics acti... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Teacher Loan Repayment Act of 2015''. SEC. 2. LOAN REPAYMENT FOR TEACHERS. (a) Sunsets.--The Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) is amended-- (1) in section 420O-- (A) by striking ``Beginning'' and inserting ``(a) In General.--Beginning''; and (B)... | Teacher Loan Repayment Act of 2015 This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the financial aid programs for teachers. Specifically, it terminates the authority of the Department of Education (ED) to: (1) award new grants under the Teacher Education Assistance for Colle... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia Court, Offender Supervision, Parole, and Public Defender Employees Equity Act of 2008''. SEC. 2. RETIREMENT CREDIT FOR SERVICE OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES TRANSFERRED FROM DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SERVICE TO FEDERAL SERVICE. (a) In General.--Any individua... | District of Columbia Court, Offender Supervision, Parole, and Public Defender Employees Equity Act of 2008 - Entitles any individual serving as a federal or congressional employee or a Member of Congress who performed qualifying District of Columbia (D.C.) service to have such service included in calculating such indiv... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Victims of Agent Orange Relief Act of 2013''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings: (1) From 1961 to 1971, approximately 19,000,000 gallons of 15 different herbicides were sprayed over the southern region of Vietnam. Th... | Victims of Agent Orange Relief Act of 2013 - Defines a "covered individual" as a Vietnam resident who is affected by health issues related to Agent Orange exposure which took place between January 1, 1961, and May 7, 1975, or who lives or had lived in or near geographic areas in Vietnam that continue to contain high le... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Immigration Relief and Protection Act of 2006''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) The number of fraudulent immigration consultants preying upon immigrants seeking assistance has risen dramatically in recent years. (2) Fraudulent immigration consu... | Immigration Relief and Protection Act of 2006 - Makes specified immigration-related acts (including advertisements) of immigration consultants unlawful. Establishes criminal and civil penalties for such violations. Directs the Attorney General to establish specified district task forces to enforce such provisions. Dire... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Civil Aviation Research and Development Authorization Act of 1999''. SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. Section 48102(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended-- (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (4)(J); (2) by striking the period at the en... | Civil Aviation Research and Development Authorization Act of 1999 - Amends Federal transportation law to authorize FY 2000 and 2001 appropriations for certain Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) research and development (R&D) programs. Requires the Department of Transportation's (DOT) annual budget request for the FA... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center Act of 2014''. SEC. 2. PURPOSES. The purposes of this Act are-- (1) to provide for a pilot program of public-private partnership regarding the operation of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Inter... | Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center Act of 2014 - Ratifies the conveyance of 27.29 acres of land from the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks to the United States. Directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to carry out a pilot project under which USDA offers a lease to the Lewis &a... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Trans-Atlantic Religious Protection Act (TARPA) of 2001''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that ``[e]veryone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; th... | Trans-Atlantic Religious Protection Act (TARPA) of 2001 - Directs the President and the Secretary of State to raise violations of freedom of thought, conscience, religion, or belief at every level (including at international meetings) with representatives of European countries that have failed to implement their intern... |
TITLE I--GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Family Unity Demonstration Project Act of 1993''. SEC. 102. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) An increasing number of children are becoming separated from their primary caretaker parents due to the in... | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: General Provisions Title II: Grants to States Title III: Family Unity Demonstration Project for Federal Prisoners Title I: General Provisions - Family Unity Demonstration Project Act of 1993 - Authorizes appropriations for State (80 percent) and Federal (20 percent) family unity demonstratio... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Money Follows the Person Act of 2003''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) In his budget for fiscal year 2004, President George W. Bush proposes a ``Money Follows the Person'' rebalancing initiative under the medicaid program to help State... | Money Follows the Person Act of 2003 - Authorizes a State to apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for approval to conduct a demonstration project under which the State shall provide community-based services and supports to Medicaid-eligible individuals residing in a Medicaid long-term care facility for a... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Prosecution Drug Treatment Alternative to Prison Act of 2001''. SEC. 2. DRUG TREATMENT ALTERNATIVE TO PRISON PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY STATE OR LOCAL PROSECUTORS. (a) Prosecution Drug Treatment Alternative to Prison Programs.-- Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control a... | Prosecution Drug Treatment Alternative to Prison Act of 2001 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to State or local prosecutors for the purpose of developing, implementing, or expanding drug treatment alternative to prison programs under which ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Cybersecurity Standards for Aircraft to Improve Resilience Act of 2016'' or the ``Cyber AIR Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Covered air carrier.--The term ``covered air carrier'' means an air carrier or a foreign air carrier (as those terms are defined... | Cybersecurity Standards for Aircraft to Improve Resilience Act of 2016 or the Cyber AIR Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to require domestic or foreign air carriers and manufacturers of aircraft or electronic control, communications, maintenance, or ground support systems for aircraft to dis... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Rigs to Reefs Habitat Protection Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Decommissioning.--The term ``decommissioning'' includes the flushing, plugging, and cementing of a platform. (2) Fund.--The term ``Fund'' means the Reef Maintenance Fund established by se... | Rigs to Reefs Habitat Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to assess each offshore oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico that is no longer useful for operations, and has become critical for a marine fisheries habitat, to: (1) determine whether there are coral populations or other protected specie... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act of 2010''. SEC. 2. EXTEND TEMPORARY BONUS DEPRECIATION FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY. (a) Extension of Special Allowance.-- (1) In general.--Paragraph (2) of section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended-- (A) by strik... | Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2011 bonus depreciation for certain depreciable business property; (2) extend through 2010 the election to accelerate the alternative minimum tax (AMT) and research tax credits in lieu of bonus depreciation; (3) inc... |
SECTION 1. PROCEDURES GOVERNING RETIREE HEALTH BENEFITS. (a) In General.--Part 5 of subtitle B of title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``SEC. 516. PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE TERMINATION OR SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION O... | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to establish procedures governing an employee benefit plan or plan sponsor's termination or substantial reduction of retiree health benefits. Requires, before a court approves a contested termination or substantial reduction, a finding that the balance ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Transparent Markets Act of 2009''. SEC. 2. OVER-THE-COUNTER DERIVATIVES TRANSACTION TAX. (a) In General.--Chapter 36 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after subchapter B the following new subchapter: ``Subchapter C--Tax on Over-the-Counte... | Transparent Markets Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on over-the-counter derivative transactions. Sets the rate of such tax at 0.25% of the fair market value of the underlying property with respect to, or the notional principal amount of, the derivative financial instrument involve... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Open Our Democracy Act of 2015''. SEC. 2. ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS THROUGH OPEN PRIMARIES. (a) Rules for Election of Members.--A candidate for election for the office of Senator or Member of the House of Representatives shall be elected to such office pursua... | Open Our Democracy Act of 2015 Requires all candidates for election to the Senate and the House of Representatives to run in an open primary, regardless of political party preference or lack thereof. Limits the ensuing general election to the two candidates receiving the greatest number of votes in the open primary. Gi... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Dangerous Products Warning Act''. SEC. 2. DANGEROUS PRODUCTS. (a) In General.--Part 1 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 27 the following: ``CHAPTER 28--DANGEROUS PRODUCTS ``Sec. ``571. Violations. ``572. Relationship to existing... | Dangerous Products Warning Act - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 5 years on any business entity or product supervisor with respect to a product or business practice who knows of a serious danger associated with such product or business practice and knowingly fails within 15... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Aviation Noise Limit Act of 1993''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) The accurate assessment and control of aviation noise impact is necessary to protect the public health and welfare while increasing and improving aviation capacity. (2) Airspace... | Aviation Noise Limit Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to develop a staged plan to reduce by at least 75 percent on or before January 1, 2001, the number of individuals residing in residential areas in the vicinity of an airport who are exposed to a yearly day-night average sound level o... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Oil and Gas Industry Antitrust Act of 2006''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON UNILATERAL WITHHOLDING. The Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12 et seq.) is amended-- (1) by redesignating section 28 as section 29; and (2) by inserting after section 27 the following: ``SEC. 28. OIL AND N... | Oil and Gas Industry Antitrust Act of 2006 - Amends the Clayton Act to make it unlawful for any person to refuse to sell, or to export or divert, existing supplies of petroleum, gasoline, or other fuel derived from petroleum, or natural gas, with the primary intention of increasing prices or creating a shortage in a ge... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Delaware River Protection Act of 2005''. SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO NOTIFY COAST GUARD OF RELEASE OF OBJECTS INTO THE NAVIGABLE WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES. The Ports and Waterways Safety Act (33 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC... | Delaware River Protection Act of 2005 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Ports and Waterways Safety Act to require any person who knows of a release from a vessel or facility of any object that creates an obstruction in the navigable waters of the United States to notify the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is o... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Microlending Expansion Act of 2009''. SEC. 2. MICROLOAN CREDIT BUILDING INITIATIVE. Section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(14) Credit reporting information.--The Administrator shall... | Small Business Microlending Expansion Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Small Business Act with respect to the Small Business Administration (SBA) Microloan program (small-scale loans to start-up, newly established, or growing small businesses for working capital or the acquisition of materials, supplies, or equipment)... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Home Improvement Loan Modernization Act of 2014''. SEC. 2. MODIFICATION TO PREMIUM CHARGES ON FINANCING CERTAIN ALTERATIONS, REPAIRS, AND IMPROVEMENTS TO, OR CONVERSIONS OF, EXISTING STRUCTURES. Subsection (f) of section 2 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 170... | Home Improvement Loan Modernization Act of 2014 - Amends the National Housing Act to specify the premium charge paid by a financial institution to insure any loan, advance of credit, or purchase of obligations representing loans and advances of credit it makes to finance certain home improvements for both existing sing... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Commercial Competitiveness and Labor Rights in China Act of 2000''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings and purpose. Sec. 3. Establish... | Requires the Secretary of State to provide foreign policy guidance to the Secretary of Commerce to ensure that such program is effectively integrated into U.S. foreign policy. Authorizes the Secretary of State to establish a program to conduct rule of law training and technical assistance related to labor activities in... |
SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE. (a) Multilateral Economic Assistance.-- (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive directors to the international financial institutions to oppose, and vote against, any extension by those institutions of any financial assistance (inclu... | Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors to the international financial institutions to oppose, and vote against, any extension of financial assistance of any kind to the Government of Indonesia (except humanitarian assistance to it or East Timor). Expresses the sense of Congress t... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Home Health Nurse and Patient Act of 2001''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. Sec. 3. Definitions. Sec. 4. OASIS Task Force (OTF).... | Home Health Nurse and Patient Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) Task Force to study and report to the Secretary and Congress on the comprehensive assessment of patients to determine whether: (1) the number of assessments requ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Agents Registration Modernization and Enforcement Act''. SEC. 2. CIVIL INVESTIGATIVE DEMAND AUTHORITY. The Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.) is amended-- (1) by redesignating sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 as sections 9,... | Foreign Agents Registration Modernization and Enforcement Act This bill amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA) to provide that whenever the Department of Justice (DOJ) has reason to believe that a person or enterprise may be in possession or control of documentary material relevant to an investigatio... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Computers for Veterans and Students Act of 2018'' or the ``COVS Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) Access to computers and computer technology are indispensable for success in the 21st century. Millions of Americans do not regularly... | Computers for Veterans and Students Act of 2018 or the COVS Act This bill directs federal agencies to offer, through the General Services Administration (GSA), to transfer surplus computers and technology equipment to nonprofit computer refurbishers for repair and distribution to educational institutions, veterans, dis... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``FSOC Designation Review Act''. SEC. 2. REEVALUATION AND REAFFIRMATION. Section 113(d) of the Financial Stability Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5323(d)) is amended to read as follows: ``(d) Reevaluation and Reaffirmation.-- ``(1) In general.--The Council shall reevaluate e... | FSOC Designation Review Act This bill amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to revise requirements for reevaluation and reaffirmation of determinations by the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System supervise and regulate U.S. or foreign nonbank financ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Nursing Relief Act of 2006''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following: (1) There are more vacant nursing positions in the United States than there are qualified registered nurses and nursing school candidates to fill those posi... | Nursing Relief Act of 2006 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a nonimmigrant visa category (W-visa) for an alien coming to the United States to work as a professional nurse. Sets forth employer petition provisions. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2007''. SEC. 2. EARLY DETECTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT OF HEARING LOSS. Section 399M of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g-1) is amended-- (1) in the section heading, by striking ``infants'' and insertin... | Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the newborns and infants hearing loss program to include diagnostic services among the services provided. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources an... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act'' or the ``A PLUS Act''. SEC. 2. PURPOSES. The purposes of this Act are as follows: (1) To give States and local communities added flexibility to determine how to improve academic achievement and implement education refo... | Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act or the A PLUS Act This bill allows each state to receive federal elementary and secondary education funds on a consolidated basis and manage the funds to advance the educational policy of the state. A declaration of intent must be formulated by a combination of specifi... |
SECTION 1. RESEARCH CREDIT MADE PERMANENT; CREDIT FOR EXPENSES ATTRIBUTABLE TO CERTAIN COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CONSORTIA. (a) Credit Made Permanent.--Section 41 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to credit for increasing research activities) is amended by striking subsection (h). (b) Credit for Expenses Attr... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the credit for increasing research activities and to allow such a credit for qualified consortia expenses attributable to certain collaborative research consortia. Provides for a reduction for amounts expended on ineligible research. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act''. SEC. 2. REFERENCE TO THE TRADEMARK ACT OF 1946. For purposes of this Act, the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the registration and protection of trademarks used in commerce, to carry out the provisions of certain inte... | Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act - Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to revise trademark registration requirements. Requires owners of trademarks and persons with bona fide intentions to use trademarks to include verifications attesting to the accuracy of facts in registration applications. Prohibits the registra... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2005''. SEC. 2. MONTHLY BENEFIT FOR WORLD WAR II MERCHANT MARINERS AND SURVIVORS UNDER TITLE 46, UNITED STATES CODE. (a) Monthly Benefit.--Chapter 112 of title 46, United States Code, is amended-- (1... | Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a monthly benefit of $1,000 to certain honorably-discharged veterans of the U.S. Merchant Marine who served between December 7, 1941, and December 31, 1946 (or to their survivors). Includes service ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Cash Accounting for Small Business Act of 2001''. SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF CASH ACCOUNTING RULES FOR SMALL BUSINESS. (a) Cash Accounting Permitted.--Section 446 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to general rule for methods of accounting) is amended by ... | Cash Accounting for Small Business Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit an eligible taxpayer from being required to use an accrual method of accounting for a taxable year if the such taxpayer's average annual gross receipts for the preceding three-year period does not exceed $5 million (to be adju... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Canine Detection Team Improvement Act of 2007''. SEC. 2. CANINE DETECTION TEAM IMPROVEMENT. (a) In General.--The Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended-- (1) by redesignating the second title XVIII as title XIX; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``TITLE... | Canine Detection Team Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) fully coordinate Department of Homeland Security (DHS) canine training programs; (2) ensure that DHS is maximizing its use of existing training facilities and resources to train ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Veteran Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Act of 2007''. SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS GUARANTEE OF HOME EQUITY CONVERSION MORTGAGES FOR ELDERLY VETERAN HOMEOWNERS. (a) Loan Guarantee Authorized.--Subchapter II of chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code, ... | Veteran Home Equity Conversation [sic] Mortgage Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to guarantee any home equity conversion mortgage (mortgage) made to an elderly (62 or older) veteran homeowner, as long as the Secretary determines that the mortgage: (1) is likely to improve the financial situati... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Cavernous Angioma CARE Center Act of 2010''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds as follows: (1) Cavernous angioma, also termed ``cerebral cavernous malformations'' or ``CCM'', affects an estimated 1,500,000 people in the United States. (2) Cavernous angioma is a deva... | Cavernous Angioma CARE Center Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the Cavernous Angioma Clinical Care, Advocacy, Research, and Education Center of Excellence at the University of New Mexico to: (1) provide basic, translationa... |
SECTION 1. RESTORATION OF INVESTMENT CREDIT. (a) Allowance of Credit.--Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to amount of investment credit) is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the en... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reinstate the ten-percent investment tax credit for property used as an integral part of manufacturing, production, or extraction or of furnishing transportation, communications, electrical energy, gas, water, and sewage disposal services. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Domestic Violence Criminal Disarmament Act of 2013''. SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM REGARDING FIREARMS. Section 506(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3756(b)) is amended-- (1) by striking ``1 or more States or units of local government... | Domestic Violence Criminal Disarmament Act of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to reserve not more than 5% of Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds for one or more states that have demonstrated that such a state has adopted pol... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Cross-Border Trade Enhancement Act of 2012''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Administrator; administration.--The terms ``Administrator'' and ``Administration'' mean the Administrator of General Services and the General Services Administration, respectively. ... | Cross-Border Trade Enhancement Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to enter into agreements with persons for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to provide customs and immigration services at a land border port of entry, subject to payment of a fee to reimburse the CBP for providi... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Defense Production Act Reauthorization of 2003''. SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950. (a) In General.--The 1st sentence of section 717(a) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2166(a)) is amended-- (1) by striking ``sections 7... | Defense Production Act Reauthorization of 2003 - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to extend its expiration date and authorization of appropriations through FY 2004. Authorizes the President, under such Act, to: (1) correct the industrial shortfall for radiation-hardened electronics to the extent that such acti... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Tax Modernization Act of 2008''. SEC. 2. STANDARD DEDUCTION FOR BUSINESS USE OF HOME. (a) In General.--Subsection (c) of section 280A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to disallowance of certain expenses in connection with business use o... | Small Business Tax Modernization Act of 2008 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions affecting small business taxpayers to: (1) allow an alternative standard tax deduction for the business use of a personal residence and establish a de minimis standard for determining personal use; (2) repeal restrictions on the depr... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as ``Amy Boyer's Law''. SEC. 2. PROTECTING PRIVACY BY PROHIBITING DISPLAY OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES WITHOUT CONSENT. (a) In General.--Part A of title XI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) is amended by addin... | Provides that nothing in this law shall be construed to prohibit the use of social security numbers: (1) required or permitted under certain Federal laws; (2) for retrieving information about an individual without displaying the number publicly;(3) for law enforcement; or (4) obtained from a public record lawfully acqu... |
SECTION 1. ROLLOVER OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED IN AIRLINE CARRIER BANKRUPTCY TO ELIGIBLE RETIREMENT PLANS. (a) General Rule.--If-- (1) a qualified airline employee receives any eligible rollover amount, and (2) the qualified airline employee transfers any portion of such amount to an individual retirement plan (as defined in ... | Allows employees of commercial passenger airlines who receive payments from a bankruptcy case filed between September 11, 2001, and January 1, 2007, as compensation for lost pension plan benefits to rollover such payments into an individual retirement account (IRA), except for a Roth IRA, without tax or tax penalty. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009''. (b) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) In 2007, direct-care registered nurses ranked seventh among all occupations for the number of cases of musculoskel... | Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Labor to propose a standard on safe patient handling and injury prevention to prevent musculoskeletal disorders for direct-care registered nurses and all other health care workers that requires the use of engineering controls to lift patien... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Firearms Licensing Act of 1994''. SEC. 2. INDUCEMENT FOR STATES TO ESTABLISH A SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING PERSONS PROHIBITED FROM POSSESSING FIREARMS THROUGH A MAGNETIC STRIP AFFIXED TO DRIVER'S LICENSES AND OTHER IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS. (a) In General.--The Director... | Firearms Licensing Act of 1994 - Requires the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to reduce by 25 percent the annual allocation to a State for a fiscal year under title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 unless the State has in effect laws and procedures which provide for: (1) a record... |
SECTION 1. REDUCED TAXES FOR PATRIOT EMPLOYERS. (a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``SEC. 45N. REDUCTION IN TAX OF PATRIOT EMPLOYERS. ``(a) In General.--In the case of any taxable year with re... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer certified as a Patriot employer by the Secretary of the Treasury a tax credit for one percent of such employer's taxable income. Defines a "Patriot employer" as any taxpayer who: (1) maintains its headquarters in the United States; (2) pays at least 60% of the health... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Dollar Bill Act of 2011''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States provides that the Congress shall have Power to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the stan... | Dollar Bill Act of 2011 - Requires the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to: (1) make the value of the U.S. dollar equal to price of gold on the exchange operated by the Commodities Exchange, Inc. (COMEX) of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc.; and (2) maintain that value at this level. Prohibits the ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Reclamation Title Transfer Act of 2014''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Conveyed property.--The term ``conveyed property'' means an eligible facility that has been conveyed to a qualifying entity under section 3(b)(1). (2) Eligible facility.-- (A) In genera... | Reclamation Title Transfer Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation to establish a program that: (1) identifies and analyzes the potential for public benefits from the transfer of eligible facilities out of federal ownership, and (2) facilitates the transfer of such facilities to qualifyin... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Covered land.--The term ``covered land'' means land that is-- (A) public land administered by the Secretary; and (B) not excluded from the development of geothermal, solar, or win... | Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to extend through FY2022 the authorization for deposit and use of lease revenues under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970. Such funds shall be available to the Department of the Interior for FY2017 and afterwards to implement both... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act of 2006''. SEC. 2. PURPOSES. The purposes of this Act are to promote competition, to facilitate trade, and to ensure competitive and nondiscriminatory access to the Internet. SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE CLAYTON ACT. The Clay... | Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act of 2006 - Amends the Clayton Act to prohibit any broadband network provider from: (1) failing to provide its services on reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms; (2) refusing to interconnect its facilities with those of another service provider on reasonable and nondiscriminato... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Fresh Regional Eating for Schools and Health Act of 2011''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I--INCREASING ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD FOR FAMILIES... | Fresh Regional Eating for Schools and Health Act of 2011 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (formerly known as the Food Stamp Act of 1977) regarding the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly food stamp program) to: (1) authorize pilot programs that will assist SNAP beneficiaries in meeting ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 2005''. SEC. 2. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES WITH RESPECT TO BONUS BIDS. Section 2(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 201(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(4)(A) The Secretary shall not require a surety bond or any o... | Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 2005 - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from requiring a surety bond or any other financial assurance to guarantee payment of deferred bonus bid installments regarding any coal lease issued on a cash bonus bid to certain lessees or successors in int... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Presidential Gifts Accountability Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) There is no clear accountability for Presidential gifts, since multiple lists of such gifts are separately maintained by different Federal agencies, including by the Wh... | Presidential Gifts Accountability Act - Directs the Archivist of the United States to maintain a current inventory of all presidential gifts.Requires the head of a Federal office or agency to report to the Archivist any information regarding a presidential gift.Requires the Archivist to: (1) make inventory information ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Prescription Guarantee Act of 1998''. SEC. 2. ACCESS TO NEEDED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. (a) Group Health Plans.-- (1) Amendments to the public health service act.-- (A) In general.--Subpart 2 of part A of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act is amended by adding... | Prescription Guarantee Act of 1998 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan, or a health insurance issuer offering coverage in connection with a group plan, if it covers prescription drugs but limits benefits to (or provides more favor... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Black Lung Consolidation of Administrative Responsibility Act''. SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF PART B BLACK LUNG BENEFIT RESPONSIBILITIES FROM COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY TO SECRETARY OF LABOR. (a) In General.--Part B of the Black Lung Benefits Act (30 U.S.C. 921 et seq.... | Black Lung Consolidation of Administrative Responsibility Act - Amends the Black Lung Benefits Act to transfer part B black lung benefit responsibilities from the Commissioner of Social Security to the Secretary of Labor (thus consolidating all black lung benefit responsibility under the Secretary). (Current law makes ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Encouraging Investment in Small Business Act''. SEC. 2. INCREASED EXCLUSION AND OTHER MODIFICATIONS APPLICABLE TO QUALIFIED SMALL BUSINESS STOCK. (a) Increased Exclusion.--Section 1202(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to partial exclusion for gain ... | Encouraging Investment in Small Business Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to qualified small business (QSB) stock (section 1202) to: (1) increase the amount of gain excluded from the sale of such stock to 75 percent; (2) reduce the holding period applicable to such sale to three years; (3) exclude su... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES IN ACT. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Physician Ownership Referral Reform Act of 1995''. (b) Amendments to Social Security Act.--Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this Act an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment to or repeal ... | Medicare Physician Ownership Referral Reform Act of 1995 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) repeal the prohibition of physician referrals to certain entities with which the referring physician has a financial relationship if such relationship is based on compensation arrangements only; (... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Coverdell Education Savings Accounts Act of 2001''. (b) Amendment of 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 of, a ... | Coverdell Education Savings Accounts Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to education individual retirement accounts (IRAs), to: (1) permit distributions for qualified elementary and secondary education expenses; (2) increase annual contribution limits from $500 to $2,000, with annual inflation... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Animal Emergency Planning Act of 2014''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, as well as other recent natural and man-made disasters, have highlighted the need for planning to minimize the impact of disasters. (... | Animal Emergency Planning Act of 2014 - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to require research facilities, dealers, exhibitors, intermediate handlers, and carriers (covered persons) to develop, document, and follow a contingency plan to provide for the humane handling, treatment, transportation, housing, and care of their a... |
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW FASHION MODEL NONIMMIGRANT CLASSIFICATION. (a) In General.-- (1) New classification.--Section 101(a)(15)(P) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(P)) is amended-- (A) in clause (iii), by striking ``or'' at the end; (B) in clause (iv), by striking ``clause (i), (ii)... | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to replace the current nonimmigrant (H-1B) visa category for fashion models with a new (P-4) visa category. Defines such category as a fashion model who is of distinguished merit and ability and who is seeking to enter the United States temporarily to perform fashion modeling ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Continued Dumping and 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 be condemned and actionable subs... | Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 1999 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to declare that any duties assessed pursuant to a countervailing duty order, an antidumping duty order, or a finding under the Antidumping Act of 1921 shall be distributed on an annual basis as continued dumping or subsidy offsets to the a... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``International Uranium Extraction and Milling Control Act of 2009''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) Uranium is a naturally occurring element found around the world in low levels in rock, soil, and water. (2) Uranium ore extracted through min... | International Uranium Extraction and Milling Control Act of 2009 - States that it shall be U.S. policy to: (1) oppose the transfer to Iran, North Korea, and Syria of goods, services, or technology relevant to their capability to extract or mill uranium ore; and (2) work with like-minded countries to impose internationa... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 1999''. SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT. Section 303(g) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823(g)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``(A) security'' and inserting ``(i) security'', and by strikin... | Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 1999 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to waive the requirement that practitioners who dispense narcotic drugs to individuals for maintenance or detoxification treatment annually obtain a separate registration for that purpose, and that the Attorney General register an applicant to ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Virgin Islands Visa Waiver Act of 2012''. SEC. 2. VIRGIN ISLANDS VISA WAIVER PROGRAM. (a) In General.--Section 212(l) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(l)) is amended-- (1) by amending the subsection heading to read as follows: ``Guam, Northern ... | Virgin Islands Visa Waiver Act of 2012 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a visa waiver program for the United States Virgin Islands for a national of a country that is a member or an associate member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) listed in regulations under this Act and who is applying fo... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Desalinization Research and Development Act of 1994''. SEC. 2. DECLARATION OF POLICY. In view of the increasing shortage of usable surface and ground water in many parts of the United States and the world, it is the policy of the United States to perform research t... | Desalinization Research and Development Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army to conduct a basic research and development program to gain knowledge concerning the most efficient means by which usable water can be produced from saline water. Grants the Secretaries authority to... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Building Efficiently Act of 2016''. SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF NEW ENERGY EFFICIENT HOME CREDIT. (a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 45L(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking the period at... | Building Efficiently Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the new energy efficient home tax credit to allow, in lieu of the existing credit, a credit for 3.3% of the cost of constructing a new energy efficient home that is a qualified energy efficient residential rental property. An energy e... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving the Environment Act'' or the ``SENSE Act''. SEC. 2. STANDARDS FOR COAL REFUSE POWER PLANTS. (a) Definitions.--In this Act: (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agen... | . Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving the Environment Act or the SENSE Act (Sec. 2) This bill modifies the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule as it applies to certain electric utility steam generating units (electric power plants) that convert coal refuse into energy. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must maintain ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Immigration Advisory Program Authorization Act of 2018'' or the ``IAP Authorization Act of 2018''. SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF THE IMMIGRATION ADVISORY PROGRAM. (a) In General.--Subtitle B of title IV of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211 et seq.) is amen... | Immigration Advisory Program Authorization Act of 2018 or the IAP Authorization Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize within U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) an immigration advisory program for CBP officers, pursuant to an agreement with a host country, to assist a... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Shelter Our Servicemembers Act''. SEC. 2. ELDERLY HOMELESS VETERANS HOUSING GRANT PILOT PROGRAM. (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall jointly establish a pilot program to award grants to nonp... | Shelter Our Servicemembers Act Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development to jointly establish a two-year pilot program of grants to nonprofit organizations to provide elderly homeless veterans with non-transitional housing. Allows recipients to use such grant t... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Community College Partnership Act of 2003''. SEC. 2. COMMUNITY COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY; COLLEGE PREPARATION PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED. Subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended-- (1) by redesignating section 407E as section 406E; and (2) ... | Community College Partnership Act of 2003 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a community college opportunity program to help students at community or technical colleges to transfer to four-year institutions and complete bachelor's degrees.Directs the Secretary of Education to award program grants to... |
SECTION 1. FAIRNESS AND ACCURACY IN STUDENT TESTING. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) The use of large-scale achievement tests in education has grown significantly in recent years. States and local school districts have increasingly used these tests in such contexts as raising student academic standards... | Prohibits standardized test performance from being the sole determinant of any decision about an individual student's retention, graduation, tracking, or within-class ability grouping. Allows test performance to be considered in making such decision only if specified criteria are met. Requires such tests to: (1) meet p... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Alaska Native Settlement Trust Tax Fairness Act of 2001''. SEC. 2. TAX TREATMENT AND INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS OF ALASKA NATIVE SETTLEMENT TRUSTS. (a) Treatment of Alaska Native Settlement Trusts.--Subpart A of part I of subchapter J of chapter 1 of the Internal Rev... | Alaska Native Settlement Trust Tax Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to impose on an electing Alaska Native Settlement Trust, other than its net capital gain, the lowest rate of tax imposed by section one of the IRC (currently, 15 percent). Provides that in the case of an electing Settlement... |
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