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"(c) Applicability.--The program referred to in subsection (a) is \nthe program for which funds appropriated in title I of Public Law 106-\n69 under the heading ``FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION'' are available \nfor obligation upon the enactment of legislation authorizing the \nprogram.",
"(a) Recommendations of... | Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 to: (1) authorize appropriations for FY 1999 through 2009 for implementation of a long-term resource monitoring program with respect to the Upper Mississippi River Environmental Management Program (currently, such funding is designated for a program for the planning, c... |
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"(a) Findings.--Congress finds and declares that--\n (1) it is in the national interest that the public lands \n are producing and continue to produce water and soil \n conservation benefits, livestock forage, wildlife forage and \n recreation and other multiple use opportunities;\n ... | Federal Forage Fee Act of 1993 - Subjects grazing operations on Federal land to applicable Federal, State, and local environmental and land use requirements.
Sets forth a forage fee formula for lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior. |
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"The Congress finds the following:\n (1) 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the Allied victory \n in World War II and the restoration of peacetime across the \n European and Pacific theaters.",
"(2) The United States Merchant Marine was integral in \n providing the link between dom... | . Merchant Marine of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act (Sec. 3) This bill requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the award, on behalf of Congress, of a single gold medal to the U.S. Merchant Marine of World War II, in recognition of their... |
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"(b) Partnership Income Attributable to Capital.--Section 1402 of \nsuch Code is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:\n ``(l) Partnership Income Attributable to Capital.--\n ``(1) In general.--For purposes of subsection (a)(13), the \n following amounts shall be treated as... | Small Business Modernization Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) terminate subchapter S corporation elections after 2004 and subchapter S status after 2014 and to allow privately-held domestic corporations, in lieu of electing subchapter S treatment, to elect to be treated as partnerships for tax pur... |
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"(a) Expansion of the Safe Harbor.--Not later than the end of the \n45-day period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the \nSecurities and Exchange Commission shall propose, and not later than \nthe end of the 180-day period beginning on such date, the Commission \nshall adopt, upon such terms, conditio... | Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2016 This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise a specified regulation to create a safe harbor for certain publications or distributions of research reports by brokers or dealers distributing securities. The revised regulation shall declare that a ... |
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"812(c)), and every 3 months thereafter as long as the treatment \n continues;\n (2) the PDMP of the covered State to provide proactive \n notification to a practitioner when patterns indicative of \n controlled substance misuse, including opioid misuse, are \n detected;\n ... | Prescription Drug Monitoring Act of 2016 This bill requires a state that receives grant funds under the prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) or the controlled substance monitoring program to comply with specified requirements. The Department of Justice (DOJ) or Department of Health and Human Services may withhol... |
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"``(e) Security.--In establishing the Reserve under this section, \nthe Secretary shall obtain the concurrence of the Secretary of Homeland \nSecurity with respect to physical design security and operational \nsecurity.",
"``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, \nthe Secretary shall e... | Strategic Gasoline and Fuel Reserve Act of 2005 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish, maintain, and operate a Strategic Gasoline and Fuel Reserve of gasoline and jet fuel.
Instructs the Secretary to determine between three and five regionally strategic Reserve ... |
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"``(5) The term `public safety officer' includes--\n ``(A) any public safety officer described in \n paragraph (9) of section 1204; and\n ``(B) any other individual who is employed by any \n Federal, State, county, or local agency and, as a \n ... | Special Agent Scott K. Carey Public Safety Officer Benefits Enhancement Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend: (1) educational benefits to public safety officers who become permanently and totally disabled in the line of duty and to their spouses and children; (2) allow payment o... |
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"TAX CREDIT FOR PROVIDING PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS THAT PROMOTE \n ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL LITERACY.",
"``(C) Priority.--In making determinations under \n this paragraph, the Secretary shall give priority to \n taxpayers that have qualified programs which serve \n ... | Promoting Financial Literacy and Economic Opportunity Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow up to 20 for-profit organizations in any taxable year a business-related tax credit for 50% of the amount paid or incurred to carry out activities to improve the quality of student understanding of pers... |
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"1335a)'';\n (iii) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting \n ``or section 3 of the Comprehensive Smokeless \n Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986 (15 U.S.C.",
"1335a)'';\n (ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``or \n ... | Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to define "delivery sale" of a tobacco product as any sale of cigarettes or a smokeless tobacco product to a consumer if: (1) the consumer submits the purchase order by means of a telephone or other method of voice transmission, the mail, or the Internet or other online service, or the sel... |
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"1333(a)(2)(A)) is amended--\n (1) by inserting ``(i)'' after ``(A)'';\n (2) in the first sentence--\n (A) by striking ``President shall'' and inserting \n ``Secretary shall by regulation''; and\n (B) by inserting before the period at the en... | Outer Continental Shelf Revenue Sharing Act of 2005 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) regarding the coastal impact assistance program to: (1) repeal references to leasing moratoria; (2) redefine a "producing state" as one that begins production on a leased tract on or after the date of enactment of... |
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"``(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--\n ``(1) in 1993 there are more than 3,000,000 individuals \n with developmental disabilities in the United States;\n ``(2) disability is a natural part of the human experience \n that does not diminish the right of individuals with \n ... | Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act to revise the Act's statements of findings and purpose and to declare related policy.
Requires: (1) advance public notice of any Federal programmatic and administra... |
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"1099b(a)) is amended to read as \nfollows:\n ``(6) such agency or association shall apply procedures \n throughout the accrediting process, including evaluation, \n interim sanction, and withdrawal or termination of \n accreditation proceedings, that comply with due process, \n ... | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise due process standards governing the accreditation process of educational institutions.
Requires accrediting agencies and associations to provide educational institutions with: (1) written notice of deficiencies and a reasonable time period to correct such deficiencies... |
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"``(a) Establishment of Program.--The Secretary shall conduct a \nhydrogen research and development program relating to production, \nstorage, transportation, and use of hydrogen, with the goal of enabling \nthe private sector to demonstrate the technical feasibility of using \nhydrogen for industrial, commercial, ... | Robert S. Walker and George E. Brown, Jr. Hydrogen Energy Act of 2001 - Amends the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 to revise its purposes to include: (1) research and demonstration activities leading to the use of hydrogen for commercial applications; and (2) the develop... |
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"(3) Substantial evidence is accumulating that exposure to \n methyl-mercury is widespread in the general public and \n occurring at higher than health-based levels of concern \n according to the Food and Drug Administration, the \n Environmental Protection Agency, and the World Health \... | Mercury Health Advisory Act of 2003 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs jointly to develop fish consumption advisories for methyl-mercury in fish.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) prepare and distribute to health professio... |
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"(a) Contract Authority.--Notwithstanding any other law, the \nSecretary of Energy may enter into 1 or more long-term contracts for \nthe procurement, from a facility located within 25 miles of a current \nor former Department of Energy defense nuclear facility, of products \nand services that are determined by the... | Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to enter into one or more contracts with facilities located within 25 miles of a current or former Department of Energy (DOE) defense nuclear facility for the procurement of products and services to support waste cleanup and modernization activities at such nuclear facilities. Requir... |
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"(a) In General.--HCFA may not implement any new evaluation and \nmanagement guidelines (in this section referred to as ``E&M \nguidelines'') under the medicare program, unless HCFA--\n (1) has provided for an assessment of the proposed \n guidelines by physicians;\n (2) has established... | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a process under which a physician may request, in writing from a carrier, assistance in addressing questionable codes and procedures under the medicare program.
Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) policy development regarding evaluation and management gu... |
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"The purposes of this Act are--\n (1) to support State, local, and tribal leadership and \n innovation in preparing all students to meet State-developed \n college and career ready academic content standards and student \n academic achievement standards, by establishing a process to ... | 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,... |
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"It is the sense of Congress that--\n (1) any individual convicted of murder should receive the \n death penalty or be imprisoned for life without the possibility \n of parole; and\n (2) any individual convicted of rape or a dangerous sexual \n offense involving a child un... | No Second Chances for Murderers, Rapists, or Child Molesters Act of 1998 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that any individual convicted of: (1) murder should receive the death penalty or be imprisoned for life without the possibility of parole; and (2) rape or a dangerous sexual offense involving a child under ag... |
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"``(2) Historic property.--The term `historic property' \n means--\n ``(A) any building (and its structural \n components)--\n ``(i) which is designated as a National \n Historic Landmark under section 101 of the \n ... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that for purposes of determining estate tax the value of the taxable estate shall be determined by deducting from the value of the gross estate an amount equal to the value of any qualified historic property. Defines qualified historic property. Requires, among other things... |
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"(a) In General.--Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 \nis amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:\n ``(s) Prohibition on Acceptance of Contributions From Persons \nConnected to Foreign Governments by 501(c)(3) Organizations Established \nby Certain Federal Officials.--\n ... | Contributions Legally Interdicted from Noncitizens To Our Nonprofits Act of 2016 or the CLINTON Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a federal official organization from being treated as a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) for any period after the date on which the organizat... |
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"The nature of threats \n to the national security and military interests of the United \n States has changed.",
"A substantial decrease in spending on the \n nuclear arsenal of the United States is prudent for both the \n budget and national security.",
"Over the next 10 years, the ... | Reduce Expenditures in Nuclear Infrastructure Now Act or the REIN-IN Act - Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY2014-FY2023: (1) for the research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) or procurement of a long-range penetrating b... |
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"(a) General Rule.--Section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 \n(relating to political organizations) is amended by adding at the end \nthereof the following new subsection:\n ``(i) Special Rules for Certain Campaign Committees.--\n ``(1) In general.--In the case of any political \n orga... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to political organizations to establish a campaign contribution limitation scheme applicable to the campaign committee of a candidate for election to the House of Representatives. Provides that excess campaign contributions received by such an organization shall be include... |
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"1395w-2) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:\n ``(c)(1)(A) Each provider or clinical laboratory approved for \nparticipation under this title to provide clinical diagnostic \nlaboratory tests shall post in a conspicuous place a notice to \nemployees that indicates the manner in which t... | Clinical Laboratory Compliance Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require each provider or clinical laboratory approved for participation under Medicare to provide clinical diagnostic laboratory tests to post in a conspicuous place a notice to employees that indicates ... |
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"``(C) Permissible competitive actions.--For \n purposes of subparagraph (A), the term `permissible \n competitive actions' means any action taken by the \n issuer on or after the date of the enactment of the \n Comprehensive Electricity Competition Act re... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code concerning: (1) the treatment of bonds issued to finance electric output facilities; and (2) the special rules for nuclear decommissioning costs. |
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"(b) Mandatory Elements.--The status of forces agreement specified \nin subsection (a) shall, to the maximum extent practicable--\n (1) prohibit the permanent basing or military presence of \n United States Armed Forces in Afghanistan;\n (2) provide a date, no later than 1 year after th... | United States-Afghanistan Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) Act of 2011 - Directs the President to seek to enter into a bilateral status of forces agreement with the government of Afghanistan which shall: (1) prohibit the permanent basing or military presence of U.S. Armed Forces in Afghanistan; (2) provide, no later t... |
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"(a) System for Access to Services.--The Secretary of Veterans \nAffairs shall implement a system by which persons with limited English \nproficiency can meaningfully access the services provided by the \nDepartment of Veterans Affairs consistent with, and without unduly \nburdening, the fundamental mission of that... | Amends federal veterans' benefits provisions to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in providing counseling and other mental health services to a veteran who has limited proficiency in English, to ensure that such services are available in both English and a language in which that veteran is proficient, if reques... |
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"Congress makes the following findings:\n (1) The United States faces real threats of man-made and \n natural disasters which could result in catastrophic \n consequences to the Nation, its resources, and its people.",
"to Catastrophic Incidents in the \n United... | Ensuring Defense Support to Catastrophic Incident Response Act of 2008 - Directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to undertake civil support operations in response to catastrophic incidents in the United States.
Requires: (1) the Secretary of Defense to develop comprehensive plans for such operations, including strateg... |
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"(c) National Oil Independence Goal.--\n (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), it is the goal \n of the United States to reduce oil consumption by the quantity \n that is equal to or greater than the quantity of oil imported \n by the United States from outside of North America ... | 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... |
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"1101(a)(27)) is amended--\n (1) in subparagraph (L), by inserting a semicolon after \n ``Improvement Act of 1998'';\n (2) in subparagraph (M), by striking the period and \n inserting ``; or''; and\n (3) by adding at the end the following:\n ``(N) an immigra... | Return of Talent Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish the Return of Talent Program to permit an eligible permanent resident alien and family members to temporarily return (two years with extension) to the alien's country of citizenship in order to ma... |
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"EXPANSION AND ENHANCEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR \n SURVIVORS AND DEPENDENTS OF VETERANS.",
"``(2) The payment of educational assistance referred to in \nparagraph (1) is the payment of such assistance to an individual for \npursuit of a course or courses under this chapter if the Secretary \... | Revises basic educational assistance for veterans' survivors and dependents to: (1) eliminate the present 45 month cap on benefit payments and set an aggregate limit of $80,000; (2) extend from a dependent's 26th to 30th birthday the delimiting age for the use of such assistance; (3) increase the amount of such assista... |
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"(c) Competitive Bidding Process for Relocation of Headquarters.--\n (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of \n the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General \n Services shall establish a process, in accordance with the \n requirements described in paragr... | Strategic Withdrawal of Agencies for Meaningful Placement Act of 2018 or the SWAMP Act This bill: (1) repeals the requirement that all offices attached to the seat of government be exercised in the District of Columbia, and not elsewhere; and (2) prohibits new construction or major renovation of certain executive agenc... |
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"(3) Consistent failure to tender adequate performance with \n regard to contracts under the Program.",
"(2) Willful failure to comply with applicable labor \n standards and obligations.",
"The Director may terminate a qualified minority business from the \nProgram for any violation of a requireme... | Minority Business Development Improvements Act of 2010 - Requires the Director of the Minority Business Development Agency to establish the Minority Business Development Program to provide qualified minority businesses with technical assistance and contract procurement assistance. Outlines minority business qualificati... |
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"RESEARCH ON THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON DRINKING WATER \n UTILITIES.",
"Congress finds that--\n (1) the consensus among climate scientists is overwhelming \n that climate change is occurring more rapidly than can be \n attributed to natural causes, and that significant ... | Climate Change Drinking Water Adaptation Research Act - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish and provide funding for a program of directed and applied research, to be conducted through a nonprofit water research foundation and sponsored by drinking water utilities, to ass... |
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"(a) In General.--Section 163 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 \n(relating to deduction for interest) is amended by redesignating \nsubsection (k) as subsection (l) and by inserting after subsection (j) \nthe following new subsection:\n ``(k) Limitation on Corporate Interest Payments.--\n ``(1) In... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the deduction for corporate interest payments by 20 percent. Excepts small corporations and farming businesses from such reduction.
Allows corporations a deduction of 50 percent of the dividends paid during a taxable year. Limits such deduction to the amount in the qualifie... |
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"(B) Best practices guide for families.--Not later \n than one year after the publication of the best \n practices guide for businesses under subparagraph (A), \n the Center shall publish a best practices guide for \n families, containing information about... | Directs the Secretary of Labor to make a grant, to a public university with specified characteristics, to establish the Center for the Study of Women and Workplace Policy.
Requires the Center to: (1) compile and analyze available data and data sets on the difference between the earnings of men and women, including the... |
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"696(7)) is amended by adding at the end the following:\n ``(C) Refinancing not involving expansions.--\n ``(i) In general.--A project that does not \n involve the expansion of a small business \n concern may include the ref... | Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2009 - Amends the Small Business Act to increase maximum loan amounts under the following Small Business Administration (SBA) programs: (1) the section 7(a) (general small business loans) loan program; (2) the Microloan (small-scale loans to start-up, newly-established, and growi... |
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"Congress finds that--\n (1) there is an increasing trend toward the use of part-\n time workers;\n (2) part-time jobs often have no or limited health or \n pension benefits and few labor protections;\n (3) there is a trend toward the creation of more part-time \n ... | National Commission on Fairness in the Workplace Act - Establishes the National Commission on Fairness in the Workplace, which shall conduct a comprehensive study of the impact of part-time employment in the United States, including: (1) a review of the trend toward creation of more part-time than full-time jobs; (2) ... |
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"The Congress finds that--\n (1) propane gas, or liquefied petroleum gas, is an \n essential energy commodity providing heat, hot water, cooking \n fuel, and motor fuel among its many uses to millions of \n Americans;\n (2) the use of propane is especially important to rur... | Propane Education and Research Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to conduct a referendum among producers and retail marketers to authorize the creation of the Propane Education and Research Council and the levying of an assessment on odorized propane. Makes it the Council's mission to devel... |
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"``(3) Rating system electricity output.--For purposes of \n paragraph (1)(B), the rated system electricity output or \n equivalent for--\n ``(A) solar water heating property shall be the \n output determined by the Secretary on the basis of \n evidence... | Renewable Energy Act for Credit on Taxes - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable limited credit through tax year 2006 for expenditures for qualifying renewable energy property (solar water heating, photovoltaic, wind energy, or fuel cell properties) installed on or in connection with a U.S.-sited resid... |
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"(a) Rulemaking Power.--The succeeding provisions of this section \nare enacted by Congress--\n (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate \n and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such \n shall be deemed a part of the rules of each House, \n respectivel... | Census Improvement Act - Prohibits any organization that has been indicted for a violation of law relating to an election for federal or state office or that employs or otherwise uses the services of an individual who has been indicted for such a violation from participating in the Planning Partnership Program for the ... |
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"431) is amended by striking paragraph (19) and inserting the following \nnew paragraph:\n ``(19) The term `election cycle' means--\n ``(A) in the case of a candidate or the authorized \n committees of a candidate, the term beginning on the day after \n the date of the most recent genera... | Electronic Campaign Disclosure Act of 1998 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to require the Federal Election Commission to: (1) establish a specified public Internet site not later than January 1, 1999; (2) permit persons required to file reports under FECA to file such reports by directly post... |
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"(4) Considering the vital life and death nature of \n pharmaceutical products, it is appropriate that the United \n States Government, in harmony with other nations belonging to \n the World Trade Organization, should engage in the reasonable \n regulation of the prices of pharmaceutica... | Pharmaceutical Products Price Equity Act - Directs the President to issue orders and regulations, and establish procedures and reporting requirements, to ensure that no pharmaceutical product is sold to any consumer in the United States at a price that is more than six percent above the average retail price at which su... |
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"``(c) Alternative to Periodic Statement.--\n ``(1) Periodic statement not required.--In the case of an \n electronic fund transfer from a spending card account, a \n financial institution shall not be subject to the requirement \n under section 906(c) to provide a periodic statement... | Prepaid Card Consumer Protection Act of 2010 - Amends the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to extend its coverage to spending card accounts (prepaid cards) established by a consumer (or on a consumer's behalf): (1) to which recurring electronic fund transfers may be made, at the consumer's direction, and (2) from which pay... |
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"``(a) In General.--The Commission may provide technical assistance, \nmake grants, enter into contracts, or otherwise provide funds to \npersons or entities in the region for projects--\n ``(1) to increase affordable access to advanced \n telecommunications, entrepreneurship, and management technologies ... | Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 2002 - Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to include as functions of the Appalachian Regional Commission that it: (1) support local development districts; (2) encourage the use of eco-industrial development technologies and approaches; and (3) seek... |
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"AIR FORCE ROLE IN MANAGEMENT OF CIVIL AIR PATROL AS CIVILIAN \n AUXILIARY OF THE AIR FORCE.",
"Air Force role in management\n ``(a) Administrative Responsibility.--In its capacity as a \nfederally chartered corporation under chapter 403 of title 36 and a \nvolunteer civilian auxiliary of the Air ... | Provides for the use of Patrol members and employees (not to be considered Federal employees). |
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"Expedited removal of terrorist criminal aliens.''.",
"EXPEDITED REMOVAL OF TERRORIST CRIMINAL ALIENS.",
"``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security, in such \nSecretary's discretion, may in the case of an alien described in \nsubsection (b), determine whether such alien is deportable and issue a \nf... | Removal of Terrorist Criminal Aliens Act of 2003 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish procedures for the expedited removal of a terrorist criminal alien, and authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue a final order of removal under such provisions. Limits judicial review respecting such... |
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"EVALUATION OF EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS FOR PREVENTION OF TEENAGE \n PREGNANCY.",
"(a) Prevention Programs.--\n (1) Rule of construction.--The provisions of this Act apply \n with respect to a prevention program without regard to which of \n the various programmatic approaches for ... | Teenage Pregnancy Reduction Act of 1996 - Mandates evaluation (directly or through grants or contracts) of a wide variety of promising programs to prevent teenage pregnancy, including programs that do not receive Federal grants. Mandates scientific peer review of evaluation proposals. Authorizes appropriations.
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"The Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety \nAdministration may, in accordance with section 4, make grants to \nStates, State political subdivisions, and nonprofit organizations for \nprograms that require or encourage individuals under the age of 16 to \nwear approved bicycle helmets.",
"This Act ... | Children's Bicycle Helmet Safety Act of 1993 - Authorizes the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to make grants to States, political subdivisions, and nonprofit organizations for programs that require or encourage individuals under age 16 to wear approved bicycle helmets.
Specifies tha... |
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"``(iii) Required participation.--The \n Secretary of Homeland Security may require any \n employer or class of employers to participate \n in the E-Verify Program with respect to \n individuals employed as of, or hired afte... | Electronic Employment Verification Reauthorization Act of 2008 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the employment eligibility confirmation pilot programs permanent.
Redesignates the basic pilot program as the E-verify program (program).
Requires that any person or ... |
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"This Act may be cited as the ``Stopping Abuse and Fraud in \nElectronic Lending Act of 2018'' or the ``SAFE Lending Act of 2018''.",
"``(2) Clarification.--For the purposes of this section, it \n shall not be considered facilitating the distribution of \n sensitive personal financial information in... | Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic Lending Act of 2018 or the SAFE Lending Act of 2018 This bill amends the Electronic Fund Transfer Act and the Truth in Lending Act. The bill revises requirements related to consumer financial protection and small-dollar lending, including matters concerning remotely created check... |
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"The Congress finds the following:\n (1) The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is overly complex, \n imposes significant burdens on individuals, businesses, and the \n economy, is extremely difficult for the Internal Revenue \n Service to administer, and is in need of fundamental reform ... | National Advisory Commission on Tax Reform and Simplification Act of 2001 - Establishes within the legislative branch a National Advisory Commission on Tax Reform and Simplification which shall review and, when applicable, issue proposals on: (1) the present structure and provisions of the Internal Revenue Code; (2) wh... |
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"LIMITATIONS DURING FISCAL YEARS 2002, 2003, AND 2004 ON \n ASSISTANCE FOR COUNTRIES NOT COOPERATING WITH UNITED \n STATES COUNTERDRUG EFFORTS.",
"THREE-YEAR MODIFICATION OF PROCEDURES RELATING TO ASSISTANCE \n FOR COUNTRIES NOT COOPERATING WITH UNITED STATES \n ... | Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to modify, for a three year period, certain procedures for the provision of development assistance to foreign countries not cooperating with U.S. counterdrug efforts. Requires the President, for each fiscal year during such period, to identify to the appropriate congressional c... |
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"and \n inserting ``each of the following:''; and\n (ii) by adding at the end the following new \n subparagraphs:\n ``(A) A detailed estimate of the total costs (including \n total construction costs, activation costs, special purpose \n alterations (lum... | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on September 20, 2011. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Veterans Health Care Facilities Capital Improvement Act of 2011 - (Sec. 2) Authorizes, within specified amounts, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out certain FY2012 major ... |
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"(4) Anglers and hunters have been and continue to be among \n the foremost supporters of sound wildlife management and \n conservation practices in the United States.",
"(b) Policy.--It is the policy of the United States that in \nperforming duties under Federal law, all Federal agencies that have ... | Sportsmen's Bill of Rights Act - Requires Federal public land and water to be open to access and use for fishing and hunting except as limited by: (1) the State involved; or (2) the responsible Federal agency for reasons of national security, public safety, or specific authorization. Allows such land to be closed onl... |
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"(b) Limitation.--In addition to any limitations under section 8104 \nof title 38, United States Code, or other provision of law that apply \nto the projects authorized in section 101 and 102, such projects may \nonly be carried out using--\n (1) funds appropriated for fiscal year 2013 pursuant to the \n ... | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on September 19, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
VA Major Construction Authorization and Expiring Authorities Extension Act of 2012 - Title I: Construction Authorizations - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carr... |
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"(a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 3729(b) of title 38, \nUnited States Code, is amended to read as follows:\n ``(2) The loan fee table referred to in paragraph (1) is as \nfollows:\n\n ``LOAN FEE TABLE\n------------------------------------------------------------------------\n... | Selected Reserve Home Loan Equity Act - Makes permanent (currently expires at the end of FY 2009) the authority for individuals who complete six years of service in the Selected Reserve to receive home loans guaranteed, insured, or made through the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Prescribes uniform fees for members of... |
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"(a) In General.--Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is \namended by adding at the end the following:\n ``(r) Redesign and Issuance of Circulating $1 Coins Honoring Native \nAmericans and the Important Contributions Made by Indian Tribes and \nIndividual Native Americans in United States History.--\n ... | Native American $1 Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $1 coins in commemoration of Native Americans and the important contributions made by Indian tribes and individual Native Americans to the development of the United States and the history of the United States. Requires the issuance of... |
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"(a) Study.--Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of \nthis Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall undertake \na study--\n (1) of credit systems in the international credit system \n with government-administered consumer credit reporting systems;\n (2) of... | Stop Errors in Credit Use and Reporting Act or the SECURE Act - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act, with respect to civil liability for either willful or negligent noncompliance by a consumer reporting agency with respect to consumer credit protection requirements, to authorize a court to award: (1) injunctive relief... |
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"(7) To address the scarcity of rural rental housing, the \n Federal Government must work in partnership with State and \n local governments, private financial institutions, private \n philanthropic institutions, and the private sector, including \n nonprofit organizations.",
"Congress... | Rural Rental Housing Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to provide rural rental assistance, with applicant priority given to very low-income families, low-income communities, rural areas, and communities with severe lack of affordable rental housing. |
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"(b) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:\n (1) It is in the public interest for business enterprises \n owned by minorities and women to participate in procurement \n contracts of all providers of telecommunications services.",
"(2) The opportunity for full participation in our f... | Telecommunications Economic Opportunity Act of 1995 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to require each provider of telecommunications services (provider) to submit annually a detailed and verifiable plan for increasing its procurement from businesses that are owned by minorities and women in all cate... |
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"(2) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of the Congress \n that the Smithsonian Institution should make the gold medal \n awarded pursuant to this Act available for display elsewhere, \n particularly at appropriate locations associated with the U.S. \n nationals described under subsecti... | RCAF/RAF-Americans Congressional Gold Medal Act This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of all U.S. nationals who joined the Royal Canadian Air Force or the Royal Air Force during Wo... |
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"``(2) Mission.--The mission of the Commission shall be to \n focus primarily on poverty reduction and economic development \n in areas in the Appalachian region with the most persistent \n poverty.''.",
"(b) Performance.--Congress finds that--\n (1) the Commission was created to h... | Appalachian Regional Commission Reform Act This bill declares that the mission of the Appalachian Regional Commission shall be to focus primarily on poverty reduction and economic development in areas in the Appalachian region with the most persistent poverty. The headquarters of the commission shall be located in that... |
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"This Act may be cited as the ``New Aid for Trustworthy, Affordable \nDrugs Act (NAFTA Drugs Act)''.",
"HARMONIZATION OF DRUG LAWS REGARDING IMPORTATION INTO NAFTA \n COUNTRIES FROM OTHER NAFTA COUNTRIES.",
"``(B) That the proposed agreement provides for--\n ``(i) the display of ... | New Aid for Trustworthy, Affordable Drugs Act (NAFTA Drugs Act) - Directs the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to enter into agreements with other North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) countries (Canada and Mexico) to harmonize regulatory requirements such that drugs approved for commercial distribution ... |
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"(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Management Area is to conserve, \nprotect, and enhance--\n (1) the plant and wildlife values of the Management Area; \n and\n (2) the outstanding and nationally significant ecological, \n geological, scenic, recreational, archaeological, cultural... | Imperial Valley Desert Conservation and Recreation Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey to the state of California approximately 934 acres of specified public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in San Diego County, upon termination of all mining claims to such lands, to ... |
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"(a) In General.--Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 \n(relating to employee stock purchase plans) is amended by adding at the \nend the following new subsection:\n ``(d) Special Incentives With Respect to Employee Stock Purchase \nPlans Which Meet Certain Additional Requirements.--\n ``... | Workplace Employee Stock Option Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the exclusion from gross income of certain stock purchased with payroll deductions through an employee stock purchase plan.Sets forth special rules with respect to the inclusion of nonresident aliens under the provisions of th... |
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"(a) Repeal of Election To Expense Certain Refineries.--\n (1) Subparagraph (B) of section 179C(c)(2) of the Internal \n Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``January 1, 2012'' \n and inserting ``the date of the enactment of the Climate Change \n Investment Act of 2006''.",
... | Climate Change Investment Act of 2006 - Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code allowing: (1) an election to expense the cost of certain liquid fuel processing refineries; (2) accelerated amortization of geological and geophysical expenditures; (3) a tax credit for enhanced oil recovery costs; (4) a tax credit ... |
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"2229), in order to ensure adequate funding \n to increase the number of firefighting personnel throughout the \n Nation;\n ``(2) to substantially increase the hiring of firefighters \n so that communities can--\n ``(A) meet industry minimum standards for providing... | Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Act of 2001 - SAFER Act of 2001 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to make matching grants for up to 75 percent of the costs of projects to hire firefighters to eligible States, local governments, tribal organizations, or o... |
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"(a) Allowance of Credit.--Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code \nof 1986 (relating to amount of investment credit) is amended by \nstriking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (2), by striking the period at \nthe end of paragraph (3) and inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the \nend the following new paragraph:\n... | Competitiveness Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an investment tax credit for manufacturing and other productive equipment based upon a determination of the domestic origin of such property.
Makes such credit applicable for the two-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. |
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"(b) Assistance and Guidance in Implementing Programs.--\n (1) Assistance and guidance.--\n (A) In general.--In order to assist States in \n establishing, qualifying, and implementing short-time \n compensation programs, as defined in section 3306(v) of \n... | Keep Americans Working Act - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to keep Americans working by strengthening and expanding short-time compensation programs that provide employers with an alternative to layoffs.
Requires the Secretary of Labor to: (1) provide guidance to states in enacting short-term compensation p... |
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"(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:\n (1) Manufacturers of prescription drugs engage in price \n discrimination practices that compel many older Americans to \n pay substantially more for prescription drugs than the drug \n manufacturers' most favored customers, such as... | 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... |
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"Early termination of new qualified plug-in electric drive \n motor vehicles.",
"EARLY TERMINATION OF NEW QUALIFIED PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE \n MOTOR VEHICLES.",
"(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the \nenactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Trea... | Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal: (1) the excise tax credits for alcohol fuel, biodiesel, and alternative fuel mixtures; (2) the tax credits for the purchase of alternative motor vehicles and new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles; (3) the alternative ... |
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"``(b) Notice Under Group Health Plan.--The imposition of the \nrequirements of this section shall be treated as a material \nmodification in the terms of the plan described in section 102(a)(1), \nfor purposes of assuring notice of such requirements under the plan; \nexcept that the summary description required to... | Treatment of Children's Deformities Act of 1998 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to set standards requiring that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for treatment of a min... |
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"(a) Timetable.--\n ``(1) In general.--The timetable with respect to the \n congressional budget process for any fiscal year is as follows:\n\n\n``On or before: Action to be completed:\nFirst Monday in February................ President submits his or her budget.",
"Au... | Biennial Appropriations Act This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to change the annual appropriations process to a biennial process for nondefense spending. Congress must consider the defense appropriations bill annually and the remaining appropriations bills in either odd-numbered or even-numbered yea... |
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"It is the sense of the Congress that--\n (1) the psoriasis research community has made significant \n strides in proving the seriousness of psoriasis as an \n autoimmune disease and in advancing the identification of \n commonalities between psoriasis and other diseases;\n ... | Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Research, Cure, and Care Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to undertake psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis data collection efforts to collect information regarding: (1) the prevalence of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis in the... |
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