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SECTION 1. UNITED STATES ARMS EMBARGO OF THE GOVERNMENT OF BOSNIA AND
HERZEGOVINA.
(a) Prohibition.--Neither the President nor any other member of the
Executive Branch of the United States Government shall interfere with
the transfer of arms to the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
(b) Ter... | Prohibits the President or any other member of the executive branch from interfering with the transfer to the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina of: (1) arms; or (2) conventional arms appropriate to self-defense needs.
Requires the President to terminate the U.S. arms embargo of such government upon receipt of a re... | 16,600 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fighting Medicare Fraud Act of
2016''.
SEC. 2. PERMISSIVE EXCLUSION FROM FEDERAL HEALTH PROGRAMS EXPANDED TO
CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WITH PRIOR INTEREST IN SANCTIONED
ENTITIES AND ENTITIES AFFILIATED WITH SANCTIONED
E... | Fighting Medicare Fraud Act of 2016 This bill amends title XI (General Provisions) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to expand the authority of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to exclude from participation in federal health programs certain affiliates of a sanctioned entity. (A "sanctioned enti... | 16,601 |
SECTION 1. EXCLUSION OF INCOME FOR RESIDENTS OF THE HURRICANES KATRINA
AND RITA CORE DISASTER AREA.
(a) General Rule.--In the case of an individual, there shall be
excluded from gross income for each taxable year beginning during
calendar year 2005 an amount equal to the qualified earned income of... | Allows individual taxpayers residing in the Hurricanes Katrina and Rita core disaster areas an exclusion from gross income, for federal income tax purposes, for a certain amount of their income earned in 2005 within such disaster areas. | 16,602 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Decentralize Regulatory Agencies,
Include the Nation Act of 2018'' or the ``DRAIN Act''.
SEC. 2. RELOCATION OF FEDERAL NONSECURITY AGENCIES TO LOCATIONS OUTSIDE
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION.
(a) Definitions.--In this section--
... | Decentralize Regulatory Agencies, Include the Nation Act of 2018 or the DRAIN Act This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget and the General Services Administration to jointly develop and implement a plan for relocating nonsecurity agencies outside the National Capital region by the later of October 1, 2029... | 16,603 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fort Clatsop National Memorial
Expansion Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The cross-country expedition of Meriwether Lewis and
William Clark, known as ``The Corps of Discovery'', was a very
... | Fort Clatsop National Memorial Expansion Act of 1998 - Repeals the acreage limitation for the Fort Clatsop National Memorial, Oregon.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) acquire appropriate lands or improvements located in certain areas for inclusion in the Memorial to preserve the historic scene and to ... | 16,604 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Camera Accountability Maintenance
and Transparency in Policing Act of 2015'' or the ``CAM TIP Act of
2015''.
SEC. 2. BODY-WORN CAMERA GRANTS.
Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
(42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is amended by addi... | Camera Accountability Maintenance and Transparency in Policing Act of 2015 or the CAM TIP Act of 2015 Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make matching grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes for the acquisition, operation, and m... | 16,605 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``No Impunity for Iranian Aggression
at Sea Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE COMPLICIT IN
VIOLATIONS OF THE GENEVA CONVENTION OR THE RIGHT UNDER
INTERNATIONAL LAW TO CONDUCT INNOCENT PASSAGE.
... | No Impunity for Iranian Aggression at Sea Act of 2016 This bill requires the President to submit a report that includes: a determination of whether, during the June 2016 incident when Iranian forces boarded two U.S. Navy combat vessels and detained the crews at gunpoint, any of the Iranian actions violated the Geneva... | 16,606 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Digital Opportunity Investment Trust
Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST.
(a) In General.--There is established a trust to be known as the
``Digital Opportunity Investment Trust'' (referred to in this Act as
the ``Trust'').
(b) Funds.--
... | Digital Opportunity Investment Trust Act - Establishes the Digital Opportunity Investment Trust (the Trust), which shall receive 30 percent of the cash payment received by the Federal Government each fiscal year quarter through FY 2020 from auctions of the publicly owned electromagnetic spectrum and fees derived from t... | 16,607 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fulfilling the Potential of Women in
Academic Science and Engineering Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Many reports over the past decade have found that it is
critical to our Nation's economic l... | Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Act of 2011 - Defines a "federal science agency" as any federal agency responsible for at least 2% of total federal research and development funding to institutions of higher education (IHEs), according to National Science Foundation (NSF) data.
Req... | 16,608 |
PROCEDURES.
(a) In General.--Section 7123 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(c) Availability of Dispute Resolutions.--
``(1) In general.--The procedures prescribed under
subsection (b)(1) and the pilot program established ... | Small Business Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow businesses with average annual gross receipts of not more than $50 million that prevail in an administrative or court proceeding involving the determination, collection, or refund of tax, interest, or penalty to recover ... | 16,609 |
SECTION 1. AVAILABILITY OF FREE BROADCAST TIME.
Title III of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 301 et seq.)
is amended by inserting after section 315 the following new section:
``free broadcast time for senate candidates
``Sec. 315A. (a) In addition to broadcast time that a licensee
m... | Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require television stations to make three hours of broadcast time during a prime time access period available at no charge to each Senatorial campaign committee of a political party.
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for the designation of such committ... | 16,610 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Overseas Voting Education and
Reform, Safeguarding Every American's Vote Act'' or the ``OVERSEAS Vote
Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING REFUSAL TO ACCEPT ABSENTEE BALLOT FOR FAILURE TO
INCLUDE NOTARIZATION ON RETURN ENVELOPE.
Section 103 of the... | Overseas Voting Education and Reform, Safeguarding Every American's Vote Act, or OVERSEAS Vote Act - Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizen Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) to prohibit a state from refusing to accept or process any otherwise valid absentee ballot submitted by an absent uniformed services voter or overse... | 16,611 |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Congress strongly supports providing every honorably
discharged veteran the opportunity to be buried in a national
veterans cemetery in recognition of their sacrifices for the
freedoms enjoyed by every citizen of... | Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery in eastern Nebraska to serve the needs of veterans and their families in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. | 16,612 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Reducing Medicare Costs through
Innovation Act''.
SEC. 2. MEDICARE COMMERCIALIZATION GRANTS.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term--
(A) ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of
the Centers ... | Reducing Medicare Costs through Innovation Act This bill establishes a Medicare commercialization grant program, through which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall award grants to eligible small businesses for certain activities related to developing novel eligible medical products and receiving... | 16,613 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Alien Smuggling and Terrorism
Prevention Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Alien smuggling by land, air, and sea is a
transnational crime that--
(A) violates the integrit... | Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to check against all available terrorist watchlists those alien smugglers and smuggled individuals who are interdicted at U.S. land, air, and sea borders.
Revises alien smuggling and related criminal offense and penalty p... | 16,614 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Long Island Sound Restoration Act''.
SEC. 2. LONG ISLAND SOUND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The Administrator shall carry out a demonstration
program under which the Administrator may make grants on an annual
basis to the States of New York ... | Long Island Sound Restoration Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out a demonstration program to make annual grants to the States of New York and Connecticut for: (1) demonstrating methods of restoring and maintaining the water quality of designated bays and harbors of Long ... | 16,615 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Health Care
Quality Improvement Act of 2016''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--RURAL HEALTH CARE
... | Rural Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 2016 This bill amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to: establish certain health care quality measures with respect to rural providers; include such measures within specified Medicare payment models; revise certain req... | 16,616 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Solar Energy Pilot Leasing
Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) County.--The term ``County'' means Lincoln County,
Nevada.
(2) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means any of
the F... | American Solar Energy Pilot Leasing Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to: (1) designate specified federal land in Nevada under the administrative jurisdiction of BLM that is identified as a solar development zone as a solar pilot pro... | 16,617 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Holocaust Education Assistance
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Holocaust was an historical event that resulted in
the systemic, state-sponsored mass murders by Nazi... | Holocaust Education Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make competitive grants to educational organizations to carry out educational programs about the Holocaust. | 16,618 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Emigrant Wilderness Preservation Act
of 1999''.
SEC. 2. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN WATER IMPOUNDMENT
STRUCTURES IN THE EMIGRANT WILDERNESS, STANISLAUS
NATIONAL FOREST, CALIFORNIA.
(a) Cooperative Agreement For Mai... | Emigrant Wilderness Preservation Act of 1999 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to the Emigrant Wilderness in the Stanislaus National Forest, California, to enter into an agreement with a qualifying non-Federal entity to retain, maintain, and operate at private expense 12 specified water impoundment s... | 16,619 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Nuclear Decommissioning Assurance
Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) full, safe decommissioning of nuclear power plants is a
compelling Federal interest, in that--
... | Sets a time frame by which the NRC must issue a determination whether the nuclear decommissioning trust fund and the currently approved decommissioning recovery cost rates are adequate to ensure full and safe facility decommissioning. Details mandatory NRC considerations.
Amends the Federal Power Act to permit an elect... | 16,620 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Business Improvement Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. BUSINESS ACTIVITY TARGETS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in administering the
small business and capital ownership development program established by
section 7(j)(10) of the Small Business Act, ... | Business Improvement Act of 1993 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the head of any participating Federal agency (other than the Department of Defense), in order to facilitate the attainment of such agency's goal regarding the participation in procurement contracts of small businesses owned and controlled by ... | 16,621 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Taxpayers' Cancer Research Funding
Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF INCOME TAX PAYMENTS TO BREAST AND PROSTATE
CANCER RESEARCH FUND.
(a) In General.--Subchapter A of chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to infor... | Taxpayers' Cancer Research Funding Act of 1997 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain individuals to designate that five dollars (ten dollars in the case of joint returns) be paid over to the Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Fund established by this Act. | 16,622 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Indian Gaming Regulatory Improvement
Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY ACT.
The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 4(7) (25 U.S.C. 2703(7)), by adding at the
... | Indian Gaming Regulatory Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to make the Gambling Devices Transportation Act inapplicable to class II gaming where electronic, computer, or other technologic aids are used in connection with such gaming. Provides for a strategic plan for National Indian Gami... | 16,623 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000''.
TITLE I--AUTHORIZATION
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000.
(a) Commission.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Nuc... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Authorization
Title II: Other Provisions
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 -
Title I: Authorization
- Authorizes appropriations from the Nuclear Waste Fund for FY 2000 for: (1) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC); and (2) the NRC Office ... | 16,624 |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States experienced an extreme shortage of
nurses and medical personnel during World War II, and this
shortage was filled in part by the 180,000 women of the United
States Cadet Nurse Corps.
(2) ... | Directs the President ProTempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to arrange for the award of a congressional gold medal in honor of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps, collectively, in recognition of their patriotism and civic activism in a time of emergency during World War II which save... | 16,625 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Native American Housing Assistance
and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND
SELF-DETERMINATION ACT OF 1996.
(a) Block Grants.--Section 108 of the Native American Housing
... | Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2002 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to reauthorize through FY 2007: (1) block grants; (2) Federal loan guarantees (aggregate fiscal year limitation and credit subsidy); (3) train... | 16,626 |
to repeal sections 2, 3, and 6 of
the Neutrality Act of 1939, and for other purposes (Public Law
77-294; 55 Stat. 764) repealed section 6 of the Neutrality Act
of 1939 (related to the arming of United States vessels) and
authorized the President during the national emergency to arm
... | World War II Merchant Mariner Service Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to accept additional documentation for verifying that an individual performed honorable service as a coastwise merchant seaman during the period beginning on December 7, 1941, and ending on December 31, 1946, for purposes of el... | 16,627 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Antitampering Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED ALTERATION OF PRODUCT
IDENTIFICATION CODES.
(a) In General.--Title VIII of the Act entitled ``An Act to provide
for the registration and protection of trade-marks used ... | Subjects violators to liability for: (1) civil and criminal penalties; (2) general and statutory damages; and (3) court costs and attorney's fees. Designates the Attorney General as the chief enforcement official. | 16,628 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Children from Electronic
Cigarette Advertising Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) According to the Food and Drug Administration, because
electroni... | Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act of 2014 - Prohibits advertisement, promotion, or marketing in commerce of electronic cigarettes in a manner that is known, or should be known, to increase the use of electronic cigarettes by children under the age of 18. Defines "electronic cigarette&q... | 16,629 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional Commission on the
Abolition of Modern-Day Slavery Act''.
SEC. 2. MODERN-DAY SLAVERY.
In this Act, the term ``modern-day slavery'' means the recruitment,
harboring, transportation, receipt, procurement, or control of persons
through the u... | Congressional Commission on the Abolition of Modern-day Slavery Act - Defines "modern-day slavery."
Establishes a congressional Commission on the Abolition of Modern-day Slavery which shall: (1) study matters relating to modern-day slavery, including vulnerabilities of commonly affected populations; (2) study the role... | 16,630 |
SECTION 1. RESTORATION OF MISSING PERSONS AUTHORITIES APPLICABLE TO
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AS IN EFFECT BEFORE ENACTMENT OF
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997.
(a) Applicability to Department of Defense Civilian Employees and
Contractor Employees.--(1) Section 150... | Restores Federal armed forces provisions relating to the status of missing persons as in effect before amendments made by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997. | 16,631 |
SECTION 1. CONTINUED BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN SENATE RESTAURANTS EMPLOYEES.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Contractor.--The term ``contractor'' means the private
business concern that enters into a food services contract with the
Architect of the Capitol.
(2) Covered individual.--The t... | Authorizes specified Senate Restaurants employees who are employees of the Architect of the Capitol on the date of enactment of this Act and who become employees of a contractor under a food services contract to elect to continue coverage of federal benefits, including retirement benefits, life and health insurance, an... | 16,632 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicaid and SCHIP Beneficiary
Choice Improvement Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. EASING ADMINISTRATIVE BARRIERS TO STATE COOPERATION WITH
EMPLOYER-SPONSORED INSURANCE COVERAGE.
(a) Requiring Some Coverage for Employer-Sponsored Insurance.--
... | Medicaid and SCHIP Beneficiary Choice Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP, also known as CHIP) of the Social Security Act to require an SCHIP plan to describe how it will provide for child health assistance with respect to targeted low-income children who have a... | 16,633 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Fairness in Reimbursement
Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. IMPROVING FAIRNESS OF PAYMENTS TO PROVIDERS UNDER THE MEDICARE
FEE-FOR-SERVICE PROGRAM.
Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the... | Medicare Fairness in Reimbursement Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to instruct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a system for making adjustments to payments for items and services provided under the original Medicare fee-for-service program, with specified fo... | 16,634 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting U.S. Missile Defense
Information Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. REPORT AND BRIEFINGS ON MISSILE DEFENSE DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE
UNITED STATES AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
(a) Report Required.--The President shall submit to the
congress... | Protecting U.S. Missile Defense Information Act of 2013 - Directs the President to report semiannually to the congressional defense and appropriations committees on: (1) any discussions on missile defense between the U.S. government and the Russian Federation during the preceding six months, and (2) meetings held by th... | 16,635 |
SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF EXPORT LEASES.
(a) Property Leased to Foreign Persons.--Section 168(g)(1) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subparagraphs
(B), (C), (D), and (E) as subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), and (F),
respectively, and by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new... | Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions concerning the accelerated cost recovery system to provide that the alternative depreciation system shall be used for tangible property leased to a foreign person or entity. | 16,636 |
SECTION 1. GRANTS TO ADDRESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN HEALTH CARE SETTINGS.
(a) In General.--The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act
(42 U.S.C. 10401 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``SEC. 319. GRANTS TO ADDRESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN HEALTH CARE
SETTINGS.
``(a) Gen... | Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States and local health care entities to strengthen their response to domestic violence by building the capacity of health care professionals and staff to identify, address, and prevent domesti... | 16,637 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Investment Tax Credit Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. INVESTMENT TAX 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 strik... | Investment Tax Credit Act of 1993 - 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, waste disposal, or pollution control s... | 16,638 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Growing Small Businesses Act''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR QUALIFYING PRODUCTION FACILITIES.
(a) Income Tax Credit.--
(1) In general.--Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended--
(A) by striking ``and'' a... | Growing Small Businesses Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for investments in a small business's first qualifying production facility. The credit is equal to 25% of the cost of property for an eligible employer's first qualifying production facility placed in service during the year.... | 16,639 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``North American Environmental, Labor,
and Agricultural Standards Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. PRINCIPAL NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVES OF THE UNITED STATES.
In addition to the overall and principal trade negotiating
objectives of the United States set forth in sectio... | North American Environmental, Labor, and Agricultural Standards Act of 1993 - Declares that any free-trade area trade agreement negotiated under the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (OTCA) with Canada and Mexico (NAFTA) must include the achievement of certain environmental, labor, and agricultural standard... | 16,640 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Farm and Ranch Land Protection
Flexibility Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FARMLAND PROTECTION PROGRAM.
(a) Definitions.--Section 1238H of the Food Security Act of 1985
(16 U.S.C. 3838h) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(B)--
(A)... | Farm and Ranch Land Protection Flexibility Act of 2006 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to revise the farmland protection program.
Includes as eligible program land woodlots, wooded corners, and forested riparian areas that comprise up to 50% of the offered acreage.
Defines: (1) "permanent conservation easement... | 16,641 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Independent Medical Review Act of
1999''.
SEC. 2. SPECIAL RULES FOR GROUP HEALTH PLANS.
Section 503 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(29 U.S.C. 1133) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(a) In General.--'' after ``Sec. 503... | Requires group health plan claims procedures to include procedures for a fair, de novo determination of medical necessity by the independent review organization without regard to the definition used by the plan, as well as notifications to participants or beneficiaries of their rights to: (1) appeal adverse determinati... | 16,642 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``State Defense Force Improvement
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Domestic threats to national security and the increased
use of National Guard forces for out-of-State deployments
greatly i... | State Defense Force Improvement Act - Recognizes state defense forces as integral military components of the homeland security effort of the United States, while reaffirming that such forces remain entirely state regulated, organized, and equipped, and recognizing that they will be used for homeland security purposes e... | 16,643 |
SECTION 1. PERMANENT MODIFICATION OF INDIVIDUAL RATE BRACKETS.
(a) Married Individuals Filing Joint Returns and Surviving
Spouses.--The table contained in subsection (a) of section 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
``If taxable income is: The tax ... | This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent provisions included in P.L. 115-97 (commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) that: (1) reduced the individual tax rates, and (2) modified the taxation of the unearned income of children. The existing individual tax rates (10%, 12%, 22%, 24%, 32%, 35%, and... | 16,644 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Regulatory Information Presentation
Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) There is a substantial lack of consistency in the
presentation of information explaining and supporting Federal
rule... | Regulatory Information Presentation Act of 1998 - Directs each Federal agency, in accordance with a uniform format to be established by the Office of the Federal Register, to include in the preamble to each significant rule, both as a proposed and as a final or interim final rule, information concerning: (1) whether a... | 16,645 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``COBRA Enhancement and Healthcare
Relief Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF COBRA CONTINUATION COVERAGE.
(a) Under ERISA.--Section 602(2)(A) of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1162(2)(A)) is amended--
(1) by a... | COBRA Enhancement and Health Care Relief Act of 2006 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, the Internal Revenue Code, and related federal law provisions to extend from 18 to 36 months the period during which employees and other individuals whose group healt... | 16,646 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Charitable Giving
Protection Act of 1995''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
TITLE I--AMENDMENTS TO TH... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Amendments to the Securities Laws
Title II: Clarification of Antitrust Laws
Charitable Giving Protection Act of 1995 -
Title I: Amendments to the Securities Laws
- Exempts from the jurisdiction of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Securities Act of 1933, the Securitie... | 16,647 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Victims of Child Abuse Act of
2003''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE ACT OF 1990.
The Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13001 et seq.) is
amended--
(1) in section 211 (42 U.S.C. 13001) by--
... | Victims of Child Abuse Act of 2003 - Reauthorizes the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990. Revises requirements for the establishment of Regional Children's Advocacy Centers, removing the Director of the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect from the process.
Revises assistance proposal solicitation requirements t... | 16,648 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Juvenile Justice Accountability and
Improvement Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Historically, courts in the United States have
recognized the undeniable differences between adult and youth
... | Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Requires states to: (1) enact laws and adopt policies to grant child offenders who are serving a life sentence a meaningful opportunity for parole or supervised release at least once during their first 15 years of incarceration and at least once every three ... | 16,649 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Motor Vehicle Safety Integrity
Employment Act''.
SEC. 2. PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY INTEGRITY PERIOD.
(a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 301 of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``30107. Restriction on... | Motor Vehicle Safety Integrity Employment Act - Prohibits National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) employees, during the 36-month period following the employee's termination of employment with NHTSA, from commencing employment with, or otherwise advising, assisting, or representing for compensation a manu... | 16,650 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``End Oil Speculation Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) skyrocketing energy prices in oil and gas are damaging
families of the United States, as well as the economy, foreign
policy, and national securi... | End Oil Speculation Act of 2008 - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to direct the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to eliminate manipulation and excessive speculation on petroleum futures markets by investigation, regulation, and rulemaking, while distinguishing between: (1) transactions by commercial produc... | 16,651 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Budget Surplus Dividend Act of
1997''.
SEC. 2. 50 PERCENT OF FEDERAL BUDGET SURPLUS TO REIMBURSE EMPLOYERS AND
EMPLOYEES FOR A PORTION OF THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY TAXES.
(a) In General.--Subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of ... | Budget Surplus Dividend Act of 1997 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allocate credits to taxpayers for social security taxes, during any year in which there is a Federal budget surplus of more than $1 billion, so as to utilize 50 percent of such surplus. Requires that, during any such year, the remainder of such ... | 16,652 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``International Tax
Simplification Act of 2006''.
(b) Amendment of 1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly
provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in
terms of an ame... | International Tax Simplification Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise rules relating to foreign income and income earned by controlled foreign corporations (Subpart F income), including to: (1) make permanent the active financing exemption for qualified insurance income and the look-thru treatment a... | 16,653 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Opposition to Hate,
Assault, and Threats to Equality Act of 2017'' or ``NO HATE Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The incidence of violence motivated by the actual or
perceived race, color, religion... | National Opposition to Hate, Assault, and Threats to Equality Act of 2017 or the NO HATE Act This bill authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ) to issue grants to states and local governments to assist in implementing the National Incident-Based Reporting System, including training employees in identifying hate crime... | 16,654 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Technology and Research Accelerating
National Security and Future Economic Resiliency Act of 2013'' or the
``TRANSFER Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.
Section 9(jj) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(jj)) is
a... | Technology and Research Accelerating National Security and Future Economic Resiliency Act of 2013 or the TRANSFER Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act to replace provisions requiring the Director of the National Institutes of Health to use funds for a Proof of Concept Partnership pilot program to accelerate the ... | 16,655 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Comprehensive
Methamphetamine Abuse Reduction Act''.
SEC. 2. EXPANDING METHAMPHETAMINE ABUSE PREVENTION EFFORTS.
Section 515 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-21)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(e... | Comprehensive Methamphetamine Abuse Reduction Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act (the Act) to authorize the Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention to make grants to, and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with, public and non-profit private entities to carry out: (1) school-based pr... | 16,656 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Nuclear Powers America Act of
2017''.
SEC. 2. ENERGY CREDIT FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY PROPERTY.
(a) In General.--Section 48(a)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 is amended in clause (vi) by striking ``or'', by inserting
``or'' at the end of clause (... | Nuclear Powers America Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for investments in qualified nuclear energy property placed in service before January 1, 2024. The credit applies to any amounts paid or incurred for refueling or other specified expenditures for a nuclear power plant f... | 16,657 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Global Education Nexus in U.S. Act''
or the ``GENIUS Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) A host of growing challenges--international security,
global markets, immigration, world hea... | Global Education Nexus in U.S. Act or GENIUS Act - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to require the Deputy Assistant Secretary for International and Foreign Language Education to: (1) assist the Secretary of Education in administering this Act's grant program, and (2) develop an international educatio... | 16,658 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Educational Opportunities Act''.
SEC. 2. TAX CREDIT FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCHOLARSHIP GRANTING
ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) Credit for Individuals.--
(1) In general.--Subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of
chapter 1 of the Inter... | Educational Opportunities Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a tax credit for charitable contributions to a scholarship granting organization. Allows a maximum credit amount of $4,500 ($2,250 for a married individual filing a separate return). Defines "scholarship granting organiz... | 16,659 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Background Security Records Act of
1996''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) The procedures used by the White House and the Federal
Bureau of Investigation to protect the privacy and... | Background Security Records Act of 1996 - Amends the Presidential Records Act of 1978 to direct that any record provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to the White House for providing background security information on any individual shall: (1) not be a presidential record; and (2) upon the conclusion o... | 16,660 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States Seaport Multiyear
Security Enhancement Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Nation's 361 seaports are considered a major
terrorist target. Al Qaeda has strong ties to the shipping
ind... | United States Seaport Multiyear Security Enhancement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to make grants to seaports to enhance security if the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, determines that the grant will improve security at a seaport or improve the efficiency of the se... | 16,661 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Harold Hughes Commission on
Alcoholism Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is established a commission to be known as the Harold Hughes
Commission on Alcoholism (in this Act referred to as the
``Commission'').
SEC. 3. DUTIES.
(a) In General.--Th... | Harold Hughes Commission on Alcoholism Act - Establishes the Harold Hughes Commission on Alcoholism to study: (1) existing Federal agencies and programs related to alcoholism; (2) public education, both directly by governmental agencies and by governmental agencies working with private sector groups; (3) physician ins... | 16,662 |
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