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SECTION 1. CREDIT FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT APPLIANCES.
(a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to business-related
credits) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 45G. ENERGY EFFICIENT APPLIANCE CREDIT.
``(a) G... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a limited energy efficient appliance credit for the eligible production of qualified energy efficient appliances produced by a taxpayer. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for an energy efficient appliance credit. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Full
Disclosure Act''.
SEC. 2. REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES.
(a) Fannie Mae.--
(1) Mortgage-backed securities.--Section 304(d) of the
Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act (12 U.S.C.
171... | Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Full Disclosure Act - Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to declare that stock, obligations, securities, participations, or other instruments issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) shall not be exempt securities within the meaning of the law... | To extend the registration and reporting requirements of the Federal securities laws to certain housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Blackstone River Valley National
Historical Park Establishment Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to establish the Blackstone River Valley
National Historical Park--
(1) to help preserve, protect, and interpret the nationall... | . Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park Establishment Act - (Sec. 4) Establishes the Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park in Massachusetts and Rhode Island as a unit of the National Park System. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire, by donation, purchase from a willing seller, or... | Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park Establishment Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Expedited Rescissions Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN PROPOSED RESCISSIONS.
(a) In General.--Part B of title X of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 681 et seq.) is amended by
redesignating ... | Expedited Rescissions Act of 1997 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for the expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority. | Expedited Rescissions Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Adams National
Historical Park Act of 1998''.
(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. Adams Nati... | Adams National Historical Park Act of 1998 - Establishes as a unit of the National Park System the Adams National Historical Park in Quincy, Massachusetts, to preserve certain properties associated with John and John Quincy Adams, the second and sixth Presidents of the United States, and their wives. Requires the Park... | Adams National Historical Park Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Government Credit Card Abuse
Prevention Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. MANAGEMENT OF PURCHASE CARDS.
(a) Required Safeguards and Internal Controls.--The head of each
executive agency that issues and uses purchase cards and convenience
checks shall establish a... | Government Credit Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2007 - Requires the head of each executive agency, except the Department of Defense (DOD), to: (1) establish safeguards and internal controls for purchase cards, convenience checks, and travel cards; and (2) prescribe regulations implementing such safeguards and controls t... | To prevent abuse of Government credit cards. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Family Health Care Accessibility Act
of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Community Health Centers (CHCs) are nonprofit,
community supported health care facilities providing primary
and preventive... | Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to deem volunteer practitioners who provide medical services to patients at certain nonprofit health centers in underserved areas as employees of the Public Health Service (thus extending the liability protections of the Federal Tort Cl... | To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers under section 330 of such Act. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation
Act of 1994''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The world's rhinoceros population is declining at an
alarming rate, a 90 percent decline since 1970.
(2) All 5 subspecies of ti... | Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance for conservation of rhinoceros and tiger projects.
Authorizes the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Secretariat, or any other person, to submit to... | Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Family Self-Sufficiency Act of
2009''.
SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATIVE FEES FOR FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM COSTS.
Subsection (h) of section 23 of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437u(h)) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and
inserting... | Family Self-Sufficiency Act of 2009 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to revise requirements for the administrative fee payable to public housing agencies to cover the costs of administering family self-sufficiency programs in connection with the housing choice voucher program of the Department of Housing ... | To provide for payment of an administrative fee to public housing agencies to cover the costs of administering family self-sufficiency programs in connection with the housing choice voucher program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Expanding Research for Women in
Trauma Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Most studies of violence against women currently focus
on physical abuse or rape, primarily because they are easier to
... | Expanding Research for Women in Trauma Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to makes grants and enter into contracts for violence against women prevention research initiatives. | A bill to expand research for women in trauma. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Keeping Our Promise to Special
Education Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Children with disabilities are guaranteed an equal
opportunity to an education under the 14th Amendment to the
... | Keeping Our Promise to Special Education Act of 2001 - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to specify mandatory minimum levels of Federal grant payments to States for assistance for education of all children with disabilities.Requires local educational agencies, if they choose to treat certain... | To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full funding for assistance for education of all children with disabilities. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Brownfields Redevelopment
Enhancement Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) returning the Nation's brownfield sites to productive
economic use could generate more than 550,000 additional ... | Brownfields Redevelopment Enhancement Act - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants (without certain otherwise-required loan guarantees) to eligible public entities and Indian tribes to assist in the environmental cleanup and ec... | To facilitate the provision of assistance by the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Outsourcing Security Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States Government is increasingly relying on
armed private security contractors to perform mission-critical
and emergency essent... | Stop Outsourcing Security Act - Directs the Secretary of State to ensure that only government personnel provide security services at U.S. diplomatic or consular missions in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Requires the President to report to Congress, by June 1, 2010, on the status of planning for the use, by January 1, 2011, of ... | To phase out the use of private military contractors. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``ALS Registry Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (referred to in this
section as ``ALS'') is a fatal, progressive neurodegenerative
disease that affects motor ner... | ALS Registry Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) develop a system to collect data on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); and (2) establish a national registry for t... | A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Money Service Business Act of
2009''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Check cashers, money transmitters, and other legally
authorized and regulated money transmitting businesses (also
designated as mone... | Money Service Business Act of 2009 - Revises certain requirements for anti-money laundering programs with respect to federally insured depository institutions.
Declares that, if such institutions have on file specified mandatory self-certifications submitted by a money transmitting business for which the institutions ... | To amend section 5318 of title 31, United States Code, to eliminate regulatory burdens imposed on insured depository institutions and money services businesses and enhance the availability of transaction accounts at depository institutions for such business, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Act for
Responsible Employment'' or ``CARE Act''.
(b) Reference.--Whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is
expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other
provision, the reference sha... | (Sec. 2) Repeals certain exemptions from child labor prohibitions for agricultural employment.
Applies the same age restrictions to agricultural employment as to other forms of employment. Limits exemptions to agricultural labor outside of school hours, if the individual is employed by his or her parent or legal guardi... | CARE Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Strategic Petroleum Reserve Reform
Act''.
SEC. 2. USE OF UNDERUSED STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE FACILITIES.
(a) In General.--Section 168 of the Energy Policy and Conservation
Act (42 U.S.C. 6247a) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 168. USE OF UNDER... | Strategic Petroleum Reserve Reform Act This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to authorize the Department of Energy (DOE)to lease underutilized Strategic Petroleum Reserve storage facilities to private entities. Currently, DOE may only lease these storage facilities to foreign governments. DOE must co... | Strategic Petroleum Reserve Reform Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `` Mercury Pollution Reduction Act of
2009''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) mercury and mercury compounds are highly toxic to
humans, ecosystems, and wildlife;
(2) as many as 10 percent of women in the United... | Mercury Pollution Reduction Act of 2009 - Declares that the United States should develop policies and programs that will reduce: (1) mercury use and emissions; (2) mercury releases from the reservoir of mercury currently in use or circulation; and (3) exposures to mercury, particularly of women of childbearing age and ... | To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to phase out the use of mercury in the manufacture of chlorine and caustic soda, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fiscal Year 2010 Federal Aviation
Administration Extension Act''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TAXES FUNDING AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND.
(a) Fuel Taxes.--Subparagraph (B) of section 4081(d)(2) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``Septe... | Fiscal Year 2010 Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2009: (1) excise taxes on aviation fuels and air transportation of persons and property; and (2) the expenditure authority for the Airport and Airway Trust Fund.
Authorizes appropriations th... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to amend title 49, United States Code, to extend authorizations for the airport improvement program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Modernizing the Interstate Placement
of Children in Foster Care Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) when a child in foster care cannot return safely home,
the child deserves to be placed in a setting that is best ... | Modernizing the Interstate Placement of Children in Foster Care Act This bill amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require the procedures a state must have in effect for the orderly and timely interstate placement of children to include a centralized electronic c... | Modernizing the Interstate Placement of Children in Foster Care Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Neotropical Migratory Bird
Conservation Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) of the nearly 800 bird species known to occur in the
United States, approximately 500 migrate among countries, and
the large majorit... | Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to provide financial assistance for projects to promote the conservation of neotropical migratory birds.
Authorizes project proposals to be submitted by the following entities: (1) individuals or other private... | Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Military Tribunals Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The al Qaeda terrorist organization and its leaders
have committed unlawful attacks against the United States,
including the Augu... | Military Tribunals Act of 2002 - Authorizes the President to establish tribunals for the trial of individuals who: (1) are not U.S. persons or residents; (2) are members of the al Qaeda organization or other terrorist organizations who cooperated with the al Qaeda in planning, authorizing, committing, aiding, or abetti... | To authorize the President to establish military tribunals to try the terrorists responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks against the United States, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Campus Fire Safety Right-to-Know Act
of 2007''.
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF FIRE SAFETY OF CAMPUS BUILDINGS.
Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1)--
(A) by strik... | Campus Fire Safety Right-to-Know Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each institution participating in any program under the Act to provide to all current students and employees, and to any applicant for enrollment or employment upon request, an annual fire safety report containing specifie... | To provide for disclosure of fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus buildings, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Upper Mississippi
River Basin Protection Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Sec. 3. Reliance on sound science.... | Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act - Title I: Sediment and Nutrient Monitoring Network - (Sec. 101) Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United States Geological Survey (USGS), to establish a nutrient and sediment monitoring network for the Upper Mississippi River Basin.
(Sec. 102) Dire... | To promote Department of the Interior efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Arming Pilots Against Terrorism
Act''.
SEC. 2. FEDERAL FLIGHT DECK OFFICER PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 449 of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 44921. Federal flight deck officer p... | Arming Pilots Against Terrorism Act - Amends Federal law to direct the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security to establish a program to: (1) deputize qualified volunteer pilots of passenger aircraft as Federal flight deck officers; and (2) provide training, supervision, and equipment for such officers.Directs t... | A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a program for Federal flight deck officers, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Keep Families Together Act''.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON THE SEPARATION OF FAMILIES.
(a) In General.--An agent or officer of a designated agency shall
be prohibited from removing a child from his or her parent or legal
guardian, at or near the port of entry... | Keep Families Together Act This bill prohibits an agent or contractor of the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, or the Department of Health and Human Services from removing a child who is under the age of 18 and has no permanent immigration status from his or her parent or legal guardian at or ... | Keep Families Together Act |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. was born on October 8, 1941,
in Greenville, South Carolina.
(2) In 1965 Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. joined the civil rights
movement full-time, beginning his activism as a student leade... | Authorizes the President to present, on behalf of Congress, a gold medal to Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., in recognition of his outstanding and enduring contributions to the Nation. | To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. in recognition of his outstanding and enduring contributions to the Nation. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Education Improvement Tax Cut Act''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH
PROVIDE ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS.
(a) In General.--Subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Interna... | Education Improvement Tax Cut Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a tax credit up to $5,000 per year (adjusted annually for inflation after 2007) for contributions to a school tuition organization which distributes at least 90 percent of its annual gross income for elementary and secondary school schol... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for amounts contributed to charitable organizations which provide elementary or secondary school scholarships and for contributions of, and for, instructional materials and materials for extracurricular activities. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Retiree Health Benefits Protection
Act''.
SEC. 2. RULES GOVERNING LITIGATION INVOLVING 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... | Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to add rules governing litigation involving the termination or reduction of retiree health benefits. | Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Debt Buy-Down Act''.
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF AMOUNTS FOR REDUCTION OF PUBLIC DEBT.
(a) In General.--Subchapter A of chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to returns and records) is amended by adding at
the end the following new part:... | Debt Buy-Down Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers to designate up to 10% of their adjusted income tax liability for the reduction of the public debt. The bill also establishes in the Treasury a Public Debt Reduction Trust Fund to hold tax revenues generated by this bill for th... | Debt Buy-Down Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Belarus Democracy Reauthorization
Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Section 2 of the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 5811
note) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
``Congress makes the following findings:
``(1) The G... | Belarus Democracy Reauthorization Act of 2006 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004 to state that it is U.S. policy to: (1) call for the immediate release of all political prisoners in Belarus; (2) support the aspirations of the people of the Republic of Belarus for democracy, human rights, the rule of la... | To reauthorize the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Low Income Taxpayer Protection Act
of 2001''.
SEC. 2. REGULATION OF INCOME TAX RETURN PREPARERS AND REFUND
ANTICIPATION LOAN PROVIDERS.
(a) Definitions.--In this Act:
(1) Income tax return preparer.--
(A) I... | Low Income Taxpayer Protection Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the promulgation of regulations that: (1) require the registration of income tax return preparers and of refund anticipation loan providers; and (2) prohibit the payment of a refund of tax to a refund anticipation loan provider or ... | A bill to assist low income taxpayers in preparing and filing their tax returns and to protect taxpayers from unscrupulous refund anticipation loan providers, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Riayan Tejeda Memorial Act of
2005''.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR NATURALIZATION THROUGH SERVICE IN COMBAT ZONE
DURING OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM.
(a) In General.--An alien described in subsection (b) may be
naturalized without regard to the r... | Riayan Tejeda Memorial Act of 2005 - Authorizes naturalization without regard to specified Immigration and Nationality Act requirements for an alien or noncitizen national of the United States who: (1) served honorably in a combat zone designated in connection with Operation Iraqi Freedom; and (2) if separated from suc... | To provide for naturalization through service in a combat zone designated in connection with Operation Iraqi Freedom, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional Tribute to Constance
Baker Motley Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Constance Baker Motley was born in 1921, in New Haven,
Connecticut, the daughter of immigrants from the Caribbean
... | Congressional Tribute to Constance Baker Motley Act of 2013 - Authorizes the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to make appropriate arrangements for the posthumous presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal in commemoration of Constance Baker Motley (civil righ... | Congressional Tribute to Constance Baker Motley Act of 2013 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Small Business Opportunity
Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) the term ``active duty'' has the meaning given that
term in section 101 of title 10, United States Code;
(2) the terms ``Administr... | Veterans Small Business Opportunity Act of 2007 - Amends the Small Business Act to extend certain small business loan time limits with respect to a small business owned and controlled by: (1) a veteran called to active duty on or after September 11, 2001; or (2) a service-disabled veteran who became disabled due to an ... | A bill to provide additional relief for small business owners ordered to active duty as members of reserve components of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States-Cuba Trade Act of
2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) the continuation of the embargo on trade between the
United States and Cuba that was declared in February of 1962 is
counterproductive,... | United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2003 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (including other specified laws) to repeal the embargo placed upon all trade with Cuba.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to declare the denial of foreign tax credit inapplicable to Cuba (except that such requirement shall apply to countries... | A bill to lift the trade embargo on Cuba, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Eradication of Slavery in Sudan Act
of 2007''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT AND COMPOSITION.
(a) In General.--There is established the United States Commission
to Monitor Slavery and its Eradication in Sudan (in this Act referred
to as the ``Commission'').
... | Eradication of Slavery in Sudan Act of 2007 - Establishes the United States Commission to Monitor Slavery and its Eradication in Sudan, which shall have as its primary responsibility: (1) reporting on progress made by the government of Sudan and nongovernmental organizations in identifying the location of slaves in Sud... | To establish the United States Commission to Monitor Slavery and its Eradication in Sudan. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Deepwater Port Modernization Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
Section 3(10) of the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C.
1502(10)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``for the loading or unloading'' and
inserting ``for the transportation, stor... | Deepwater Port Modernization Act - Amends the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 to revise the term "deepwater port" to include a fixed or floating manmade structure (other than a vessel) that is located beyond the territorial sea and off the U.S. coast which is used as a port or terminal for the transportation of oil from the... | Deepwater Port Modernization Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement
Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT.
(a) In General.--Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding after section 1028, the following:
``Sec. 1028A. Aggravated identity theft
``(a) ... | Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for aggravated identity theft.Prescribes a sentence of: (1) two years imprisonment for knowingly transferring, possessing, or using, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person during and i... | To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish penalties for aggravated identity theft, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Endangered Species Data Quality Act
of 2004''.
SEC. 2. SOUND SCIENCE.
(a) Best Scientific and Commercial Data Available.--
(1) In general.--Section 3 of the Endangered Species Act of
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1532) is amended--
... | Endangered Species Data Quality Act of 2004 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to direct the Secretary of the Interior, when required to use the best scientific and commercial data available or the best scientific data available in determining that a species is an endangered or threatened species, to:... | To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Secretary of the Interior to give greater weight to scientific or commercial data that is empirical or has been field-tested or peer-reviewed, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES.
This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening Privacy, Oversight,
and Transparency Act'' or the ``SPOT Act''.
SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES IN OVERSIGHT
AUTHORITY OF THE PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT
BOARD.
Section 1061 of ... | Strengthening Privacy, Oversight, and Transparency Act or the SPOT Act Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to expand the functions of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) to include reviews of legislation, regulations, policies, and executive branch actions relating to... | SPOT Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Silicone Breast Implant Research and
Information Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) According to the Institute of Medicine, it is estimated
that 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 Amer... | Silicone Breast Implant Research and Information Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to: (1) appoint an official of the Department of Health and Human Services to serve as the NIH coordinator regarding silicone breast implant research; (2) estab... | Silicone Breast Implant Research and Information Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia National Guard
Retention and College Access Act''.
SEC. 2. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The District of Colu... | District of Columbia National Guard Retention and College Access Act - Authorizes the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard to provide educational assistance to members of the District of Columbia National Guard who have satisfactorily completed their initial active duty service and agree to ser... | To establish a District of Columbia National Guard Educational Assistance Program to encourage the enlistment and retention of persons in the District of Columbia National Guard by providing financial assistance to enable members of the National Guard of the District of Columbia to attend undergraduate, vocational, or ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sensible Advertising and Family
Education Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Alcohol is by far the drug most widely used and abused
by young people in the United States today, even though it is
... | Sensible Advertising and Family Education Act - Declares it to be an unlawful or deceptive act under the Federal Trade Commission Act to advertise any alcoholic beverage through magazines, newspapers, brochures, promotional displays, radio, television (including cable, paid per view, or subscription), or other electron... | Sensible Advertising and Family Education Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
The Act may be cited as the ``Oil Price Reduction Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Oil producing countries, including the nations of the
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), took
concerted actions in ... | Directs the President to report to Congress with respect to: (1) the overall economic and security relationship between the United States and each major net oil exporting country (including Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) countries); (2) the effect that coordination among such countries with respe... | Oil Price Reduction Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Weatherization
Enhancement, and Local Energy Efficiency Investment and Accountability
Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. F... | Weatherization Enhancement, and Local Energy Efficiency Investment and Accountability Act - Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to extend the Weatherization Assistance Program for low-income persons through FY2019. Requires the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to make competitive grants to qualified tax-exempt c... | Weatherization Enhancement, and Local Energy Efficiency Investment and Accountability Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Border Law Enforcement Relief Act of
2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) It is the obligation of the Federal Government of the
United States to adequately secure the Nation's borders and
prevent the ... | Border Law Enforcement Relief Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to award grants to a tribal, state, or local law enforcement agency located in a county within 100 miles of a U.S. border with Canada or Mexico, or in a county beyond 100 miles that has been certified by the Secretary as a high im... | A bill to provide financial aid to local law enforcement officials along the Nation's borders, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Paraprofessionals are not substitutes for certified
teachers.
(2) Small class size is fundamental to all learning, but
particularly in the early grades.
(3) Putting more adults in the classroom helps to... | Directs the Secretary of Education to allot funds to states for distribution to local educational agencies (LEAs) to recruit, hire, and train 100,000 new classroom paraprofessionals in order to improve educational achievement for children. Requires that 80% of a state's allotment be allocated to LEAs on the basis of e... | To authorize the appropriation of funds to be used to recruit, hire, and train 100,000 new classroom paraprofessionals in order to improve educational achievement for children. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Premier Certified Lenders Program
Improvement Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. LOSS RESERVES OF PREMIER CERTIFIED LENDERS TEMPORARILY
DETERMINED ON THE BASIS OF OUTSTANDING BALANCE OF
DEBENTURES.
Paragraph (6) of section 508(c) of th... | Premier Certified Lenders Program Improvement Act of 2003 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to allow a certified development company to withdraw from its loss reserve amounts in excess of one percent of the aggregate outstanding bal... | To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to allow certain premier certified lenders to elect to maintain an alternative loss reserve. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bus Utility and Safety in School
Transportation Opportunity and Purchasing Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) school transportation issues remain a concern for
parents, local educat... | Bus Utility and Safety in School Transportation Opportunity and Purchasing Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Education to provide grants, on a competitive basis, to rural local educational agencies (LEAs) to pay the federal share (75%) of costs of purchasing new school buses. Requires the Secretary, in providing s... | A bill to provide grants for use by rural local educational agencies in purchasing new school buses. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Surface Transportation Extension Act
of 2005, Part VI''.
SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FOR FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY PROGRAM.
(a) Authorization of Contract Authority.--Section 4(a) of the
Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part V (118 Stat. 1147... | Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2005, Part VI - Extends, through August 14, 2005, the authorization of appropriations from the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) for: (1) administrative expenses for federal highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, and transit programs; and (2) the Bureau of Transportation Statistic... | To provide an extension of administrative expenses for highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Business Retained Income During
Growth and Expansion Act of 2001'' or the ``BRIDGE Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. DEFERRED PAYMENT OF TAX BY CERTAIN SMALL BUSINESSES.
(a) In General.--Subchapter B of chapter 62 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to... | Business Retained Income During Growth and Expansion Act of 2001 or the BRIDGE Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an eligible small business to elect to pay its tax in four equal installments. Limits the maximum amount of tax which may be paid in installments for any taxable year to whichever of t... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain small businesses to defer payment of tax. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Creating Access to Rides Act''.
SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR LOW-INCOME CAR OWNERSHIP PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--Section 403(a) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 603(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(6) Grants for low-income ca... | Creating Access to Rides Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to states, counties, localties, Indian tribes or tribal organizations, and nonprofit entities to promote improving a... | To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to improve access to dependable, affordable automobiles by low-income families. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``DTV Delay Act''.
SEC. 2. POSTPONEMENT OF DTV TRANSITION DATE.
(a) In General.--Section 3002(b) of the Digital Television
Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 (47 U.S.C. 309 note) is
amended--
(1) by striking ``February 18, 2009;'' in pa... | DTV Delay Act - Amends the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to delay the transition of television broadcasting from analog to digital to June 13, 2009. Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to extend for a 116-day period the licenses for recovered spectrum, including the licens... | A bill to postpone the DTV transition date. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Expanding Nutrition's Role in
Curricula and Healthcare Act'' or the ``ENRICH Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) In 2012, United States health care spending was about
$8,915 per resident and accounted for 17.2... | Expanding Nutrition's Role in Curricula and Healthcare Act or the ENRICH Act This bill requires the Health Resources and Services Administration to establish a program of three-year competitive grants to accredited medical schools for the development or expansion of an integrated nutrition and physical activity curricu... | ENRICH Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Reciprocal Market Access Act of
2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) A principal negotiating objective of the United States
regarding trade barriers and other trade distortions must ... | Reciprocal Market Access Act of 2007 - Prohibits the President from agreeing to the reduction or elimination of the existing rate of duty on any product in order to carry out any trade agreement entered into between the United States and a foreign country until the President certifies to Congress that: (1) the United S... | To enhance reciprocal market access for United States domestic producers in the negotiating process of bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Baseline Reform Act of 1994''.
SEC. 2. THE BASELINE.
(a) The second sentence of section 257(c) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended--
(1) by inserting ``but only for the purpose of adjusting
th... | Baseline Reform Act of 1994 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to revise the definition of baseline to provide for certain inflation adjustments only for the purpose of adjusting discretionary spending limits.
Requires the President's budget to include: ... | Baseline Reform Act of 1994 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``COPS Improvements Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. COPS GRANT IMPROVEMENTS.
(a) In General.--Section 1701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) is amended--
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
... | COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the authority of the Attorney General to make competitive grants under the public safety and community policing grant program (COPS grant program) to states, local and Indian tribal governments, other public... | To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Breast Cancer and Environmental
Research Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer
deaths among American women.
(2) More women in the United S... | Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants to public or nonprofit private entities for the development and operation of not more than eight centers to conduct multidisciplin... | To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of research centers regarding environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer. |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the Augusta Canal National Landmark in the State of
Georgia, listed on the National Historic Register of Historic
Places, and designated by the Governor of Georgia as one of 4
regionally important resources in the State, is one o... | Establishes the Augusta Canal National Heritage Area in Georgia.
Requires the Augusta Canal Authority to prepare and submit to the Secretary of the Interior for review and approval a plan for the management of the Area, based on existing Federal, State, and local plans in existence on the date of enactment of this Act... | A bill to establish the Augusta Canal National Heritage Area in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This bill may be cited as the ``Freedom to Fish Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Recreational fishing is traditionally the most popular
outdoor sport with more than 50,000,000 participants of all
ages, in all regions of ... | Freedom to Fish Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to prohibit any fishery management plan prepared by a Regional Fishery Management Council or the Secretary of Commerce from establishing areas where recreational fishing is prohibited unless: (1) there is clear indication that suc... | A bill to protect the public's ability to fish for sport, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Academies of Practice
Recognition Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. CHARTER.
The National Academies of Practice organized and incorporated under
the laws of the District of Columbia, is hereby recognized as such and
is granted a Federal charter.
SEC. 3... | National Academies of Practice Recognition Act of 2003 - Grants a Federal charter to the National Academies of Practice (a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the District of Columbia). | A bill to recognize the organization known as the National Academies of Practice. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Comprehensive Tuberculosis
Elimination Act of 2003''.
TITLE I--INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION
SEC. 101. ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR THE ELIMINATION OF TUBERCULOSIS.
Section 317E(f) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b-
6(f)) is amend... | Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prescribe composition requirements for the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis, and direct it to make recommendations on: (1) a national plan to eliminate tuberculosis in the United States; and (2) a plan to gu... | To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to making progress toward the goal of eliminating tuberculosis, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency
Agricultural Response Act of 1998''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Use of disaster reserve authority to provide dis... | Emergency Agricultural Response Act of 1998 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1970 to authorize the use of disaster reserve authority to augment crop insurance benefits for producers affected by multiple year crop losses. Appropriates funds subject to presidential emergency budget designation.
(Sec. 3) Amends the Agri... | Emergency Agricultural Response Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Supporting Our Patriotic Businesses
Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) From September 2001 through November 2004,
approximately 410,000 members of the reserve components of the
Armed Forces, ... | Supporting Our Patriotic Businesses Act of 2005 - Authorizes appropriations for the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Office of Veteran Business Development.
Amends the Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999 to permanently extend the authority and duties of the SBA's Advisory Committe... | A bill to provide additional relief for small business owners ordered to active duty as members of reserve components of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``North Bay Water Reuse Program Act of
2006''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means a
member agency of the North Bay Water Reuse Authority of the
State located in the Nort... | North Bay Water Reuse Program Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to offer to enter into cooperative agreements with eligible entities in the North San Pablo Bay watershed located in Marin, Napa, Solano, and Sonoma Counties, California, for the planning, design, and construction of water reclamation ... | To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to create a Bureau of Reclamation partnership with the North Bay Water Reuse Authority and other regional partners to achieve objectives relating to water supply, water quality, and environmental restoration. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Faster Care for Veterans Act of
2016''.
SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ESTABLISHING A PATIENT SELF-SCHEDULING
APPOINTMENT SYSTEM.
(a) Pilot Program.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall comm... | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on December 6, 2016. Faster Care for Veterans Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to begin an 18-month pilot program in at least three Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs) under which veterans use an ... | Faster Care for Veterans Act of 2016 |
short title
Section 1. This Act may be cited as the ``Government Shutdown
Prevention Act''.
continuing funding
Sec. 2. (a) If any regular appropriation bill for fiscal year 1998
does not become law prior to the beginning of fiscal year 1998 or a
joint resolution making continuin... | Government Shutdown Prevention Act - Provides for continuing appropriations (at 100 percent of the rate of operations provided for in FY 1997) in the absence of regular appropriations for FY 1998.
Requires increases in the rate of operations as necessary to preclude furloughs or reductions-in-force. | Government Shutdown Prevention Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ravi Thackurdeen Safe Students Study
Abroad Act''.
SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF CLERY ACT TO PROGRAMS OF STUDY ABROAD.
(a) Reporting of Crime Statistics.--Paragraph (12) of section
485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)) is
amended--
... | Ravi Thackurdeen Safe Students Study Abroad Act This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify campus security reporting requirements for an institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student aid programs. Currently, an IHE must annually report data ... | Ravi Thackurdeen Safe Students Study Abroad Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Preserving Access to Affordable
Drugs Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT OF EMPLOYER PLANS.
(a) Elimination of True Out-of-Pocket Limitation.--Section 1860D-
2(b)(4)(C) of the Social Security Act, as added by section 101(a) o... | Preserving Access to Affordable Drugs Act of 2004 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to: (1) allow employer contributions on drug costs to count towa... | To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the coordination of prescription drug coverage provided under retiree plans and State pharmaceutical assistance programs with the prescription drug benefit provided under the Medicare Program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Abuse, Violence, and
Exploitation of Elders Act of 2012'' or the ``SAVE Elders Act of
2012''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The population of individuals age 65 or older in the
United States is growing an... | Stop Abuse, Violence, and Exploitation of Elders Act of 2012 or the SAVE Elders Act of 2012 - Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to designate specified funds from the Crime Victims Fund for grants for compensation and assistance to victims of elder abuse.
Defines "elder abuse" under that Act: (1) to mean the abus... | A bill to dedicate funds from the Crime Victims Fund to victims of elder abuse, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Volunteer
Protection Act of 1997''.
(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. No preemption of State tort l... | Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 - States that this Act preempts inconsistent State law except when such law provides additional protection from liability relating to volunteers in the performance of services for a nonprofit organization or governmental entity. Makes this Act inapplicable to any civil action in a Stat... | Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Neotropical Migratory Bird
Conservation Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Neotropical migratory bird populations in nations
within the range of neotropical migratory birds have continued
to decl... | Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to provide financial assistance for projects outside of the United States to promote the conservation of neotropical migratory birds.
Authorizes project proposals to be submitted by the following entities: (1) i... | Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act |
SECTION 1. CLEAN-FUEL CREDIT WITH RESPECT TO BUSINESSES LOCATED IN
NONATTAINMENT AREAS.
(a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to business-related
credits) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. ... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a limited business credit relating to the use of clean-fuel vehicles by businesses within areas designated as nonattainment areas under the Clean Air Act. | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a business credit relating to the use of clean-fuel vehicles by businesses within areas designated as nonattainment areas under the Clean Air Act. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Drinking Water Standards
Preservation Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The safety of drinking water, and the adequacy of water
supplies, is a national concern. In the 29 years since Congress
... | Drinking Water Standards Preservation Act of 2005 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to establish liability standards for a public water system for damages arising from injury (including personal injury, death, or property damage) allegedly caused by delivery of contaminated water containing either regulated or unreg... | To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide procedures for claims relating to drinking water. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Commercial Mortgage Capital
Availability Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. INSURED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS FOR
TRANSFERS OF MORTGAGE LOANS.
(a) Accounting Principles.--The accounting principles applicable to
the transfer of a mo... | Commercial Mortgage Capital Availability Act of 1993 - Sets forth a regulatory scheme under which qualified insured depository institutions meeting prescribed reserve and capital requirements may execute mortgage loan transfers with a recourse arrangement.
Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to modify the defin... | Commercial Mortgage Capital Availability Act of 1993 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Net Price Calculator Improvement
Act''.
SEC. 2. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR NET PRICE CALCULATORS.
Section 132(h) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1015a(h)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (6);
... | Net Price Calculator Improvement Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish the minimum requirements for the net price calculator that each institution of higher education (IHE) receiving federal funds under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Act must include on its website. (An IHE's "net price" is t... | Net Price Calculator Improvement Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of
2005''.
SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT OF OUTREACH ACTIVITIES WITHIN DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 5 of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new ... | Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish, maintain, and modify as necessary procedures for ensuring the effective coordination of outreach activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs between and among the Office of the Secretary, the Office of Public Affair... | To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the outreach activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stop the Student Loan Interest Rate
Hike Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. INTEREST RATE EXTENSION.
Section 455(b)(7)(D) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1087e(b)(7)(D)) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ``... | Stop the Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Act of 2012 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make the 3.4% interest rate on Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2012, applicable to Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to... | A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Durable Medical Equipment
Access Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. BENEFICIARY PROTECTIONS.
(a) Application of Quality Standards.--Section 1847(b)(2)(B) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-3(b)(2)(B)) is amended to read as
follows:
... | Medicare Durable Medical Equipment Access Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from awarding any contracts under the competitive durable medical equipment items and services acquisition program unless: (1) the quality standards hav... | To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to assure access to durable medical equipment under the Medicare Program. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Terrorist Admission Prevention Act
of 2002''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) United States border security agencies are presently
overwhelmed with more than 400 million visits across our
bo... | Terrorist Admission Prevention Act of 2002 - Establishes a temporary moratorium, with limited waiver authority by the Attorney General, on the issuance of immigrant and nonimmigrant visas (excluding diplomatic visas) to an alien who is a citizen (including multiple citizenship) or national of, or who was born in, one o... | To provide for a temporary moratorium on visas for certain aliens, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Nazi Benefits Termination Act of
1999''.
SEC. 2. DENIAL OF FEDERAL PUBLIC BENEFITS TO NAZI PERSECUTORS.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an
individual who is determined under this Act to have been a participant
in Nazi pers... | Describes hearing procedures under this Act. Requires an immigration judge who finds that the respondent has been a participant in Nazi persecution to: (1) promptly issue an order declaring the respondent to be ineligible for any Federal public benefit and prohibiting any person from providing such a benefit to the res... | Nazi Benefits Termination Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Tax Equity for Domestic Partner and
Health Plan Beneficiaries Act''.
SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF ACCIDENT AND HEALTH PLANS TO ELIGIBLE
BENEFICIARIES.
(a) Exclusion of Contributions.--Section 106 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating ... | Tax Equity for Domestic Partner and Health Plan Beneficiaries Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend the exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health care coverage to certain eligible beneficiaries and their dependent children; (2) revise the definition of "dependent" for purposes of the tax ... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to designated plan beneficiaries of employees, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Home Energy Affordability Tax Relief
Act of 2011'' or the ``HEATR Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. REFUNDABLE CREDIT FOR RESIDENTIAL ENERGY COSTS.
(a) In General.--Subchapter B of chapter 65 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to rules of special appl... | Home Energy Affordability Tax Relief Act of 2011 or the HEATR Act of 2011- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer an income-based refundable tax credit for energy costs for the taxpayer's principal residence. Limits such credit to the lesser of 33% of such costs or $500. Terminates such credit... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a refundable credit against income tax to assist individuals with high residential energy costs. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Assuring and
Improving Cancer Treatment Education and Cancer Symptom Management Act
of 2008''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2.... | Assuring and Improving Cancer Treatment Education and Cancer Symptom Management Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, to provide for Medicare coverage of comprehensive cancer patient treatment education services.
A... | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide comprehensive cancer patient treatment education under the Medicare Program and to provide for research to improve cancer symptom management. |
SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF REMAINDER OF SCHIP FUNDING SHORTFALLS FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2007.
(a) In General.--Section 2104(h) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1397dd(h)), as added by section 201(a) of the National
Institutes of Health Reform Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-482), is
amended--
... | Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide additional amounts to eliminate the remainder of SCHIP funding shortfalls for FY2007.
Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to require the use of tamper-resistant prescription pads under the Medicaid program.
Repeals th... | A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to eliminate the remainder of funding shortfalls for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) for fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Fairness
in Reimbursement 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. Fairness in payments under the Medicare+Choic... | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promptly conduct a new survey of levels of wages and wage-related costs for different occupational categories of hospital employees and to use the survey data in computing a certain hospital wage index for discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2001.
Provides t... | Medicare Fairness in Reimbursement Act of 2000 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Repeatedly Flooded Communities
Preparation Act''.
SEC. 2. COMMUNITY ACCOUNTABILITY FOR REPETITIVELY FLOODED AREAS.
(a) In General.--Section 1361 of the National Flood Insurance Act
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4102) is amended by adding at the end the following ... | Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to require a community that participates in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and has been repeatedly flooded to: (1) assess the continuing risks to community areas repeatedly damaged by floo... | Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Chesapeake Bay Watershed Forestry
Program Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) trees and forests are critical to the long-term health
and proper functioning of the Chesapeake Bay and... | Chesapeake Bay Watershed Forestry Program Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Forest Service, to establish a Chesapeake Bay watershed forestry program of grants and technical assistance for: (1) forest conservation in urban, suburban, and rural areas; (2) National Forest System management; (... | A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program to expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to restore and protect forests in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Corporate Patriot Enforcement Act of
2002''.
SEC. 2. PREVENTION OF CORPORATE EXPATRIATION TO AVOID UNITED STATES
INCOME TAX.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (4) of section 7701(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (defining domestic) is am... | Corporate Patriot Enforcement Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code by determining that acquiring corporations in"corporate expatriation transactions" shall be considered domestic corporations. Defines a "corporate expatriation transaction" as, with certain exceptions, one in which a "nominally foreign corpora... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent corporations from avoiding the United States income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of State Review Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW PANEL.
(a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Department of State, established in 1789, is
responsible for representing ... | Department of State Review Act - Requires establishment of a nonpartisan independent Department of State Review Panel, which shall report to Congress on its review of the following matters concerning Department of State organization and operations: (1) current Department structures and possible reorganization; (2) chan... | To establish an independent nonpartisan review panel to assess how the Department of State can best fulfill its mission in the 21st century and meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Backcountry Landing Strip Access
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) aircraft landing strips--
(A) serve an essential safety role as emergency
landing areas;
(B) provide... | Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act - Prohibits the Secretaries of the Interior or Agriculture from taking any action that would permanently close, restrict, or render or declare unserviceable any aircraft landing strip located on land under their jurisdiction unless: (1) the head of the aviation department of the sta... | To ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over Federal land. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rail Safety Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration.
... | Rail Safety Act of 1996 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate regulations concerning limitations on the duty hours of train employees that are no less stringent than similar duty hour requirements under specified existing Federal transportation law, which are hereby repealed.
Directs the Secretary to... | Rail Safety Act of 1996 |
TITLE I--HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM AND HYPOXIA AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2004
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia
Amendments Act of 2004''.
SEC. 102. RETENTION OF TASK FORCE.
Section 603 of the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and
Control Act of 1998 (16 U.S.... | Title I: Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2004 - Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2004 - (Sec. 102) Amends the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to remove the President's authority to disestablish the Interagency Task Force on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hyp... | A bill to reauthorize the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Notch Fairness Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. NEW GUARANTEED MINIMUM PRIMARY INSURANCE AMOUNT WHERE
ELIGIBILITY ARISES DURING TRANSITIONAL PERIOD.
(a) In General.--Section 215(a) of the Social Security Act is
amended--
(1) in paragrap... | Notch Fairness Act of 2005 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act with respect to the benefit computation formula for individuals affected by the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977 who reached age 65 after 1979 and b... | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow workers who attain age 65 after 1981 and before 1992 to choose either lump sum payments over four years totalling $5,000 or an improved benefit computation formula under a new 10-year rule governing the transition to the changes in benefit computation rules enacted ... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Neighborhood Infrastructure
Improvement and Inner City Job Creation Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM.
The Secretary of Labor (in this Act referred to as the
``Secretary'') shall provide grants to eligible administrative entities
described... | Neighborhood Infrastructure Improvement and Inner City Job Creation Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to make grants to eligible administrative entities for programs to provide employment opportunities to unemployed individuals through payments for labor and related costs associated with repair and renovation of ess... | Neighborhood Infrastructure Improvement and Inner City Job Creation Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Accelerating Individuals into the
Workforce Act''.
SEC. 2. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS TO SUPPORT SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT FOR
TANF RECIPIENTS TO ENTER THE WORKFORCE.
Section 403 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603) is amended
by adding at... | Accelerating Individuals into the Workforce Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends title IV (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act to require the Administration for Children & Families (ACF) to make grants to states for demonstration projects that provide wage subsidies to enable lo... | Accelerating Individuals into the Workforce Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Child Safety Lock Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. CHILD SAFETY LOCKS.
(a) Definitions.--Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(35) The term `locking device' means a device or locking
... | Child Safety Lock Act of 1999 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to define (firearm) "locking device."
Makes it unlawful for a licensed manufacturer, importer, or dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer a handgun without a locking device to any person other than a licensed manufacturer, importer, or deale... | Child Safety Lock Act of 1999 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Leveraging and Energizing America's
Apprenticeship Programs Act'' or the ``LEAP Act''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATING IN QUALIFIED APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of... | Leveraging and Energizing America's Apprenticeship Programs Act or the LEAP Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business-related tax credit of $1,500 for hiring an apprentice who has not attained age 25 at the close of the taxable year or $1,000 for an apprentice who has attained age 25.... | LEAP Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Major Regulation Cost Review Act of
2004''.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR PERIODIC REVIEW OF ALL MAJOR RULES.
(a) Requirement.--Chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 610 the following new section:
``Sec. 610a. Period... | Major Regulation Cost Review Act of 2004 - Amends Federal civil service law to require each Federal agency to publish in the Federal Register a plan, which may be amended at any time by publishing a revision, for the periodic review of all the major rules issued by the agency. Requires that the plan provide for review ... | To require agencies to review all major rules within 10 years after issuance, including a cost-benefit analysis using a standard government-wide methodology, and for other purposes. |
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