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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES IN ACT.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``District of
Columbia Legislative Autonomy Act of 2002''.
(b) References in Act.--Except as may otherwise be provided,
whenever in this Act an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment
to or repeal of a section ... | District of Columbia Legislative Autonomy Act of 2002 - Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to repeal the mandate for congressional review of newly-passed District laws. | To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to eliminate Congressional review of newly-passed District laws. |
SECTION 1. EVEN START PROGRAMS OPERATED BY LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.
(a) Uses of Funds.--Subsection (a) of section 1054 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended--
(1) by inserting ``, including teenage parents, obtain
educational skills and'' after ``help parents'';
... | Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to specify requirements with respect to pregnant teenagers, teenage parents, and the children of such teenagers for: (1) Even Start programs; (2) secondary school programs for basic skills improvement and dropout prevention and reentry; (3) local targeted assis... | To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that needs of pregnant and parenting teenagers are addressed by the education system, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. PROJECT FOR NAVIGATION, WELLS HARBOR, MAINE.
(a) In General.--The project for navigation, Wells Harbor, Maine,
authorized by section 101 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960 (74 Stat.
480), is modified to authorize the Secretary of the Army to realign the
channel and anchorage areas based on a harbor ... | Modifies the project for navigation, Wells Harbor, Maine, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to realign the channel and anchorage areas based on a harbor design capacity of 150 craft. Deauthorizes specified portions of the project. | A bill to modify, and to deauthorize certain portions of, the project for navigation at Wells Harbor, Maine. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Mortgage Modification Reform Act of
2010''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) the term ``covered trial loan modification'' means a
trial loan modification--
(A) offered by a servicer to a homeowner under a
... | Mortgage Modification Reform Act of 2010 - Prohibits a residential mortgage servicer from initiating or continuing a foreclosure on a homeowner's mortgage if: (1) the homeowner applied for a loan modification under a home loan modification program either before receiving notice of the foreclosure or within 30 days afte... | A bill to establish penalties for servicers that fail to timely evaluate the applications of homeowners under home loan modification programs. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Senior Citizens' Financial Freedom
Act''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF INCREASE IN TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 86(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to social security and tier 1 railroad
retirement b... | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to repeal the limitation on the amount of outside income which beneficiaries who have attained retirement age may earn (earnings test) without incurring a reduction in benefits.
Amends the IRC to provide for a graduated increase in... | Senior Citizens' Financial Freedom Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Lackawanna Valley American Heritage
Area Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the industrial and cultural heritage of northeastern
Pennsylvania, including Lackawanna County, Luzerne ... | Lackawanna Valley American Heritage Area Act of 1998 - Establishes the Lackawanna Valley American Heritage Area in Pennsylvania.
Requires the Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority (the management entity for the Area) to develop and submit to the Secretary for approval a management plan that presents comprehensive recom... | Lackawanna Valley American Heritage Area Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This legislation may be cited as the ``Puerto Rico Admission Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The territory of Puerto Rico has a population of more
than 3.4 million, and United States citizenship has been
granted to individua... | Puerto Rico Admission Act This bill expresses U.S. policy that the U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico may choose whether Puerto Rico will become a state or a nation through a plebiscite pursuant to provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014. If the U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico reaffirm the territory's choice of... | Puerto Rico Admission Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Upper Colorado River and San Juan
River Endangered Fish Recovery Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of the ``Upper Colorado River and the San Juan River
Endangered Fish Recovery Act of 1998'' is to authorize and provide
funding for the Secret... | Upper Colorado River and San Juan River Endangered Fish Recovery Act of 1998 - Limits to $100 million the costs of capital projects undertaken for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River recovery implementation programs (as agreed to in 1988).
Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior, acting through th... | Upper Colorado River and San Juan River Endangered Fish Recovery Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF INITIATIVE FOR FOOD AND OTHER ASSISTANCE
FOR INDIVIDUALS IN INDONESIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA AFFECTED
BY THE ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS.
(a) Establishment of Initiative.--
(1) In general.--The Administrator of the United States
Agency for Inter... | Directs the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) to establish an initiative for food and other assistance for individuals in Indonesia and Southeast Asia affected by the Asian financial crisis.
Directs the Administrator of AID, in carrying out the food security elements of the initiativ... | To establish an initiative for food and other assistance for individuals in Indonesia and Southeast Asia who are affected by the Asian financial crisis. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Community Lending Enhancement and
Regulatory Relief Act of 2017'' or the ``CLEAR Relief Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. COMMUNITY BANK EXEMPTION FROM ANNUAL MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT OF
INTERNAL CONTROLS REQUIREMENT OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT
... | Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act of 2017 or the CLEAR Relief Act of 2017 This bill amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to exempt from specified reporting and attestation requirements a community bank with assets of $1 billion or less. The bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to exempt from cert... | Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act of 2017 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Portfolio Lending and Mortgage
Access Act''.
SEC. 2. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOANS.
Section 129C(b) of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1639c(b)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(4) Safe harbor.--
... | Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to allow a depository institution or credit union with assets below a specified threshold to forgo certain ability-to-pay requirements regarding residential mortgage loans. Specifically, those requirements are waived if a loan:... | Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act |
SECTION 1. IMPORTATION OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
(a) In General.--Chapter VIII of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 381 et seq.) is amended by striking section 804
and inserting the following:
``SEC. 804. IMPORTATION OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
``(... | Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations permitting pharmacists and wholesalers to import prescription drugs from Canada into the United States. Sets forth specified provisions respecting: (1) importer and foreign seller recordkeeping... | To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the importation of prescription drugs. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Lance Corporal Jose Gutierrez Act of
2008''.
SEC. 2. FACILITATING NATURALIZATION FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL.
(a) In General.--Any person who served honorably as a member of the
Armed Forces in support of contingency operations (as defined in
section 101(a... | Lance Corporal Jose Gutierrez Act of 2008 - (Sec. 2) States that any person who served honorably as a member of the U.S. Armed Forces (Armed Forces) in support of contingency operations shall be eligible for naturalization as if the person had served during a period of presidentially-designated military hostilities.
A... | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to protect the well-being of soldiers and their families, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Trisomy 21 Research Centers of
Excellence Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. NIH DOWN SYNDROME RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.
Part B of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 284
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end of the title the following:
``SEC. 409K... | Trisomy 21 Research Centers of Excellence of 2011- Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), acting through the Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, to expand and intensify NIH programs with respec... | To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand and intensify programs of the National Institutes of Health with respect to translational research and related activities concerning Down syndrome, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Election Audit Act of
2008''.
SEC. 2. PAYMENTS FOR CONDUCTING MANUAL AUDITS OF RESULTS OF 2008
GENERAL ELECTIONS.
(a) Payments.--
(1) Eligibility for payments.--If a State conducts manual
audits of the resul... | Emergency Election Audit Act of 2008 - Requires the Election Assistance Commission to reimburse states for the reasonable costs incurred in conducting manual audits, meeting specified requirements, of the results of the general elections for federal office to be held in November 2008. Requires such payments also if, at... | To direct the Election Assistance Commission to reimburse jurisdictions for the costs incurred in conducting manual audits of the results of the general elections for Federal office to be held in November 2008. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Surface Transportation Extension Act
of 2009''.
SEC. 2. FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS.
(a) In General.--Except as provided in this Act, requirements,
authorities, conditions, eligibilities, limitations, and other
provisions authorized under titles I, V, and VI... | Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2009 - Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) (other than the Mass Transit Account) for the federal-aid highway, surface transportation research, and transportation planning programs under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act... | An original bill to provide an extension of highway programs authorized under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Lands Transportation
Improvement Act''.
SEC. 2. COOPERATIVE FEDERAL LANDS TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 205 the following:
``SEC. 206. COOPERATIVE FEDE... | Federal Lands Transportation Improvement Act - Establishes the Cooperative Federal Lands Transportation Program to provide funds for projects on State-owned or maintained highways that cross, are adjacent to, or lead to federally owned land or Indian reservations. Outlines provisions concerning: (1) project funds dist... | Federal Lands Transportation Improvement Act |
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Park Anniversaries-Great
American Spaces Commemorative Coin Act''.
SEC. 2. SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The National Park Foundation is the congressionally-
chartered nonprofit partner of America's Na... | National Parks Anniversaries-Great American Spaces Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue silver coins emblematic of certain National Parks that are observing historic anniversaries of their founding. | A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the founding of America's National Parks, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Louisiana Rice Economic Relief Act
of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The rice industry in the State of Louisiana contributes
significantly to the economy of that State and the United
States, w... | Louisiana Rice Economic Relief Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide economic disaster assistance ($40,000 maximum per person) to producers of the 2002 rice crop in Louisiana. | To provide economic disaster assistance to producers of the 2002 crop of rice in the State of Louisiana. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Russian River Land Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Certain lands adjacent to the Russian River in the area of
its confluence with the Kenai River contain abundant archaeological... | Russian River Land Act - Ratifies the terms, conditions, covenants, and procedures set forth in the Russian River Section 14(h)(1) Selection Agreement (the "Agreement") between Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (the Corporation), and the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior.Subjects the ratification of section five of the... | To resolve the claims of Cook Inlet Region, Inc., to lands adjacent to the Russian River in the State of Alaska. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Credit Liquidity Act
of 2003''.
SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM FOR GUARANTEES ON POOLS OF NON-SBA LOANS.
Title IV of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C.
692 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
... | Small Business Credit Liquidity Act of 2003 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA), in order to encourage lenders to increase the availability of small business financing by improving lender access to reasonable funding sources, to provide a credit enhanc... | A bill to amend title IV of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, relating to a pilot program for credit enhancement guarantees on pools of non-SBA loans. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Workforce Investment for Next-
Generation Technologies Act'' or the ``WING Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Science- and technology-based industries have been and
will continue to be engines of United States... | Workforce Investment for Next-Generation Technologies Act - WING Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Labor to carry out up to twenty pilot projects to establish a system of industry-validated national certifications of skills in: (1) up to sixteen high-technology industries; and... | A bill to amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to provide for 5-year pilot projects to establish a system of industry-validated national certifications of skills in high-technology industries and a cross-disciplinary national certification of skills in homeland security technol... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Gasoline Affordability and Security
Act'' or the ``GAS Act''.
TITLE I--CONSUMER PROTECTION
SEC. 101. PROHIBITION ON GASOLINE PRICE GOUGING.
(a) Unlawful Conduct.--During the 30-day period beginning on the
date on which the Presid... | Gasoline Affordability and Security Act or the GAS Act - States it is unlawful to sell gasoline or diesel fuel at a price which constitutes price gouging (as defined by Federal Trade Commission (FTC)) during the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the President determines the existence of conditions warranting... | A bill to ensure gasoline affordability and security. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Community and Postal Participation
Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. GUIDELINES FOR RELOCATION, CLOSING, OR CONSOLIDATION OF POST
OFFICES.
Section 404 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking
subsection (b) and inserting the followin... | Community and Postal Participation Act of 1998 - Modifies Federal postal provisions to require 60-days' written notice before the relocation, closing, or consolidation (currently, the closing or consolidation) of a post office. Requires such notice to be: (1) hand delivered or delivered by mail; and (2) published in ... | Community and Postal Participation Act of 1998 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bipartisan Commission on Campaign
Practices Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) for Congress to address the existing problems in the
Federal election laws, Congress must act in a nonpartisan
manne... | Bipartisan Commission on Campaign Practices Act of 1996 - Establishes the Bipartisan Commission on Campaign Practices. Directs the Commission to study the laws relating to elections for Federal office and to report and recommend legislation to reform those laws.
(Sec. 7) Requires the Commission to report on its activ... | Bipartisan Commission on Campaign Practices Act of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Child Abuse Reform and Enforcement
Act of 2005'' or ``CARE Act of 2005''.
TITLE I--WITHHOLDING AND REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN STATE CHILD
PROTECTION FUNDS
SEC. 101. WITHHOLDING AND REDISTRIBUTION OF STATE FUNDS.
(a) Chil... | Child Abuse Reform and Enforcement Act of 2005 - CARE Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General to reduce by 25 percent certain fiscal year allocations and grant amounts, under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and the National Child Protection Act of 1993, res... | To promote the improvement of information on, and protections against, child sexual abuse. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Guard Border Enforcement
Act''.
SEC. 2. USE OF NATIONAL GUARD TO SUPPORT DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY BORDER CONTROL ACTIVITIES.
(a) Expanded Deployment of National Guard; Duration.--
(1) Deployment; duration.--In ... | National Guard Border Enforcement Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) (Secretary) to deploy at least an additional 10,000 members of the National Guard for border control activities along the U.S.-Mexico border until the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) certifies that the federal government has achieved op... | To utilize the National Guard to provide support for the border control activities of the United States Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Living Wage Responsibility
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) According to data from fiscal year 1999, approximately
162,000 Federal contract workers did not earn a wage sufficient
to l... | Federal Living Wage Responsibility Act - Requires the Federal government and any employer under a Federal contract or subcontract exceeding $10,000 to pay each of their respective workers: (1) an hourly wage (or salary equivalent) necessary for such employee to earn, while working 40 hours a week on a full-time basis, ... | To provide for livable wages for Federal Government workers and workers hired under Federal contracts. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pollution and Costs Reduction Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) actions taken to reduce emissions of air pollutants, as
defined in section 302 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7602),
will spur investments tha... | Pollution and Costs Reduction Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a Building Pollution Reduction Program to provide assistance to building owners to reduce the emission of air pollutants and building operating costs by constructing highly... | A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce pollution and lower costs for building owners. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Prison Judgment Relief Act of
1995''.
SEC. 2. APPROPRIATE REMEDIES FOR PRISON CONDITIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 3626 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 3626. Appropriate remedies with respect to prison conditions
... | Prison Judgment Relief Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the court from granting or approving prospective relief with respect to prison conditions unless it finds that there is a violation of a Federal right and that such relief is narrowly drawn and the least intrusive means to remedy the viol... | Prison Judgment Relief Act of 1995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Research and Development Investment
Act''.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZE AND REVISE THE RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION
INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
(a) Incentive Payments.--Section 1212(a) of the Energy Policy Act
of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13317(a)) is amended by str... | Research and Development Investment Act - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to: (1) direct the Secretary of Energy, if there are insufficient appropriations in any given year, to assign 60 percent of appropriated funds under the renewable energy production incentive program to facilities that use solar, wind, geothe... | A bill to reauthorize and revise the Renewable Energy Production Incentive program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Western Hemisphere Drug Policy
Commission Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration's (SAMHSA) National Survey on Drug Use
... | Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission Act of 2009 - Establishes the Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission, which shall: (1) review and evaluate U.S. policy regarding illicit drug supply reduction and interdiction, with particular emphasis on international drug policies and programs directed toward the countries... | To establish the Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``International Cooperation Against
Terrorism Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF PASSENGER MANIFESTS.
Section 44909(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(6) Penaltie... | International Cooperation Against Terrorism Act of 2002 - Amends Federal aviation law to establish certain civil penalties for domestic and foreign air carriers which do not transmit passenger and crew manifest data electronically for each flight through the advanced passenger information system (APIS) to the Commissio... | A bill to improve antiterrorism efforts, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Financial Technology Innovation and
Defense Act''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that the Federal Government should
prioritize the investigation of terrorist and illicit use of new
financial technology, including digital curre... | Financial Technology Innovation and Defense Act This bill provides for the investigation of new financial technologies (e.g., digital currencies) and their use in terrorism and other illicit activities. Specifically, the bill: establishes the Independent Financial Technology Task Force, which must report annually on... | Financial Technology Innovation and Defense Act |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Birmingham Civil Rights National
Historical Park''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Birmingham Civil Rights District is an area of
downtown Birmingham, Alabama, where significant events in the
Americ... | Birmingham Civil Rights National Historical Park This bill establishes the Birmingham Civil Rights National Historical Park in Birmingham, Alabama, to: (1) preserve and interpret its civil rights history; and (2) coordinate its preservation, catalyze economic revitalization, and facilitate interpretive efforts by ... | Birmingham Civil Rights National Historical Park |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bay Area Regional Water Recycling
Program Expansion Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS.
(a) In General.--The Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study
and Facilities Act (43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) (as amended by section
512(a) of the Conso... | Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program Expansion Act of 2009 - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of: (1) recycled water distribution systems in California in cooperation with t... | A bill to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to expand the Bay Area Regional Recycling Program, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. PAYMENT OF NON-DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS.
(a) Payment of Providers.--
(1) In general.--Subchapter I of chapter 17 of title 38,
United States Code is amended by inserting after section 1703
the following new section:
``Sec. 1703A. Pa... | This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that payments made to non-VA health care providers, including payments under the Veterans Choice Program, comply with the Prompt Payment Act and the requirements set forth in this bill. The bill: (1) prescribes payment schedules; (2) requires, with exc... | To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the process by which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pays non-Department of Veterans Affairs health care providers for hospital care or medical services furnished to veterans pursuant to the laws administered by the Secretary. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``DHS Cybersecurity Workforce
Recruitment and Retention Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. CYBERSECURITY RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.
(a) In General.--At the end of subtitle C of title II of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 141 et seq.), add the
following:... | DHS Cybersecurity Workforce Recruitment and Retention Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish, as positions in the excepted service, such positions in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as necessary to carry out certain responsi... | DHS Cybersecurity Workforce Recruitment and Retention Act of 2014 |
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether oxygenated fuels
(referred to in this Act as ``M-T-B-E oxygenated fuels'') as
one means of compliance with section 211(m) of the Clean Air
Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(m)), which requires the use of ... | Amends the Clean Air Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to waive requirements for the use of oxygenated fuels in a carbon monoxide nonattainment area in Alaska if compliance: (1) is not feasible because technology is not commercially available or the use of such fuels would incre... | To amend the Clean Air Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to grant a waiver of the oxygenated fuels requirement, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Family Security and Small Business
Stimulus Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX RATE REDUCTION AFTER 2007.
(a) Rate Reduction.--
(1) In general.--Subparagraph (A) of section 1(i)(1) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (rel... | Family Security and Small Business Stimulus Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a reduced 5% income tax rate on taxable income for low-income taxpayers; (2) allow an advance refund in 2008 for the reduction in the tax rate; and (3) increase to $375,000 between 2008 and 2010 the expensing allowa... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce individual income taxes by creating a new 5 percent rate of tax and to increase section 179 expensing for small businesses. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Desalination Water Supply Shortage
Prevention Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
(a) Qualified Desalination Facility.--The term ``qualified
desalination facility'' means a facility that--
(1) produces for sale to domestic customers desalin... | Desalination Water Supply Shortage Prevention Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary of Energy to make incentive payments to the owners or operators of qualified desalination facilities (facilities first used to produce commercial desalinated water after enactment of this Act), including facilities owned or operated by I... | To direct the Secretary of Energy to make incentive payments to the owners or operators of qualified desalination facilities to partially offset the cost of electrical energy required to operate such facilities, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND REFERENCES IN ACT.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare
Contractor Reform Amendments of 1996''.
(b) References in Act.--Except as otherwise expressly provided,
whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or repeal of, ... | Medicare Contractor Reform Amendments of 1996 (sic) - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to make specified changes in the way Medicare administers its contracts for administrative operations. Provides chiefly among such changes for: (1) augmenting the types of entities eligible to serve as carrie... | Medicare Contractor Reform Amendments of 1996 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Washington National Opera
Commemorative Coin Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The Washington National Opera has served as the
Nation's opera since its creation in 1956.
(2) In 2000, the... | Washington National Opera Commemorative Coin Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint, until December 31, 2010, coins in commemoration of the Washington National Opera. Provides for the issuance and sale of such coins. | To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the Washington National Opera, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. TEMPORARY WAIVER OF REQUIRED MINIMUM DISTRIBUTION RULES FOR
CERTAIN RETIREMENT PLANS AND ACCOUNTS.
(a) In General.--Section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to required distributions) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subparagraph:
... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to suspend in 2008 and 2009 requirements for minimum distributions from tax-deferred retirement plans. Permits taxpayers who have already received a minimum distribution to recontribute such distribution to their retirement plans. | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend the minimum required pension distribution rules for 2008 and 2009. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia Economic
Recovery Act''.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON INCOME TAX IMPOSED ON INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
(a) In General.--Subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relatin... | District of Columbia Economic Recovery Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set forth a limitation on the income tax imposed on individuals who are residents of the District of Columbia. Specifies that the limitation is the sum of: (1) 15 percent of so much District-sourced income as exceeds the exemption amoun... | District of Columbia Economic Recovery Act |
SECTION 1. RECONSULTATION ON CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT AND THE CALIFORNIA
STATE WATER PROJECT.
(a) Findings and Purpose.--
(1) Findings.--The Congress finds and declares the
following:
(A) The United States owns and operates the
California Centr... | Requires the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation to initiate (and conclude within 90 days) consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce on the existing and proposed operations of the Central Valley Project and the California State Water Project, including regarding all endangered,... | To direct the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation to initiate consultations under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 on the Central Valley Project and the California State Water Project, and for other purposes. |
SECTION 1. CHARITABLE DEDUCTION FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF BOOK INVENTORIES.
(a) In General.--Section 170(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to certain contributions of ordinary income and capital
gain property) is amended by redesignating subparagraph (C) as
subparagraph (D) and by inserting after ... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set forth a rule for determining the amount of the deduction allowable for charitable book inventory contributions for educational purposes. | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to enhance book donations and literacy. |
SECTION 1. SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN FACILITIES GENERATING ELECTRICITY
FROM BIOMASS AND MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE.
(a) In General.--Section 45(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(12) Special rule for certain qualified facili... | This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for producing electricity from renewable resources, to allow a taxpayer to elect the application of such credit to open-loop biomass and trash facilities during the period beginning after December 31, 2016, and ending before January 1, 2018 (in ... | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the credit for production of electricity from renewable resources to allow a credit for certain open-loop biomass and trash facilities placed in service before the date of the enactment of this Act and to modify the definition of municipal solid waste. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Behavioral Health Care Integration
Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. PRIMARY AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE INTEGRATION GRANT PROGRAMS.
Section 520K of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-42)
is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 520K. INTEGRATION INCENTI... | Behavioral Health Care Integration Act of 2016 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to replace a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) program to support demonstration projects for providing integrated health care to certain patient populations with a program to support integratio... | Behavioral Health Care Integration Act of 2016 |
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