article stringlengths 1.21k 19.1k | summary stringlengths 52 4.97k |
|---|---|
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) General Rule.-... | 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. |
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. 1719(d)) is amended by striking the fourth se... | 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... |
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 nationally significant resources t... | . 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 e... |
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 sections 1013... | 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. |
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 National Histori... | 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 ... |
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 and maintain sa... | 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... |
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 health care services to over 15,000,000 l... | 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... |
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 tiger are currently threatened with... | 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 ... |
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 the following... | 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 ... |
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 identify and measure and are potentially... | 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. |
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 Constitution. (2) While States and local e... | 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... |
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 jobs and up to $2,400,000,000 in ... | 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... |
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 essential functions that historically have been... | 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 g... |
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 nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord... | 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... |
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 money services businesses) provide a wide rang... | 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 m... |
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 shall be consid... | (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... |
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 UNDERUSED FACILITIE... | 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 con... |
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 States of childbearing age have mercury in t... | 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 ... |
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 ``September 30, 2... | 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 thr... |
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 for that child, regardless of whe... | 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... |
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 majority of those species, the neotropical migran... | 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 en... |
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 August 7, 1998 bombings of the United States ... | 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... |
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 striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (N); (... | 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... |
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. TITLE I--SE... | 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) Direc... |
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 program ``(a) ... | 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... |
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 or within 10... | 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 ... |
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 leader in the sit-in movement and continuing as a you... | 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. |
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 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (rel... | 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... |
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 by adding at ... | 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. |
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: ``PART IX--D... | 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 the ... |
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 Government of the Republic ... | 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... |
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) In general.--The term ``income tax return preparer'' means a... | 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 ... |
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 requirements of title III of ... | 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... |
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 island of Nevis. (2) In 1943, Consta... | 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... |
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 ``Administration'' and ``Administrator'' means the Small... | 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 ... |
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, adding to the hardships of the Cuban peop... | 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... |
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''). (b) Membership.... | 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... |
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, storage,''; and (2) by inserting afte... | 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... |
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) Offenses.-- ``(1)... | 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... |
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-- (A) by amending the section heading to read as ... | 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:... |
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 the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prev... | 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... |
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 American women have received silicone... | 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) establ... |
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 Columbia National Guard is under the exclus... | 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... |
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 illegal for youths under the age of 21... | 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... |
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 March and September of 1999 to cut oil pr... | 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 respec... |
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. Findings. TITL... | 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... |
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 flow of undocumented persons and illegal d... | 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... |
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 increase the attention paid to each student and to improve... | 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 ea... |
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 the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (1... | 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... |
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 educational agencies, lawmakers, the Na... | 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... |
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, 119 Stat. 3... | 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... |
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 extensions o... | 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... |
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 car ownership programs.-- ... | 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... |
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 paragraph (1) and inserting... | 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... |
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 percent of the Nation's gross do... | 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... |
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 be to expand competitive market o... | 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... |
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 the discretionary spending limits s... | 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: (1... |
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: ``(a) Grant Authorization.--... | 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... |
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 States are living with breast cancer than any ... | 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... |
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 of the last unspoiled areas in the State of G... | 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.... |
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 the country. (2) Recreational anglers mak... | 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... |
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. CORPORATE POW... | 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). |
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 amended-- (1) by redesignating paragr... | 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... |
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 disaster assist... | 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 Agricu... |
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, including the National Guard and Reserves,... | 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 Committee... |
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 North San Pablo Bay watershed in-- (A) Marin C... | 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 ... |
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 commence a pilo... | (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 I... |
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 continuing appropriations is not in effect, there ... | 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. |
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-- (1) by strikin... | 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 ... |
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) of the Medica... | 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... |
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 and is estimated to reach \1/5\ of t... | 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 abuse... |
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 law. Sec. 4. ... | 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 State... |
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 decline to the point that the long-term surviv... | 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) in... |
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. 45G. CLEAN-FUEL CREDIT ... | 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. |
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 first mandated the establishment of ... | 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... |
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 mortgage loan with recourse co... | 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 defini... |
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); (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting... | 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... |
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 subchapter: ``SUBCHAPTER IV-... | 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... |
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 ``and before July 1, 2012,'... | 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... |
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: ``(B) Application of qualit... | 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... |
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 borders each year and safeguards need to be ... | 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... |
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 persecution is not... | 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... |
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 to contributions by employer... | 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 ... |
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 application) is a... | 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... |
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. Findings. TI... | 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. Am... |
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-- (1) in the heading for paragraph ... | 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 the ... |
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+Choice program. S... | 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... |
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 new subsectio... | 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... |
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 the Chesapeake Bay watershed; (2... | 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; (... |
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 amended to read as follows: ``... | 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... |
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 the worldwide interests of the U... | 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... |
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 access to people who would otherwise be physically unable to enjoy national park... | 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... |
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. (2) Passenger cab car.--The term ``passen... | 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 ... |
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.C. 1451 nt) is ... | 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... |
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 paragraph (4)(B), by inserting ``(with or witho... | 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... |
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 in section 3(... | 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... |
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 the end the following: ``(c... | 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... |
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 mechanism-- ``(A) that-- ``(i) i... | 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 dealer... |
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 the Internal Revenue Code o... | 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.... |
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. Periodic review of ... | 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 ... |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.