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Veteran-Owned Small Business Contracting Fairness Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6022
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Economic development
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Veteran-Owned Small Business Contracting Fairness Act of 2010 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize (current law requires) a federal contract opportunity to be awarded on the basis of competition restricted to qualified HUBZone (historically underutilized business zone) small businesses if the contracting officer reasonably believes that at least two qualified HUBZone small businesses will submit offers and the award can be made at a fair market price.
 
Prohibits a business from being included in a database maintained by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) of small businesses owned and controlled by veterans or service-disabled veterans (for purposes of participation in a federal procurement contract program) until the Secretary verifies that the business is owned and controlled by veterans or service-disabled veterans. 
 
Subjects to certain penalties any person misrepresenting the status of a business as a small business owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans in order to obtain a federal procurement contract or subcontract.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2010-09-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to House Small Business
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
To deauthorize a portion of the project for navigation, Chicago Harbor, Illinois, under the jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers.

Bill: 111-hr-6023
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Illinois
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Deauthorizes a portion of the project for navigation, Chicago Harbor, Illinois, authorized by the Acts of March 3, 1899, and March 2, 1919.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
E. coli Traceability and Eradication Act

Bill: 111-hr-6024
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural trade
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government studies and investigations
Meat

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
E. coli Traceability and Eradication Act - Amends the the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require that specified slaughterhouses, processing establishments, and grinding facilities perform specified tests for the presence of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli in beef.
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to make grants to assist certain slaughterhouses, processing establishments, and grinding facilities in complying with such requirements. Terminates grant assistance on December 1, 2013.
 
 
Subjects imported trim, bench trim, and ground beef to the same testing requirements as domestic trim, bench trim, and ground beef. 
 
Defines &quot;enteric foodborne pathogen&quot; as live bacteriological matter that is commonly present in the digestive systems of animals for slaughter, including Shiga toxin-producing E. coli and salmonella, the presence of which in meat food products may indicate unsanitary conditions at the point of slaughter.
 
 Directs the Secretary to implement sampling protocols to enable the Food Safety and Inspection Service to rapidly trace potential adulteration and contamination of meat and meat food products by enteric foodborne pathogens to possible preceding sources of the adulteration and contamination, including preparation, packaging, and slaughtering establishments, to determine the original site source of the adulteration or contamination.
 
Requires the Secretary: (1) if a meat or meat food product sample tests positive for adulteration or contamination by enteric foodborne pathogens, to conduct a trace to identify all sites of adulteration and contamination, including preparation, packaging, and slaughtering establishments, and to identify the original source of adulteration or contamination; and (2) if a raw ground meat sample tests positive for adulteration or contamination by enteric foodborne pathogens at a preparation, packaging, or slaughtering establishment, to require subsequent daily sampling at the establishment and any supplying establishments for a minimum of 15 consecutive days after the date on which the sample is collected.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Manufacturing Reinvestment Account Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6025
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Manufacturing Reinvestment Account Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish tax-exempt manufacturing reinvestment accounts (MRAs) for taxpayers engaged in a manufacturing business. Allows such manufacturers to make tax deductible cash payments into an MRA of the lesser of their domestic manufacturing gross receipts for the taxable year or $250,000. Permits expenditures from an MRA for expenses for property to be used in the manufacturing business and expenses for employee job training and workforce development. Terminates the tax deduction for payments to an MRA seven years after the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act

Bill: 111-hr-6026
Sponsor: Rep. Driehaus, Steve [D-OH-1]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to establish and maintain a single website accessible by the public for obtaining electronic copies of congressionally mandated reports.
 
Requires the head of each federal agency to provide OMB with an electronic copy of each such report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Protect Our Children Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6027
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Chet [D-TX-17]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Sex offenses
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Protect Our Children Act of 2010 - Amends the federal criminal code to require the provider of an electronic communication service or remote computing service to retain for at least two years all records or other information identifying a user of a temporarily assigned network address. Allows such records or information to be disclosed to law enforcement only for use in connection with an investigation of child sexual exploitation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit treatment of the Gray Wolf as an endangered species or threatened species.

Bill: 111-hr-6028
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Chet [D-TX-17]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
Mammals
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit treatment of the Gray Wolf as an endangered or threatened species. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Protect Law Enforcement Armor Act

Bill: 111-hr-6030
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Justice
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Protect Law Enforcement Armor Act or the PLEA Act - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) expand the definition of &quot;armor piercing ammunition&quot; to include a projectile that may be used in a handgun and that is determined by the Attorney General to be capable of penetrating body armor; and (2) require the Attorney General to promulgate standards for the uniform testing of projectiles against Body Armor Exemplar (body armor that the Attorney General determines meets minimum standards for the protection of law enforcement officers), taking into account variations in performance related to the type of handgun used, the length of the barrel, the amount and kind of powder used to propel the projectile, and the projectile's design.
 
 Prohibits the manufacture, sale, possession, or transfer of the Fabrique Nationale Herstal Five-seveN Pistol, 5.7 x 28mm SS190, SS192, SS195LF, SS196, or SS197 cartridges, or any other handgun that uses armor piercing ammunition, except: (1) where manufactured and sold exclusively to U.S. military, law enforcement, or intelligence agencies; and (2) by a licensed manufacturer or contractor for the purpose of examining and testing to determine whether such prohibition applies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Denial of Certain Tax Benefits to Offending Oil Polluters Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6031
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Business ethics
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Water quality
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Denial of Certain Tax Benefits to Offending Oil Polluters Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny all income tax credits and deductions to an offending oil polluter. Defines &quot;offending oil polluter&quot; to mean any person responsible for a vessel or a facility from which oil is discharged, unless such person: (1) has met all obligations under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to provide compensation for covered removal costs and damages; (2) was not found during the seven-year period after the first oil discharge to have committed willful or repeated violations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; (3) was not convicted of a criminal violation for death or serious bodily injury; (4) did not have more than 10 fatalities at its facilities or refineries resulting from violations of federal or state health, safety, or environmental laws; and (5) was not required to pay fines of more than $10 million for violations of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or the Clean Air Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Chiropractic Membership in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6032
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Chiropractic Membership in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to make chiropractic personnel eligible for appointment in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Surgeon General to ensure that Doctors of Chiropractic are trained, equipped, and otherwise prepared to fulfill public health and emergency response service responsibilities in the Commissioned Corps. 
 
Requires the President to appoint no fewer than six Doctors of Chiropractic into the commissioned Regular Corps and the Ready Reserve Corps.
 
Directs the Surgeon General to submit a quarterly report to the relevant congressional committees on measures taken by the President, Surgeon General, and the Secretary to carry out this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Higher Education Affordability Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6033
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Income tax credits
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Higher Education Affordability Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the Hope and lifetime learning tax credits with a partially refundable $3,000 tax credit for the higher education expenses of a taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, or any dependent at an institution of higher education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 36, United States Code, to designate the musical piece commonly known as "Taps" as the National Song of Remembrance, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-6034
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Music
National symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that at a military funeral, memorial service, or wreath laying, the musical piece known as &quot;Taps&quot; should be sounded by a live solo bugler or trumpeter when possible.
 
Designates Taps as the National Song of Remembrance. Provides for the appropriate conduct of military and non-military persons present during the playing of Taps. Provides an exception to such conduct when Taps is sounded as the final call of the day at a military base. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Foreign Oil Displacement Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6035
Sponsor: Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Coal
Income tax credits
Industrial facilities
Oil and gas
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Foreign Oil Displacement Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax credit for investment in a carbonaceous fuels facility; (2) allow a new 30% tax credit for investment in a carbonaceous fuels conversion facility; and (3) exempt from the manufacturer's excise tax on fuels carbonaceous fuel or any portion of a blend that is carbonaceous fuel. Defines &quot;carbonaceous fuels conversion facility&quot; as a facility for producing fuels from nonconventional sources using coal, including peat and any byproduct (including synthetic gas) or chemical that is from a coal, culm, or silt preparation facility and that contains fixed carbon derived from coal. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Excellence and Innovation in Language Learning Act

Bill: 111-hr-6036
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Advisory bodies
Area studies and international education
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Excellence and Innovation in Language Learning Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to undertake certain national activities at the elementary and secondary school level that include: (1) expanding the collection and dissemination of information on effective foreign language education; (2) encouraging states to adopt nationally recognized standards for foreign language education and effective assessments that are aligned to such standards; and (3) providing scholarships to students and their teachers for study-abroad opportunities.
 
Directs the Secretary to award competitive grants to states to improve their elementary and secondary school foreign language programs.
 
Requires each state grantee to use its grant to: (1) develop foreign language and international education policy and programs; (2) appoint a state foreign language and international education advisory council to assist it in doing so; (3) designate a state language and international education coordinator or coordinators; (4) adopt nationally recognized standards for foreign language education and effective assessments that are aligned to such standards; (5) implement in- and pre-service foreign language teacher training programs; (6) provide scholarships and incentives to recruit new teachers and encourage existing teachers to receive training; and (7) provide technical assistance to elementary and secondary schools.
 
Directs the Secretary to award competitive matching grants to partnerships between state or local educational agencies and institutions of higher education to develop and maintain, or improve and expand, model programs that ensure the continuity of student progress in foreign language proficiency from kindergarten through grade 12. Requires each model program to include a research and evaluation component.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2010-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for an exception to the prohibition against mailing tobacco products for products mailed to members of the Armed Forces serving in a combat zone.

Bill: 111-hr-6037
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-52]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Amends the federal criminal code to allow tobacco products to be mailed to a member of the Armed Forces who is serving in a combat zone.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Fox-Wisconsin Heritage Parkway National Heritage Area Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6039
Sponsor: Rep. Kagen, Steve [D-WI-8]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Fox-Wisconsin Heritage Parkway National Heritage Area Act of 2010 - Establishes the Fox-Wisconsin Heritage Parkway National Heritage Area in Wisconsin. 
 
Designates the Fox-Wisconsin Heritage Parkway as the local coordinating entity for the Heritage Area.
 
Requires the Fox-Wisconsin Heritage Parkway to prepare and submit a management plan for the Heritage Area.
 
Sets forth requirements for the approval or disapproval of the management plan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Maumee Valley National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 111-hr-6040
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Indiana
Ohio

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Maumee Valley National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Maumee Valley National Heritage Area in Indiana and Ohio. 
 
Designates the Maumee Valley Heritage Corridor, Inc. as the local coordinating entity for the Heritage Area.
 
Requires the Maumee Valley Heritage Corridor to prepare and submit a management plan for the Heritage Area.
 
Prohibits the Maumee Valley Heritage Corridor from using federal funds received under this Act for the acquisition of real property. 
 
Sets forth requirements for the approval or disapproval of the management plan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House