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To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Bill: 111-hr-4919
Sponsor: Rep. Mack, Connie [R-FL-14]
Introduced: 2010-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: 
Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, effective as of its enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to House Appropriations
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, House Administration, Appropriations, and Rules, 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: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
Budget Enforcement Legislative Tool Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4921
Sponsor: Rep. Minnick, Walter [D-ID-1]
Introduced: 2010-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: 
Budget Enforcement Legislative Tool Act of 2010 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to authorize the President to propose, at any time and in any manner provided in this Act, the rescission of any discretionary budget authority in an appropriation Act.
 
Prohibits funds made available for obligation under this procedure from being proposed for rescission again.
 
Sets forth requirements for: (1) the President's transmittal to Congress of a special message regarding a proposed rescission; and (2) expedited consideration of such proposal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to House Budget
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal a section of that Act relating to exportation or importation of natural gas.

Bill: 111-hr-4922
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2010-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy storage, supplies, demand
Oil and gas
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: 
 Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal provisions amending the Natural Gas Act to extend its jurisdiction to: (1) the exportation or importation of natural gas in foreign commerce and to persons engaged in it; and (2) liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals.
 
States that the Natural Gas Act shall be applied and administered as if such provisions and attendant amendments had not been enacted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
TRICARE Dependent Coverage Extension Act

Bill: 111-hr-4923
Sponsor: Rep. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2010-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Department of Defense
Health care costs and insurance
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: 
TRICARE Dependent Coverage Extension Act - Deems the following individuals as dependents, for purposes of dependent coverage under TRICARE (a Department of Defense [DOD] managed health care program): (1) a child who has not yet attained age 26 and is not eligible to enroll in any employer-sponsored plan; or (2) a person who is in the legal custody of the covered member, has not attained age 26, is not eligible to enroll in any employer-sponsored plan, resides with the member, is not otherwise a dependent under TRICARE, and is not the child of another covered beneficiary. Requires a premium payment for such coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
To allow the Secretary of the Interior to clear a proposed project in the Lower St. Croix Wild and Scenic River, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-4924
Sponsor: Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2010-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Minnesota
Roads and highways
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to find consistent with the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act the construction of a four-lane highway bridge over the Lower St. Croix River, Minnesota and Wisconsin, in accordance with the Section 7 Evaluation issued by the National Park Service in October 2005.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Media for Youth Act

Bill: 111-hr-4925
Sponsor: Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2010-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Books and print media
Child care and development
Child health
Digital media
Medical research
Mental health
Sex and reproductive health
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Television and film
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: 
Healthy Media for Youth Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to nonprofit organizations to provide for the establishment, operation, coordination, and evaluation of programs to: (1) increase the media literacy of girls and boys, and (2) support the empowerment of girls or boys in a variety of ways. Permits giving priority to grant applicants providing non-federal matching funds.
 
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and in coordination with the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, to review, synthesize, and conduct or support research on the role and impact of depictions of girls and women in the media on the psychological, sexual, physical, and interpersonal development of youth.
 
Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to convene a task force, to be known as the National Task Force on Girls and Women in the Media, to develop voluntary steps and goals for promoting healthy and positive depictions of girls and women in the media for the benefit of all youth.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
Medical Foods Equity Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4926
Sponsor: Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2010-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Food assistance and relief
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medicare
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: 
Medical Foods Equity Act of 2010 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to include coverage of: (1) medically necessary food and food modified to be low protein; and (2) pharmacological doses of vitamins and amino acids used for the treatment of inborn errors of metabolism. Provides for similar coverage under the TRICARE program (military health care).
 
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to provide coverage in group and individual plans of such food and vitamins and amino acids.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to determine the minimum yearly coverage for all health insurance plans based upon the expanded coverage provided by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2010-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Armed Services, 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: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend subtitle IV of title 40, United States Code, regarding county additions to the Appalachian region.

Bill: 111-hr-4927
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Lincoln [D-TN-4]
Introduced: 2010-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Rural conditions and development
Tennessee

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: 
Adds the Tennessee counties of Giles, Hickman, Lincoln, Perry, and Wayne to the definition of &quot;Appalachian region&quot; for purposes of Appalachian regional development efforts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to permanently extend the Transaction Amount Guarantee Program.

Bill: 111-hr-4928
Sponsor: Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2010-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: 
Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to permanently extend the Transaction Amount Guarantee Program that fully insures the net amount any depositor at an insured depository institution maintains in a noninterest-bearing transaction account.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a partial exclusion from gross income of gain from the sale of non-principal residences.

Bill: 111-hr-4930
Sponsor: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2010-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income gain from the sale or exchange of real property which is acquired within one year of the enactment of this Act, is held by the taxpayer and used as a dwelling unit for at least two years, and is located in a high foreclosure rate area, as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury. Limits the amount of gain excludable to $50,000 ($100,000 in the case of a joint return).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require that the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2012 include a benchmark plan to eliminate the budget deficit by fiscal year 2020 and that subsequent resolutions adhere to that plan.

Bill: 111-hr-4931
Sponsor: Rep. Klein, Ron [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2010-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: 
Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the concurrent resolution on the budget for: (1) FY2012 to include a detailed benchmark plan to reduce discretionary spending to eliminate the budget deficit by FY2020; and (2) FY2013-FY2020 to be compliant with such plan, but include any necessary adjustments to meet its goal.
 
Requires the congressional budget committees, if they determine that an economic emergency exists, to include such a statement in the applicable budget resolution.
 
Provides that if such statement is included in the budget resolution, then the detailed benchmark plan to eliminate the budget deficit by FY2020: (1) is not required to be included in such budget resolution; and (2) shall be postponed by one fiscal year.
 
Makes it out of order in both chambers to consider any budget resolution for any fiscal year through 2020 if it is in violation of this Act. Permits waiver or suspension of such requirement, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Senate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to House Budget
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Development Centers Relief Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4932
Sponsor: Rep. Kratovil, Frank,  Jr. [D-MD-1]
Introduced: 2010-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Public-private cooperation
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: 
Small Business Development Centers Relief Act of 2010 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), during the one-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, to waive the requirement that a matching amount be provided as a condition of grants authorized under the SBA's small business development center program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Entrepreneurship and Trade.
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
Maintaining Agency Direction on Financial Fraud Act

Bill: 111-hr-4934
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2010-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: 
Maintaining Agency Direction on Financial Fraud Act - Prohibits any interpretive guidance issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission which relates to &quot;Commission Guidance Regarding Disclosure Related to Climate Change&quot; from taking effect with respect to any person on or after February 2, 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
PAL Extension Act

Bill: 111-hr-4935
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2010-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Dams and canals
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: 
PAL Extension Act - Authorizes a regional director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to extend the Provisional Accredited Levee (PAL) period for up to 24 months from the date of the expiration of the original 24-month PAL period upon determining that the community, levee owner, or individual responsible for upgrading the levee has applied for a waiver and is making a good faith effort to complete the upgrade to the accredited level. Defines &quot;good faith&quot; to mean the responsible party provides evidence to the regional director that it: (1) has adequate funds available to upgrade the levee; and (2) has a contract with a qualified private contractor or an appropriate federal agency to verify the levee's certification.
 
Requires FEMA to suspend any mapping activities in the area surrounding the levee during any extension period granted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
Faster Access and Shorter Transaction Time for Checks Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4936
Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2010-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: 
Faster Access and Shorter Transaction Time for Checks Act of 2010 or FASTT Checks Act - Amends the Expedited Funds Availability Act to provide for faster access to funds deposited in a receiving depository institution by doubling the amounts available for withdrawal at specified earliest times after deposit.
 
 Revises the next business day availability requirement for cash deposited in a new depositor account. Eliminates the exception from this rule (thus requiring next business day availability) for large deposits in large depository banks if a check: (1) has been truncated and cleared in accordance with the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act; and (2) is received for payment or deposit at a depositary bank with total assets of $10 billion or more.
 
 
Requires inflation adjustments every five years to dollar amounts under the Act.
 
Treats Saturday as a business day in the calculation of any period within which funds deposited in an account at a receiving depository institution are required to be available.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
SSI Savers Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4937
Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2010-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Employee benefits and pensions
Higher education
Inflation and prices
Poverty and welfare assistance
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: 
SSI Savers Act of 2010 - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) increase resource limits for aged, blind, or disabled individuals who do not have an eligible spouse; (2) require an inflation adjustment for such individuals, regardless of whether a spouse is eligible; (3) provide a limited exclusion from resources of certain deferred compensation and education savings arrangements; (4) set forth income rules imputing income from certain deferred compensation arrangements; and (5) eliminate the requirement that SSI recipients apply for periodic payments from certain deferred compensation arrangements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Introduced in House
Social Security and Medicare Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-4939
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Government trust funds
Legislative rules and procedure
Medicare
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
Social Security and Medicare Protection Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any concurrent resolution on the budget (or related measure) that would set forth a surplus for any fiscal year less than the surplus of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for that fiscal year.
 
Creates an exception to such point of order if a violation of it would result from an assumption in the measure of an increase in outlays or a decrease in revenue relative to the baseline underlying the measure for Social Security or Medicare reform legislation for any such year.
 
Makes it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any (spending or tax) measure if its enactment would cause the surplus for any fiscal year covered by the most recently agreed to budget resolution to be less than the surplus of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for that fiscal year. Creates an exception to such point of order similar to the other one.
 
Declares that, if the President's budget recommends an on-budget surplus for any fiscal year less than the surplus of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for that fiscal year, then it shall include a detailed proposal for Social Security or Medicare reform legislation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to House Budget
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House