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Safe Kids' Jewelry Act

Bill: 111-s-2975
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2010-02-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Marketing and advertising
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: 
 Safe Kids' Jewelry Act - Bans as a hazardous substance and prohibits the manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of jewelry containing cadmium, barium, or antimony for children 12 years old or younger.
 
Sets forth: (1) factors to determine whether jewelry is designed or intended for wear or use by such children; and (2) penalties for violations of such prohibition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation Act

Bill: 111-s-2976
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2010-02-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Great Lakes
Michigan
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: 
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation Act - Designates specified land and inland water within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to be known as the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Wilderness. 
 
Sets forth requirements for the administration of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Wilderness, including with respect to road maintenance, hunting, fish and wildlife, watercraft, and buffer zones. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-645.
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S440-441)
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit the use of Department of Justice funds for the prosecution in Article III courts of the United States of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Bill: 111-s-2977
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2010-02-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Appropriations
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Jurisdiction and venue
Military law
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: 
Prohibits any funds appropriated or made available to the Department of Justice (DOJ) from being used to commence or continue a prosecution in an Article III court of any individual suspected of involvement in the attacks on the United States and its citizens on September 11, 2001, who is not a citizen of the United States and is subject to the jurisdiction of a military commission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Renewing Hope for Haitian Trade and Investment Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-2978
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2010-02-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Dominican Republic
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Haiti
Latin America
Manufacturing
Motor vehicles
Natural disasters
Tariffs
U.S. and foreign investments
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: 
Renewing Hope for Haitian Trade and Investment Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), acting through the Commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), to commit sufficient CBP resources to: (1) enhance commercial assistance to promote trade among Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and the United States; (2) facilitate the preclearance of valid cargo from Haiti to the United States; (3) promote the efficient and secure movement of articles entering the United States under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA); and (4) provide technical assistance and training to Haiti's customs service to improve production validation and compliance and understanding of U.S. customs procedures, such as the Electronic Visa Information System.
 
Amends CBERA to extend, in each succeeding one-year period through FY2013 (transition period), the duty-free treatment of certain imported knit apparel articles made in one or more Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) beneficiary countries from yarns wholly formed in the United States.
 
Extends the value-added rule of origin for certain apparel and other textile articles imported from Haiti.
 
Extends, for the initial applicable one-year period, and each one-year period thereafter through FY2022, the duty-free treatment of apparel articles imported directly into the United States from Haiti or the Dominican Republic in amounts not to exceed specified percentages of the aggregate square meter equivalents of all apparel articles imported into the United States in the most recent 12-month period.
 
Extends, through December 20, 2013, the preferential treatment of wire harness automotive components manufactured in Haiti and imported into the United States, provided Haiti meets certain economic and political eligibility requirements.
 
Establishes the Haiti Recovery and Investment Task Force to promote foreign investment in Haiti.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the effectiveness of the trade preferences provided under the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity Through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006 (HOPE Act), as amended, as well as recommendations for improving such preferences.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S442)
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (CEJA) of 2010

Bill: 111-s-2979
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2010-02-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Jurisdiction and venue
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: 
Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (CEJA) of 2010 - Amends the federal criminal code to grant jurisdiction over and impose penalties on federal contractors and employees who commit certain crimes outside of the United States while employed by or accompanying any agency of the United States other than the Armed Forces. Sets forth the crimes under federal law that are covered by this Act.
 
Directs the Attorney General to: (1) assign personnel and resources through Investigative Units for Contractor and Employee Oversight to investigate allegations of criminal offenses by federal contractors and employees; and (2) report to Congress annually on the number of criminal cases received, investigated, and referred for prosecution. Grants the Attorney General principal authority for the enforcement of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S443-445)
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S442-443)
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to protect the democratic process and the right of the people of the District of Columbia to define marriage.

Bill: 111-s-2980
Sponsor: Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2010-02-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: District of Columbia
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Marriage and family status
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: 
Prohibits the government of the District of Columbia from issuing a marriage license to any couple of the same sex until the people of the District have the opportunity to hold a referendum or initiative on the question of whether the District should issue same-sex marriage licenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Reevaluate and Redirect the Stimulus Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-2981
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2010-02-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: 
 Reevaluate and Redirect the Stimulus Act of 2010 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to provide Congress a list of: (1) programs that have unobligated stimulus funds provided under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 (ARRA), including the amounts; and (2) such ARRA stimulus funds that the Director recommends be redirected toward more effective programs either to assist displaced workers or to spur job creation in 2010, with a breakdown of such amounts that could be reprogrammed by program.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S445)
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S445)
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Hire Now Tax Cut Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-2983
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Government trust funds
Income tax credits
Social security and elderly assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Hire Now Tax Cut Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exempt for-profit and nonprofit employers from social security taxes in 2010 for new employees who are hired after February 3, 2010, and before January 1, 2011, and who certify that they have not worked more than 40 hours during the last 60 days; and (2) allow an increase in the general business tax credit for the retention of such employees for at least one year at specified wage levels. 
 
Appropriates to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund under title II of the Social Security Act amounts necessary to cover any reduction in revenues resulting from the tax exemptions provided by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicaid DSH Integrity Act

Bill: 111-s-2984
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care costs and insurance
Hospital care
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Medicaid DSH Integrity Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to indicate, in appropriate guidance, that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) do not intend to enforce any changes in policy related to calculating the limits on the adjustment in payment under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act for inpatient hospital services furnished by disproportionate share hospitals (DSH) that were contained in the Medicaid DSH auditing and reporting regulations the CMS issued pursuant to the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003.
 
Requires the Secretary to publish an interim final rule to revise such regulations as necessary to: (1) correct such policy changes; (2) provide appropriate guidance for otherwise implementing those auditing and reporting regulations; and (3) provide for specified regulatory changes to be included in the new interim rule.
 
Requires the CMS, in defining the costs of furnishing services to individuals with no health insurance (or other source of third-party coverage), to permit inclusion of all costs related to services provided to patients with no insurance for the service rendered, even if the patient has insurance that covers other services. Declares that the receipt by a hospital of nominal payments related to a service shall not constitute health insurance or a source of third-party coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a new Small Business Startup Savings Account.

Bill: 111-s-2985
Sponsor: Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for tax preferred Small Business Startup Savings Accounts to pay for trade or business expenses, including operating capital, the purchase of equipment or facilities, marketing, training, incorporation, and accounting fees. Allows annual contributions to such accounts up to $10,000. Sets forth rules for the tax treatment of contributions to and rollovers from such accounts, similar to rules governing individual retirement accounts (IRAs).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Southeast Hurricanes Small Business Disaster Relief Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-2986
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Government lending and loan guarantees
Louisiana
Mississippi
Natural disasters
Small business
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Southeast Hurricanes Small Business Disaster Relief Act of 2010 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a Southeast Hurricanes Small Business Disaster Relief Program under which the Administrator may waive, for up to three years and $15,000 total, the interest payments of small businesses that resume operations in a declared disaster area during the period beginning on: (1) September 1, 2005, and ending on October 1, 2006, for loans relating to Hurricanes Katrina or Rita of 2005; or (2) September 1, 2008, and ending on January 1, 2009, for loans relating to Hurricanes Gustav or Ike of 2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S486)
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S485-486)
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Securing Effective and Necessary Individual Outpatient Rehabilitation Services (SENIORS) Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-2987
Sponsor: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Securing Effective and Necessary Individual Outpatient Rehabilitation Services (SENIORS) Act of 2010 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend through calendar 2010 the temporary process for obtaining an exception from the uniform dollar limitation on Medicare payment for medically necessary physical therapy, speech-language pathology, and occupational therapy services (Medicare therapy cap exceptions process).
 
Reduces the amount of appropriations available to the Medicare Improvement Fund for expenditures for services furnished during FY2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Securing Effective and Necessary Individual Outpatient Rehabilitation Services (SENIORS) Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-2988
Sponsor: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Securing Effective and Necessary Individual Outpatient Rehabilitation Services (SENIORS) Act of 2010 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend through calendar 2011 the temporary process for obtaining an exception from the uniform dollar limitation on Medicare payment for medically necessary physical therapy, speech-language pathology, and occupational therapy services (Medicare therapy cap exceptions process).
 
Reduces the amount of appropriations available to the Medicare Improvement Fund for expenditures for services furnished during FY2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to establish an earmark moratorium for fiscal years 2010 and 2011.

Bill: 111-s-2990
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Legislative rules and procedure
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Makes it out of order in the Senate to consider any of the following legislation that includes a congressional earmark or limited tax or tariff benefit: (1) a bill or joint resolution reported by any committee; (2) a Senate bill or joint resolution not reported by committee; (3) a conference report; (4) a floor amendment to a bill or joint resolution; or (5) an amendment between the two chambers.
 
Provides that if such prohibition is sustained, the legislation shall be returned to the calendar until compliance with this Act is achieved.
 
Permits a waiver of such prohibition in the Senate by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members.
 
 Applies such prohibition only to legislation in FY2010-FY2011 providing or authorizing discretionary budget authority, credit authority, or other spending authority, providing a federal tax deduction, credit, or exclusion, or modifying the Harmonized Tariff Schedule in a manner that benefits 10 or fewer entities.
 
 Exempts from such prohibition any authorization of appropriations to a federal entity which is not specifically targeted to a state, locality, or congressional district.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the drawback fee on the manufacture or production of certain distilled spirits used in nonbeverage products.

Bill: 111-s-2992
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Food industry and services
Manufacturing
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the drawback fee on the manufacture or production of distilled spirits used in non-beverage products (i.e., medicines, medicinal preparations, food products, flavors, flavoring extracts, or perfume, which are unfit for beverage purposes).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate
10 Million Solar Roofs and 10 Million Gallons of Solar Water Heating Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-2993
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Building construction
Energy efficiency and conservation
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
10 Million Solar Roofs and 10 Million Gallons of Solar Water Heating Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to provide rebates for the purchase and installation of solar photovoltaic systems and solar water heating systems for residential and commercial properties in order to install over 10 years at least : (1) an additional 10 million solar systems with a cumulative capacity of at least 30,000 megawatts; and (2) an additional 200,000 solar water heating systems with a cumulative capacity of 10 million gallons. Establishes rebate eligibility criteria and the amount of rebates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Taxpayer Fairness Act

Bill: 111-s-2994
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Financial crises and stabilization
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions
Sales and excise taxes
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Taxpayer Fairness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose a 50% tax on bonuses, including retention bonuses, exceeding $400,000 paid in 2009 to employees of financial institutions (including the Federal National Mortgage Association [Fannie Mae] and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation [Freddie Mac]) that received $5 billion or more in emergency economic assistance from the federal government; and (2) limit the business tax deduction for such bonuses to 50% of the amount of such bonuses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate