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To make 2 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending for each of the fiscal years 2010 and 2011.

Bill: 111-hr-5540
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2010-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: 
Makes 2% across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans affairs discretionary spending for FY2010-FY2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Introduced in House
To make 1 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending for each of the fiscal years 2010 and 2011.

Bill: 111-hr-5541
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2010-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: 
Makes 1% across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans affairs discretionary spending for FY2010-FY2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Introduced in House
To make 5 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending for each of the fiscal years 2010 and 2011.

Bill: 111-hr-5542
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2010-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: 
Makes 5% across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans affairs discretionary spending for FY2010-FY2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the prohibition on collective bargaining with respect to matters and questions regarding compensation of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs other than rates of basic pay, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-5543
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2010-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Veterans Affairs
Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: 
Prohibits collective bargaining with respect to matters and questions concerning rates of basic pay (under current law, concerning compensation) of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). (Permits collective bargaining concerning compensation, other than basic rates of pay, with respect to such employees.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Health Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Introduced in House
To promote the development of the Southwest waterfront in the District of Columbia.

Bill: 111-hr-5544
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: District of Columbia
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: 
Amends the District of Columbia Official Code to revise certain specifications for the authorized transfer by the District Council, on behalf of the United States, to the District Redevelopment Land Agency of all federal right, title, and interest in the Southwest Waterfront Project Site. Authorizes such transfer by one or more quitclaim deeds.
 
Authorizes the Agency to lease or sell the Site to a redevelopment company or other lessee or purchaser.
 
Repeals the U.S. reversionary interest in such property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Introduced in House
To deauthorize a portion of the project for navigation, Potomac River, Washington Channel, District of Columbia, under the jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers.

Bill: 111-hr-5545
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: District of Columbia
Lakes and rivers
Navigation, waterways, harbors

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: 
Deauthorizes a specified portion of the project for navigation, Potomac River, Washington Channel, District of Columbia.

action_date: 2010-07-15
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Deauthorizes a specified portion of the project for navigation, Potomac River, Washington Channel, District of Columbia.

action_date: 2010-07-20
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Deauthorizes a specified portion of the project for navigation, Potomac River, Washington Channel, District of Columbia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5742-5743)
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5742-5743)
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5545.
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5742-5743)
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Ms. Norton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 309.
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 111-540.
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 111-540.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Discharged.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the establishment of a fraud, waste, and abuse detection and mitigation program for the Medicare Program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act.

Bill: 111-hr-5546
Sponsor: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2010-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Crime prevention
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop and implement a fraud, waste, and abuse comprehensive prepayment review Prevention System for reviewing claims for reimbursement under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Requires the Secretary to carry out the system acting through the Center for Program Integrity of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
 
Requires the Prevention System to cover all types of providers and suppliers under the Medicare program, but allows it to be limited to a subset of claim segments.
 
Requires the Prevention System to: (1) be a high volume, rapid, near real-time information technology solution which includes data pooling and scoring capabilities to quickly and accurately capture and evaluate data; (2) identify high-risk Medicare claims by scoring all such claims in near real-time before payment is made; (3) involve a statistically sound, empirically derived predictive modeling technology; and (4) utilize a fraud management system that presents score, reason codes, and treatment actions for high-risk scored transactions, and a feedback loop to gain access to outcome information on adjudicated Medicare claims.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from making a payment on a claim selected for review until it has been reviewed under the System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2010-06-16
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Introduced in House
To terminate the authorities of the Trade and Development Agency.

Bill: 111-hr-5547
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-40]
Introduced: 2010-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Economic development
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Public-private cooperation
Trade and Development Agency

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: 
Abolishes the Trade and Development Agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Rating and Processing Individuals' Disability Claims Act

Bill: 111-hr-5549
Sponsor: Rep. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN-2]
Introduced: 2010-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability assistance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: 
Rating and Processing Individuals' Disability Claims Act or the RAPID Claims Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), if a veteran's claim is submitted that is determined to be a fully developed claim, to provide: (1) the claimant with the opportunity to waive any claim development period with respect to such claim; and (2) expeditious treatment to such claim.
 
Provides that: (1) if a person notifies the Secretary of the intention to submit a fully developed claim and does so within a one-year period thereafter, the Secretary shall provide expeditious treatment to the claim; and (2) if the Secretary determines that a claim submitted as fully developed is not fully developed, the Secretary shall notify such person within 30 days of the information and evidence required to fully develop the claim.
 
Requires the Secretary, when denying a benefit, to notify the claimant of any form or application required to appeal such decision.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2010-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to include a definition of "loss of use" for purposes of evaluating disabilities and providing adapted housing and automobiles under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 111-hr-5550
Sponsor: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2010-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: 
Defines the term &quot;loss of use&quot; of a hand, foot, or other extremity, for purposes of evaluating disabilities of, and providing adaptive housing and automobile assistance for, veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to make a certification when making purchases under the Small Business Lending Fund Program.

Bill: 111-hr-5551
Sponsor: Rep. Kosmas, Suzanne M. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2010-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Economic performance and conditions
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Securities
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: 
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, when making a purchase (including a commitment to purchase) or a modification of a purchase under the Small Business Lending Fund Program, to certify under oath to the Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury that the Secretary is acting solely on the basis of economic fundamentals and not because of any political considerations.
 

action_date: 2010-06-23
text: 
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, before making a first purchase (including a commitment to purchase) under the Small Business Lending Fund Program under the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010, to certify under oath to the Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury that the purchase-decision process has been designed so that each purchase decision is made solely on the basis of economic fundamentals and not because of any political considerations.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-25
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 443.
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2010-06-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-06-23
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 411 - 0 (Roll no. 379). (text: CR H4682-4683)
action_date: 2010-06-23
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 411 - 0 (Roll no. 379).(text: CR H4682-4683)
action_date: 2010-06-23
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4696)
action_date: 2010-06-23
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2010-06-23
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5551.
action_date: 2010-06-23
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4682-4685)
action_date: 2010-06-23
text: Ms. Kosmas moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Introduced in House
National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5553
Sponsor: Rep. Cao, Anh "Joseph" [R-LA-2]
Introduced: 2010-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: 
National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2010 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the National Flood Insurance Program from September 30, 2008, through December 31, 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Disabled Veterans' Surviving Spouses Home Loans Act

Bill: 111-hr-5555
Sponsor: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2010-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Family relationships
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: 
Disabled Veterans' Surviving Spouses Home Loans Act - Includes as a veteran, for purposes of eligibility for housing loans guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the surviving spouse of a veteran whose death was not a result of willful misconduct, and at the time of death was in receipt of or entitled to compensation for a service-connected disability rated totally disabling if: (1) the disability was so rated for ten or more years preceding death; (2) the disability was so rated for at least five years since the veteran's discharge or release from active duty; or (3) the veteran was a former prisoner of war who died after September 30, 1999, and the disability was so rated for at least one year preceding death.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Introduced in House
To support the establishment and operation of Teachers Professional Development Institutes.

Bill: 111-hr-5556
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2010-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Connecticut
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to: (1) award grants to encourage the establishment and operation of Teachers Institutes; and (2) provide technical assistance, all or some of which may be provided through the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute, to assist local educational agencies (LEAs) and institutions of higher education (IHEs) in establishing and operating Teachers Institutes.
 
 Sets forth selection criteria, including consideration of the extent to which the proposed Institute will serve schools that have a significant low-income population.
 
Defines a Teachers Institute as a partnership or joint venture between one or more IHEs and one or more LEAs serving one or more schools with significant low-income populations that is established to improve the quality of teaching and learning through collaborative seminars.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Back to School Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5557
Sponsor: Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle [D-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2010-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Aging
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: 
Back to School Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers who are age 55 or older an income-based tax credit for up to $2,000 of qualified tuition and related expenses, plus 25% of such expenses between $2,000 and $4,000. Adjusts the amount of such credit for inflation beginning after 2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4600-4601)
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Older Americans' Job Opportunities Blueprint Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5558
Sponsor: Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle [D-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2010-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aging
Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: 
Older Americans' Job Opportunities Blueprint Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) include as a member of a targeted group, for purposes of the work opportunity tax credit, a qualified older worker; and (2) extend such credit through 2012. Defines &quot;qualified older worker&quot; as an individual who is age 55 or older and whose income, excluding unemployment compensation and certain veterans and social security payments, is not more than 400% of the federal poverty line.
 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to award a grant to establish and operate a National Resource Center on Aging and the Workforce to address issues on age and the workforce and to collect, organize, and disseminate information on older workers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2010-06-17
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4600-4601)
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Introduced in House