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Stopping the Excessive Growth of the Federal Government Act

Bill: 111-hr-5955
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2010-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional operations and organization
Executive agency funding and structure
General taxation matters
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Income tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: 
Stopping the Excessive Growth of the Federal Government Act - Imposes the following restrictions until the close of a Congress during which a bill or joint resolution that increases federal taxes is enacted: (1) no new appropriations may be made to a government agency; (2) no new positions may be created within a government agency; and (3) a government agency must abide by a five-to-three ratio of involuntary separations to appointments. 
 
Makes such restrictions inapplicable: (1) to positions within a small government agency (i.e., an agency that employs an average of not more than 500 employees) or the Departments of Defense (DOD), Homeland Security (DHS), or Veterans Affairs (VA); or (2) during a period of national emergency declared by the President.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the additional standard deduction for individuals age 65 and older.

Bill: 111-hr-5956
Sponsor: Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2010-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aging
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $600 to $2,200 the additional standard tax deduction for individuals age 65 and older and allow an annual inflation adjustment for such increased amount.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Foreign Travel Reform Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5957
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Timothy V. [R-IL-15]
Introduced: 2010-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Congressional operations and organization
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
House of Representatives
International monetary system and foreign exchange
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress
Senate
Transportation costs
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: 
Congressional Foreign Travel Reform Act of 2010 - Authorizes the House of Representatives and the Senate to obtain local currencies of foreign nations to provide a per diem allowance to a Member, officer, or employee of each chamber on official foreign travel, if the individual obtains an authorization to receive such an allowance from the appropriate specified congressional officer or committee chairman.
 
Limits such local currency to up to the equivalent of $75 per day per person, or the authorized maximum per diem allowance for federal employees while traveling in a foreign country, whichever is greater, exclusive of the actual cost of transportation.
 
Prohibits any Member or employee of the House from undertaking any official foreign travel unless, within 14 days before and within 14 days after such travel, the individual prepares and makes available for public inspection a specified statement containing certain travel-related information.
 
Prohibits a vacation stopover for annual leave at any point during official foreign travel.
 
Specifies restrictions on official foreign travel by Member and House committee employees, except travel to a military installation or to a theater of operations of the Armed Forces.
 
Requires Members of the House and employees who undertake official foreign travel to: (1) take necessary actions to reduce travel costs; and (2) return any per diem remaining unexpended at conclusion of the travel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2010-07-29
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Defense to allow members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty who are at least 18 years old and less than 21 years old to purchase and consume beer and wine at certain locations on military installations.

Bill: 111-hr-5958
Sponsor: Rep. Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2010-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to ensure that a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty who is at least 18 and less than 21 years old may purchase and consume beer and wine from a location on a military installation where such beer and wine is intended to be consumed on-site (including restaurants, enlisted clubs, and morale, welfare, and recreation facilities), if such member presents a valid common access card when making the purchase.
 
Provides an exception with respect to the purchase of beer and wine at: (1) Army-Air Force Exchange Services and Navy Exchange facilities; (2) shoppettes; and (3) other facilities that sell beer and wine to be consumed off-site.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Tax Education & Accountability Act

Bill: 111-hr-5959
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2010-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: 
Tax Education & Accountability Act or the TEA Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the withholding of income tax. Makes such repeal effective on or after the first January 1 occurring 1 year after the enactment of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
PASS Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5960
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Christopher J. [R-NY-26]
Introduced: 2010-07-29 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of State
Executive agency funding and structure
User charges and fees
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: 
Passport Acquisition Savings and Security Act of 2010 or the PASS Act of 2010 - Provides for the payment of passport fees directly to the Department of State rather than to the U.S. Treasury.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that new revenues directed to the Department should be used to reduce passport costs for consumers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Medical-Legal Partnership for Health Act

Bill: 111-hr-5961
Sponsor: Rep. Maffei, Daniel B. [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2010-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Lawyers and legal services
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: 
Medical-Legal Partnership for Health Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a nationwide demonstration project to: (1) award matching grants or enter into contracts with medical-legal partnerships to assist patients and their families in navigating health-related programs and activities; and (2) evaluate the effectiveness of such partnerships.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to grantees to support the establishment and sustainability of medical-legal partnerships.
 
Requires amounts received under this Act to be used to achieve one or more of the following goals: (1) enhancing access to health care services; (2) improving health outcomes for low-income individuals; (3) reducing health disparities among health disparities populations; (4) enhancing wellness and prevention of chronic conditions and other health problems; (5) reducing cost of care to the health care system; (6) addressing the social determinants of health; and (7) addressing situational factors that contribute to poor health, such as poor housing.
 
Prohibits funds under this Act from being used: (1) for any medical malpractice action or proceeding; (2) to provide any state or local public benefit to an alien who is not a qualified alien or a nonimmigrant under the Immigration and Nationality Act or an alien who is paroled into the United States under such Act for less than one year; or (3) to provide legal assistance with respect to any proceeding or litigation which seeks to procure an abortion or to compel any individual or institution to perform or assist in the performance of an abortion.
 
Requires the Secretary to study and report to Congress on the results of such project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
American Business Competitiveness Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5962
Sponsor: Rep. Maffei, Daniel B. [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2010-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business investment and capital
Capital gains tax
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Foreign and international corporations
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Interest, dividends, interest rates
International law and treaties
Securities
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: 
American Business Competitiveness Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reduce to 23% the maximum income tax rate for corporations; (2) set forth rules for the allocation of foreign-related tax credits and deductions; (3) repeal rules for the application of the worldwide allocation of interest for purposes of computing the limitation on the foreign tax credit; (4) repeal the last-in, first-out (LIFO) and the lower of cost or market methods of inventory; (5) make permanent the increased ($250,000) expensing allowance for depreciable business assets; (6) increase from 15 to 20 years the amortization period for goodwill and other intangibles; (7) set forth rules for the application of the economic substance doctrine to tax transactions; (8) reduce the percentage of the deduction for dividends received; (9) require the recognition of ordinary income on the sale or exercise of a stock option in an S corporation with an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP); and (10) allow nonrecognition of gain in a corporate reorganization for corporations that exchange property solely for stock other than nonqualified preferred stock.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6461-6462, E1531)
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Promoting SUCCESS Act

Bill: 111-hr-5963
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2010-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child care and development
Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
School athletics

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: 
Promoting Students Using the Camp Community for Enrichment, Strength, and Success Act or the Promoting SUCCESS Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations, and local educational agencies to carry out summertime learning pilot programs for students during their summers after grades five through nine.
 
Requires such programs to provide students with camp activities geared toward: (1) reducing childhood obesity through increased physical activity and healthy lifestyle choices; (2) strengthening high school graduation rates by reducing summer learning loss and improving academic achievement; and (3) promoting positive youth development.
 
Directs the Secretary to arrange for an independent evaluation of the pilot programs.
 
Requires the Secretary to provide a grant or contract to one or more national nonprofit organizations to collect best practices from among this Act's grantees and provide grantees with training, technical assistance, and professional development.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Endangered Species Compliance and Transparency Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5964
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2010-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Endangered and threatened species
Public utilities and utility rates
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: 
Endangered Species Compliance and Transparency Act of 2010 - Requires the Administrator of each of the Bonneville Power Administration, the Western Area Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, and the Southeastern Power Administration to: (1) include in monthly billing statements sent to customers estimates of each customer's share of such Administration's direct and indirect costs for compliance with the Endangered Species Act of 1973; and (2) submit an annual report estimating such costs (on a project-by-project basis for the Western Area Power Administration and on a system-wide basis for the other Administrations) to the House Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Monongahela Conservation Legacy Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5965
Sponsor: Rep. Mollohan, Alan B. [D-WV-1]
Introduced: 2010-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
West Virginia
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: 
Monongahela Conservation Legacy Act of 2010 - Designates the federal land within the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia, to be known as the North Fork Mountain Wilderness, as a wilderness area for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2010-09-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Referred to House Agriculture
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2010-07-29
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5966
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Patrick J. [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2010-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Homeland security
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: 
Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) to establish a five-year pilot program to to recruit highly-skilled individuals who are pursing or have obtained a graduate degree in a field related to cybersecurity. Designates the program as the NSA Cybersecurity Honors Program.
 
Requires: (1) the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress a report containing guidelines or legislative recommendations to improve the capabilities of intelligence community and law enforcement agencies to protect U.S. cybersecurity; and (2) two biennial updates of such report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2010-07-29
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Referred to House Intelligence (Permanent)
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Clean Ports Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5967
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2010-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Intergovernmental relations
Motor carriers
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: 
Clean Ports Act of 2010 - Declares that federal preemption of state and local law relating to a price, route, or service of any motor carrier of property shall not apply to the authority of a state, local government, or the political authority of two or more states to adopt requirements for motor carriers providing services at port facilities that are reasonably related to the reduction of environmental pollution, traffic congestion, the improvement of highway safety, or the efficient utilization of such port facilities, provided such requirements are in accordance with federal law.
 
Declares that nothing in this Act shall limit the authority reserved to any state or political subdivision of such state under the Clean Air Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
SEC Transparency Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5970
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2010-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Business records
Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments
Freedom of information
Government information and archives
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: 
SEC Transparency Act of 2010 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and the Investment Company Act of 1940 to repeal the section of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) that exempts from the disclosure requirements of the Freedom of Information Act any materials submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
 
Restores or revives the provisions of law amended or repealed by the Dodd-Frank Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Identity Defense Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5972
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2010-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Crime prevention
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: 
Social Security Identity Defense Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to make certain disclosures to the holder of a social security account number and to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) if the Secretary determines that there is a substantial likelihood that there has been a fraudulent use of such account number in the employment context. Authorizes the FBI Director to disclose information received from the Secretary to federal, state, and local law enforcement officials, but restricts the use of such information to carrying out criminal investigations or prosecutions.
 
Requires employers who have been notified of suspected misuse of an employee's social security account number to cease including such account number on statements provided to such employee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in House