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Voluntary Protection Program Act

Bill: 111-hr-6536
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2010-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Small business
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-16
text: 
Voluntary Protection Program Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to enter into cooperative agreements with employers to: (1) encourage establishment of comprehensive safety and health management systems to protect employees from occupational hazards; and (2) establish a voluntary protection program to encourage excellence and recognize its achievement in both the technical and managerial protection of employees from occupational hazards.
 
Requires the Secretary to take necessary steps for the orderly transition from Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cooperative agreements and voluntary protection programs existing before enactment of this Act to agreements and programs authorized under this Act.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a program to increase small business participation in the voluntary protection program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Permanent Tax Relief Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6538
Sponsor: Rep. Mack, Connie [R-FL-14]
Introduced: 2010-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-16
text: 
Permanent Tax Relief Act of 2010 - Makes permanent: (1) the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001; and (2) provisions of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 that reduce income tax rates on dividend and capital gains income.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide for annual increases, between 2010 and 2020, in the amount of the alternative minimum tax (AMT) exemption amount for single and married taxpayers; and (2) allow a permanent offset against the AMT for certain nonrefundable tax credits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Reducing American Hunger Act

Bill: 111-hr-6539
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2010-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-16
text: 
Reducing American Hunger Act - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (the Food Stamp Act of 1977 as renamed by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) to provide that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits (formerly, food stamp benefits) shall be: (1) redeemable by the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) at face value increased by an amount equal to 100% of benefits used to purchase produce; and (2) used to purchase produce at 50% of the prevailing produce prices in participating retail food stores. 
 
 States that fingerprinting or other forms of biometric testing of household members shall not be required for SNAP participation.
 
Directs the Secretary to require appropriate states to: (1) submit to the Secretary reports identifying SNAP participation in the 25 largest U.S. cities; and (2) implement practices to increase program participation in cities where eligible household participation is less than 85%.
 
Increases funding for grants to increase program participation.
 
Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to support the use of electronic benefits transfers for federal nutrition programs at farmers' markets.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2010-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Defense Level Playing Field Act

Bill: 111-hr-6540
Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2010-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: 
Defense Level Playing Field Act - Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD), in evaluating offers to award a contract for the KC-X aerial refueling aircraft program, to consider any unfair advantage that an offeror may possess.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) report to the congressional defense committees on any such advantage; and (2) take into account the findings of such report in awarding a contract.

action_date: 2010-12-21
text: 

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

 
Defense Level Playing Field Act - Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD), in evaluating offers to award a contract for the KC-X aerial refueling aircraft program, to consider any unfair advantage that an offeror may possess.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) report to the congressional defense committees on any such advantage; and (2) take into account the findings of such report in awarding a contract.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces.
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 325 - 23 (Roll no. 658). (text: CR H8798)
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 325 - 23 (Roll no. 658).(text: CR H8798)
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8819-8820)
action_date: 2010-12-21
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: 2010-12-21
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6540.
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8798-8801)
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Mr. Inslee moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Introduced in House
RIPE Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6541
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2010-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Free trade and trade barriers
Income tax credits
Motor fuels
Sales and excise taxes
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: 
Remove Incentives for Producing Ethanol Act of 2010 or the RIPE Act of 2010 - Amends the Clean Air Act to repeal the renewable fuel standard.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate the excise tax credit for alcohol fuel mixtures and the income tax credit for alcohol used as fuel.

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for the duty free treatment for ethyl alcohol or a mixture containing ethyl alcohol if it is to be used as fuel. Applies such treatment to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouses for consumption, on or after the 15th day after this Act's enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2010-12-17
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Introduced in House
Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6542
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2010-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime prevention
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: 
Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2010 - Amends the Omnnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) allow the use of juvenile accountability block grants for bullying prevention and intervention programs; (2) require the Attorney General to establish voluntary guidelines for use by states and local governments in developing such programs; and (3) authorize appropriations for FY2011-FY2015 for the juvenile accountability block grant program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Introduced in House
Drug Safety Enhancement Act of 2011

Bill: 111-hr-6543
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15]
Introduced: 2010-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Jurisdiction and venue
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Trade restrictions
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: 
Drug Safety Enhancement Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to expand safety and inspection requirements for the manufacture and importation of drugs by: (1) expanding registration requirements for foreign and domestic drug producers; (2) requiring drug manufacturers to have in effect and implement an effective quality system; (3) expanding and equalizing inspection requirements for foreign and domestic drug producers; (4) imposing additional requirements relating to the notification, nondistribution, and recall of adulterated or misbranded drugs; (5) permitting the detention of drugs found to be in violation of drug safety requirements; (6) allowing for the destruction of drugs that pose a significant adverse health effect; (7) providing enhanced civil and criminal penalties and forfeiture for violations of drug safety requirements and enhanced subpoena authority for investigating violations; (8) prohibiting the importation of drugs into the United States lacking documentation of safety; (9) requiring unique identification numbers for drug establishments and importers; and (10) expanding protections for whistleblowers who refuse to violate, or who disclose violations of, this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Introduced in House
Dangerous Products Warning Act

Bill: 111-hr-6544
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2010-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Product safety and quality
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: 
Dangerous Products Warning Act - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 5 years on any business entity or product supervisor with respect to a product or business practice who knows of a serious danger associated with such product or business practice and knowingly fails within 15 days after discovering such danger to inform an appropriate federal agency in writing, warn affected employees in writing, and inform other affected individuals. Imposes a fine and/or prison term of up to 1 year on any individual who intentionally discriminates against an employee who informs a federal agency or warns employees of a serious danger associated with a product or business practice. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Introduced in House
Corporate Crime Database Act

Bill: 111-hr-6545
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2010-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business ethics
Corporate finance and management
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: 
Corporate Crime Database Act - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) acquire data, for each calendar year, regarding all administrative, civil, and criminal judical proceedings against any corporation or corporate official involving a felony or misdemeanor or civl charge where potential fines may be $1,000 or more; (2) establish and maintain a publicly available website on improper conduct by all corporations with annual revenues of more than $1 billion; and (3) prepare an annual report to Congress detailing the number of civil, administrative, and criminal enforcement actions brought against any corporation or corporate official and the final dispositions of such actions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2010-12-17
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Introduced in House
Transportation Infrastructure Improvements on Federal Lands Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6546
Sponsor: Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2010-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: General public lands matters
Indian lands and resources rights
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Public transit
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: 
Transportation Infrastructure Improvements on Federal Lands Act of 2010 - Makes eligible for federal-aid highway assistance preventive maintenance activities on federal lands highways the appropriate federal land management agency demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) are a cost-effective means of extending the useful life of such a highway.
 
Authorizes the use of Federal Lands Highway Program funds for: (1) trails used primarily for transportation; and (2) maintenance of highways, roads, parkways, and trails used primarily for transportation located on public lands, national parks, and Indian reservations, provided such maintenance will improve the asset management of such facilities.
 
Sets the federal share of the cost of a high priority project located on public lands or an Indian reservation, or in a national park or wildlife refuge, at 100%.
 
Makes eligible for federal-aid highway assistance any projects in the vicinity of a federally owned or managed park, refuge, or recreational area open to the general public (Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks Program) that: (1) are part of an alternative transportation program in which implementation is expected to last more than one year; or (2) involve capital investment grants financing operating costs of fixed guideway projects and systems, buses and related equipment, and bus-related facilities for which capital investment grant assistance has been provided.
 
Earmarks 60% of funds made available to the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks Program each fiscal year for qualified alternative transportation projects in national parks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
action_date: 2010-12-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR  E2191-2192)
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Introduced in House
Fair Sentencing Clarification Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6548
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2010-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: 
Fair Sentencing Clarification Act of 2010 - Provides for the retroactive application of the penalty amendments of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 to cocaine base offenses committed prior to the enactment of such Act. Authorizes a court to reduce the term of imprisonment consistent with the amendments made by such Act for a person convicted of the crime of possession of a substance which contains cocaine base committed before August 3, 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Introduced in House
Enforcing Orders and Reducing Customs Evasion Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6549
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39]
Introduced: 2010-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Canada
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Latin America
Mexico
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: 
Enforcing Orders and Reducing Customs Evasion Act of 2010 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the Commissioner responsible for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to initiate, upon petition or a referral from another federal agency, an investigation into claims of evasion of antidumping or countervailing duties (including any cash deposits or other security) with respect to covered merchandise imported into the United States.
 
Requires the Commissioner, in the case of an affirmative preliminary determination, to: (1) suspend liquidation of each entry of the covered merchandise, and reopen and hold in suspension any liquidated entry; (2) notify the administering authority (Secretary of Commerce, or other responsible U.S. officer) of the determination and request identification of the applicable cash deposit rate to apply to the entries at issue; and (3) require the posting of such deposit for each entry.
 
Requires the Commissioner, in the case of an affirmative final determination, to: (1) suspend or continue to suspend liquidation of each entry of covered merchandise; (2) notify the administering authority of the determination and request identification of the applicable antidumping or countervailing duties or cash deposit rate for such entries; (3) require the posting of cash deposits and assess duties; (4) review and reassess the amount of bond or other security posted for covered merchandise entered on or after the date of such determination; and (5) take appropriate additional enforcement measures.
 
Requires the administering authority to apply the highest applicable cash deposit or antidumping or countervailing duty in cases where the producer or exporter of covered merchandise is unknown.
 
Requires the Commissioner, to the maximum extent practicable, to ensure that CBP employs and assigns sufficient personnel to prevent the importation of merchandise in a manner that evades antidumping and countervailing duty orders or findings.
 
Requires the Commissioner to hire at least an additional 100 full-time equivalent personnel to serve as Commercial Enforcement Officers within the Office of Field Operations. 
 
Applies the amendments made by this Act to goods from Canada and Mexico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Introduced in House
Safe Schools, Healthy Kids Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6551
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2010-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Preschool education

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: 
Safe Schools, Healthy Kids Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to states and local educational agencies for the abatement, removal, and interim control of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in public school facilities.
 
Requires grantees to notify students and their families, staff and school employees, and other relevant parties in the community of the work to be undertaken.
 
Directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide the Secretary with the necessary guidance to ensure safe school conditions and effective abatement, removal, or interim controls.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2010-12-17
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Introduced in House
Single Food Safety Agency Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6552
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2010-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food supply, safety, and labeling

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: 
Single Food Safety Agency Act of 2010 - Establishes the Food Safety Administration as an independent agency within the executive branch. Requires the Administrator to: (1) administer and enforce food safety laws; (2) serve as a representative to international food safety bodies and discussions; and (3) oversee federal food safety efforts. Transfers all federal food safety duties to the Administration.
 
 Requires the Administrator to: (1) administer a national food safety program to protect public health, and (2) ensure that persons who produce or process food comply with federal laws and regulations to prevent or minimize food safety hazards related to their products.
 
 Establishes civil penalties for violations of food safety laws. Escalates civil and criminal penalties for knowingly violating food safety laws.
 
 Requires the President to submit a reorganization plan for the transfer of agencies, personnel, assets, and obligations to the Administration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Referred to House Agriculture
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2010-12-17
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Introduced in House