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To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have the authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects.

Bill: 111-hr-4817
Sponsor: Rep. Teague, Harry [D-NM-2]
Introduced: 2010-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Indian lands and resources rights
Land use and conservation
Mining

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-10
text: 
Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 with respect to the allocation of surface mining reclamation funds to states and Indian tribes, to modify limitations on the allocation of surface mining reclamation funds to states and Indian tribes to provide for payments for filling voids and sealing tunnels and entryways of non-coal mines as well as coal mines.
 
Requires uncertified states or Indian tribes to use such allocated funds to fill voids and seal tunnels and entryways of non-coal as well as coal mines. (&quot;Uncertified states and Indian tribes&quot; are those which have not certified to the Secretary of the Interior that all priorities specified under the Act for eligible lands and waters have been achieved.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2010-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Not Too Small to Succeed in Business Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4818
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2010-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-10
text: 
Small Business Reform Act of 2010 or Not Too Small to Succeed in Business Act of 2010 - Amends the Small Business Act to extend from: (1) 9 to 11 years the period that a small business may receive developmental assistance under the Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership Development Program (Program); and (2) five to seven years the period that such a small business may spend in the Program's transitional stage. Allows small businesses that previously completed the 9-year period, above, and whose current net worth exceeds $750,000 but is less than $2.25 million to participate for an additional two years.
 
Sets net worth limits for individual Program participants at: (1) $750,000, for Program admission; (2) $2.25 million, for continued Program participation after admission; and (3) $500,000 adjusted gross income, for Program admission and continued eligibility.
 
Provides that, if the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) graduated a small business from the Program prior to the date of enactment of this Act on the basis that the small business did not meet standards relating to economic disadvantage and the small business now meets such standards, the small business may participate in the Program for 11 years less any period of previous participation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Contracting and Technology .
action_date: 2010-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2010-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Opportunities for Older Americans Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4819
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2010-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Aging
Employment and training programs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-10
text: 
Expanding Opportunities for Older Americans Act of 2010 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to expand the Senior Community Service Employment (SCSE) Program.
 
Lowers the age of eligibility from 55 to 52.
 
Repeals the requirement that the eligible individual be unemployed.
 
Increases from 125% to 200% of the poverty line the maximum income for eligibility. Excludes from the counting of an eligible individual's income any income received by another member of the eligible individual's household.
 
Prohibits any limit of fewer than 40 hours per week on the number of hours per week a grant recipient may permit a participant to work in a job assisted under the grant.
 
Declares the sense of Congress that not less than $700 million should be appropriated to carry out the SCSE Program in each of FY2011-FY2016.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2010-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Fair and Inclusive Housing Rights Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4820
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2010-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Housing discrimination
Housing finance and home ownership
Real estate business
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: 
Fair and Inclusive Housing Rights Act of 2010 - Amends the Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in housing sales and rentals, residential real estate-related transactions, and brokerage services.
 
Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1968 to prohibit the intimidation, interference, or injury of individuals because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Kaytlynn Noggle Federal Life Insurance Equity Act

Bill: 111-hr-4821
Sponsor: Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2010-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Child health
Life, casualty, property insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: 
Kaytlynn Noggle Federal Life Insurance Equity Act - Includes a stillborn child within the definition of a &quot;family member&quot; of an eligible individual for purposes of federal employee life insurance provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E356)
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the settlement of claims arising from the failure of the Natural Resource Conservation Service (and former Soil Conservation Service) to carry out the Houlka Creek Watershed Project in Mississippi.

Bill: 111-hr-4822
Sponsor: Rep. Childers, Travis [D-MS-1]
Introduced: 2010-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Government liability
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: 
Directs the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service to use discretionary funds available to the Service to fund the settlement of claims associated with the Houlka Creek Watershed Project in Mississippi in order to close out the Project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of land in the Coconino National Forest, Arizona.

Bill: 111-hr-4824
Sponsor: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2010-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey by sale to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix, Arizona, all interest of the United States in and to a parcel of land in the Coconino National Forest consisting of approximately 11.07 acres and identified on the map entitled &quot;Chapel of the Holy Cross Parcel, Sedona, Arizona,&quot; and dated October 2009.
 
Requires the Diocese to pay the fair market value of such parcel to the Secretary, as determined by an appraisal conducted in accordance with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions and the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To direct unused appropriations for Members' Representational Allowances to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt.

Bill: 111-hr-4825
Sponsor: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2010-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional operations and organization
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: 
Requires any amounts remaining of House Members' Representational Allowances after all payments are made for the year to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or, in fiscal years for which there is no federal budget deficit, to reduce the federal debt.

action_date: 2010-03-17
text: 

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

 
Requires any amounts remaining of House Members' Representational Allowances after all payments are made for the year to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or, in fiscal years for which there is no federal budget deficit, to reduce the federal debt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 413 - 1 (Roll no. 127). (text: CR H1543)
action_date: 2010-03-17
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): 413 - 1 (Roll no. 127).(text: CR H1543)
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1561)
action_date: 2010-03-17
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: 2010-03-17
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4825.
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1542-1544)
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Mr. Brady (PA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Homeowner Relief Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4826
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-14]
Introduced: 2010-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: 
Responsible Homeowner Relief Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer a deduction from gross income for loss from the sale or exchange of a principal residence in which such taxpayer resided for at least two years during the five-year period prior to the sale. Limits the aggregate amount of such deduction to $9,000, allowable in three annual installments of $3,000. Terminates such deduction after 2012. 
 
Requires the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) to waive any short sale waiting period requirement for certain mortgagors who refinance their mortgage in a short sale. Terminates such waiver authority on January 1, 2013. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Natural Resources Conservation Service property in Riverside, California, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-4827
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-44]
Introduced: 2010-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
California
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Land transfers
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey and quitclaim all interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real property, including improvements, located at 4500 Glenwood Drive in Riverside, California, and administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, to the Riverside Corona Conservation District. 
 
Requires the Conservation District to pay to the Secretary the appraised market value of the land as unimproved land, excluding all improvements other than normal utility connections such as sewer and water taps. 
 
Prohibits reservation by the Secretary of any future interest in the property to be conveyed, except that which may be acceptable to the Conservation District. 
 
Requires the Secretary, notwithstanding the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) or the Solid Waste Disposal Act, in conveying the property, to only meet the disclosure requirements for hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants, without otherwise being required to remediate or abate any such releases, including petroleum and petroleum derivatives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Housing Nondiscrimination Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4828
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2010-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Housing discrimination
Housing finance and home ownership
Real estate business
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: 
Housing Nondiscrimination Act of 2010 - Amends the Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in housing sales and rentals, residential real estate-related transactions, and brokerage services.
 
Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1968 to: (1) prohibit the intimidation, interference, or injury of individuals because of their sexual orientation or gender identity; and (2) state that nothing in that Act or in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shall be construed to require any person to disclose a personal sexual orientation or gender identity.
 
Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination or segregation on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity in the use of public accommodations or public facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Women and Workforce Investment for Nontraditional Jobs

Bill: 111-hr-4830
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2010-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: 
Women and Workforce Investment for Nontraditional Jobs or Women WIN Jobs - Requires the Secretary of Labor, in any fiscal year in which the total authorization of appropriations to carry out this Act exceeds $50 million, to allocate grants to states with approved state plans to provide funding to eligible entities (partnerships) to increase low-income women's participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations in which women make up less than 25% of the current workforce.
 
Authorizes states to use grants for statewide activities, including to: (1) provide technical assistance to eligible entities and to state registered apprenticeship programs and sponsors and joint apprenticeship training councils in meeting their enrollment goal for low-income women in nontraditional occupations; (2) develop policies and protocols that set goals for hiring specific percentages of women into registered apprenticeships and permanent employment openings in publicly assisted projects; and (3) engage in outreach activities and provide training to overcome stereotypes about women in nontraditional occupations as well as gender inequity among employers.
 
Authorizes the allocation of grant funds to eligible entities to support the recruitment, training, placement, and retention of low-income women in nontraditional occupations.
 
Directs the Secretary to convene a national commission to examine and make recommendations for improving the status of women in high-demand, high-wage nontraditional occupations.
 
Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to collect data on the status of women's participation in underrepresented sectors of the economy, and examine the status of women in relation to that of men.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a national clearinghouse to collect and distribute best practices. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Earmark Reform Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4831
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2010-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: 
Earmark Reform Act 2010 - Amends the Congressional Budget of 1974 to subdivide amounts allocated to the congressional appropriations committees into: (1) a specified total of new budget authority and outlays for earmarks in appropriations measures for the first fiscal year of the first concurrent budget resolution; and (2) an amount of total new budget authority and outlays for such earmarks for the first fiscal year of each ensuing budget resolution equal to 1% of total new budget authority and total outlays allocated to such committees. (Thus caps total earmarks at 1% of total new budget authority and total outlays allocated each fiscal year to such committees.)
 
Makes it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, or amendment if its enactment would cause the applicable allocation of new budget authority or outlays for a fiscal year to be exceeded.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Referred to House Budget
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Introduced in House
One America, Many Voices Act

Bill: 111-hr-4832
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2010-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: 
One America, Many Voices Act - Entitles an employee in a position requiring the use of one or more languages besides English to premium pay amounting to 5% of the employee's rate of basic pay. Declares that this requirement does not apply to an employee in a position the classification of which takes into account such language requirement, except: (1) to the extent that the rates of basic pay for the position are not at least 5% greater than the rates that would otherwise apply in the absence of the language requirement; and (2) in other circumstances as the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) may prescribe.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Teacher Exchange Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4833
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: 
Teacher Exchange Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) and high-need LEAs for teacher exchanges.
 
Requires each grantee to: (1) send teachers to a receiving LEA in a different area; (2) provide participating teachers with professional development activities, travel reimbursement, housing, and a living stipend that is added to their regular salary; and (3) reimburse the receiving LEA for supplies and other incidental items purchased for use by participating teachers.
 
Requires teachers who participate in an exchange to have had at least three years of teaching experience and agree to serve the receiving LEA for one school year and their own LEA for the two-year period following their participation in the exchange.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Introduced in House