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Bringing Business Back Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6041
Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Economic development
Income tax exclusion
Industrial facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Bringing Business Back Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income for a specified 10-year period, for income tax purposes, income or gain from real property that is certified as zoned for commercial use, that has been undeveloped and vacant for a 2-year period, and that is located in a qualified census tract. Defines &quot;qualified census tract&quot; as any census tract that has an average poverty and unemployment rate exceeding the national rate and that exhibits another condition of distress, such as high crime, deteriorating infrastructure, or population decline.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1512)
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Dignity for our Nation's Heroes Act

Bill: 111-hr-6042
Sponsor: Rep. Klein, Ron [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Dignity for our Nation's Heroes Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to cover the burial and funeral expenses of a deceased veteran: (1) who is homeless, has no next of kin or other person claiming the body, and does not have sufficient resources to cover such expenses; (2) whose service in the Armed Forces was not during wartime; and (3) who was either discharged under honorable conditions or died during a period deemed to be active service.
 
Prohibits any deduction from the burial allowance because of a veteran's assets or because of any contribution toward the burial and funeral expenses, unless the expenses incurred are covered by the United States, a state, an agency or political subdivision of the United States or a state, or the veteran's employer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Gulf Security and Iran Sanctions Enforcement Act

Bill: 111-hr-6043
Sponsor: Rep. Klein, Ron [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign and international corporations
International organizations and cooperation
Iran
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Middle East
Nuclear weapons
Oil and gas
Sanctions
Terrorism
U.S. and foreign investments
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Gulf Security and Iran Sanctions Enforcement Act - Declares the sense of Congress about sanctions for the government of Iran's illicit nuclear activities and support for international terrorism. Urges that foreign companies be prohibited from receiving Iranian capital, technology, and expertise, and that foreign energy-related companies, especially, be blocked from entering into joint ventures, investments, and partnerships for energy and energy-related projects outside of Iran.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to include in each lease issued after enactment of this Act that authorizes oil and gas drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf a provision that requires: (1) the lessee to certify annually to the Secretary that it does not engage in any activity for which sanctions may be imposed under the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996; and (2) the Secretary to cancel the lease if the lessee fails to make such a certification or makes a false one.
 
Requires such a lease also to require the lessee to disclose to the Secretary any participation in any energy-related joint venture, investment, or partnership located outside Iran that involves: (1) any person whose property and property interests are blocked pursuant to Executive Orders 13224 (for transacting business with persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism) or 13382 (because they are weapons of mass destruction proliferators or their supporters); or (2) any entity on a specified list relating to Iranian Transactions Regulations. Requires cancellation of any lease whose lessee has failed to make such a disclosure or makes a false disclosure.
 
Allows a national interest waiver of these requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
American Manufacturing Disaster Relief Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6044
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Disaster relief and insurance
Foreign aid and international relief
Manufacturing
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
American Manufacturing Disaster Relief Act of 2010 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from procuring manufactured articles for disaster or emergency assistance in a foreign country unless the articles are manufactured in such foreign country or, under certain circumstances, in the United States or third countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Responsible End to the War in Afghanistan Act

Bill: 111-hr-6045
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Appropriations
Asia
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Military operations and strategy

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Responsible End to the War in Afghanistan Act - States that it is the policy of the United States to ensure that funds made available for operations of the Armed Forces in Afghanistan are to be used only for providing for the safe and orderly withdrawal of all U.S. military personnel and Department of Defense (DOD) contractor personnel in Afghanistan.
 
Allows such funds to be obligated and expended only for such purpose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Guaranteeing Airport Physical Screening Standards Act

Bill: 111-hr-6047
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Homeland Security
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Homeland security
Terrorism
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Guaranteeing Airport Physical Screening Standards Act - Directs the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to: (1) issue regulations, directives, or other appropriate measures to implement requirements directing airport perimeter screening of all individuals, goods, property, vehicles, and other equipment before entry into a secured airport area; and (2) set a schedule for requiring airports to update their airport security plans to comply with such perimeter screening requirements.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to hire the necessary number of passenger and baggage screeners to ensure aviation security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to ensure that certain tenants are able to return to affordable housing after a major disaster.

Bill: 111-hr-6048
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide assistance to a person who owns or operates a rental dwelling unit damaged or destroyed by a major disaster for that unit's repair, restoration, reconstruction, or replacement if: (1) before the disaster the unit was made available for occupancy only by low- or moderate-income tenants; (2) the person will continue, for a specified minimum period, to make available rental dwelling units for occupancy only by such tenants; and (3) the person has applied for a disaster loan under the Small Business Act and either has been determined to be ineligible for such a loan or has obtained such a loan in the maximum amount for which the Small Business Administration (SBA) determines the person is eligible.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Visitor Center Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6049
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Betsy [D-CO-4]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Federal-Indian relations
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Historic sites and heritage areas
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Visitor Center Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a cooperative agreement with Kiowa County, Colorado: (1) to assist in the renovation of the Murdock Building in Eads, Colorado; (2) for use of a part of the Murdock Building by the National Park Service (NPS) as the visitor center and administrative offices for the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site (the Park); and (3) to provide up to $650,000 to Kiowa County toward the cost of renovations and furnishing of the Murdock Building.
 
Sets forth a federal matching requirement. Requires the use of such federal funds for making improvements to, and installing furnishings within, those parts of the Murdock Building used by the Park. Prohibits the use of such funds to pay for personnel or other costs associated with the operation of the Murdock Building as a park visitor center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Bent's Old Fort Museum Collections Facility Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6050
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Betsy [D-CO-4]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Colorado
Federal-Indian relations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Humanities programs funding
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Bent's Old Fort Museum Collections Facility Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Koshare Indian Museum (Museum) on the Otero Junior College campus in La Junta, Colorado, to: (1) assist in the construction and furnishing of an addition to the Museum for use as a curatorial center to house the Museum's collections from Bent's Old Fort, Sand Creek Massacre, and other units of the National Park System; (2) provide no more than a specified amount for the construction and furnishing of the addition; and (3) house those portions of the collections of Bent's Old Fort, Sand Creek Massacre, and Washita Battlefield National Historic Sites, and possibly collections from other System units, that the Director of the National Park Service (NPS) determines appropriate for the facility. 
 
Requires federal funding provided for the construction and furnishing of such addition to be matched by non-federal contributions on a 1:1 basis. 
 
Requires the curatorial addition authorized by this Act to remain part of the Museum. 
 
Makes the Museum responsible for the maintenance and operational costs associated with the Museum, including the curatorial addition. 
 
Authorizes the assignment of NPS staff to provide curatorial services for the NPS museum objects housed at the Museum and to assist with the curation of other objects housed there. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Deficit Reduction Through Fair Oil Royalties Act

Bill: 111-hr-6051
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Energy prices
Energy revenues and royalties
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Deficit Reduction Through Fair Oil Royalties Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing new oil or natural gas production leases in the Gulf of Mexico under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to a person that does not renegotiate its existing leases in order to require royalty payments if oil and natural gas prices are greater than or equal to specified price thresholds.
 
Authorizes the Secretary, in the case of multiple lessees, to implement a separate agreement modifying payment responsibilities (including such price thresholds) with any lessee that owns a lease share. Prescribes analogous requirements for lease transfers.
 
Requires rentals or royalties received by the United States to be deposited in the Treasury for federal budget deficit reduction or, if there is no federal budget deficit, for reducing the federal debt.
 
Directs the Secretary to agree to a lessee's request to amend any lease issued for any Central and Western Gulf of Mexico tract in the period of January 1, 1996, through November 28, 2000, to incorporate price thresholds applicable to royalty suspension requirements that are equal to or less than the price thresholds specified under OCSLA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to establish and maintain a website to track the expenditure of Government funds.

Bill: 111-hr-6052
Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to establish a publicly available website for tracking, in detail, all expenditures of funds over $500 which are appropriated or otherwise available to the federal government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to provide for timely consideration of claims submitted by States and political subdivisions for reimbursement of removal costs.

Bill: 111-hr-6053
Sponsor: Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Executive Office of the President
Government liability
Intergovernmental relations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to require regulations governing the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to ensure that a state or political subdivision receives payment for eligible removal costs not later than 30 days after submitting a claim for such costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2010-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase and to provide for an annual adjustment of the amounts of assistance payable by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for veterans' funeral and burial expenses.

Bill: 111-hr-6054
Sponsor: Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Inflation and prices
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Increases the authorized allowance for burial and funeral expenses for deceased veterans who: (1) at the time of death were in receipt of veterans' disability compensation or veterans' pension benefits; or (2) were veterans of any war or were discharged or released from active military service for a service-connected disability and for whom there is no next of kin or sufficient resources to cover funeral and burial costs.
 
Increases the burial plot allowance for veterans who, at the time of death, were receiving hospital or nursing home care in or through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
 
Increases the authorized allowance for burial and funeral expenses for veterans who die as a result of a service-connected disability.
 
Authorizes the annual adjustment of such allowances by the same percentage increase as adjustments to benefit amounts payable under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Accounts Receivable Insurance Program Act

Bill: 111-hr-6055
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Manufacturing
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Accounts Receivable Insurance Program Act - Establishes within the Treasury a government-backed private accounts receivable insurance program to assist small manufacturers in the underwriting and guarantee of payment through the insurance of their accounts receivable. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to insure (guarantee) accounts receivable underwritten by financial or insurance institutions for small manufacturing businesses and, if a small manufacturing business defaults, to pay such an institution any remaining balance of an obligation of a small manufacturing business that is covered under the insurance. Prohibits a financial or insurance institution from being eligible for a guarantee under the program if the institution insured the accounts receivable of a small manufacturing business for less than 80% of their value.
 
Provides program funding. Prohibits the Secretary from entering into guarantees with institutions under the program after December 31, 2011, or one year after the enactment of this Act, whichever is later.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain employee-funded pensions created before June 25, 1959, in the same manner as qualified trusts for purposes of unrelated debt-financed income derived from real property, and to increase the limitation on elective deferrals to such employee-funded pensions.

Bill: 111-hr-6056
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax deferral
Real estate business
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exempt certain tax-exempt employee-funded pension plans created before June 25, 1959, from rules imposing a tax on unrelated debt-financed income derived from real property; and (2) make the limits on contributions to such employee-funded pension plans equal to the limits allowed for other tax-exempt retirement accounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1522)
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House