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Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area Establishment Act

Bill: 111-hr-5334
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2010-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: New Mexico
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-18
text: 
 Rio Grande Del Norte National Conservation Area Establishment Act - Establishes the Rio Grande Del Norte National Conservation Area in New Mexico, consisting of approximately 235,980 acres of public land in Taos and Rio Arriba Counties. 
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to ensure the protection of religious and cultural sites in the Conservation Area and to provide access to them by tribal members for traditional cultural and customary uses. 
 
Requires the Secretary to develop a management plan for the Conservation Area. 
 
Bars the changing of the management status of any area within the boundary of the Conservation Area that is: (1) designated as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; or (2) managed as an area of critical environmental concern. 
 
Designates the Cerro Del Yuta Wilderness and Rio San Antonio Wilderness as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
 
Releases the public land within the San Antonio Wilderness Study Area not designated as wilderness from further study for designation as wilderness. 
 
Requires the Conservation Area and the wilderness areas designated by this Act to be administered as components of the National Landscape Conservation System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Nurses for Impoverished Schools Act

Bill: 111-hr-5335
Sponsor: Rep. Marshall, Jim [D-GA-8]
Introduced: 2010-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Health care coverage and access
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-18
text: 
Nurses for Impoverished Schools Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to make demonstration grants to eligible local educational agencies to reduce the student-to-nurse ratio in public elementary and secondary schools. Defines an &quot;eligible local education agency&quot; as one for which: (1) not less than 20% of the students served are from families with incomes below the poverty line; and (2) the student-to-school nurse ratio in public elementary and secondary schools is 750 or more students to every school nurse. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Teacher and Principal Improvement Act

Bill: 111-hr-5336
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2010-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-18
text: 
Teacher and Principal Improvement Act - Amends title II (Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to create a new Part E: Building School Capacity for Effective Teaching and Leadership.
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to allot grants to states for subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to improve teacher and principal quality through a system of teacher and principal induction, professional development, and evaluation that is developed, implemented, and evaluated in collaboration with local teacher, principal, and school leader organizations and preparation programs.
 
Requires LEAs to include in such system: (1) a comprehensive, coherent, high quality formalized induction program for beginning teachers during their first two years of full-time employment; (2) high-quality effective professional development for teachers, principals, school librarians, and other school leaders at their lowest achieving schools; (3) a rigorous, transparent, and equitable teacher and principal evaluation system for all their schools; (4) ongoing high-quality support, coaching, and professional development for principals and other school leaders at their lowest achieving schools; (5) opportunities for teachers to assume new school leadership roles and training regarding such roles; and (6) significant and sustainable stipends above a teacher's base salary for teachers that serve as mentors, instructional coaches, teacher leaders, or evaluators under these programs.
 
Directs LEA grantees to conduct a valid and reliable full population survey of teaching and learning, at the school and LEA level, the results of which are to inform and be integrated into such systems.
 
Requires a formal evaluation of each system to be conducted by the state, an institution of higher education, or an external agency and the results disseminated widely.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2010-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Animal Torture Prevention Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5337
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI-9]
Introduced: 2010-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-18
text: 
Animal Torture Prevention Act of 2010 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to five years for creating, selling, distributing, or offering to sell or distribute a depiction of extreme animal cruelty. Defines &quot;depiction of extreme animal cruelty&quot; as any visual depiction of actual conduct in which one or more animals is tortured, maimed, mutilated, or subjected to other acts of extreme animal cruelty, that appeals to the prurient interest, and that, taken as a whole, does not have more than de minimis religious, political, scientific, educational, journalistic, historical, or artistic value.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2010-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5339
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2010-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Colorado
Idaho
Land transfers
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: 
Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to offer for disposal by competitive sale certain federal lands in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming, previously identified as suitable for disposal in the report submitted to Congress on May 27, 1997, pursuant to the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996. Requires such lands to be disposed of for not less than fair market value as determined by an independent appraiser. 
 
Requires the deposit of all net proceeds from the sale of such lands into the Treasury for the reduction of the public debt. 
 
Requires the Secretary to submit a report to Congress containing a list of any such federal lands that have not been sold and an update of such report, including an inventory of federal lands under the Secretary's administrative jurisdiction that are suitable for disposal. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Local Education Authority Returns Now Act

Bill: 111-hr-5340
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2010-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: 
Local Education Authority Returns Now Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make an annual determination of states that have chosen to opt-out of K-12 education grant programs.
 
Requires the Secretary of Education to determine credits due to states as opt-out state education amounts.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers in states that opt-out a refundable tax credit for a share of the opt-out amount creditable to such states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to document, predict, or mitigate the climate effects of specific Federal actions.

Bill: 111-hr-5342
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2010-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: 
Provides that compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) does not require consideration of: (1) the climate change effects or greenhouse gas emissions of a proposed action and alternative actions; or (2) the relationship of climate change effects or greenhouse gas emissions to a proposed action or alternatives, including the relationship to proposal design, environmental impacts, mitigation, and adaptation measures.
 
Prohibits the provisions of a draft, proposed, or final results of any analysis, study, mitigation measure, adaptation measure, environmental impact statement or similar analysis, design proposal, action, or alternative developed pursuant to NEPA (including regulations) relating to climate change effects or greenhouse gas emissions from being the basis for any enforceable measure or action under any other provision of law.
 
Declares that this Act does not preempt or interfere with: (1) any authority to consider the climate change effects or greenhouse gas emissions effects of proposed legislation or regulations specifically addressing greenhouse gas emissions; or (2) requirements to consider the potential climate change effects or greenhouse gas emission effects of proposals for agency action during planning or design processes under provisions of law other than NEPA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Advanced Biofuel Investment Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5343
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: 
Advanced Biofuel Investment Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a 30% energy tax credit for investment in qualified advanced biofuel production property. Defines &quot;qualified advanced biofuel production property&quot; as property used to produce biofuel which meets the definition of advanced biofuel in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 and has lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions that are at least 50% less than baseline lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions required by the Clean Air Act. Terminates such credit after 2015. 
 
Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment tax Act of 2009 to allow investors in qualified advanced biofuel production property a grant in lieu of a tax credit for investment in such property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-05-19
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: 2010-05-19
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Coastal Habitat Conservation Act

Bill: 111-hr-5344
Sponsor: Rep. Kratovil, Frank,  Jr. [D-MD-1]
Introduced: 2010-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Ecology
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Watersheds
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: 
Coastal Habitat Conservation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to carry out within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service a Coastal Program to: (1) identify the most important natural resource problems and solutions in priority coastal ecosystems in partnership with federal, state, local, and tribal governments, nongovernmental institutions, nonprofit organizations, and private individuals or corporate entities; (2) provide technical and financial support through partnerships with such governments, institutions, organizations, and private individuals for voluntary habitat assessment, protection, planning, restoration, and enhancement projects on public or private land; (3) assist in the development and implementation of monitoring protocols and adaptive management procedures so as to ensure the success of coastal ecosystem conservation and restoration measures; and (4) collaborate with partners and the public regarding methods and models for the conservation, restoration, and enhancement of coastal ecosystems. 
 
Requires the Secretary to employ youth volunteers and organizations that provide service opportunities for youths to carry out nonhazardous habitat restoration and enhancement activities.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Auto Safety Enhancement Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5345
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2010-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Government information and archives
Manufacturing
Motor vehicles
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: 
Consumer Auto Safety Enhancement Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to promulgate a rule that: (1) requires each motor vehicle manufacturer to equip each motor vehicle manufactured in model year 2012 or later with an event data recorder (EDR) that meets certain specifications; and (2) establishes a universal data retrieval method by which recorded data in an EDR may be retrieved and put into readable form regardless of manufacturer or model of the motor vehicle.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a process by which an individual or entity may transmit EDR data to the Secretary; and (2) create an EDR database for research and analysis.
 
Directs the Secretary to promulgate a rule that requires each motor vehicle manufacturer to ensure that the data recorded by an EDR in a motor vehicle manufactured before model year 2012 is capable of being read by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
 
Prohibits the retrieval of data stored in an EDR by any person other than the owner or lessee of the motor vehicle in which such device is installed, unless: (1) a court authorizes it, the owner or lessee consents, or the data is retrieved by a government motor vehicle safety agency; and (2) neither the personally identifiable information of the vehicle owner, lessee,or occupant nor the vehicle identification number (VIN) is publicly disclosed in connection with the data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Force Protection and Readiness Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5347
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]
Introduced: 2010-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Crime victims
Crimes against women
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Lawyers and legal services
Military personnel and dependents
Right of privacy
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-20
text: 
Force Protection and Readiness Act of 2010 - Grants, in cases arising under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) for communications made between an alleged victim of sexual assault and a Sexual Assault Victim Advocate of the Department of Defense (DOD), to an individual who consulted with such an Advocate, a victim service organization, or a health care professional the privilege of refusing to disclose a confidential communication made by the individual if such communication was made for the purpose of securing advice, counseling, treatment, or assistance in connection with a sexual assault or other sexual misconduct. Allows the privilege to be claimed by the individual's guardian or conservator. Provides exceptions.
 
Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned to provide for the expedited consideration of a request for a permanent change of military station or unit transfer submitted by a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty who was a victim of sexual assault or other sexual offense.
 
Codifies under federal law a required information database on sexual assault incidents involving members of the Armed Forces. Repeals a superseded requirement under the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009.
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a universal hotline to facilitate the reporting of sexual assault involving members of the Armed Forces.
 
Requires: (1) at least one full-time Sexual Assault Victim Advocate to be assigned to each battalion or equivalent military unit; and (2) appropriate training and certification of such advocates.
 
Requires a copy of the record of proceedings of a court-martial involving a sexual assault or other sexual offense to be given to the victim if the victim testified during the proceedings.
 
Directs the Secretary to provide a training module for judge advocates who serve as trial counsel to improve their ability to investigate and prosecute cases involving a sexual assault or other sexual offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2010-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Federal Workforce Reduction Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5348
Sponsor: Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-20
text: 
Federal Workforce Reduction Act of 2010 - Prohibits the head of an executive agency from appointing any individual to a position in the agency in any fiscal year for which the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) projects a federal budget deficit. Makes an exception if: (1) there is a position available in the federal workforce hiring pool (to be established by the President); and (2) the President approves an agency head's request for the allocation of a position in the pool to the agency.
 
Sets the number of positions in the hiring pool at zero as of the first day of FY2011, after which the number shall: (1) increase by .50 for each full time-equivalent position in any agency which subsequently becomes vacant; and (2) decrease by 1.0 for each request for a full time-equivalent position that is approved by the President. Authorizes the President to waive this limitation upon determining that such waiver is required by the existence of a state of war, other national security concern, or an extraordinary emergency threatening life, health, safety, or property.
 
 Exempts the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2010-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Cambodian Trade Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5349
Sponsor: Rep. Delahunt, Bill [D-MA-10]
Introduced: 2010-05-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Cambodia
Foreign loans and debt
Free trade and trade barriers
Human rights
International law and treaties
Racial and ethnic relations
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-20
text: 
Cambodian Trade Act of 2010 - Declares it is U.S. policy to: (1) support and encourage countries that comply with international agreements, respect human rights and the protection of refugee populations, and value and protect minority populations seeking asylum and protection from oppressive governments and regimes; and (2) assist refugees and minority populations seeking asylum and protection from oppressive governments and regimes.
 
Prohibits the United States from reducing or forgiving a debt owed by Cambodia to the United States.
 
Prohibits the extension of duty-free treatment to Cambodian textile or apparel articles imported into the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-20
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-05-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2010-05-20
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2010-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-20
text: Introduced in House