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Balkan Counter-Extremism and Security Act

Bill: 111-hr-4728
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2010-03-02 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Europe
Foreign aid and international relief
International organizations and cooperation
Kosovo
Macedonia
Montenegro
Romania
Serbia
Terrorism
User charges and fees
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: 
Balkan Counter-Extremism and Security Act - Authorizes the President to provide assistance to Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia (countries of the Balkan region) to facilitate cooperation between the United States and such countries on counter-extremism and counter-terrorism efforts.
 
Provides such assistance on a three-tiered scale based upon a country's compliance with specified requirements.
 
Increases by $1.00 the fee for processing nonimmigrant visas for applicants from such countries through January 1, 2015.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
To clarify the situations in which a corporation may be treated as a person under Federal law.

Bill: 111-hr-4729
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39]
Introduced: 2010-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Civil actions and liability
Contracts and agency
Corporate finance and management
Due process and equal protection
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Property rights

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: 
Prohibits a corporation from being considered a person under federal law for any purpose, including voting, running for office, or donating funds to a political action candidate.
 
Provides that a corporation shall be considered a person under federal law only for the purposes of: (1) exercising rights to due process; (2) participating in any manner of a civil action; (3) participating in a contract; (4) the right to own property; or (5) the ability to declare bankruptcy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Tax Credits for Jobs Now Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4730
Sponsor: Rep. Schauer, Mark H. [D-MI-7]
Introduced: 2010-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: 
Tax Credits for Jobs Now Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code allow employers a refundable tax credit for increasing aggregate employee wages paid in 2010 over those paid in 2009, and for increasing aggregate employee wages paid in 2011 over those paid in 2010. Increases the rate of such credit for increasing wage payments in high unemployment states (states with an unemployment rage of at least 8.5%). Limits the annual amount of such credit to $500,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1034-1035)
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Options for Dental Fillings Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4731
Sponsor: Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2010-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Dental care
Health care costs and insurance
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: 
Medicaid Options for Dental Fillings Act of 2010 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the cost-sharing charged for a resin-based filling from exceeding: (1) the amount charged in the state for a mercury-based dental filling on January 1, 2010; or (2) the amount that the state charges for such a filling if less than the amount charged on that date.
 
Prescribes a formula for determining Medicaid provider reimbursement rates for resin-based dental fillings. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Compassionate Access Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4732
Sponsor: Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2010-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Advisory bodies
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Health care coverage and access
Medical research
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: 
Compassionate Access Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to permit an investigational drug, biological product, or device to be made available for expanded access under a treatment investigational new drug application or treatment investigational device exemption if specified Compassionate Investigational Access requirements are met.
 
Gives immunity to the manufacturer, distributor, administrator, sponsor, or physician from suit or liability relating to products approved under this Act. 

Establishes a procedure for accelerated approval of an investigational drug, biological product, or device that is reasonably likely to predict clinical benefit to a patient suffering from a serious or life-threatening condition.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish: (1) the Accelerated Approval Advisory Committee; (2) a new program to expand access to investigational treatments for individuals with serious or life threatening conditions and diseases; and (3) a demonstration project under the Medicare program to pay for drugs, biological, products, and devices approved under this Act.
 
Requires the Secretary to consider the clinical judgment and risks to the patient from the disease or condition in evaluating the safety and effectiveness of drugs, biological products, and devices that treat serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions, including the evaluation of nonstatistical information.

Requires any committee evaluating investigational drugs, devices, or biological product applications to have at least two patient representatives as voting members.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2010-03-02
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act

Bill: 111-hr-4733
Sponsor: Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2010-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural practices and innovations
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Livestock
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: 
Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act - Declares that it is U.S. policy that the raising of livestock for food production shall be consistent with the basic principles of animal welfare.
 
Prohibits a federal agency from purchasing any food product derived from a pig during pregnancy, a calf raised for veal, or an egg-laying hen used or intended for use in food production (covered animal) unless that animal, during the entire period covered by that definition, was provided adequate space to stand up, lie down, turn around freely, and fully extend all limbs. Exempts a covered animal: (1) during lawful transport; (2) during the slaughter of the animal in compliance with the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958 and other applicable law and regulations; (3) in lawful rodeo exhibitions, state or county fair exhibitions, or other similar exhibitions; (4) in lawful scientific or agricultural research; (5) while undergoing an examination, test, treatment, or operation for individualized veterinary purposes to improve the animal's well-being; or (6) in the case of a pig during pregnancy, during the seven-day period immediately before the date the pig is expected to give birth.
 
Provides that nothing in this Act shall modify, limit, or repeal any law or preempt any state or local law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Referred to House Agriculture
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2010-03-02
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Increased Program Access Act

Bill: 111-hr-4734
Sponsor: Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2010-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child care and development
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Poverty and welfare assistance
Rural conditions and development
Transportation costs
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: 
Increased Program Access Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to reimburse summer food service programs for children in service institutions and food programs for children in afterschool care for free meals or snacks served to children in areas where at least 40% (currently, 50%) of the children meet the income eligibility criteria for free or reduced price meals under the school lunch and breakfast programs. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to award competitive grants to service institutions to increase participation at congregate feeding sites in summer food service programs for children through innovative approaches to limited transportation in underserved areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that persons having seriously delinquent tax debts shall be ineligible for Federal employment.

Bill: 111-hr-4735
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2010-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: 
Amends federal civil service law to make an individual who has a seriously delinquent tax debt ineligible to be appointed, or to continue serving, as a federal employee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Energy Education Loan Forgiveness Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4736
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Charles A. [D-OH-6]
Introduced: 2010-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural practices and innovations
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Building construction
Coal
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Nuclear power
Oil and gas
Solid waste and recycling
Student aid and college costs
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: 
Energy Education Loan Forgiveness Act of 2010 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to provide student loan forgiveness under the Federal Family Education Loan, Direct Loan, and Perkins Loans programs to individuals who have been employed for at least one year after this Act's enactment as full-time skilled energy workers in advanced energy industries.
 
Limits the maximum amount of such loan forgiveness to $2,000 after the first year of a skilled energy worker's employment, with incremental increases after each of the following four years, reaching $5,000 of the loan obligation of the borrower outstanding after the completion of the fifth year.
 
Includes as advanced energy industries those involved in: (1) alternative energy; (2) nuclear energy; (3) energy efficient construction, retrofitting, and design; (4) sustainable energy technologies; (5) water and energy conservation; (6) recycling and waste reduction; (7) advanced agriculture; (8) carbon sequestration and storage; (9) natural gas drilling; and (10) clean coal production.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1033-1034)
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Introduced in House
HUD Demonstration Improvement Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4737
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2010-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: 
HUD Demonstration Improvement Act of 2010 - Amends the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 with respect to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) community development and affordable housing programs.
 
Adds the National Urban League and the Housing Partnership Network to the list of entities eligible for HUD assistance to develop the capacity and ability of community development corporations and community housing development organizations to undertake community development and affordable housing projects and programs.
 
Allows the use of such assistance in urban and rural areas.
 
Directs the HUD Secretary, by notice, to require an entity, as a condition of eligibility for such assistance for a fiscal year, to submit a plan describing the manner in which the entity will use such assistance, including descriptions meeting specified requirements. (Thus replaces the requirement that the HUD Secretary establish necessary requirements to carry out the Act.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of Department of Defense military installations in the United States, its territories or possessions for the prosecution of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Bill: 111-hr-4738
Sponsor: Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2010-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Appropriations
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Jurisdiction and venue
Military law
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: 
Prohibits any Department of Defense (DOD) installation in the United States or its territories and possessions from being used to commence or continue a prosecution in an Article III court of any individual suspected of involvement in the attacks on the United States and its citizens on September 11, 2001, who is not a citizen of the United States and is subject to the jurisdiction of a military commission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce the limit on the amount of certain contributions which may be made to a candidate with respect to an election for Federal office.

Bill: 111-hr-4739
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2010-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: 
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce from $2,000 to $1,000 the maximum amount of contributions that any person may make to any candidate with respect to election for federal office. 
 
Requires adjustment to such amount (indexing) for inflation after 2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Jobs for Urban Sustainability in America Act

Bill: 111-hr-4740
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2010-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Financial crises and stabilization
Trade adjustment assistance
Unemployment
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: 
Jobs for Urban Sustainability in America Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to make additional grants from unobligated Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to: (1) cities with high unemployment (with a population of at least 600,000 and an unemployment rate of 10% or more) for public works, training, and economic development projects; and (2) firms adversely affected by import competition which are assisted under the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms Program.
 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to make grants from such funds to carry out adult and dislocated worker employment and training activities under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 in cities with high unemployment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1151)
action_date: 2010-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2010-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2010-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, and 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: 2010-03-03
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Clean Energy Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4741
Sponsor: Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2010-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Education programs funding
Electric power generation and transmission
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Energy research
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Nuclear power
Radioactive wastes and releases
Research and development
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: 
Clean Energy Act of 2010 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to: (1) revise provisions of the loan guarantee program for innovative technologies relating to the definition of commercial technology, subrogation, and fees; and (2) direct the Secretary of Energy, in carrying out the Nuclear Power 2010 Program, to offer to enter into cooperative agreements with reactor manufacturers and electric utilities to license certain small nuclear reactors.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress supporting the convening by the President of a blue-ribbon panel for the development of a federal nuclear waste policy. 
 
Authorizes appropriations for FY2011-FY2020 to carry out: (1) the education and training of a nuclear workforce; (2) nuclear reactor uprate and lifetime-extension research; and (3) clean energy research and development activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Referred to House Science and Technology
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science and Technology, and 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: 2010-03-03
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Introduced in House