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Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act

Bill: 111-hr-5402
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska
Asia
Conflicts and wars
Federal-Indian relations
Forests, forestry, trees
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Pipelines
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Vietnam
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: 
Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act - Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) with respect to the open season during which certain Alaska Native Vietnam veterans are eligible to file for allotments of up to two parcels of federal land totaling up to 160 acres. 
 
Revises the requirement that allotments may be selected only from lands that were vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved on the date when the person eligible for the allotment first used and occupied them. Allows allotments to be selected from vacant federal lands or lands that have been selected or conveyed to the state of Alaska or a Native Corporation, if the state or Corporation voluntarily relinquishes or conveys to the United States for allotment.
 
Limits the prohibition against the conveyance of certain allotments to: (1) lands in the right-of-way granted for the TransAlaska Pipeline; or (2) the inner or outer corridor of that right-of-way withdrawal. Repeals the prohibition against conveying allotments containing wilderness lands, National Forest Lands, lands in a recorded mining claim, home sites, trade and manufacturing sites, reindeer sites, and cemetery sites, among others.
 
Limits the eligibility for allotments to veterans who served between August 5, 1964, and May 7, 1975. Allows an heir to apply for and receive the allotment.
 
Allows a Native Corporation to select an equal amount of acres of appropriate federal land in Alaska to replace lands voluntarily relinquished or conveyed to the United States for allotment.
 
Permits any person who made an allotment selection under ANCSA before the enactment of this Act to withdraw it and reselect lands if those originally selected were not conveyed to that person before the enactment of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Defense to temporarily adjust the reimbursement rates for TRICARE claims in Alaska.

Bill: 111-hr-5403
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alaska
Congressional oversight
Health personnel
Military medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD), during FY2011-FY2012, to ensure that payment for services by an individual health care professional located in Alaska for which a claim is submitted under TRICARE (a DOD managed health care program) is in an amount determined to be appropriate under the reimbursement rules that apply to payments for similar services under the VA Alaska Fee Schedule used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA).
 
Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to the congressional defense and appropriations committees on the rates for reimbursing TRICARE claims in Alaska.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize space-available travel on military aircraft for a member or former member of a reserve component who is eligible for retired pay but for age and for dependents of the member who accompany the retiree.

Bill: 111-hr-5404
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: 
Requires transportation on Department of Defense (DOD) aircraft, on a space-available basis and on the same basis as members of the Armed Forces entitled to retired pay, for: (1) reserve members or former members eligible for retired pay but for attaining the required age (generally 60); and (2) any dependent of such member, if accompanying the member.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in House
To provide for a visitor center for visitors to Yosemite National Park, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-5405
Sponsor: Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19]
Introduced: 2010-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Building construction
California
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Intergovernmental relations
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Mining
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
State and local government operations
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire not more than 18 acres of lands and interests from willing sellers outside of the boundaries of Yosemite National Park near the junction of highways CA-49 and CA-140 in Mariposa, California, to provide a site or sites for visitor services and administrative purposes. 
 
Permits the use of federal and other available funds for the construction, management, and maintenance of permanent improvements to provide visitor services and administrative facilities on acquired lands and interests. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) partner with Mariposa County on land use planning related to the acquired lands and interests; and (2) consider the feasibility of allowing the state of California to locate the California State Mining and Mineral Museum on such lands and interests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E947)
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Corporate Subsidy Reform Commission Act

Bill: 111-hr-5406
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2010-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Budget process
Competition and antitrust
Congressional agencies
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: 
Corporate Subsidy Reform Commission Act - Establishes in the legislative branch an independent commission, to be known as the Corporate Subsidy Reform Commission, to: (1) examine and identify federal programs and laws that provide inequitable federal subsidies (federal government payments to a corporation or business [other than a nonprofit organization, a state or local government, or Indian tribe] that provide an unfair competitive advantage or financial windfall and that are not awarded for purposes in the broad public interest on a competitive basis); (2) review such subsidies; and (3) submit to Congress recommendations regarding the termination, modification, or retention of such subsidies.
 
Requires the head of each federal department or agency to include in its budget justification documents submitted for FY2012 a list of all programs and laws administered by that department or agency determined to provide inequitable federal subsidies, together with recommendations to the Commission regarding their termination, modification, or retention. Directs the Commission to review such recommendations, and report review results to Congress. Requires the Comptroller General to: (1) assist the Commission during any such reviews; and (2) submit to Congress an analysis of the lists, statements, and recommendations of each department or agency.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that, following submission of the Commission's report, Congress should promptly consider legislation that would enact changes in federal statutes necessary to implement Commission recommendations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2010-05-26
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Program Reform Commission Act

Bill: 111-hr-5407
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2010-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional agencies
Congressional operations and organization
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: 
Program Reform Commission Act - Establishes within the legislative branch an independent Program Reform Commission to: (1) identify federal programs that are no longer necessary or that merit modification; and (2) report to Congress with recommendations for termination, modification, or retention of such programs. 
 
Requires the head of each federal department or agency to include in budget documents submitted for FY2012 a list of programs that it determines are no longer necessary, together with a detailed description of each program in question and recommendations for appropriate action. Directs the Commission to conduct public hearings regarding, and to review, the termination, modification, or retention of all such programs.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that, following submission of the Commission's report, the House of Representatives and the Senate should promptly consider legislation to implement the Commission's recommendations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Identity Theft Improvement Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5408
Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2010-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Evidence and witnesses
Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: 
Identity Theft Improvement Act of 2010 - Amends the federal criminal code to eliminate the requirement in a prosecution for identity theft that the prosecution must prove that the defendant knew that the stolen identification documents belonged to another person. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E951)
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Residential Construction Lending Act

Bill: 111-hr-5409
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Brad [D-NC-13]
Introduced: 2010-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Building construction
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
Real estate business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: 
Residential Construction Lending Act - Establishes within the Department of the Treasury a three-year Residential Construction Loan Guarantee Program to guarantee loans made to eligible home building companies for viable building projects.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) approve any insured depository institution submitting a full and complete application for participation in the Program; (2) guarantee the loans on a first-come-first-served basis; and (3) review yearly all loans made by each insured depository institution that are guaranteed under the Program. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to suspend or terminate any insured depository institution's future participation in the Program if that institution has engaged in fraud or abuse with respect to it, or has consistently made loans guaranteed under the Program that are not repaid by the borrower in accordance with the loan terms.
 

 
Sets forth loan eligibility criteria that include restricting loans to the acquisition, development, and construction of residential developments that have locally approved development plans and that create immediate job opportunities.
 
Permits multiple loan guarantees, with a federal guarantee at 80% of each loan.
 
Requires one-third of guarantees to be made in areas with the greatest unmet need for residential construction financing.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Accountability in Corporate Political Activity Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5410
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2010-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business ethics
Congressional elections
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: 
Accountability in Corporate Political Activity Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit a corporation organized by authority of any law of Congress from engaging in any campaign-related activity if the corporation has been subject to: (1) any federal criminal penalty; (2) a civil money penalty under this Act; or (3) a civil money penalty under any other federal law in an amount equal to or greater than $1 million.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Early-Stage Business Investment and Incubation Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5411
Sponsor: Rep. Kosmas, Suzanne M. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2010-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Manufacturing
Marketing and advertising
Research and development
Small business
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: 
Early-Stage Business Investment and Incubation Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish an early-stage business investment and incubation grant program (program) to support the development of early-stage businesses engaged primarily in the research, development, manufacturing, production, or marketing of specified technologies, aerospace, communications, or transportation. Limits individual grants to $5 million. Requires each grant recipient under the program to: (1) designate an individual as the grant fund manager; (2) establish a grant investment committee; and (3) assign to each assisted business a grant collaborator. Directs the Secretary to monitor and evaluate program effectiveness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2010-05-26
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Asset Investment and Modernization (AIM) Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5412
Sponsor: Rep. Bean, Melissa L. [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2010-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government lending and loan guarantees
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: 
Small Business Asset Investment and Modernization (AIM) Act of 2010 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 concerning the 504 program (Small Business Administration [SBA] financings to small businesses through certified development companies) to increase maximum program loan amounts.
 
Authorizes the Administrator of the SBA, from the date of enactment of this Act through FY2012, to approve under such program the refinancing of indebtedness that is secured by a lien on commercial real estate or equipment of a small business, under specified terms and conditions. Limits to $7.5 billion the total amount of such financing in a fiscal year. Authorizes the Administrator, in order to carry out such program, to make personnel appointments of at least one year and not more than six years. Allows the Administrator to eliminate the pension offset for the reemployment of retired federal employees for such purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3842-3843)
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5413
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2010-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: California
Government trust funds
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Water use and supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: 
Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 - Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the Pechanga Settlement Agreement. 
 

 
Ratifies, confirms, and declares valid the Tribal Water Right which shall be held in trust by the United States for the use and benefit of the Band and allottees. 
 
States that the Band shall: (1) have authority to use, allocate, and lease the Tribal Water Right; and (2) enact a Pechanga Water Code.
 
Authorizes the execution of waivers of claims by the Band and the United States with respect to Santa Margarita River Watershed water rights and with respect subsidence damage to lands within the Reservation. 
 
Directs the Secretary to provide specified funds: (1) to fulfill the Band's obligations under the Recycled Water Infrastructure Agreement and the ESAA Capacity Agreement; (2) for the Storage Pond and the Demineralization and Brine Disposal Project; (3) to fulfill the Band's obligations under the Recycled Water Infrastructure Agreement for the Storage Pond's design and construction; and (4) for Interim Capacity and Permanent Capacity.
 
 Establishes in the Treasury the Pechanga Settlement Fund.
 
Repeals this Act and voids any related agreements effective January 1, 2016, if the Secretary does not publish a statement of findings required under this Act by December 31, 2015. Returns any appropriations and unobligated amounts to the general fund of the Treasury.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in House
National DWI Victims Memorial Designation Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5415
Sponsor: Rep. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2010-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Monuments and memorials
New Mexico
Roads and highways
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: 
National DWI Victims Memorial Designation Act of 2010 - Designates the Memorial of Perpetual Tears, located adjacent to Interstate 40 in Moriarity, New Mexico, as the National DWI Victims Memorial.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Elko Motocross and Tribal Conveyance Act

Bill: 111-hr-5416
Sponsor: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2010-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Motor vehicles
Nevada
Sports and recreation facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: 
Elko Motocross and Tribal Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Elko County, Nevada, without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approximately 300 acres of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Elko District, Nevada, as depicted on the map as &quot;Elko Motocross Park.&quot; Requires the land conveyed to be used only: (1) as a motocross, off-highway vehicle, and stock car racing area; or (2) for any other public purpose consistent with the Recreation and Public Purposes Act.
 
Holds in trust by the United States for the benefit and use of the Te-moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada and makes a part of the Tribe's reservation approximately 373 acres of BLM administered land identified on a specified map as &quot;Lands to be Held in Trust.&quot; Prohibits class II or III gaming on such land. Limits the use of such land to: (1) traditional and customary uses; (2) stewardship conservation for the benefit of the Tribe; and (3) residential or recreational development, or commercial use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in House