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Renewable Fuels Reinvestment Act

Bill: 111-hr-4940
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Income tax credits
Motor fuels
Sales and excise taxes
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
Renewable Fuels Reinvestment Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2015 the income and excise tax credits for alcohol used as fuel, the cellulosic biofuel producer tax credit, and the reduced credit for ethanol blenders.
 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend until 2016 the additional tariff on ethyl alcohol blends (ethanol) used as fuel. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Anti-Cash Smuggling Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4941
Sponsor: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Currency
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Judicial procedure and administration
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
Anti-Cash Smuggling Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to require reports concerning means of access to funds or the value of funds belonging or credited to a person, including electronic means and prepaid or stored cards (but not debit or credit cards).
 
Requires such reports to be filed when a person: (1) transports, is about to transport, or has transported a means of access to funds or the value of funds from a place in the United States to or through a place outside the United States, or to a place in the United States from or through a place outside the United States; or (2) receives a means of access to funds or the value of funds transported into the United States from or through a place outside the United States.
 
Authorizes either the Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to apply to a court for a search warrant upon a reasonable belief that: (1) a monetary instrument or a tangible mechanism that constitutes a means of access to funds or the value of funds is being transported; and (2) a required report has not been filed or contains a material omission or misstatement. 
 
Authorizes a customs officer to stop and search, at the border and without a search warrant, any vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or other conveyance, any envelope or other container, and any person entering or departing from the United States.
 
Subjects violations of this Act to criminal and civil forfeiture.
 
Revises penalties and procedures regarding smuggling of cash, monetary instruments, and means of access to funds or the value of funds into or out of the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
VA Energy Act

Bill: 111-hr-4942
Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Coal
Energy revenues and royalties
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Intergovernmental relations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Nuclear power
Oil and gas
State and local finance
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
Virginia Access to Energy Act or the VA Energy Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct offshore oil and gas Lease Sale 220 on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) by as soon as practicable, but not later than one year, after the date the Secretary receives a petition from the governor requesting that the lease sale be conducted.
 
Provides for the disposition of revenues received from such lease sale for both federal and non-federal purposes, including payments to the state of Virginia.
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Alternative Energy Trust Fund, consisting of a portion of such revenues, which may be used for making grants for a coal and related technologies program, solar and wind technologies, and nuclear power loan guarantees, among other things.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2010-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to House Science and Technology
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Science and Technology, 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: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E492-493)
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Informed Taxpayers' Federal Government Annual Reporting Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4943
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-22]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Government information and archives
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
Informed Taxpayers' Federal Government Annual Reporting Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prepare for each fiscal year and include in any published instructions for filling out a federal income tax return and on the homepage of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) website a three-part report containing: (1) federal revenues, outlays, the budget deficit or surplus, and total gross federal debt for the fiscal year and the preceding fiscal year; (2) the number of income tax filers and nonfilers among U.S. households, the number of filers who have an income tax liability greater than zero for the current taxable year, the amount of the total gross federal debt for the fiscal year per such filer, and the difference between the debt per filer for the fiscal year and the preceding fiscal year; and (3) estimates, for the succeeding fiscal year and each of the next 10 fiscal years, of the federal revenues, outlays, and budget deficits or surpluses, the aggregate of such revenues and outlays and the net of such deficits and surpluses, and the average total amount of the total gross federal debt.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E495)
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Census Oversight Efficiency and Management Reform Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4945
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
Census Oversight Efficiency and Management Reform Act of 2010 - Requires the individual appointed as Director of the Census to have a demonstrated ability in management and experience in the collection, analysis, and use of statistical data.
 
Provides that: (1) the Director shall report directly to the Secretary of Commerce; and (2) no U.S. officer or agency shall have authority to require the Director to submit legislative recommendations, testimony, or comments for review prior to the submission to Congress if such submission includes a statement indicating that the views expressed are those of the Bureau of the Census and do not necessarily represent the views of the President.
 
Requires the term of office of the Director to be five years and to begin on January 1, 2012, and every fifth year thereafter. Prohibits an individual from serving more than two full terms as Director. Sets forth provisions governing: (1) vacancies in and removal from office; and (2) the authorities and duties of the Director. Establishes the position of Deputy Director of the Census.
 
Requires the Director to: (1) provide a plan to Congress on how the Bureau will test, develop, and implement an Internet response option for the 2020 Census and the American Community Survey; and (2) submit to the appropriate congressional committees, by the date of submission of the President's budget request for a fiscal year, a comprehensive status report on the next decennial census.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E493)
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
10th Amendment Regulatory Reform Act

Bill: 111-hr-4946
Sponsor: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Federal district courts
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial review and appeals
Jurisdiction and venue
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
10th Amendment Regulatory Reform Act - Authorizes a designated state official to file with the head of a federal agency proposing a rule, during the period when the proposed rule is required to be open for public comment, a legal brief challenging the constitutionality of the rule under the Tenth Amendment. 
 
Directs the agency head: (1) to notify the designated official of each state within 15 days after such a brief is filed; (2) to post prominently on the agency's primary Web page a link to the brief; and (3) within 15 days after posting such link, to certify in writing that such rulemaking does not violate the Tenth Amendment and post the certification prominently on the front page of the agency's website, unless the agency determines it will not put the proposed rule into effect.
 
Authorizes a state official who decides to challenge a federal rule on the grounds that it violates the Tenth Amendment to elect to file a legal action in U.S. district court for the district in which the official's place of business is located. Directs the relevant U.S. Court of Appeals, at the request of a designated state official, to grant expedited review of a decision by a district court in such a case.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Reserve Retirement Deployment Credit Correction Act

Bill: 111-hr-4947
Sponsor: Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
Reserve Retirement Deployment Credit Correction Act - Removes the requirement that days of active duty or active service used to reduce the minimum age at which a member of the reserves may retire for non-regular (reserve) service must occur in the same fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to clarify the role of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma in maintaining the W.D. Mayo Lock and Dam in Oklahoma.

Bill: 111-hr-4948
Sponsor: Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Licensing and registrations
Oklahoma

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to modify provisions authorizing the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma to design and construct hydroelectric generating facilities at the W.D. Mayo Lock and Dam on the Arkansas River in Oklahoma.
 
Requires the Cherokee Nation to obtain any permit required by federal or state law before the date on which construction begins on such facilities, except for any licensing requirements under the Federal Power Act related to the construction, operation, and maintenance of hydroelectric generating facilities. Authorizes: (1) such Nation to initiate design and construction only after the Secretary of the Army reviews and approves the plans and specifications; and (2) the Secretary to accept and use funds offered by such Nation to carry out the design and construction.
 
Requires the Cherokee Nation to: (1) bear all costs associated with the design and construction; (2) provide any funds necessary for such design and construction to the Secretary prior to the Secretary initiating activities related to such design and construction; (3) hold all title to any hydroelectric generating facility constructed under this Act and allows such Nation to assign such title to a third party, subject to the Secretary's approval; (4) be solely responsible for the operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilitation of any such facility; and (5) release and indemnify the United States from all liabilities that may arise out of such design and construction.
 
Authorizes: (1) the Secretary to provide any technical and construction management assistance that is requested by the Cherokee Nation relating to such design and construction; and (2) such Nation to enter into agreements necessary to carry out this Act with the Secretary or a third party.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2010-03-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
World Class Military Medical Facilities Act

Bill: 111-hr-4949
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Building construction
Department of Defense
District of Columbia
Executive agency funding and structure
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Maryland
Military medicine
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
World Class Military Medical Facilities Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to disestablish the Joint Task Force National Capital Region Medical.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish an office responsible for implementing all recommendations and requirements regarding military medical facilities in the National Capital Region (Region) contained in the report of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, or any other provision of law. Makes the Deputy Secretary of Defense the head of such office.
 
Requires such office to assume responsibility for the development and implementation of the comprehensive master plan to provide sufficient world-class military medical facilities and an integrated system of health care delivery for the Region.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a unified construction standard for military construction and repairs for such facilities.
 
Authorizes appropriations to implement such standard at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish the Independent Review Panel for Military Medical Care in the National Capital Region to advise the Secretary on whether the proposed design and organizational structure for military medical facilities in the Region will achieve a world-class military medical facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4950
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2010 - Amends federal bankruptcy law to: (1) increase the limits governing trustee compensation in a case under chapter 7; and (2) authorize the court, in determining the amount of reasonable compensation to be awarded to a trustee under chapter 7, to treat such compensation as a commission. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for participation in the Exchange of the President, Vice-President, Members of Congress, political appointees, and congressional staff.

Bill: 111-hr-4951
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Members of Congress
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to require the participation of the President, Vice President, each Member of Congress, each political appointee, and each Congressional employee in state Exchanges established for the purchase of health care coverage under such Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and 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: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Haiti Assistance Implementation, Transparency, and Inspection Act

Bill: 111-hr-4952
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Caribbean area
Economic development
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Government studies and investigations
Haiti
Latin America
Natural disasters
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
Haiti Assistance Implementation, Transparency, and Inspection Act or HAITI Act - Establishes, in the Executive Office of the President, the Office of the Special Coordinator for Assistance to Haiti which shall: (1) advise the President on U.S. government programs for the relief and development of Haiti; (2) implement a comprehensive strategy for such programs' coordination and oversight; and (3) directly approve such programs.
 
Terminates the Office two years after enactment of this Act.
 
Directs the Special Coordinator to promote partnerships between the U.S. government and private entities (including foundations, universities, corporations, community-based organizations, and other nongovernmental organizations) in or on behalf of Haiti.
 
Establishes the Office of the Special Inspector General for Assistance to Haiti which shall provide for the independent and objective conduct and supervision of audits and investigations relating to U.S. government programs for the relief and development of Haiti. 
 
Directs the Special Inspector General to appoint a Special Assistant Inspector General for Auditing and a Special Assistant Inspector General for Investigations. 
 
Terminates the Office 180 days after the date on which unexpended amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for U.S. government programs for the relief and development of Haiti are less than $25 million.
 
Directs the President to: (1) ensure that U.S. government programs for the relief and development of Haiti are grounded in an exhaustive U.S. assessment of Haiti's development needs and capacity; and (2) seek to lead efforts to ensure that any pledged international assistance for Haiti is based on defined objectives and includes measures that provide for mutual accountability and oversight.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Mortgage Servicing Conflict Elimination Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4953
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Brad [D-NC-13]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
 Mortgage Servicing Conflict Elimination Act of 2010 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit the servicer of a residential mortgage loan (or an affiliate) from owning or holding any interest in any other residential mortgage loan secured by the same dwelling or residential real property. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House