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To require that hunting activities be a land use in all management plans for Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture to the extent that such use is not clearly incompatible with the purposes for which the Federal land is managed, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-5673
Sponsor: Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2010-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: 
Requires an agency with jurisdiction over federal land, when developing or considering approval of a management plan, to ensure that hunting activities are allowed as a use of such land to the extent that such use is not clearly incompatible with the purposes for which the federal land is managed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2010-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2010-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to House Agriculture
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Mercury Reduction and Energy Security Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5674
Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2010-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Air quality
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: 
Mercury Reduction and Energy Security Act of 2010 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require affected units (coal-fired electric steam generating units that have nameplate capacities greater than 25 megawatts and generate electricity for sale) to reduce mercury emissions by the less stringent limitation of: (1) 80% capture of inlet mercury or an emission rate of 1.6 pounds of mercury per trillion British thermal units (Btu) of input coal for the period beginning on January 1, 2012, and ending December 31, 2014; and (2) 90% capture of inlet mercury or an emission rate of 0.8 pounds of mercury per trillion Btu of input coal by 2015 and each year thereafter.
 
Specifies methods that owners or operators of affected units are required to use as reference methods in calibrating the instruments used to measure the mercury concentrations in emissions from affected units.
 
Establishes excess emissions penalties for mercury. Sets forth compliance provisions.
 
Authorizes: (1) owners or operators of affected units that fail to achieve such limitations to request an alternate emission limitation; (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish alternate limitations if the Administrator determines that the owner or operator has properly installed and operated continuous emissions monitoring system and control technology designed to achieve such limitations and is unable to achieve such limitations; and (3) the Administrator, after granting alternate limitations, to impose more stringent emissions limitations in subsequent years. Makes such alternate limitations effective January 1, 2015. 
 
Provides that this Act supersedes any other requirement in such Act with regard to the emission of mercury from electric utility steam generating units.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Universal Access to Methamphetamine Treatment Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5678
Sponsor: Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3]
Introduced: 2010-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug therapy
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Family relationships
Federal-Indian relations
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Prescription drugs
Research administration and funding
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: 
Universal Access to Methamphetamine Treatment Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to: (1) increase the availability of treatment for methamphetamine abuse; (2) provide vouchers to individuals in underserved populations for authorized services related to such treatment; and (3) establish programs to provide for and coordinate the provision of wrap-around services, such as medical services, job training services, and housing assistance, to methamphetamine-affected individuals.
 
Revises the grant program to provide residential substance abuse treatment to pregnant and postpartum women to: (1) make caregiver parents eligible for such program; (2) make Indian tribes and tribal organizations eligible for grants; and (3) set forth the priority for allocation of grants.
 
Requires the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse to conduct research on the effectiveness of the use of agonist and antagonist drugs to reduce the problems associated with stimulant abuse, including methamphetamine abuse.
 
Requires the Secretary to seek to enter into a contract with the Institute of Medicine to complete a literature review on the effectiveness of agonist and antagonist drugs for the treatment of stimulant abuse, including methamphetamine abuse.
 
Requires the Comptroller General to study: (1) the impact of the programs authorized by this Act on the effectiveness and availability of treatment for methamphetamine abuse; (2) how the level of federal funding available for such treatment compares to the amount necessary to provide adequate treatment; and (3) the impact of effective treatment of methamphetamine abuse on cost savings due to the reduced need for criminal justice and other services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
End the Stimulus Advertisement Act

Bill: 111-hr-5679
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2010-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Financial crises and stabilization
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: 
 End the Stimulus Advertisement Act - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) for physical signage indicating that a project is funded by such Act.
 
States that under appropriations Acts providing funds for each of FY2011-FY2012 the total amount available for obligation for administrative expenses of an affected agency shall be the amount that would otherwise be available, reduced by 50% of the amount reported to have been expended before the enactment of this Act.
 
Requires the head of each affected agency to report to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a determination of the amount of funds expended before the enactment of this Act, if any, by the agency, or any grantee or other recipient of assistance from the agency, for physical signage indicating that a project was funded by the ARRA.
 
Requires OMB to determine, and report to Congress on, the allocation of such reduction among the accounts, and programs, projects, and activities within the accounts of each affected agency.
 
 Requires the head of each affected agency to deposit each amount of the reduction in the general fund of the Treasury for purposes of deficit reduction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
United States Marshals Service 225th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 111-hr-5680
Sponsor: Rep. Boozman, John [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2010-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Commemorative events and holidays
Crimes against children
Currency
Department of Justice
Higher education
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: 
United States Marshals Service 225th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in commemoration of the 225th anniversary of the establishment of the United States Marshals Service, to mint and issue $5 gold and $1 silver coins emblematic of the 225 years of exemplary and unparalleled achievements of the U.S. Marshals Service.
 
Requires all such coin sales to include a surcharge of: (1) $35 per $5 coin; and (2) $10 per $1 coin. Requires distribution of the first $5 million to the Director of the United States Marshals Service National Museum, for the preservation, maintenance, and display of artifacts and documents of the U.S. Marshals Service. Requires distribution of: (1) $1 million to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; (2) $1 million to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund in support of the National Law Enforcement Museum and the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial; (3) $1 million to the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association; (4) $500,000 to the William &quot;Bill&quot; Degan Scholarship Fund (provides scholarships for spouses and children of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty); (5) $500,000 to the Robert D. May Scholarship Fund (provides scholarships for spouses and children of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty); (6) $500,000 to the Community Oriented Policing Service; and (7) $500,000 to the United States Marshals Service Association.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to strike and sell bronze duplicates of the $5 gold coins. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
To improve certain administrative operations of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-5683
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1]
Introduced: 2010-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Architect of the Capitol
Congressional agencies
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: 
Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 to increase from up to 12 to up to 32 the number of positions under the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) jurisdiction for which the AOC may fix the rate of basic pay at a rate not to exceed the highest total rate of pay for the Senior Executive Service for the locality involved.
 
Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 to specify that any multiyear contract for the acquisition of property the AOC is authorized to enter into may include a lease for between one and 10 program years.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the establishment of supermarkets in certain underserved areas.

Bill: 111-hr-5685
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2010-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Food industry and services
Fruit and vegetables
Income tax credits
Retail and wholesale trades
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the rate of the rehabilitation tax credit for a supermarket building placed in service after December 31, 2010, and before January 1, 2013, in an underserved area (i.e., any enterprise community or empowerment zone and any renewal community); (2) increase by $1,000 the amount of wages paid to an employee of a supermarket in an underserved area that is eligible for the work opportunity tax credit; and (3) allow a business-related tax credit for 15% of the gross receipts from the retail sale of locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables in a supermarket in an underserved area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
STOP Act

Bill: 111-hr-5686
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2010-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Accidents
Corporate finance and management
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: 
Stand by your Oil Pollution Act or the STOP Act - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to: (1) extend liability to any corporation, partnership, or other person (other than an individual) having an ownership interest exceeding 25% in any responsible party; and (2) limit such an entity's liability with respect to an incident (any occurrence or series of occurrences having the same origin, involving vessels and facilities, resulting in the discharge or substantial threat of discharge of oil) to no more than the percentage of the entity's aggregate ownership interests in all other responsible parties with respect to such incident. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2010-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (E1283-1284)
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Underserved Area Nursing Relief Restoration Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5687
Sponsor: Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2010-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Nursing
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: 
Underserved Area Nursing Relief Restoration Act of 2010 - Amends the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act of 1999 to extend the H-1C visa program providing nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Law Enforcement Torture Prevention Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5688
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2010-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Law enforcement officers
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: 
Law Enforcement Torture Prevention Act of 2010 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a prison term of up to 10 years on any person who, acting under color of federal, state, or local law, commits, or attempts or conspires to commit, torture. Increases such prison term to any term of years or life if death results from such torture. Defines &quot;torture&quot; to mean intentionally inflicting severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, on a person for such purposes as obtaining from that person or another person information or a confession, punishing that person, or intimidating or coercing that person or another person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, but does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in, or incidental to lawful sanctions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Predatory Lending Sunset Act

Bill: 111-hr-5689
Sponsor: Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle [D-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2010-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Interest, dividends, interest rates
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: 
Predatory Lending Sunset Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to limit the maximum interest rate which a creditor may charge on a covered consumer credit loan of up to $3,000 to an annual percentage rate (APR) of 36%.
 
Prohibits a creditor from extending a covered loan with respect to which the creditor uses as security either: (1) access to a borrower's financial account; or (2) the title of a vehicle.
 
Amends the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to prohibit a remotely created check that: (1) is not created by the financial institution that holds the customer account from which the check is to be paid; and (2) does not bear a signature applied by the person from whose account the check is to be paid.
 
Declares unenforceable, with respect to any consumer, any contract made in violation of this Act.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Meaningful End to Defensive Medicine & Aimless Lawsuits (MedMal) Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5690
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2010-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Evidence and witnesses
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Judicial procedure and administration
Prescription drugs
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: 
Meaningful End to Defensive Medicine & Aimless Lawsuits (MedMal) Act of 2010 - Sets forth provisions regulating lawsuits for health care liability claims related to the provision of health care goods or services. 
 
Sets a statute of limitations of three years after the date of the manifestation of injury or one year after the claimant discovers the injury, with certain exceptions.
 
Caps the amount of noneconomic damages at $350,000 if a claimant rejects a settlement that meets certain criteria.
 
Prohibits a provider of collateral source benefits from recovering any amount from an award in a health care lawsuit involving injury or wrongful death. 
 
Makes a benevolent gesture or admission of fault that is made by a health care provider or employee to the claimant or the claimant's relative or representative inadmissible as evidence of an admission of liability or an admission against interest.
 
Makes each party liable only for the amount of damages proportional to such party's percentage of responsibility.
 
Authorizes the award of punitive damages only where: (1) it is otherwise permitted by applicable state or federal law; (2) it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant acted with malicious intent to injure the claimant or deliberately failed to avoid unnecessary injury the claimant was substantially certain to suffer; and (3) compensatory damages are awarded.
 
Provides for periodic payment of future damages.
 
Prohibits a health care provider from being named as a party to a product liability lawsuit for prescribing or dispensing a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved medical product.
 
Prescribes qualifications for expert witnesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for investment in new or expanding small businesses.

Bill: 111-hr-5691
Sponsor: Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2010-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Financial services and investments
Income tax credits
Securities
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a tax credit for 20% of their qualified small business investments. Defines &quot;qualified small business investment&quot; as any stock in a domestic corporation acquired at its original issue or any capital or profits interest in a domestic partnership if: (1) such stock or interest was acquired solely in exchange for cash; and either (2) such corporation or partnership has been in existence less than 2 years as of the date of such acquisition or such corporation or partnership had at least a 10% growth rate for each of the 2 years preceding such acquisition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House