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To authorize the transfer of a naval vessel to the Mackinac Island State Park Commission of the State of Michigan.

Bill: 111-hr-6446
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Michigan
Military facilities and property
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Navy to transfer to the Mackinac Island State Park Commission of the state of Michigan all interest of the United States in an LCM-8 motorized vessel for nonprofit public use by the Commission. 
 
Requires the Navy to deliver the vessel to the Commission in an &quot;as is&quot; condition.
 
Requires the Maritime Administration to cover all expenses for the transfer of such vessel. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
To eliminate the preferences and special rules for Alaska Native Corporations under the program under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act.

Bill: 111-hr-6447
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Business records
Government information and archives
Indian social and development programs
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
Amends the Small Business Act to exclude from the definition of &quot;Indian tribe&quot; any Alaska Native Corporation (ANC) or Alaska Native Village (ANV).
 
Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that, for purposes of eligibility for procurement contracts provided through the Small Business Administration (SBA), whether an ANC or ANV is socially or economically disadvantaged shall be determined by the SBA Administrator according to eligibility standards for SBA 8(a) general small business loans. Makes members of socially and economically disadvantaged ANCs or ANVs eligible for such loans.
 
Directs the Administrator to apply to small businesses owned by an ANC or ANV the competitive thresholds for awarding SBA sole source contracts that are applicable to small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.
 
Prohibits the Administrator from extending or waiving, for small businesses owned by an ANC or ANV, the time limitations applicable to participants in the small business capital ownership development program. Outlines annual report requirements for program participants who are ANCs or ANVs.
 
Requires the Administrator to amend SBA regulations to incorporate amendments made by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to House Small Business
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Spending Control Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6448
Sponsor: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-None]
Introduced: 2010-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: 
Spending Control Act of 2010 - Establishes the Grace Commission II to conduct a review of cost control in the federal government every two years with respect to improving management and reducing costs. Directs the Commission to conduct in-depth studies to evaluate potential improvements in the operations of executive agencies and to develop recommendations regarding: (1) opportunities for increased efficiency and reduced costs that can be realized by executive action or legislation; (2) areas where managerial accountability can be enhanced and administrative control can be improved; (3) opportunities for managerial improvements over the short and long terms; (4) specific areas where further study can be justified by potential savings; and (5) ways to reduce governmental expenditures and indebtedness and improve personnel management.
 
Requires the Commission to submit final reports within 18 months after enactment of this Act and every two years thereafter until it submits its third final report. Requires such reports to contain the Commission's findings, conclusions, and recommendations for legislative and administrative actions and proposed legislation to carry out those recommendations. Sets forth congressional procedures for considering such legislation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2010-11-29
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Introduced in House
Fourth Health Insurance Protects America--Can't Repeal IT (HIPA-CRIT) Act

Bill: 111-hr-6449
Sponsor: Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2010-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Disability and health-based discrimination
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: 
 Fourth Health Insurance Protects America--Can't Repeal IT (HIPA-CRIT) Act - Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that prohibit group and individual health plans from imposing any preexisting condition exclusion with respect to enrollees who are 19 years of age or older, effective as of the date of the enactment of such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Introduced in House
Sixth Health Insurance Protects America--Can't Repeal IT (HIPA-CRIT) Act

Bill: 111-hr-6450
Sponsor: Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2010-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Comprehensive health care
Family relationships
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: 
Sixth Health Insurance Protects America--Can't Repeal IT (HIPA-CRIT) Act - Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that require a health plan offering group or individual health insurance coverage that provides dependent coverage of children to continue to make such coverage available until the child turns 26 years old.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Introduced in House
Fifth Health Insurance Protects America--Can't Repeal IT (HIPA-CRIT) Act

Bill: 111-hr-6451
Sponsor: Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2010-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Comprehensive health care
Disability and health-based discrimination
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: 
Fifth Health Insurance Protects America--Can't Repeal IT (HIPA-CRIT) Act - Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that prohibit a health plan offering group or individual health insurance coverage from imposing any preexisting condition exclusion with respect to enrollees who are under 19 years of age.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Introduced in House
Second Health Insurance Protects America--Can't Repeal IT (HIPA-CRIT) Act

Bill: 111-hr-6452
Sponsor: Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2010-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: 
Second Health Insurance Protects America--Can't Repeal IT (HIPA-CRIT) Act - Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that prohibit a health plan offering group or individual health insurance coverage from establishing annual limits on the dollar value of benefits for any participant or beneficiary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Introduced in House
Third Health Insurance Protects America--Can't Repeal IT (HIPA-CRIT) Act

Bill: 111-hr-6453
Sponsor: Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2010-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: 
Third Health Insurance Protects America--Can't Repeal IT (HIPA-CRIT) Act - Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that prohibit a health plan offering group or individual health insurance coverage from establishing lifetime limits on the dollar value of benefits for any participant or beneficiary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Introduced in House
First Health Insurance Protects America--Can't Repeal IT (HIPA-CRIT) Act

Bill: 111-hr-6454
Sponsor: Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2010-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Consumer affairs
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: 
First Health Insurance Protects America--Can't Repeal IT (HIPA-CRIT) Act - Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that: (1) prohibit a health plan offering group or individual health insurance coverage from rescinding coverage once an enrollee is covered, and (2) require prior notice to an enrollee before coverage is cancelled.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Introduced in House
American Opportunity Tax Credit Extension Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6455
Sponsor: Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2010-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Income tax credits
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: 
American Opportunity Tax Credit Extension Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the Hope Scholarship tax credit, to: (1) make permanent increases in the amount of such tax credit; (2) allow such credit for the first four years of post-secondary education (currently, first two years); (3) include course materials in the definition of qualified tuition and related expenses for purposes of such credit; (4) increase adjusted gross income levels for purposes of determining eligibility for such credit and the lifetime learning tax credit; and (5) allow such credit as an offset against the alternative minimum tax (AMT). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Introduced in House
21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps Act

Bill: 111-hr-6456
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2010-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Animal and plant health
Employment and training programs
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: 
21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps Act - Authorizes the President, in order to relieve widespread unemployment, restore depleted natural resources in the United States, and advance public works programs, to establish a Civilian Conservation Corps to employ unemployed or underemployed U.S. citizens in the construction, maintenance, and carrying on of works of a public nature, such as forestation of U.S. and state lands, prevention of forest fires, floods, and soil erosion, and construction and repair of National Park System paths and trails.
 
Authorizes the President to extend Corps activities to state- and private- owned lands to prevent and control forest fires and floods and attacks of forest tree pests and diseases.
 
Requires the President, based on certain criteria, to give preference to the employment of additional persons in the Corps in the following order: (1) unemployed Armed Forces veterans (including Reserve members); (2) unemployed U.S. citizens who have exhausted their unemployment compensation; (3) unemployed U.S. citizens who are eligible for unemployment compensation immediately before employment in the Corps, including any additional compensation or extended compensation; and (4) other unemployed or underemployed U.S. citizens.
 
Authorizes the President to provide housing and transportation for Corps employees. Prohibits discrimination in the hiring of Corps employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income distributions from individual retirement plans during periods of unemployment in 2009, 2010, and 2011.

Bill: 111-hr-6457
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2010-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Self-employed
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: 
Excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, distributions from a tax-exempt retirement plan made after December 31, 2008, and before January 1, 2012, to individuals, including self-employed individuals, who have become unemployed and who have received unemployment compensation for 12 consecutive weeks. 
 
Provides that such exclusion shall not apply to any distribution made after the individual has been employed for at least 60 days after the separation from employment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2001)
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Receipt Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6458
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2010-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: 
Taxpayer Receipt Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to provide individual taxpayers via U.S. mail by October 15 of each year a tax receipt for income taxes reported for the preceding taxable year. Requires such tax receipt to: (1) state the amount of taxes paid by, and any refund made to, the taxpayer; (2) contain tables listing expenditures in categories of the federal budget and the 10 most costly tax expenditures; (3) contain an annual budget review prepared by the Secretary in consultation with the Congressional Budget Office (CBO); and (4) contain the Internet address of the website of the Department of Treasury providing more detailed tax and spending information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2001)
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 1848 of the Social Security Act to provide for a 4-year transition in reductions in relative value units for certain newly bundled services to allow physician practice time to adjust to new payment rates.

Bill: 111-hr-6459
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2010-11-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-30
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise requirements for determining the relative value of physicians' services for fee payment purposes.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide for a 4-year transition applicable in the case of codes (for services) for which: (1) a single code is used for payment for services for which multiple codes were previously used; and (2) a change in relative value units results in a reduction in such units of 10% or more. Applies this 4-year transition to the number of percentage points of the reduction in excess of 10%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-30
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-11-30
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: 2010-11-30
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-11-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-30
text: Introduced in House
Transparency and Security in Mortgage Registration Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6460
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2010-11-30 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership
Land transfers
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-30
text: 
Transparency and Security in Mortgage Registration Act of 2010 - Amends the National Housing Act to prohibit the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) from purchasing, acquiring, newly lending on the security of, newly investing in securities consisting of, or otherwise newly dealing in any Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc. (MERS) mortgage or mortgages.
 
Prohibits the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) from newly guaranteeing the payment of principal of or interest on any trust certificate or other security based or backed by a trust or pool that contains, or purchase or acquire, any MERS mortgage.
 
Directs Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae to require all their current MERS mortgages to be assigned to the proper servicer, holder, or creditor.
 
Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to study and report to Congress to analyze and determine: (1) the impacts of the lack of electronic records and uniform standards found in local land title recordation systems currently used in the various states; (2) any progress states have made in developing electronic land title recordation systems containing uniform standards; (3) the current oversight role of the federal government in the transfer and recordation of land titles; and (4) the feasibility of creating a federal land title recordation system for property transfers that would maintain all previous records of the land-property without invalidating, interfering with, or preempting state real property law governing the transfer and perfection of land title.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-11-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-30
text: Introduced in House
Campus SaVE Act

Bill: 111-hr-6461
Sponsor: Rep. Perriello, Thomas S.P. [D-VA-5]
Introduced: 2010-11-30 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Criminal justice information and records
Domestic violence and child abuse
Higher education
School administration
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-30
text: 
Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act or Campus SaVE Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each institution of higher education (IHE) participating in a title IV program (except foreign schools) to include in its annual security report a statement of policy regarding its sexual assault and other intimate partner violence programs and the procedures it follows when such an offense occurs.
 
Requires such procedures to include the provision, in writing, to students or employees that report to the IHE that they have been the victim of such an offense: (1) an explanation of their right to notify proper law enforcement authorities and their option to be assisted by campus authorities in doing so; (2) an explanation of their right to obtain protective orders or enforce protective orders that are already in existence, which the IHE must honor; and (3) contact information for victim services on-campus and in the locality.
 
Requires an IHE's policy regarding sexual assault and other intimate partner violence to include: (1) education that promotes awareness of the offenses; (2) possible sanctions imposed following disciplinary action; (3) procedures victims should follow after such an offense occurs; (4) on-campus disciplinary procedures; and (5) the notification of victims regarding their options for, and assistance in, changing academic, living, transportation, and working situations.
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to seek the Attorney General's counsel regarding the development, and dissemination to IHEs, of best practices for preventing and responding to sex offenses and other intimate partner violence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2055-2056)
action_date: 2010-11-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-11-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-30
text: Introduced in House