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To amend part A of title IV of the Energy Conservation and Production Act to require the Secretary of Energy to determine whether there are systemic impediments to carrying out the weatherization program under that part, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-6101
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2010-08-10 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government studies and investigations
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: 
Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to require an evaluation of the Department of Energy's (DOE) program that provides weatherization assistance for low-income persons to: (1) determine whether there are systematic impediments to carrying out such program; and (2) provide recommendations for how such impediments should be addressed.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to require any recipient of financial assistance under such program to provide reports or answers to specific questions, surveys, or questionnaires regarding such impediments, including reports or answers on the average time it takes to complete weatherization assistance for individual dwelling units and on the approval and disapproval of requests for such weatherization assistance.
 
Requires each person responsible for the administration of a weatherization assistance project receiving financial assistance to keep records tracking: (1) the time it takes to complete weatherization assistance provided for by such project for each dwelling unit; and (2) approval and disapproval of requests for weatherization assistance, including reasons for such a disapproval and the form, of any follow-up that occurs regarding such a disapproval. Requires the Secretary, the Director of the Community Services Administration (with respect to community action agencies), and the Comptroller General of the United States to have access to such records.
 
 
Requires the annual report by the Secretary and the Director to the President and Congress on such program to include any findings, determinations, and recommendations of the Secretary regarding such impediments. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Labor to publish on an Internet website certain information about the number of veterans who are employed by Federal contractors.

Bill: 111-hr-6103
Sponsor: Rep. Teague, Harry [D-NM-2]
Introduced: 2010-08-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish and maintain an Internet website to publicly disclose information concerning the number of veterans employed under federal contracts of $100,000 or more for the procurement of personal property and nonpersonal services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 4, United States Code, to authorize members of the Armed Forces not in uniform and veterans to render a military salute during the recitation of the pledge of allegiance.

Bill: 111-hr-6104
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2010-08-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
National symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: 
Allows members of the Armed Forces and veterans who are out of uniform to render the military salute during the recitation of the pledge of allegiance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
HIRE Now Tax Cut Extension Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6105
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2010-08-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: 
HIRE Now Tax Cut Extension Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend until June 30, 2011, the exemption from payment of employment taxes for individuals who begin employment after July 22, 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a clearinghouse of information on best practices for ocean lifeguard training programs.

Bill: 111-hr-6106
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2010-08-10 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government information and archives
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Outdoor recreation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a clearinghouse of information on best practices for states and local governments to use in carrying out ocean lifeguard training programs, particularly on materials and tests involving rip current awareness and safety. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
American Taxpayer and Western Area Power Administration Firm Power Customer Protection and Government Accountability Act

Bill: 111-hr-6107
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2010-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Public utilities and utility rates
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: 
American Taxpayer and Western Area Power Administration Firm Power Customer Protection and Government Accountability Act - Amends the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984 regarding the borrowing authority of the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA).
 
Revises requirements for the mandatory certification by the WAPA Administrator before committing funds for any project in which the WAPA participates. Requires the Administrator, in addition to other things, to certify that: (1) appropriate agreements have been executed to ensure that project beneficiaries shall be solely responsible for repaying all capital and operation, maintenance, and replacement costs of the project; and (2) no federal costs associated with construction, financing, facilitating, planning, operating, maintaining, or studying any project shall be allocated, assigned, or recovered from customers or rates of any other WAPA power and transmission facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2010-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Introduced in House
To strike certain provisions of Public Law 111-226 relating to Texas and the Education Jobs Fund.

Bill: 111-hr-6108
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2010-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: 
Repeals the requirement that the Secretary of Education deny Texas and its local educational agencies funds from the Education Jobs Fund until the state assures the Secretary that: (1) funds used to support elementary and secondary education shall be distributed based on LEAs' relative shares of school improvement funds for the most recent fiscal year for which data are available; (2) such funds will not be used to supplant state formula funding that is distributed like school improvement funds; and (3) state funding for elementary and secondary education, as a percentage of the state's total revenue, will not be reduced through FY2013.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Health Data Collection Improvement Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6109
Sponsor: Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2010-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: 
Health Data Collection Improvement Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure that the collection of data on sexual orientation and gender identity is provided for within HHS health service programs and health surveys. Makes the provision of such information by an individual voluntary.
 
Prohibits an agency or person that collects data from an individual from using such data, or the decision of the individual not to provide such data, in any manner that adversely affects the individual.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop standards for the measurement of, and collection of information about, sexual orientation and gender identity; (2) analyze data collected under this Act to detect and monitor health disparities at the federal and state levels; (3) report to Congress and the public on the results of such analyses; and (4) integrate such data analyses with other activties that identify and analyze health disparities by race, ethnicity, sex, disability, primary language, or other population.
 
Applies privacy protections to data collected under this Act and security safeguards to the collection, analysis and sharing of such data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-16
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2010-09-16
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 12 - 10 .
action_date: 2010-09-15
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2010-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Telehealth Improvement and Expansion Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6110
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2010-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Mental health
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: 
Telehealth Improvement and Expansion Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize appropriations for telehealth network and telehealth resource center grant programs. Includes state, local, and tribal health departments (currently, local health departments), skilled nursing facilities, community mental health centers, county mental health and public mental health facilities, and renal dialysis facilities as the entities that may be part of an eligible telehealth network.
 
Revises the preferences for telehealth network grants to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to give preference to an eligible entity that: (1) is a health care provider in a health care network that furnishes services in a medically underserved area or a health professional shortage area; (2) demonstrates broad geographic coverage in the rural or medically undeserved areas of the state or states in which the entity is located; and (3) demonstrates its ability to use the grant to establish or develop plans for telehealth systems that will link rural hospitals and rural health care providers to other hospitals, health care providers, and patients.
 
Reauthorizes appropriations for grants to state professional licensing boards to develop and implement state policies that will reduce statutory and regulatory barriers to telemedicine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-15
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2010-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission.

Bill: 111-hr-6111
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2010-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Dams and canals
District of Columbia
Historic sites and heritage areas
Maryland
Parks, recreation areas, trails
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: 
Amends the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission for an additional 10 years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2010-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Electricity Reliability Protection Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6113
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5]
Introduced: 2010-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Army Corps of Engineers
Coal
Department of Defense
Department of the Interior
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Licensing and registrations
Mining
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: 
Electricity Reliability Protection Act of 2010 - Prohibits the use of funds made available to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Corps of Engineers, or the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) of the Department of the Interior to implement, administer, or enforce any policy or procedure set forth in either the memorandum entitled &quot;Enhanced Surface Coal Mining Pending Permit Coordination Procedures&quot; or the EPA guidance entitled &quot;Improving EPA Review of Appalachian Surface Coal Mining Operations under the Clean Water Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and the Environmental Justice Executive Order,&quot; until the EPA, the Corps of Engineers, or OSMRE promulgates regulations to implement it after providing notice and an opportunity for comment in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2010-09-14
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Virgin Islands National Park Land Acquisition Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6114
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: 
Virgin Islands National Park Land Acquisition Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire by donation approximately three acres of land that is located at 6S Hansen Bay and known as Pleasant Lookout in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. 
 
Permits the acquisition of the property only if the addition of such property to the Virgin Islands National Park would contribute to the range of natural, cultural, or historic resources that the Park protects and makes available for the benefit of the public. 
 
Adds the acquired land to the Virgin Island National Park and adjusts the boundary of the Park accordingly. Requires such land to be administered as part of the Park. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Introduced in House
McKinney Lake National Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act

Bill: 111-hr-6115
Sponsor: Rep. Kissell, Larry [D-NC-8]
Introduced: 2010-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Fishes
Land transfers
North Carolina
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: 
McKinney National Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey the McKinney Lake National Fish Hatchery in Richmond County, North Carolina, to the state of North Carolina to be used by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission as a component of the fish and wildlife management program of the state. 
 
Requires the state to allow the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to use such property for the propagation of any critically important aquatic resource held in public trust to address the specific restoration or recovery needs of such resource. Requires the Secretary to reimburse the Commission for any costs incurred for the use of such property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Clean Renewable Energy Investment Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6117
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2010-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Income tax credits
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: 
Clean Renewable Energy Investment Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to tax-exempt new clean renewable energy bonds, to: (1) repeal the national limitation amount for such bonds; (2) allow such unlimited bonds to be issued until January 1, 2014; (3) eliminate the eligibility of governmental bodies for new clean renewable energy bond financing; (4) designate a tribal utility as a clean renewable energy bond lender; and (5) provide that any reimbursements with the proceeds of new clean renewable energy bonds are subject to reimbursement rules applicable to all tax-exempt bonds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1603)
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Technology Deployment and Early-Stage Business Investment Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6120
Sponsor: Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2010-09-14 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: 2010-09-14
text: 
Technology Deployment and Early-Stage Business Investment Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a technology deployment and early-stage business investment grant program under which the Secretary makes grants to business accelerators (public or private nonprofit institutions, including academic institutions) to support the development of early-stage businesses in specified industries. Limits grants to $5 million per accelerator. Requires the Secretary to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of each accelerator under the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2010-09-14
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: 2010-09-14
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Energy Investment Incentive Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6121
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2010-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: 
Renewable Energy Investment Incentive Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend until 2019: (1) the tax credit for the production of electricity from renewable resources; and (2) the energy tax credits for solar energy, fuel cell, and qualified small wind property and geothermal heat pump systems. Allows until 2019 a 30% energy tax credit for equipment used to generate electricity by geothermal power. 
 
Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 to extend beyond 2010 the grant program for alternative and energy property in lieu of the tax credits for such property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2010-09-14
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-14
text: Introduced in House