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Mount Stevens and Ted Stevens Icefield Designation Act

Bill: 111-hr-6197
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Congressional tributes
Forests, forestry, trees
Members of Congress
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: 
Mount Stevens and Ted Stevens Icefield Designation Act - Directs the United States Board on Geographic Names to designate: (1) a specified unnamed peak in the Alaska Range near Denali Park in Alaska as &quot;Mount Stevens&quot;; and (2) a specified icefield in the northern Chugach Forest in Alaska as the &quot;Ted Stevens Icefield.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resources study regarding the suitability and feasibility of designating the John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park and other sites in Tulsa, Oklahoma, relating to the 1921 Tulsa race riot as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-6199
Sponsor: Rep. Sullivan, John [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2010-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Oklahoma
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the sites in Tulsa, Oklahoma, relating to the 1921 Tulsa race riot, including the John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park, to determine the suitability and feasibility of including those sites as a unit of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
21st Century Investment Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6201
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2010-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Manufacturing
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: 
21st Century Investment Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the tax credit for increasing research expenses; (2) increase such credit for amounts paid or incurred for research substantially all of which occurs in the United States; and (3) increase the domestic production activities tax deduction for income attributable to the manufacture or production of property with respect to which substantially all of the research and development occurred in the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
To withdraw the consent of Congress to the interstate compact between the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania concerning the Delaware River Port Authority, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-6202
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1]
Introduced: 2010-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Lakes and rivers
Navigation, waterways, harbors
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: 
Withdraws the consent of Congress to the Delaware River Port Authority interstate compact entered into between the state of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Prescribes conditions for waiver of such withdrawal.
 
Directs the Authority to establish: (1) an Office of the Inspector General of the Delaware River Port Authority; and (2) the Delaware River Port Authority Citizens Advisory Board.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2010-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2010-09-23
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Designation Act

Bill: 111-hr-6203
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2010-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Massachusetts
Military history
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: 
Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Designation Act - Redesignates the Longfellow National Historic Site in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as the Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
Charter School Good Governance and Transparency Act

Bill: 111-hr-6204
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2010-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: 
Charter School Good Governance and Transparency Act - Requires states to provide each charter school in the state that receives funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 with a list of licensed, independent auditors that perform governmental audits.
 
Requires states to develop and implement policies requiring such charter schools to: (1) maintain their financial records in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and applicable state and federal requirements; (2) be audited annually by a licensed, independent auditor, with the findings made public and filed with their authorized public chartering agency and state; and (3) address all audit findings and report to their authorized public chartering agency on actions taken to do so.
 
Directs states to: (1) require such chartering agencies to report significant audit findings and the measures schools take to address them; and (2) submit overall summary analyses of the annual audits to the Secretary of Education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1449 West Avenue in Bronx, New York, as the "Private Isaac T. Cortes Post Office".

Bill: 111-hr-6205
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2010-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
New York City
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1449 West Avenue in Bronx, New York, as the "Private Isaac T. Cortes Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2010-12-16
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2010-12-15
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-12-15
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 399 - 0 (Roll no. 634). (text: CR 12/14/2010 H8307)
action_date: 2010-12-15
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 399 - 0 (Roll no. 634).(text: CR 12/14/2010 H8307)
action_date: 2010-12-15
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8382-8383)
action_date: 2010-12-14
text: At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Ms. Chu objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
action_date: 2010-12-14
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6205.
action_date: 2010-12-14
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8306-8307)
action_date: 2010-12-14
text: Ms. Chu moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
To reinstate funds to the Federal Land Disposal Account.

Bill: 111-hr-6206
Sponsor: Rep. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2010-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: 
Requires the reinstatement of any balance remaining in the Federal Land Disposal Account as of July 24, 2010, to be made available for expenditure in accordance with the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
Adult Day Achievement Center Enhancement Act

Bill: 111-hr-6208
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2010-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adult day care
Health programs administration and funding
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: 
Adult Day Achievement Center Enhancement Act - Requires the Assistant Secretary for Aging to initiate a comprehensive survey of current adult day programs that provide care and support to individuals living with multiple sclerosis, to include: (1) identifying ongoing successful multiple sclerosis adult day programs (MSADPs) and other similar adult day programs; and (2) developing a set of best practices to help guide the establishment and replication of additional successful MSADPs and other similar adult day programs.
 Directs the Assistant Secretary to establish a competitive grant program for awarding grants annually to fund MSADPs and other similar adult day programs. 
Defines an MSADP as an adult day program that provides comprehensive and effective care and support services to individuals living with multiple sclerosis and their family caregivers and that may assist participants in ways that: (1) maintain or improve their functional abilities or otherwise help them adjust to their changing functional abilities; (2) prevent the onset of complications associated with severe forms of the disease; (3) promote alternatives to placement in nursing homes; (4) reduce the strain on family caregivers taking care of a family member with multiple sclerosis; or (5) focus on supporting the emotional, social, and intellectual needs of a younger adult population.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6209
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2010-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
New Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: 
Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2010 - Adjusts the boundary of the Carson National Forest in New Mexico to incorporate approximately 4,990 acres of land identified as the Miranda Canyon Boundary on the map entitled &quot;Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment&quot; and dated September 21, 2010. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to facilitate business and agricultural leasing of Navajo Nation lands.

Bill: 111-hr-6210
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2010-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Contracts and agency
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: 
Authorizes the Navajo Nation to enter into commercial or agricultural leases of up to 99 years on their tribal lands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1732-1733)
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Back and Spinal Therapy Act

Bill: 111-hr-6211
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Betsy [D-CO-4]
Introduced: 2010-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Allied health services
Alternative treatments
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Neurological disorders
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: 
Veterans Back and Spinal Therapy Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a two-year pilot program to: (1) provide covered veterans with non-invasive techniques to treat spinal, back, and musculoskeletal injuries and pain; and (2) use an evidence-based medicine framework to assess the effectiveness of such techniques. Includes as a covered veteran one who: (1) has a service-connected spinal, back, or musculoskeletal injury; or (2) is eligible for VA hospital or nursing home care or medical services by reason of active duty in a theater of combat operations during a period of war after the Persian Gulf War.
 
Requires the Secretary, in selecting program participants, to give a preference to veterans who served in Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, or New Dawn.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Clean Energy Financing Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6212
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2010-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental technology
Government lending and loan guarantees
Manufacturing
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: 
Small Business Clean Energy Financing Act of 2010 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a program to guarantee loans of small businesses that manufacture a clean energy technology in the United States.
 
Requires the Administrator, to the extent practicable, to carry out the program in a manner similar to the SBA 7(a) general business loan program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
To address the reporting requirement burden on small businesses, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-6213
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2010-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Business records
Corporate finance and management
Government information and archives
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: 
Repeals the provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requiring the reporting to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of payments to corporations (other than tax-exempt entities) of more than $600.
 
Rescinds unobligated funds made available by Division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (stimulus funds) required to offset the reduction in federal tax revenues resulting from the repeal of the payment reporting requirement by this Act.
 
Provides for compliance of the budgetary effects of this Act with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Referred to House Budget
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Referred to House Appropriations
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, and the Budget, 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: 2010-09-23
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
Justice for Rape Victims and Improving Use of DNA Evidence Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6214
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2010-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Evidence and witnesses
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Sex offenses
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: 
Justice for Rape Victims and Improving Use of DNA Evidence Act of 2010 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to increase by 10% grants under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program for states or local governments that had in effect for the previous fiscal year: (1) a process to provide a victim of sexual assault with an examination by a qualified sexual assault nurse examiner for purposes of collecting a rape kit from such victim and to provide the results of rape kit testing to the victim within 180 days; and (2) an online rape kit database containing specified information.
 
Amends the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to require the Attorney General to study and report to Congress on the extent of the backlog in the United States relating to the analysis of DNA samples collected from crime scenes, victims, suspects, arrestees, and convicted offenders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
Digital Coast Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6215
Sponsor: Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Introduced: 2010-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Earth sciences
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
State and local government operations
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: 
Digital Coast Act of 2010 - Defines &quot;digital coast&quot; as a constituent-driven platform provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to integrate geospatial data and address coastal and emergency management issues.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Director of Coastal Services Center of the NOAA, to establish coastal service centers to address the needs of local, state, and regional entities involved with coastal and ocean decisionmaking. Declares that such centers shall: (1) link people, information, and technology to support the environmental, social, and economic well-being of the coast; (2) collaborate with branches of NOAA and other federal and nongovernmental entities to bring data, information, services, and tools to coastal and ocean decisionmakers; and (3) address region-specific needs at local, state, and regional levels.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to enter financial agreements to carry out this Act.
 
Requires such projects to collect and integrate coastal data with specified data sources, surveys, and mappings. Requires the Secretary to coordinate activities with NOAA, state and local governments, the private sector, and federal efforts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination on the ground of religion in educational programs or activities.

Bill: 111-hr-6216
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2010-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Education programs funding
Higher education
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: 
Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit any person, on the ground of religion, from being excluded from participation in, being denied the benefits of, or being subjected to discrimination under an educational program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.
 
States rules of construction concerning religious affiliation of educational institutions, accommodation of students' religious obligations, and the exercise of freedom of expressive association by expressive organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 with respect to levee certifications, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-6217
Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]
Introduced: 2010-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Dams and canals
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: 
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to make specified requirements for the provision of specialized or technical services by the Corps of Engineers to a federal agency or a state or local government inapplicable to activities conducted by the Corps to evaluate a levee system that was designed or constructed by the Corps if: (1) the activities are conducted at the request of a state or local government; and (2) the state or local government agrees to reimburse the Corps for all costs associated with the performance of the activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Introduced in House