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To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Bill: 111-hr-4972
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-5]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, effective as of its enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. King (IA). Petition No: 111-11. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/111/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis11.htm">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
action_date: 2010-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-04-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to House Appropriations
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Rules, House Administration, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Quadrennial National Security Review Act

Bill: 111-hr-4974
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Military operations and strategy

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
Quadrennial National Security Review Act - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to direct the President, every four years, to: (1) conduct a quadrennial national security review (QNSR) to set forth the long- and short-term security goals of the United States; and (2) report review results to Congress.
 
Establishes the QNSR Advisory Commission to assess such reports and the national security budget.
 
Directs the President to submit a national security strategy report at the same time that each QNSR is submitted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Homeland Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-4975
Sponsor: Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Evidence and witnesses
Federal appellate courts
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Jurisdiction and venue
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
Homeland Protection Act - Amends the federal judicial code to revise the legal standard for granting a writ of habeas corpus to a noncitizen applicant detained by the United States after September 11, 2001, whose status as an unprivileged enemy belligerent or unlawful enemy combatant is being or has been determined.
 
Authorizes a writ of habeas corpus if a court, justice, or judge determines that the applicant has rebutted the presumption that the United States has the authority to detain the applicant by showing that any determination that the United States has such authority would be clearly erroneous.
 
Prohibits a court, justice, or judge from ordering the disclosure of classified information in considering a writ of habeas corpus unless such information is relevant and exculpatory and there is some indication that the disclosure of such information would enable the applicant to alter the quantum of proof in his or her favor significantly.
 
Grants exclusive jurisdiction over any appeal from a disposition of an application for a writ of habeas corpus for an unprivileged enemy belligerent or unlawful enemy combatant to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4976
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Business records
Employment and training programs
Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Government trust funds
Historical and cultural resources
Humanities programs funding
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Sales and excise taxes
State and local finance
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation of foreign income
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose an Internet gambling license fee on Internet gambling operators and an additional tax on unauthorized bets or wagers; (2) require such operators to keep daily records of gambling deposits and file informational returns identifying themselves and the individuals placing bets or wagers with them; (3) require operators to pay state and Indian tribal governments a 6% fee on gambling deposits; (4) require withholding of tax on net Internet gambling winnings and on the gross amount of winnings of nonresident aliens; and (5) extend the excise tax on wagers to include wagers placed with the United States or any commonwealth, territory, or possession by a U.S. citizen or resident.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make grants to states to carry out an American Heritage Program through state arts agencies. Allocates .5% of the tax revenues attributable to Internet gambling to the American Heritage Block Grant Fund to finance the American Heritage Program.
 
Amends the Social Security Act to establish the Transitional Assistance Trust Fund to finance state plans for transitional education and job training assistance to individuals who are, or were formerly, in foster care. Allocates 25% of the tax revenues attributable to Internet gambling to the Trust Fund. 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2010-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program to reduce the cost-sharing requirement for colleges and universities and to provide incentives for Noyce scholars to teach in high-needs schools.

Bill: 111-hr-4977
Sponsor: Rep. Mitchell, Harry E. [D-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Higher education
Science and engineering education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
Amends the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 to eliminate the requirement that Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship recipients perform their teaching obligation in high-need local educational agencies (LEAs). (The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program provides grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to recruit and train mathematics and science teachers for elementary and secondary schools.)
 
Reduces the teaching obligation of scholarship recipients by one year if they perform their obligation in high-need LEAs. Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish and maintain a central information clearinghouse on teaching opportunities in high-need LEAs.
 
Requires IHEs to provide, from nonfederal sources, an amount equal to 30% of their grant to carry out the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
To require States to take certain steps to address domestic and sexual violence among individuals receiving assistance under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families.

Bill: 111-hr-4978
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Crime victims
Domestic violence and child abuse
Poverty and welfare assistance
Sex offenses
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to change from discretionary authority to a mandate that states adopt and enforce standards and procedures to ensure the right and entitlement of victims of domestic and sexual violence seeking or receiving TANF under the state program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for the indexation of deferred annuities; to provide that a survivor annuity be provided to the widow or widower of a former employee who dies after separating from Government service with title to a deferred annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System but before establishing a valid claim therefor, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-4979
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
Amends federal civil service law to provide for the indexation of deferred annuities, including survivor annuities, under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) and for individuals becoming subject to FERS by election.

Terminates the entitlement of a survivor who remarries before age 55 (currently, who remarries at any age) to an annuity based on the service of a deferred annuitant who dies before establishing a valid claim for a CSRS annuity.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E481)
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Kick OPIC Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4980
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Patrick J. [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
Kick OPIC Act of 2010 - Prohibits the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) from issuing insurance, guaranties, or reinsurance, making loan, acquiring securities, or entering into risk sharing arrangements under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, effective 60 days after enactment of this Act. Abolishes OPIC 180 days after enactment. 
 
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to perform the functions of OPIC with respect to any outstanding contracts and agreements until their expiration and to take necessary steps to wind up the affairs of OPIC. Sets forth provisions regarding the termination of OPIC authorities, the transfer of funds, and the effect on prior determinations and pending proceedings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a religious exception to the requirement that certain tax return preparers file returns on magnetic media.

Bill: 111-hr-4981
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Religion
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to exempt a tax return preparer who is opposed to using magnetic media on religious grounds from the requirement to file tax returns on magnetic media. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Close the Congressional Health Care Loophole Act

Bill: 111-hr-4982
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
Close the Congressional Health Care Loophole Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to expand the definition of &quot;congressional staff&quot; for purposes of determining coverage under a state health care Exchange to include all full-time and part-time employees of the federal government whose pay is disbursed under the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act for the fiscal year involved.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to allow the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe to determine blood quantum requirement for membership in that Tribe.

Bill: 111-hr-4984
Sponsor: Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
Amends the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to remove the blood quantum requirement for determining the membership of descendants of members of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Indian Tribe. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4985
Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Health care costs and insurance
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2010 - Repeals sections of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care (PPACA) (and restores provisions of law amended by such sections) related to the establishment of an Independent Payment Advisory Board to develop and submit detailed proposals to reduce the per capita rate of growth in Medicare spending to the President for Congress to consider.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
North Korean Refugee Adoption Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4986
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-40]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Asia
Child safety and welfare
China
North Korea
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
South Korea

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
North Korean Refugee Adoption Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of State to develop a comprehensive strategy for facilitating the adoption of North Korean children by U.S. citizens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Reclaiming Our American Dollars Act

Bill: 111-hr-4987
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Appropriations
Government trust funds
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
Reclaiming Our American Dollars Act - Requires the transfer to the Highway Trust Fund of unobligated balances of the discretionary appropriations (stimulus funds) made available by division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5), except specified appropriations for: (1) the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers-Civil; or (2) the Department of Transportation (DOT).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Housing Non-Discrimination Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4988
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Housing discrimination
Housing finance and home ownership
Real estate business
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
Housing Non-Discrimination Act of 2010 - Amends the Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in housing sales and rentals, residential real estate-related transactions, and brokerage services.
 
Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1968 to prohibit the intimidation, interference, or injury of individuals because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
 
Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for FY2011 for educating the public regarding the protections provided by the amendments made by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Federal Buildings Sustainable Design Standards Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4989
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Building construction
Government buildings, facilities, and property

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
Federal Buildings Sustainable Design Standards Act of 2009 [
sic
] - Directs the head of a federal agency constructing a building at an estimated cost exceeding $1 million, more than 50% of which is comprised of federal funding, to ensure that the building's life-cycle cost is considered with respect to the building's design.
 
Defines &quot;life-cycle cost&quot; to mean the sum of investment, capital, installation, energy, operating, maintenance, and replacement costs, as estimated for the lifetime of a building.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and extend the credit for alternative motor vehicles, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-4990
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2010-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2012 the alternative motor vehicle tax credit for advanced lean-burn technology, hybrid, and new alternative fuel motor vehicles; (2) increase the amounts of such credit; (3) increase the threshold (the number of qualified vehicles manufactured by the manufacturer after December 31, 2005) for initiating the phaseout period for the eligibility of hybrid and advanced lean-burn technology vehicles for such credit; and (4) deny such credit to a taxpayer whose adjusted gross income exceeds $100,000 ($200,000 in the case of married couples filing jointly). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Introduced in House