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Responsible Banking Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4414
Sponsor: Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]
Introduced: 2010-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax rates
Insurance industry and regulation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: 
Responsible Banking Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a 75% tax for the next five years on any bonus for services performed for the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), any financial institution, insurance company, hedge fund, financial adviser, or broker or dealer in securities, and any lending or finance business. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H44)
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H12, H16-17)
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Terrorist Detention and Prosecution Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4415
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2010-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Detention of persons
Military law
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: 
Terrorist Detention and Prosecution Act of 2010 - Replaces the term &quot;unprivileged enemy combatant&quot; in federal military law with the term &quot;unlawful enemy combatant.&quot; Includes in the definition, and therefore makes subject to trial by military commissions, an individual who: (1) is closely associated with or has provided material support to al Qaeda or any other organization dedicated to committing acts of terrorism against the United States; (2) has taken up or conspired to take up arms on behalf of al Qaeda; and (3) has committed or conspired to commit acts of terrorism against the United States or American citizens or targets, regardless of the location of the individual's capture.
 
Allows the President to authorize the detention of any unlawful enemy combatant until determining that the individual is no longer a threat to the United States or its allies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Introduced in House
SNAP Education and Outreach Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4417
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2010-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: 
SNAP Education and Outreach Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide grants to eligible entities for outreach and enrollment efforts to increase supplemental nutrition assistance program participation.
 
Obligates 10% of such amounts for a national enrollment campaign.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Livestock Farmer Risk Reduction Act

Bill: 111-hr-4418
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2010-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance
Government information and archives
Livestock

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: 
Livestock Farmer Risk Reduction Act - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to: (1) increase expenditure limits under pilot programs evaluating the effectiveness of risk management tools for livestock producers; (2) include livestock insurance within the scope of the partnerships for risk management education program; and (3) increase education and information program funding levels. 
 

 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Reverse Mortgage Elder Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-4419
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2010-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Housing finance and home ownership
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: 
Reverse Mortgage Elder Protection Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a creditor from taking an application for a reverse mortgage unless the creditor has provided the applicant with: (1) a specified written cautionary statement before the applicant receives any counseling regarding reverse mortgages; (2) a specified written checklist before meeting with a counseling agency about reverse mortgages; and (3) a referral to a housing counseling agency for reverse mortgage counseling approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
 
Requires a counseling agency to provide the same kind of written checklist to a consumer that seeks counseling before requesting a loan application for a reverse mortgage.
 
Prohibits a creditor from either accepting a final application for a reverse mortgage, or from assessing any related fees, unless the creditor has received from the consumer or the consumer's authorized representative: (1) a written certification that the consumer has received counseling regarding reverse mortgages from a HUD-approved agency; and (2) a copy of the prescribed checklist signed by the agency counselor and by the consumer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Contracting Protection Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4420
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2010-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Public contracts and procurement
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: 
Small Business Contracting Protection Act of 2010 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to issue regulations defining the term &quot;pass-through business&quot; with respect to another business, for purposes of possible misrepresentation in obtaining SBA-administered small business loans. Outlines criteria for determining whether an entity qualifies as a pass-through business for such purposes.
 
Provides penalties for misrepresentation as a pass-through business.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Contracting and Technology .
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the waiver of required minimum distribution rules for certain retirement plans and accounts through 2010.

Bill: 111-hr-4421
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2010-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax deferral

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2010 the suspension of minimum distribution requirements for tax-exempt retirement plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Minority Entrepreneurship and Business Development Act

Bill: 111-hr-4422
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2010-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Department of Commerce
Education programs funding
Executive agency funding and structure
Higher education
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Minority education
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: 
Minority Entrepreneurship and Business Development Act - Requires the Director of the Minority Small Business Development Agency (Agency) to make grants to an educational institution, association, or organization: (1) to assist in establishing an enterprise curriculum for studies; and (2) for placement of a Minority Business Enterprise Center within such institution, association, or organization.
 
Requires an entity receiving a grant to: (1) develop a curriculum and capacity training requirement that includes training in various skill sets needed by successful entrepreneurs; and (2) open such a Center. Limits grants to $1.5 million per fiscal year, and grant duration to three years.
 
Establishes within the Agency an Office of Minority Entrepreneurship and Business Development, administered by an Associate Director.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Entrepreneurship and Trade.
action_date: 2010-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Referred to House Small Business
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Small Business, 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: 2010-01-12
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Pay Raise Elimination Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4423
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2010-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: 
Congressional Pay Raise Elimination Act of 2010 - Declares that no automatic pay adjustment shall be considered to have taken effect in FY2011 in the rates of basic pay for Members of Congress under the General Schedule (thus eliminating the pay adjustment for Members for such fiscal year).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Enhancing Renewable Energy Investment Act

Bill: 111-hr-4424
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2010-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax credits
Income tax deferral
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: 
Enhancing Renewable Energy Investment Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a 30% energy tax credit through 2016 for equipment used to produce electricity by geothermal power; and (2) require the inclusion in gross income for income tax purposes of employee compensation deferred under a nonqualified deferred compensation plan of certain foreign entities when there is no substantial risk of forfeiture of the rights to such compensation. 
 
Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 to allow an extension of the grant period for specified energy property in lieu of applicable tax credits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-01-12
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: 2010-01-12
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Wall Street Bonus Tax Act

Bill: 111-hr-4426
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Financial crises and stabilization
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Sales and excise taxes
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: 
Wall Street Bonus Tax Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose a tax on current or former employees of recipients of financial assistance under the Trouble Asset Relief Program (TARP) for 50% of any bonus exceeding $50,000 paid to them during 2010; and (2) establish in the Treasury the Small Business Growth Fund to hold revenues from such tax. 
 
Requires the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish and carry out a program to make loans directly to small business concerns. Makes amounts from such Fund available to carry out such program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Referred to House Small Business
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2010-01-12
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Tax.
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Introduced in House
To provide a pay increase of 1.9 percent for members of the uniformed services for fiscal year 2011.

Bill: 111-hr-4427
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2010-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Inflation and prices
Military personnel and dependents
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: 
Waives, during FY2011, the basic military pay adjustment tied to increases in the Employment Cost Index.
 
Increases, effective January 1, 2011, such basic pay by 1.9%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Children's Toxic Metals Act

Bill: 111-hr-4428
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Marketing and advertising
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
Children's Toxic Metals Act - Bans as a hazardous substance and prohibits the manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of jewelry containing cadmium, barium, or antimony for children 12 years old or younger.
 
Sets forth: (1) factors to determine whether jewelry is designed or intended for wear or use by such children; and (2) penalties for violations of such prohibition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Restoring the Social Security COLA Act

Bill: 111-hr-4429
Sponsor: Rep. Adler, John H. [D-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Appropriations
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Social security and elderly assistance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
Restoring the Social Security COLA Act - Authorizes an increase of $250 in Social Security, certain veterans, Civil Service Retirement (CSRS), and Federal Employees Retirement (FERS) benefits for one month in 2010 to compensate for the lack of a cost-of-living adjustment for that year.
 
Rescinds the unobligated balance of the discretionary appropriations made available by division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 in an amount determined by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to be required to offset the increase in spending resulting from such increase.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to House Appropriations
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and 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: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Referendum on Marriage Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4430
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: District of Columbia
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Marriage and family status
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
District of Columbia Referendum on Marriage Act of 2010 - Prohibits the government of the District of Columbia from issuing a marriage license to any couple of the same sex until the people of the District have the opportunity to hold a referendum or initiative on the question of whether the District should issue same-sex marriage licenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Business Should Mind Its Own Business Act

Bill: 111-hr-4431
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-8]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Income tax deductions
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
Business Should Mind Its Own Business Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose on corporations a 500% excise tax on the total amount of their campaign contributions and electioneering communications on behalf of a candidate for federal office. Denies such corporations a tax deduction for payment of such taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Corporate Propaganda Sunshine Act

Bill: 111-hr-4432
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-8]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Public participation and lobbying
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
Corporate Propaganda Sunshine Act - Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise certain regulations so as to require issuers to include in specified periodic reports any expenditures totaling $1,000 or more that were made for the purpose of influencing public opinion on any matter other than the promotion of the issuer's products or services. Requires such disclosures to include the date, amount, and purpose of the expenditure, and to identify (by name, address, and phone number) the person to whom it was made.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
To make the antitrust laws applicable to a political committee under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 which is established and administered by a separate segregated fund of a corporation pursuant to section 316(b)(2)(C) of such Act.

Bill: 111-hr-4433
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-8]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
Applies the antitrust laws to a political committee under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 which is established and administered by a separate segregated fund of a corporation. Prohibits any such political committee for multiple legal entities in the same business. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
End Political Kickbacks Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4434
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-8]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
End Political Kickbacks Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit: (1) for-profit recipients of federal funds from making contributions to any political party, committee, or candidate for public office, or to any person for any political purpose or use; and (2) any person knowingly to solicit such a contribution from any such entity, or for the entity to solicit such a contribution from its employees.
 
Limits to $1,000, indexed for inflation, the amount of contributions any employee of a for-profit recipient of federal funds may make during any calendar year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House