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MyCAA Act

Bill: 111-hr-6369
Sponsor: Rep. Nye, Glenn C. [D-VA-2]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Military personnel and dependents
Student aid and college costs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
MyCAA Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense, as one of the programs established by the Department of Defense (DOD) to assist spouses of members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty, to continue to carry out the current Military Spouse Career Advancement Account (MyCAA) program, under which such spouses may receive up to $6,000 in tuition assistance for education and training courses and licensing and credentialing fees.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish such assistance programs.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from restricting MyCAA program participation to spouses of members serving in particular grades.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-10-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Procurement Integrity Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6370
Sponsor: Rep. Nye, Glenn C. [D-VA-2]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Small Business Procurement Integrity Act of 2010 - Amends the Small Business Act to include as a punishable offense the misrepresentation of a business or person as a small business owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans. Includes as small business procurement fraud misrepresentation made for purposes of the award of a grant or cooperative agreement. Subjects those making such misrepresentations to federal regulations prohibiting false claims against the United States.
 
Includes as a punishable offense the use by a contracted small business of an ineligible business to perform a greater percentage of work under such contract.
 
Requires a veteran claiming service-disabled status for purposes of eligibility as a small business owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans to possess a disability rating letter issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) establishing a disability rating between 0% and 100%, a disability determination from the Department of Defense (DOD), or such other documentation as the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) may require.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Gold Star Parents Annuity Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6371
Sponsor: Rep. Nye, Glenn C. [D-VA-2]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Family relationships
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Gold Star Parents Annuity Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to pay a special pension to each person who has received a Gold Star lapel button as a parent of a member of the Armed Forces who died while serving.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Spouses of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act

Bill: 111-hr-6372
Sponsor: Rep. Nye, Glenn C. [D-VA-2]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Spouses of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act - Entitles to educational assistance under the post-9/11 educational assistance program the surviving spouses of members of the Armed Forces who die while serving on active duty on or after September 11, 2001. Allows such spouses 20 years after the member's death to utilize such assistance.
 
Requires individuals entitled to both post-9/11 educational assistance and survivors' and dependents' educational assistance to utilize the post-9/11 educational assistance first.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-6373
Sponsor: Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Medicaid
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act of 2009 [
sic
] - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the state option to include nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and physician assistants as primary care case managers. Specifies as primary care case managers any nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, or physician assistant that provides primary care case management services under a primary care case management contract.
 
Revises the coverage of certain nurse practitioner services under the Medicaid fee-for-service program to remove the specification of certified pediatric nurse practitioner and certified family nurse practitioner in order to extend such coverage to services furnished by a nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist. Includes nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, physician assistants, certified nurse midwives, and certified registered nurse anesthetists in the mix of service providers which Medicaid managed care organizations are required to maintain.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain private education loans for physicians practicing primary care medicine.

Bill: 111-hr-6374
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Aging
Child health
Education programs funding
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health personnel
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Medical education
Mental health
Sex and reproductive health
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to refinance the private education loans of individuals who are participating in a residency program in: (1) family medicine; (2) obstetrics/gynecology; (3) general internal medicine; (4) gerontology; (5) general pediatrics; or (6) general psychiatry.
 
Sets the interest rate on the refinanced loans at 8.25%.
 
Requires the refinanced loans to have the same terms and conditions as a Direct Consolidation Loan, except they are made ineligible for: (1) consolidation with another loan eligible for consolidation under title IV; (2) income-based repayment terms under title IV; or (3) any loan forgiveness or cancellation under title IV or the Public Health Service Act, except in the case of death or permanent and total disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Free Market Sugar Act

Bill: 111-hr-6375
Sponsor: Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural trade
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Free Market Sugar Act - Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to repeal the sugar loan program.
 
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to repeal the feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers.
 
Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to repeal sugar marketing allotment provisions. 
 
Replaces sugar quota import shortfall provisions with a provision requiring the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the tariff-rate quotas for raw cane sugar and refined sugars for a quota year at the level necessary to ensure: (1) a competitive U.S. sugar processing industry; and (2) an adequate and reasonably-priced sugar supply in the United States. Exempts specialty sugar from such provision.
 
 
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to repeal the sugar price support program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to physician supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services.

Bill: 111-hr-6376
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Home and outpatient care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to state that, except with respect to high-risk or complex medical services requiring direct levels of supervision, if the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) requires supervision by a physician or non-physician practitioner for Medicare payment for therapeutic hospital outpatient services, that requirement is met if such services are furnished under the physician's or non-physician practitioner's general supervision.
 
Directs the Secretary of HHS to establish a process for designating therapeutic hospital outpatient services for which direct supervision may be required.
 
Declares without force or effect in law regarding Medicare requirements for direct supervision by physicians for therapeutic hospital outpatient services a specified restatement and clarification under the final rule making changes to the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system and calendar year 2009 payment rates, which was published in the Federal Register on November 18, 2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Guardians of Freedom Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6377
Sponsor: Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Defense
Military command and structure
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Guardians of Freedom Act of 2010 - Directs the Chief of the National Guard Bureau (Chief) to serve as an advocate and liaison for the National Guard of each state, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands (the states and such areas) and inform such National Guards of all actions that could affect their federal or state missions, including any equipment level or force structure changes.
 
Requires the Chief to: (1) be a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, with responsibility for advocating for the National Guards of the states and such areas; and (2) consult with state governors and adjutant generals before any changes are made in National Guard force structure or equipment levels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-10-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1826-1827)
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 20 Main Street in Little Ferry, New Jersey, as the "Sergeant Matthew J. Fenton Post Office".

Bill: 111-hr-6379
Sponsor: Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
New Jersey
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 20 Main Street in Little Ferry, New Jersey, as the "Sergeant Matthew J. Fenton Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
American Memorial Park Annex in Tinian Act

Bill: 111-hr-6380
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Historic sites and heritage areas
Japan
Military history
Monuments and memorials
Northern Mariana Islands
Parks, recreation areas, trails
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
American Memorial Park Annex in Tinian Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop an annex in Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as an extension of the American Memorial Park on the island of Saipan. Requires the annex to be used to interpret the important aspects of the North Field Tinian by highlighting the historic events related to the Mariana Islands Campaign during World War II and to serve as a curatorial storage of artifacts of World War II. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-10-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To clarify the application of certain Federal laws relating to elections to American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands.

Bill: 111-hr-6381
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: American Samoa
Caribbean area
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Guam
Intergovernmental relations
Northern Mariana Islands
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply it specifically to American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, or the United States Virgin Islands.
 
Applies to such jurisdictions specified criminal penalties relating to the intimidation of voters, interference by government employees, and voting by aliens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Save the Chesapeake Bay Homeowner Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6382
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Chesapeake Bay
Delaware
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Maryland
New York State
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Water quality
Watersheds
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Save the Chesapeake Bay Homeowner Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) develop and implement the Save the Chesapeake Bay Home program, which shall designate as program participants property owners in the Chesapeake Bay watershed who perform a specified number of actions on a list of actions developed by the Administrator to reduce nutrient and sediment runoff into the Bay; and (2) determine an appropriate amount of credit for compliance with total maximum daily load requirements to award to a state based on the number of property owners in the state who have been designated as program participants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1842)
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Bed Bug Prevention and Mitigation Pilot Program Act

Bill: 111-hr-6383
Sponsor: Rep. Schmidt, Jean [R-OH-2]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Housing and community development funding
Ohio
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Bed Bug Prevention and Mitigation Pilot Program Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make a grant to the state of Ohio to support a pilot program under which its political subdivisions and housing authorities use grant funds to supplement ongoing bed bug prevention and mitigation activities.
 
Conditions receipt of such grant on the state directing the Ohio Department of Agriculture, working in conjunction with the Ohio Department of Health, to distribute the funds to such subdivisions and authorities that are addressing persistent bed bug infestations and whose residents lack the financial resources to adequately mitigate them.
 
Permits the use of grant funds to: (1) retain commercial applicators of pesticides to perform bed bug prevention and mitigation activities; (2) purchase and distribute mattress covers; (3) dispose of and replace infested material; (4) conduct monitoring activities; and (5) treat used mattresses and furniture using methods proven to control all life stages of bed bugs.
 
Directs the Administrator: (1) after the end of FY2012, to collect data on the number of grant fund recipients and the funds awarded to each, the criteria used to award funds, the success achieved, and documented results of intervention efforts on infestation rates; and (2) to report to Congress by September 30, 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To repeal a limitation in the Labor-Management Relations Act regarding requirements for labor organization membership as a condition of employment.

Bill: 111-hr-6384
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Amends the Labor-Management Relations Act to repeal the disclaimer that nothing in the law shall be construed as authorizing the execution or application of agreements requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment in any state or territory in which such execution or application is prohibited by state or territorial law.
 
(Thus preempts contrary state or territorial law to allow the execution or application of agreements requiring union membership.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the unearned income Medicare contribution provision in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

Bill: 111-hr-6385
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Amends the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 to repeal the unearned income Medicare contribution provision, under which: (1) net investment income (interest, dividends, annuities, royalties, rents, passive income, and net gain from the disposition of nonbusiness property) is included in the Medicare taxable base; (2) a 3.8% tax is imposed on it, beginning in 2013; and (3) the net investment income of taxpayers with adjusted gross incomes of under $200,000 ($250,000 for joint returns) is excluded from such tax.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House