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To provide for the approval of the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Australia Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy.

Bill: 111-hr-6411
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2010-11-16 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Australia
Congressional oversight
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Nuclear power
Nuclear weapons
Oceania

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: 
Authorizes the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Australia Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, done at New York May 4, 2010, to become effective on or after October 8, 2010, as if the congressional review requirements under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 had been satisfied. 
 
Subjects such Agreement to the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and any other applicable U.S. law as if it had come into effect in accordance with such congressional review requirements.

action_date: 2010-11-30
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Authorizes the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Australia Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, done at New York May 4, 2010, to become effective on or after October 8, 2010, as if the congressional review requirements under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 had been satisfied. 
 
Subjects such Agreement to the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and any other applicable U.S. law as if it had come into effect in accordance with such congressional review requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2010-11-30
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-11-30
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7723)
action_date: 2010-11-30
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7723)
action_date: 2010-11-30
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6411.
action_date: 2010-11-30
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7723-7724)
action_date: 2010-11-30
text: Mr. Tanner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To ensure that individuals who receive Social Security or certain other Federal benefits receive a one-time payment equal to 5 percent of the total annual amount of such benefit in the event that no cost-of-living adjustment is payable in 2011.

Bill: 111-hr-6413
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2010-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability assistance
Inflation and prices
Poverty and welfare assistance
Railroads
Social security and elderly assistance
Transportation employees
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: 
 Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to disburse a one-time payment equal to 60% [
sic
] of the total annual amount of their benefits under Social Security, SSI (Supplemental Security Income under title XVI of the Social Security Act), the railroad retirement benefits program, and the veterans disability compensation or pension benefits program to recipients of such benefits if no cost-of-living adjustment is payable in 2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2010-11-16
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Angela Stefanova Boneva.

Bill: 111-hr-6414
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2010-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Provides for the relief of Angela Stefanova Boneva.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Tax Relief Certainty Act

Bill: 111-hr-6415
Sponsor: Rep. Pence, Mike [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2010-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Capital gains tax
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: 
Tax Relief Certainty Act - Eliminates the terminating date of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, thus making the provisions of such Act permanent. Terminates after December 31, 2011, provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act increasing tax benefits for adoption. 
 
Eliminates the terminating date of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 applicable to provisions reducing tax rates on dividends and capital gains. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) phase-in between 2010 through 2020 increases in the exemption amount for the alternative minimum tax (AMT); and (2) make permanent offsets against the AMT for certain nonrefundable tax credits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Introduced in House
American Traveller Dignity Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6416
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2010-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Civil actions and liability
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government liability
Right of privacy
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: 
American Traveller Dignity Act of 2010 - Prohibits any law of the United States from being construed to confer immunity for a federal employee or agency, or any individual or entity that receives federal funds, who subjects an individual to any physical contact, x-rays, or millimeter waves, or aids in the creation of or views a representation of any part of an individual's body covered by clothing, as a condition for such individual to be in an airport or to fly in an aircraft. Makes this provision applicable even if the individual or the individual's parent, guardian, or any other individual gives consent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1951, H7526-7527)
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit Federal funding of certain public radio programming, to provide for the transfer of certain public radio funds to reduce the public debt, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-6417
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2010-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
News media and reporting

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: 
Prohibits federal funding to organizations incorporated for specified purposes related to: (1) broadcasting, transmitting, and programming over noncommercial educational radio broadcast stations, networks, and systems; (2) cooperating with foreign broadcasting systems and networks in international radio programming and broadcasting; (3) assisting and supporting such noncommercial educational radio broadcasting pursuant to the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967; or (4) acquiring radio programs from such organizations.
 
Requires the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, for FY2011-FY2012, to transfer to a designated Treasury account for use to reduce the public debt an amount equal to the amount allocated from the Public Broadcasting Fund for specified licensees and permittees of public radio stations, public radio programming, and for acquiring or producing certain national programming. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend the suspension of the limitation on the period for which certain borrowers are eligible for guaranteed assistance.

Bill: 111-hr-6418
Sponsor: Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2010-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: 
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend, until December 31, 2012, the suspension of the 15-year limitation on the period for which borrowers of agricultural operating loans are eligible for guaranteed assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Red Flag Program Clarification Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6420
Sponsor: Rep. Adler, John H. [D-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2010-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Consumer credit
Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: 
Red Flag Program Clarification Act of 2010 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act, with respect to federal agency (red flag) guidelines regarding identity theft and the users of consumer reports, to define creditor to mean one that regularly and in the ordinary course of business: (1) obtains or uses consumer reports, directly or indirectly, in connection with a credit transaction; (2) furnishes information to certain consumer reporting agencies in connection with a credit transaction; or (3) advances funds to or on behalf of a person, based on the person's obligation to repay the funds or on repayment from specific property pledged by or on the person's behalf.
 
Includes in the definition any other type of creditor as the federal agency (banking agency, National Credit Union Administration, or the Federal Trade Commission [FTC]) having authority over that creditor may determine appropriate, if the creditor offers or maintains accounts subject to a reasonably foreseeable risk of identity theft.
 
Excludes from the definition of creditor, however, any creditor that advances funds on behalf of a person for expenses incidental to a service the creditor provides to that person.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Protection Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6421
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2010-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Manufacturing
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: 
Consumer Protection Act of 2010 - Provides that it shall not be a defense to a tort claim in any U.S. court that a manufacturer of a product has fulfilled that manufacturer's duty of care when providing all of the necessary information to a learned intermediary, who then interacts with the consumer of the product. 
 
Defines a &quot;learned intermediary&quot; as a person licensed under applicable state or federal law to advise a consumer whether or not to use the product in question.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Railroad Retirement Fairness Act

Bill: 111-hr-6422
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2010-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of State
Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Railroad Retirement Board
Railroads
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: 
Railroad Retirement Fairness Act - Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to provide that an individual who, at the time the individual makes an inquiry to the Railroad Retirement Board, has a current connection with the railroad industry shall not be deemed to have lost that current connection if: (1) the Board misleads or fails to properly inform that individual about that requirement; and (2) that conduct by the Board, according to the principles of equity, should stop the Board from deeming the individual to have lost that current connection.
 
Deems an individual who is employed with the Department of State in a position the Secretary of State certifies as railroad related to have &quot;a current connection with the railroad industry&quot; for retirement purposes.
 
Applies this Act to annuities applied for on or after February 3, 1989.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Lauli'i Matu'u.

Bill: 111-hr-6424
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2010-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Provides for the relief of Lauli'i Matu'u.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6425
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Disability and health-based discrimination
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Higher education
Racial and ethnic relations
School administration
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2010 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each institution of higher education (IHE) participating in a title IV program (except foreign schools) to include in its annual security report a statement of policy regarding harassment that includes: (1) a prohibition of harassment of students by other students, faculty, and staff; (2) a description of its programs to prevent harassment; (3) a description of the procedures that students should follow if harassment occurs; and (4) a description of the procedures it will follow once an incident of harassment has been reported.
 
Defines &quot;harassment&quot; to include certain conduct undertaken through technological means that limits a student's ability to benefit from the IHE's programs, or creates a hostile or abusive educational environment at the school.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to IHEs to initiate, expand, or improve programs to: (1) prevent the harassment of students; (2) provide counseling or redress services to students who have been harassed or accused of subjecting other students to harassment; and (3) train students, faculty, or staff to prevent harassment or address harassment if it occurs.
 
Directs the Secretary to publish a report of best practices for combating harassment at IHEs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Moving Outdoors in Nature Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6426
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Child health
Medical research
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
Moving Outdoors in Nature Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to award grants or cooperative agreements to eligible entities to develop and implement a five-year Moving Outdoors in Nature State Strategy for connecting children, youth, and families with the outdoors. 
 
Requires each Strategy to provide for: (1) local planning; and (2) subgrants to local entities for the implementation of the strategy through one or more of the programs, activities, or initiatives relating to outdoor recreation as described in this Act. 
 
Requires eligible entities receiving funds under this Act to submit annual reports on the implementation of their strategies. 
 
Directs the President to issue a national strategy for connecting children, youth, and families with the outdoors. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to conduct a study of national significance on the health impacts of the programs under this Act. 
 
Requires the Secretary to provide technical assistance to grantees and disseminate best practices that emerge from the state strategies funded by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Physician Payment Update Extension Act

Bill: 111-hr-6427
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
Medicare Physician Payment Update Extension Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) continue the existing 2.2% physician payment update that expires November 30, 2010, for an additional month through December 31, 2010; and (2) set at 1% the update to the single conversion factor that would otherwise apply for 2011.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to House Budget
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, 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: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
San Bruno Victims Compensation Fairness Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6428
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accidents
California
Capital gains tax
Civil actions and liability
Disaster relief and insurance
Income tax exclusion
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
San Bruno Victims Compensation Fairness Act of 2010 - Excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes: (1) any compensation provided by Pacific Gas and Electric Company to victims of the natural gas transmission line explosion on September 9, 2010, in San Bruno, California; and (2) any gain from the compulsory or involuntary conversion of property destroyed by the San Bruno natural gas transmission line explosion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
To extend expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 until February 29, 2012.

Bill: 111-hr-6429
Sponsor: Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Homeland security
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
Amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 to extend through February 29, 2012, a provision granting roving electronic surveillance authority.
 
Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to extend until February 29, 2012, a provision revising the definition of an &quot;agent of a foreign power&quot; to include any non-U.S. person who engages in international terrorism or preparatory activities (&quot;lone wolf&quot; provision).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to House Intelligence (Permanent)
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House