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Unemployment Insurance Extension Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4707
Sponsor: Rep. Schauer, Mark H. [D-MI-7]
Introduced: 2010-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: 
Unemployment Insurance Extension Act of 2010 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal-state agreement under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through FY2010. Postpones the termination of the program until February 28, 2011.
 
Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend through FY2010: (1) federal-state agreements increasing regular unemployment compensation payments to individuals; and (2) requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC.
 
Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and September 30, 2010, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Reinstatement of Personal Responsibility for Immigrants Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4708
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2010-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Immigrant health and welfare
Medicaid
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: 
Reinstatement of Personal Responsibility for Immigrants Act of 2010 - Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP) of the Social Security Act to repeal the authority of states to elect to provide medical assistance to children and pregnant women who are lawfully residing in the United States, notwithstanding the mandatory five-year delay for general coverage of legal immigrants.
 
Requires CHIP to participate in the state income and eligibility verification system (SAVE program).
 
Requires application under Medicaid and CHIP of the citizenship verification procedures that applied before enactment of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA). 
 
Rescinds unobligated amounts under CHIPRA for the alternative state process for verification of declaration of citizenship or nationality for purposes of eligibility for Medicaid and CHIP.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: Introduced in House
E 2 for Innovation Act

Bill: 111-hr-4709
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2010-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: 
Engineering Education for Innovation Act or E 2 for Innovation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award planning grants and matching implementation grants to states to integrate engineering education into kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) instruction and curricula.
 
Requires each state that desires an implementation grant to develop quantifiable benchmarks for activities supported by such grants and submit them to the Secretary for approval.
 
Requires states to use implementation grants to: (1) establish assessment tools and challenging academic content and achievement standards for engineering education; (2) develop or obtain effective engineering education curricula; (3) develop or improve engineering teacher training programs; (4) recruit qualified engineering teachers for needy schools; (5) facilitate distance learning and online education in engineering; and (6) invest in after-school engineering education programs.
 
Directs the Institute of Education Sciences to support engineering education research and an evaluation of this Act's grant programs. 
 
Requires the Secretary to use the evaluation's findings to provide information to the public and technical assistance to states on best practices and promising innovations in K-12 engineering education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Farm to School Improvements Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4710
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2010-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Agricultural education
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-26
text: 
Farm to School Improvements Act of 2010 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide competitive matching grants to schools, nonprofit organizations, and other able entities for farm to school programs that improve the access of school lunch and breakfast program participants to local foods. 
 
Provides that each grant may include an implementation grant, training and technical assistance grant, and planning grant.
 
 Requires farm to school programs to be designed to: (1) improve the nutritional health and well being of children; (2) procure healthy local foods from small and medium-sized farms; (3) support experiential nutrition education by involving school children in farm and garden-based agricultural education activities; (4) commit public and private community stakeholders to the sustained success of such programs; and (5) increase farmers' income by facilitating their access to institutional markets.
 
Directs the Secretary to provide grant recipients with technical assistance that includes sharing information, best practices, research, and data on existing farm to school programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2010-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Postal Service Electric Motor Vehicle Act

Bill: 111-hr-4711
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2010-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Public contracts and procurement
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-26
text: 
Postal Service Electric Motor Vehicle Act - Directs the Postmaster General to: (1) replace at least 10% of the gasoline-powered motor vehicles in the Postal fleet with electric motor vehicles manufactured in the United States during each year in the five-year period beginning on the enactment of this Act; (2) ensure that at least 75% of the Postal fleet is comprised of such electric motor vehicles by the end of such five-year period; (3) ensure that manufacturers of such electric motor vehicles solicit competitive bids for electric drive components and storage devices from domestic manufacturers that participate in the Department of Energy's Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative (or successor program); and (4) report on expenditures made, savings realized, and revenues received by the Postal Service by implementing this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2010-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-26
text: Introduced in House
To include the county of Mohave, in the State of Arizona, as an affected area for purposes of making claims under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act based on exposure to atmospheric nuclear testing.

Bill: 111-hr-4712
Sponsor: Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2010-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Arizona
Cancer
Government liability
Nuclear weapons
Radiation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-26
text: 
Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to include the county of Mohave, Arizona, among affected areas for purposes of payments to individuals with certain medical conditions who were exposed to fallout emitted during the U.S. government's atmospheric nuclear tests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2010-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the first-time homebuyer credit in the case of joint returns of long-time residents where only 1 spouse meets the ownership and use requirements.

Bill: 111-hr-4713
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2010-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Marriage and family status

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-26
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a partial first-time homebuyer tax credit to a married couple filing a joint tax return where only one spouse meets the ownership and use requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-26
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in Colorado, except by express authorization of Congress.

Bill: 111-hr-4716
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2010-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Monuments and memorials
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: 
Prohibits any further extension or establishment of national parks or monuments in Colorado, except by express authorization of Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Open EAJA Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4717
Sponsor: Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Government liability
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: 
Open EAJA Act of 2010 - Directs the Attorney General to issue an annual online report to Congress and the public on the amount of attorney fees and other expenses awarded during the preceding fiscal year pursuant to the law commonly known as the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA).
 
Directs the Comptroller General to commence an audit of the Equal Access to Justice Act for 1995 through the end of the calendar year in which this Act is enacted, and report to Congress on the audit results. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Stop Unfair Taxes Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4718
Sponsor: Rep. Bono Mack, Mary [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2010-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax exclusion
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: 
Stop Unfair Taxes Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to suspend, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2009, and before January 1, 2013, the taxation of unemployment compensation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
To establish a Southwest Border Region Water Task Force.

Bill: 111-hr-4719
Sponsor: Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-23]
Introduced: 2010-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Arizona
California
Intergovernmental relations
New Mexico
State and local government operations
Texas
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: 
Establishes a Southwest Border Region Water Task Force to assess the water needs of communities in the southwest border region (i.e., specified counties of Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas) and to make proposals for meeting those needs not being met.
 
Directs the Task Force to establish procedures for: (1) determining the relative priority of water projects in the region; and (2) coordinating the policies and activities of the entities comprising the Task Force relating to meeting the region's water needs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2010-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Taking Responsibility For Congressional Pay Act

Bill: 111-hr-4720
Sponsor: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2010-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: 
Taking Responsibility For Congressional Pay Act - Reduces the rate of basic pay for each Member of Congress by 5%, rounded to the nearest multiple of $100 (or, if midway between multiples of $100, to the next higher multiple of $100).
 
Declares that such adjustment shall be in lieu of any adjustment which (but for this Act) might otherwise take effect in 2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2010-03-02
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: 2010-03-02
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H973)
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
To direct the United States Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP Code for Flanders, New York.

Bill: 111-hr-4721
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2010-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: New York State
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: 
Requires the United States Postal Service (USPS) to designate a single, unique zip code applicable to the area encompassing only Flanders, New York.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Active Community Transportation Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4722
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2010-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Infrastructure development
Pedestrians and bicycling
Public transit
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: 
Active Community Transportation Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry out an active transportation investment program to encourage a mode shift to active transportation within selected communities that have development plans that provide safe and convenient opportunities to travel by bicycling and walking.
 
Requires the Secretary to make grants to communities through local or regional governmental organizations, multi-county special districts, or Indian tribes to carry out active transportation (bicycling and walking) infrastructure projects that connect people with public transportation, workplaces, residences, businesses, recreation areas, and other community activity centers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E280)
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Fishery Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-4723
Sponsor: Rep. Boyd, Allen [D-FL-2]
Introduced: 2010-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Fishes
Government studies and investigations
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: 
Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Fishery Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a benchmark stock assessment of the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery and report to Congress.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from promulgating any interim rule under specified provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act that prohibits fishing in the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery before such report demonstrates the need for interim or final rules.
 
Deems any interim rule promulgated prior to enactment of this Act that decreases the number of fishing days to less than the 2009 level to have no force or effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Leadership PAC Limitation Act

Bill: 111-hr-4724
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2010-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: 
Leadership PAC Limitation Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the conversion of leadership PAC funds to personal use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the acquisition by the Army Corps of Engineers of the hurricane barrier for the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts and the town of Fairhaven, Massachusetts.

Bill: 111-hr-4725
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2010-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Land transfers
Massachusetts
Natural disasters
Pedestrians and bicycling

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Corps of Engineers, to acquire all right, title, and interest of the city of New Bedford and the town of Fairhaven, Massachuetts, to the New Bedford-Fairhaven hurricane barrier if an offer is made by the city and the town to convey it to the Secretary, by quitclaim deed without consideration, within two years of this Act's enactment. Permits the city and the town to retain an easement authorizing the construction and recreational use of a boardwalk as a bike path, pedestrian path, boardwalk, and noncommercial fishing pier. Makes the Secretary responsible for the operation and maintenance, repair, replacement, rehabilitation, and structural integrity of the barrier in coordination with the city and the town.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
North Los Angeles County Water Recycling Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4726
Sponsor: Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2010-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: 
North Los Angeles County Water Recycling Act of 2010 - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works and Waterworks District No. 40, to participate in the design, planning, and construction of the North Los Angeles County regional water recycling project. Limits the federal share to 25% of the project's cost. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Keep Kids Safe Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4727
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2010-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against children
Firearms and explosives
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: 
Keep Kids Safe Act of 2010 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the possession of a firearm by, or the sale or transfer of a firearm to, any person who has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor sex offense against a minor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in House