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Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvement Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6430
Sponsor: Rep. Minnick, Walter [D-ID-1]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Disability assistance
Inflation and prices
Licensing and registrations
National Guard and reserves
User charges and fees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvement Act of 2010 - Revises provisions concerning the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) post-9/11 veterans' educational assistance program to, among other things: (1) revise definitions concerning eligibility, and include certain National Guard service as service qualifying for such assistance; (2) revise assistance amounts (including monthly stipends), and types of approved programs of education; (3) allow the pursuit of educational programs at institutions other than institutions of higher learning, including on-job training and apprenticeships, flight training, and correspondence courses; (4) provide an assistance amount for programs of education pursued while on active duty; (5) provide an annual effective date for stipend rates; (6) repeal the limit on the use of such assistance for the payment of only one licensing or certification test; (7) allow the use of educational assistance for the payment of national admission tests and tests for determining course credit; (8) bar the duplication of benefits under certain VA educational assistance programs; (9) bar the concurrent receipt of educational assistance benefits transferred to children; (10) allow the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make certain subsistence allowance payments to enrolled veterans when an institution is temporarily closed; (11) increase the amount of the reporting fee paid by the Secretary to an institution for providing information concerning an individual's enrollment in a program of education; (12) limit assistance benefits to individuals who enlisted or reenlisted before October 1, 2012; and (13) revise cost-of-living adjustments under the Montgomery GI Bill educational assistance program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Vietnam Democracy Promotion Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6432
Sponsor: Rep. Cao, Anh "Joseph" [R-LA-2]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Area studies and international education
Asia
Congressional oversight
Cultural exchanges and relations
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign aid and international relief
Human rights
Human trafficking
International exchange and broadcasting
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Political movements and philosophies
Protest and dissent
Racial and ethnic relations
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Religion
Rule of law and government transparency
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
Vietnam Democracy Promotion Act of 2010 - Authorizes: (1) the President to provide assistance, through appropriate nongovernmental organizations and the Human Rights Defenders Fund, for the support of individuals and organizations to promote freedom and democracy in Vietnam; and (2) related appropriations.
 
States that it is U.S. policy to take measures to overcome the jamming of Radio Free Asia by the government of Vietnam. Authorizes related appropriations.
 
States that it is U.S. policy that programs of educational and cultural exchange with Vietnam should promote progress toward freedom and democracy in Vietnam by providing Vietnamese nationals with opportunities to see freedom and democracy in action. 
 
States that it is U.S. policy to offer refugee resettlement to nationals of Vietnam (including members of the Montagnard ethnic minority groups) who were eligible for the Orderly Departure Program (ODP), the Humanitarian Resettlement (HR) Program, the Resettlement Opportunities for Vietnamese Returnees (ROVR) Program, the Amerasian Homecoming Act of 1988, or any other U.S. refugee program and who were deemed ineligible due to administrative error or who for reasons beyond the control of such individuals were unable or failed to apply for such programs in compliance with Department of State deadlines.
 
 Provides funding for the protection (including resettlement) of Vietnamese refugees and asylum seekers, including Montagnards and ethnic Khmer in Cambodia and Thailand.
 
 Prohibits the U.S. government from providing nonhumanitarian assistance to the government of Vietnam in excess of FY2010 amounts unless the President certifies to Congress that the government of Vietnam has made substantial progress respecting political, media, and religious freedoms (and related property issues), minority rights, access to U.S. refugee programs, actions to end trafficking in persons, and treatment of government officials and military personnel of the former government of South Vietnam. 
 
Authorizes the President to waive such requirements if increased U.S. nonhumanitarian assistance would promote the purposes of this Act or is otherwise in the U.S. national interest.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act

Bill: 111-hr-6433
Sponsor: Rep. Cao, Anh "Joseph" [R-LA-2]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Human rights
Immigration status and procedures
International law and treaties
Protest and dissent
Sanctions
Vietnam
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act - Directs the President to: (1) impose financial and immigration/entry sanctions on listed nationals of Vietnam who are complicit in human rights abuses committed against nationals of Vietnam or their family members, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Vietnam; and (2) submit to Congress a publicly available list of individuals determined to be complicit in such human rights abuses.
 
Authorizes the President to waive sanctions: (1) to comply with international agreements; and (2) if in the U.S. national interest.
 
Terminates sanctions if the President certifies to Congress that the government of Vietnam has: (1) released all political prisoners; (2) ceased its practices of violence, detention, and abuse of citizens of Vietnam engaging in peaceful political activity; and (3) conducted a transparent investigation into the killings, arrest, and abuse of such political activists and prosecuted those responsible.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and Financial Services, 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 Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Global Learning Early Education Challenge Fund Act

Bill: 111-hr-6435
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Advisory bodies
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Family relationships
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Language arts
Preschool education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
Global Learning Early Education Challenge Fund Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to local educational agencies (LEAs), Head Start agencies, and preschools for planning or implementing Global Learning Early Education programs (preschool through grade eight dual-language, developmental bilingual, or second language immersion programs).
 
Gives grant priority to LEAs, Head Start agencies, and preschools in which at least 40% of the students enrolled are limited English proficient.
 
Requires each grantee to partner with one or more of the following entities: (1) a community-based organization; (2) an early childhood organization; (3) an elementary, secondary, or postsecondary school; or (4) an LEA.
 
Requires implementation grant recipients to: (1) provide incentives for the recruitment and retention of bilingual and culturally and linguistically relevant staff for their Global Learning Early Education programs, including high-quality professional development; and (2) involve students' families in the programs.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a Research Council, composed of individuals with specified educational expertise, to guide research into Global Learning Early Education programs that identifies best practices and evaluates student progress.


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
State Public Funds Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-6436
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Federal preemption
Labor-management relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
State Public Funds Protection Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to declare that nothing in it shall be interpreted to preempt a state or local law that places limitations on the use of public funds or property to assist, deter, or promote union organizing.


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
Partnering to Improve Maternity Care Quality Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6437
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Sex and reproductive health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
Partnering to Improve Maternity Care Quality Act of 2010 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a maternity care quality measurement program for care provided to childbearing women and newborns for use by: (1) a state in administering a state Medicaid plan or a state child health plan under SSA title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP); (2) health insurance issuers and managed care entities contracting with states to administer such plans; and (3) providers of items and services.
 
Directs the Secretary to identify and publish an initial core set of maternity care quality measures for use in data collection and reporting by such entities.
 
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), to enter into grants, contracts, or intergovernmental agreements with qualified measure development entities for the purpose of developing, testing, and validating maternity care quality measures, including eMeasures (for which measurement data will be collected electronically), in areas not adequately covered by the measures identified.
 
Directs the AHRQ, in order to measure the care experiences of childbearing women and newborns, to adapt the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems program surveys of providers, facilities, and health plans.
 
Directs the Secretary to encourage voluntary and standardized reporting on their performance by clinicians, facilities, accountable care organizations, and health plans.
 
Requires report data to be made available to: (1) patients to use in maternity care decision making; and (2) policymakers and purchasers to assess the quality of maternity care services under Medicaid and CHIP.
 
Prescribes requirements for conversion of endorsed measures for the care of childbearing women and newborns to eMeasures.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a demonstration project to evaluate the use of alternative Medicaid payment methods. 
 
Directs the Secretary to seek to enter an agreement with the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies to identify essential services for childbearing women and newborns.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the adjustment of status for certain long-term conditional residents.

Bill: 111-hr-6438
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, Parker [R-AL-5]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust an alien's status from conditional resident to lawful permanent resident if such person: (1) became a conditional resident as an alien entrepreneur, alien spouse, or alien child on or before December 31, 1998; (2) filed an application to remove conditional resident status on an I-829 form on or before December 31, 2000; and (3) had such form or a motion to reopen or reconsider the denial of such form pending before DHS as of the date of the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Targeted Tax Lien Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6439
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Consumer credit
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
Targeted Tax Lien Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to determine, prior to filing a notice of tax lien for unpaid taxes, that: (1) the lien attaches to distrainable property; (2) the benefit to the government of filing such lien outweighs the harm to the taxpayer; and (3) the filing of such lien will not jeopardize the taxpayer's prospective ability to comply with tax laws or an otherwise viable business taxpayer's prospective ability to secure funding to maintain business operations.
 
Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to limit the period in which certain released or erroneously filed federal tax liens may be reported on a consumer 's credit report. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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 Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1969-1970)
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Fair Housing Act to provide an exemption for any person seeking to enter into a shared living arrangement with a person sharing similar religious opinions or religious beliefs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-6440
Sponsor: Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Housing discrimination
Marketing and advertising
Real estate business
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
Amends the Fair Housing Act to exempt any person who prints or publishes a notice seeking to enter into a shared living arrangement with a person sharing similar religious opinions or beliefs from the prohibition against notices, statements, or advertisements, with respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling, that indicate a preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. Defines &quot;shared living arrangement&quot; as an agreement in which occupants of a dwelling share living space within the dwelling.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Widows and Spousal Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-6442
Sponsor: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
Social Security Widows and Spousal Protection Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to revise the Government Pension Offset formula used in determining the monthly OASDI benefit for former federal, state, or local government employees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1984)
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Gold Medal of Remembrance for the Sons and Daughters of Our Fallen Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6443
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Congressional tributes
Iraq
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
Gold Medal of Remembrance for the Sons and Daughters of Our Fallen Act of 2010 - Directs that a medal, to be known as the Gold Medal of Remembrance, be presented to the child of a member of the Armed Forces who dies: (1) while serving on active duty in support of Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, or New Dawn; or (2) as a result of wounds, injuries, or illness incurred during such service. Expresses the sense of Congress that such Medal should be presented by military commanders in ceremonies recognizing the support and sacrifice of children of members of the Armed Forces.
 
Makes the Medal presentation requirement applicable retroactively with respect to covered deaths of members occurring after September 11, 2001.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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 Armed Services
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6444
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Department of Health and Human Services
Evidence and witnesses
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2010 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, with respect to procedures for determining eligibility for participation in a state health care insurance exchange (Exchange), to: (1) require an applicant for enrollment in a qualified health plan (enrollee) to appear in person at an Exchange and submit a sworn statement, under penalty of perjury, that the enrollee is a citizen or national of the United States or an eligible alien; (2) require enrollees to provide satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or nationality or satisfactory immigration status; (3) require Exchanges to verify citizenship or immigration status of enrollees based on satisfactory documentary evidence and (4) eliminate the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to modify the methods used by Exchanges to verify enrollee eligibility.


Legislative actions:
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 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: 2010-11-18
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
Carolinas Revolutionary Road National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 111-hr-6445
Sponsor: Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Historic sites and heritage areas
Military history
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
North Carolina
South Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
Carolinas Revolutionary Road National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Carolinas Revolutionary Road National Heritage Area in North Carolina and South Carolina. 
 
Designates the Cultural and Heritage Museums of York County, South Carolina, as the local coordinating entity for the Heritage Area. 
 
Requires the Cultural and Heritage Museums to submit a management plan for the Heritage Area. 


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 the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in House