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Pick Your Poison Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4511
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-8]
Introduced: 2010-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Political advertising
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: 
Pick Your Poison Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit corporations from making any expenditure, or making any disbursement for an electioneering communication, if they employ or retain a registered lobbyist under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Country-of-Origin Labeling for Fuels Act

Bill: 111-hr-4512
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2010-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Department of Energy
Motor fuels
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: 
Country-of-Origin Labeling for Fuels Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to study and report to Congress with recommendations for appropriate methods and standards for requiring: (1) motor vehicle fuel suppliers to disclose to the next person in the motor vehicle fuel supply chain information regarding each country in which the fuel or any of its components were extracted, refined, or otherwise processed; and (2) motor vehicle retailers to disclose this information to consumers.
 
Requires the Secretary to prescribe regulations requiring disclosure of country-of-origin information by motor vehicle fuel suppliers and retailers in accordance with such recommendations. Prohibits such regulations, however, from requiring the listing of more than one country-of-origin for a fuel blend containing fuel 70% or more of which originated in a single country.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to impose a civil penalty of up to $10,000 on any person that knowingly violates such regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Job Creation Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4513
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2010-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Capital gains tax
Evidence and witnesses
Financial crises and stabilization
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Judicial procedure and administration
Jurisdiction and venue
Lawyers and legal services
Legal fees and court costs
Securities
Small business
State and local courts
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: 
Job Creation Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2010 the increased expensing allowance for depreciable business assets; (2) exclude from gross income in 2010 100% of the gain from the sale of small business stock; and (3) exclude from gross income in 2010 all unemployment compensation.
 
Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to require all amounts repaid under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to reduce the program's purchase authority.
 
Amends Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (sanctions for filing a frivolous lawsuit) to: (1) require courts to award reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees, to a prevailing party in a Rule 11 proceeding (currently discretionary); and (2) eliminate the 21-day period allowed for withdrawing or correcting a claim deemed frivolous.
 
Requires state courts to apply Rule 11 to actions in state courts that substantially affect interstate commerce. 
 
Limits venue for personal injury claims filed in state or federal courts to the county or district: (1) in which the plaintiff or defendant resides; (2) where the plaintiff resided at the time of the alleged injury; or (3) the district in which the defendant's principal place of business is located.
 
Imposes additional sanctions: (1) on attorneys who are found to violate Rule 11 three or more times; and (2) for willful and intentional destruction of documents relevant to a pending action in federal court. Establishes a rebuttable presumption of a Rule 11 violation if a plaintiff attempts to litigate a claim that has already been litigated and lost on the merits.
 
Prohibits a court in a Rule 11 proceeding from ordering the nondisclosure of the record of the proceeding unless the court makes a specific finding of fact that justifies such an order.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H390-391)
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendment Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4515
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2010-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Intellectual property
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: 
Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendment Act of 2010 - Amends the Act commonly known as the Lanham Act to replace references to &quot;registrant&quot; with references to &quot;owner&quot; in provisions: (1) making a certificate of registration prima facie evidence of the validity, registration, ownership, and exclusive rights to use a mark; and (2) relating to a registrant's surrender, cancellation, or amendment of registration. Requires, in the event of a surrender, cancellation, or amendment, that an appropriate entry be made on the records of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and on the certificate of registration. (Current law allows, when the certificate is lost or destroyed, such an entry to be made on a certified copy of the certificate.)
 
Requires, when the USPTO makes a material mistake in a registration, that a certificate stating the fact and nature of the mistake be attached to each printed copy of the registration. (Current law requires that the certificate stating the mistake be attached to each printed copy of the registration certificate.)
 
Replaces references to &quot;registrant&quot; with references to &quot;owner&quot; in provisions relating to the incontestability of the right to use a mark under certain conditions.
 
Allows the holder of an international registration to appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit if the holder is dissatisfied with the decision of the Director or Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
 
Modifies requirements regarding the duration of registrations and related affidavits and fees.
 
Requires a study and report to Congress on: (1) the extent to which small businesses may be harmed by litigation tactics by corporations attempting to enforce trademark rights beyond a reasonable interpretation of the scope of the rights granted to the trademark owner; and (2) the best use of federal government services to protect trademarks and prevent counterfeiting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Financial Services Industry Stability Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4516
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15]
Introduced: 2010-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business investment and capital
Corporate finance and management
Federal Reserve System
Financial crises and stabilization
Financial services and investments
Government trust funds
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: 
Financial Services Industry Stability Act of 2010 - Directs the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to review all programs administered by the Board and utilize them in furtherance of this Act.
 
Directs each federal department, agency, and independent establishment in the executive branch to utilize its authority to: (1) implement programs to promote transparency, simplicity, fairness, accountability, and equal access in the market for consumer financial products or services; and (2) take necessary steps to ensure that no financial company is able to pose a systemic risk to the health of the U.S. economy by becoming too large to fail.
 
Requires the Board Chairperson to define the terms &quot;systemic risk&quot; and &quot;too large to fail&quot; and enumerate procedures that specify when and how the Chairperson and the head of any other federal department, agency, or independent executive branch establishment shall: (1) cause financial companies that are determined to be too large to fail to restructure in size and scope of operations so as not to pose a systemic risk to the health of the U.S. economy; and (2) impose increased capital reserve requirements upon any financial company which has been ordered to restructure.
 
Requires the Chairperson to: (1) define criteria for causing the restructuring of financial companies; and (2) establish a fund composed of annual levies on financial companies to finance restructurings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H336)
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Freedom From Foreign-Based Manipulation in American Elections Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4517
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2010-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign and international corporations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: 
Freedom From Foreign-Based Manipulation in American Elections Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply the ban on contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals in connection with a federal, state, or local election to corporations with respect to which: (1) the number of shares owned directly or indirectly by foreign principals is equal to or greater than 5% of the total number of the corporation's outstanding shares; (2) one or more foreign principals serves on the board of directors; or (3) one or more foreign principals is employed in a senior executive position. 
 
Increases the civil monetary penalties applicable to foreign nationals that violate the ban. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H391)
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny a deduction for image advertising expenses for any trade or business the gross receipts of which exceed $100 million.

Bill: 111-hr-4518
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2010-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny business taxpayers whose gross receipts exceeded $100 million in the preceding taxable year a tax deduction for expenses incurred for advertising anything other than a service or product. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Financial Crisis Public Disclosure Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4519
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2010-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Business records
Corporate finance and management
Financial crises and stabilization
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: 
Financial Crisis Public Disclosure Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make publicly available on the Internet, within 120 days after enactment of this Act, the electronic communications of certain employees at large firms that have received funds under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA).
 
Creates a privacy exemption for communication of a purely personal nature or that would otherwise be privileged.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Tanning Bed Cancer Control Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4520
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2010-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cancer
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government studies and investigations
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: 
Tanning Bed Cancer Control Act of 2010 - Directs the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA): (1) to complete a study to examine the classification of ultraviolet tanning lamps as class I medical devices; and (2) not later than one year after completion of such study, to either issue a rule providing for the reclassification of an ultraviolet tanning lamp as a class II or class III device or submit to Congress a report providing a justification for not issuing such a rule.
 
Requires the Commissioner to: (1) complete a study on the adequacy of performance standards established for ultraviolet tanning lamps; and (2) either issue a rule providing for more stringent performance standards for such lamps, including with respect to the strength of ultraviolet rays emitted by such devices and the amount of time a user should remain exposed to such devices, or submit to Congress a report providing a justification for not issuing such a rule.
 
Directs the Commissioner to carry out recommendations made in a report on labeling requirements for indoor tanning devices regarding ultraviolet tanning lamps.
 
Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the authority of the Commissioner with regard to an ultraviolet tanning lamp.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E93)
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Royalty Relief for American Consumers Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4521
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2010-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Energy prices
Energy revenues and royalties
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Public contracts and procurement
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: 
Royalty Relief for American Consumers Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to agree to a request by a lessee to amend any lease issued for any Central and Western Gulf of Mexico tract between January 1, 1998, and January 1, 2000, to incorporate price thresholds applicable to royalty suspension provisions that are equal to or less than specified price thresholds described in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA).
 
Requires: (1) an amended lease to impose the new or revised price thresholds effective October 1, 2010; and (2) existing lease provisions to prevail through September 30, 2010.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from issuing a new lease to certain persons or entities with any direct or indirect interest in, or who derive any benefit from, a covered lease unless they renegotiate the lease to include such price thresholds or have paid or formally agreed to pay all conservation of resources fees established under this Act.
 
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a conservation of resources fee for producing and nonproducing federal oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico.
 
Applies the same lease renegotiation and conservation of resources fee payment eligibility criteria to any lessee or other interested person who seeks to obtain by sale or transfer (including through a swap, spinoff, servicing, or other agreement) any covered lease, the economic benefit of any covered lease, or any other lease for the production of oil or natural gas in the Gulf of Mexico under OCSLA. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E90-91)
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Prohibiting Foreign Influence in American Elections Act

Bill: 111-hr-4522
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2010-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign and international corporations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: 
Prohibiting Foreign Influence in American Elections Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply the ban on contributions and expenditures by foreign nations in connection with a federal, state, or local election to domestic corporations with respect to which: (1) one or more foreign principals serves on the board of directors; (2) one or more foreign principals directly or indirectly has an ownership interest; or (3) one or more foreign principals directly or indirectly holds debt or other obligations.
 
Applies the ban to domestic corporations that are subsidiaries of foreign corporations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Save Our Democracy From Foreign Influence Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4523
Sponsor: Rep. Perriello, Thomas S.P. [D-VA-5]
Introduced: 2010-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign and international corporations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: 
Save Our Democracy from Foreign Influence Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply the ban on contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals in connection with a federal, state, or local election to domestic corporations whose shareholders include one or more foreign principals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Blue Ridge Parkway Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-4524
Sponsor: Rep. Shuler, Heath [D-NC-11]
Introduced: 2010-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Land transfers
North Carolina
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Roads and highways
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: 
Blue Ridge Parkway Protection Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire lands and interests in land from willing sellers in order to protect up to 50,000 acres identified in the Blue Ridge Parkway Land Protection Plan. 
 
Requires the lands and interests authorized to be acquired to be contiguous with the Blue Ridge Parkway and identified by the Superintendent of the Parkway as a priority for acquisition by the federal government. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants from funds under this Act to: (1) acquire lands and interests; and (2) provide technical expense assistance for costs associated with land acquisition by entering into cooperative agreements with qualified non-profit conservation organizations to acquire lands and interests. 
 
Bars the Secretary from spending more than 10% of the funds made available under this Act in any fiscal year for site restoration and resource surveys. 
 
Permits, from funds under this Act, the use of not more than $250,000 in FY2011-FY2015 to reimburse administrative expenses for qualified non-profit conservation organizations involved directly in land acquisition projects in which lands and interests are conveyed to the Parkway. 
 
Requires the Secretary to submit a report to Congress which: (1) describes the condition of the Parkway, including threats and land preservation needs; (2) lists the land acquisitions that have been completed or are underway; and (3) lists priority land acquisitions that should be made. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2010-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation to include all members of the uniformed services who are retired under chapter 61 of such title for disability, regardless of the members' disability rating percentage.

Bill: 111-hr-4525
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2010-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: 
Extends through 2013 eligibility for the concurrent receipt of military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation for veterans who were retired or separated due to physical disability, regardless of their disability rating or years of service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Referred to House Budget
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, 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: 2010-01-26
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in House