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Unconventional Domestic Natural Gas Research and Development Act

Bill: 111-hr-5062
Sponsor: Rep. Teague, Harry [D-NM-2]
Introduced: 2010-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Energy research
Government trust funds
Oil and gas
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-15
text: 
Unconventional Domestic Natural Gas Research and Development Act - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to entitle as the Unconventional Domestic Natural Gas Research and Development Program the existing program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of technologies for ultra-deepwater and unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resource exploration and production.
 
Requires the Secretary of Energy to seek to establish partnerships with research performers in institutions of higher education and the private sector to undertake research and development not likely otherwise to be undertaken in the absence of support from the program.
 
Directs the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) to submit to the Secretary of Energy its complementary annual research plan for inclusion as a component of the President's annual budget request to Congress.
 
Authorizes the program to make awards in the form of grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, or other transactions.
 
Directs the Secretary, instead of the NETL on the Secretary's behalf, to conduct program review and oversight.
 
Extends the program through FY2017.
 
Revises the limitation on program administration funds to set a maximum of the greater of $4 million or (as under current law) 10% of the total funds allocated under the program.
 
Increases from $50 million to $150 million the amount required to be deposited each fiscal year into the Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Research Fund after certain allocations have been made from federal royalties, rents, and bonuses derived from federal onshore and offshore oil and gas leases issued under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2010-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2010-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-15
text: Introduced in House
LT WARRIOR Act

Bill: 111-hr-5063
Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2010-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-15
text: 
Light Weight Armor Research Requirements for Individual Operational Readiness Act or LT WARRIOR Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to establish the Joint Task Force Light Weight Armor Research Requirements for Individual Operational Readiness, or JTF-LT WARRIOR, to: (1) synchronize efforts among the military departments to identify and examine the requirements for lighter weight body armor; and (2) serve as the centralized body for determining and coordinating issues regarding such armor and other personal protective equipment, including its development and procurement.
 
Requires the Task Force to report to the Secretary semiannually over a two-year period recommending ways to more effectively address the research, development, and procurement requirements regarding reducing the weight of body armor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2010-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Fair Access to Veterans Benefits Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5064
Sponsor: Rep. Adler, John H. [D-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2010-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Judicial review and appeals
Specialized courts
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-16
text: 
Fair Access to Veterans Benefits Act of 2010 - Extends the 120-day limit for the filing of an appeal to the Court of Veterans Appeals after a final decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals upon a showing of good cause for such time as justice may require. Considers as good cause the inability of a person to file within the 120-day period due to a service-connected disability.
 
Makes such extension applicable to appeals of final Board decisions issued on or after July 24, 2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2010-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2010-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-16
text: Introduced in House
UNRWA Humanitarian Accountability Act

Bill: 111-hr-5065
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2010-04-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign and international banking
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
International organizations and cooperation
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Religion
Terrorism
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: 
UNRWA Humanitarian Accountability Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to withhold U.S. contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) or to any successor or related entity unless the Secretary of State certifies to Congress that: (1) no UNRWA official, employee, representative, or affiliate is a member of a foreign terrorist organization, has propagated anti-American, anti-Israel, or anti-Semitic rhetoric, or has used UNRWA resources to propagate political materials regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; (2) no UNRWA facility is used by a foreign terrorist organization; (3) no UNRWA school uses educational materials that propagates anti-American, anti-Israel, or anti-Semitic rhetoric; (4) UNRWA is subject to auditing oversight; and (5) UNRWA holds no accounts or other affiliations with financial institutions deemed by the United States to be complicit in money laundering and terror financing.
 
Limits, upon certification compliance, U.S. contributions to UNRWA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Keep Out the IRS Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5066
Sponsor: Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2010-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Sales and excise taxes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: 
Keep Out the IRS Act of 2010 - Prohibits the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from filling any position, by transfer or any other appointment taking effect on or after the enactment of this Act, if the duties and responsibilities of such position include the implementation, administration, or enforcement of any provision of, or amendment made by, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) or the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit any use of eminent domain authority by the United States to expand the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site in southeastern Colorado.

Bill: 111-hr-5067
Sponsor: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2010-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Colorado
Land transfers
Military facilities and property
Property rights

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: 
Prohibits either the Secretary of Defense (DOD) or the Army from using eminent domain authority to expand the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site in southeastern Colorado.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Surplus Uranium Disposition Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5068
Sponsor: Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Nuclear power
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: 
Surplus Uranium Disposition Act of 2010 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to barter, transfer, or sell uranium to eligible entities at fair market value.
 
Requires eligible entities to: (1) obtain a combined operating license for a reactor approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC); and (2) possess a license from the NRC in order to obtain uranium under this Act.
 
Requires the Secretary of Energy to offer to barter, transfer, or sell to eligible entities, on a first-come, first-served basis and at fair market value, 20 million pounds of uranium for initial cores for projects to build new reactors.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to barter, transfer, or sell uranium to eligible entities on a first-come, first-served basis, at fair market value following a prescribed schedule for 2010-2013 and subsequent years.
 
Requires a recipient to sell such uranium at fair market value.
 
 
Prohibits the use of funds or other value obtained from the barter, transfer, or sale of uranium, without a specific appropriation by Congress, to implement other programs of the Department of Energy (DOE).
 
 Requires the Secretary to: (1) maintain a sufficient inventory of uranium to meet current and foreseeable needs of the missions and programs of DOE and designated agencies; and (2) maintain a reserve inventory of uranium that contains at least 20 million pounds of uranium.
 
Permits the Secretary to release uranium from the reserve inventory only if a national energy emergency is declared by the President.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Fair Payment of Court Fees Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5069
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2010-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
Judicial procedure and administration
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: 
Fair Payment of Court Fees Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to authorize the waiver of court fees if the court determines that the interest of justice justifies such a waiver. Amends the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure to require such a waiver.
 
States that the interest of justice includes the establishment of constitutional or other important precedent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E588)
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Smart Electronics Act

Bill: 111-hr-5070
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2010-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government information and archives
Product development and innovation
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: 
Smart Electronics Act - Requires the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to submit a report to Congress that: (1) assesses the potential for cost-effective integration of smart electronics technologies and capabilities in all products that are reviewed by the Department of Energy (DOE) and the EPA for potential designation as Energy Star products; (2) assesses the growth of consumer electronics utilization and the associated energy consumption; (3) analyzes the potential energy savings and electricity cost savings that could accrue through specific Energy Star program focus on smart electronics; and (4) analyzes and ranks the potential of cost-effective smart electronics technologies. 
 
 
Defines &quot;smart electronics&quot; to mean consumer electronics with one or more of the following: (1) power-factor correction; (2) stand-by power; (3) communication with smart grid and in-home and networked energy monitoring equipment; (4) on-demand and variable processing speed semiconductors; (5) off-peak operation and charging; (6) low power switchable modes; or (7) the ability to achieve greater efficiency with multiple functions on semiconductors.
 
Requires the Secretary and the Administrator, to the extent that it is consistent with report findings, to: (1) develop a smart electronics emphasis as part of the implementation of the Energy Star program; and (2) establish a Smart Electronics Registry that provides a voluntary mechanism for electronics manufacturers and sellers to register their smart electronics products. Directs the Secretary and the Administrator, in operating the Registry, to work with: (1) manufacturers to develop testing and verification protocols to ensure that products qualify as smart electronics; and (2) sellers to develop qualification criteria for smart electronics sales location labeling.
 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Introduced in House
ESEA Fiscal Fairness Act

Bill: 111-hr-5071
Sponsor: Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2010-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: 
ESEA Fiscal Fairness Act - Amends part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to condition local educational agency (LEA) receipt of school improvement funds on: (1) an average state and local spending per pupil in each school receiving school improvement funds of at least 97% of such spending per pupil across all schools that are not receiving such funds; and (2) an average state and local spending per pupil in each higher poverty school of at least 97% of such spending per pupil across all lower poverty schools, if the LEA is serving all of its schools under part A.
 
Allows LEAs to meet such requirement across all schools or among schools serving a particular grade span if they compare schools within no more than three grade spans.
 
Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Education, in the fourth and fifth years after this Act's enactment, to audit 5 states and 10 LEAs to determine their progress in meeting these requirements.
 
Requires annual LEA report cards to include certain information on state and local spending per pupil in schools.
 
Requires states to provide the public with annual up-to-date school-by-school listings of per-pupil state and local spending.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and enact the OPTION Act of 2009.

Bill: 111-hr-5073
Sponsor: Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2010-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Comprehensive health care
Consumer affairs
Disability and health-based discrimination
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations
State and local taxation
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: 
Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of their enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Acts. 
 
Enacts the Offering Patients True Individualized Options Act of 2009 (H.R. 3889), as introduced in the House of Representatives on October 21, 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Referred to House Appropriations
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Appropriations, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, House Administration, and Rules, 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: 2010-04-20
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Introduced in House
National Institute of Standards and Technology Authorization Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5074
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2010-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Building construction
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health technology, devices, supplies
Higher education
Manufacturing
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Product safety and quality
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: 
 National Institute of Standards and Technology Authorization Act of 2010 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2011-FY2015 to the Secretary of Commerce for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for: (1) scientific and technical research and services laboratory activities; (2) facilities construction and maintenance; and (3) industrial technology services activities, including the Technology Innovation Program (TIP), Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program (MEP), and Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award program. 
 
 Establishes in the Department of Commerce an Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and requires the Under Secretary to conduct policy analysis on innovation and technical standards to improve and promote U.S. competitiveness.
 
 Requires the Director to reorganize the scientific and technical research and services laboratory program as specified.
 
 Directs the Secretary to promote collaboration among federal departments and agencies and private sector stakeholders. 
 
Requires the Director to establish, within the Hollings Manufacturing Partnership Program, an innovative services initiative to assist small- and medium-sized manufacturers in: (1) reducing their energy usage and environmental waste; and (2) accelerating the domestic commercialization of new product technologies, including components for renewable energy systems.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish appropriate criteria to be considered in determining the cost share of a Hollings Manufacturing Extension Center, but in no case shall it exceed half of the costs incurred by such Center.
 
 Revises the funding for a Center under the Program after the sixth year of operation. 
 
 Requires the Director to establish a bioscience research program. Authorizes the Director to establish university research centers at institutions of higher education to conduct research to further the program's objectives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Middle Class Tax Relief Act

Bill: 111-hr-5075
Sponsor: Rep. Adler, John H. [D-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2010-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adult day care
Child care and development
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: 
Middle Class Tax Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the maximum allowable dollar amount of the dependent care tax credit; (2) increase to $60,000 the adjusted gross income threshold for the phaseout of such credit; (3) allow such credit for the expenses of caring for the taxpayer's parents (or ancestors of such parents) who are unable to care for themselves; and (4) extend the additional standard tax deduction for state and local real property taxes through 2010 and increase the allowable amount of such deduction.
 
Makes permanent the increases in the dollar limits for the dependent care tax credit enacted by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Stop Offshore Bad Actors Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5076
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2010-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Government information and archives
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: 
Stop Offshore Bad Actors Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to publish in the Federal Register each year the names of individuals who have been granted amnesty or immunity from criminal prosecution by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) during the preceding calendar year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Introduced in House