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Reduce and End our Deficits Using Commonsense Eliminations in the Agriculture Program Act

Bill: 111-hr-5779
Sponsor: Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
Introduced: 2010-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural insurance
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Alabama
Arkansas
Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Forests, forestry, trees
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Illinois
Kentucky
Louisiana
Manufacturing
Mississippi
Missouri
Rural conditions and development
Tennessee

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: 
Reduce and End our Deficits Using Commonsense Eliminations in the Agriculture Program Act - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to terminate cotton and peanut storage payments.
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to terminate the Forest Service's Economic Action Program. 
 
Amends the Wool Suit and Textile Trade Extension Act of 2004 to terminate the grant program for manufacturers of worsted wool fabrics.
 
Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to terminate the Delta region health care services program.
 
Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to terminate the grant and loan program for energy generation, transmission, and distribution facilities efficiency in rural communities with extremely high energy costs.
 
Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to revise income eligibility limitations for: (1) commodity program non-farm income; (2) direct payment farm income; and (3) conservation program non-farm income.
 
Reduces crop year payment limits for covered commodity and peanut: (1) direct payments; (2) counter-cyclical payments; and (3) average crop revenue election (ACRE)/counter-cyclical payments. 
 
Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to revise the definition of &quot;payment acres&quot; for covered commodity and peanut direct and counter-cyclical payments.
 
Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to reduce additional FY2011 and FY2012 funding for the market access program.
 
Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to reduce the reimbursement rate beginning in FY2011 for private insurance providers under the crop insurance program. 
 
Prohibits the Secretary from conducting timber sales in the Southwestern, Pacific Southwest, or Alaska region of the National Forest System where federal expenditures to support timber sales have been significantly higher than offsetting receipts until the Secretary certifies to Congress that timber sales in the region will generate receipts at least equal to supporting federal expenditures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Reduce and End our Deficits Using Commonsense Eliminations in the Treas-HUD and OPIC Programs Act

Bill: 111-hr-5782
Sponsor: Rep. Adler, John H. [D-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2010-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Housing and community development funding
Income tax credits
Low- and moderate-income housing
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
Poverty and welfare assistance
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: 
Reduce and End our Deficits Using Commonsense Eliminations in the Treas-HUD and OPIC Programs Act - Prohibits the total amount obligated in the Treasury for each of FY2011-FY2015 by: (1) the Bureau of the Public Debt from exceeding $186.244 million; and (2) the Financial Management Service from exceeding $235.132 million.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, for pay periods ending in FY2011 and subsequent fiscal years, in coordination with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), to issue electronic pay stubs to Department of the Treasury employees who receive their pay by electronic funds transfer.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the requirement for advance payment of the earned income tax credit.
 
Amends the United States Housing Act of 1939 to set the payment standard for a market area efficiency dwelling unit as the standard for rent subsidies under Section 8 of the housing voucher program for one-person households. Prohibits the use of the payment standard for a one-bedroom dwelling unit or any larger dwelling unit.
 
 OPIC Repeal Act - Abolishes the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), and makes conforming amendments to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Foreign 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: 2010-07-20
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Investing in Our Future Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5783
Sponsor: Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2010-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Currency
Family planning and birth control
Financial services and investments
Foreign aid and international relief
Government trust funds
HIV/AIDS
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Sales and excise taxes
United Nations
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: 
Investing in Our Future Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on currency transactions exceeding $10,000 equal to 0.005% of the value of the currency acquired in the transaction (currency transaction tax).
 
Establishes in the Treasury: (1) the Child Care Assistance Trust Fund, which shall be funded with 20% of the revenues from the currency transactions tax and which shall be used to provide increased allocations to states for child care assistance; (2) the Multilateral Global Health Trust Fund, which shall be funded with 40% of the revenues from such tax and from which the Secretary of State shall make grants to assist developing countries in addressing HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, maternal mortality, family planning, neglected diseases, and other health issues; and (3) the Global Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Trust Fund, which shall be funded with 40% of the revenues from such tax and which shall be used for contributions to a United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change global climate fund for climate change adaptation and mitigation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2010-07-20
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1371)
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Reduce and End our Deficits Using Commonsense Eliminations in the Defense Programs Act

Bill: 111-hr-5784
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: 
Reduce and End our Deficits Using Commonsense Eliminations in the Defense Programs Act - Prohibits funds made available to the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY2011 or thereafter from being used for: (1) procurement of C-17 aircraft; or (2) procurement or research, development, test, or evaluation of EP-X aircraft or CG(X) vessels.
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to consolidate the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, the Navy Exchange Command, and the Marine Corps exchange system into a single organization for the administration of the defense exchange stores system. Prohibits appropriated funds from being used to support the operation of exchange stores after such consolidation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Mine Worker Safety Hotline Accessibility Act

Bill: 111-hr-5785
Sponsor: Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2010-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Government information and archives
Mining
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: 
Mine Worker Safety Hotline Accessibility Act - Amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to require: (1) the Secretary of Labor to provide all coal and other mine operators plastic wallet cards, refrigerator magnets, and other similar devices containing the toll-free telephone number and appropriate website address of the national hazard reporting hotline; and (2) each operator to ensure that each miner and miner community receives such devices in order to facilitate the reporting of mine accidents, incidents, injuries, illnesses, possible violations of such Act or of mandatory health and safety standards or plans, or other mine safety and health concerns.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5786
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2010-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Product safety and quality
User charges and fees
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: 
Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to expand the regulation of cosmetics, including to require: (1) annual registration of any establishment engaged in manufacturing, packaging, or distributing cosmetics for use in the United States; (2) new fees to provide for oversight and enforcement of cosmetics regulations; (3) ingredient labeling and disclosure of information on ingredients; and (4) adverse event reporting.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a list of prohibited or restricted ingredients and a list of ingredients that are safe without limits for use in cosmetics; and (2) develop a priority assessment list of ingredients that cannot be included on either of the other two lists because of a lack of authoritative information on the safety of the ingredient; and (3) establish minimum data requirements and test protocols to be used by manufacturers to assess the safety of cosmetic ingredients. 
 
Sets forth provisions related to: (1) nanotechnology in the formulation of cosmetics; (2) the voluntary and mandatory recall of cosmetics; and (3) alternatives to animal testing.
 
Establishes the Interagency Council on Cosmetic Safety to share data and promote collaboration on cosmetic safety among federal agencies.
 
Deems a cosmetic that fails to meet the requirements set forth by this Act to be adulterated. Deems a cosmetic that fails to meet the labeling requirements under this Act to be misbranded. 
 
Requires the Secretary of Labor to promulgate an occupational safety and health standard that requires an expanded material safety data sheet to be made available to cosmetics distributors and employers using such products for professional use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2010-07-20
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Introduced in House
SBA Disaster Loan Relief Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5787
Sponsor: Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3]
Introduced: 2010-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Accidents
Disaster relief and insurance
Government lending and loan guarantees
Gulf of Mexico
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: 
SBA Disaster Loan Relief Act of 2010 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to issue regulations providing for the refinancing or consolidation, during the period beginning on April 22, 2010, and ending 180 days after the last date on which the SBA makes a loan to any person directly affected by the discharge of oil arising from the explosion on and sinking of the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, of any SBA disaster loan made to such person. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Introduced in House
SDHV Energy Efficiency Standards for America Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5789
Sponsor: Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3]
Introduced: 2010-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Energy
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Income tax credits
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: 
SDHV Energy Efficiency Standards for America Act of 2010 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to revise energy conservation standards for central air conditioners and central air conditioning heat pumps by requiring: (1) the seasonal energy efficiency ratio of small-duct, high-velocity systems to be no less than 11.00 for products manufactured on or after January 23, 2006; and (2) the heating seasonal performance factor of such systems to be 6.8 for products manufactured on or after such date. 
 
Defines &quot;small-duct, high-velocity systems&quot; to mean a heating and cooling product that contains a blower and indoor coil combination that: (1) is designed for, and produces, at least 1.2 inches of external static pressure when operated at the certified air volume rate of 220-350 cubic feet per minute per rated ton of cooling; and (2) when applied in the field, uses high velocity room outlets generally greater than 1,000 feet per minute that have less than 6.0 square inches of free area.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to amend by rule the standards established for such systems. Prohibits amended standards from taking effect less than five years after the final rule making the amendment is published. Requires the Secretary to determine whether standards for such systems should be amended no later than June 30, 2011.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include within the definition of &quot;energy-efficient building property&quot; for purposes of the tax credit for nonbusiness energy property a small-duct, high-velocity central air conditioning and heat pump system. Allow such credit through December 31, 2013.
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Introduced in House
To extend the expenditure deadline for the social services block grant funds provided for recovery from Hurricanes Ike and Rita.

Bill: 111-hr-5790
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2010-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Alabama
Disaster relief and insurance
Louisiana
Mississippi
Natural disasters
Poverty and welfare assistance
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: 
Extends through FY2011 the deadline for state expenditure of certain emergency supplemental appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the Administration for Children and Families provided for recovery from Hurricanes Ike and Rita and other 2008 natural disasters under the title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Security Services) of the Social Security Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Buses, Rail Cars, Ferryboats: Make it in America Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5791
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2010-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: 
Buses, Rail Cars, Ferryboats: Make it in America Act of 2010 - Eliminates certain waivers of Buy American requirements that the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) obligate federal funding for capital public transportation projects only if U.S. steel, iron, and manufactured goods are used in such projects. (Retains the current waiver of such Buy American requirements for any case where use of U.S. material will increase overall project costs by more than 25%.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5898-5900)
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Manufacture Renewable Energy Systems: Make it in America Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5792
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2010-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Buy American requirements
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental technology
Income tax credits
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: 
Manufacture Renewable Energy Systems: Make it in America Act of 2010 - Authorizes federal acquisition of, or the provision of federal funds to states for purchase of, only green technologies that are 100% manufactured in the United States from articles, materials, or supplies that are 100% grown, produced, or manufactured in the United States beginning in the fourth fiscal year after enactment of this Act. Provides that such percentage shall be 30% in the first fiscal year after enactment, 50% in the second fiscal year, and 80% in the third fiscal year. 
 
Defines &quot;green technologies&quot; to mean renewable energy and energy efficiency products and services that: (1) reduce dependence on unreliable sources of energy by encouraging the use of sustainable biomass, wind, small-scale hydroelectric, solar, geothermal, and other renewable energy and energy efficiency products and services; and (2) use hybrid fossil-renewable energy systems.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit treating any facility originally placed in service after December 31, 2013, as a qualified facility for purposes of the renewable energy production and investment tax credits unless such facility is 100% manufactured in the United States from articles, materials, or supplies that are 100% grown, produced, or manufactured in the United States. Provides that such percentage shall be 30% for a facility placed in service during 2011, 50% for a facility placed in service during 2012, and 80% for a facility placed in service during 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2010-07-20
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Introduced in House