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To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow amounts to be transferred from a qualified tuition program to the Thrift Savings Plan for the benefit of any individual who is eligible to participate in such Plan by virtue of being a member of the uniformed services or of the Ready Reserve, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-4857
Sponsor: Rep. Hodes, Paul W. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2010-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Military personnel and dependents
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: 
Allows a person to transfer to the Thrift Savings Fund account of any qualified member contributions previously made by such person under a qualified tuition program for which such member is the designated beneficiary. 
 
Defines &quot;qualified member&quot; to mean any member of the uniformed services serving on active duty or any member of the Ready Reserve in any pay status who: (1) is eligible to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan; and (2) provides any information necessary to identify or establish such member's account and to effect such transfer. Permits such a transfer for the benefit of a qualified member to be made irrespective of whether such member has otherwise elected to participate.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude any such qualified tuition program distribution to a Thrift Savings Fund from the distributee's gross income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-03-16
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: 2010-03-16
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Public Online Information Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4858
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2010-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Civil actions and liability
Freedom of information
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Legal fees and court costs
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: 
Public Online Information Act of 2010 - Establishes a Public Online Information Advisory Committee to: (1) coordinate and encourage the government's efforts to make information from all three branches of government available on the Internet; and (2) issue and update nonbinding guidelines on how the government should make public information available.
 
Directs the government to make public records available on the Internet at no charge, except as imposed by federal law before this Act's enactment. Requires: (1) public records to be permanently available on the Internet; (2) current information technology capabilities to be applied to the means by which records are made available and to the formats in which they are available; and (3) each agency to publish on the Internet a comprehensive, searchable, machine processable list of all records it makes publicly available.
 
Delineates the roles of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Administrator of the Office of Electronic Government, and the chief information officers of independent regulatory agencies, including granting narrow case-by-case exceptions to the Internet publication requirement if an agency requests an exception and demonstrates that: (1) there is a clear and convincing reason for the record to not be made available on the Internet; and (2) on balance the harm caused by disclosure significantly outweighs the public's interest in having the record available on the Internet. 
 
Directs the Inspector General of each agency to conduct periodic reviews regarding agency compliance with Internet publication requirements. Sets forth provisions regarding enforcement of public access by private individuals or organizations.
 
Urges: (1) judicial and legislative agencies to adopt or adapt the Advisory Committee's recommendations; and (2) the Government Printing Office (GPO) to make all of its publications permanently available on the Internet in a multiplicity of formats.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Hire A Hero Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4859
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2010-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: 
Hire A Hero Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain employers a work opportunity tax credit for hiring members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Electric Consumer Right to Know Act

Bill: 111-hr-4860
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2010-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Department of Energy
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Legal fees and court costs
Public utilities and utility rates
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: 
 Electric Consumer Right to Know Act or the e-KNOW Act - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to grant an electric consumer the right to access the consumer's retail electric energy information in electronic machine-readable form, in conformity with nationally recognized open standards, free of charge, and in a timely and convenient manner that provides adequate protections for information security and the consumer's privacy.
 
Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to issue guidelines identifying minimum national standards to implement such right of access, including: (1) guidance on the timeliness and granularity of retail electric energy information; (2) appropriate nationally recognized open standards for data; and (3) protection of data security and electric consumer privacy.
 
Empowers the attorney general, official, or agency of the state, as parens patriae, to bring a civil action against an electric utility in U.S. district court to compel compliance with such standards.
 
Authorizes the court to award the costs of the action and reasonable attorney's fees to the party bringing a successful civil action to enforce the standards identified by the guidelines issued under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E386-387)
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Introduced in House
To permit Members of Congress to administer the oath of allegiance to applicants for naturalization, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-4862
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2010-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow a Member of Congress, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to administer the oath of renunciation and allegiance to applicants for naturalization.

action_date: 2010-09-15
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit each applicant for naturalization to choose to have the oath of allegiance for naturalization administered by a Member of Congress, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner (Member).
 
Limits the administration of the oath: (1) by a Senator to individuals who reside in the Senator's state; and (2) by a Member of the House of Representatives, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to individuals who reside in the respective congressional district.
 
Limits the Member's authority solely to the administration of such oath.
 
Prohibits a Member from administering the oath during the 90-day period before any election for federal, state, or local office in which the Member is a candidate.
 
Requires a Member to administer the oath only at times and places designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
 
Prohibits a Member from administering the oath during any period in which exclusive authority to administer it may be exercised by an eligible court for the person concerned, unless the court has waived such exclusive authority.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-16
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-09-15
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-09-15
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6729-6730)
action_date: 2010-09-15
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6729-6730)
action_date: 2010-09-15
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4862.
action_date: 2010-09-15
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6729-6731)
action_date: 2010-09-15
text: Mr. Cohen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2010-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Introduced in House
To increase the annual amount authorized for emergency assistance under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981.

Bill: 111-hr-4863
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2010-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: 
Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to increase from $600 million to $750 million the annual authorization of appropriations for the home energy assistance needs of states arising from a natural disaster or other emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2010-03-16
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: 2010-03-16
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Worker Safety Act

Bill: 111-hr-4864
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-3]
Introduced: 2010-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: 
Ensuring Worker Safety Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act to revise requirements for the Secretary of Labor's continuing evaluation of approved state occupational safety and health plans.
 
Requires: (1) the review of state plans to include an assessment of whether a state continues to meet certain conditions for the approval of such plans; and (2) the Secretary to determine whether a state that fails to comply substantially with the provisions of a plan should be given the opportunity to remedy such deficiencies. Prescribes general requirements for the provision to a state of such an opportunity.
 
Requires the Comptroller General periodically to review and assess: (1) whether state plans to develop and enforce safety and health standards are at least as effective as federal occupational safety and health (OSHA) program standards in preventing occupational injuries, illnesses and deaths, and investigating discrimination complaints; (2) the effectiveness of the Secretary's oversight of such plans; and (3) the adequacy of the Secretary's investigations in response to Complaints About State Plan Administration (CASPA) as well as whether policy issues have been identified and corrective actions fully implemented by each state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Federal Employees and Uniformed Services Retirement Equity Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4865
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2010-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: 
Federal Employees and Uniformed Services Retirement Equity Act of 2010 - Authorizes a federal employee or Member of Congress, under the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees Retirement System, to contribute to the Thrift Savings Fund: (1) any amount of such employee's or Member's basic pay for a pay period; and (2) any part of any payment that the employee or Member receives for accumulated and accrued annual or vacation leave. Includes within the definition of employee an employee of the United States Postal Service (USPS) or of the Postal Regulatory Commission.
 
Authorizes a member of the uniformed services making contributions to the Thrift Savings Fund out of basic pay or inactive-duty training compensation to also contribute all or part of any payment such member receives for unused accrued leave.
 
Authorizes the Executive Director of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to promulgate regulations to implement this Act and to permit a federal employee or member of the uniformed services who is not authorized under this Act to contribute a payment for accumulated and accrued annual or vacation leave to the Thrift Savings Fund to make such contribution if the employee or member is covered by an equivalent federal employee retirement system and is authorized under law to receive such a payment and to contribute to the Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-14
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2010-04-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2010-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Introduced in House
RESTART Act

Bill: 111-hr-4866
Sponsor: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2010-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
China
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Department of State
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Government lending and loan guarantees
Metals
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Mining
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Strategic materials and reserves
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: 
Rare Earths Supply-Chain Technology and Resources Transformation Act of 2010 or the RESTART Act - Directs the Secretaries of Commerce, of Defense, of Energy, of the Interior, and of State to: (1) appoint an Executive Agent, at the Assistant Secretary level, to serve as a representative on an interagency working group to reestablish a competitive domestic rare earth supply chain; and (2) assess and report to Congress on the chain, determining which rare earth elements are critical to national and economic security. Directs the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the Office of Science and Technology Policy also to appoint representation to such working group.
 
Requires the Secretary of Defense to commence procurement of critical rare earth materials and place them in a national stockpile, and the Defense Logistics Agency, Defense National Stockpile Center to serve as Administrator of the stockpile.
 
Authorizes the Administrator, if necessary to meet U.S. national security and economic needs, to purchase rare earth materials from the People's Republic of China.
 
Instructs the USTR to: (1) initiate and report to Congress on a comprehensive review of international trade practices in the rare earth materials market; or (2) initiate an action before the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a result of the review.
 
Directs the Secretaries of Commerce, of the Interior, and of State to report to the domestic rare earth industry about mechanisms for obtaining government loan guarantees to reestablish a domestic rare earth supply chain. Directs the Secretaries of Defense and of Energy to issue guidance for the industry related to obtaining such loan guarantees.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress regarding a prioritization of Defense Production Act projects with respect to the domestic rare earth supply chain.
 

 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on 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: 2010-03-17
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Corolla Wild Horse Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-4867
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2010-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Mammals
North Carolina
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: 
Corolla Wild Horse Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the Corolla Wild Horse Fund in the County of Currituck, North Carolina, and the state of North Carolina to provide for the management of free-roaming wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge. 
 
Bars the Secretary from excluding free-roaming wild horses from any part of the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge unless: (1) it is found that the presence of such horses on a part of the Refuge threatens the survival of an endangered species for which such land is designated as critical habitat; (2) such finding is based on a peer-reviewed scientific assessment; and (3) a period of public notice and comment is provided on that finding. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Restroom Gender Parity in Federal Buildings Act

Bill: 111-hr-4869
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2010-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Public contracts and procurement
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: 
Restroom Gender Parity in Federal Buildings Act - Requires the Federal Acquisition Regulation to be revised to: (1) direct federal procurement executives involved in the acquisition, construction, or major renovation of any facility to increase infrastructure gender parity by constructing buildings in such a way that the number of toilets in women's restrooms will equal or exceed the number of toilets (including urinals) in men's restrooms or, if such a number is unachievable or not feasible, to receive a statement by the Administrator of General Services (GSA) as to why such a number of toilets is not needed; and (2) direct federal procurement executives involved in leasing buildings to give preference to the leasing of facilities that meet or exceed the female toilet to male toilet ratio of one to one.
 
Requires the Director of Federal Procurement Policy to issue guidance to all federal procurement executives providing direction and instructions to renegotiate the design of proposed facilities, renovations for existing facilities, and leased facilities to incorporate improvements that are consistent with this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-12
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Introduced in House