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National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4778
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: 
National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2010 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the national flood insurance program from September 30, 2008, through December 31, 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4779
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Capital gains tax
Financial services and investments
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Research and development
Securities
Small business
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: 
Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2011 bonus depreciation for certain depreciable business property; (2) extend through 2010 the election to accelerate the alternative minimum tax (AMT) and research tax credits in lieu of bonus depreciation; (3) increase in 2010, 2011, and 2012, the tax deduction for business start-up expenditures; (4) remove restrictions on the tax deduction for employee use of cellular telephones; (5) revise the definition of &quot;qualified nonrecourse financing&quot; to include qualified nonrecourse real property or Small Business Investment Company financing as amounts at risk for purposes of determining the deductibility of losses from certain investment activities, including farming, leasing, and energy exploration; and (6) allow a 100% exclusion from gross income in 2010 of gain from the sale of qualified small business stock. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Terrorist Notification Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4780
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2010-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Military personnel and dependents
Subversive activities
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: 
Terrorist Notification Act of 2010 - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to direct the head of an element of the intelligence community (IC) to provide to the Secretary of Defense any intelligence information obtained by such IC element that indicates that a member of the Armed Forces, a civilian employee of the Department of Defense (DOD), or a DOD contractor employee has communicated with a person that seeks to harm the United States or U.S. interests. Allows an exception when the IC head determines that providing such information would negatively affect an ongoing investigation.
 
Requires: (1) the Secretary to prescribe a process for expediting an official response to any information submitted, and to seek to achieve such response within 24 hours after receipt of the information; (2) such response to include whether the contact of the member or employee with such a person is directly related to his or her duties; (3) the Secretary to annually review and revise the response process as necessary; and (4) the Secretary to report annually to Congress concerning the instances in which such information was provided and the response to the information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities.
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2010-03-04
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Referred to House Intelligence (Permanent)
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Keeping American Businesses Competitive Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4781
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2010-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Income tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: 
Keeping American Businesses Competitive Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the maximum income tax rate on corporations, including personal service corporations, from 35 to 22%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Invasive Species Emergency Response Fund Act

Bill: 111-hr-4782
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Alaska
Arizona
California
Colorado
Ecology
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Forests, forestry, trees
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Horticulture and plants
Idaho
Intergovernmental relations
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Utah
Washington State
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: 
 Invasive Species Emergency Response Fund Act - Establishes the Invasive Species Emergency Response Fund to provide loans to qualified organizations to prevent and remediate the impacts of invasive species on habitats and ecosystems. Requires the submission of specified reports. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Internet Freedom Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4784
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2010-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computers and information technology
Executive agency funding and structure
First Amendment rights
Human rights
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
National Science Foundation
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: 
Internet Freedom Act of 2010 - Directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish the Internet Freedom Foundation to: (1) award grants, agreements, or contracts to develop deployable technologies to defeat Internet suppression and censorship; and (2) award incentives to organizations that successfully develop such technologies.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should: (1) denounce governments and private entities that restrict, censor, ban, and block access to information on the Internet; and (2) support the deployment, at the earliest practicable date, of technologies aimed at defeating state-directed and state-sponsored Internet suppression and the persecution by governments and private entities of individuals who use the Internet.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Services Restoration Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4787
Sponsor: Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2010-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child health
Health care quality
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: 
Medicaid Services Restoration Act of 2010 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to extend medical assistance coverage to therapeutic foster care services.
 
Includes attainment and retention of functional status in rehabilitative services. 
 
Allows reasonable and efficient payment methodologies, including fee-for-service payments, case rates, daily rates, or other forms of capitated payment, as means of reimbursement for rehabilitative services. 
 
Includes medical or remedial services for attainment and retention of functional status among rehabilitative services.
 
Includes among inpatient psychiatric hospital services for children early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services.
 
Allows payment for medical assistance for diagnostic, screening, preventive, and rehabilitative services or optional targeted case management services furnished by qualified providers under non-medical programs, provided a state or local agency administering such plan complies with certain requirements.
 
Allows reasonable and efficient payment methodologies for reimbursement for case management and targeted case management services.
 
Authorizes the state to: (1) require case management services for each beneficiary; and (2) limit the case managers available in order to ensure that the case managers for eligible individuals are capable of ensuring that such individuals receive needed services. Allows staff of non-medical programs, or contractors with non-medical programs, to offer such services, so long as: (1) such individuals are state-qualified providers; and (2) the case management services are distinct from the non-medical program's direct services.
 
Redefines case management services to mean those furnished to assist eligible individuals, who reside in a community setting or are transitioning to a community setting, in gaining access to needed medical, social, educational, and other services. 
 
Allows a state to provide case management or targeted case management services through multiple case managers to: (1) any qualified individual; (2) specific classes of individuals; or (3) individuals who reside in specified areas selected by the state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Aviation Jobs Outsourcing Prevention Act

Bill: 111-hr-4788
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2010-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Aviation and airports
Business records
Contracts and agency
Corporate finance and management
Department of Transportation
Foreign and international corporations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: 
Aviation Jobs Outsourcing Prevention Act - Requires a domestic or a foreign air carrier to file with the Secretary of Transportation any agreement, a request to discuss cooperative arrangements, or a modification or cancellation of an agreement between the domestic or foreign air carrier and another air carrier, a foreign carrier, or another carrier. 
 
Requires the Secretary to disapprove or, after periodic review, end approval of, an agreement, a request to discuss cooperative arrangements, or a modification that provides for or permits the sharing or pooling of revenue or profits between participating carriers earned in covered operations, unless the Secretary finds that each participating air carrier's share of the pooled revenue or pooled profits (whichever is greater) contributed by covered operations in any consecutive 12-month period does not exceed 130% of the participating carrier's share of pooled available seat miles (ASMs) in covered operations during the period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Public Option Act

Bill: 111-hr-4789
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-8]
Introduced: 2010-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: 
Public Option Act or the Medicare You Can Buy Into Act - Amends part A of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize an option for any citizen or permanent resident of the United States to buy into Medicare. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1213-1214)
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Fort Hood Victims and Families Benefits Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-4791
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]
Introduced: 2010-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Crime victims
Department of Defense
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
Terrorism
Texas
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: 
Fort Hood Victims and Families Benefits Protection Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) any member of the Armed Forces who was killed or wounded in the attack at Fort Hood, Texas, on November 5, 2009, and the family members of those victims, should receive the same treatment and benefits as the victims and families of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States; (2) such members and families have made tremendous sacrifices, and the United States should provide them with the maximum level of benefits available, identical to that available to those killed or wounded in an overseas combat zone such as Iraq or Afghanistan; and (3) the Department of Defense (DOD) should honor the Americans killed or injured in such attack with awards that recognize their sacrifices, including the Purple Heart for members and the Secretary of Defense Medal for the Defense of Freedom for civilian DOD employees.
 
Treats members and DOD civilian employees killed or wounded in the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, as members killed or wounded in a combat zone or civilian employees killed or wounded in a terrorist attack or while serving in a contingency operation, respectively, for purposes of specified laws, regulations, and policies concerning compensation, awards, and other benefits for which such members and employees are eligible.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2010-03-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1416-1417, H1419, H1422)
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2010-03-09
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Minerals Management Service, to conduct a technological capability assessment, survey, and economic feasibility study regarding recovery of minerals, other than oil and natural gas, from the shallow and deep seabed of the United States.

Bill: 111-hr-4792
Sponsor: Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mining
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Minerals Management Service, to conduct and report to Congress on: (1) an assessment of all available domestic technological capabilities required for the location and the efficient and environmentally sound recovery of minerals, other than oil and natural gas, from the shallow and deep seabed of the United States; (2) a survey of the shallow and deep seabed of the United States to identify sites for the recovery of such minerals; and (3) an economic feasibility study on the recovery of such minerals.
 
Defines &quot;shallow and deep seabed of the United States&quot; as areas of the seabed contiguous to and within 200 miles of the territorial sea of the United States and the resources of which are subject to its jurisdiction or control. Includes in that definition such areas that are contiguous to and within 200 miles of the territorial sea around any inhabited and uninhabited territory or possession of the United States, including American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Midway Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Marshall Islands, Midway Islands, Wake Island, Johnston Atoll, Baker, Howland, and Jarvis Islands, Kingman Reef, Navassa Island, Serranilla Bank, Bajo Nuevo Bank, and Palmyra Atoll.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Introduced in House
To designate the library and archives gallery at the Washington's Headquarters Museum at Morristown National Historical Park in the State of New Jersey, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-4793
Sponsor: Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2010-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Historic sites and heritage areas
Libraries and archives
Military history
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
New Jersey

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: 
Designates the library and archives gallery located in the Washington's Headquarters Museum at Morristown National Historical Park in New Jersey as the &quot;Lloyd W. Smith Library&quot; and the &quot;Lloyd W. Smith Archives Gallery,&quot; respectively. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Safeguarding Access to Preventative Services Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4794
Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2010-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cancer
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: 
Safeguarding Access to Preventative Services Act of 2010 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from using any recommendation of the Preventive Services Task Force to deny or restrict coverage of an item or service under a federal health care program (including Medicare, Medicaid, and the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program).
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) prohibit a group health plan from using any recommendation of that Task Force to deny or restrict coverage; (2) require the sponsor of a group health plan, in determining which preventive items and services to provide coverage for, to consult the medical guidelines and recommendations of relevant professional medical organizations of relevant practice areas, including those relating to the coverage of women's preventive services; and (3) require the plan administrator to disclose such guidelines and recommendations as part of a summary of benefits and coverage provided to participants. Amends PHSA to apply such requirements to health insurance coverage offered by a health insurance issuer in the individual market in the same manner it applies to coverage offered in the group market. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2010-03-09
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Ticket Act

Bill: 111-hr-4795
Sponsor: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2]
Introduced: 2010-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Consumer affairs
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: 
Ticket Act - Makes it unlawful for any: (1) ticket issuer to prohibit or restrict the resale or offering for resale of an event ticket by a lawful possessor; and (2) person to engage in the primary or resale market for event ticket sales without complying with the consumer protection minimum standards specified in this Act.
 
Treats a violation of such prohibitions as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act.
 
Provides for state enforcement of such prohibitions. Prohibits state action during the pendency of an enforcement action by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
 
Exempts from such prohibitions resale restrictions imposed by: (1) sponsors or promoters of charitable events for which all tickets are distributed without charge; and (2) not-for-profit educational institutions for athletic events involving their athletes or teams with respect to tickets initially distributed to students, faculty, staff, or alumni without charge, or to members of bona fide booster organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Introduced in House