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To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require a nuclear power facility licensee to notify the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the State and county in which the facility is located within 24 hours of an unplanned release of radionuclides in excess of allowable limits, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-6386
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Emergency planning and evacuation
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Nuclear power
Radioactive wastes and releases

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require as a condition of each license issued for a commercial or industrial nuclear production or utilization facility that in the case of an unplanned release described in this Act, the licensee notify, not later than 24 hours after such release, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the governments of the state and county in which the facility is located of the release.
 
Describes such incidents as unplanned releases of quantities of radionuclides that are: (1) in excess of allowable limits for normal operation established by the NRC or other applicable federal laws or standards; and (2) within allowable limits for normal operation established by the NRC and other applicable federal laws or standards, but occur more than twice within a two-year period originating from the same source, process, or equipment at the facility.
 
Requires the NRC to establish and maintain on its website a database of all notifications received by it of such unplanned releases and allow the public to search the database for such notifications by licensee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Death Benefit Increase Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6388
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Social Security Death Benefit Increase Act of 2010 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to increase the maximum lump-sum death payment from $255 to $332. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Transparent Baseball Ticket Fees Act

Bill: 111-hr-6390
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Professional sports
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Transparent Baseball Ticket Fees Act - Makes it unlawful for any person to complete a primary sale of a Major League Baseball ticket through an Internet website without clearly and conspicuously disclosing to the consumer: (1) the amount and description of any fees, convenience charges, or other charges associated with such sale or ticket; and (2) the total amount of such fees or charges as a percentage of the total purchase price. Defines &quot;primary sale&quot; as the initial sale of a ticket that has not previously been sold to the general public.
 
Treats such offense as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Honest Services Restoration Act

Bill: 111-hr-6391
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Honest Services Restoration Act - Amends the federal criminal code to include as a fraud offense a scheme or artifice by a public official to engage in undisclosed self-dealing. Defines &quot;undisclosed self-dealing&quot; to mean: (1) performing an official act to benefit or further a financial interest of such public official, a spouse or minor child, a general business partner, a business or organization in which the public official is serving as an employee, officer, director, trustee, or general partner, or an individual, business, or organization with whom the public official is negotiating for, or has any arrangement concerning, prospective employment or financial compensation; and (2) knowingly falsifying, concealing, covering up, or failing to disclose material information regarding a financial interest as required by law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5003 Westfields Boulevard in Centreville, Virginia, as the "Colonel George Juskalian Post Office Building".

Bill: 111-hr-6392
Sponsor: Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5003 Westfields Boulevard in Centreville, Virginia, as the "Colonel George Juskalian Post Office Building."
action_date: 2011-01-04
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5003 Westfields Boulevard in Centreville, Virginia, as the "Colonel George Juskalian Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-04
text: Became Public Law No: 111-367.
action_date: 2011-01-04
text: Became Public Law No: 111-367.
action_date: 2011-01-04
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2011-01-04
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2010-12-28
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2010-12-28
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2010-12-16
text: Cleared for White House.
action_date: 2010-12-16
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10366-10367)
action_date: 2010-12-16
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S10366-10367)
action_date: 2010-11-30
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7623)
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7623)
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6392.
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7623-7624)
action_date: 2010-11-29
text: Mr. Clay moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 111-367
Small Community Options for Regulatory Equity Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6393
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Infectious and parasitic diseases
State and local government operations
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Small Community Options for Regulatory Equity Act of 2010 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require states exercising primary enforcement responsibility for public water systems to exempt any nonprofit or municipal small public water system (serving 10,000 or fewer persons) that so requests in accordance with this Act from the requirements of any national primary drinking water regulation for naturally occurring contaminants, including arsenic, radon, radium, uranium, any microbial pathogen (including Cryptosporidium and Giardia lamblia), and any contaminant that is a disinfection byproduct (including bromate, chlorite, haloacetic acids, and total trihalomethanes).
 
Requires exemption requests to include a finding that the system's compliance with applicable national primary drinking water regulations is not economically feasible. Precludes judicial or administrative review of such findings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow transport, purchase, sale, and export of pelts of Southcentral and Southeast Alaska northern sea otters that are taken for subsistence purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-6394
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Endangered and threatened species
Mammals
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Retail and wholesale trades
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the transport, purchase, sale, or export of Southcentral or Southeast Alaskan otter pelts taken for certain subsistence purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act with respect to certain requirements for construction job training program grants.

Bill: 111-hr-6395
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alaska
Employment and training programs
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Amends the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act to repeal certain grant requirements under the Alaska pipeline construction job training grant program, including a request for the grant by the governor of Alaska, with concurrence by the Secretary of Energy (DOE).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to toll, during active-duty service abroad in the Armed Forces, the periods of time to file a petition and appear for an interview to remove the conditional basis for permanent resident status, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-6396
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2010-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigration status and procedures
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to toll, during active-duty service abroad in the Armed Forces, the periods of time for an alien spouse or petitioning spouse to file a petition and appear for an interview to remove the conditional basis for permanent resident status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Referred to House Budget
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2010-11-15
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Introduced in House
American Recovery and Reinvestment Rescissions Act

Bill: 111-hr-6403
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, Jerry [R-CA-41]
Introduced: 2010-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Financial crises and stabilization
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Rescissions Act - Rescinds all unobligated balances remaining available as of November 15, 2010, of the discretionary appropriations provided by division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) (P.L. 111-5).
 
Prohibits federal agencies administering ARRA funds from providing funding or reimbursement to any entity awarded such funds for the cost associated with physical signage or other advertisement indicating that a project is funded by the ARRA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2010-11-15
text: Referred to House Appropriations
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Introduced in House
Breast Density and Mammography Reporting Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6404
Sponsor: Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17]
Introduced: 2010-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Health information and medical records
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: 
Breast Density and Mammography Reporting Act of 2010 - Amends the Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992 to include within the standards to assure the safety and accuracy of mammography the requirement that: (1) facilities that perform mammograms provide the patient with a summary of the report of the mamography results that includes information regarding the patient's individual measure of breast density based on the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System established by the American College of Radiology and used by the National Cancer Institute, or as specified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) based upon new scientific knowledge, technological advances, or other updated medical procedures where the use of such screening developments is consistent with the practice of medical experts in the field; (2) the summary convey to the patient his or her increased risk of developing breast cancer based on that person's individual measure of breast density analyzed by the patient's interpreting physician; and (3) the report include a notice to the patient stating that he or she might benefit from supplementary screening tests for expanded detection if his or her mammogram demonstrates dense breast tissue, that a report of the mammography results has been sent to his or her treating physician's office, and and the patient should contact that physician regarding any questions or concerns about the report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Introduced in House
Medgar Evers House Study Act

Bill: 111-hr-6405
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
Introduced: 2010-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Mississippi
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: 
Medgar Evers House Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the home of the late civil rights activitist Medgar Evers, which is located at 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Drive in Jackson, Mississippi.
 
Requires the Secretary to evaluate the national significance of such site and determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Reserve Act to remove the mandate on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Open Market Committee to focus on maximum employment.

Bill: 111-hr-6406
Sponsor: Rep. Pence, Mike [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2010-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Inflation and prices
Monetary policy
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: 
Amends the Federal Reserve Act to repeal the joint mandate on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Open Market Committee to make maximum employment one of the goals of their duty to maintain long run growth of the monetary and credit aggregates commensurate with the U.S. economy's long run potential to increase production.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7502)
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Introduced in House
School Food Recovery Act

Bill: 111-hr-6407
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2010-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: 
School Food Recovery Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow schools and local educational agencies participating in the school lunch program to donate any excess food under such program to tax-exempt food banks or charitable organizations in their localities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To allow States to return certain funds made available for high speed rail and intercity rail projects to the general fund of the Treasury for Federal budget deficit reduction.

Bill: 111-hr-6408
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2010-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Intergovernmental relations
Public transit
Railroads
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: 
Authorizes states to return to the Secretary of Transportation certain unobligated stimulus funds made available for high speed rail and intercity rail projects under title XII of Division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Requires the Secretary to deposit such funds into the general fund of the Treasury for federal budget deficit reduction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration from requiring the replacement of street and highway signs that are in upper case letters with such signs that are in mixed case lettering with the initial letter in upper case followed by lower case lettering.

Bill: 111-hr-6409
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2010-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: 
Prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) from requiring the replacement of street and highway signs that are in upper case letters with signs that are in mixed case lettering with the initial letter in upper case followed by lower case lettering.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Air Cargo Security Act

Bill: 111-hr-6410
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2010-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Aviation and airports
Department of Homeland Security
Employment and training programs
Homeland security
Research and development
Terrorism
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: 
Air Cargo Security Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish systems to inspect cargo to ensure the security of all cargo transported in domestic or foreign all-cargo aircraft, including in intrastate air transportation. Requires such systems to meet minimum standards that ensure equipment, technology, procedures, or personnel used to screen cargo provide a level of security commensurate with the security level for the screening of passenger checked baggage.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a system for the regular inspection of shipping facilities for shipments of cargo transported in air transportation, including intrastate air transportation, to ensure that appropriate security controls, systems, and protocols are observed; and (2) enter into arrangements with civil aviation authorities of foreign countries to ensure that such inspections regularly occur at shipping facilities for cargo transported by air to the United States.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to increase the number of air cargo inspectors to carry out such screenings and inspections.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a training and evaluation program for persons who handle air cargo to ensure that such cargo is properly handled and safeguarded from security breaches.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Introduced in House