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Comprehensive Long-Term Care Support Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6234
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: 
Comprehensive Long-Term Care Support Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction from gross income (available for taxpayers who do not itemize deductions) for the cost of long-term care premiums for the taxpayer and certain family members, including the taxpayer's spouse, ancestors or lineal descendants, and siblings. Phases in the deduction by allowing the deduction of 50 percent of the cost of premiums in 2011, 75 percent in 2012, and 100 percent in 2013 or thereafter. Allows long-term care insurance as a benefit under tax-qualified cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements.
 
Allows a tax credit for caregivers of individuals with long-term health care needs. Phases in a $3,000 credit amount for 2015 or thereafter, beginning with $1,000 in 2011, $1,500 in 2012, $2,000 in 2013, and $2,500 in 2014. Reduces the amount of the credit for taxpayers with adjusted gross incomes over $75,000 ($150,000 for joint returns), adjusted for inflation after 2011. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Introduced in House
National Blue Alert Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6235
Sponsor: Rep. McMahon, Michael E. [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2010-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Criminal justice information and records
Emergency communications systems
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: 
National Blue Alert Act of 2010 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish a national Blue Alert communications network within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disseminate information when a law enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty; (2) assign a DOJ officer to act as the national coordinator of the Blue Alert communications network; and (3) provide grants to states for the development or enhancement of programs and activities to support Blue Alert plans and the Blue Alert communications network. Sets forth the duties of the national coordinator, including working with states to develop additional Blue Alert plans in the network, establishing voluntary guidelines for states in developing Blue Alert plans, developing protocols for efforts to apprehend suspects, and establishing an advisory group to assist states, local governments, law enforcement agencies, and other entities in initiating, facilitating, and promoting Blue Alert plans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Data Breach Notification Act

Bill: 111-hr-6236
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2010-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Right of privacy
Social security and elderly assistance
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: 
Data Breach Notification Act - Requires any federal agency or business entity engaged in interstate commerce that uses, accesses, or collects sensitive personally identifiable information, following the discovery of a security breach, to notify: (1) any U.S. resident whose information may have been accessed or acquired; and (2) the owner or licensee of any such information that the agency or business does not own or license.

 Exempts: (1) agencies and business entities from notification requirements for national security and law enforcement purposes and for security breaches that a risk assessment concludes do not have a significant risk of resulting in harm if specified certification or notice is provided, subject to review by the Secret Service; and (2) business entities which utilize a security program that blocks the use of sensitive personally identifiable information and provide notice of a breach to affected individuals. 

Requires notifications regarding security breaches under specified circumstances to the Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Postal Inspection Service, and state attorneys general.

Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action in U.S. district court against any business entity that violates this Act. Sets civil penalties for violations.

Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require agencies to include a fraud alert in the file of a consumer that submits evidence of compromised financial information to a consumer reporting agency.

Authorizes: (1) civil actions by state attorneys general to enforce this Act; and (2) appropriations for costs incurred by the Secret Service to investigate and conduct risk assessments of security breaches.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, and the Judiciary, 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: 2010-09-28
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Fort McClellan Health Registry Act

Bill: 111-hr-6238
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2010-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alabama
Disability assistance
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Military facilities and property
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: 
Fort McClellan Health Registry Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and maintain a special record to be known as the Fort McClellan Health Registry containing the name of each individual who, while serving in the Armed Forces, was stationed at Fort McClellan, Alabama, during the period beginning on January 1, 1935, and ending on May 20, 1999, and who: (1) applies for care or services from the VA; (2) files a claim for compensation on the basis of any disability which may be associated with such service; (3) dies and is survived by a spouse, child, or parent who files a claim for dependency and indemnity compensation on the basis of such service; (4) requests a health examination from the VA; or (5) receives such health examination and requests inclusion in the Registry. Requires the Secretary, upon request, to provide such health examination, as well as consultation and counseling with respect to examination results. 
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) notify individuals in the Registry of significant developments in research on the health consequences of potential exposure to a toxic substance or environmental hazard related to service at Fort McClellan; and (2) carry out appropriate outreach activities with respect to such health examinations, consultation, and counseling.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-10-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2010-09-28
text: Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Prevention of Frivolous Ethanol Lawsuits Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6239
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Civil actions and liability
Evidence and witnesses
Judicial procedure and administration
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Prevention of Frivolous Ethanol Lawsuits Act of 2010 - Immunizes a covered entity from suit and liability under federal and state law with respect to all claims for personal or property loss resulting from, or being aggravated by, the use of any renewable fuel containing ethanol in concentrations greater than 10% to operate an internal combustion engine.
 
Defines &quot;covered entity&quot; to mean an entity engaged in the manufacture, sale, or distribution of fuel or products which use renewable fuel.
 
Makes the sole exception to immunity under this Act an exclusive federal cause of action brought by an injured person or the person's representative against a covered person for death or serious physical injury proximately caused by the covered person's willful misconduct. Grants the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia exclusive jurisdiction of any such civil action.
 
Excludes from the meaning of willful misconduct, however, any act or omission by a manufacturer or distributor with respect to a covered countermeasure, if the act or omission alleged to constitute willful misconduct is subject to regulation by the Clean Air Act and: (1) neither the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) nor the Attorney General has initiated an enforcement action with respect to that act or omission; or (2) an enforcement action has been initiated and the action has been terminated or finally resolved without a civil, criminal, or administrative remedy. States that any action or proceeding shall be stayed during the pendency of such an enforcement action.


Legislative actions:
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
Collectible Firearms Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-6240
Sponsor: Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Historical and cultural resources
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Collectible Firearms Protection Act - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to allow the importation of certain firearms listed as curios or relics into the United States by a licensed importer without the requirement of an authorization from or payment to the Department of State or the Department of Defense upon certification to the Attorney General that such firearms are lawfully possessed under the laws of the exporting country.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
STOP Act

Bill: 111-hr-6241
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Performance measurement
Roads and highways
School administration
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act or the STOP Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and expand the program to reduce underage drinking by: (1) expressing the sense of Congress that the age-21 minimum drinking law has been an effective public health and safety policy and has reduced drinking and driving traffic fatalities; (2) expanding the national media campaign to prevent underage drinking; (3) authorizing the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, in coordination with the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, to make supplemental grants to eligible entities to enhance collaboration between communities and institutions of higher education to prevent and reduce underage alcohol use; (4) requiring the Administrator to make grants to professional pediatric provider organizations to increase effective practices, including the screening of children and adolescents for alcohol use, to reduce the prevalence of alcohol use among individuals under the age of 21, including college students; (5) expanding data collection and research activites with respect to underage drinking; and (6) requiring the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a review of the research on the influence of drinking alcohol on adolescent brain development and the public policy implications of such research.


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
International Child Protection Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6242
Sponsor: Rep. Childers, Travis [D-MS-1]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
International organizations and cooperation
Sex offenses
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
International Child Protection Act of 2010 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make aliens convicted of sex offenses against minors inadmissible to the United States. 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), the Attorney General, and the Secretary of State should work with foreign law enforcement agencies and international organizations to establish related information reporting mechanisms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
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
American Fuel Protection Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6243
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Civil actions and liability
Federal district courts
Government liability
Jurisdiction and venue
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
American Fuel Protection Act of 2010 - Deems a claim for liability against a qualified entity as a claim against the United States for damages resulting from, or aggravated by, the use of transportation fuel containing ethanol in concentrations greater than 10% to operate an internal combustion engine. Abrogates U.S. sovereign immunity and makes the United States exclusively liable for such claims. Limits awards to actual damages sustained by a claimant.
 
Defines &quot;qualified entity&quot; to mean an entity engaged in the manufacture, use, sale, or distribution of: (1) transportation fuel or renewable fuel; or (2) products which use transportation fuel.
 
Grants U.S. district courts exclusive jurisdiction of any civil actions on such claims.


Legislative actions:
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
Race to the Top Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6244
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Minority education
Performance measurement
Preschool education
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Race to the Top Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states and local educational agencies (LEAs) to implement reforms and innovations designed to improve educational outcomes significantly for all students and reduce achievement gaps significantly among specified student subgroups.
 
Requires each grant applicant to have a comprehensive and coherent plan for doing so that includes, if applicable: (1) improving the effectiveness of teachers and school leaders and promoting their equitable distribution; (2) strengthening the use of data to improve education; (3) implementing internationally benchmarked, college- and career-ready elementary and secondary academic standards; (4) turning around its lowest-performing schools; (5) supporting, or coordinating with, early learning programs for high-need children from birth through third grade; and (6) creating or maintaining successful conditions for high-performing charter schools and other innovative, autonomous public schools.
 
Requires each grantee to establish performance measures that track its progress in implementing its plan, and improving educational outcomes for students and specified student subgroups.
 
Gives grant priority to LEAs with the highest number or percentages of impoverished children and those that serve rural schools.
 
Requires each state grantee to use at least 50% of its grant for subgrants to LEAs that participate in its plan. Allows LEAs to receive a grant and subgrant for the same fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Effective Law Enforcement Through Transparent Interrogations Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6245
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Evidence and witnesses
Sound recording

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Effective Law Enforcement Through Transparent Interrogations Act of 2010 - Amends the federal criminal code to render inadmissible as evidence in the prosecution of a federal felony all prior and subsequent statements by an individual during a custodial interrogation that are not electronically recorded, except where the recording of such statements is impracticable due to an imminent threat of bodily injury or other exigent circumstances.
 
 Requires the Attorney General to: (1) make a copy of the electronic recording of a custodial interrogation available to the individual who was subject to such interrogation; (2) identify and catalogue any such recording; and (3) preserve such recording until all related proceedings are final or the applicable statute of limitations has expired. 


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
Rural Energy Communities Development Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6246
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing and community development funding
Infrastructure development
Land transfers
Rural conditions and development
Sales and excise taxes
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
 Rural Energy Communities Development Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to make water and waste facility loans to an eligible city, town, or incorporated area with a population of less than 20,000 that has, from January 1999 through December 2009, experienced energy sector job growth of not less than 20%. 
 
Makes such loans available for: (1) essential community facilities, including water conservation, waste disposal facilities, transportation facilities, and affordable housing; (2) land acquisition; (3) staff; and (4) comprehensive community or housing plan updates. 
 
Prohibits the Secretary from making or entering into a loan commitment after September 30, 2012.
 
Directs the Secretary to waive income limitations for FY2011-FY2016 for certain: (1) rural housing loans, including Doug Bereuter single-family housing loan guarantees; (2) low- and moderate-income rural housing loans; and (3) multifamily rural rental housing loan guarantees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to House Agriculture
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Smart Technologies for Communities Act

Bill: 111-hr-6247
Sponsor: Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Energy efficiency and conservation
Public transit
Public-private cooperation
Roads and highways
Sales and excise taxes
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Smart Technologies for Communities Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish the Smart Communities Technology Initiative to provide grants to eligible entities to develop pilot programs to serve as model deployment sites for large scale installation and operation of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) to improve safety, mobility, and the environment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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