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To enact title 54, United States Code, "National Park System", as positive law.

Bill: 111-hr-6161
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2010-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: 
Enacts title 54 of the United States Code into positive law to be entitled &quot;National Park System.&quot;
 
Makes conforming changes to existing law and repeals specified provisions of specified laws. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1698)
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Provider Tax Administrative Simplification Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6163
Sponsor: Rep. Boozman, John [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2010-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Intergovernmental relations
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: 
Provider Tax Administrative Simplification Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to approve a waiver of the uniform tax requirement (whether or not the tax is broad based), regardless of whether the state concerned satisfies certain requirements, for any state with a provider tax that does not apply to continuing care retirement communities or life care communities that: (1) have no beds certified to provide medical assistance under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act; or (2) do not provide services for which Medicaid payment may be made.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grower Tax Incentive Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6164
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2010-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Fruit and vegetables
Income tax credits
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: 
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grower Tax Incentive Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow farmers whose gross receipts attributable to fruit and vegetable farming were not more than $500,000 for the previous taxable year a business-related tax credit equal to the lesser of $10,000 or the taxable income attributable to fruit and vegetable farming. Defines &quot;fruit and vegetable farming&quot; as the farming and sale of fruits, vegetables, or both in fresh form generally considered as perishable, but not including any grains or any perishable fruits and vegetables which have been manufactured into articles of food of a different kind or character. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Life Sciences Jobs and Investment Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6165
Sponsor: Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2010-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Medical research
Research administration and funding
Small business
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: 
Life Sciences Jobs and Investment Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) an increased research tax credit for qualified initial life sciences research expenses; and (2) certain corporations a tax deduction for investments in the United States to hire scientists and researchers engaged in life science research and to fund life science research at universities, qualified research incubators, and other qualified organizations. Terminates such tax incentives after 2015. 
 
 Defines &quot;qualified initial life sciences research expenses&quot; as amounts, up to $150 million, attributable to the study of biology, biochemistry, biophysics, bioengineering, microbiology, genetics, or physiology, but excluding sociology or psychology. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for certain small business income.

Bill: 111-hr-6168
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2010-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a small business that employs 500 or fewer employees a tax deduction in 2010 and 2011 for 20% of the lesser of its qualified small business income or its taxable income. Defines &quot;qualified small business income&quot; to include income which is from sources within the United States and which is not passive income. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Making Investments Now for Dementia Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6169
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2010-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: 
Making Investments Now for Dementia Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury (the Secretary) to issue bonds to aid in the funding of Alzheimer's research in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
 
Declares that the bonds authorized under this Act shall be in such form and denominations, and shall be subject to such terms and conditions of issue, conversion, redemption, maturation, payment, and rate of interest, as the Secretary may prescribe.
 
Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to Congress describing the actions taken by the Secretaries during the year, with the first such report describing the implementation of the program and subsquent reports describing the use of funds and the status of the program.
 
Authorizes appropriations to the Director of NIH for research on Alzheimer's research equal to the amounts received by the Secretary from the sale of bonds under this Act, less amounts determined by the Secretary to be necessary for administration of such sales.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that any funds collected pursuant to this Act are in addition to yearly appropriated funds and are not to be used to supplement current funding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Patient-Doctor Freedom Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6170
Sponsor: Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6]
Introduced: 2010-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Contracts and agency
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: 
Patient-Doctor Freedom Act of 2010 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from precluding an enrollee, participant, or beneficiary in a health benefits plan from entering into any contract or arrangement for health care with any health care provider. Defines &quot;health benefits plan&quot; to exclude Medicaid and TriCare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Medical Freedom Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6171
Sponsor: Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6]
Introduced: 2010-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Medicaid
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: 
Medical Freedom Act of 2010 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) or any state from requiring any health care provider to participate in any health plan as a condition of licensure of the provider in any state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6172
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2010-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Neurological disorders
School administration
School athletics

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: 
Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act of 2010 - Requires each state educational agency, in order to be eligible to receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in FY2013 or subsequent fiscal years, to issue regulations establishing the following minimum requirements for the prevention and treatment of concussions. 
 
Requires each local educational agency in the state to develop and implement a standard plan for concussion safety and management that includes: (1) the education of students, parents, and school personnel about concussions; (2) supports for students recovering from a concussion; and (3) best practices designed to ensure the uniformity of safety standards, treatment, and management. 
 
Requires each public elementary and secondary school to post on school grounds and make publicly available on the school website information on concussions, including information on risks, responses, symptoms, and effects. 
 
Requires public school personnel who suspect that a student has sustained a concussion during a school-sponsored activity to: (1) remove the student from the activity and prohibit such student from participating in school athletic activities until the student submits a written release from a health care professional; and (2) report to the student's parent or guardian regarding such injury and the treatment provided. 
 
Prohibits a student who has sustained a concussion in a school-sponsored athletic activity from resuming participation in school-sponsored athletic or academic activities until the school receives a written release from a health care professional that: (1) states that the student is capable of resuming participation; and (2) may require the student to follow a plan designed to aid such individual in recovering and resuming participation in a manner that is coordinated with periods of cognitive and physical rest, and that reintroduces cognitive and physical demands on a progressive basis, based on the student's symptoms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1722)
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Regenerative Medicine Promotion Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6173
Sponsor: Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Genetics
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical research
Product development and innovation
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: 
Regenerative Medicine Promotion Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) submit to Congress a report identifying all ongoing federal programs and activities regarding regenerative medicine; and (2) establish a Regenerative Medicine Coordinating Council in the Office of the Secretary. Includes among the duties of the Council: (1) preparing a national strategy for the promotion of research into regenerative medicine and the development of drugs, biological products, medical devices, and biomaterials for use in regenerative medicine; (2) identifying sources of funding for research into regenerative medicine and areas where such funding is inadequate; and (3) making recommendations regarding federal policies to support development and marketing of regenerative medicine products.
 
Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to make grants for: (1) basic or preclinical research into regenerative medicine; (2) research and development of drugs, biological products, medical devices, and biomaterials for use in regenerative medicine; and (3) the making of an investigational new drug application or an investigational device exemption application within four years of receiving such grant.
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of NIH to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to accelerate the development of high need cures through the development of medical products and behavioral therapies for use in regenerative medicine.
 
Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to: (1) conduct, support, or collaborate in regulatory research to assist the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in performing its functions with respect to regenerative medicine; or (2) make grants to fund regulatory research for such purpose. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Linked Learning Pathways Affording College and Career Success Act

Bill: 111-hr-6174
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2010-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Minority education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: 
Linked Learning Pathways Affording College and Career Success Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award renewable, competitive, matching grants to local educational agencies that partner with a qualified intermediary and at least one educational stakeholder to establish or expand linked learning pathways and a system of pathways that gives secondary school students pathway options.
 
Defines &quot;linked learning pathways&quot; as comprehensive, multi-year high school programs of study that integrate: (1) rigorous academics that are aligned with entrance requirements for the state's public institutions of higher education; (2) career and technical education geared toward jobs in high pay, high growth, or high skill industries; (3) work-based learning; and (4) supplemental services.
 
Favors grant applications that propose to accomplish at least three of the following: (1) serve students attending underperforming schools with graduation rates below 60% and high concentrations of impoverished students; (2) offer multiple linked learning pathways; (3) encourage students to seek careers in fields where their gender, race, or ethnicity is underrepresented; (4) increase the secondary school completion and post-secondary enrollment rates of traditionally underrepresented students; (5) reduce the academic achievement gap; or (6) utilize research-based practices to implement linked learning pathways.
 
Directs the Secretary to provide for an independent evaluation of this program's grants and disseminate the best practices that emerge to support linked learning pathways.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6885)
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Federal Life Insurance Transparency Act

Bill: 111-hr-6175
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2010-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Life, casualty, property insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: 
Federal Life Insurance Transparency Act - Requires payments to beneficiaries of death claims under the federal employees' group life insurance program to be made in a lump sum, unless the insured or the beneficiary elects an alternative form of payment (which may be in addition to or instead of a lump-sum payment), as prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
 
Permits the insured employee to elect such an alternative form of payment; but allows a beneficiary (or beneficiaries) to elect settlement by any other form of payment available to the employee, regardless of the employee's election.
 
Applies this Act only to employees who first become insured in any calendar year beginning at least three months after enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 340B of the Public Health Service Act to allow certain covered entities to resell or transfer a covered outpatient drug to an individual with HIV/AIDS in connection with medication regimen adherence services being provided to the individual by a licensed health care professional of the entity.

Bill: 111-hr-6176
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-19]
Introduced: 2010-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
HIV/AIDS
Health care costs and insurance
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: 
Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to revise provisions of the 340B drug discount program (a program limiting the cost of covered outpatient drugs to certain federal grantees) to permit a covered entity receiving assistance under title XXVI of the PHSA (popularly known as the Ryan White Care Act) to resell or transfer a drug to an individual with HIV/AIDS in connection with medication regimen adherence services being provided to the individual by a licensed health care professional of the entity. Excludes certain entities, including state and local governments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure the timeliness of information used in considering a member of the Armed Forces for an administrative separation, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-6177
Sponsor: Rep. Djou, Charles K. [R-HI-1]
Introduced: 2010-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Defense
Evidence and witnesses
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: 
Requires that, if a member of the Armed Forces is being considered for administrative separation, incidents involving the member and information regarding actions of the member occurring more than 10 years before the date of the proceedings may not be taken into consideration, except when: (1) the member consents to the consideration of earlier information; or (2) the information was concealed by the member or another person acting on behalf of the member.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Community Awareness Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6178
Sponsor: Rep. Djou, Charles K. [R-HI-1]
Introduced: 2010-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing and community development funding
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: 
Community Awareness Act of 2010 - Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, with respect to supportive housing for persons with disabilities, to prohibit the Secretary of Housing and Urban Affairs (HUD) from providing assistance to an applicant for such supportive housing unless the applicant has held at least one local public open community meeting regarding the application that meets specified requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
To exempt employment in the mobile amusement industry from the numerical limitation applicable to nonimmigrants provided status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Bill: 111-hr-6179
Sponsor: Rep. Djou, Charles K. [R-HI-1]
Introduced: 2010-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Outdoor recreation
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: 
Exempts an H-2B visa (temporary nonagricultural worker) alien coming to work in the United States in the mobile amusement industry from fiscal year numerical limitations under the Immigration and Nationality Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend the conservation provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985 to promote the conservation and improvement of the soil, water, and wildlife resources of lands containing muck soils, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-6180
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2010-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: 
Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to provide payments to owners and operators of qualifying muck land (as determined by the Secretary) in agricultural production to conserve and improve such land's soil, water, and wildlife resources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Introduced in House