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Endocrine Disruptor Screening Enhancement Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5210
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2010-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental health
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: 
Endocrine Disruptor Screening Enhancement Act of 2010 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in carrying out the Estrogenic Substances Screening Program: (1) not later than one year after this Act's enactment, to publish a list of at least 100 substances for testing of endocrine disrupting substances that may be in drinking water and a plan for the identification of additional substances for testing with the goal of testing all substances that have been placed on the Drinking Water Preliminary Contaminant Candidate List; (2) to give priority in selecting substances for listing to substances that pose the greatest public health concern; (3) not later than two years after enactment of this Act, to publish guidance on developing and updating protocols for testing of possible endocrine disruptors; (4) within four years after this Act's enactment, to issue test orders for all substances on the list; (5) not later than 180 days after this Act's enactment, to publish an electronic, publicly searchable database that contains information regarding the testing program; and (6) within six months after receipt of testing results, to determine whether to take administrative action related to the substance. 
 
Authorizes the Administrator to accelerate testing for a substance if: (1) such substance is known to be found in sources of drinking water; (2) a substantial population is known to be exposed to the substance; and (3) the substance is either suspected to be an endocrine disruptor or has a structural similarity to a substance known to be an endocrine disruptor. Requires the Administrator, not later than one year after this Act's enactment, to publish guidance on how the Administrator will make determinations on whether to require accelerated testing for such substances.
 
Authorizes any person to petition the Administrator to add a substance to the list or the plan and to issue an order requiring the substance to be tested on an accelerated basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Family Engagement in Education Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5211
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2010-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Department of Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Government studies and investigations
Juvenile crime and gang violence
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: 
Family Engagement in Education Act of 2010 - Amends title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to allocate funds to states and, through them, local educational agencies (LEAs) to develop certain policies and practices to strengthen family engagement in their children's education.
 
Requires states and correctional facilities to work with family members and aftercare providers in developing educational services and transition plans for youth following their stay in state and local institutions for neglected or delinquent youth.
 
Requires states to use part of their grant under part A (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund) of title II of the ESEA to train teachers and principals to effectively engage families in their children's education.
 
Establishes a new part E (Family Engagement in Education Programs) under title V of the ESEA requiring the Secretary of Education to provide funding to each state to establish a State Family Engagement Coordinating Council to assure coordination and integration of family engagement activities across the education spectrum.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to: (1) statewide nonprofit organizations to establish Statewide Family Engagement Centers to provide comprehensive training, technical assistance, and capacity building to states, LEAs, schools, and organizations that support family-school partnerships to assist parents in participating effectively in their children's education; and (2) local nonprofit parent organizations to create Local Family Engagement Centers which are to be assessed on their ability to assist parents in overcoming barriers to engaging in their children's education.
 
Directs the Secretary to issue rules that specify research-based metrics on family engagement in education for entities receiving this Act's funding.
 
Requires that there be established in the Department of Education dedicated staff, including a Director, for family and community engagement within the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend Public Law 105-344 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the Blue Ridge Unified School District that portion of the Woodland Lake Park tract in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in the State of Arizona containing the Big Springs Environmental Study Area.

Bill: 111-hr-5212
Sponsor: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2010-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey to the Blue Ridge Unified School District that part of the Woodland Lake Park land tract in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in Arizona containing the Big Springs Environmental Study Area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in House
West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5213
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2010-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: California
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
Oregon
Pacific Ocean
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: 
West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2010 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in any area of the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, or Washington.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5214
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2010-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Government trust funds
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
State and local finance
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: 
Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act of 2010 - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to: (1) increase the liability of the party responsible for an offshore facility, except a deepwater port, from which oil is discharged into or upon navigable waters or adjoining shorelines to the total of all discharge removal costs plus $10 billion (currently, $75 million) for each incident; and (2) direct the President to promulgate regulations to allow advance payments from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to states and localities to prepare for and mitigate substantial threats from the discharge of oil. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate: (1) the $1 billion per incident limitation on expenditures from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for cleanup of oil spills: and (2) restrictions on the borrowing authority of such Trust Fund.
 
Makes this Act effective on April 15, 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2010-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the $2,500 limitation on health flexible spending arrangements.

Bill: 111-hr-5215
Sponsor: Rep. Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2010-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the the $2,500 limitation on salary reduction contributions to health flexible spending arrangements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Bill: 111-hr-5216
Sponsor: Rep. Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2010-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: 
Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, effective as of its enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-05-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Referred to House Appropriations
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, House Administration, and Rules, 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: 2010-05-05
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in House
To provide for distribution to States of revenues under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 as provided in that Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-5217
Sponsor: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2010-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy revenues and royalties

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: 
Amends the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, to repeal a provision that requires the disposal of all monies received by the United States in FY2010 from sales, bonuses, rentals, and royalties under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 as provided by such Act as in effect immediately before enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and without regard to the amendments contained in that Act.
 
Makes this Act effective on October 1, 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Great Teachers for Great Schools Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5218
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2010-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: 
Great Teachers for Great Schools Act of 2010 - Amends title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to create a new part E (Building School Capacity for Effective Teaching).
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to allot funds to states for subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to implement professional development systems that represent comprehensive, sustained, and intensive approaches to improving teachers' and principals' effectiveness that: (1) foster collective responsibility for improved student performance; (2) constitute professional learning that primarily occurs several times each week among established teams of teachers, principals, and other instructional staff; and (3) may be supported by activities such as courses, workshops, institutes, networks, and conferences.
 
 Requires states to first award subgrants to LEAs: (1) that demonstrate the greatest need for such funds; (2) in which the average graduation rates are less than 65%, if applicable; and (3) in which children who are eligible for free and reduced price meals under the school lunch program constitute at least 40% of the population of children aged 5 to 17 they serve.
 
Allows LEA subgrantees to use school improvement funds received under title I of the ESEA to supplement professional development activities under this Act, which are to be integrated and aligned with their state's school improvement efforts under title I.
 
Requires the professional development programs to include a system of formal evaluations conducted by states, LEAs, institutions of higher education, or external agencies experienced in conducting qualitative research. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Sloan Hills Withdrawal Act

Bill: 111-hr-5219
Sponsor: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2010-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Mining
Nevada

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: 
Sloan Hills Withdrawal Act - Withdrawls certain land located in the Sloan Hills area of Clark County, Nevada, from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws and disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require air carriers and foreign air carriers to transmit a passenger and crew manifest for a flight in foreign air transportation to or from the United States to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection at least 24 hours before the departure of the flight, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-5221
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2010-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Business records
Government information and archives
Homeland security
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: 
Requires domestic and foreign air carriers operating a passenger flight in foreign air transportation to or from the United States to provide to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) by electronic transmission a passenger and crew manifest at least 24 hours in advance of the departure of the aircraft to or from the United States. (Currently, such manifests must be provided to the Commissioner of CBP only in advance of a flight landing in the United States.)
 
Requires transmittal to the Commissioner of CBP of supplemental passenger and crew manifests in instances when a passenger acquires a flight ticket or a flight crewmember is assigned to a flight after transmittal of the original manifest. Allows late ticket purchases or crewmember assignments within two hours before depature of a flight only if the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) issues procedures permitting such ticketing and assignments. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to require those air carriers that transmit a passenger and crew manifest to conduct a final comparison of passenger information on the manifest to the no fly list of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) within 60 minutes of a flight's departure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in House
To suspend certain activities in the outer Continental Shelf until the date on which the joint investigation into the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico has been completed, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-5222
Sponsor: Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17]
Introduced: 2010-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Accidents
Government studies and investigations
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to suspend until a certain date: (1) all activities relating to the development of a new or revised five-year plan for the outer Continental Shelf (OCS); (2) new OCS exploration, development, and production activities (including geological and geophysical surveys); and (3) any exploration or development activities commenced before the enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary certifies they pose no significant risk of accident.
 
Continues the suspension of such activities until completion of: (1) the joint investigation by the Secretaries of the Interior and of Homeland Security into the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico; and (2) a final report identifying methods to prevent future incidents in the OCS.
 
Grandfathers any production activities commenced before enactment of this Act.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Chimney Rock National Monument Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5223
Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3]
Introduced: 2010-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: 
Chimney Rock National Monument Act of 2010 - Designates the Chimney Rock National Monument in Colorado to preserve, protect, and restore the archeological, anthropological, geological, hydrologic, biological, visual, and scenic resources of Chimney Rock. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to make minor adjustments to the boundaries of the Monument for the inclusion of significant archaeological resources discovered on adjacent public land. 
 
Requires management of, and authorizes use of, the Monument as a unit of San Juan National Forest. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to carry out vegetative management treatments within the Monument, with the exception of timber harvesting and the use of prescribed fire, which may only be used when necessary to address the risk of wildfire, insects, or diseases.
 
Prohibits uses of the Monument other than those authorized by the Secretary. Includes as authorized uses: (1) construction of a visitor's center and related exhibit and curatorial facilities to interpret the Monument's scientific and cultural resources; (2) scientific research (including archaeological research) and educational and interpretive uses; (3) acquisition and display of artifacts; (4) recreational use of mountain bikes and motorized vehicles; (5) installation and maintenance of a certain public utility right of way; and (6) grazing uses. 
 
Requires the Secretary to develop a management plan for the Monument, which shall include: (1) providing for the continued use of the Monument by Indian tribes for traditional ceremonies and as a source for traditional plants and other materials; and (2) specifying permitted uses of artifacts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Women's Excellence of Care and Accessibility Review and Evaluation Act

Bill: 111-hr-5224
Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2010-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: 
Women's Excellence of Care and Accessibility Review and Evaluation Act or the WE CARE Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to: (1) conduct a comprehensive review of women-specific health services and treatment available for female members of the Armed Forces; and (2) report review results to the congressional defense committees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in House