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STORAGE 2010 Act

Bill: 111-s-3617
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2010-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: 
Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy Act of 2010 or the STORAGE 2010 Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow, through 2019, a 20% energy tax credit for investment in energy storage property that is directly connected to the electrical grid (i.e., a system of generators, transmission lines, and distribution facilities) and that is designed to receive. store, and convert energy to electricity, deliver it for sale, or use such energy to provide improved reliability or economic benefits to the grid; (2) make such property eligible for new clean renewable energy bond financing; (3) allow a 30% energy tax credit for investment in energy storage property used at the site of energy storage; and (4) allow a 30% nonbusiness energy property tax credit for the installation of energy storage equipment in a principal residence. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to improve geothermal energy technology and demonstrate the use of geothermal energy in large scale thermal applications, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-3619
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2010-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: 
Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to require the Secretary of Energy (DOE): (1) acting through the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, to establish a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application for geothermal heat pumps and the direct use of geothermal energy; and (2) identify and mitigate potential environmental impacts.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) make grants to state and local governments, institutions of higher education, nonprofit entities, utilities, and for-profit companies to promote the development of geothermal heat pumps and the direct use of geothermal energy; (2) give priority to proposals that apply to large buildings, commercial districts, and residential communities; and (3) conduct a national solicitation for grant applications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
National Competitiveness and Innovation Strategy Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3620
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2010-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Industrial policy and productivity
Product development and innovation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: 
National Competitiveness and Innovation Strategy Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to complete a comprehensive study of the economic competitiveness and innovative capacity of the United States. 
 
Requires the Secretary to establish: (1) a process for obtaining public comments; and (2) an Innovation Advisory Board to advise the Secretary with respect to the conduct of the study. 
 
 Directs the Secretary to develop, based on the study, a national 10-year strategy for strengthening the innovative and competitive capacity of the federal government, state and local governments, institutions of higher education, and the private sector.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act

Bill: 111-s-3621
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]
Introduced: 2010-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Income tax exclusion
Medical education
Student aid and college costs
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: 
Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income payments under the federal veterinary medicine loan repayment program or any other state loan repayment or forgiveness program that is intended to provide for increased access to veterinary services in such state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6079-6080)
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to finalize a proposed rule to amend the spill prevention, control, and countermeasure rule to tailor and streamline the requirements for the dairy industry, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-3622
Sponsor: Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE]
Introduced: 2010-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural practices and innovations
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Oil and gas
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: 
Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), within 30 days after this Act's enactment, to finalize the proposed rule entitled &quot;Oil Pollution Prevention; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Rule Requirements--Amendments&quot; to exempt certain milk containers and associated piping and appurtenance from the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure program. Prohibits the Administrator from taking regulatory action against dairy and dairy product producers, processors, handlers, and distributors related to such exemption until the effective date of the finalized rule.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6080-6081)
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
HIRE Now Tax Cut Extension Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3623
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2010-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: 
HIRE Now Tax Cut Extension Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend until June 30, 2011, the exemption from payment of employment taxes for individuals who begin employment after July 22, 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Freedom For Consumer Choice Act

Bill: 111-s-3624
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2010-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Competition and antitrust
Consumer affairs
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: 
Freedom for Consumer Choice Act - States U.S. government policy with regard to: (1) the promotion of the widespread availability of communications services; (2) the promotion of the integrity of communications facilities through investment and innovation in advanced communications networks; and (3) the economic regulation of communications markets. 
 
Makes it unlawful for providers of electronic communication services to engage or participate in: (1) unfair methods of competition in or affecting electronic communications networks and services; or (2) unfair or deceptive practices in or affecting such networks and services. 
 
Authorizes the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), by rule, to define the acts or practices that shall constitute such unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive acts or practices.
 
Bars the FCC from having any authority to issue rules that declare unlawful an act or practice on the grounds that it is an unfair method of competition or unfair or deceptive act or practice, except that the FCC may declare an act or practice unlawful if: (1) marketplace competition is insufficient to adequately protect consumer welfare; and (2) such act or practice causes or is likely to cause substantial injury to consumers, is unavoidable by consumers themselves, and is outweighed by countervailing benefits to consumers or to competition. 
 
Terminates any rule promulgated under this Act five years after its effective date unless the FCC makes an affirmative determination that such rule continues to be necessary. 
 
Grants the FCC the authority to hear complaints from any party injured by a violation of the prohibitions under this Act and to award damages to such party if such a violation has occurred.
 
Sets forth specified additional authorities of the FCC.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Thermal Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3626
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2010-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: 
Thermal Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the tax credit for the production of electricity from renewable resources to the production of thermal energy and to include a naturally occurring cold water source as a qualified energy resource and a natural air conditioning system facility as a qualified facility for purposes of such credit. 
 
Modifies the definition of &quot;local heating and cooling facilities&quot; for purposes of tax-exempt facility bonds to include equipment for producing thermal energy in the form of hot water, chilled water, or steam, distributing that thermal energy in pipelines, and transferring the thermal energy. Defines &quot;thermal energy&quot; as heat (in the form of hot water or steam) or cooling (in the form of chilled water or ice). 
 
Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, with respect to the energy sustainability and efficiency grant and loan program for institutions, to: (1) include a not-for-profit district energy system as an institutional entity for purposes of such grant program; (2) increase the amounts of technical assistance grants and grants for efficiency improvement and energy sustainability; and (3) extend the authorization of appropriations for such grant program through FY2015.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6083-6085)
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6083)
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
HIV/AIDS Save Lives First Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3627
Sponsor: Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK]
Introduced: 2010-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Child health
HIV/AIDS
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Women's health
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: 
HIV/AIDS Save Lives First Act of 2010 - Amends the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 regarding allocation of bilateral global HIV/AIDS assistance to: (1) make such allocation permanent; (2) increase the treatment allocation to 75%; and (3) allocate amounts to expand the use of rapid HIV/AIDS testing, with a set-aside for assistance to countries with a national policy of universal rapid HIV/AIDS diagnosis of all patients of publicly funded facilities, including pregnant women and newborns.
 
Revises provisions concerning treatment, prevention, and care goals to require that by the end of FY2013: (1) antiretroviral treatment for HIV/AIDS and associated opportunistic infections or medical monitoring of HIV-seropositive people not in clinical need of retroviral treatment has been provided to at least 5 million people living in recipient countries; (2) at least 1 billion rapid tests for HIV/AIDS have been conducted on people living in such countries; and (3) every available intervention is provided to ensure that 100% of infants born to HIV-infected women in such countries are born uninfected and remain uninfected for at least the first year after birth.
 
Sets forth administrative and per-patient funding limitations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6085-6086)
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Focusing Resources, Economic Investment, and Guidance to Help Transportation Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3629
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2010-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental health
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Infrastructure development
Motor carriers
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Noise pollution
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation
Railroads
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-22
text: 
Focusing Resources, Economic Investment, and Guidance to Help Transportation Act of 2010 - Declares U.S. policy with respect to freight transportation.
 
Establishes within the Office of the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) an Office of Freight Planning and Development. 
 
Directs the Secretary to develop a long-term National Freight Freight Transportation Strategic Plan to guide planning and investments in the national transportation system to move freight.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop new or improve existing tools to support an outcome-oriented, performance-based approach to evaluate proposed freight-related and other transportation projects; (2) facilitate the collection of transportation-related data to support a broad range of evaluation methods and techniques to assist in making transportation investment decisions; and (3) consider improvements to the Commodity Flow Survey that reduce identified freight data gaps and deficiencies and help evaluate forecasts of transportation demand. 
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a competitive grant program for capital investment projects that improve the efficiency of the national transportation system to move freight; and (2) give priority to projects with the highest system performance improvement relative to their benefit-cost analysis.
 
Limits the federal share of project net capital costs at 80%.
 
Requires a grant recipient to submit to the Secretary: (1) a project management plan and an annual financial plan for a project with a total cost of $500 million or more; and (2) an annual financial plan for a project with a total cost of $100 million or more.
 
Repeals specified prohibitions against the transfer of amounts from the Highway Trust Fund to the Port Infrastructure Development Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2010-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate
American Innovation Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3630
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2010-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Education programs funding
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Income tax credits
Manufacturing
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Science and engineering education
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-22
text: 
American Innovation Act of 2010 - Requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that receive one or more financial assistance grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for research to report to the NSF on: (1) the IHE's strategy for commercializing the results of the research; (2) the implementation of such strategy; and (3) the results of its efforts to realize the commercial potential of the research. 
 
Authorizes the Director of the NSF to use funds appropriated to carry out grants to IHEs for the provision of financial support for post-graduate research in fields of study with potential commercial applications to match any private sector grant of financial assistance to any post-doctoral program in such a field. 
 
 Authorizes the award of grants to IHEs or their consortia for the establishment or expansion of partnerships (including industry or professional association partnerships) with local or regional private sector entities to provide undergraduate students with private sector internship experiences (including manufacturing sector internships) that connect with their STEM coursework. 
 
Requires National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to initiate a study to evaluate, develop, or improve impact-on-society metrics, including the potential for commercial applications of research studies funded by grants from the NSF or other federal agencies. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the research tax credit for basic research payments made to certain educational and scientific organizations to be made whether or not such research has a specific commercial objective.
 
 Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a program to provide loan guarantees for obligations to borrowers who are small- or medium-sized businesses to assist them in making commercial use of products, processes, or ideas generated by NSF-funded research grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Energy Works Act

Bill: 111-s-3631
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2010-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Manufacturing
Public contracts and procurement
Student aid and college costs
Technology assessment
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-22
text: 
Clean Energy Works Act - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to set forth provisions governing the allocation of funds for assisting states in the development, implementation, or modification of energy conservation plans. Requires a state that receives such assistance to use no less than a third of it to provide grants and loans: (1) for renewable energy development; (2) to energy technology companies; or (3) to promote energy efficiency. Sets forth state cost-sharing requirements. Authorizes appropriations for such assistance for FY2011-FY2016.
 
Amends the America COMPETES Act to: (1) revise provisions concerning the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), including by creating additional duties of the Director of ARPA-E; and (2) increase and extend authorization for ARPA-E for FY2011-FY2016.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to award on a competitive basis: (1) regional energy alliance skills grants to energy alliances; (2) regional industry energy efficiency grants to covered entities for educating and training incumbent workers in the skills necessary to increase energy efficiency in industries in existence on this Act's enactment; and (3) law carbon energy training grants to eligible entities to provide customized training services to businesses in identified industries, or to businesses in industries that directly support or supply identified industries.
 
Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to prohibit, as of October 1, 2010, provisions of such Act that are otherwise applicable to the use of the authority made available under the Federal Columbia River Transmission System Act from applying to borrowing authority available to the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) to assist in financing the construction, acquisition, and replacement of the BPA transmission system and implementing the BPA Administrator's authority under the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Enforcement and Prevention Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3632
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2010-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Judicial procedure and administration
Medicaid
Medicare
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-22
text: 
 Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Enforcement and Prevention Act of 2010 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to increase criminal penalties for both felony and misdemeanor fraud under SSA titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid). 
 
Adds a new offense of distribution of one or more Medicare or Medicaid beneficiary identification numbers or billing privileges with the intent to defraud.
 
Applies civil monetary penalties to: (1) conspiracy to make false statements or commit other specified offenses with respect to Medicare or Medicaid claims; and (2) knowing creation or use of false records or statements with respect to the transmission of money or property to a federal health care program. Extends the statute of limitations from six to 10 years after presentation of a claim.
 
Amends SSA title XI, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, with respect to the access to claims and payment data granted to the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Requires the Inspector General to implement mechanisms for the sharing of information about suspected fraud relating to the federal health care programs under Medicare, Medicaid, and SSA title XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP) with other appropriate law enforcement officials.
 
Directs the HHS Secretary to implement a five-year Beneficiary Verification Pilot Program to verify, with respect to Medicare claims, that the beneficiary for which the claim was made was actually furnished the claimed item or service. 
 
Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on Medicare administrative contractors, including Recovery Audit Contractors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate