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Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5454
Sponsor: Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5]
Introduced: 2010-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: 
Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2010 - Amends the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (ICA) to require the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to transmit, within 45 days of a congressional session after the enactment of the funding in question, a message to Congress with specified information requesting any rescission the President proposes under the procedures in this Act.
 
Prescribes requirements for timing and packaging of rescission requests.
 
Authorizes OMB, subject to a specified time limit, to withhold funding from obligation temporarily if the President proposes a rescission.
 
Prohibits the President from invoking such expedited procedures or such authority to withhold funding on more than one occasion for any Act providing funding.
 
Sets forth procedures for expedited congressional consideration of proposed rescissions.
 
States that, if budget authority or funding is rescinded under the ICA, the amount so rescinded shall revert to the fund whence it came (general fund, trust fund, special fund, revolving fund, and so on as applicable), except to the extent legislation specifies otherwise.
 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2010-05-28
text: Referred to House Budget
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Introduced in House
New Philadelphia, Illinois, Study Act

Bill: 111-hr-5455
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2010-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Illinois
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: 
New Philadelphia, Illinois, Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the New Philadelphia archaeological site and the land surrounding it in Illinois (the study area). 
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) evaluate the national significance of the study area; (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the study area as a unit of the National Park System; (3) consider other alternatives for the preservation, protection, and interpretation of the study area and identify the costs associated with such alternatives; and (4) consult with specified public and private entities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Introduced in House
National Farm-to-School Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5456
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2010-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Agricultural education
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Economic performance and conditions
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Nutrition and diet
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: 
National Farm-to-School Act of 2010 - Expresses the sense of Congress regarding the benefits of farm-to-school programs and the federal role in furthering such programs.
 
Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to provide competitive matching grants and technical assistance to schools, local educational agencies (LEAs), institutions of higher education, and certain governmental and nongovernmental entities to implement or expand farm-to-school programs.
 
Authorizes such grants to come in the form of implementation grants, training and technical assistance grants, or planning grants.
 
Defines farm-to-school programs as those that connect schools and small- and medium-sized agricultural operations to: (1) serve locally produced, healthy foods in school cafeterias; (2) improve student nutrition; (3) provide agriculture, health, and nutrition education opportunities to students; and (4) support local and regional agriculture and the growth of rural communities.
 
Directs the Secretary to prepare, and provide Congress with, a list identifying all the programs of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) that with little or no modification can be used to facilitate the participation of small- and medium-sized agricultural operations in farm-to-school programs.
 
Declares that the value-added agricultural product market development grant program may be accessed by small- and medium-sized agricultural operations and their associations to support farm-to-school programs.
 
Directs the Secretary, through the USDA Economic Research Service, to conduct a nationwide assessment of, and report to Congress on, the economic impact of farm-to-school programs on small- and medium-sized agricultural operations and rural communities.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish an Internet-based forum for sharing and exchanging information on farm-to-school programs nationwide.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Referred to House Agriculture
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2010-05-28
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Nursing Home Patient and Medicaid Assistance Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5457
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-11]
Introduced: 2010-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare
Public participation and lobbying
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: 
Nursing Home Patient and Medicaid Assistance Act of 2010 - Makes appropriations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), who, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services, shall pay an amount directly to an eligible dually-certified facility to reimburse it for furnishing quality care to Medicaid-eligible individuals.
 
Defines &quot;dually-certified facility&quot; as one meeting several requirements, including participation as a nursing facility under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) and as a skilled nursing facility under SSA title XVIII (Medicare) during the entire year.
 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit a state Medicaid plan from being considered to meet the requirement for methods and procedures relating to the utilization of care and services unless, by April 1 before the beginning of any plan year (beginning with 2011), the state submits to the Secretary a plan amendment specifying the payment rates for such services, including data on how rates for payments to Medicaid managed care organizations take such payment rates into account. 
 
Requires the Secretary to review each such plan amendment and approve or disapprove it.
 
Requires a state participating in the Medicaid program to submit to the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: (1) information on the determination of payment rates for service providers; and (2) an explanation of the process used to allow providers, beneficiaries and their representatives, and other concerned state residents a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such rates, methodologies, and justifications before the state made such rates final.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2010-05-28
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5459
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
Introduced: 2010-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Crimes against animals and natural resources
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments Act of 2010 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to increase from $20,000 per day to $75,000 per day the maximum civil liability for noncompliance with such Act or any term of a lease, license, or permit issued pursuant to the Act, including any regulation or order issued under it, after expiration of any reasonable period allowed for corrective action.
 
Requires a civil penalty of up to $150,000 per day for noncompliance which constitutes a threat of serious, irreparable, or immediate harm or damage to life (including aquatic life), property, any mineral deposit, or the marine, coastal, or human environment. 
 
Increases from $100,000 to $10 million the criminal fine for violations under such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Teen Parent Graduation and College Achievement Act

Bill: 111-hr-5460
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2010-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child care and development
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Family planning and birth control
Higher education
Sex and reproductive health
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Transportation costs
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: 
Teen Parent Graduation and College Achievement Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) and institutions of higher education (IHEs) to help pregnant and parenting students stay in school by expanding their access to services. 
 
Includes tutoring, pregnancy-related health care, child care, transportation, after-school support, academic counseling, school social work, or family planning among such services.
 
Requires LEA and IHE grantees to: (1) enter into partnerships and share grant funds, when appropriate, with public agencies or community-based organizations to help pregnant or parenting students stay in school; and (2) use no more than 10% of their grant for administrative costs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Virtual Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5461
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2010-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: 
Virtual Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act of 2010 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide Medicare coverage for screening computed tomography colonography (CTC) as a colorectal cancer (CRC) screening test; and (2) exclude screening CTC from the meaning of &quot;imaging services&quot; for which there is a special rule regarding outpatient services department (OPD) fee schedule payments.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to study, by CRC screening procedure type, and report to Congress on: (1) the effect of the addition of the screening CTC benefit under this Act; (2) the effect of the addition of such benefit as part of an overall set of CRC screening made available to relevant Medicare population, including individuals over age 50 and over age 75; and (3) any other relevant questions involving access to, beneficiary preference of, and value of, screening CTC for Medicare beneficiaries.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2010-05-28
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Introduced in House
To rename the Homestead National Monument of America near Beatrice, Nebraska, as the Homestead National Historical Park.

Bill: 111-hr-5463
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2010-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Monuments and memorials
Nebraska
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: 
Renames the National Park System unit known as Homestead National Monument of America and located near Beatrice, Nebraska, as the &quot;Homestead National Historical Park.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Solar Uniting Neighborhoods Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5464
Sponsor: Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle [D-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2010-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: 
Solar Uniting Neighborhoods Act of 2010 or the SUN Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for residential energy efficient property, to permit solar electric property otherwise eligible for such credit to be located on a site apart from the dwelling unit for which the electricity generated from such property is used. Limits the annual amount of such credit with respect to off-site solar electric property to $50,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 5-year recovery period for computer-based gambling machines.

Bill: 111-hr-5465
Sponsor: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2010-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Computers and information technology
Gambling
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to classify any computer-based gambling machine, including slot machines and video lottery terminals, as five-year property for depreciation purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Introduced in House
SAMHSA Modernization Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5466
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2010-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aging
Comprehensive health care
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: 
SAMHSA Modernization Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Expands the activities of SAMHSA to include: (1) the provision of grants to integrate mental health and substance use disorder services into primary care settings; (2) the provision of grants for projects that address the mental health needs of older adults; and (3) programs to recruit and retain qualified mental health and substance use professionals.
 
Revises and reauthorizes appropriations for the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of SAMHSA, to study whether the funds under the substance abuse prevention and treatment block grant and the community mental health services block grant are being distributed to states and territories according to need and to recommend changes in such distribution, if necessary.
 
Establishes the Task Force on Behavioral and Mental Health in Medical Education to develop a plan to strengthen the capacity of graduates of accredited schools of allopathic or osteopathic medicine to deliver integrated, comprehensive health care. Requires such plan to identify specific behavioral and mental health education that should be required for graduation from such schools.
 
Establishes the Council on Integration of Health Care Education to develop recommendations to strengthen the capacity of health care professionals and behavioral health providers to deliver integrated, comprehensive health care. Authorizes the Secretary to provide for the implementation of such recommendations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Turning Around Low-Performing Public High Schools Act

Bill: 111-hr-5467
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2010-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Family relationships
Public contracts and procurement
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: 
Turning Around Low-Performing Public High Schools Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award five-year contracts to nonprofit school district partnership organizations that: (1) have a record of success in improving the secondary school graduation and postsecondary attendance and completion rates of disadvantaged students; and (2) partner with local educational agencies (LEAs) that serve a substantial number or percentage of disadvantaged students to implement comprehensive high school turnaround models that are customized to meet the needs of the LEAs and their schools.
 
Requires such models to include: (1) a college preparatory instructional program; (2) a student support structure that provides students with a caring, safe, and supportive learning environment; (3) a staffing structure that creates strong, long-term connections between students and teachers; (4) standards of professional practice that guide the professional development of school personnel and build their sense of collective responsibility for student and school outcomes; (5) an extended day and extended school year that supports challenging, college-preparatory curricula; (6) an expectation that parents will take an active role in school activities; and (7) the use of multiple mechanisms to assess schools' organizational and program effectiveness.
 
Directs: (1) the Secretary to select an independent entity to conduct a triennial evaluation of the performance of students who attend turnaround schools; and (2) school district partnership organizations to report annually on the implementation of comprehensive high school turnaround models and student achievement in partner schools. Requires copies of such evaluations and reports to be provided to the Secretary and Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Bridgeport Indian Colony Land Trust, Health, and Economic Development Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5468
Sponsor: Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2010-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: 
Bridgeport Indian Colony Land Trust, Health, and Economic Development Act of 2010 - Declares certain federal lands in Mono County, California, to be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Bridgeport Indian Colony.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-28
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Introduced in House