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To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to provide for certain disclosures under section 552 of title 5, United States Code, (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-6086
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2010-08-10 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business records
Financial services and investments
Freedom of information
Government information and archives
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: 
Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal the prohibition of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act against compelling the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to disclose records or information obtained from registered persons pursuant to its regulatory or oversight activities.
 
Declares that for purposes of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): (1) the SEC is an agency responsible for the regulation or supervision of financial institutions; and (2) any entity for which the SEC is the responsible regulator, supervisor, or examiner under such Act is a financial institution. (Thus retains the general exemption from FOIA of matters contained in or related to examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by, on behalf of, or for the use of the SEC and any other agency responsible for the regulation or supervision of financial institutions.)
 
Amends the Investment Company Act and the Investment Advisers Act to repeal similar prohibitions against compelling the SEC to disclose records or information provided to it by a registered investment company or investment adviser, or an underwriter, broker, dealer, or investment adviser that is a majority-owned subsidiary of such a company, for SEC use in furtherance of certain purposes, including surveillance, risk assessments, or other regulatory and oversight activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to improve the use of certain registered pesticides.

Bill: 111-hr-6087
Sponsor: Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3]
Introduced: 2010-08-10 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Licensing and registrations
Pest management

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: 
Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide that no permit shall be required for: (1) the use of a pesticide that is registered or otherwise authorized for use under such Act; (2) the use of a biological control organism for the prevention, control, or eradication of a plant pest or noxious weed that is in accordance with the Plant Protection Act; or (3) the conduct of any other plant pest, noxious weed, or pest control activity conducted in accordance with the Plant Protection Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1564-1565)
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
To provide for temporary alternative State "on" and "off" indicators under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-6088
Sponsor: Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2010-08-10 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: 
Authorizes a state by law to apply certain requirements of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 for an extended unemployment compensation benefit period, with specified substitutions, to the period between August 1, 2010 and September 30, 2011.
 
 Eliminates, between such dates, the ordinary 13-week waiting period between extended unemployment compensation benefit periods. Allows a state law, between such dates, also to: (1) reduce from 6.5% to 6% the unemployment rate triggering an &quot;on&quot; indicator for any week; and (2) treat as repealed for the extended unemployment compensation period the requirement regarding the average rate of total unemployment in the state (seasonally adjusted).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate any time limitation for granting equitable innocent spouse relief.

Bill: 111-hr-6089
Sponsor: Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2010-08-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Family relationships
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to grant a taxpayer equitable relief from liability for unpaid taxes incurred by a spouse (innocent spouse rule) without regard to any time limitation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
Drug Court Reauthorization Act

Bill: 111-hr-6090
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2010-08-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Law enforcement administration and funding
Specialized courts

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: 
Drug Court Reauthorization Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize appropriations for the drug courts program for FY2011-FY2017 and to modify certain program requirements relating to grant authority, grant applications, and the distribution and allocation of grants to states and local and tribal governments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6091
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2010-08-10 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: 
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Requires a further additional Tier-5 period for deposits to an individual's EUCA if, at the time the amount added to such individual's account under the Act is exhausted or at any time thereafter, the individual's state is in an extended benefit period.
 
Prescribes a formula for making such Tier-5 credits. Increases the figures in the basic EUC formula (the lesser of which shall be the amount credited): (1) from 24% to 80% of the total amount of regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable to the individual during the benefit year; and (2) from 6 to 20 times the individual's average weekly benefit amount for the benefit year.
 
Prescribes a formula for determining if a state is in an extended benefit period.
 
Allows the Tier-5 period augmentation to be applied to the individual's EUCA only once.
 
Authorizes a state to pay extended compensation to an otherwise eligible individual before any further additional emergency unemployment compensation (EUC), if such individual claimed extended compensation for at least one week of unemployment after the exhaustion of additional EUC.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act to allow recreational fishing for Atlantic Striped Bass in the Block Island Sound transit zone.

Bill: 111-hr-6092
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2010-08-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean
Fishes
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Outdoor recreation
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: 
Amends the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act to permit recreational fishing for Atlantic Striped Bass in the Block Island Sound transit zone, except for seasonal or other temporary limitations on fishing that are specifically necessary for the conservation and management of Atlantic striped bass.
 
Defines &quot;Block Island Sound transit zone&quot; as the area of the exclusive economic zone within Block Island Sound, north of a line connecting Montauk Light, Montauk Point, New York, and Block Island Southeast Light, Block Island, Rhode Island, and west of a line connecting Point Judith Light, Point Judith, Rhode Island, and Block Island Southeast Light, Block Island, Rhode Island.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
To ensure the continuation of certain security activities of the United States Capitol Police.

Bill: 111-hr-6093
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1]
Introduced: 2010-08-10 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional agencies
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Motor carriers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: 
Ratifies the use of any funds appropriated to the U.S. Capitol Police during FY2003 for transfer relating to the Truck Interdiction Monitoring Program to the working capital fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
To establish the National Commission on Outer Continental Shelf Oil Spill Prevention.

Bill: 111-hr-6094
Sponsor: Rep. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2010-08-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Accidents
Advisory bodies
Congressional agencies
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: 
Establishes in the Legislative branch the National Commission on Outer Continental Shelf Oil Spill Prevention to examine and report to Congress and the President on the facts and causes relating to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill of 2010.
 

 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2010-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2010-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve integrated care for durable medical equipment under the competitive bidding program for qualified hospital-related DME entities.

Bill: 111-hr-6095
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15]
Introduced: 2010-08-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exempt qualified hospital-related durable medical equipment (DME) entities from programs for competitive acquisition of items and services. Defines a qualified hospital-related DME entity as a DME supplier that: (1) owns and controls, is owned and controlled by, or is under common ownership and control with one or more hospitals or one or more hospitals and a university; and (2) meets the applicable quality and financial standards.
 
Declares that in the case of certain DME and medical supplies furnished by a qualified hospital-related DME entity in a competitive acquisition area for which a contract is in effect: (1) the competitive acquisition programs shall not apply; and (2) payment shall be made to the entity without regard to whether it submitted a bid or was awarded such a contract, and in the amount payable for such equipment and supplies under the contract for the area and period involved.
 
Limits the application of this Act to items and services furnished by a qualified hospital-related DME entity that: (1) has provided satisfactory assurances that a substantial majority of its patients who are enrolled under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) are patients of a hospital that owns and controls, or is owned and controlled by, the entity or any provider of services affiliated with the hospital; and (2) was either furnishing items and services of such type on or before April 1, 2010, or owns and controls, is owned and controlled by, or is under common ownership and control with, a hospital (or one or more hospitals and a university) that was furnishing such items or services of such type on or before such date.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-08-10
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: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
Reduce Our Deficits Act

Bill: 111-hr-6096
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Chet [D-TX-17]
Introduced: 2010-08-10 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Census and government statistics
Department of Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: 
Reduce Our Deficits Act - Rescinds $1.6 billion of unobligated balances made available for the Bureau of the Census. 
 
Requires any amounts received by the federal government as rentals or royalties to be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury and used for federal budget deficit reduction or, if there is no budget deficit, for reducing the national debt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to House Appropriations
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
American Job Builders Tax Reform Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6097
Sponsor: Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2]
Introduced: 2010-08-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Building construction
Contracts and agency
Income tax rates
Inflation and prices
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: 
American Job Builders Tax Reform Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase from $10 million to $40 million the gross receipts threshold for determining whether a small contractor may adopt an accounting method for reporting income from a construction contract other than the percentage of completion method; (2) allow an annual inflation adjustment to such increased $40 million threshold amount, beginning after 2009; and (3) exempt construction contracts from alternative minimum tax rules for reporting income from long-term contracts under the percentage of completion accounting method.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
Automatic IRA Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6099
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2010-08-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Department of Labor
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Federal preemption
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Income tax credits
Securities
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: 
Automatic IRA Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require certain employers who do not maintain qualifying retirement plans or arrangements to make available to their eligible employees a payroll deposit individual retirement account (IRA) arrangement (automatic IRA arrangement) which grants such employees the right to opt-out of participation; (2) require the Secretary of the Treasury to provide employers with a model notice for notifying employees of their opportunity to participate in such an arrangement and to provide participants with an annual statement setting forth arrangement payments, earnings, value, and other specified information; (3) impose a penalty on employers who fail to provide eligible employees access to such an arrangement; (4) establish an Automatic IRA Advisory Group to make recommendations regarding investment options; (5) allow employers who do not have more than 100 employees a tax credit for costs associated with establishing an automatic IRA arrangement; and (6) increase the tax credit for small employer pension plan startup costs. 
 
Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of Labor to jointly conduct feasibility studies on extending spousal consent requirements to automatic IRAs, promoting the use of low-cost lifetime income arrangements, and using investment data to notify individuals with multiple small balance retirement accounts of consolidation options. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1567-1568)
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
Pick-Sloan Tribal Commission Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6100
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-08-10 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Dams and canals
Federal-Indian relations
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: 
Pick-Sloan Tribal Commission Act of 2010 - Establishes the Pick-Sloan Tribal Commission for Comprehensive Resolution to consult with Indian tribes affected by the Pick-Sloan Program and to conduct a study of: (1) the impacts of the Program on the affected Indian tribes and the federal government measures attempting to address those impacts; (2) other proposed measures addressing the impacts of the Program on such Indian tribes; (3) the results of any other studies regarding those impacts and potential solutions, including any related studies conducted by the Joint Tribal Advisory Committee; and (4) comparisons involving other situations in which federal hydroelectric projects or federally licensed hydroelectric projects have resulted in the taking or occupation of Indian land and the compensation or other measures Indian tribes have been or are being provided in those situations.
 
Requires the Commission to: (1) maintain an information website beginning on the date of its first meeting; (2) hold at least three hearings; (3) develop a proposal that comprehensively resolves the Program's impacts on, and provides for full and final compensation to, the affected Indian tribes; and (4) issue a report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House