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Community Mental Health and Addiction Safety Net Equity Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5636
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2010-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Medicaid
Mental health
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: 
Community Mental Health and Addiction Safety Net Equity Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to replace community mental health centers with federally qualified behavioral health centers which treat substance abuse in addition to mental illness and other conditions.
 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to extend Medicaid coverage to federally qualified behavioral health center services. 
 
Directs the Institute of Medicine to: (1) evaluate for Congress the combined paperwork burden of federally qualified behavioral health centers; and (2) analyze and report to Congress on the compensation structure of professional and paraprofessional personnel employed by federally qualified behavioral health centers nationwide as compared with the compensation structure of comparable health safety net providers and relevant private sector health care employers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Introduced in House
American Jobs Matter Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5637
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2010-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: 
American Jobs Matter Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to require an executive agency to state in a solicitation for competitive proposals that an offeror may submit information on the effects awarding the contract to the offeror would have on employment within the United States (jobs impact statement). Allows such statement to include a guarantee that jobs created or retained in the United States will not be moved outside the United States after award of the contract.
 
Authorizes the contracting officer to consider such statement in evaluating the offer and to request further information to verify its accuracy. Requires the head of each agency to submit to Congress an annual report on the frequency of use within the agency of such statements in evaluating competitive proposals.
 
 Sets forth analogous provisions for defense contracts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-28
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2010-07-28
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2010-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities.
action_date: 2010-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2010-06-29
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Manufacturing and Energy Enhancement Act

Bill: 111-hr-5638
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2010-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Environmental technology
Income tax credits
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: 
Manufacturing and Energy Enhancement Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase to $7.3 billion the total amount of credits that may be allocated under the qualifying advanced energy project program; and (2) extend for six months after the enactment of this Act the application period for certification under such program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude executive branch officers and employees from nonrecognition rules relating to the sale of property to comply with conflict-of-interest requirements.

Bill: 111-hr-5639
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2010-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude executive branch officers and employees from provisions that allow nonrecognition for income tax purposes of gain from the sale of property required to comply with federal conflict of interest laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Introduced in House
National Rape Kit Database Act

Bill: 111-hr-5640
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2010-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Evidence and witnesses
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Sex offenses
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: 
National Rape Kit Database Act - Requires the Attorney General to: (1) establish a publicly available database on information on rape kits collected by federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies; and (2) provide technical assistance to such agencies to enable participation in the database. Defines &quot;rape kit&quot; to mean a sexual assault forensics evidence collection kit.
 
Requires certain information to be included in such database by law enforcement agencies and laboratories with respect to a rape kit, including: (1) the date of the action constituting the basis for the collection of the rape kit; (2) the city or locality where such action occurred; (3) the date of the entry into the database; (4) the entity that has possession of the rape kit; and (5) the processing status of the rape kit and whether the statute of limitations has expired (for a backlogged case). Prohibits the disclosure in a rape kit of the personally identifiable information of a sexual assault victim (e.g., name, address, or contact information).
 
Denies grant funds under the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 and the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to states that fail to comply with the requirements of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Heroes at Home Act

Bill: 111-hr-5641
Sponsor: Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2010-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Home and outpatient care
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: 
Heroes at Home Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to transfer an eligible veteran who requests a transfer to a non-VA nursing home to transfer such veteran to an adult foster home that meets VA standards, pursuant to a contract between the VA and the foster home. Requires a veteran so transferred to agree, as a transfer condition, to accept home health services furnished by the VA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2010-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1250-1251)
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Introduced in House
To codify increases in the rates of pension for disabled veterans and surviving spouses and children that were effective as of December 1, 2009.

Bill: 111-hr-5642
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2010-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance
Inflation and prices
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: 
Codifies under federal law increases in the rates of pension for disabled veterans and surviving spouses and children that became effective as of December 1, 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Compound 1080 and Sodium Cyanide Elimination Act

Bill: 111-hr-5643
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2010-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Pest management

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: 
Compound 1080 and Sodium Cyanide Elimination Act - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the use, production, sale, importation, or exportation of sodium fluoroacetate (known as Compound 1080).
 
Prohibits the use of sodium cyanide in a predator control device. 
 
Subjects a violator of either such prohibition to a fine, imprisonment for not more than two years, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2010-06-30
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Introduced in House
End Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5644
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2010-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Business investment and capital
Coal
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: 
End Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require seven-year amortization of the geological and geophysical expenditures of covered large oil companies. Defines &quot;covered large oil company&quot; as a taxpayer which is a major integrated oil company or which has gross receipts in excess of $50 million in a taxable year. 
 
Denies certain tax benefits to any taxpayer that is not a small, independent oil and gas company, including: (1) the tax credits for producing oil and gas from marginal wells and for enhanced oil recovery; (2) expensing of intangible drilling and development costs in the case of gas wells and geothermal wells; (3) percentage depletion; (4) the tax deduction for qualified tertiary injectant expenses; (5) the exemption from limitations on passive activity losses; and (6) the tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities.
 
Prohibits the use of the last-in, first-out (LIFO) accounting method by major integrated oil companies. 
 
Denies the election to expense the cost of refinery property which is used to process liquid fuel from tar sands, shale, or coal (including lignite). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1252)
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Federal Lands Counterdrug Strategy and Enforcement Enhancement Act

Bill: 111-hr-5645
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21]
Introduced: 2010-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Firearms and explosives
Forests, forestry, trees
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: 
Federal Lands Counterdrug Strategy and Enforcement Enhancement Act - Requires the Director of National Drug Control Policy to develop and submit to Congress a Federal Lands Counterdrug Strategy. Sets forth specific Strategy requirements.
 
Requires the separate presentation to Congress of any content of the Strategy that involves classified information or whose public disclosure would be detrimental to the law enforcement or national security activities of federal, state, or tribal agencies. 
 
Revises penalties for: (1) the cultivation or manufacture of controlled substances on federal property; (2) the use of hazardous substances on federal land; (3) placing a boobytrap on federal property where a controlled substance is being manufactured or distributed; and (4) the use or possession of a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking crime on federal land. 
 
Sets forth penalties for an unauthorized diversion of water or an unauthorized removal of vegetation on federal land in order to knowingly manufacture or cultivate a controlled substance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2010-07-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Referred to House Agriculture
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Introduced in House
To designate the FAA Air Control Tower located at Memphis International Airport as the Freedom Tower.

Bill: 111-hr-5646
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2010-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Tennessee

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: 
Designates the new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Air Control Tower at Memphis International Airport as the Freedom Tower.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to reinstate criminal penalties for persons charging veterans unauthorized fees.

Bill: 111-hr-5648
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2010-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Legal fees and court costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: 
Provides criminal penalties against any person who solicits, contracts for, charges, or receives any fee or compensation from a veteran other than that currently permitted under law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2010-06-30
text: Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5649
Sponsor: Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9]
Introduced: 2010-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Educational technology and distance education
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Health technology, devices, supplies
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: 
Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2010 - Prohibits a state or local jurisdiction from imposing multiple or discriminatory taxes on or with respect to the sale or use of digital goods or services delivered or transferred electronically to a customer. 
 
Restricts taxation of digital goods and services to the retail sale of such goods and services and by the jurisdiction encompassing a customer's tax address.
 
Prohibits the use of existing regulations or administrative rulings relating to the taxation of tangible personal property or other services to impose any tax on the sale or use of digital goods or services.
 
Prohibits taxation on or with respect to the sale or use of digital medical, education, or energy management services.
 
Provides that if charges for digital goods and services are not separately stated from charges for other goods or services, the charges for digital goods and services may be taxed at the same rate and on the same basis as charges for other goods and services unless the seller can reasonably identify the charges for digital goods and services from its business records.
 
Grants jurisdiction to federal district courts to prevent a violation of this Act. 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that each state shall take reasonable steps to prevent multiple taxation of digital goods and services where a foreign country has imposed a tax on such goods and services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1255-1256)
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Introduced in House
To extend the National Flood Insurance Program to May 31, 2011.

Bill: 111-hr-5650
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2010-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: 
Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the National Flood Insurance Program (Program) from September 30, 2008, through May 31, 2011.
 
Extends through May 31, 2011, the increased total amount of notes and obligations which the Director of FEMA may, with the approval of the President, issue to finance the Program.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act

Bill: 111-hr-5652
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2010-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Abortion
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: 
Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act - Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to: (1) promulgate rules prohibiting, as unfair and deceptive acts or practices, persons from advertising with the intent to deceptively create the impression that such persons provide abortion services if such persons do not provide such services; and (2) enforce violations of such rules as unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1253-1254)
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Gold Hill-Wakamatsu Preservation Act

Bill: 111-hr-5653
Sponsor: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4]
Introduced: 2010-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agricultural practices and innovations
California
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: 
Gold Hill-Wakamatsu Preservation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to acquire the Gold Hill Ranch in Coloma, California, that was the location of the founding of Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony in 1869.
 
 Permits the acquisition of the land or interests in Gold Hill Ranch only from willing sellers by donation or by purchase with donated or appropriated funds. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for the Jobless Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5656
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2010-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: 
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for the Jobless Act of 2010 - Amends the Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to provide that: (1) through September 30, 2011, eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance program (formerly the food stamp program) benefits shall not be limited by certain work-related provisions unless an individual does not comply with specified state work program provisions; and (2) beginning on October 1, 2010, with respect to such work-related provisions, a state agency shall disregard any period during which an individual received supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits prior to October 1, 2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Introduced in House