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A bill to provide professional development for elementary school principals in early childhood education and development.

Bill: 111-s-3658
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]
Introduced: 2010-07-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child care and development
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Performance measurement
Preschool education
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to partnerships to: (1) provide high quality professional development to elementary school principals in early childhood education and development; (2) gain a knowledge base and capacity to provide high quality early childhood education; and (3) collaborate with early childhood education providers, services providers, and families in creating a continuum of high quality development and learning for children in the community and school settings.
 
Requires each partnership to consist of: (1) a public or private entity experienced in training elementary school principals; (2) at least one public agency; and (3) at least one early childhood education organization that trains early childhood education providers.
 
Requires grantees to conduct an ongoing evaluation of the effectiveness of their grant-funded programs and activities.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a panel of leading experts in elementary and early childhood education to: (1) identify the best practices in professional development for elementary school principals in early childhood education; (2) review the effective coordination of such training among this Act's grantees; and (3) disseminate the latest research and findings regarding such training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6306)
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Introduced in Senate
SAFE Port Reauthorization Act

Bill: 111-s-3659
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2010-07-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Foreign aid and international relief
International organizations and cooperation
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Research and development
Terrorism
Trade agreements and negotiations
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: 
SAFE Port Reauthorization Act - Authorizes appropriations for port security grants.
 
Amends the SAFE Port Act to authorize appropriations for: (1) the automated targeting system for identifying and inspecting high-risk oceanborne container cargo; (2) the Container Security Initiative; and (3) the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT).
 
Permits: (1) unannounced inspections of a C-TPAT participant's security measures; and (2) provision of voluntary supply chain security training. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a program to promote sharing of private sector security-related information.
 
Requires the Secretary, prior to entering into an agreement between the United States and a foreign government providing for mutual recognition of supply chain security programs, to: (1) notify Congress of such agreement's terms; and (2) determine that the foreign government's program provides a C-TPAT level of security.
 
Sets forth exemptions to the requirement that a container loaded on a vessel in a foreign port not be allowed into the United States unless it was scanned by nonintrusive imaging and radiation detection equipment prior to loading.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish the America's Waterway Watch Program to promote voluntary public and industry recognition and reporting of suspected terrorist activity or suspicious behavior against a vessel, facility, port, or waterway.
 
Directs the Secretary to provide for maritime and cargo security research and development, as well as a maritime and cargo security demonstration project.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to provide a foreign government with port security and safety assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6306-6307)
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Introduced in Senate
National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3660
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2010-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Coal
Congressional oversight
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Federal-Indian relations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Indian lands and resources rights
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
Oil and gas
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public participation and lobbying
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-28
text: 
National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010 - Amends the Antiquities Act of 1906 to require land reserved as part of a national monument to be confined to the smallest area necessary to ensure the proper care and management of the objects to be protected by the monument. 
 
Sets forth requirements for the designation of national monuments under the Act. 
 
Bars the President from issuing a proclamation to designate a national monument under this Act before the date that is 30 days after the date on which the proposed proclamation is provided by the President to Congress, the governor of each state, and specified local and tribal government officials having jurisdiction over any parcel of land within the boundary of the proposed monument. 
 
Requires at least one public hearing and a notice and comment period after the issuance of a proclamation to designate a national monument. 
 
Requires the President to report to Congress on any hearings held, any written comments received, and the impact of such designation on communities within the boundary of the monument, the nation's energy security, and interests, rights, and uses associated with the land within the monument. 
 
Makes a proclamation ineffective two years after its issuance, unless it is approved by an Act of Congress. Bars the issuance of a proclamation by the President that is substantially similar to a previously issued proclamation that Congress did not approve within the two-year period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
National Manufacturing Strategy Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3662
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2010-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Budget process
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Industrial policy and productivity
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-28
text: 
National Manufacturing Strategy Act of 2010 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the U.S. government should promote policies related to the nation's manufacturing sector intended to promote growth, sustainability, and competitiveness, create well-paying jobs, enable innovation and investment, and support national security; and (2) the President and Congress should act promptly to pursue policies consistent with a National Manufacturing Strategy (Strategy).
 
Directs the President, every four years, to submit to Congress, and publish on a public website, a Strategy. Requires the first Strategy to be submitted within one year after enactment of this Act.
 
Directs the President to establish, within the Department of Commerce, the President's Manufacturing Strategy Board to: (1) advise the President and Congress on issues concerning the manufacturing sector; (2) conduct a comprehensive analysis of such sector; (3) develop a Strategy; and (4) report annually to the President and Congress on the current state of U.S. manufacturing.
 
Directs the Comptroller General, in each of 2013, 2017, and 2021, to submit to Congress an assessment and analysis of the Strategy.
 
Directs the President to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to conduct a study concerning U.S. manufacturing and related assessments and reviews. Requires the NAS to report each study's results to Congress and the President.
 
Requires the President, in each annual budget, to include information regarding that budget's consistency with the goals and recommendations included in the latest Strategy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2010-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Family Farm Estate Tax Deferral Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3664
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2010-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Contracts and agency
Farmland
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-28
text: 
Family Farm Estate Tax Deferral Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from the value of a decedent's gross estate farmland used by the decedent or a member of the decedent's family for farming purposes for periods aggregating five years or more during the eight-year period ending on the date of the decedent's death; (2) impose a recapture tax on an heir who disposes of such farmland after the decedent's death or who ceases to use such farmland for farming purposes; and (3) increase the limitation on the estate tax exclusion for land subject to a qualified conservation easement to $5 million and the percentage of the value of such land that is excludable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-07-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6440-6441)
action_date: 2010-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Pakistani-American Enterprise Fund Act

Bill: 111-s-3665
Sponsor: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]
Introduced: 2010-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Economic development
Electric power generation and transmission
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign loans and debt
Pakistan
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: 
Pakistani-American Enterprise Fund Act - Authorizes the President to designate a private, nonprofit organization based in Pakistan (the Pakistani-American Enterprise Fund) to receive funds and support to promote and strengthen the private sector in Pakistan.

action_date: 2010-11-19
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Pakistani-American Enterprise Fund Act - Authorizes the President to designate a private, nonprofit organization based in Pakistan (the Pakistani-American Enterprise Fund) to receive funds and support to promote and strengthen the private sector in Pakistan.
 
States that the grant agreement between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Fund shall require the Fund to: (1) liquidate its assets and dissolve not later than December 31, 2020, unless USAID determines after congressional consultation that the Fund should be extended; and (2) prevent funds from being used for money laundering and terrorist financing.
 
 
Requires: (1) an annual Fund report to Congress; and (2) a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report to Congress every three years regarding Fund activities.
 
Urges the Fund's Board of Directors to adopt the best practices and procedures used by Enterprise Funds, including those for which funding has been made available pursuant to the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-19
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 652.
action_date: 2010-11-19
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Kerry without amendment. With written report No. 111-353.
action_date: 2010-11-19
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Kerry without amendment. With written report No. 111-353.
action_date: 2010-09-21
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6521-6522)
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Passport Identity Verification Act

Bill: 111-s-3666
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2010-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health information and medical records
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: 
Passport Identity Verification Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider as criminal law enforcement activities the powers, duties, and functions conferred upon Department of State personnel relating to the granting, refusal, revocation, or adjudication of passports when such personnel seek to: (1) verify the identity of a passport applicant; (2) detect passport fraud; or (3) verify such identity or fraud by accessing any governmental or private databases containing criminal history, driver's license information, naturalization and immigration records, marriage, birth, or death information, or other appropriate information.
 
Directs: (1) the Attorney General and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to implement a system to enable Department of State personnel responsible for such passport activities to have real-time access to the criminal history information contained in the National Crime Information Center's Interstate Identification Index (NCIC-III) in order to verify passport applicant identity or to detect passport fraud; and (2) the Secretary of State to designate such Department personnel.
 
Directs the Secretary to conduct an analysis and report to Congress to determine: (1) if U.S. passport applicants or renewals should provide biometric identification information; and (2) if technology should be employed to verify identity documents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6522-6524)
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6522)
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Children First Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3667
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2010-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Appropriations
Business records
Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Employment and training programs
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: 
Children First Act of 2010 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) exclude child care assistance from the determination of the five-year limit on TANF assistance; and (2) increase funding for child care.
 
Requires an eligible state's TANF plan to include a certification by the state's chief executive officer that procedures are in effect to ensure that any child care provider in the state that provides services funded through TANF expenditures or with qualified state expenditures complies with all applicable state or local health and safety requirements under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990.
 
Increases from 5 to 12 the maximum age of a child for which a single custodial parent who is unable to find child care for such child will not penalized with a reduction or termination of TANF assistance based on that individual's refusal to engage in required work in order to take care of the child.
 
Subjects to the individual and case data reporting requirements of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 any TANF funds expended for child care, whether or not transferred to that Act, and exempts such funds from SSA reporting requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6524)
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Medical-Legal Partnership for Health Act

Bill: 111-s-3668
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2010-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Lawyers and legal services
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: 
Medical-Legal Partnership for Health Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a nationwide demonstration project to: (1) award matching grants or enter into contracts with medical-legal partnerships to assist patients and their families in navigating health-related programs and activities; and (2) evaluate the effectiveness of such partnerships.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to grantees to support the establishment and sustainability of medical-legal partnerships.
 
Requires amounts received under this Act to be used to achieve one or more of the following goals: (1) enhancing access to health care services; (2) improving health outcomes for low-income individuals; (3) reducing health disparities among health disparities populations; (4) enhancing wellness and prevention of chronic conditions and other health problems; (5) reducing cost of care to the health care system; (6) addressing the social determinants of health; and (7) addressing situational contributing factors.
 
Prohibits funds under this Act from being used: (1) for any medical malpractice action or proceeding; (2) to provide any support to an alien who is not a qualified alien or a nonimmigrant under the Immigration and Nationality Act or an alien who is paroled into the United States under such Act for less than one year; (3) to provide legal assistance with respect to any proceeding or litigation which seeks to procure an abortion or to compel any individual or institution to perform or assist in the performance of an abortion; or (4) to initiate or participate in a class action lawsuit.
 
Requires the Secretary to study and report to Congress on the results of such project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6525-6526)
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6524-6525)
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Food Safety Enforcement Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3669
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2010-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: 
Food Safety Enforcement Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 10 years for knowingly violating such Act with respect to food that is misbranded or adulterated. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6526)
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6510-6511, S6526)
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe Highway Markings Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3670
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [D-PA]
Introduced: 2010-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: 
Safe Highway Markings Act of 2010 - Prescribes standards for glass beads used in pavement markings, limiting the arsenic or lead content to 200 parts per million.
 
Requires states that receive certain federal-aid highway funds to ensure that each glass bead used in pavement markings on or along federal-aid highway roads or highways does not contain more than 200 parts per million arsenic or lead.
 
Requires the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), to withhold up to 5% of the apportionment of funds for any state that does not comply with such standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6526-6527)
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Coordination of Wind and Flood Perils Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3672
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2010-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: 
Coordination of Wind and Flood Perils Act of 2010 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to direct the Administrator of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and any insurer (including a state-run windpool), in the event of loss resulting from physical damage to real property or personal property arising from the combined perils of flood and wind, to enter into good faith negotiations regarding: (1) payment and adjustment of proven claims for multiperil losses; and (2) the allocation of such payments among the insurer, the Administrator, and the insured.
 
Directs the Administrator to pay 50% percent of the disputed claim until it can be settled, if the Administrator and the insurer cannot agree as to the specific distribution of perils that resulted in a loss.
 
Requires such good faith negotiations to require that: (1) in order to fully compensate the insured for losses as soon as practicable, the insurer against wind peril shall pay 50% of any disputed claim until the claim can be settled; and (2) if an insurer against wind peril and the Administrator fail to agree regarding multiperil losses, then each shall agree to have any dispute resolved by the arbitration panel established under this Act.
 
Directs the Administrator to establish an arbitration panel to resolve disputes relating to multiperil losses between the Administrator and an insurer against wind peril.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate