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To repeal certain provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act relating to the limitation on the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals and to transparency reports and reporting of physician ownership or investment interests.

Bill: 111-hr-5433
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Manufacturing
Medical ethics
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to repeal: (1) the prohibition against Medicare participation by physician-owned hospitals that do not have a provider agreement by August 1, 2010, which nonetheless allows their Medicare participation under a rural provider and hospital exception to a specified ownership or investment prohibition if they meet certain requirements; and (2) the requirement that drug, device, biological and medical supply manufacturers report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) any transfers of value made to a physician, physician medical practice, a physician group practice, and/or teaching hospital, as well as information on any physician ownership or investment interest in the manufacturer. 
 
Restores or revives related previous law amended or repealed by PPACA as if PPACA had not been enacted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-05-27
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: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act

Bill: 111-hr-5434
Sponsor: Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Department of Agriculture
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to define a &quot;high volume retail breeder&quot; as a person who, in commerce, for compensation or profit: (1) has an ownership interest in or custody of one or more breeding female dogs; and (2) sells, via any means of conveyance, more than 50 of the offspring of such dogs for use as pets in any one-year period. Considers such a breeder of dogs to be a dealer. 
 
Requires dealers to include on licensing applications and annual renewals the total number of dogs exempted from exercise on the premises of the dealer in the preceding year by a licensed veterinarian.
 
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate requirements for the exercise of dogs at facilities owned or operated by a dealer, including requiring daily access to exercise that: (1) allows the dogs to move sufficiently in a way that is not forced, repetitive, or restrictive; and (2) is in an area that is spacious, cleaned at least once a day, free of infestation by pests or vermin, and designed to prevent the dogs from escaping. Allows an exemption if: (1) a licensed veterinarian determines that a dog should not exercise because of the health, condition, or well-being of the dog; and (2) such determination is reviewed and updated at least once every 30 days by the veterinarian, unless the basis for the determination is a permanent condition. Subjects such a determination to review and approval by the Secretary.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
Big Oil Accountability Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5435
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Oil and gas
Sales and excise taxes
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
Big Oil Accountability Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2015: (1) the tax credit for biodiesel and renewable diesel used as fuel and the excise tax credit for biodiesel and renewable diesel fuel mixtures; (2) the tax credit for alcohol used as fuel, the cellulosic biofuel producer credit, and the credit amount for ethanol blenders; (3) the excise tax credit for alcohol fuel mixtures; and (4) the tax credit for the production of electricity from certain renewable resources (e.g., biomass, geothermal or solar energy facilities, and hydropower facilities).
 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend until 2016 the additional tariff on ethyl alcohol blends (ethanol) used as fuel.
 
Denies a tax deduction for income attributable to the domestic production, refining, processing, transportation, or distribution of oil (or any primary products thereof). 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Minerals Management Service from issuing permits or environmental or safety waivers for any deepwater drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico until the discharge of oil from the last Deepwater Horizon well has stopped and a congressional committee has issued a report finding the cause of the explosion on and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon.

Bill: 111-hr-5436
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Accidents
Congressional oversight
Gulf of Mexico
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
 Prohibits the Minerals Management Service of the Department of the Interior from issuing any permit or granting any waiver of any environmental or safety requirement or restriction under any federal law for any deepwater drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico before the date on which: (1) the discharge of oil from the last well drilled by the semi-submersible drilling rig Deepwater Horizon has stopped; and (2) a Committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate has issued a report that includes a finding of the cause of the explosion on and sinking of that drilling rig.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the treatment of tenant-stockholders in cooperative housing corporations also shall apply to stockholders of corporations that only own the land on which the residences are located.

Bill: 111-hr-5437
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cooperative and condominium housing
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that stockholders in cooperative housing corporations that own or lease the land on which cooperative residences (other than mobile homes) are located are eligible for the same tax treatment (i.e., deductibility of real estate taxes and mortgage interest) as tenant-stockholders who reside in such residences.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
Municipal Fleet Modernization Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5438
Sponsor: Rep. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN-2]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government information and archives
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
Municipal Fleet Modernization Act of 2010 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update and publish annually in the Federal Register a list of vehicles that satisfy requirements for certification as low emission and energy-efficient vehicles and so may be allowed by states to use high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane highways.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
To require that United States contributions to the fund established by the United States and Brazil to provide technical assistance and capacity building be offset by reductions in direct payments for cotton producers under the Farm Bill.

Bill: 111-hr-5439
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural trade
Brazil
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to reduce the upland cotton payment rate to offset the full cost of any U.S. contributions to the fund established by the United States and Brazil to provide technical assistance and capacity building as part of the resolution of the cotton dispute brought by Brazil against the United States in the World Trade Organization (WTO).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
Obstetric Fistula Prevention, Treatment, Hope, and Dignity Restoration Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5441
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Foreign aid and international relief
International organizations and cooperation
Sex and reproductive health
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
Obstetric Fistula Prevention, Treatment, Hope, and Dignity Restoration Act of 2010 - Authorizes the President to provide assistance, including through international organizations, national governments, and international and local nongovernmental organizations, to: (1) address the social and health issues that lead to obstetric fistula; and (2) support treatment of obstetric fistula.
 
Provides that such assistance shall promote the coordination facilitated by the International Obstetric Fistula Working Group.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E978)
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
Spouses of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act

Bill: 111-hr-5443
Sponsor: Rep. Nye, Glenn C. [D-VA-2]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
Spouses of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act - Entitles to educational assistance under the post-9/11 educational assistance program the surviving spouses of members of the Armed Forces who die while serving on active duty on or after September 11, 2001. Allows such spouses 15 years after the member's death to utilize such assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
Incentives for Successful Small Businesses Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5445
Sponsor: Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
Incentives for Successful Small Businesses Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish: (1) criteria for a long-term U.S. growth plan for any company or enterprise seeking incentives under this Act, as well as for U.S. expansion plans of successful small businesses that would qualify for such incentives; (2) procedures for loan guarantee and interest rate subsidy programs; and (3) a program to disseminate information rapidly about such programs and procedures.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a five-year program to provide guarantees of up to 80% of the principal of any loan which banks and lenders make at the lowest collateralized rate available to any successful small business to facilitate its U.S. expansion plans.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a five-year interest rate subsidy program to pay one percentage point of interest on any such loan to the extent the loan's annual percentage rate (APR) does not exceed the lowest collateralized rate available, minus the rate paid by the Secretary.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 600 Florida Avenue in Cocoa, Florida, as the "Harry T. and Harriette Moore Post Office".

Bill: 111-hr-5446
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Florida
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 600 Florida Avenue in Cocoa, Florida, as the "Harry T. and Harriette Moore Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2010-12-16
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2010-12-15
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-12-15
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 405 - 0 (Roll no. 631). (text: 12/14/2010 H8310)
action_date: 2010-12-15
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 405 - 0 (Roll no. 631).(text: 12/14/2010 H8310)
action_date: 2010-12-15
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8380-8381)
action_date: 2010-12-14
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2010-12-14
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5446.
action_date: 2010-12-14
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8310-8311)
action_date: 2010-12-14
text: Ms. Chu moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
Custom Fabricated Prosthetic Breast Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5447
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Surgery and anesthesia
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
Custom Fabricated Prosthetic Breast Act of 2010 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend coverage to custom fabricated breast prostheses after a mastectomy.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-05-27
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: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
Perkins Loan Extension Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5448
Sponsor: Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
Perkins Loan Extension Act of 2010 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to delay from October 1, 2012, to October 1, 2013, the date after which institutions of higher education must begin distributing late Perkins Loan collections to the Secretary of Education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 310 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 to extend the period of time during which claims for retroactive stop-loss special pay may be submitted.

Bill: 111-hr-5449
Sponsor: Rep. Sutton, Betty [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government liability
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 to extend the period for the submission by members of the Armed Forces of claims for retroactive stop-loss special pay (paid to members whose enlistment or period of obligated service was extended, or whose eligibility for retirement was suspended, by the President in time or war or national emergency) from one to two years after the date on which implementing rules for such payments take effect. Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to include in a required report concerning such payments a plan describing DOD outreach and informational efforts to promote and increase awareness of the special pay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
Connell Lake Watershed Protection and Recreation Act

Bill: 111-hr-5451
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Forests, forestry, trees
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Water use and supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
Connell Lake Watershed Protection and Recreation Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) and the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Connell Lake Conveyance Area consisting of approximately 880 acres to the Ketchikan Gateway Borough in Alaska. 
 
Requires the area conveyed to be managed in accordance with the terms of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
Native American Economic Advisory Council Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5452
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Economic development
Employment and training programs
Federal-Indian relations
Indian social and development programs
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Minority education

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
Native American Economic Advisory Council Act of 2010 - Establishes the Native American Economic Advisory Council to assist the Executive Office of the President and federal agencies to ensure that Native Americans have: (1) the means and capacity to benefit from economic stimulus and growth; and (2) opportunities to participate in federal economic development and job growth programs.
 
Directs the Council to: (1) prepare a compilation of successful business enterprises and joint ventures conducted by Native American organizations, including tribal ventures of Native Corporations in Alaska; and (2) periodically sponsor and arrange conferences and training workshops on Native American business activities. 
 
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the head of a federal agency, in preparing the President's comments and recommendations to Congress about proposed legislation, to include an assessment of the legislation's economic impact on Native Americans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in House