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To amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make technical corrections, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-6070
Sponsor: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Oregon

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to accept title to any additional number of acres of real property located within the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (comprised of land within the political boundaries of Polk and Yamhill Counties, Oregon), if such real property is conveyed or otherwise transferred to the United States by or on behalf of the Tribe. 
 
States that: (1) the Secretary shall treat all applications to take land into trust within the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation as an on-reservation trust acquisition; and (2) all real property taken into trust within these boundaries before or after the date of the enactment of this Act shall be part of the Tribe's reservation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Emergency China Trade Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6071
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Asia
China
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Legislative rules and procedure
Normal trade relations, most-favored-nation treatment
Tariffs
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Emergency China Trade Act of 2010 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) a persistent trade deficit with the People's Republic of China (PRC) is harmful to the long-term health of the U.S. economy and must be corrected; and (2) the President should begin immediate negotiations with the PRC to eliminate the trade deficit within four years.
 
Withdraws the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations) from PRC products.
 
Requires the President to: (1) negotiate a balanced trade relationship between the United States and the PRC within four years after enactment of this Act; and (2) submit trade implementing legislation to Congress, which shall be considered on an expedited basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Electronic Health Record Incentives for Multi-Campus Hospitals Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6072
Sponsor: Rep. Space, Zachary T. [D-OH-18]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Hospital care
Medicaid
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Electronic Health Record Incentives for Multi-Campus Hospitals Act of 2010 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), with respect to payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services, to prescribe a special rule for applying Medicare electronic health record (EHR) incentive payments, at the election of a qualified main hospital, to its remote inpatient locations. 
 
Prohibits administrative or judicial review of: (1) the methodology and standards for determining a remote inpatient location, a qualified remote inpatient location, a component facility, a qualified component facility, a main provider, and a qualified main provider, and which such locations, facilities, and providers are qualified; and (2) the methodology and standards for the election in connection with such special rule.
 
Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to set forth a special rule for applying Medicaid EHR incentive payments, at the election of a qualified main hospital, to its remote locations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Balazs "Ernie" Bodai in recognition of his many outstanding contributions to the Nation, including a tireless commitment to breast cancer research.

Bill: 111-hr-6073
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Congressional tributes
Health personnel
Medical research
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Dr. Balazs &quot;Ernie&quot; Bodai in recognition of his many outstanding contributions to the nation, including a tireless commitment to breast cancer research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Enhancing Quality through Survey System Improvements Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6074
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Enhancing Quality through Survey System Improvements Act of 2010 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to revise requirements for the review by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) of state procedures for scheduling and conducing standard skilled nursing facility (SNF) surveys. Authorizes the Secretary to review the SNF survey procedures of contractors other than a state.
 
Makes each top tier SNF and nursing facility subject to a complete on-site standard survey at specified three-year intervals.
 
Requires each state to implement programs to measure and reduce inconsistency in the application of survey results (including the results of both health surveys and life safety surveys) among surveyors.
 
Lists the circumstances for special compliance surveys.
 
Requires any funds collected by a state as an administrative civil monetary penalty to be used for the development of acuity adjusters that will provide more accurate information to the public, SNFs, nursing facilities, and their residents about the quality of care provided by each such facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Fairness for Fishermen Act

Bill: 111-hr-6075
Sponsor: Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Legal fees and court costs
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Ensuring Fairness for Fishermen Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require the payment of costs, fees, and expenses incurred by certain prevailing parties in proceedings under such Act from sums received as fines, penalties, and forfeitures.
 
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a process for paying attorneys' fees to defendants who are substantially prevailing parties in criminal actions brought under such Act during the period beginning on November 28, 1990, and ending on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Father Mychal Judge, O.F.M., Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 111-hr-6076
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Crime victims
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
New York City
Religion
State and local government operations
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Father Mychal Judge, O.F.M., Congressional Gold Medal Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal to the next of kin or personal representative of Father Mychal Judge, O.F.M., in recognition of his example to the nation of selfless dedication to duty and compassion for one's fellow citizens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to clarify policies regarding ownership of pore space.

Bill: 111-hr-6077
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Climate change and greenhouse gases
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Mining

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to define &quot;pore space&quot; as a subsurface space of any size that can be used as storage space for carbon dioxide or other substances injected into the space for storage.
 
Vests ownership in the federal government of any subsurface pore space located below a federal surface estate.
 
Requires inclusion within a conveyance of the surface ownership of federal land the conveyance of the federal pore space in all strata below the surface of such land (other than previously reserved mineral rights) unless the ownership interest in the pore space has previously been severed from the surface ownership.
 
Prohibits: (1) any agreement conveying federal interests underlying the surface of the land from also conveying ownership of federal pore space in the stratum unless the agreement explicitly conveys the interest in pore space; and (2) the holder of any pore space right from using the surface estate (except for the uses described in a properly recorded instrument).
 
States that the mineral estate is dominant for purposes of determining the priority of subsurface uses between a mineral estate and pore space.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
21st Century STEM for Girls and Underrepresented Minorities Act

Bill: 111-hr-6078
Sponsor: Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2010-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Family relationships
Minority education
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 
21st Century STEM for Girls and Underrepresented Minorities Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to provide grants to, and enter into agreements with, local educational agencies (LEAs) to improve the education of girls and underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and prepare them to pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees and careers in such fields.
 
Gives priority to LEAs that partner or coordinate with local, regional, or national entities.
 
Requires the use of grant funds to: (1) involve the parents of girls and underrepresented minorities in stoking their children's interest in STEM; (2) provide tutoring and mentoring programs in such fields; (3) enable such students and their teachers to attend STEM events outside the classroom; (4) provide after-school and summer programs for students in such fields; (5) purchase education materials or equipment to facilitate STEM instruction; (6) provide such students with academic advice and assistance in selecting high school courses; (7) pay up to 50% of the cost of a STEM internship for such students; and (8) train school personnel to facilitate students' progress in such fields.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Workforce Housing Opportunity Simplification Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6079
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2010-08-09 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Colorado
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Housing supply and affordability
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-09
text: 
Workforce Housing Opportunity Simplification Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to authorize the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to authorize the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), to purchase, service, sell, lend on the security of, and otherwise deal in affordable workforce housing mortgages for one-family residences: (1) that shall be used as the mortgagor's residence at least 8 of any 12 months and 240 days of any 365 days; (2) located within, or are part of, a multifamily housing development meeting certain requirements; and (3) located in a resort county.
 
Exempts such mortgages from any requirements and guidelines of such government sponsored entities (also known as GSEs) that are inconsistent with such authority and with the GSEs' duty under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to serve the market for affordable workforce housing mortgages.
 
Limits the application of this Act to such mortgages in Colorado resort counties (Eagle County, Grand County, and Summit County).
 
Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to require the GSEs to develop loan products and flexible underwriting guidelines to facilitate a secondary market for affordable workforce housing mortgages under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-08-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-08-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an exemption from tax for individuals with gross income of not more than $50,000.

Bill: 111-hr-6082
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2010-08-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aging
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from income tax individuals who have attained the age of 65 and whose gross income is not more than $50,000.


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
Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6083
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2010-08-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cell biology and embryology
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Public contracts and procurement
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: 
Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2010 - Amends the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005 to revise the National Cord Blood Inventory Program, including to: (1) remove the cap of 150,000 new units of cord blood to be made available for transplantation under the Program; and (2) require an application under the Program to include a plan for, and demonstration of, ongoing measurable progress toward achieving self-sufficiency of cord blood unit collection and banking operations.
 
Extends financial support provided under the Program for an additional five years. (Current law allows financial support for a maximum of ten years.) Sets forth requirements for such an extension, including that a qualified cord blood bank demonstrate a superior ability to satisfy the requirements of such Program and achieve the overall goals for which the contract was awarded.
 
Redefines the term "first-degree relative" to exclude a parent.
 
Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2011-FY2015 for the collection or maintenance of cord blood.
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the requirements of the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program to: (1) require studies and projects under such Program to include exploring novel approaches or incentives to expand the number of cord blood unit collection sites partnering with federally-supported cord blood banks; and (2) revise privacy provisions to protect the privacy of patients and donors in accordance with federal and state law. Reauthorizes appropriations for such Program for FY2011-FY2015.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to submit a report to the relevant congressional committees and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) that reviews studies, demonstration programs, and outreach efforts to increase cord blood unit donation and collection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
To award a congressional gold medal to Greg Mortenson, in recognition of his humanitarian work in Asia and elsewhere.

Bill: 111-hr-6084
Sponsor: Rep. Bono Mack, Mary [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2010-08-10 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Congressional tributes
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Elementary and secondary education
Pakistan
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the presentation on behalf of Congress of a gold medal of appropriate design to Greg Mortenson in recognition of his humanitarian work in Asia and elsewhere.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6085
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2010-08-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime victims
Crimes against women
Criminal justice information and records
Evidence and witnesses
Genetics
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: 
Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry Act of 2010 or the SAFER Act of 2010 - Amends the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to: (1) allow states or local governments to use grant funds under such Act to conduct audits of samples of sexual assault evidence that are awaiting testing; and (2) provide funding in FY2011-FY2014 for such purpose. Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants for such audits only if the grant recipient (i.e., a state or local government) submits a plan for performing the audit of samples of sexual assault evidence and includes a good-faith estimate of the number of such samples. 
 
Requires the Attorney General to: (1) establish a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry to include information about samples of sexual assault evidence awaiting testing and to track the testing and processing of such samples; and (2) develop and disseminate to law enforcement and other appropriate agencies a report on best practices for the testing and use of DNA evidence collected as part of a criminal investigation of sexual assault cases. Sets forth requirements relating to information required to be included in such Registry, the protection of personally identifiable information in the Registry, and the updating of information in the Registry. 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that law enforcement agencies and other appropriate entities should use the best practices developed by the Attorney General to develop, evaluate, and improve DNA evidence protocols.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2010-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1555)
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-08-10
text: Introduced in House