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To amend title 39, United States Code, to provide that the procedures governing the closure or consolidation of postal branches and stations shall be the same as those applicable in the case of post offices.

Bill: 111-hr-4612
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Makes procedures governing the closure or consolidation of postal branches, stations, or other facilities the same as those applicable to post offices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Blackfoot River Land Settlement Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4613
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Government trust funds
Idaho
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Blackfoot River Land Settlement Act of 2010- Extinguishes all claims and all right, title, and interest in and to specified Indian and non-Indian land with respect to resolution of the disputes within the Fort Hall Indian Reservation of the Shoshone and Bannock Indian Tribes located in Idaho, resulting from the realignment of the Blackfoot River by the Corps of Engineers in 1964. 
 
Requires the non-Indian land to be held in trust for the Tribes. 
 
Transfers the Indian land to Blackfoot River Flood Control District No. 7 for conveyance to the non-Indians acquiring Indian land. 
 
Establishes a tribal trust fund account from which amounts shall be distributed to the Tribes, which they may use for activities related to: (1) construction of a natural resources facility; (2) water resources needs; (3) economic development; and (4) land acquisition. 
 
Establishes an allottee trust account into which amounts shall be deposited into individual Indian money accounts for the allottees. 
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to pay to the Tribes and the non-Indian landowners such attorneys fees as are approved by them. Limits the total amount of such fees to be paid to 2% of the amounts distributed to the Tribes, allottees, and the non-Indian landowners. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
CHOMP Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4615
Sponsor: Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Dental care
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Consumers Have Options for Molar Protection Act of 2009 or the CHOMP Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require a dentist: (1) before performing any dental restoration work, to provide the patient with a fact sheet developed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and obtain the patient's signature acknowledging receipt of that sheet; and (2) to place a copy of the signed acknowledgment in the patient's record.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop and periodically review and update, as scientifically warranted, such fact sheet, describing and comparing the risks and efficacy of the various types of dental restorative materials that may be used to repair a patient's oral condition or defect; and (2) make the fact sheet available to all licensed dentists in the United States. 

Establishes a $5,000 fine for violations, with the number of violations calculated by multiplying $5,000 by the number of restorative materials placed into a patient's mouth in violation of this Act.
 
Requires the Secretary, through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to develop text describing the health risks associated with dental restorative material, to be included in its labeling. Considers such material to be misbranded if its labeling fails to include such text.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Haitian Emergency Life Protection Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4616
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-11]
Introduced: 2010-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Caribbean area
Evidence and witnesses
Family relationships
Haiti
Immigration status and procedures
Latin America
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-05
text: 
Haitian Emergency Life Protection Act of 2010 or the H.E.L.P. Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to V- visa nonimmigrants (spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents who come to the United States to wait for completion of the immigrant visa process) to include Haitian nationals whose petition for a family-sponsored immigrant visa was approved on or before January 12, 2010.
 
Authorizes the Department of State to use secondary evidence to verify eligibility for such status or for immediate relative status.
 
Sunsets the provisions of this Act two years after its enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2010-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Separate Taxpayer Dollars from the Election Process Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4617
Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]
Introduced: 2010-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Financial crises and stabilization

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-05
text: 
Separate Taxpayer Dollars from the Election Process Act of 2010 - Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to require a financial institution receiving federal funds in connection with assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to: (1) transfer an amount equal to the total unexpended amount of any such funds received before enactment of this Act into a separate, segregated account and maintain them in the segregated account until they are expended; and (2) deposit any such funds received after enactment of this Act in a separate, segregated account and maintain them in the segregated account until they are expended.
 
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the use of federal funds for any expenditure or electioneering communication if such funds are required to be segregated under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-05
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2010-02-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2010-02-05
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2010-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-05
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Emilio Maya and Analia Maya.

Bill: 111-hr-4618
Sponsor: Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2010-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-05
text: Provides for the relief of Emilio Maya and Analia Maya.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-05
text: Introduced in House
E-Rate 2.0 Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4619
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2010-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Books and print media
Computers and information technology
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Higher education
Inflation and prices
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Preschool education
Telecommunication rates and fees
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: 
E-Rate 2.0 Act of 2010 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to implement a five-year pilot program which distributes funding to secondary schools participating in the E-Rate program (which provides discounted telecommunications services to certain schools and libraries) so that they can provide residential broadband service vouchers to students who are eligible to participate in the school lunch program and have a computer at home. 
 
Includes community colleges and Head Start agencies in the E-Rate program. Directs the FCC to implement a pilot program that, for the five years following this Act's enactment, is the exclusive source of federal funding for broadband equipment and services for community colleges and Head Start agencies.
 
Requires the FCC to implement a four-year pilot program that allows secondary schools that are eligible for the highest percentage discounted rates under the E-Rate program to apply for meaningfully discounted services and technologies for the use of electronic books.
 
Directs the FCC to: (1) develop and implement policies and procedures to streamline and simplify the E-Rate program application process; and (2) complete the proceeding to revise the E-Rate program funding cap so that the cap accounts for inflation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Job Creation Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4620
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2010-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Income tax credits
Small business
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: 
Small Business Job Creation Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow small business employers whose gross receipts in the preceding taxable year did not exceed $20 million or who did not employ more than 200 full-time employees a work opportunity tax credit for hiring unemployed individuals as full-time employees during 2010 or 2011. Doubles the rate of such credit for employers located in counties with high unemployment rates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Secure Borders Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4622
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Patrick J. [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2010-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Law enforcement officers
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: 
Secure Borders Act of 2010 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for imprisonment of up to 20 years and/or fine for a federal law enforcement officer or employee (including U.S. Coast Guard personnel) who commits an alien smuggling violation under color of his or her federal enforcement authority.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2010-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Support for Working Families Extension Act

Bill: 111-hr-4623
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2010-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Government trust funds
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: 
Support for Working Families Extension Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to extend through FY2012 the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs. 
 
Increases the amount of the quarterly grant to a state from the Emergency Fund for subsidized employment expenditures.
 
Establishes new Emergency Fund grants to states for work support services expenditures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 125 Kerr Avenue in Rome City, Indiana, as the "SPC Nicholas Scott Hartge Post Office".

Bill: 111-hr-4624
Sponsor: Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2010-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Indiana
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 125 Kerr Avenue in Rome City, Indiana, as the "SPC Nicholas Scott Hartge Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-18
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 396.
action_date: 2010-05-18
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2010-05-18
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2010-05-17
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2010-03-26
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
action_date: 2010-03-10
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1200)
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1200)
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4624.
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1200-1201)
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Mr. Clay moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Civil Service Reform and Government Reorganization Commission Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4625
Sponsor: Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2010-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Employment and training programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Legislative rules and procedure
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: 
Civil Service Reform and Government Reorganization Commission Act of 2009 - Establishes the Civil Service Reform and Government Reorganization Commission to study and report to the President and Congress on: (1) the federal compensation system; (2) recruiting individuals for the federal workforce; (3) expediting and improving hiring processes; (4) retaining a high-quality federal workforce and providing continuing professional education to maintain the quality of such workforce and ensure the efficient conduct of the government; (5) policies and barriers related to the termination of under-performing workers; (6) the role and oversight of federal contractors and issues related to contractor assumption of federal duties to ensure delineation between functions that are inherently governmental functions and those that are not; (7) the extent to which greater efficiencies can be achieved by the process of attrition; and (8) proposed legislation to implement recommended improvements.
 
Prohibits the Commission's recommendations from including any provisions which would have the effect of creating any new tax or providing for any increase in a tax rate.
 
Sets forth expedited procedures for legislation to implement Commission's recommendations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2010-02-09
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Criminal Penalties for Unauthorized Employment Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4627
Sponsor: Rep. Kratovil, Frank,  Jr. [D-MD-1]
Introduced: 2010-02-22 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Foreign labor

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-22
text: 
Criminal Penalties for Unauthorized Employment Act of 2010 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to subject an individual with direct hiring authority who knowingly hires an illegal alien to the following criminal penalties for each such alien hired: (1) $2,500 fine and/or imprisonment of up to one year for the first offense; (2) $5,000 fine and/or imprisonment of up to two years for the second offense; and (3) $10,000 fine and/or imprisonment of up to five years for the third offense. (Under current law, criminal penalties for knowingly hiring an unauthorized alien apply upon a showing of a pattern or practice of violations and have, for each such alien hired, a $3,000 maximum fine and/or imprisonment of up to six months for the entire pattern or practice.) 
 
Increases related civil penalties as follows: (1) $1,000-$5,000 fine (under current law, $250-$2,000) for the first offense; (2) $5,000-$10,000 fine (under current law, $2,000-$5,000); and (3) $10,000-$20,000 fine (under current law, $3,000-$10,000).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2010-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2010-02-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-02-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-22
text: Introduced in House
Manufacturing Modernization and Diversification Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4629
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2010-02-22 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Credit and credit markets
Government lending and loan guarantees
Manufacturing
Securities
Small business
State and local finance
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-22
text: 
Manufacturing Modernization and Diversification Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to certify special purpose vehicles (SPVs) created by a state to take part in a program to carry out collateral support and loan participation programs for the benefit of qualified manufacturers (manufacturers with less than $50 million in annual revenue and less than $50 million in assets). Outlines SPV application requirements.
 
Allows, under the collateral support program, a qualified manufacturer that wishes to receive a bank loan but has insufficient collateral to ask the bank to seek collateral loan support from the SPV. Prohibits an SPV from providing more than $20 million in collateral support to any one manufacturer. Requires manufacturers to be charged a fee for such support.
 
Allows, under the loan participation program, a qualified manufacturer that wishes to receive a bank loan but would not otherwise qualify for the loan to ask the bank to seek participation for such loan from the SPV. Prohibits an SPV from providing more than $20 million in participation support to any one manufacturer. Requires manufacturers to be charged a fee for such support. 
 
Requires: (1) periodic reports from such banks to participating SPVs; and (2) quarterly reports from the Secretary to Congress on participants in and impacts of the support and participation programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-02-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-22
text: Introduced in House
Corporate Politics Transparency Act

Bill: 111-hr-4630
Sponsor: Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2010-02-22 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business records
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-22
text: 
Corporate Politics Transparency Act - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require that quarterly and annual reports of an issuer, any proxy solicitation or consent or authorization in respect of any security, and the issuer's registration statement disclose total independent expenditures in support of or in opposition to any candidate for federal, state, or local public office made by the issuer during the preceding six-year period.
 
Requires such disclosures to include: (1) the name and political party affiliation of each candidate in support of whom or in opposition to whom an independent expenditure was made; (2) the amount of each such expenditure; (3) the public office that such candidate was or is seeking; (4) the relevant state, city, or district; and (5) a statement of the issuer's interest in and reason for making such expenditure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-02-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-22
text: Introduced in House