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To amend title 10, United States Code, to allow faculty members at Department of Defense service academies and schools of professional military education to secure copyrights for certain scholarly works that they produce as part of their official duties in order to submit such works for publication, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-5704
Sponsor: Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]
Introduced: 2010-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education
Intellectual property
Military education and training
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: 
Authorizes a faculty member of a military service academy (including the Coast Guard Academy and Merchant Marine Academy) or Department of Defense (DOD) professional school (including the National Defense University) to secure federal copyright protection for a scholarly work prepared as part of that person's official duties, but only for purposes of publication by a scholarly press or journal for which such a copyright is required. Requires the faculty member to transfer such copyright to the owner or publisher of the medium for which the work will be published. Prohibits the acceptance of royalties or other compensation by reason of such copyright protection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2010-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Electric Vehicle Advancement Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5705
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-17]
Introduced: 2010-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: 
Electric Vehicle Advancement Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for plug-in electric vehicles, to allow an increased tax credit for the purchase of qualified electric vehicles which are a 2- or 3-wheeled vehicles. 
 
Defines &quot;2- or 3-wheeled vehicle&quot; to include a vehicle: (1) with motive power having a seat, seats, or saddle for the use of the rider or riders and designed to travel on not more than 3 wheels in contact with the ground; (2) that has an electric motor that produces in excess of 5-brake horsepower; (3) that draws propulsion from 1 or more traction batteries; and (4) that has been certified to the Department of Transportation. 
 
Limits the number of such vehicles eligible for the credit based upon a phaseout period effective after the first 100,000 of such vehicles are manufactured.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act

Bill: 111-hr-5707
Sponsor: Rep. Space, Zachary T. [D-OH-18]
Introduced: 2010-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: 
Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act - Defines &quot;post-transaction third party seller&quot; as a person that: (1) sells, or offers for sale, any good or service on the Internet; (2) solicits purchases on the Internet through an initial merchant after the consumer has initiated a transaction with the initial merchant; and (3) is not a subsidiary or corporate affiliate of the initial merchant.
 
Makes it unlawful for any post-transaction third party seller to charge or attempt to charge any consumer's credit card, debit card, bank account, or other financial account in an Internet-based transaction, unless: (1) before obtaining the consumer's billing information, the seller has disclosed all material terms, including the fact that the seller is not affiliated with the initial merchant; and (2) the seller has received the express informed consent.
 
Makes it unlawful for an initial merchant to disclose such financial account number or other billing information to any such seller (sometimes referred to as a data-pass). 
 
Makes it unlawful, subject to exception, for any person to charge or attempt to charge a consumer for goods or services sold in an Internet-based transaction through a &quot;negative option feature.&quot; Defines &quot;negative option feature&quot; as a provision under which the customer's failure to take an affirmative action to reject goods or services or to cancel the agreement is interpreted by the seller as acceptance of the offer.
 
Prohibits construing this Act to supersede or otherwise affect the Electronic Fund Transfer Act or any regulation thereunder. 
 
Treats a violation of this Act or any regulation thereunder as an unfair or deceptive act or practice. Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce this Act.
 
Authorizes any state attorney general to bring an action on behalf of the state's residents to enjoin further violation, to compel compliance with this Act, to obtain damages, or to obtain other appropriate relief. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Urban Jobs Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5708
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2010-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Employment and training programs
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: 
Urban Jobs Act of 2010 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to make grants to the National Urban League to operate, through local affiliates, an Urban Jobs Program to provide job training, education, and support services and activities for eligible young adults to prepare them for entry into the workforce.
 
Defines &quot;eligible young adults&quot; as individuals ages 18 to 24 who: (1) are not enrolled in secondary or post-secondary school; or (2) are or have been subject to the criminal justice process.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a National Jobs Council Advisory Committee.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that National Urban League affiliates should establish local jobs council advisory committees to aid in establishing local community support for local implementation of the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Oil Spill Preparation and Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-5709
Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2010-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Accidents
Emergency planning and evacuation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: 
 Oil Spill Preparation and Protection Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to require, as a condition and term of any exploration plan or any development and production plan, that the applicant submit and implement an oil spill containment and cleanup plan (to be approved by the Secretary and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency [EPA]) capable of handling a worst-case scenario oil spill.
 
Describes required plan contents.
 
Allows approval by the Administrator only if the applicant has demonstrated adequate technology, organization, resources, and capacity both to contain and to prevent shoreline contamination by a significant proportion of a worst-case spill, and to provide for long-term cleanup and remediation of the marine and coastal environments.
 
Authorizes cancellation of a lease (without compensation) upon failure of the lease holder to submit an exploration plan or development and production plan in accordance with this Act or to implement an approved oil spill containment and cleanup plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the furnishing of statues by the territories of the United States for display in Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol.

Bill: 111-hr-5711
Sponsor: Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: American Samoa
Art, artists, authorship
Guam
Monuments and memorials
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
U.S. Capitol
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: 
 Authorizes the President to invite each U.S. territory to provide and furnish a statue, in marble or bronze, of a deceased person who has been a citizen of such territory, and illustrious for their historic renown or for distinguished civic or military services, such as the territory may deem to be worthy of this national commemoration. Requires the statues to be placed in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol.
 
 Prohibits a statue of any individual from being placed in Statuary Hall until 10 years after the individual's death.
 
Prescribes requirements and administrative procedures for replacement of such statues. 

action_date: 2010-07-30
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
 Authorizes the President to invite each U.S. territory to provide and furnish a statue, in marble or bronze, of a deceased person who has been a citizen of such territory, and illustrious for their historic renown or for distinguished civic or military services, such as the territory may deem to be worthy of this national commemoration. Requires the statues to be placed in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol.
 
 Prohibits a statue of any individual from being placed in Statuary Hall until 10 years after the individual's death.
 
Prescribes requirements and administrative procedures for replacement of such statues. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 230.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Reported by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 111-583.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Reported by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 111-583.
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Administrator of General Services to extend to private property owners and managers in the City of Fredericksburg and the counties of Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania, and Stafford in Virginia the same preferences in negotiating for the leasing of space for the use of the Federal government that are given to private property owners and managers in jurisdictions in the National Capital region.

Bill: 111-hr-5713
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2010-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Public contracts and procurement
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: 
Directs the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to extend to private property owners and managers in the city of Fredericksburg and the counties of Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania, and Stafford in Virginia the same preferences in negotiating for the leasing of space for federal government use that are given to private property owners and managers in jurisdictions in the National Capital region. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5714
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25]
Introduced: 2010-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Crime prevention
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: 
Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2010 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish cost-effective procedures to ensure that: (1) a Social Security account number (or any derivative) is not displayed, coded, or embedded on the Medicare card issued to an individual entitled to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act or enrolled under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance); and (2) any other identifier displayed on such card is easily identifiable as not being the Social Security account number (or a derivative).
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Lifelong Learning Accounts Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5715
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2010-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Income tax credits
Student aid and college costs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: 
Lifelong Learning Accounts Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish tax-exempt lifelong learning accounts to pay certain educational expenses, including tuition, fees, books, supplies, and information technology devices required for the education of, or courses of instruction of, the account beneficiary; (2) allow individuals between ages 18 and 71 an income-based tax credit for cash contributions to their lifelong learning accounts; (3) exclude from employee gross income employer contributions to a lifelong learning account; and (4) allow employers a tax credit for contributions made to the lifelong learning accounts of their employees and for administrative costs associated with small employer lifelong learning accounts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2010-07-13
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act

Bill: 111-hr-5718
Sponsor: Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2010-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: 
Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act - Amends the federal criminal code to make it unlawful for: (1) anyone whose federal license to import, manufacture, or deal in firearms has been revoked, or whose license renewal application has been denied, to transfer business inventory firearms into a personal collection or to an employee of such person or to receive a firearm that was a business inventory firearm as of the date of a revocation or renewal denial notice; and (2) anyone who has received a license revocation or renewal denial notice to transfer to any other person a firearm that was a business inventory firearm. Imposes a fine and/or prison term of not more than one year (five years for willful violations) for violations of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Information Act

Bill: 111-hr-5719
Sponsor: Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2010-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: 
Veterans' Information Act - Directs: (1) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary) to develop and maintain, in a compact disk (CD) read-only memory format, information that lists and explains the health, education, and other benefits for which veterans are eligible through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); (2) that a copy of such CD be included as part of the preseparation counseling provided to each member of the Armed Forces being discharged or released from duty; and (3) the Secretary, Secretary of Defense, and head of any other relevant government agency to each maintain an Internet website containing an explanation of the benefits administered by that Secretary or agency head to which veterans are entitled and how veterans can secure those benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2010-07-13
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1227 Lunalilo Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, as the "Cecil L. Heftel Post Office Building".

Bill: 111-hr-5720
Sponsor: Rep. Djou, Charles K. [R-HI-1]
Introduced: 2010-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Hawaii
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1227 Lunalilo Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, as the "Cecil L. Heftel Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 335 Merchant Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, as the "Frank F. Fasi Post Office Building".

Bill: 111-hr-5721
Sponsor: Rep. Djou, Charles K. [R-HI-1]
Introduced: 2010-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Hawaii
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 335 Merchant Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, as the "Frank F. Fasi Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Fairness in Flood Mapping Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5722
Sponsor: Rep. Driehaus, Steve [D-OH-1]
Introduced: 2010-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: 
Fairness in Flood Mapping Act of 2010 - Requires the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to reimburse an eligible entity (i.e., a property owner, a lessee of property, or a community) that incurs expenses for the services of a surveyor, engineer, or similar service provider in obtaining a letter of map amendment that is approved in whole or in part by the Administrator, with respect to the part approved, if the approval was obtained during FY2003 or thereafter.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Broadway in Lynbrook, New York, as the "Navy Corpsman Jeffrey L. Wiener Post Office Building".

Bill: 111-hr-5723
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2010-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
New York State
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Broadway in Lynbrook, New York, as the "Navy Corpsman Jeffrey L. Wiener Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify Federal responsibility for stormwater pollution.

Bill: 111-hr-5724
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
User charges and fees
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: 
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to provide that reasonable service charges applicable to federal entities for water pollution include the same reasonable fees or assessments for stormwater management applicable to any nongovernmental entity. Provides that such a fee or assessment shall not be considered to be a tax or other levy subject to an assertion of sovereign immunity and may be paid using appropriated funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1299-1300)
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Introduced in House