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Investment in Commercial Real Estate Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6317
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business investment and capital
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Credit and credit markets
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions
Industrial facilities
Real estate business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Investment in Commercial Real Estate Act of 2010 - Exempts servicers of commercial mortgage loans from liability for entering into a loan modification or workout plan if certain requirements are met. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reduce the recovery period for depreciation of residential rental and nonresidential real property (thus accelerating such depreciation); and (2) extend from two to five years the carryback period for deducting net operating losses.
 
Requires federal banking agencies to implement a system of dynamic provisioning for investment and loan loss reserves that meets specified requirements and is applicable to all depository institutions before January 1, 2011. 
 
Requires depository institutions that make or hold permanent commercial mortgage loans to submit to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in each calendar quarter the aggregate amount of permanent commerical mortgage loans that matured during the quarter but did not fully amortize, were current prior to maturity, had adequate cash flows to continue paying interest and principal, and were not renewed at maturity or were renewed at a lower principal balance. Terminates this requirement after March 31, 2013. 
 
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct a study and report to Congress on commercial mortgage credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To waive the annuity buyback requirement under the Federal Employees Retirement Service with respect to certain law enforcement officers involuntarily called or retained on active duty, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-6319
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement officers
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Allows a law enforcement officer who is involuntarily called or ordered to active duty or involuntarily retained on active duty for any period beginning on or after September 11, 2001, to receive credit for such period of active duty (as military service) under the Federal Employees Retirement System. Waives the requirement that such individuals deposit a specified percentage of basic pay received during such periods of military service to receive such credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Export Support Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6320
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of State
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Licensing and registrations
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Small Business Export Support Act of 2010 - Amends the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to require the Secretary of Commerce to assign export licensing compliance specialists to at least 20 United States and Foreign Commercial Service district offices to provide small and medium-sized businesses with support, training, education, and compliance assistance regarding export licensing, including arms export licensing, requirements.
 
Directs the Secretary to review and report to the President annually on the level of staffing at each such district office in order to determine the level that will enable it to serve such businesses effectively.
 
Requires each of the Secretaries of Commerce, of Defense (DOD), of State, and of the Treasury, as well as the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), to designate an export licensing coordinator who exercises significant decisionmaking authority in the respective department or agency. Requires the coordinator to devise, encourage, and coordinate department or agency activities providing small and medium-sized businesses with export licensing assistance under this Act.
 
Establishes in the Department of Commerce an Interagency Task Force on Export Control Assistance and Relief for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses to report annually to Congress its recommendations for improving such assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to House Budget
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
K-IRA Act

Bill: 111-hr-6321
Sponsor: Rep. Critz, Mark S. [D-PA-12]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Kids IRA Act of 2010 or the K-IRA Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a tax-exempt individual retirement account for taxpayers under age 26, to be known as a young savers account. Treats such accounts as Roth individual retirement accounts for income tax purposes. Allows an income-based tax deduction for contributions to such accounts, up to $5,000 in any taxable year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for mortgage insurance premiums.

Bill: 111-hr-6322
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax deduction for mortgage insurance premiums.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To exempt gain from the sale of certain C corporation stock from the capital gains rate increase resulting from the sunset of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.

Bill: 111-hr-6323
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Income tax rates
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Exempts gain from the sale or exchange of certain C corporation stock from any increase in the capital gains tax rate resulting from the expiration of provisions of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 providing for a reduction in such tax rate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Dieticians in Schools Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6324
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Health promotion and preventive care
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Dieticians in Schools Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to local educational agencies so they can provide for the services of registered dieticians in their schools. 
 
Makes charter schools eligible for such grants.
 
Requires the registered dieticians to: (1) teach students about nutrition and healthy eating habits; and (2) assist in planning the meals that are to be served in the school cafeteria to ensure that such meals are nutritious and consistent with healthy eating habits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Right To Know Food Labeling Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6325
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Business records
Cell biology and embryology
Civil actions and liability
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Judicial review and appeals
Legal fees and court costs
Meat
Retail and wholesale trades
Seafood

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Consumer Right to Know Food Labeling Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Federal Meat Inspection Act to deem as misbranded a food or meat food product that contains any part of a cloned animal and does not bear a conspicuous label including a notice of that information.
 
Requires individuals to maintain a verifiable recordkeeping audit trail that will permit verification of compliance with this Act.
 
Deems as misbranded a food that bears a label indicating that it does not contain cloned product, unless the label is in accordance with applicable regulations that may not: (1) require such a label to include a statement indicating that the fact that a food does not contain such product has no bearing on the safety of the food for human consumption; and (2) prohibit such a label on the basis that, in the case of the type of food involved, there is no version of the food in commercial distribution that does contain such product.
 
Sets forth civil penalties for violation of this Act. Exempts a person who establishes a guaranty, signed by the person residing in the United States from whom the food was received in good faith, that the food does not contain any cloned product.
 
Allows a person to commence a civil action against a person who is alleged to have violated this Act or the applicable Secretary where a failure of the Secretary to perform any act or duty that is not discretionary is alleged.
 
Deems as misbranded a food product that contains genetically-engineered salmon unless the food is so labeled.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to House Agriculture
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Fair and Impartial Recruitment Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6326
Sponsor: Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Aviation and airports
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Transportation
Terrorism
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Fair and Impartial Recruitment Act of 2010 - Directs the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration [TSA]) to: (1) issue regulations to establish a waiver process to allow an air carrier, foreign air carrier, airport operator, or government to hire an individual who has been disqualified for employment for a position as an airport security screener or in which an individual has unescorted access to a sterile airport area because of a conviction of a specified crime; and (2) establish an appeals process for a disqualified individual that includes notice and an opportunity for a hearing before an impartial third party. Requires the Assistant Secretary to issue a waiver to an individual: (1) who, based on certain criteria, does not pose a terrorism risk; and (2) without regard to whether that individual would otherwise be disqualified by reason of a felony conviction, if the employer establishes acceptable alternate security arrangements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Citizenship and Service Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6327
Sponsor: Rep. Djou, Charles K. [R-HI-1]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Citizenship and naturalization
Department of Homeland Security
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Military personnel and dependents
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Citizenship and Service Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States prior to his or her sixteenth birthday, and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and (4) at the time of application, has been admitted to an institution of higher education, or has earned a high school or general education diploma in the United States.
 
Authorizes: (1) the Secretary to adjust the status of an alien who has met such conditions prior to enactment of this Act to conditional permanent resident status; and (2) such alien to petition the Secretary for permanent resident status at the end of the conditional residence period.
 
Sets forth the conditions for conditional permanent resident status, including: (1) termination of status for violation of this Act; and (2) removal of conditional status to permanent status.
 
Sets forth provisions respecting: (1) exclusive jurisdiction; (2) penalties for false application statements; (3) confidentiality; (4) fee prohibitions for expedited application processing; and (5) a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report respecting the number of aliens adjusted under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Used Oil Re-Refining Tax Credit Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6328
Sponsor: Rep. Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Oil and gas
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Used Oil Re-Refining Tax Credit Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 30% of the investment in a project to process qualifying re-refined lubricating oil from used oil. Defines &quot;qualifying re-refined lubricating oil&quot; as a base oil which meets the American Society of Testing and Materials standard for hydrocarbon lubricating base oil (ASTM D6074) and which is manufactured from used lubricating oil. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, to establish a qualifying used oil re-refining project program for the deployment of used oil re-refining technologies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area Establishment Act

Bill: 111-hr-6329
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Historic sites and heritage areas
Lakes and rivers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area Establishment Act - Establishes the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area in California.
 
Designates the Delta Protection Commission as the management entity for the Heritage Area.
 
Requires the Commission to submit a proposed management plan for the Heritage Area to the Secretary of the Interior for approval. 
 
Bars approval of the management plan until the Secretary has received certification from the Commission that the Delta Stewardship Council has reviewed such plan for consistency with the plan adopted by the Council pursuant to state law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-10-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Preserving American Income on Dividends Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6330
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Income tax rates
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Preserving American Income on Dividends Act of 2010 - Repeals the termination date in the Jobs Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 for provisions reducing individual tax rates on capital gains and dividend income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6331
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intellectual property
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to: (1) extend for five years the exclusivity period for the first licensure of a qualified infectious disease product; (2) grant priority review to an application for approval or licensure of a qualified infectious disease product (i.e., review and action on such application not later than six months after receipt); and (3) deem a qualified infectious disease product as a fast track product, for review and approval purposes. Defines "qualified infectious disease product" as an antibiotic drug, or a diagnostic test including a point-of-care diagnostic test, for treating, detecting, preventing, or identifying a qualifying pathogen. 
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to review the guidelines of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the conduct of clinical trials for antibiotic drugs and revise such guidelines to reflect developments in medical information and technology. Allows the sponsor of a drug intended to be used to treat, detect, prevent, or identify a qualifying pathogen, as defined by this Act, to request that the Secretary provide written recommendations for nonclinical and clinical investigations before such drug may be approved for use or licensed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Homebuyer Enhanced Fee Disclosure Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6332
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Contracts and agency
Government information and archives
Housing finance and home ownership
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
 Homebuyer Enhanced Fee Disclosure Act of 2010 - Deems a transfer fee covenant recorded on or after the date of the enactment of this Act as void and unenforceable unless, at the time the document containing the covenant is submitted for recording, a notice described in this Act is contemporaneously submitted for recording in the office of the applicable county recorder. Requires such notice to include statements containing owner names, a legal description of the affected property, amounts constituting the transfer fee to be paid, the method and manner of payment, dollar-cost examples in the case of residential property, and the date or circumstances under which the covenant expires (if applicable).
 
 Provides a presumption of validity of a transfer fee covenant that imposes a fee of not more than 1 percent of the gross sales price for the affected property, is effective for a term of not more than 99 years, and complies with the notice requirements of this Act.
 
Defines a &quot;transfer fee covenant&quot; as a covenant, restriction, or agreement filed with the office of the applicable county recorder that: (1) affects real property; and (2) obligates a future buyer or seller of the affected real property (other than a person who is a party to such a document) to pay a fee, charge, or payment imposed by the document and required to be paid in connection with or as a result of a transfer of title to the property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House