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United States Marshals Service 225th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 111-s-3572
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2010-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Commemorative events and holidays
Crimes against children
Currency
Department of Justice
Higher education
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: 
United States Marshals Service 225th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in commemoration of the 225th anniversary of the establishment of the United States Marshals Service, to mint and issue $5 gold and $1 silver coins emblematic of the 225 years of exemplary and unparalleled achievements of the U.S. Marshals Service. 
 
Requires all such coin sales to include a surcharge of: (1) $35 per $5 coin; and (2) $10 per $1 coin. Requires distribution of the first $5 million to the Director of the United States Marshals Service National Museum, for the preservation, maintenance, and display of artifacts and documents of the U.S. Marshals Service. Requires distribution of: (1) $1 million to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; (2) $1 million to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund in support of the National Law Enforcement Museum and the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial; (3) $1 million to the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association; (4) $500,000 to the William &quot;Bill&quot; Degan Scholarship Fund (provides scholarships for spouses and children of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty); (5) $500,000 to the Robert D. May Scholarship Fund (provides scholarships for spouses and children of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty); (6) $500,000 to the Community Oriented Policing Service; and (7) $500,000 to the Retired United States Marshals Service Association.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to strike and sell bronze duplicates of the $5 gold coins. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Lake Thunderbird Efficient Use Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3573
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2010-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Lakes and rivers
Oklahoma
Water storage
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: 
Lake Thunderbird Efficient Use Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to amend an existing contract or enter into one or more new contracts with the Central Oklahoma Master Conservancy District for the storage and conveyance of nonproject water in Norman project facilities to augment municipal and industrial supplies for the cities served by the District, if the Secretary determines that there is enough excess capacity in the reservoir on the Little River known as Lake Thunderbird that nonproject water can be stored there.
 
Makes the costs of constructing, operating, and maintaining any additional infrastructure needed to enable the storage and conveyance of nonproject water in Norman project facilities under any provision of this Act the responsibility of the non-federal entity contracting with the Secretary for storage and conveyance rights.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3574
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2010-07-13 in the Senate
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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3575
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2010-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Veterans Affairs
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Licensing and registrations
Prescription drugs
State and local government operations
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: 
National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2010 - Amends the National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act of 2005 to include as a purpose of such Act to foster the establishment of state-administered controlled substance monitoring systems in order to ensure that appropriate law enforcement, regulatory, and state professional licensing authorities have access to prescription history information for the purposes of investigating drug diversion and prescribing and dispensing practices of errant prescribers or pharmacists.
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and update the controlled substance monitoring program, including to: (1) allow grants to be used to maintain and operate existing state controlled substance monitoring programs; (2) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to redistribute any funds that are returned among the remaining grantees; (3) require a state that is not in compliance with the requirements for such program to submit a plan for bringing the state into compliance; and (4) require a state to provide the Secretary with aggregate data and other information to enable the Secretary to evaluate the success of the state's program and to submit a progress report to Congress. Requires a state receiving a grant to: (1) facilitate prescriber use of the state's controlled substance monitoring system; and (2) educate prescribers on the benefits of the system both to them and society.
 
 Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disclose information about a veteran or the dependent of a veteran to a state controlled substance monitoring program to the extent necessary to prevent misuse and diversion of prescription medicines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5791-5792)
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5791)
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
ASPIRE Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3577
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2010-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial literacy
Financial services and investments
Government trust funds
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: 
America Saving for Personal Investment, Retirement, and Education Act of 2010 or ASPIRE Act of 2010 - Establishes an ASPIRE Fund in the Treasury, including a Lifetime Savings Account. Makes eligible to contribute to such an account, and to receive certain federal contributions, any U.S. citizen or lawful resident alien born after December 31, 2010, and under 18 years of age, whose modified adjusted gross income is below the applicable national median adjusted gross income amount.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to exclude from an individual's gross income any amount paid by an employer to the Lifetime Savings Account of an employee or any person treated as an employee.
 
Prescribes requirements for distributions for higher education expenses.
 
States that, for IRC purposes, each Lifetime Savings Account shall be treated in the same manner as a Roth IRA. Amends the IRC to require that, except in certain respects, privately managed Lifetime Savings Accounts also be treated in the same manner as a Roth IRA.
 
Creates the ASPIRE Fund Board to establish a default investment program under which, in a manner similar to a lifecycle investment program, sums in each Lifetime Savings Account are allocated to investment funds in the ASPIRE Fund based on the amount of time before the account holder attains the age of 18.
 
Subjects the Board to the same composition requirements, duties, and responsibilities as the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.
 
Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Financial Literacy and Education Commission, to develop programs to promote the financial literacy of account holders of Lifetime Savings Accounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act

Bill: 111-s-3578
Sponsor: Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE]
Introduced: 2010-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business records
Corporate finance and management
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: 
Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal a provision (added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) that extends to corporations that are not tax-exempt the requirement to report payments of $600 or more.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5759)
Data Security Act of of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3579
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2010-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Computer security and identity theft
Consumer credit
Department of the Treasury
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal preemption
Government information and archives
Insurance industry and regulation
National Credit Union Administration
Right of privacy
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: 
Data Security Act of 2010 - Prescribes security procedures which an entity that maintains or communicates sensitive account or personal information must implement and enforce in order to protect the information from an unauthorized use likely to result in substantial harm or inconvenience to the consumer.
 
Grants exclusive enforcement powers to specified federal regulatory agencies with oversight of financial institutions. 
 
Denies a private right of action, including a class action, regarding any act or practice regulated under this Act.
 
Prohibits any civil or criminal action in state court or under state law relating to any act or practice governed under this Act.
 
Prescribes data security standards to be implemented by federal agencies.
 
Preempts state law with respect to the responsibilities of any person to protect against and investigate such data security breaches and mitigate any losses or harm resulting from them.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5851-5853)
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5851)
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Resources for Oil Spill Research and Prevention Act

Bill: 111-s-3580
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2010-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Accidents
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government trust funds
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: 
Resources for Oil Spill Research and Prevention Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund financing rate by 3 cents a barrel for domestic crude oil and by 7 cents a barrel for any other crude oil; and (2) repeal the termination date of such financing rate.
 
Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to expand the allowable uses of Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund amounts to include: (1) payment of costs incurred by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Coast Guard, and other federal agencies to maintain research, prevention, and response capabilities with respect to discharges of oil; (2) payment of costs to carry out environmental assessment studies; and (3) grants to affected states, institutions of higher education, and other entities for research relating to discharges of oil on the Outer Continental Shelf.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3582
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2010-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Licensing and registrations
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: 
Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces (military spouse) who moves with such member to another state under a permanent change of station order a tax credit for up to $500 of qualified relicensing costs incurred by such spouse. Defines &quot;qualified relicensing costs&quot; as costs for a state license or certification to engage in the profession that such military spouse engaged in while residing in the former state. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase flexibility in payments for State veterans homes, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-3583
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2010-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Health care costs and insurance
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay to a state veterans home the cost of nursing home care provided to a covered veteran that is in excess of the amount paid for such care under part A of title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act.
 
Defines a covered veteran as one: (1) in need of nursing home care for a service-connected disability; or (2) with a service-connected disability rated at 70% or more and in need of such care.
 
Replaces provisions providing for payment of nursing home care at the lesser of the prevailing rate or the cost of daily care with provisions providing for payment at the applicable or prevailing rate in the area in which the state home is located.
 
Directs the Secretary to reimburse a state home for any Medicare copayment required of a covered veteran.
 
 Permits a state home, in lieu of receiving payment under the above provisions, to elect to receive payment to furnish nursing home care to a veteran through a specified agreement entered into by the Secretary and the state home.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Responsible Arctic Energy Development Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3584
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2010-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alaska
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Aquatic ecology
Arctic Ocean
Arctic and polar regions
Atmospheric science and weather
Birds
Emergency planning and evacuation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Hydrology and hydrography
Mammals
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Public contracts and procurement
Reptiles
Research and development
Transportation safety and security
Water quality
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: 
Responsible Arctic Energy Development Act of 2010 - Requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in collaboration with other federal agencies, to direct research and take action to improve oil spill prevention, response, and recovery in Arctic waters. 
 
Amends the Oil Polllution Act of 1990 to require the NOAA Administrator and the Commandant of the Coast Guard to use amounts made available under this Act for research and related activities in advance of energy exploration and production in the Arctic.
 
Requires the Coast Guard to assess and take action to reduce the risk of, and improve U.S. response to, a maritime disaster in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas.
 
Sets forth additional Interagency Committee Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research functions, including requiring the Committee to request the National Research Council to conduct an oil spill risk assessment and make recommendations that will enhance safety and lessen the potential adverse environmental impacts of industrial activities in Arctic waters. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Department of Defense Energy Security Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3585
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]
Introduced: 2010-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Military facilities and property
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Motor fuels
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: 
Department of Defense Energy Security Act of 2010 - Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) energy performance plan to be taken into consideration in other DOD planning, including the National Security Strategy and the Quadrennial Defense Review.
 
Provides a DOD procurement preference for goods and services produced using sustainable environmental practices.
 
Requires: (1) specified percentages of DOD electric energy to be produced from renewable energy sources; (2) consideration of certain environmentally sustainable practices under the DOD energy performance plan; and (3) application to contractors operating government-owned facilities and contract tenants and concessionaires of DOD requirements regarding the use of renewable energy and energy-efficient products.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to obligate specified DOD O&M funds to carry out energy conservation projects.
 
Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress an assessment of improved building efficiency (including insulation and energy and water usage) at DOD facilities.
 
Requires: (1) the conversion to electric or hybrid propulsion, by the end of FY2015, of the military and defense agency fleet of petroleum-derived non-tactical motor vehicles; and (2) a procurement preference with respect to electric or hybrid propulsion vehicles. Extends the conversion requirement to contractor-operated, government-owned vehicles.
 
Directs: (1) the Secretary of each military department to report to Congress identifying hybrid-drive technologies suitable for incorporation into the next reset and recap of tactical-fleet military ground vehicles; and (2) the Secretary to submit to Congress a testing and certification plan for the development, and use by the end of FY2016, of biofuel derived from materials that do not compete with food stocks and is suitable for use as military aviation fuel.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to waive the implementation or operation of any provision of this Act after certifying to Congress that such implementation or operation would adversely impact U.S. national security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5854-5855)
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Geothermal Exploration Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3586
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2010-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: 
Geothermal Exploration Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to: (1) establish a direct loan program for high risk geothermal exploration wells; (2) give preference to loan applicants to carry out projects for previously unexplored, underexplored, or unproven geothermal resources in a variety of geologic and geographic settings; (3) determine the cost shares for such loans, which may provide for higher federal shares for projects with higher risks; and (4) determine the number of wells for each selected geothermal project for which a loan may be made.
 
Requires data from all exploratory wells that are carried out under the program to be provided to the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior for mapping national geothermal resources and other uses, including subsurface geologic data, metadata, borehole temperature data, and inclusion in the National Geothermal Data System of the Department of Energy (DOE).
 
Sets forth loan repayment and term provisions. Authorizes the Secretary to grant delays or dispense with a repayment obligation on a demonstration that a selected geothermal project is unproductive. 
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Geothermal Investment Fund to be administered by the Secretary to carry out this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5855)
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate